Success isn't linear: 5 steps to finally start defining your own path with The Squiggly Career experts
Welcome back to our special series on motherhood and work. We're so excited to bring you today's episode with Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, who you will probably know from their best selling book, Squiggly Careers. In this episode, you are going to learn what makes a career squiggly (the non-linear route to success) and the ways motherhood has impacted Sarah and Helen's ambition and careers. They talk about how they made the transition from corporate into running their own careers consultancy and the amazing, quite surprising, advice they have for anyone wanting to do the same thing.
You're also going to learn the five key skills that you need to have squiggly career and how to develop them if you're looking to pivot, experiment with your work or make a change. This episode is honest and packed full of practical advice which will hopefully leave you with inspiration to start your own squiggly career.
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MOMENT | Not the Eco Parent You Wish You Were? Start Here - with Jen Gale
Climate action adviser Jen Gale joins us to unpack the overwhelming feelings of guilt and anxiety many parents experience around doing "enough" in the face of the climate crisis, and offer achievable actions that you and your family can make.
For more insights from Jen Gale, listen to the full episode here: You have more power than you think
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Work Series: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Return Post-Maternity - the proven formula that's helped thousands, with Jessica Chivers
Thanks for joining us again for another episode in our special series on work and motherhood.
This week we are focusing on returning to work and we joined by the brilliant Jessica Chivers. Jessica is a coach, psychologist, author and founder of the Talent Keeper Specialists. She has spent over two decades helping parents return to work with confidence and supporting organisations to create truly inclusive cultures. In this episode she explores what it really takes to have a successful return to work: from getting your line manager on board, to the key questions you need to ask yourself before stepping back into the workplace. Jessica also shares what she believes every organisation should be doing better to support returning talent.
Jessica has advice everyone needs to hear - whether you're planning your return, you've recently made the leap, or you're supporting others through the process. This episode is packed with insights, mindset shifts, and empowering traits.
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MOMENT | Why it's ok to get it wrong 70% of the time, with Josh Connolly
Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.
Today we're joined by mental health expert Josh Connelly who discusses the importance of self-compassion in parenting. He explains why getting it right even 30% of the time is good enough and the importance of validating and accepting feelings.
Listen to the full episode with Josh Connelly here: How addiction gets passed down the generations
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Work Series: The Truth About Stepping Back from your career — And Coming Back even Stronger, with Neha Ruch
Welcome back to our special series on work and motherhood.
Here's something we don't talk about enough: the vast majority of ambitious, educated women will pause or shift their careers for a season while raising children, and not because they're giving up, but because they're playing the long game. In fact, 1 in 3 women will fully pause; 1 in 2 will downshift; and 90% will eventually return to the workforce. So these old labels of working and stay at home mum just don't fit anymore. The reality is far more fluid than that. And there's a new wave of mothers who are choosing intentional pauses, not permanent exits.
Today's guest is an absolute expert in this area. Neha Ruch the founder of Mother Untitled, a platform that's helping to rewrite the narrative around ambition and motherhood. In this conversation, we explore how pausing your career can actually be a power move, a time to deepen, grow, and figure out what's next for you. A time to develop new skills and become even more aligned. So if you've ever questioned your choices, your ambition, or your timeline, then this is the episode for you.
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Motherhood is incredible. It's also incredibly challenging, especially with the high pressured, fast paced world we live in today. The Motherkind Podcast hosted by Motherkind founder and coach Zoe Blaskey, is on a mission to bring you some of the best wellbeing teachers in the world to help you find your calm, happy place in the madness of modern mum life. Each episode features a different teacher from the world of self-development and wellbeing or a mum on a path of self-enquiry. We cover everything from how to stay calm in a toddler meltdown, to dealing with anxiety, to self care and simple tools to help you have a better day.
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