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60: Meet Bryony: A super-cool music journalist and gig-guide business owner
Bryony has embarked on a few careers in her working life; from a primary school teacher, to a post-natal nanny and support worker; to now...

Chops
Oct 6, 20242 min read


Break Room 5: Nicki & Chops: Recruitment is a young person's game
... That's what I believe anyway. Having applied for well over 100 jobs over 12-months from 2023 to 2024, more if I count those I applied...

Chops
Sep 15, 20242 min read


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...

Chops
Sep 8, 20242 min read


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,...

Chops
Sep 1, 20242 min read


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...

Chops
Aug 11, 20241 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


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...

Chops
Jun 9, 20242 min read


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...

Chops
May 26, 20242 min read


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...

Chops
May 12, 20242 min read


38: Meet Vicky: A highly sought-after (creative genius) Interior Designer, with a bonkers career journey
I knew Vicky was interesting, enough people had told me that, but sitting down and hearing everywhere she'd been (leading up to right...

Chops
Apr 14, 20242 min read


BREAK ROOM 2: Nic & Chops
Welcome to our second 'Break Room' and our second chat about life as a working woman today. Nic was/is the best boss I ever had, and...

Chops
Apr 7, 20242 min read


37: Meet Ruth: A talented, progressive commercial Artist, who's taken the scenic route to get there
I feel like I say this a lot, but Ruth is another fab female that I knew of through quite a few different people, before actually meeting...

Chops
Mar 31, 20242 min read


35 // Vid 1: It's time for Chops' own career story to lead the video charge...
As I have already said across mine and TWW's socials; it's time to next things to the next level, which means making some videos... Which...

Chops
Mar 17, 20242 min read


32: Meet Helen: A kick-ass Architect with a penchant for sustainability
Helen and I first met when we got our teenage Saturday jobs at a (pretty high-end) local homewares/gift shop in our local town. We sold...

Chops
Feb 25, 20242 min read


16: Meet Lyndsay: A super-talented photographer of 25+ years
I called Lyndsay back in September ('23) and asked her to take some 'professional', but also 'casual' shots of me for my new business....

Chops
Nov 29, 20231 min read


12: Meet Frances: A secondary school CDT teacher, A-list wedding videographer and shop owner.
'Hey... don't suppose you'd let me interview you for my new podcast?' 'Sure... I'm guessing you mean remotely, given I live in South...

Chops
Nov 12, 20232 min read


11: Meet Vicki: A totally DEVINE female bossing it in a man's world
I have been fortunate enough to have known Vicki (or VBH as she is know in the industry) for many years now, because she used to...

Chops
Nov 5, 20232 min read


6: Meet Sally-Anne, a Digital Fashion & Style Queen
Sally-Anne is what you might call a 'local girl' when it comes to instagrammers/influencers and indeed when it comes to me; because she...

Chops
Oct 18, 20232 min read


1: Meet Sophie, a talented Tattoo Artist (and general bad-ass)
Meet Sophie, a talented Tattoo Artist (and general bad-ass

Chops
Oct 11, 20232 min read
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