If Destroyed Still True – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Sinéad and Mel are dusting off their discmans for this one and going back to the heady days of afternoons in HMV, CD car changers and Gonzo after school (thanks for everything, Zane Lowe). The 2000s were a wild ride of emo and RnB with a side of musical theatre, a time where burning CDs was an act of love and CD wallets were our most prized possessions (RIP Mel’s collection, lost forever).

From poring over lyrics and artwork to staring out of the rainy bus window and pretending we were in music videos, music is EVERYTHING to teenagers. We’re looking back to how music helped us understand new experiences, feel new feelings and try on new identities. And how, decades later, Sinéad’s teen music taste is still the key to her mental health. Mum, Dad – it’s not a phase!

This is If Destroyed Still True: the podcast where millennial best friends Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock rewind the mixtape of their teenage years and press play on the moments that shaped who they are today. We ask ourselves: how does this show up in our lives now? And if you could talk to your teenage self: what would you tell her

Hit follow, share your own teen chaos memories with us @IDSTpod, and get ready to laugh, cringe, and remember your fave mixtape.

If Destroyed Still True is a Morley Radio and The Imposters Club production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to If Destroyed Still True and a whole host of exciting shows.

Content note: In this episode we talk about some sensitive topics, including pregnancy and miscarriage. We refer to women, girls  and female reproductive systems a lot, as we’re talking about menstrual cycles, but we don’t believe that’s the defining characteristic of womanhood. Protect the dolls!

Sinéad and Mel are heading straight for the downstairs department: that’s right, we’re talking first periods, school sex ed, and all the weird/genius names we had for our “bits” in the early 2000s. Tampons were flying, and so were the rumours about Toxic Shock Syndrome.

From that one chaotic day the entire school learned about reproductive systems, to being handed the pill without much conversation, we’re unpacking how our understanding of our bodies was shaped early on. And how, after nearly two decades on hormonal contraception, we’re feeling a bit disconnected from our bodies.

This is If Destroyed Still True: the podcast where millennial best friends Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock rewind the mixtape of their teenage years and press play on the moments that shaped who they are today. We ask ourselves: how does this show up in our lives now? And if you could talk to your teenage self: what would you tell her?
Hit follow, share your own teen clique chaos with us @IDSTpod, and get ready to laugh, cringe, and remember exactly where you sat at lunchtime.

If Destroyed Still True is a Morley Radio and The Imposters Club production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to If Destroyed Still True and a whole host of exciting shows.

The Imposters Club is back for season 6, helmed as always by Sinéad and Mel: two best mates figuring life out, one episode at a time. 

We left you on a cliffhanger: Sinéad was about to start a new job and Mel was heading back to work after maternity leave. In that time we’ve discovered new versions of ourselves at work, struggled with what feels like a never-ending doom cycle in the news, and dived into the hazy, rose-tinted world of Daisy Jones’s 1970s California. 

Thank you so much for listening and subscribing to another season of The Imposters Club. Stay in touch with us at theimpostersclub@gmail.com or on instagram @theimpostersclub, and visit theimpostersclub.co.uk. And we would greatly appreciate it if you gave us a 5 star rating - it really does help other people find us!

The Imposters Club is a Morley Radio production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to The Imposters Club and a whole host of exciting shows.

Well hello there! The Imposters Club is BACK for its sixth season, helmed as always by Sinéad and Mel: two best mates figuring life out, one episode at a time. 

We left you on a cliffhanger: Sinéad was about to start a new job and Mel was heading back to work after maternity leave. Tune in on Wednesday 10 May to find out what we've been up to, what's been on our minds and the gif that is most representative of us.

Thank you so much for listening and subscribing to another season of The Imposters Club . Stay in touch with us on Instagram @theimposters club and let us know what you want to hear about in future. And we would greatly appreciate if you gave us a 5 star rating - it really does help other people find us!

See you soon!

The Imposters Club returns for our 5th season, and this time we’re talking WORK. Sinéad’s pivoting her career, Melissa’s returning from maternity leave and the whole world is talking about how we can work better.

What’s your dream job? Chances are you thought of a title, a salary - the status symbol that our success is judged by. But is the reality really that dreamy? In the final episode of Season 5, we deep-dive into the concept of the dream job, how it shapes our ambition and working style, and how the dream - or the myth - has changed in the past few years. 

Thank you so much for listening to this season of The Imposters Club and sharing your stories and thoughts with us. Stay in touch with us on Instagram @theimposters club and let us know what you want to hear about in future. And please head to wherever you get your podcasts to give us a 5 star rating - it really does help other people find us!

Resources:

‘Losing my Ambition’, Amil Niazi, The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2022/03/post-pandemic-loss-of-ambition.html?

‘There's (still) no such thing as a dream job’, Eve Livingston, i-D: https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/pkp7am/theres-still-no-such-thing-as-a-dream-job 

The Imposters Club is a Morley Radio production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to The Imposters Club and a whole host of exciting shows.

Credits:

Presenters: Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock

Editors: Camilo Salazar and Kody Wilson at Morley Radio 

PR: Georgie Rutherford

We’d love to know about how you’re helping yourself feel good enough and choosing what’s good enough for you. Email us at theimpostersclub@gmail.com, contact us on instagram @theimpostersclub or on twitter @impostersclub, and visit theimpostersclub.co.uk. Head to wherever you get your podcasts and give us a 5 star rating - it helps other people find us!

The Imposters Club returns for our 5th season, and this time we’re talking WORK. Sinéad’s pivoting her career, Melissa’s returning from maternity leave and the whole world is talking about how we can work better.

The job hunt: a time in your life that starts out full of hope and quite quickly becomes a bit soul-destroying. Sinéad’s been there all season - in that big cycle of hope and rejection, where separating your worth from the essential criteria on a job description can be tricky. Sound familiar? Don’t worry! We’re joined this week Stefanie Sword-Williams, founder of F*CK BEING HUMBLE, to chat about overcoming the fear of self-promotion and maintaining momentum when applying for jobs feels never ending. 

Follow Stefanie Sword-Williams on Instagram @stefaniesw
Follow F*ck Being Humble on Instagram @fbeinghumble
Learn more about F*ck Being Humble
Buy F*ck Being Humble: Why Self-Promotion Isn't a Dirty Word by Stefanie Sword-Williams

Resources:

F*ck Being Humble’s Revamp Your CV PDF (Sinéad found this really helpful!)

‘Stylist’s ultimate guide to securing a killer new job’, Moya Crockett: https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/job-hunting-tips-advice-sites-cv-linkedin-interview-preparation-questions/244570

‘Black and South Asian women in the UK have to wait 2 months longer to land first job despite high career confidence’, Leah Sinclair: https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/black-south-asian-women-uk-career-study/675363 

The Imposters Club is a Morley Radio production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to The Imposters Club and a whole host of exciting shows.

Credits:

Presenters: Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock

Editors: Camilo Salazar and Kody Wilson at Morley Radio 

PR: Georgie Rutherford

We’d love to know about how you’re helping yourself feel good enough and choosing what’s good enough for you. Email us at theimpostersclub@gmail.com, contact us on instagram @theimpostersclub 

The Imposters Club returns for our 5th season, and this time we’re talking WORK. Sinéad’s pivoting her career, Melissa’s returning from maternity leave and the whole world is talking about how we can work better.

The time has come. Nursery is booked, start date at work is confirmed, flexible working is approved - and Melissa is feeling EVERYTHING. Returning to work after having a child comes with a lot of conflicting emotions, pressures, and a sense of being pulled in 100 different directions - is it something we can every truly be ready for? Well, probably not - but there are things you can do to prepare practically and emotionally. We’re joined this week by pregnancy and postpartum therapist Sophie Harris aka @looking_after_mum, to talk about managing expectations, honest conversations and feeling more confident about returning to work.

Follow Sophie Harris on Instagram @looking_after_mum

Learn more about Sophie Harris and Looking After Mum

Resources:

My Bump Pay: mybumppay.com

Mother Pukka & Flex Appeal, ‘Forever Flex’ Report: https://www.motherpukka.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Forever_Flex_report_FINAL-03.11.20.pdf 

National Childbirth Trust, ‘Returning To Work After Maternity Leave’: https://www.nct.org.uk/life-parent/work-and-childcare/returning-work/returning-work-after-maternity-leave 

The Imposters Club is a Morley Radio production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to The Imposters Club and a whole host of exciting shows.

Credits:

Presenters: Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock

Editors: Camilo Salazar and Kody Wilson at Morley Radio 

PR: Georgie Rutherford

We’d love to know about how you’re helping yourself feel good enough and choosing what’s good enough for you. Email us at theimpostersclub@gmail.com, contact us on instagram @theimpostersclub or on twitter @impostersclub, and visit theimpostersclub.co.uk. Head to wherever you get your podcasts and give us a 5 star rating - it helps other people find us!

The Imposters Club returns for our 5th season, and this time we’re talking WORK. Sinéad’s pivoting her career, Melissa’s returning from maternity leave and the whole world is talking about how we can work better. 

We're in the booked and busy era, but 53% of women say their stress levels are even higher than they were a year ago. It seems that burnout is NOT a conversation to be left in 2020. It’s very real, very relevant and very much something we need to be aware of in order to manage and prevent it, rid ourselves of shame around it and work together to create a working culture that doesn’t make us ill. We’re joined this episode by Dr Sam Akbar, Clinical Psychologist and author of the frankly vital new book, Stressilient: How to Beat Stress and Build Resilience, to talk burnout, self-compassion and banning ‘good vibes only’.

Follow Dr Sam Akbar on Instagram @drsam_akbar

Buy Stressilient: How to Beat Stress and Build Resilience by Dr Sam Akbar

The Imposters Club is a Morley Radio production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to The Imposters Club and a whole host of exciting shows.

Credits:

Presenters: Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock

Editor & Studio Manager: Camilo Salazar at Morley Radio

PR & Brand Partnerships Producer: Georgie Rutherford

We’d love to know about how you’re helping yourself feel good enough and choosing what’s good enough for you. Email us at theimpostersclub@gmail.com, contact us on instagram @theimpostersclub or on twitter @impostersclub, and visit theimpostersclub.co.uk. Head to wherever you get your podcasts and give us a 5 star rating - it helps other people find us!

The Imposters Club returns for our 5th season, and this time we’re talking WORK. Sinéad’s pivoting her career, Melissa’s returning from maternity leave and the whole world is talking about how we can work better. 

Let us take you on a little trip down memory lane. It’s 2014: we’re trying to get our foot on the professional ladder, tentatively calling ourselves feminists, and holding an Urban Outfitters mug that says ‘you have the same 24 hours as Beyoncé’. It is the era of the #girlboss. How did she shape the professional ambitions of a generation of young women? Has hustle culture burnt us out? And with time of death officially called on the Girlboss in 2020, what do we do with that vision of work now?

In this episode we’re joined by Seyda Karimpour, founder of Seasons of Work, a community platform for multi-passionates who want to push back against hustle culture and find their own rhythm in work and life. 

Follow Seyda Karimpour and Seasons of Work on Instagram @seydakarimpour @seasonsofwork

Learn more about Seasons of Work

The Imposters Club is a Morley Radio production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to The Imposters Club and a whole host of exciting shows.

Credits:

Presenters: Sinéad Kennedy Krebs and Melissa Murdock
Editor & Studio Manager: Camilo Salazar at Morley Radio
PR & Brand Partnerships Producer: Georgie Rutherford

We’d love to know about how you’re helping yourself feel good enough and choosing what’s good enough for you. Email us at theimpostersclub@gmail.com, contact us on instagram @theimpostersclub or on twitter @impostersclub, and visit theimpostersclub.co.uk. Head to wherever you get your podcasts and give us a 5 star rating - it helps other people find us!

Articles cited:

‘The death of the girlboss’, Alex Abad-Santos, Vox: https://www.vox.com/22466574/gaslight-gatekeep-girlboss-meaning 

‘The Girlboss Is Dead. Long Live the Girlboss.’, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2021/08/demise-of-the-girlboss.html 

WE’RE BACK! The Imposters Club returns for our 5th season, and this time we’re talking WORK. Sinéad’s pivoting her career, Melissa’s returning from maternity leave and the whole world is talking about how we can work better. 

In our first episode we’re going back to basics by deep-diving into what brought us here, and asking the potentially podcast-ending question: do we need to STOP talking about Imposter Syndrome? Stay tuned for why you can’t ‘fix’ it (and why it’s not your responsibility to) and how Imposter Syndrome might make you a better colleague after all. Hmm…

The Imposters Club is a Morley Radio production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to The Imposters Club and a whole host of exciting shows.

Credits:

Presenters: Sinéad Kennedy Krebs and Melissa Murdock

Editor & Studio Manager: Camilo Salazar at Morley Radio

PR & Brand Partnerships Producer: Georgie Rutherford

We’d love to know about how you’re helping yourself feel good enough and choosing what’s good enough for you. Email us at theimpostersclub@gmail.com, contact us on instagram @theimpostersclub or on twitter @impostersclub, and visit theimpostersclub.co.uk. Head to wherever you get your podcasts and give us a 5 star rating - it helps other people find us!

Articles cited:

‘Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome’, Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey, Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome

‘Career fear: new research reveals the hidden benefit of imposter syndrome’, Anna Brech, Stylist: https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/imposter-syndrome-benefit