In this episode Jane talks to former PR executive turned Public Speaker & Trainer, LinkedIn Voice and personal branding expert Marielle Legair about her own career and how she became so passionate about personal branding. Marielle talks about why personal branding is so important for your career and gives some practical advice to take the fear out of “selling yourself” on social media. Find out more about working with Marielle here...

In this episode Jane talks to Jessica Fearnley, a coach who works with women who want to grow or start a successful business to business consultancy. She is the host of her own podcast “The seven figure consultant” and has helped women to step out on their own and regain control of their consultancy business. This week Jessica is on the other side of the mic and talks about her own journey from being in a band to joining a start up and then launching her own business. You can find out more...

When former-nurse Jen Smollett, and her wife returned from travelling, they agreed adoption felt like the right path for them to start their family. In this episode, Jen talks about the process and what she has learnt about herself along the way. You can find out more about Jen and her coaching practice here https://www.careeringintomotherhood.com/jen-smollett

In this episode former radio producer at the BBC Charlotte Worth, talks about her decision to leave behind her career in the media and focus on helping others to find career fulfilment. She gives her top five tips from saying yes to things in life that might feel frightening, to saying no to things at work that are likely to pigeon hole you into somewhere you don’t want to be. Find out more about Charlotte here https://www.careeringintomotherhood.com/charlotte-worth

On the surface of it, Michelle O’Sullivan “had it all” – a big job in investment banking, international travel and a luxury life in London. But when she found herself bedridden she was forced to accept that her lifestyle was quite literally killing her. In this episode Michelle talks about the process of realisation that she went through and how she found a happiness she and those around her, had not foreseen for one moment. Find out more about Michelle here...

Emma Kangis is a leadership coach who began her career in the entertainment industry. In this episode she gives some great pieces of advice on how to reframe and rethink about career success. Find out more about Emma here https://www.careeringintomotherhood.com/emma-kangis

In this episode Jane Johnson of Careering into Motherhood talks to Sarah Bramall, a former English teacher and mother of three children about her move into career coaching. Sarah talks about her personal experience of changing direction and leaving a vocational career, and shares her top 5 pieces of supportive advice. For more information about Sarah see https://www.careeringintomotherhood.com/sarah-bramall

**Please be aware that this episode deals with issues of grief and loss of loved ones.** Sam Rudd was running a successful London production agency when her world fell apart. With three young children she found herself a widow. In this episode, which Sam voluntarily offered to record, she talks about her life, her coping mechanisms and how she has gone on when forced into a situation of such tragedy that most of us could not even imagine. You can connect with Sam here...

Henrietta Nelson is a former City solicitor who left her career as a lawyer after having her second child. It was not a decision she took lightly but she has retrained as a coach and now works with other women who feel that family and law don’t necessarily work together. In this episode Henrietta talks about her decision and how she went about it, and she gives 5 pieces of career coaching wisdom that she has learnt along the way. You can find out more about Henrietta here...

In this episode the ever-effervescent Teresa Klasener gives her top 5 (or is it 3, you’ll have to listen to get that!) pieces of career advice that she’s learnt throughout her career. She talks about remaining curious as an adult and how she’s used that to her advantage in securing jobs, and her belief that women should stand up and speak out. Find out more about Teresa here https://www.careeringintomotherhood.com/teresa-klasener

In this episode Jane talks to Rene Germain, author of a recently published book Black & Great, the essential workplace toolkit. Rene talks about her own experience of growing up in South West London and as a young black woman who started her career at Goldman Sachs. She talks about how and why she wanted to write this book, the process she went through and what drives her. It is a fascinating interview that isn’t focused on motherhood but rather on the prejudices and biases that exist...

If you’ve promised yourself this year the morning routine won’t be as chaotic as last year, or that you will help your child overcome any anxiety that they (or perhaps you) might be feeling as the new term starts, then have a listen to this brilliant episode with Heather Rutherford of the Parenting Partnership.  Heather is a parenting coach who drops gold nuggets of advice on reducing stress minimising emotional issues and helping parents to create happy, stress-free families. A mother of...

Rachel had resigned from her job so that she could spend more time bringing up her son while her then-husband went to work. That was all until “curry-gate” as Rachel now refers to it. A seemingly small thing that was the straw that broke the camel’s back and made her realise that she and her now ex-husband would be better parents and people if they were apart. Fast forward to now and Rachel has navigated her way through an amicable divorce, had a stream of internet dates and now helps other...

In this episode, Jane talks to Executive & Health Coach Claire Vivyan Roberts. Claire talks about what drew her to health coaching and gives five of her best tips for managing stressful periods in your life. As many of us go into the long school holidays with a certain sense of trepidation about how to juggle childcare and work, Claire gives some practical ways to help us keep on top of things. You can find out more information about Claire and working with her, here. 

Emily’s work as a coach also combines her passion for style and colour. She works with her clients not only to help them define and achieve their goals, but to do so with confidence and she talks about what we wear and the impact this can have. For more information about Emily and her work contact [email protected] or visit the Careering into Motherhood website . You can also learn more about Smartworks, the charity Emily mentioned, here. 

Sarah Jackson OBE is the former CEO of Working Families, a role she took in the early 1990s after the birth of her daughter, when any concept of flexible working or reduced hours were almost non-existent. Sarah went on to spend her working life campaigning for the rights of working parents, and in this episode she talks about the changes she has seen but also the three key things that she believes still need to change before parents can truly have happy and fulfilling careers in balanced...

Rebecca Amin - career coach and host of her own podcast Career Happy Mums - talks to Jane about her top five pieces of career advice.  Without giving too much away, this week there is a big emphasis on not losing yourself and having the right to speak up when/if things aren’t working for you. Something that may sound easy, but is much harder to do in practice! But, Rebecca shares some practical reasons why it really is vitally important. You can find out more about Rebecca and coaching...

Resilience is a much used term in today’s world. But what about the times in life when you really cannot muster it? How do you get through and can you teach your brain resilience techniques? In this episode, Jane talks to Catherine Shepherd about her own experience of depression, job hunting and other times in her life when resilience really was not a word she identified with. Catherine now helps to coach clients through these times and build their own resilience and ability to “bounce...

After yet another morning of stress and strife to get her girls off to school and herself into the office, Ayesha Murray decided she had to make a change. It’s a familiar story that many of our listeners will identify with, but what career opportunities are open to you as a working mum and what will you enjoy? In this episode, Ayesha talks about how she worked out what it was she wanted to do next, and went about building her business and with it her personal brand. She talks about...

In this episode, Jane talks to career coach and founder of Brilliant Me coaching, Jane Mckenna, about what exactly a career coach does with a client who wants to make a career change. The two Jane's talk about their predisposition for perfectionism and how to deal with limiting beliefs. They also talk about some coaching tools and techniques for finding a new career, and they lift the lid on whether coaching really is the key to finding work happiness. Find out more about working with...

This week, as part of our month-long focus on changing careers, Jane talks to Alice Draper. Alice received some career coaching herself after the birth of her children, and it led her to understand more about what she really enjoyed and was good at. Now, less than 2 years later, she is a qualified coach running her own business. You can find out more about working with Alice here or on her website. You can also follow her here on Instagram! 

This week Jane talks to Sara Smalley, a former soldier in the British Army who left and eventually trained as a Career Coach. Sara is proof that change can be part of a career tapestry, and the way you look at the risk involved in a career change really can be the difference between success and failure. Follow Sara for more career change inspiration on Instagram here and find out more about working with her here.

In this episode, Jane (in London) talks to Nisha Aubeeluck in Mauritius! Nisha made a conscious decision to build a business around a life that enabled her to travel to almost anywhere she wanted in the world. So, when lockdown lifted, Nish made the most of her portable career and relocated to her family home of Mauritius. But it isn’t all rosy, and Nish tells it how it is. She talks about the highs and lows of living life as a digital nomad. Check out Nisha's Instagram here and find out...

If you’ve ever thought about launching your own thing but wanted to mitigate some of the risk, then this episode is for you! Sarah Clarke is an experienced Career Coach who specialises in helping women who want to go it alone professionally. In this episode, Sarah talks to Jane about how she reached the decision to go it alone herself, and how she helps women to figure out whether this is the right move for them. You can find out more about working with Sarah here.

Nerice Gietel is a highly qualified Career Coach, who has taken her career all over the world but is always driven by the same ambition to help other women. She has done some incredibly courageous things in her career, and now as a mother, finds herself having to reinvent not only her network as she continues to move around the world (and take her career as a Coach with her), but also that of her 5 year old daughter. Jane and Nerice talk about all this and more, in this week's...