What Adults Don't Tell You Before You Adult

This week Anya & Tom chat to business leader Lara Sheldrake, about her company Found and Flourish and how she aims to empower women to start-up and grow their own businesses. Kicking it off with the big question… where do I start with setting up my business?! Trickling all the way down to the nitty gritty questions like marketing, monetisation, branding and all the bits in-between. Plus some blooming inspiring discussions all about self belief and knowing your value!    Lara Sheldrake, Found and Flourish Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundflourish/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundFlourish Contact Lara directly by emailing her [email protected] *For 50% off Lara’s 121 rates, just quote Audiobox when you send Lara an email!*   Another note on starting out on a budget… There are initiatives like "Back her business" for female entrepreneurs by Natwest, Natwest accelerator for start-ups and the Virgin start-up funds all three are fantastic resources for those who want to start a business but need an injection of cash and don't want to go down the investor route or dip into savings.   CONNECT WITH US: https://www.instagram.com/weareaudiobox/?hl=en https://twitter.com/WeAreAudioBox https://weareaudiobox.com/ Other awesome links:   Here is the link to F&F events.   Sign up to F&F newsletter here. (an amazing blog and newsletter which is packed full of resources for aspiring female founders with stories from established founders which helps to de-risk a lot of the ideas around starting out)   Join waitlist for F&F membership here.   Read our blog here.   Linktree with all relevant links here.

This week Anya & Tom chat to YouTuber Grace Booth, AKA Grackle, about her experience of becoming a big hit on YouTube this past year. Ticking off all the big topics like how she got into YouTube, what her family & Friends think of it and how she deals with hate comments. Plus Grace gives an insight into what she really thinks about her viewers and her experience of bumping into the Grackle fandom in public!     Grace Booth, Grackle: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/gracebooth97/?hl=en Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUXOvi9mq90L7wlfBisTRA CONNECT WITH US: https://www.instagram.com/weareaudiobox/?hl=en https://twitter.com/WeAreAudioBox https://weareaudiobox.com/ Links:   Kristin Johns: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kristin+johns   Casey Neistat: https://www.youtube.com/user/caseyneistat

This week Anya and Tom are bringing What Adults Don’t Tell You Before You Adult BACK for it’s 2nd series, chatting  all things travel with the incredible Louis Cole, you may know him better as Fun For Louis over on his youtube channel, where he posts vlogs of himself jet setting across the world and encouraging viewers to live the adventure! They delve in deep on making the choice to take time out of studying or a career to travel the world, share many tips on how to travel on a budget, long distance relationships, PLUS Louis shares his most dangerous travel story.   Louis Cole, (funforlouis): Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funforlouis/?hl=en  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FunForLouis   CONNECT WITH US: https://www.instagram.com/weareaudiobox/?hl=en https://twitter.com/WeAreAudioBox https://weareaudiobox.com/ Links:   The Social Good Club: https://www.instagram.com/thesocialgoodclub/?hl=en Simon Wilson: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQCrKxBj5Id79syQEsY2Qxg

Starting uni this September but don’t know where to begin? Well, Anya and Tom are here to save the day with all of their top tips on what to do and what not to do when starting out at uni! They chat everything from initiations, to landlords, freshers fair and best items to bring with you to halls. These are not just your standard tips!

On this weeks episode we have the brilliant Ellie Davey joining Anya, as Tom is away on holiday living his best life!   Being besties since they were in the playground, Anya and Ellie know a thing about holding down a friendship. Keep your ears peels as they share all their juicy life experiences of toxic friends, uni pals and making friends as an adult. They also answer all of your questions including, how to tell your friend to stop editing her waist smaller for the gram and is it okay to ‘dump’ a mate…

If you loved tamagotchis, you’ll love this weeks ep. Anya and Tom get nostalgic over 90’s and 00’s tech, including Sims, Blackberry’s and so many more long forgotten icon items.   And with an ever evolving stream of tech, Anya and Tom have a look over the line up of future tech proposed to enter mainstream society in the next 5-10 years. Ever thought about cloning your cat?

HI KIDSSSSSS! Did that sound weird, it felt weird. How did you know I wasnt Anya?  This week Anya is on holiday living it up (very jealous) so you're left with me to write the description this time!! On this weeks episode we talk about; - Shark Fins - Cat Videos  - And Tom cancels his birthday?!    All that and more in this weeks episode of What Adults Don't Tell You Before You Adult! This isn't one you should miss!

Ever lived with a housemate who leaves chunks of food in the sink, steals your food and denies it OR even gets keys cut for their partner to let themselves in..?   Don’t worry, we share the same grief!   And if you’ve got lucky and have never experienced a dirty dish stacker, well it’s your lucky day because Anya and Tom are here to help! They’ll be signposting all of those red flags so you can keep avoiding the culprits that take years in the bathroom and carry on living your best life!

From office attire, to email lingo, Anya and Tom are back with their insight into the unspoken aspects of working in an office.   In this ep they’ll be navigating you through kitchen small talk, colleagues birthdays, sharing lifts and email fuckeries- we’ve all been there!   Not to mention for all the office newbies or soon to be, it may not always be smooth sailing but Anya and Tom are here to give you some honesty on what to expect as a junior office worker. Plus, their key tips on how to keep swimming when you’re on the hunt for that dream job.

Attention all foodies!   Get your snacks at the ready as Anya and Tom discuss the most important thing to man & woman, other than oxygen… and water… you guessed it, FOOD!   Kicking it off with the highs and lows of food shopping, we all know that the highest of highs is the trolley skid- you’re never too old for a trolley skid! But why the hell are fruit pots so damn expensive, and we can all relate to that panic when Mum leaves you at the check-out to grab another item.   And if that wasn’t enough, get our impression on canned water, plus join in the debate of food becoming fashionable (do I dare mention the Avocado…), ‘instagramming’ your meal AND yes hanger is a real thing.