Not Super. Woman Rebecca Bull & Zoe Weir

Bec and Zoe recap on the interview the week prior, the impact it’s had on them as individuals, and how they both drew different ideas from their guest and implement changes in the endeavour to change it up, or give it a go.

Then there is always a ramble involved (usually by Bec) where they chat about what’s been happening and how they have or haven’t managed their current juggle, in their attempt to not be super, but a woman. 

 

Rebecca Bull – Creator / Executive Producer / Co-Host

Zoe Weir – Co-Creator / Co – Host

Sophie Jackson – Producer 

Social Media – Naughty Nancy Social Media Agency

Website / Brand Design – Foster Creative

Video Editor – Luke Morgan
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A finalists in Dolly Magazine’s model competition, that her sister entered her into, that led to being signed by Chadwick’s Modelling Agency when she was only 12 years old, Alex Pike spent her youth in aesthetics, so her trajectory into Cosmetic Injector wasn’t a too farer stretch from the world she spent her teens in.

What we don’t know about Alex is the journey from teen model to woman, qualified nurse, business owner and mum. Post-natal depression, separation and divorce, and a woman that has had to pull herself out of the depths of despair to re-create, regenerate and move forward.

From learning that movement is her medicine, to playing the victim in life gets you no where, Alex shares with us all her learnings on single parenting, plastic surgery and the newest phase of her life in perimenopause.

 

Rebecca Bull – Creator / Executive Producer / Co-Host

Zoe Weir – Co-Creator / Co – Host

Sophie Jackson – Producer 

Social Media – Naughty Nancy Social Media Agency

Website / Brand Design – Foster Creative

Video Editor – Luke Morgan
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the age of 12, Maddy was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis which turned her world upside down. Spending most of high school either in a hospital, or in bed at home, it was where Maddy developed her love of fashion through online shopping.Then, at the age of 18, Maddy was diagnosed with Stage 4 Endometriosis, which has had devastating impact on her body and her ability to maintain what’s considered ‘social norms’ such as a 9 to 5 job, and a consistent healthy body that allows her to do that.

So what do you do when as a society, we are raised to study, get a degree and work hard at careers, yet your body is physically at odds with your ability to do so, and in turn limits your earning capacity and ability to evolve in the industry you love - for Maddy, her passion is fashion.So we speak with Maddy about how she has turned her chronic illness into her superpower, and was inspired to start Mad About Fashion - A Personal Stylist who helps ALL women feel good in what they wear, no matter your body shop, budget or chronic illness.

 

Rebecca Bull – Creator / Executive Producer / Co-Host

Zoe Weir – Co-Creator / Co – Host

Sophie Jackson – Producer 

Social Media – Naughty Nancy Social Media Agency

Website / Brand Design – Foster Creative

Video Editor – Luke Morgan
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Growing up as kids, after school activities or weekends are spent developing your interests.

Some lean into sports, others further their studies, or some are encouraged by their family to follow their creativity.

Alex McCabe, Co-Founder of Global Bedding and Homewares Brand Kip & Co. often spent weekends creating arts and crafts to sell at the local market, and throughout school and uni she relished music and singing, but Alex is also fortunate to be academically inclined.

For the most part, if you have brains, school helps you develop and hone in on academia, and then that translates very well into the post school/uni world of a career corporate.

Fast forward to that time, where Alex is an established lawyer, and steps back to reflect on how she got there, the missing piece of her inner creative and in-turn what she wanted to change. Whilst it took steps, risks and chances, she moved slowly towards a career that fulfilled her more fully.

Aligned with her two best friends who are sisters, they came together as a trio, inspired to create a small business that wove together the fabrics of what they had learnt in their individual journeys, and then Kip & Co was born. What was a side hustle, starting with a limited range, to now a Global Bedding and Homewares brand vibrant with colour and creativity, they share the juggle together, affording each other flexibility to be women and mother’s and inspiring each other by their individual capabilities and contribution. 

 

Rebecca Bull – Creator / Executive Producer / Co-Host

Zoe Weir – Co-Creator / Co – Host

Sophie Jackson – Producer 

Social Media – Naughty Nancy Social Media Agency

Website / Brand Design – Foster Creative

Video Editor – Luke Morgan

 
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Bec and Zoe recap on the interview the week prior, the impact it’s had on them as individuals, and how they both drew different ideas from their guest and implement changes in the endeavour to change it up, or give it a go.

Then there is always a ramble involved (usually by Bec) where they chat about what’s been happening and how they have or haven’t managed their current juggle, in their attempt to not be super, but a woman. 

 

Rebecca Bull – Creator / Executive Producer / Co-Host

Zoe Weir – Co-Creator / Co – Host

Sophie Jackson – Producer 

Social Media – Naughty Nancy Social Media Agency

Website / Brand Design – Foster Creative

Video Editor – Luke Morgan
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How times have changed.

Over decades, a lot of our grandmothers or mothers, have led the charge in pushing for change, to support their daughters dreams to be equal in the workplace.

Whilst we have come a long way, there now seems to be confusion between roles, and judgement of how you choose to parent, a ripple effect of our fight for equality in the workplace.

Virginia Tapscott has been a leader and advocate that there should be the option of choice to care for your child from home, as much as the option to return to work in our society.

As a talented journalist herself, she has written impassioned articles for The Australian, and spoken to the media, including what could be called a head-to-head with Mia Freedman on Mamamia No Filter Podcast.

Since then, Virginia has founded ‘Parents Work Collective’, an Organisation which is made up of a team of parents and carers from varied caregiving and professional backgrounds, who advocate through media engagement and political submissions to relevant inquiries or community consultation and raise awareness of the devaluation of care occurring at social, cultural, and political levels.

But underneath the strength and powerful voice, Virginia is also a woman, and a mum who still must manage life, her own well-being, and the full-time care for her children. So we take the opportunity to understand all things policy and personal, with the ever so brave, Virginia Tapscott. 

 

Rebecca Bull – Creator / Executive Producer / Co-Host

Zoe Weir – Co-Creator / Co – Host

Sophie Jackson – Producer

Social Media – Naughty Nancy Social Media Agency

Website / Brand Design – Foster Creative

Video Editor – Luke Morgan
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.