Would you secretly love to create a new career, business or way of life, but think it’s too late, too difficult or too much of a risk? The Rewriters Podcast with Monique Shaw is a celebration of feeling fear and doing it anyway, packed with anecdotes, tools and tips to help you rewrite your story to create a create and life that actually works.
It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? In today’s special solo episode, I want to share what happened with I just stopped (almost everything) during the summer of 2022 – I call this The Summer I Stopped.
Ever feel like you're managing everything too precariously and you’re about to drop one of those plates? If you have, this episode is for you.
Quick Rewrite #4: How to Grow Confidence and Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Episode 21
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 • Duration 28:07
Welcome to today's Quick Rewrite' edition of the podcast. In this special series, I’m releasing a weekly episode where I discuss the topic I wrote about in my newsletter and blog that week.
This week, I’m talking about confidence and imposter syndrome: How to grow confidence and overcome imposter syndrome.
During the episode I explain:
Why to stop trying to be confident – and what to do instead
Where confidence and imposter syndrome intersect
What imposter syndrome is – my beliefs and what I’ve learned
How to overcome imposter syndrome (one step at a time)
S2, Ep 3: Intuitive Career Change - with Sarah Potter
Season 2 · Episode 3
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 • Duration 01:00:25
Welcome to 'The Rewriters' podcast. In this episode I speak with Sarah Potter AKA La Dolce Vita Coach. Sarah is a Hypnotherapist and Emotional Intelligence Coach, she offers Reiki, Marketing for healers, coaches and therapists and she's also a Vegan Cake Maker! Sarah describes herself as a 'multi-potential' woman. We talk about what this means during our conversation, but essentially Sarah has lots of loves and different threads to her career. She is unapologetic about it and she loves to help other women unfurl their own multi-potential careers too.
Coaching and hypnosis helped Sarah get unstuck from an outwardly successful life in international marketing that left her feeling hollow inside. Using many of the tools we discuss in this episode, she was able to build a life that embraced her love for travel, service and creativity – all supported by a portfolio (or multi-potential) career.
During our conversation we also discuss the role intuition and values played in her career changes and try to dispel some of the myths about changing your mind mid-career.
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S2, Ep 2: Is Alcohol Holding You Back? – with Izzy McLean
Season 2 · Episode 2
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 • Duration 01:05:38
My guest is Izzy McLean, a Transformational Coach and founder of The Whole Of The Moon, who works with women to help them make the changes they want to see in their lives. One of her key programmes She Bangs the Drum is dedicated specifically to women wanting a more positive relationship with alcohol.
Driven by her desire to understand and get a handle on her relationship with alcohol, Izzy spent many years studying the science and practice of behaviour change before training as a coach and resigning from her leadership role in education to start her own coaching practice. Now, she's on a mission to share what she has learnt and help other women make the changes they want to see in their lives too. During this conversation Izzy and I share the reasons why we each decided to reassess our relationship with alcohol and where we’re at in our own journeys. This episode was created for anyone who has a niggle that their relationship with alcohol might not be working for them either.
S2, Ep 1: How To Fall Back in Love with Your Current Job
Season 2 · Episode 1
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 • Duration 29:06
Hello everyone and welcome to Season 2 of The Rewriters!
In today’s special solo cast episode, I am going to walk you through how you can fall back in love with your career without quitting your job!
This episode was inspired by my beautiful friend (and the talent behind the podcast's original music) DJ Cinnamon.She texted me over the Summer asking if people could rewrite their career story in their current jobs and my answer was Yes! Yes! YES! 100% they can!
In this episode I share:
What I mean by inside-out career change
4 steps you can take to fall back in love with your current job
How to self-promote (particularly if you loathe self-promotion)Why I think careers are like gardens
Throughout the episode I share a number of questions for you to explore and exercises you can work through so keep your notebook handy when you listen.
It’s an opportunity for us all to check in with where we are in our work lives and make the necessary tweaks to fall in love with our jobs again or get clear about what we need in the next one.
S1, Ep 9: How to Create Your Own Definition of Success (in Work and Life)
Season 1 · Episode 9
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • Duration 33:50
Welcome to this, the final episode of Season 1, with me your host and resident Rewriter, Monique Shaw.
Today’s episode is all about creating your own personal definition of success. This is such an important topic for me and is something I’ve been thinking and talking about a lot this last year, both personally and professionally. Creating our own definition of success is both brave and challenging but is completely liberating and life-changing.
In this episode I’ll unpack…
What we mean by success and being successful
The importance of getting honest with ourselves about how we define success
How we can (and should) look at success and wealth differently to create our own definition
The fluid and changing nature of success
My own ‘success’ journey and how I’m rewriting it
Throughout the episode I share a number of questions for you to answer and explore as you work through your own ‘success’ journey and rewrite.
In the episode I reference the following articles:
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S1, Ep 8: Find Your Secret Superpowers at Work - with Marianne Cantwell
Season 1 · Episode 8
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 • Duration 59:54
Welcome to Episode 8 of The Rewriters.
Today’s episode is with Marianne Cantwell, author of Be A Free Range Human, founder of Free Range Humans and a TEDx speaker. Her talk The Hidden Power Of Not Always Fitting In has over half a million views and was named by Entrepreneur.com as one of the “Top 10 TED talks to watch to overcome fear of failure”. Marianne left her corporate job over a decade ago and grew a successful business (during a recession) that allowed her to spend years travelling the world with everything she needed in her laptop. Her work helps thousands of people all over the world to create a life and business that doesn’t compromise who they are. Her work and ideas have been featured in Business Insider, Inc.com, BBC World, The Guardian, Psychologies magazine, Forbes Business Week and more.
Her book, Be A Free Range Human, was a huge inspiration for me personally and professionally – I consider it essential reading for anyone thinking about quitting the 9-5 and creating a different kind of work life. During our conversation Marianne shares her own story and explains why we should celebrate our differences, find our secret superpowers and work with greater ease. She also turns the idea of ‘staying in your lane’ on its head. If you enjoy the episode, please don't forget to Rate or Review in Apple Podcasts and share with anyone who might enjoy this conversation #TheRewritersPod.
S1, Ep 7: Making Bold Career Moves Without Certainty - with Dr. Parth Shah
Season 1 · Episode 7
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 • Duration 48:53
Welcome to Episode 7 of The Rewriters.
The Rewriter we feature in this episode is Dr. Parth Shah. Parth has an extraordinary career story and an impressive history of career rewrites. He is an Optometrist by trade and a Trustee of the Board of the College of Optometrists, the UK’s professional body for optometrists. Earlier in his career he worked in academia as a lecturer and clinical supervisor, he completed his PhD, pivoted into the corporate world at a strategy consultancy, pivoted out of that into self-employment, founding his practice and along the way worked in Premier League Football and got an Executive MBA at Cambridge Judge Business School.
In this often philosophical conversation, Parth explains how he makes such bold career moves without certainty or bags of confidence. We discuss imposter syndrome and also delve into the need to create space in our lives and communities to allow deeper conversation, connection and empathy – particularly with those we disagree with.
Parth refers to the following books during the episode – Working Identity by Herminia Ibarra and Range by David Epstein. Connect with Parth on LinkedIn.
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S1, Ep 6: How to Get Paid and Go For It! - with Meggie Palmer
Season 1 · Episode 6
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 • Duration 51:19
Welcome to this special International Women's Day episode ofThe Rewriters.
The Rewriter we feature in this episode is Founder, Speaker, Tech Entrepreneur and CEO of PepTalkHer Meggie Palmer. Meggie started out her career in journalism working as a foreign correspondent for publications and media outlets including BBC World, CNBC, SKY and Vogue. She went on to found her own Media Training agency before eventually making the move into an entirely new industry – tech – where she is on a mission to close the gender pay gap. She is a guest lecturer at Colombia University, speaks globally on topics like imposter syndrome and works with brands including JP Morgan, Westpac and Revlon to help them create more inclusive workplaces.
Meggie is so infectiously and unapologetically herself. During the episode she discusses why knowing your worth is so important when it comes to career and business and why everyone should give themselves permission to have a go. She also shares how PepTalkHer came to be, the importance of community and why she believes everyone has that one idea that could become their ‘thing’.
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Connect with Meggie and PepTalkHer on IG, Connect withMeggie on LinkedIn
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S1, Ep 5: How to Maximise and Conserve your Time - A Practical Guide
Season 1 · Episode 5
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 • Duration 34:33
Welcome to this episode all about TIME - with me, your host and resident Rewriter, Monique Shaw.
I consider myself a bit of a Time Ninja – it's one of my favourite topics and special interest areas. In this episode I’ll outline my key time principles as well as my top tips and tools for maximising and conserving your time. You’ll hear about micro-deadlines, peak periods, auditing and chunking diaries, as well as why you shouldn’t try to eat a whole cake in one sitting.
I am confident that if you implement just one piece of advice from this episode, you will carve out more time for you and your priorities.
In the episode I reference the following resources:
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