Careering into Motherhood

Jane talks to Amy Shepherd, an organisational psychologist and career coach, about how this period of isolation is highlighting what really matters to you and can lead us to making decisions about the work we do. Amy also talks about some tools and ideas for coping with stress and anxiety at the moment. Amy recommends the book Playing Big by Tara Mohr   and Gratitude Tracker  

In this episode, Jane talks to Cindy Gallop about why this is the time for female leadership, and for the female voice to be heard. We talk about why women must take this opportunity and be at the heart of designing the world of work. Because out of adversity comes opportunity and the Covid-19 pandemic is upending and ending the world as we know it, providing for an entire re-think and redesign. C...

To provide a brief interlude from what’s going on in the world right now and look to a brighter future, today’s podcast is an interview with Helen Tupper, co-author and co-founder of the Squiggly Careers movement. If there’s something positive to cling onto today, it has to be that when we come out the other side of this situation, the world of work will not just go back to the way it was, and emp...

Teaching used to be synonymous with a professional career that would work perfectly with parenthood. But the shortage of teachers is fueled by real-life stories of high stress jobs, on low pay and long hours. In this episode Jane talks to Holly Power, founder of Return To Teach, about the work she’s doing to shake up the teaching profession and open it to more flexible working practices. She’s a t...

Why does the idea of an ambitious woman, conjure up images of ruthlessness and power dressing? Is it changing and is it possible to be a likeable ambitious woman who can help others at the same time as helping yourself to progress? Viv talks about some of the topics in her new book “Lift As You Climb, Women And The Art Of Ambition.” She gives some very practical advice on owning the room as a woma...

Jane talks to Gayle Rinkoff, celebrity stylist, who is currently really busy working on BBC’s The Voice, and mother of three girls. In this episode we cover the importance of finding your champions at work, leaving permanent employment and going freelance, finding domestic balance when you’re in a career that isn’t especially family-friendly, and why “mum style” can still be fashionable – includin...

Jane talks to Rene Huey-Lipton, founder of the Dame Collective, a new platform that matches women over the age of 40 with employers who value the experience that age brings. In this straight-talking interview, Rene discusses the menopause, her double mastectomy and breast cancer, and going through all of this at work.    She talks openly about attitudes towards older women and her experience of be...

In this episode Jane talks to Professor Sue Black about her experience as a single mother who fled domestic abuse and went to a women’s refuge with her three children at the age of 25. Driven by the need to provide for her family by herself she began studying for a qualification. Today she’s Professor of Maths at Durham University, a serial entrepreneur, Philanthropist and proud grandmother. The i...

Jane talks to the Royal Editor of Hello! Magazine, Emily Nash, about “mum guilt,” business travel when your kids are very young, prioritising your career and being present for your children when your job, never switches off. Connect with Emily: Twitter @emynash Instagram @emilynashhello Join the Careering into Motherhood Facebook group HERE

In this episode, I talk to voice coach and author, Caroline Goyder about the practical ways you can train your voice for impact and effect, find your own comfortable style that will work in a room of three or three thousand, and why persuasion is more important than tech skills for jobs in the future. Connect with Caroline HERE Join the Careering into Motherhood Facebook group HERE

In this episode we're talking with Jennifer Petriglieri, Professor at INSEAD, and author of 'Couples That Work' on kids, cleaning and careers: keeping your relationship and your careers on track when you both work. Join the Careering into Motherhood Facebook group HERE

Jane Johnson, founder of the Careering Into Motherhood platform, and Lisa Unwin, CEO & Author of She’s Back talk about how to prepare for a return to work. From CV writing, to building your network and finding a flexible role that suits you. You need a plan that you can call your own. Here’s how to start. Join the Careering into Motherhood Facebook group HERE

Why do so many of us go careering into motherhood, unaware of just how hard it is to have a meaningful career as well as family commitments? And why don’t men struggle with their careers in the same way? We talk about the rise of flexible jobs and work anywhere policies, executive burnout and the pressure to be “always on,” Government claims that 75% of mothers are in work, and yet there's being i...