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Women DisruptingWomen Disrupting Culture: Building Belonging Where It’s HardIn this episode, I’m joined by Hannah Wilson, founder of The Belonging Effect, formerly known as Diverse Educators.With over 20 years’ experience in education and inclusion work, Hannah supports organisations across sectors to move beyond good intentions and create cultures where people genuinely feel they belong.In this episode, we talk about why belonging is the outcome, not the starting point of the work she does, the importance of building confidence and consciousness before changing policies or curriculum, and how to navigate fear, resistance, and uncomfortable conversations with compassion and courage.Hannah brin...
2026-01-0536 min
Women DisruptingWe Are Not a Colour: Peju Abuchi on Disrupting Leadership with Art and TruthPoet and educator Peju Abuchi joins me to explore how creativity can disrupt corporate culture for the better. From performance poetry to boardroom conversations, Peju reveals why real leadership starts with humanity, reflection, and giving people permission to show up as their full selves. Featuring a powerful live reading of “We Are Not a Colour”, Peju sparks the questions, ‘Do we really need to speak to the global majority about pain and trauma all the time?' and 'What if we also spoke to our lineage, brilliance, and royalty, our ability to rise, lead, and claim our crowns as Kings...
2025-11-2632 min
Women DisruptingFrequency Imprinting for the Modern Woman with Charlie KramIn this episode I welcome Charlie Kram to the podcast! Charlie helps professional women step into their full potential and own it—authentically and in harmony with every part of themselves through virtual coaching.She’s especially passionate about supporting working mums and mums-to-be, guiding them to create their best lives with the balance and wholeness they truly deserve.As Charlie puts it: “To find and keep our balance, we need to get clear on what that really means for us and then take the actions that allow us to become the best version of oursel...
2025-11-0429 min
Women DisruptingSOLOCAST: Is The Beauty Myth still true?What if beauty isn’t about self-expression, but about power? In this episode, I revisit Naomi Wolf’s groundbreaking 1990 book The Beauty Myth and explore its relevance today.I share my own conflicted response to the book, unpack Wolf’s argument that the real issue is a lack of choice, and connect it to Pamela Anderson’s recent makeup-free appearances. What does it mean when a 56-year-old woman is called “brave” for showing her natural face? And why do wrinkles still provoke trolling in a culture that claims to celebrate “authenticity”?In this episode:The core argumen...
2025-09-2409 min
Women DisruptingYin and Yang Leadership: Coaching with Katy MasonThis episode’s guest is someone who’s been shaping the leadership landscape for over two decades. Katy Mason is a pioneering leadership coach who’s been on the frontlines of coaching since the early 2000s—well before it became a mainstream leadership tool. She helped create one of the UK's first corporate coaching cultures at O2, where she built a 54-strong coaching team and later transformed how leadership development was delivered across the business.Katy is the founder of Another Way, her own coaching consultancy, and she also works with the CVP Group as a skills coach—tr...
2025-08-1237 min
Women DisruptingBurn Out Isn't Your Destiny: Jo Howard on Career ReinventionIn this episode I speak with Jo Howard, Primary Teacher & Leader turned Certified Coach, Therapist & Business Strategist.Jo gets it! She understands the toll of burn out because she’s been there. When she looks back on her teaching career she can see how there were very few weeks (even days) where she wasn't suffering with incredibly high levels of stress and like many normalised this way of living - the reactiveness, the dis-regulation, the lack of time to recover before starting again.Jo talks about how she turned pain into power by setting up he...
2025-06-2946 min
Women DisruptingRelaxed as Rebellion: Becoming the Relaxed Woman with ChandrikaWhat if taking a breath was the most radical thing you could do? Chandrika’s story— from state-school kid in Preston to advising the likes of Chanel, Soho House and Sony—shows that calm confidence can be a quiet act of defiance against the odds.A first-generation graduate who speaks three languages, Chandrika sits in the rare 5 percent who rise from her starting point to earn a degree. Yet her greatest insurgency isn’t the résumé; it’s choosing to move through elite rooms relaxed, refusing to shrink or tense up for anyone. In this episode, she explores...
2025-05-2935 min
Women DisruptingThriving in Leadership Spaces as a Hijabi South Asian Woman with Yamina BibiYamina Bibi is the author of ‘The Little Guide for Teachers: Thriving in Your First Years of Teaching’, Project Specialist for the Chartered College of Teaching and Chiltern Learning Trust, a former Deputy Headteacher, English teacher, Coach and Consultant in East London.Yamina has vast experience within education.She is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, a Diverse Educators’ Associate as well as a network leader for WomenEd.In this powerful episode Yamina explores how, as a hijabi South Asian woman, she is on a mission to empower women from the global...
2025-04-2942 min
Women DisruptingBreaking Free from Limiting Beliefs Around Money with Financial Coach, Debbie HancockMoney isn’t just about numbers—it’s about mindset. And for many business owners, deeply ingrained beliefs about wealth and worth can hold them back from true financial freedom.In this episode, we’re joined by Debbie, a Chartered Management Accountant and Certified Financial Coach with over 16 years in the finance world. After spending 11 years thriving in corporate finance, she realized her true passion wasn’t just in the numbers—it was in helping business owners overcome the mental and emotional barriers keeping them from financial success. It was a money mindset shift that finally allo...
2025-03-3033 min
Women DisruptingOlympic Weightlifting for Women with Erann RoyleI recorded this episode with, Olympic Weightlifting Coach, Erann Royle during the 2024 Olympics and it was inspiring to hear her talk about an Olympic sport that positively changes the way we feel about our bodies.Women have been tirelessly chasing the low numbers on those scales for too long so it's refreshing to hear of a sport that focuses on a more empowering mindset: women are encouraged to be stronger, healthier and increase weight rather than shrinking themselves into waif-like figurines.Erann is an Olympic Weightlifting Coach and competitive Olympic Weightlifting athlete. She has been...
2024-12-0628 min
Women DisruptingBad Bosses with Kate Waterfall HillKate Waterfall Hill isn't your typical leadership coach and it’s fair to say she is a woman disrupting.Through comedy Kate challenges leadership paradigms that are no longer serving us. While she holds the expected credentials (ICF and ILM qualifications) and brings over 30 years of business experience, she’s mastered the rare art of blending sharp leadership acumen with engaging humour.In this episode, we discuss her newly released book, 'How to Lead', how she’s used her signature blend of humour and expertise to create a huge following on Tiktok, her alter ego ‘Linda th...
2024-11-1840 min
Women DisruptingFrom Hard Hat to Broad Shoulders with Emma EldershawI am delighted to speak with Transformational Coach, Emma Eldershaw, today. Emma is a certified NLP coach and also runs her own business as a Tropic ambassador. As a Transformational Coach Emma helps women in business overcome the anxiety and limiting beliefs, that are holding them back from having the business and life they deserve and desire.But Emma hasn’t always been in this line of work; earlier in Emma’s career she worked as a Telecoms engineer.When Emma first started in this industry it was even more male dominated than it is toda...
2024-10-2028 min
Women DisruptingDisrupting the Status Quo in Network Marketing with Sarah HulmeDoes the thought of networking make you feel nervous?For some, the idea of networking even feels a bit cringe!I certainly felt this way before I experienced a networking space designed by women for women.Let me introduce you, in this episode, to the wonderful woman who ripped up the old rule book for networking and started her own: Sarah Hulme.Sarah is proud mother of three and the founder of the Ladies Empowerment Circle™.Her goal has always been to empower women, create a safe community for th...
2024-08-2628 min
Women DisruptingDisrupting Unhealthy Fitness Norms for Women with Laura McdermottIn this episode, Laura McDermott, Women’s Fitness Coach, talks about a new paradigm for Women’s Fitness.Through her work coaching women, Laura helps women disrupt unhealthy fitness norms so women can lead more healthy and empowered lives.Laura encourages her clients to prioritize getting stronger over hours of endless cardio.She encourages her clients to eat to be strong and lift weights for better well being, both physically and mentally.Paris Olympics 2024 saw the first ever Gender equal Olympic Games.How inspiring it was to see women doin...
2024-08-0434 min
Women DisruptingUncovering Women's Superpowers with Lisa AdamsI am delighted to have Lisa Adams on today’s Women Disrupting podcast episode today. Lisa worked as a nurse for a large part of her career and now works as a Holistic Midlife Mentor. She helps women uncover their super powers by awakening their womb wisdom. She specialises is womb healing, menstruation and menopause. Part of Lisa’s work includes facilitating women’s circles, yoga classes, retreats and 1:1 support sessions for women at difference stages of their lives.In this episode we discuss societal conditioning, patriarchy, witches, menstruation, menopause, stress, energy, trauma, her work in womb healin...
2024-06-2738 min
Women DisruptingSubverting Gender Roles in Parenting with Jane GarnseyWhen I first met Jane, I was so intrigued by her journey in both her personal and professional life, I just knew it had to be shared with others. That’s why I invited her on my podcast because if we hear the stories of women who subvert gender norms that are no longer serving them, then we too, can find the courage to do the same.Jane has had a career in HR spanning 20 years and she is as passionate now about people as she was on day one. Fully CIPD qualified, she worked for most of...
2024-05-2927 min
Women DisruptingDisrupting the Status Quo in Football with Stef McLoughlinWelcoming Stef McLoughlin as a guest in this episode.Stef Mcloughlin is Commercial Manager at Lewes Football Club based in East Sussex, the first gender equal football club in the world.One thing Stef made me realise in this conversation is that if we are going to create more equity for women in the world of football, paradigms need to shift and that means not just looking at how female players are treated but serving the female fan base as well.Stef talks me through how she and the team at Lewes are...
2024-04-0727 min
Women DisruptingSupporting and empowering working parents with Emma SheppardWelcoming Emma Sheppard as a guest in this episode. Emma is founder of the Maternity Teacher Paternity Teacher Project, the UK’s charity for parent-teachers.Emma recognized that there was a lack of support for teacher parents in the Education sector and set up this charity to offer a range of support services which range from networking, coaching, professional development as well as support and entitlements for pregnant and expectant staff.With Emma’s visioning and innovation she is paving the way for more family and life-friendly schools, making teaching a sustainable career choice.Re...
2024-03-0244 min
Women DisruptingDisruption in Education with Vivienne PorrittMy guest in this episode is Vivienne Porritt. Vivienne is currently one of the Co-founders and Strategic Leaders for WomenEd, a global not-for-profit community that supports and empowers aspiring and existing women leaders in education.Vivienne has co-authored several books on women in leadership and in 2022 she was honoured with an OBE recognising her amazing work in education in particular her dedication to women’s rights in the sector.I don’t think Vivienne knows this but she re-instilled a sense of hope in me. When I reached out to her to propose a potential part...
2024-01-2951 min
Meet the Mancunian Podcast: social impact stories from ManchesterWomen and coaching with Yasmin AriffA warm Mancunian welcome to all my listeners. Presenting Season 6, Episode 8 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #women #coaching #socialimpact #nonprofit #WomenEd. I'm Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe, your friendly host.
In the eighth episode, the Meet the Mancunian podcast talks to Yasmin Ariff [https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-a-6492b113b/], Career and Leadership Coach and Volunteer, Women Ed [https://womened.com/home] about supporting women to help them thrive in their careers. In addition to coaching women through career and leadership challenges, Yasmin specialises in delivering professional coaching apprentices in partnership with her brother through CVP Group [https://cvpgroup.co.uk/].
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2023-10-2434 min