I Don't Know How She Does It

Dr Simone Ryan was a busy doctor who found out the hard way that she just couldn't do it all, all the time.  After collapsing during surgery she changed her career and her life. She reveals how she manages her company that helps workplaces manage the health of their employees, her five year old son and her life. A high achiever who once played basketball for Australia she talks honestly about...

Nikki Gemmell is a prolific writer and parent. She has four kids aged from toddler to teenage, she has eleven books on the shelf, a regular column and a TV spot. So how does she make it all work? There's a lot of laughs, some remarkably honest insights and an acknowledgement that Nikki needs some new strategies. You will hear why she finds Monday nights orgasmic and how kids helped her follow her...

Katie Noonan is a musical superwoman; a singer, musician, composer, songwriter, producer, a businesswoman and a mum to two young boys.  Touring now to promote her album Transmutant she tells about life on and off the road and how it's changed since the boys started school. Katie also talks about how motherhood has transformed and channelled her creativity.  She reveals how the boys...

Jessica Rowe is a journalist, author and now a cabaret star. But it's being mum to her two young girls - Allegra and Giselle - that she is most proud of. This is a hilarious, incredibly honest interview about non-perfect parenting and the chaos that ensues when both parents work. There's lots of laughs, lots of mince and lots of fun.  Thanks to  @jessrowe  - her website is  her...

ABC TV Newsreader Juanita Phillips reveals how she manages to be so calm, composed and classy while reading the news while life as a single mother is intense and crazy. She talks about how she manages her day, her young nanny and manny and the one thing she does for herself.   http://www.mamamia.com.au Twitter @sarahvmac @Juanita_Phillip  Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplu...

Carolyn Creswell is an entrepreneur who started her company Carman's Foods with $1000 and a dream.  She now employs 160 people in 32 countries and has 4 children.  Carolyn talks about how she structures her day, her weekend release at the farm and what she had to give up with each child.   Website http://www.mamamia.com.au Twitter @sarahvmac  @carolyncreswell Support the show:...

Mia Freedman reveals how she does it all.  From describing her role as Content Director of the Mamamia Women's Network as akin to 'triage' to adhering to a strict routine in life and at home, Mia, is her usual funny and brutally honest self when it comes to revealing how she manages life. She reveals just how much she multi-tasks, her non-negotiable touchstones of every day and the...

Justine Clarke is an actor, singer, Play School Presenter and author. So life is never boring and always varied. Here she talks to Sarah Macdonald candidly about how she combines several jobs with raising her three kids.  http://www.mamamia.com.au twitter sarahvmac  http://www.justineclarke.com.au Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

This is a podcast for anyone who has wondered how another woman manages to do it all. Annabel Crabb reveals how she manages to be a political journalist, writer, television kitchen goddess and mother to three children.  She talks about the help she gets, the producers who've been left with the baby and how she snatches patches of time across the day. And Annabel reveals how men have responded...

Jane Kennedy is an actor, writer, producer, casting director and cook book maker.  She is a member of 'Working Dog' so she works like, well, a dog on shows from 'Frontline' to 'Have You Been Paying Attention' and movies such as 'The Castle'. She now has a new role which she reveals here.   Jane talks honestly about managing life, kids, work, friends, food, health and everything from a ne...

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