"So, do you have kids?" We are listening to ALL the fascinating, sad, joyful, messy answers that can follow that question! Every episode we ask one guest: whether they're a parent or not, or whether it's a bit more complicated than that and a few other questions about their journey. And we see where it goes... And to finish we give them a magic wand and ask if there's anything they'd change about society if they could. Stories, true life stories, human stories, parenting, non-parents, regret ...
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The second of two episodes sharing our stories as hosts... Rebecca introduces Dannie-Lu: "In this episode, it's our turn. We thought it was only fair to answer our own questions for ourselves. So in this episode, I speak to my co-host Dannie Lu. Dannie is a polymath, singer, songwriter, exec coach, inspire of women in both leadership and creativity…
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The first of two episodes sharing our stories as hosts... Dannie-Lu introduces Rebecca: "We thought it'd only fair that we put ourselves in the hotspot too, and answer the same questions we expect our guests to answer. So in this episode, I speak to my cohost, Rebecca. Social entrepreneur with a focus on community and comedian about her experience …
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This episode we met Sam - her front page headline explaining how she'd quit work 'after another christmas picking up the slack' for parents was exactly that - a headline - and it was really fascinating to go behind that headline with Sam! Her article, one of many things she's written, outlined the imbalance that exists in the workplace, favouring p…
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In this episode we talked to Kathryn - a social entrepreneur, with a passion for supporting mothers into flexible and rewarding careers. She co-founded Digital Mums in 2013 and awards for her work towards labour market equality included Red Woman of the Year. These achievements are particularly powerful because Kathryn, herself, is childfree by cho…
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Esther is a communications director, former broadcast journalist and is passionate about creating successful teams. She's a mother of four who had both her bio children between the ages of 40 and 42 and has two stepchildren. She talks about the wonderful highs along with lows, and addresses how people's attitudes towards her biological children and…
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Berenice Howard Smith is an artist, self employed designer and creative. She's also co-founder of The Full Stop, an award-winning podcast and online community for people who are childless not by choice. She's not a parent. Berenice's Design Business Hello Lovely: https://hellolovely.design/ The Full Stop: Podcast and COmmunity founded by THREE NAME…
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In this episode, we spoke to Rachel, who lives in Norfolk and runs a manufacturing business, as well as working in financial coaching. A busy person, Rachel's main goal in life is to find ways to chill out and enjoy herself more and work less! We spoke to Rachel about being a mum to two rainbow babies who are now teenagers and an angel baby. And th…
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3:17We're launching on 27th November 2024!!! "So, do you have kids?" Welcome to It's a Bit More Complicated Than That, where we are listening to all the fascinating, sad, joyful, messy answers that follow this question! We're Dannie-Lu Carr and Rebecca Tully, a non-parent and parent respectively, but - 'it's a bit more complicated than that'. And that'…
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