UPFRONT Moment with Lauren Currie

If you don't want your daughter to abandon herself, stop modelling selflessness. We’re diving into boundaries this week with Suzy Reading; a chartered psychologist, qualified yoga teacher, personal trainer, an author of not one, but nine books. We can tend to the needs of others without completely subjugating our human needs. Do it for your daughters. Do it for your sons. Reclaim yourself, for you...

Hi friend, welcome to our very first mini-moment! This is a new format we're trying out to bring you wee snippets of confidence, agency, self compassion and power that you can listen to in just a few moments. These mini-moments are made up of questions you ask me and questions that women bring to every single Bond. Today's question is about prioritising ourselves. How do we find the confidence to...

In a world that traditionally rewards masters, one “Jill of all trades” is on a mission to change how we see generalists, and how generalists see themselves. Milly Tamati is the founder and CEO of Generalist World - a global community connecting and providing support for an underserved and misunderstood group of people, generalists. We talked about the power of naive optimism, changing narratives,...

For many of us just the thought of cold water inspires a deep shiver, however science is quickly catching up to what many have known for years - that it actually holds the power to transform our mental health and confidence. Gilly McArthur is a cold water swim coach and climber who knows that power well. We talked about the secret to starting, leaning into the cold and discomfort and why cold wate...

Picture a world where the very essence of your self-doubt can be rewired. This is the world Sanya Rajpal is building. Her company, AdagioVR is supercharging the confidence revolution with Virtual Reality. Sanya is Founder and CEO of AdagioVR. She’s an activist, international development expert, and serial entrepreneur dedicated to transforming systems that unleash individual potential. We talked a...

Hi friend, welcome to your UPFRONT Moment! For our first episode of Season 3, I’m joined by the brilliant Viv Groskop, an award winning writer, comedian, broadcaster and performance coach. She’s the host of the chart topping and award nominated podcast “How to Own the Room”, which is the biggest public speaking podcast in the world with over a million downloads and interviews with people like Hill...

This week I’m talking to the unstoppable Cindy Gallop who is on a journey to change the world through sex. I dive deep into the extraordinary journey of this entrepreneur and change maker, from challenging male-dominated industries to smashing stereotypes and learning how to do nothing. Cindy shares her hard-won insights and how we can all drive positive change in our lives and communities. Throug...

Did you know that a staggering 90% of people have a negativity bias towards women  (UN report). But what does this really mean? Ruchika Tulshyan explains it perfectly:  "The same systems that reward confidence in male leaders, even if they're incompetent, punish white women for lacking confidence, women of colour for showing too much of it, and all women for demonstrating it in a way tha...

Bond 7 is an exhilarating six-week online experience where you learn to build your confidence and the confidence of those around you. It all happens live alongside hundreds of curious women from all over the world. I promise three outcomes: you'll learn to love that thing you are scared of, you'll find your people, and 10x your confidence⁠ ⁠ Are you in?⁠ ⁠ Let's GO Click here to sign up for Bond 7...

Confidence can be a powerful force in the charity sector. It can help you stand out, attract volunteers, funders and inspire trust -- all of which are essential for building a successful and impactful charity. Nikki Wilson, Make Birth Better’s CEO, enrolled her entire team on Bond 6 because they were looking for tools to turn their thoughts and ideas into action. Birth Trauma is a cause very close...

Women talking about money is a feminist act.⁠ ⁠ Women building successful, impactful, profitable companies is unusual.⁠ ⁠ In 23 months my profitable, mission led company has gone from zero to 1 million pounds in revenue.⁠ No funding. No investment. No loan. No grant. 1 million pounds.⁠ There I said it.⁠ Now onto the next million.⁠ Click here to sign up for Bond 7 Sign up for UPFRONT's email newsle...

Building confidence in your teams is a continuous process that requires effort, grace and patience. We’ve loved working with Public Digital over our last few Bonds and I’m proud to invite you behind the scenes of our collaboration and impact. I’ve invited Holly Taylor Assoc CIPD, Public Digital’s People Director and Connie van Zanten Public Digital’s Principal Consultant to share their experience...

Meet The Trick. A way to talk to your children about the patriarchy. To help them understand we’re all being tricked into thinking particular things about boys and girls, women and men. I learned about the trick from Robert Webb - his six year old daughter describes the trick as “the thing that makes women get rubbish jobs and makes men sad” My little boy is 5 and this has become our family code w...

Confidence Gremlins live in your head. They are assumptions you make about your ability and why you can’t do something. This week I’m in conversation with Helen Tupper from the incredible Amazing-If to help you understand and overcome your confidence gremlins at work. What's your confidence gremlin? Are you ready to say good bye to it? https://www.amazingif.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AmazingIf...

I wish I could start every Wednesday chatting to Agnes Agyepong - what a woman! Agnes is Founder and CEO Global Black Maternal Health, Founder of The GLOMAMA Awards and Cofounder of The Fatherhood Awards. She's a maternal health advocate and champion of parents everywhere. We talked about - The Black Maternal health crisis - How GLOMAMA saved Agnes' life - Motherhood stealing your confidence - Fee...

When Dania al-Obeid went to the protest on Clapham Common in London, she was handcuffed and charged. Now she is suing the police – and on a mission to ensure women like her get justice. ”At the time, I didn’t feel like I could fight it, I felt like shrinking and taking up less space. I started to blame myself for ever speaking up. It brought back some of the terrible experiences in my past, and to...

This week’s UPFRONT Moment is the second in our three part mini series “Voices exposing misogyny in the system”. I’m in conversation with Dr Jessica Taylor. Jess is the author of 'Why Women Are Blamed for Everything', and the newly released 'Sexy But Psycho'. She has a PhD in Forensic Psychology, and is Director of VictimFocus. We dig into Jess’s work challenging the victim blaming and pathologisa...

Laura Bates is a feminist writer, columnist, speaker and activist. She is the founder of Every Day Sexism - an ever-increasing collection of more than 100,000 testimonies of gender inequality, which has been described as “one of the biggest social media success stories on the internet”. ”Fix the System, Not the Women” is an attempt to highlight “the interlocking systems of domination tha...

WE DID IT! This weeks moment is dedicated to UPFRONT and Centre.  You’ll hear from attendees, speakers, Bonders, future Bonders and the amazing UPFRONT team. You share your favourite parts of the day, your definition of grace and what UPFRONT means to you.  Listen to be transported back to the beautiful day of March 11th 2023. There's still time to buy the replay of this amazing conferen...

Why is it so hard to celebrate yourself? How do you learn to trust that good things will stay and last? How do you trust your success is real and it was you who made it that way? How do you give yourself the thrill you would give someone else who was showing up in the world the way you are? It’s time to learn to celebrate yourself. Sign up for UPFRONT's email newsletter here Click here to sign up...

A letter to Glasgow. Writing this was an emotional experience for me, I hope it stirs something in you too. After 6 years of building and gathering online, Glasgow is the first place in the world where women and non-binary people will meet in their hundreds to celebrate UPFRONT’s confidence revolution. The final count down is on - FIVE DAYS TO GO! What are you waiting for? Get your tickets at http...

Everything you need to know about our very first in person conference, UPFRONT and Centre, March 11th. What will you get out of it? What can you expect? Who is speaking? When we talk about grace what do we mean? Time to get excited and ready!  Get tickets for our very first conference, UPFRONT and Centre taking place on March 11th 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland at https://www.upfrontandcentre.com/...

Why is it hard to make new friends? Do you long for a deeper connection with the friends you have? Want to be a better friend? This episode is for you. Kat Vellos (she/her) is a speaker, experience designer, and connection coach who helps others tap into the meaningful connection they crave in their personal and professional lives. She's the author of "We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cu...

Do you struggle to enjoy alone time? Or do you love taking yourself off for alone time, but struggle to justify it to your partner or family? Does your fear of time alone drive you to unhealthy levels of busy-ness? Or are you desperate to find just five minutes for yourself? Is the idea of ‘needing space’ from someone a foreign concept? Or else, do you struggle to maintain your independence in you...

Our conference theme is activating grace in a world on fire and this week we’re talking to the brilliant Nagela Dales, UPFRONT’s Strategy Director and UPFRONT and Centre keynote speaker, about how grace shows up in our friendships. How would you describe or what are the characteristics of a grace-filled friendship? What are the most important things you have learned regarding grace and friendship?...