Holly Wood

Can we have it all?

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Can we have it all? a business and lifestyle podcast for solopreneurs. Inspiring you to take the leap to do what you truly want to. Tips and insights to help you truly flourish in yourself and your business. A mixture of practical steps and cognitive tools, interspersed with real life conversations with inspirational women, who have left their 9 to 5 in search of a more rewarding, flexible and creative career. What it's really like... do they really "have it all"?Holly Wood is the Founder, Speaker, Mentor and Content Creator. A mother of two and having started her own business on maternity lea...

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Holly Wood

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#6 Business Plans - What are they and do we actually need one? 14.05.2019 27:50

Today's episode I'm focussing on an element of business that can often put people off taking the leap to working for themselves...the business plan! What do business plans look like these days? What should they include? Do we really need them? Did I have one? I explore all of these questions and include some audience insights too! Listen-in, you might just be inspired... Do you have a question you...

#5 From Silicon Valley to Cheshire, Building a career out of a love of cooking - Gemma Wade 02.04.2019 54:16

Today's episode features my second guest, who started her business 7 years ago, when she moved to Silicon Valley with her husband... Gemma Wade aka You Say Tomato Cooking (https://www.yousaytomatocooking.com/) is a forty-something mum of two, who has a business running cookery classes and now an online meal-planning subscription. With a background in advertising, she talks to me about why she left...

#4 Imposter Syndrome - What is it and how can we tackle it? 02.04.2019 17:54

Today's episode is a delve into one of the problems many of us entrepreneurs, bosses, mums face on a daily basis...Imposter Syndrome. I talk about what it is, my experience of it, as well as my top tips to combatting the darn thing! Listen-in, as you're not alone... Do you have a question you'd like me to address on my next podcast? Email me at holly@webloguk.com or DM on my instagram.com/_hollygo...

#3 Juggling Motherhood and an Epic Career - Carly Rowena 31.03.2019 52:39

Today's episode features my first ever guest and she's amazing! Carly Rowena (https://www.carlyrowena.com/) is a Health & Fitness Blogger, Vlogger and Personal Trainer. She has carved an amazing career for herself, leaving her previous career-path behind. She now has a 3-month old baby and we talk about her journey to where she is now and how she juggles work and motherhood. Listen out for some gr...

#2 My Journey to leaving the 9 to 5 22.03.2019 34:34

In this episode I talk in more depth about my personal journey of leaving the 9 to 5. I start with talking about my career background since leaving university, then onto being made redundant on my first maternity leave and through to identifying a business idea and why I think it's important to get out of a job that you don't love anymore... There's a secret guest in this episode too - can you gue...

#1 Becoming a 'mumboss' - my story (Holly Wood) 03.03.2019 19:47

For the first podcast, I thought it best to introduce myself as you may be wondering who I am, what I do and how I got here? I'm interviewed by my good friend and "workwife" Kat, who asks me about my journey: the steps I took to starting my own business after being made redundant on maternity leave, working around my children and where this all began. I'd say I'm somewhere in the middle of my jour...

Can we have it all? An introduction to this podcast 01.03.2019 1:03

A brief introduction to my podcast, what you can expect and why you might want to listen. Can we have it all? Real conversations on navigating your thirties and forties, leaving the 9 to 5 and being a working mum. Inspiring you to take that leap to do what you truly want to. This podcast will include reflections from me on running a start-up, growing a business around my kids and being a blogger a...