I’ll Ask My Sister

This week’s question:   Hey lovelies, I have a beautiful son who is 11 years old and is an absolute honey with a gentle and kind soul, but I'd love your help with this. If he thinks he has disappointed me, he really retreats and completely shuts down. This could be for something as simple as losing his things, but if he sees me losing my cool, he takes it to heart and it's super difficult to get h...

It can be difficult to balance the demands of life with the demands of podcasting - which is why this weeks episode of the I’ll Ask My Sister podcast is a different format than what you’re used to. In these “Out of Orbit” episodes, Ellen and Mads are bringing the same sisterly wisdom but with a focus on ease and flow.  Ellen’s the first to take the reigns, and she leads a deep dive into all things...

The questions keep rolling in so this weeks episode of the I’ll Ask My Sister Podcast is another mailbag special. There’s a common corporate theme for this week’s questions but the answers dive deep into the cosmic. Enjoy!    This week’s questions:   Is the real objective of finding the right place to work really about finding the place where you can most be yourself? I've jumped between careers a...

On this week’s episode of the I’ll Ask My Sister Podcast, Ellen and Mads are doing another mailbox special. So listen in as they share personal anecdotes, insights, and practical tips that strike a balance between the cosmic and the corporate.   This week’s questions: What are three ways to learn how to love your own company or the company of others, depending on a person's predisposition? I have...

Happy 2025! In this special New Year’s episode, sisters Ellen Hooper and Mads Williams, celebrate by sharin their rituals, reflections, and resolutions for the coming year.    Discover: Ellen’s intentions for the new year, which include a balance between professional dedication and personal fulfilment, including more sauna time. Mads’ intentions for the new year, which include rediscovering financ...

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Joyous Yule to you all! It’s the holiday special episode of I’ll Ask My Sister, and Ellen and Mads will be sharing their top tips for getting through this time of year. Whether you’re more corporate, more cosmic, or somewhere in between - this episode is full of sisterly wisdom you’ll love.    Discover: Practical tips for each of the Human Design energy types...

This week’s episode of the I’ll Ask My Sister Podcast is a bit different that usual. Ellen and Mads are clearing out their mailbag and answering four questions in one episode.    This week’s questions:. How do you find your tribe at work? What do you write on your resume when you've taken some time off from working? In a couple who are dating and have mutual friends. How do you decide who leaves a...

This week’s question: If we know our kids' human design from a young age and teach them about it, do we alter our children's experience for the better? Or do we take away possible hardship that could help them learn? Essentially, how much do I base my parenting on her human design and how it could impact her? I know there is no right answer here. Just questions I contemplate and I'm curious about...

This week’s question:  I returned to work full time after my first child when she was eight months and moved into a new role in a 10 month contract. My boss has extremely high expectations for herself and I find myself taking this on. we are planning for trying for a second child, but I'm also needing to think about applying for other permanent ongoing roles with maternity leave  in the quest for...

In this week’s episode of the I’ll Ask My Sister podcast, Mads and Ellen are joined by an incredible tarot reader (and good friend), the wonderful Tamara Driessen! On top of her spiritual skills, Tamara is a writer, who just published a piece in Elle about 2025, and runs her own podcast “Another Phase”.    This week’s question:  I'm struggling to get clear on what I want from my side business, and...

This week’s question:  Can you ever go back to your prior friendship after you are romantically involved with a friend? Discover: The challenges you might face when transitioning from romance to friendship like unresolved emotions or jealousy. It important not to push forward with friendship until these lingering issues have been resolved. Open communication allows both parties to express their fe...

This week’s question: What do you do to stoke the fire of your friendships and how you maintain the long term friendships in your life? How do you tell if a friendship is going through a change in season or is no longer growing with you? I've had trouble maintaining close friendships, and especially long term friendships, as an adult, and tend to find myself in short or mid term, very intense frie...

This week’s question: As a psychologist working with a team of talented people who are not psychologists, how do I get my colleagues to see me as their colleague and not their psychologist? Discover: Why you can (and should) strive for a balance that allows you to be seen as both a colleague and a professional without one overshadowing the other. How to consciously set boundaries in for interactio...

This week’s question: How do I stop self sabotaging? I'm at a chapter of my life where I'm so happy and aligned. The happiest and most aligned I've been. But I'm bringing in these old behaviors all the time that are taking away from it. It's frustrating. Why can't I just surrender and be happy knowing full well this is where I'm meant to be? Discover: The impact that past experiences, and even gen...

In this week’s episode of the I’ll Ask My Sister podcast, Mads and Ellen are joined by their second guest Kelsey McCormick. Kelsey is the amazing brand specialist behind Coming up Roses and works with creative entrepreneurs to help them get seen, grow their brand, and launch offers with ease.  This week’s question:  I'm working out how to launch a new business and I haven’t seen anyone else with m...

The I'll Ask My Sister pod will now be coming to your ears, hot-off-the-proverbial-press each Wednesday. See you tomorrow! Love you 

This week’s question:  I'm trying to get pregnant and having sex for pleasure has almost disappeared and I don't know how to get it back. Help me. Discover: Advice on how to discuss changes in intimacy with your partner to ensure you both understand each other’s needs and expectations. The importance of staying present during intimacy instead of just focusing on your goal (like orgasming or concei...

This week’s episode of I’ll Ask My Sister features the first guest, Claire Andrews, who joins Mads and Ellen in the second half to answer this week’s listener question. Claire is a midwife turned maternal child health nurse, a mum of two, and the founder of Safe Hands Parenting. If all that wasn’t enough she runs a podcast called The Moment, which Ellen has been a guest on.    This week’s question...

This week’s question:  I have a question related to working with friends and offering them a professional service. So what is the best way to navigate asserting your value while also respecting your friendship and the compassion you want to have for their financial situation?   Discover: The uniquely challenging dynamics involved when offering professional services to a friend, how to navigate the...

This week’s question:  What is your advice for finding purpose outside of your successful, but stressfully demanding and emotional career to realign work-life balance and invest back into self-discovery as a single woman entering her thirties?   Discover: Time management is critical when you’re trying to discover your purpose. If work is always the priority you won't have any time for reflecting o...

This week’s question:  What is your advice on creating boundaries in how frequently I can and should be expected to work and setting boundaries on where professionalism and friendship is appropriate in manager-employee conversations? I find that I'm the only one in the workplace who finds that the line is constantly being crossed from professionalism to far too personal in situations where it shou...

This week’s question:  I've heard Ellen mention before that having a fuck off-fund is essential, and I often cringe internally when I hear her say it. What's the advice if you don't have the fuck off fund and need to figure out where to go next? I pulled out of a stressful job in the NHS with the aim of starting a less stressful one. I’m still in the NHS three days a week, and use the other two da...

This week’s question:  I'm a 1/3 sacral generator, who has more recently tapped into my human design after being a pretty cynical non-cosmic person for most of my life, and it’s been working well for me so far.   I have somebody in my life who I love dearly, who is a 6/2 projector, very not cosmic at all. They are a very feet on this earth, rational science-based person. I would love some tips fro...

This week’s question:  The next stage of my work life is very scary for me and unusual in my bubble of friends who are on the corporate side, so everything feels scary. I keep losing my confidence and feeling like it looks wrong from the outside. Do you have any advice on staying in my lane when I feel very influenced by the outside world?   Discover: The importance of having a diverse group of pe...

This week’s question:  I have a full-time corporate job and have been running my creative well-being business for four years alongside it. I feel like it's got the potential to be something really special and allow me to live the lifestyle I want, but I don’t have the space I need for the inspiration to come. I'm also trying to understand how I can run a business sustainably because I don't want t...