⚡️The Mischief Movement Podcast⚡️

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! By the time you press play, I’m 45 and I’m marking the day with a rare kind of honesty: the stuff I wish I’d understood at 35, before motherhood cracked my life open and handed me a mirror. Not a polished “wisdom” speech, more a real-time reflection from someone still figuring it out, just with a decade of dots finally starting to connect. If you’ve ever looke...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! You know that oddly unsettling moment when you look at your sensible, reasonable, perfectly respectable life and think: why does this still feel wrong? Not a crisis, not a disaster just a quiet, persistent “off” that shows up as Sunday dread, a flat Tuesday morning, and the sense you could do your week with your eyes closed. In this episode I’m naming the trap...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! Ever had that moment at your desk where you imagine marching into your boss’s office, handing in your notice, and walking out like it’s the closing scene of a film? I’ve had it more times than I can count, and I’ve realised something uncomfortable: that fantasy can be the very thing that keeps us stuck. I’m sharing a simple framework I’ve been using while rebu...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! You know that feeling when something lights you up so much you start to believe a bigger life is possible, then you get home and the washing up is still there? That whiplash is the heart of this conversation. I'm unpacking what happened around Happy Startup School Summer Camp and, more importantly, what happened after the photos, the hugs, and the “best w...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! What if you don’t feel alive because you’ve been trained to play small, not because you’re failing at life? Ordinary might look tidy from the outside, but it can be a cage when it’s built from other people’s comfort. I share a story from my brother’s teenage years that still makes me laugh and wince in equal measure. At sixteen he wanted to study computing, wa...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! Your life can look “sorted” and still feel slightly out of tune, like a song playing in the next room that you cannot switch off. That’s where we start: not with a meltdown, but with the quiet, persistent sense that you are living someone else’s version of “fine”.  This week I want to pull up a chair for Dolly Parton, because her legacy is bigger than music an...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! You’ve built a life that looks sensible, stable, even impressive and yet something in you feels strangely absent. That quiet gap is what we speak to here, with a direct message for the “quiet rebel”: not the loud, burn-it-all-down type, but the person who keeps showing up, keeps delivering, and still wakes up with a small dread they can’t easily justify. If yo...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! Everything can look sorted and still feel slightly wrong. That low-level hum you cannot unhear, the sense that you are doing the right things yet somehow living on low power, is exactly where we start. I'm talking to the quiet rebels and the high-functioning people who are not in crisis, just… dimmed. And I take that feeling seriously. We revisit three id...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! You can do everything “right” and still feel quietly off. That strange gap between a life that looks fine and a body that feels flat is what we’re getting honest about today, using a metaphor that makes the pattern easier to see without shame: dimmers, flickers, and the circuit breaker that trips the moment you start to come alive.  I refer to the dimmer effec...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! You can tick every box and still feel like something in you is turned down. That quiet, persistent “off” feeling isn’t always a warning siren, sometimes it’s a signal that your life has become too dim to fit who you are now. I’m Zoe, and I’m putting words to the moments you’ve probably been brushing aside: the pang of envy when someone laughs too loudly, the 1...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! You can tick every box and still feel like your life is happening with the lights turned low. That’s the tension I’m naming today: the moment you realise you are not unhappy enough for a dramatic reset, but you are not alive enough to keep calling it fine. I call it the dimmer effect, the slow, sneaky way we make small, sensible decisions that quietly turn our...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! You can have the job, the relationship, and the life that looks exactly like it should and still feel that quiet, persistent “off” you cannot explain.  This week I'm sharing my latest article “Nine Years”, the real story of trying to find myself in Italy without the glossy Instagram edit. I talk about the fear of freelancing, the pressure to be sensible,...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! You can have the life that looks exactly like it should and still feel something is off. Not falling apart, not a crisis, just a low-level hum that will not go away. That is why I am starting House of Voltage: for the quiet rebels who have ticked the boxes, built the “good” life, and then realised they are done with life feeling flat and ordinary. Episode 101...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! You can build a life that looks impressive on paper and still feel a low hum of “is this it?” underneath everything. That question isn’t a crisis, it’s clarity arriving. I’m Zoe, and House of Voltage is where we tell the truth about that moment, the one where you realise you’ve been doing everything right while quietly outgrowing ordinary.  This is a podcast f...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! Episode 100 is a stopping point, not a surrender. I’m closing this chapter of the Mischief Movement Podcast with a look back at the ideas that have helped so many of us step off autopilot and into intentional living, especially when midlife starts whispering that there must be more than ticking boxes. We revisit some of the moments that shaped the show: treati...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! What if the very dreams people call “delusional” are the ones that lead you to a life that finally fits?  This week I sit down with branding and business strategist Silvia Coco to unpack how multi-passionate creatives can stop shrinking to fit a label and start using strategy as a bridge from idea to reality. From refusing the box to designing goals that match...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! Feeling stuck in the in-between—aware you’re meant for more, but unsure where to start? This week I sit down with author and adventurer Melissa Rodway to trace the spark behind her book The People You Meet and the winding path that followed. What begins as a tagalong trip across Southeast Asia becomes a study in curiosity, identity, and the strangers who tilt...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! * Book an Ideas Ignition session or Rebel Reset session here * What if the most polished form of self‑sabotage is the one that sounds wise and looks responsible—waiting? This week I'm taking you through another 'dream blocker' by looking at the phrases that keep us stuck—when things calm down, when I have more time, when I feel ready—and swappin...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! The moment the on‑air light flipped red, everything changed. Christine Blosdale walked into a radio studio expecting to crumble and walked out with a voice people couldn’t ignore. That spark carried her from AOL entertainment writer to independent radio host and now a coach who helps women stop playing small and claim their expert authority with clear, compell...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! Waiting for perfect clarity can feel safe, but it’s often the very thing keeping us stuck. This week I'm talking about why the first step isn’t a five-year plan or a neat job title, it’s rebellion—small, deliberate acts that shake you out of autopilot and remind your nervous system that you’re allowed to want what you want. From saying no to the plan you...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! If you're feeling stuck or trapped by the daily grind, book a 1:1 coaching session with me and let's get you the momentum you're looking for Endings don’t need noise to matter. They need honesty, time, and the courage to pause when the calendar demands motion. I'm sharing a rare behind‑the‑scenes moment: why the podcast is heading toward it...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! Feeling stuck? Need to get off the treadmill and escape the daily grind? Book a Rebel Reset Session with me here and I'll help you get clear on where you're going and how to get there. What if freedom isn’t a stamp-filled passport but a calendar that finally breathes? I sit down with travel-writer-turned-coach Georgie Darling to unpack how a business...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! This week I sit down with Meg the Creator to dive into a calm, repeatable way to earn online without chasing followers, going live, or turning your life into content. Megan left her 9-5 job during maternity leave, paid off $60,000 in debt, and built a sustainable business by creating user‑generated content for brands—quiet work with loud results. We unpack wha...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! Needing clarity in your rebellious midlife journey?! Book a one-and-done 90 minute coaching session and start building your momentum now... Ready to make marketing feel simple, fast, and surprisingly fun? This week I sit down with Hannah Isted—creator of The Best 90 Days Ever and author of the book—to unpack how 10-minute tasks, underthinking, and bold experim...

Enjoyed this episode? Send me a text! Book yourself a Rebel Reset coaching session for November - 90 minutes ro get unstuck and get moving towards that life you actually want! *FYI - this one's full of F-bombs and swear words. If this offends you, it's not going to be the episode for you....! What happens when you stop chasing everyone and start choosing the few who truly get you? We sit...