The Wobbly Middle: Women's Careers In Midlife

Born in the New Mexico deserts where running water was a luxury, Dr. Emily Connally was an unlikely contender for the ivory towers of Harvard and Oxford — but with grit, brilliance, and a touch of rebellion, she soared. Yet her greatest achievements may not be in the lab... When the pandemic struck, Emily applied the same expertise she used to map the brain’s complex pathways to chart a thriving g...

Sophie was 37 when she was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Recovered but with a heavy dose of heartache, she had a choice to make: return to the legal career she had spent years building or follow her passion into the fires of the kitchen. With humour, grit, and inspiring zest, Sophie Archer reveals how her strength grew to fuel her culinary dreams - all the way to MasterChef: The Profe...

Midwife turned femtech founder Nina Van Schaick felt a deep calling to support mothers through the transformative experience of child birth. But as she witnessed the trauma caused by failures in maternal care, she knew change was urgently needed. With less than 2% of pharmaceutical R&D dedicated to maternal health, Nina decided to take action herself and developed Peripear, a groundbreaking pr...

What happens when one of the most influential woman in the City resigns at the top of her game? Dame Helena Morrissey stunned the financial world when she stepped down as CEO of Newton Asset Management at 50 — without a fully formed plan. In this compelling episode, Helena opens up about the unfinished business that drove her forward; and how she learned to embrace discomfort as she forged a new p...

Helen was made redundant while pregnant. In the playground, she watched as skilled mums - lawyers, accountants, architects - pushed swings, frustrated by the lack of jobs that could accommodate family life. Grabbing her phone and laptop, she decided to take matters into her own hands. In this episode, Helen Wright of 9-2-3 tells us of life at the forefront of the movement that is reshaping our wor...

When their often young, sub-fertile patients needed perimenopause help, Drs Susanne Hooper and Melanie Hacking took a sharp right turn in their careers... The Wobbly Middle is a podcast for women rethinking their careers. Each season, Patsy and Susannah sit down with women who share their career pivot stories — leaving corporate life and building businesses, breaking back in after career breaks, g...

Patsy quit her job. Susannah quit the city. Now they’re on a quest to find the path through the wobbly middle of their careers - that in between space at the career crossroads where you know you want change but don't know how to move forward. Looking for some career change inspiration? This podcast is for every woman who’s asking “What's next for me?”. Susannah de Jager and Patsy Day sit down with...