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Boss MumWould you ever ask for help? Is asking for help a sign of weakness? As mums, we don’t like to ask for help, and I know definitely I didn’t like to ask. We worried that others might judge us that we are not managing and failing as mothers. I have been there when I was putting so much pressure on myself that asking for help was the last resource before I would explode. How has my perception changed? Listen to this episode. Here are the highlights: {01:03} I never used to like to ask for help. {03:16} Being a brand...2023-05-1110 min
Boss MumDon’t be expected to do it all. Kirsty who is a Business Online Coach, Mindset and NLP Master well as speaker and podcaster told me a story of a young girl who just found out that she was expecting and she had to decide what to do with her life. The significant shift in her life happened when she decided to create her own business that could give her the flexibility of being a mum and entrepreneur. Fast for a few years, she loves helping women in business in a holistic way, and being a mum gave her the reason to do...2023-04-2623 min
Boss MumResponsibility of Income How many of you mums feel responsible for contributing to your household? Is maternity pay good enough that you can stay longer at home? What happens when maternity is finished, and you feel like your lifestyle might suffer because you only have one income? In many cases, mothers have to return to work because with the new way of living, inflation, and the percentage of rates going higher we feel that we have to return to work even if we don’t really want to. It happened to me too when we invested all our savings and be...2023-04-1310 min
Boss MumTurn your passion into a business Tracy who was a nurse for 23 years, decided to leave nursing when her son was two and a half. She understood then that she had the flexibility to work the way she wanted around her baby and family needs. She knows that if she stayed in nursing she would have more mum guilt, but now she can be available for her child when he needs her. Tracy is the creator of a Personally Organised company, as well she helps her husband with his recording studio and they are the owners of proprieties. She is genuinely passionate about h...2023-03-3120 min
Boss MumWhen last time did you eat mum? We are teaching our children to eat well, but we are forgetting about our bodies and health. There were times when I didn’t have time to eat, and I transform my stomach into a bin. I don’t like to waste food and of course, I teach my children to not waste either. Instead to sit and eat I was hovering over leftovers. I was tired, I was low, I was gaining unwanted weight and I felt depressed. I forgot how important is to eat properly. The big changes in my life happened when my friend introduced me to a...2023-03-2212 min
Boss MumEverything you do in your life is your choiceLoretta who is the Director and Lead Trainer at Loretta Douglas Training and Coaching. As well she is a Trainer of NLP, Time Line Therapy, and Hypnosis. After her third child was born, she found herself having a lot of health challenges, which follow with the decision to give up her teaching carrier at the head department after 12 years. The decision wasn’t easy but she had to look after herself first. She was lucky and so grateful that she got another business related to skin care called Templespa, which allowed her to still created income and work around her...2023-03-1525 min
Boss MumMother’s GuiltHow much guilt as mothers can we carry? As an Entrepreneur and mum of three experienced guilt on many levels. However, one day I decided to find out where that emotion came from, so I looked into my childhood and I realised that guilt is sown a long time before we become mothers. Then expand to the level that we can’t cope with. Here are the highlights: {00:50} As a mum who is an entrepreneur, I have a lot of guilt. {02:57} I couldn’t fulfill my work. {04:29} How is your...2023-03-0810 min
Boss MumI want something for myself, I don’t want to be stay at home mum and lose my identity10 years ago, Jill who is a mum of three, was happy to work part-time as a chiropractor assistant. Her life changed when the recession hit and her part-time job stop existing. Then she was introduced to new business opportunities by working from home. She jumped to try something completely different because she didn’t have anything to lose. Since then, she never looked back, because she achieved the perfect work-life balance, experiences, and income that she never dreamed about it. Here are the highlights: {01:16} For me as young mum part-time work was the best...2023-03-0119 min
Boss MumAre you not important anymore?When we become mum, we are losing our identity, we are losing the person we used to be. It’s very difficult to understand because we might do so many things for our family and children but where is the time for “ME”, for Patrycja? What happened was that I lost so much confidence and mentally I couldn’t cope. How my perception has changed between my first and my last child. What made me different and should I be different from each of my children? Here are the highlights: {00:40} Who is “ME”...2023-02-2210 min
Boss MumCreate the perfect Work-Life BalanceMichelle is a beauty therapist with 20 years of experience and is currently running her own business and working with network marketing at Neal’s Yard Remedies Organic. However most important, she is a mum to two boys and her children are the reason for everything she does in her life. She goes out of her comfort zones and works on personal development because she believes that everything we do create an imprint on our children. Michelle is happy to say that everything works so well for her, especially during the pandemic her network marketing business was keeping her...2023-02-1521 min
Podcasting for BusinessBoss Mum - Interview with Patricia McMahonIn this episode, I chat to the lovely Patrycja McMahon who recently took part in one of my 45-day sprints. Patricia is a fantastic example that anybody can start a podcast in less than 45 days. Her brand new podcast, Boss Mum is out now and she shares her incredible journey into podcasting with me.Here are the highlights(04:00) What is Boss Mum about?(07:22) Why did you choose to join the 45-day sprint?(09:23) What made you want to create a podcast?Boss Mum Podcast : https://podfollow.com/16671913052023-02-1418 min
Boss MumHormones and Stress at Work What way do we behave, when we return to work after maternity? Is a “Baby Brain” real or just a saying? In my case with three of my babies, it's a completely different scenario. When we return to work, we have to act and behave exactly the same as before regards the situation that our body growing human beings for nine to ten months, our hormonal state is all over the place, and stress and lack of sleep. As employees or self-employers, we put so much pressure on ourselves to perform on the same level in ou...2023-02-0812 min
Boss MumThere is no Support for an Everyday Working MumFor my guest Alexandra who is a true Entrepreneur her children are her world, and inspiration in everything she does. She does both, work full-time in the corporate world, however, when her children were born she discovered that as being working mum there wasn't any support for her and mothers like her. When she was listening to other coaches, the only what she heard was pushing mothers to achieve the best results in business carrier and ideas of breaking that glass ceiling however she was thinking about how everyday mums cope. Then she decided to...2023-02-0120 min
Boss MumShould a mother invest in herself?It is a very simple question; however, do we know the answer to it? What is meant to invest yourself, mum? For each of us, it would be something completely different. For some mums, it would be an investment in their beauty regime, health, personal development, style, or business. There are many options, however, when we are becoming a mum, we become that word “mother”, who is looking after everyone around us except herself. We forget that self-care is so important to be a happy and fulfilled mum. I was lucky enough that at a...2023-01-2710 min
Boss MumMum of 5 and Boss on her own termsGuest - Lisa Feenan Mum of five children, ages 19 years old to three. A qualified teacher who after her fourth child was born with a rear neurological condition, decided to take a carrier brake to look after Thomas who at that time needed 24 daycare. At the beginning of the lockdown, she was introduced to Network Marketing by her friend, a company called Tropic. Two years on she found a new passion for skin care, and extra income to support her family but most important she found herself. Listen to the inspirational...2023-01-2519 min
Boss MumAnxiety Separation – How old your baby will be when you return to work?12 months, 9 months, 6 months, 3 months, or maybe 10 days? And then what? Depends on where you work and how lucky you are with your maternity pay mum. Unfortunately, I had to return to work when my first baby was 10 days old, yes, I know I don’t know how I did manage that. However, it doesn’t matter how old your baby is the anxiety separation always will take place. When the baby is born, we as mums don’t want to even think about returning to work and what emotions will associate with that process. I can te...2023-01-2511 min
Boss MumTrailerThe Boss Mum podcast is, designed to inspire, give ideas and opportunities to mums who want more from their lives. I want to show you the ups and downs and true stories about mothers who follow their successful journey of having it all. My passion is to mentor and serve mothers with my knowledge, energy, mindfulness, and life experience. I believe all mothers deserve a chance for self-development, self-care, independence, a secure, stable future, and a happy life following a successful career path. If you want to know more, con...2023-01-2303 min