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57: Meet Helen: A brave Art Dealer and Gallery Owner, disrupting the Art industry
For anyone interested, I combined my pod with Helen, down in Surrey, with an overnight with one of my bestest friends in the world, so...

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Sep 8, 20242 min read
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56: Meet Meg: A brilliant paper-flower Artist and Workshop business owner
Meg's story is brilliant for a few reasons. 1. For the fact that it's truly international and covers a decent work/life stint in Aus,...

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Sep 1, 20242 min read
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55: Meet Katie: A very spiritual & highly experienced Property Agent and Business owner
I could have chatted to Katie for hours. I didn't, because the woman is DAMN busy and I'm grateful that she could even spare me the time...

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Aug 25, 20242 min read
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54: Meet Nicola: A natural health specialist & highly skilled (evolving) Acupuncturist
I know Lisa because she kindly volunteered herself in a women's 'work' group I joined a few month's ago. It's called the Southwood Social...

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Aug 18, 20242 min read
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53: Meet Lisa: A brilliant dressmaker and designer, with a background in adult education teaching
Lisa has LIVED, and she has both the medals and the scars to show for it. And like LOTS of the women I pod, Lisa has very much taken the...

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Aug 11, 20241 min read
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Break Room 4: Jo & Chops: The highs & lows of making career changes
To end 'Teacher Week' and for our fourth Break Room chat, I sat down with the fabulous, Jo, who (if you're interested) is actually Sophie...

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Aug 4, 20242 min read
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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...

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Jul 31, 20242 min read
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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...

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Jul 28, 20241 min read
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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...

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Jul 21, 20242 min read
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49: Meet Emma: A VERY happy doggy 'playcare' business owner
Emma is one of those people that you don't necessarily know, but you know a million people that know them, so you kind-of do know them......

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Jul 14, 20241 min read
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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...

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Jul 7, 20242 min read
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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...

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Jun 30, 20242 min read
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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...

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Jun 23, 20242 min read
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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...

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Jun 16, 20241 min read
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45: Meet Liz: TWW's 'resident', highly experienced florist and a fab small business owner
Liz had been on my hit list for months and months, but almost because I see her so often (sometimes multiple times a week), I kept...

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Jun 9, 20242 min read
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BREAK ROOM 3: Stella & Chops
As I mentioned on my instagram teaser for this podcast (assuming you follow @thiswomanswrk on instagram, if not, please do!), I play...

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Jun 2, 20242 min read
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44: Meet Gemma: A highly qualified Solicitor and bad-ass IP & Trademark Attorney
Receiving a DM from Gemma was a shining light on a dark day... a dark few days. I'd had a couple of pretty sh***y weeks and was starting...

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May 26, 20242 min read
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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...

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May 19, 20242 min read
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42: Meet Amy & Jo: Two Philanthropic working mums bossing the soft-play business
I attended 'The Yard' many, many (MANY) times with my two, when they were younger; it was very often a life-saver. I also attended other...

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May 12, 20242 min read
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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...

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May 5, 20242 min read
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