Not Another PD

Episode 4: Thrive Boundaries: When Saying No Becomes Second Nature After exploring  Survive  (Episode 2) and  Sustain  (Episode 3), today we reach the very top of my  Boundaries Pyramid Framework :  Thrive . Thrive is the stage where boundaries stop feeling forced and start feeling automatic. It’s when you can confidently say no without overexplaining, protect your evenings and weekends without gu...

Episode 3: DMs, Burnout & Boundaries: My Wake-Up Call We’ve all had those moments where our good intentions, wanting to be helpful, approachable, and generous with our time, end up draining us. In this episode of  Not Another PD , I share the personal wake-up call that came from hours of answering DMs from early-career professionals (which I totally love working with I must add!)… and how it t...

Episode 2: Survive: Building Your Foundational Boundaries Ever found yourself saying  yes  when you should have said  not today ? In this episode, I share a story from early in my career where blurred lines between two workplaces left me doing double the workload, and burning myself out in the process. This was the wake-up call that led me to create my  Boundaries Pyramid : Survive  → your bare mi...

Episode 1: Why this Podcast is Different If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at another “mandatory training” that left you feeling drained instead of inspired, this podcast is for you. In this very first episode of  Not Another PD , I’m sharing the story behind the podcast, why boundaries are at the heart of everything I do, and what you can expect from upcoming episodes. Think  real conversations ins...

EPISODE 12: The Return: Navigating Work After Maternity Leave 🎧  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums  with Jazmin Pursell Episode 12 is the first of a four-part series called  Career Crossroads . We're diving deep into career transitions that many working mums face. These topics come up all the time—whether with my coaching clients or chatting with friends and family. And I can’t wait to unpa...

EPISODE 11: From Overwhelmed to Supported: What Pocket Money Taught Me About Delegating 🎧  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums  with Jazmin Pursell In Episode 11 of  Smart, Successful & Stressed Mums , we dive into the art of  delegation at home  — and how pocket money can help your kids step up (while giving you back some precious time). Jazmin shares her personal approach to household deleg...

EPISODE 10: The Meal Prep That Saved My Sanity: Time-Saving Hacks for Working Mums 🎧  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums  with Jazmin Pursell Feeling like dinner time is the most stressful part of your day? In this episode of  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums , I’m sharing how meal prep (and freezer prep!) became one of the most powerful tools in my working mum toolbox. I walk you through the...

EPISODE 9: It Takes a Village: Finding Support (Even When You Think You Have None) 🎧  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums  with Jazmin Pursell Who’s in your village—and how can you support someone else’s? In this episode of  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums , Jazmin dives into the timeless saying  “it takes a village to raise a child”  and explores what that means in today’s busy, individualis...

EPISODE 8: From Career Girl to Motherhood: My Story at 25🎧  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums  with Jazmin Pursell In this heartfelt solo episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of my own journey to motherhood — becoming a mum at age 25, feeling disconnected from friends, and navigating the emotional and financial challenges that came with stepping away from a corporate career. If you’re curr...

EPISODE 7: Do you have to be super organised to habit-stack? 🎧  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums  with Jazmin Pursell Hi lovely professional mums — welcome back to Episode 7! In this episode of  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums , I’m talking all about habit stacking — and how you can use it to make your health, wellbeing, and personal goals feel a whole lot more achievable. I share how I in...

EPISODE 6: From Stressed to Aligned: 3 Questions to Discover Your Core Values 🎧  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums  with Jazmin Pursell Hi lovely professional mums — welcome back to Episode 6! In this episode of  Smart, Successful and Stressed Mums , I’m diving into a topic that can make a huge difference in how we show up in our lives: living in alignment with our values. I share three powerfu...

EPISODE 5: From Overwhelmed to On Track: Setting Goals That Actually Work 🎧  Smart, Successful and Stressed  with Jazmin Pursell Hi lovely professional mums — welcome back to Episode 5! In this episode of  Smart, Successful and Stressed , I’m talking about goal setting—specifically how professional mums like us can go from feeling completely overwhelmed to actually making progress on the things t...

EPISODE 4: When Comparison Steals Your Confidence (and Why I Stuck with Zumba Anyway) 🎧  Smart, Successful and Stressed  with Jazmin Pursell Hi lovely professional mums — welcome back to Episode 4! In this episode, I’m sharing a very real (and a little funny) story from my very first Zumba class. Spoiler: I was  way  out of my comfort zone and almost didn’t go back. I’ll be talking all about  com...

🎧 Episode 3: Why being a ‘good mother’ is good enough In this episode of  Smart, Successful + Stressed Mums , we dig even deeper into the expectations modern mothers place on themselves—especially when comparing the idea of the  perfect mum  versus the  good mum . We explore: Why the "perfect mum" is a myth (yes, even for celebrity mums!) The emotional and physical  resources  that shap...

🎙️  Episode 2: The Perfect Mum Pressure Starts Early (and Sticks Around) In this episode of  Smart, Successful + Stressed Mums , I’m diving deeper into the “perfect mum” myth—where it comes from, how we internalise it without even realising, and how it starts impacting us (and our daughters) earlier than we think. I reflect on the Netflix doco  Martha , and how icons like Martha Stewart helped sha...

Episode 1: The Perfect Mum Myth: Let's break it down Welcome to the very first episode of  Smart, Successful + Stressed Mums ! I’m so excited (and honestly a little nervous) to finally be here, sharing this space with you. In this episode, I open up about my own journey as a professional mum—juggling work, parenting, and all the expectations that come with it. I talk about the pressure to be t...