Wisdom For Working Mums – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Ever had life bring you to your knees in that quiet, private way that makes you feel deeply human?

I'm in that season. In this episode I share the health news I'm navigating and the leadership reset it sparked: why going back to basics isn't a setback, how to be confidently humble, and the seven foundations I'm using to rebuild in body and leadership.

If you're facing uncertainty - career, health, motherhood - this is a gentle, practical companion for beginning again.

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In this special conversation, Nicky welcomes friends and co-founders Clare Radford and Harri Demetrios to introduce the Empow-Her Collective - a new, research-led collaboration reshaping how senior women are supported in leadership.

Together, they unpack why "fixing women" misses the point, the systemic patterns that stall brilliant careers, and how psychologically safe, evidence-based development can create real change. You'll hear the origin story, the themes they're already seeing in their study, and how you can lend your voice. If you've ever felt like you're leading with one hand tied behind your back, this one's for you.

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Returning to work after having a baby is one of the most emotionally charged transitions a woman can face, and it's one that too often goes unsupported. In this powerful episode, I am joined by business psychologist and founder of & Culture Consulting, Clare Radford, to explore the findings from her groundbreaking report, How to Support Returning Parents: From Boardroom to Babies and Back Again.

With insights drawn from nearly 400 personal stories, Clare shines a light on the unseen struggles faced by women returning from maternity leave, and what businesses must do to keep their top talent from quietly slipping away. Together, we dive into the emotional toll, the hidden biases, and the practical steps needed to build a workplace where working parents can thrive.

In this episode, you'll discover:

The emotional and psychological impact of returning to work as a parent

Why ambition doesn't disappear with parenthood, and what organisations are missing

The five game-changing strategies every employer should implement

How self-advocacy can transform a return-to-work experience

The cost to businesses and society of getting this wrong, and the ROI of getting it right

Whether you're a working mum preparing to return to work, an HR leader wanting to improve retention, or someone passionate about creating more humane workplaces, this episode is essential listening.

You can listen to the episode here or via itunes or spotify. Or you can find it on most other podcast platforms and apps.

Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I'd be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it's been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on.

Please consider rating and reviewing my show. Your review can help other people find my podcast so you'll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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I used to have a guilty secret. That secret is I hate goal setting. I really don't enjoy it. And I rarely do it.
I know it's weird for a coach to admit right?

But having a direction in which you're heading is really powerful - I think we can all probably agree with that.

The old - "if you don't know where you're going you can end up anywhere" - quote.

So for a few years, I beat myself up about not enjoying or wanting to set goals. At times I forced myself to do goal setting but it just felt really inauthentic and incongruent.

And I've got big dreams, hopes and intentions. So how do you create a life you love if you don't set goals??!?

That's what I'm going to be exploring in this episode. I'm going to be sharing an alternative approach if you too don't get fired up about goal setting.

It's based on an exercise I did with my first ever executive coach nearly 20 years ago now and it's no underestimate to say it was life-changing - and I don't use that term lightly as I know it's one that can be thrown around.

This podcast episode is for you if you want to approach 2022 (or anytime if you're not listening when this launches in January) in a way that gives you the freedom to rise above all the noise of new year's resolutions and really focus on what's important to you in your life and work.

If you head to www.wisdomforworkingmums.co.uk/74 you can find a download that goes along with this episode.

Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I'd be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it's been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on.

Please consider rating and reviewing my show. Your review can help other people find my podcast so you'll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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It would be easy to just walk away from this year and close the door on it without looking back, hoping that I never have another year like this again.

But as difficult as it has been, there have been some deeply profound and important lessons that I want to take from this year. And my guess is that it's the same for you too.

If I walked away without reflecting on them I'd lose the goodness in those lessons, and I didn't want to do that.

So come join me in my last podcast of 2021 as I share my life lessons.

You can listen to the episode here: https://wisdomforworkingmums.co.uk/73 or via itunes, stitcher or spotify. Or you can find it on most other podcast platforms and apps.

I hope that they help you reflect on your year too. So we can carry what we need to into 2022 and leave behind what we need to as well.

In this episode I share:

How this year has made me rethink resilience

How I'm focussing on doing less but better

My experience in creating space for just me

How I'm moving from 'powerful effort' to 'effortless power' in 2022 and beyond

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode and it provides you with some useful insights into your own life lessons for 2022.

Wishing you hope, health and happiness for the year ahead.

Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I'd be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it's been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on.

Please consider rating and reviewing my show. Your review can help other people find my podcast so you'll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, I want to encourage you to get subscribed as I don't want you to miss out. I'm adding some exciting bonus episodes and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!

As Christmas approaches it's the season we're meant to be being happy, joyous and fun – it's 'Merry Christmas' after all.

But for many of us, it can lead to more stress and overwhelm.

I hear from so many women that they get exhausted and sick at this time of year.

So I wanted to share with you three Christmas burnout traps and how you can avoid them.

Because this year more than ever we are probably feeling that we're on the brink of burnout. Christmas has a way of taking the overwhelm up a notch as working mums!

In this episode I share:

* How to prevent perfectionism stealing the joy of your Christmas

* How to prevent yourself becoming a Merry Martyr this Christmas

* How to give the gift of giving without it becoming a problem

I truly hope these insights help you to show up for yourself in a loving way so you can be there for your loved ones in the way you want to too.

You can listen here to the episode here: https://wisdomforworkingmums.co.uk/72 or via itunes, stitcher or spotify. Or you can find it on most other podcast platforms and apps.

Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I'd be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it's been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on.

Please consider rating and reviewing my show. Your review can help other people find my podcast so you'll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, I want to encourage you to get subscribed as I don't want you to miss out. I'm adding some exciting bonus episodes and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!

Do you struggle to rest as a working mum?

Do you feel tired but you just feel like you can't step off the hamster wheel of life?

Does your secret fantasy involve going away to a hotel for a weekend *just* to sleep?

Then this podcast episode is for you!

I'm interviewing Karen Brody, a rest teacher and founder of Daring To Rest.  I came across Karen and her work when I was deep in my own burnout journey.  Her book became my bible and was pivotal in me understanding what had led me to burn out and what I could do to take my power back and recover.

Karen is on a mission to support you to experience deep rest by sharing a life-changing, simple, restful transformational nap approach.  Teaching us to slow down and dare to rest.

In this episode Karen shares:

• How her experience with panic attacks in early in her motherhood journey led her to do this work
• How we value and protect rest for our children but not for ourselves
• The rest messages we receive at an early age in our culture
• How our modern society is set up for us being hyper-aroused and why we need rest more than ever
• The powerful life direction that rest took her on that led to global success
• That rest in the remedy for so many things in our lives
• A life-changing 3-minute rest ritual

You can access the show notes here: https://wisdomforworkingmums.co.uk/71

Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I'd be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it's been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on.  

Your review can help other people find my podcast so you'll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, I want to encourage you to get subscribed as  I don't want you to miss out.  I'm adding some exciting bonus episodes and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!

Do you struggle to rest as a working mum?

Do you feel tired but you just feel like you can't step off the hamster wheel of life?

Does your secret fantasy involve going away to a hotel for a weekend *just* to sleep?

Then this podcast episode is for you!

I'm interviewing Karen Brody, a rest teacher and founder of Daring To Rest.  I came across Karen and her work when I was deep in my own burnout journey.  Her book became my bible and was pivotal in me understanding what had led me to burn out and what I could do to take my power back and recover.

Karen is on a mission to support you to experience deep rest by sharing a life-changing, simple, restful transformational nap approach.  Teaching us to slow down and dare to rest.

In this episode Karen shares:

• How her experience with panic attacks in early in her motherhood journey led her to do this work
• How we value and protect rest for our children but not for ourselves
• The rest messages we receive at an early age in our culture
• How our modern society is set up for us being hyper-aroused and why we need rest more than ever
• The powerful life direction that rest took her on that led to global success
• That rest in the remedy for so many things in our lives
• A life-changing 3-minute rest ritual

You can access the show notes here: https://wisdomforworkingmums.co.uk/71

Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I'd be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it's been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on.  

Your review can help other people find my podcast so you'll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, I want to encourage you to get subscribed as  I don't want you to miss out.  I'm adding some exciting bonus episodes and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!

As mums there's probably not a week goes by that we don't worry about the wellbeing of our children in some way, shape or form.

But with the pandemic changing the way we live, work and even school, for many children this time has created unsettling changes.  Often leaving us as parents feeling un-resourced in how to support our children.

A survey published by the NHS in September 2021 revealed that children's mental wellbeing had declined from 2017 with now one in six children in England having a probable mental health issue.  Young people with existing mental health problems also reported that lockdown made their life worse.

This has coincided with closures or reduction of key services, including mental health services and youth services.

I don't know about you but at times I've felt like I've needed more support and resources to navigate some of these worries. That's why I'm so excited to introduce you to my guest – Dr Esther Cole

Dr. Cole is Clinical Director & Clinical Psychologist at Lifespan Psychology. She worked in the NHS for 12 years and before starting her own Psychology Practice.

I've had the privilege of working with Esther so was delighted when she wanted to join me on the podcast to help empower us as parents on how to navigate our children's mental health.  Not only in her professional role as a Clinical Psychologist but also as a mother of three children herself.

In this episode we explore:

• What is children's mental health
• What are some of themes around children's mental health that Esther is seeing in her practice
• Some really simple, practical but profound things we can do as parents to support our children with their mental wellbeing
• Some great resources to help us if we need more support

You can access the show notes here: https://wisdomforworkingmums.co.uk/70

Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I'd be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it's been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on.  

Your review can help other people find my podcast so you'll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, I want to encourage you to get subscribed as  I don't want you to miss out.  I'm adding some exciting bonus episodes and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!

It can be hard as a working mum to find enjoyment in the busyness of life.  If you find yourself being pulled in different directions and feeling like there's not enough time to enjoy life, then this episode is for you.

In this episode I share:

• The powerful life lessons that have reminded me how important it is to enjoy life
• The neuroscience of why we might struggle to enjoy life and be truly happy
• Three tips to enjoy life even in the messy middle as a working mum

You can access the show notes here: https://wisdomforworkingmums.co.uk/69

Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I'd be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it's been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on.  

Your review can help other people find my podcast so you'll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, I want to encourage you to get subscribed as  I don't want you to miss out.  I'm adding some exciting bonus episodes and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!