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52: Meet Sophie: A wonderful teacher and multi-department Head, now bossing it in Thailand
AND SHE'S ONE OF MY BEST FRIEND'S IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!! It's almost been painful getting the requests to 'pod' a teacher, knowing that I...

Chops
Jul 31, 20242 min read


51: Meet Leah: An 'accidental' French and Spanish Teacher and now a Head of Lower School
I know Leah from old, although mostly through other good friends who know her really well (she was always waaay cooler than me). As a...

Chops
Jul 28, 20241 min read


50: Meet Henna: A brilliant, 'patient-first' Dentist, Dental practice owner, and Mumma
I am officially girl-crushing on Henna. I can't help it. She beautiful, talented, driven, focussed, and wonderfully positive. She's a...

Chops
Jul 21, 20242 min read


48: Meet Maya: A functional medicine guru and health supplement entrepreneur
Maya is gorgeous... Literally and metaphorically; and I've known her for over 10-years, when our boys joined nursery together and became...

Chops
Jul 7, 20242 min read


47: Meet Charlie: A highly experienced Midwife and Multi-Department Head
I'VE FINALLY PODDED A MIDWIFE!!!! And I'm really excited about that, because it is the job that has been requested of TWW the most. So...

Chops
Jun 30, 20242 min read


46: Meet Anna: A neurodivergent, non-binary Tarot Reader, Artist and... Witch!
Yep, witch! Oh this podcast has it ALL! ... A gorgeous person (Anna!), a gorgeous soul, a neurodivergent brain, a non-binary gender...

Chops
Jun 23, 20242 min read


2024 Mid-Year Mash-up
Can you believe we are half way through 2024... it's crazy?! But we are, and what a year it's been so far - 22 women podded, 3 of which...

Chops
Jun 16, 20241 min read


43: Meet Marie Helen: A SENCO Teacher & Assessor, and a passionate ADHD Coach
Marie Helen got in touch with me about the same time I had referenced/touched-on my own experiences with ADHD in my first ever video chat...

Chops
May 19, 20242 min read


41: Meet Jenny: A wonderful and hugely committed children's speech and language therapist
I found Jenny because I was asked to... Yep, this was one of the careers you lovely bunch asked me to look into for you. Thankfully, a...

Chops
May 5, 20242 min read


29: Meet Natasha: A self-love, self-acceptance and female sexuality therapist
I met Natasha through a working women's group near me and during the session she stood up and gave a quick talk about what she does and...

Chops
Feb 4, 20242 min read


27: Meet Alessia: A Domestic/Mental Abuse survivor and fierce support worker
Alessia's was, perhaps unsurprisngly, recommended to me by Jess, who I interviewed quite early on (and if you haven't read Jess's bio or...

Chops
Jan 21, 20241 min read


23: Meet Jen: A clinical psychotherapist and Uni course lecturer
I have to be honest, Jen's story has somewhat floored me. Because I've known Jen for nearly 20-years, although as I've gone on to now...

Chops
Dec 24, 20232 min read


20: Meet Sally: A truly wonderful A&E and Paediatric Nurse
I have known Sally since primary school. And even back then she was a force of (amazing, giggly) nature. As she touches on in the chat,...

Chops
Dec 13, 20232 min read


18: Meet Clare: A brilliantly big-hearted NHS Physiotherapist
I have only known Clare for a couple of months, having joined her netball team (I swapped from another team) in a Thursday night women's...

Chops
Dec 6, 20232 min read


8: Meet Mary-Clare, a Consultant Plastic Surgeon
I have known Mary-Clare for many years, since she and her husband, Tom, moved to the same area as me, and their son, Luke, joined my son,...

Chops
Oct 25, 20232 min read


7: Meet Emma, a Solution-Focussed Clinical Hypnotherapist
Emma came onto my radar whilst I was interviewing another fab female (FF), and said FF started talking to me once we'd wrapped, about...

Chops
Oct 22, 20231 min read


5: Meet Emma, a business mentor with a difference
I have known Emma for a LONG time. We met in our early 20s (loooong, long, long time ago) at the publishing house, emap, or Bauer Media...

Chops
Oct 15, 20232 min read


4: Meet Molly, a super-clever Kinesiologist healer
I got recommended to go and see Molly a few years ago, maybe 2017/18. I didn't really know what to expect and kind-of went there blind,...

Chops
Oct 14, 20232 min read


3: Meet Tash, a yoga and pilates guru (oh and the girl can really dance!)
I've done yoga for many years, but when c-vid happened I stupidly stopped, as I did most exercise, until earlier this year when I...

Chops
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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