Social Work Mums

Ade Larigo

Social Work Mums Beyond Burnout is a podcast for social work mums who give deeply, carry a lot, and are quietly realising that coping is no longer enough. Hosted by Adefunke, a social work consultant, mum, and values-led digital business owner, this podcast creates space for honest, grounded conversations about burnout, motherhood, mindset, and values-aligned income — without hype, pressure, or unrealistic promises. This is not a podcast about leaving your profession or chasing quick success.It’s for women who love meaningful work and want more flexibility, peace, and presence in their family life — now and long-term. Drawing on her experience in social work and her journey building values-aligned digital income alongside professional life, Adefunke offers thoughtful insight into what happens when capable women carry responsibility for too long inside systems that leave little room for rest, choice, or sustainability. Here, burnout is not framed as a personal failure.It’s understoo...

  1. 3 Jun

    21 | They Changed The Rules And Nobody Warned You

    EP21: They Changed The Rules — And Nobody Warned You What Every Social Worker, Nurse, Carer and Helping  Professional Needs to Know Right Now 📅 Wednesday 3rd June 2026 Over a thousand social workers lost their positions in one  year. Not because they were not good enough. Not because  the work disappeared. Because the government changed the  rules. And nobody warned them. And it is not just social workers. If you are a nurse, a  midwife, a carer, a doctor — if you came to this country  from abroad to build a better life for yourself and your  children — this episode is for you too. Maybe the work is getting quieter. Maybe you have been  lying awake doing the maths and have not told anyone how  worried you actually are. Maybe you are still telling  yourself it will bounce back. Sis. It is not bouncing back. And in this episode I am  saying clearly what nobody else in our profession is saying  loudly enough. Because you deserve to know the truth. And  you deserve to have a plan.   In this episode: - What the government has already done to agency social  work and what is coming next in June 2026 - Why this is bigger than social work — what is happening  to nurses, overseas carers and helping professionals right  across the board - Why the flexibility you worked so hard for is being  systematically dismantled - How being made redundant twice in social work — in the  profession we were told was a job for life — taught me the  most important lesson of my career - The social worker on my team who saw this coming one  month ago and what she did about it - Why wanting a Plan B is not disloyal to your profession  — it is the smartest thing you can do for your family  right now - The 30 day full refund guarantee — and why I am telling  you that upfront If this episode speaks to you and you are ready to have  a conversation — message me directly on WhatsApp. Send  me the word READY. WhatsApp: +44 7348956483 Not quite there yet but curious? Click the link below.  Share your name and email — ten seconds — and get instant  free access to watch real women share their stories. Social  workers, nurses, helping professionals just like you. 👉  After you watch there is a $149 investment that gives you  full access to the training and everything you need to make  an informed decision. And if within 30 days you decide it  is not for you — your money comes straight back. No  questions asked. Around here, we dey change our story. 👑

    18 min

  2. 27 May

    20 | 5 Social Work Skills You're Sleeping On

    EP20 5 Social Work Skills You're Sleeping On - 27/5/26 You think you need a business degree. A tech degree. Some special knowledge you don't have. But here's the truth: you already have everything you need. You've been using these skills every single day in your social work. You're just sleeping on them. Every single skill that makes you good at your work — listening, empathy, willingness to learn, leadership, organisation — is the exact same skill you need to run an online business. The only thing stopping you is you don't believe you have it. Yet. In this episode: The five social work skills that translate directly to building an online business How listening to your audience changes everything Why empathy is the real difference between selling and serving What willingness to learn has already taught you as a social worker Why leadership in social work IS leadership online How organisation and discipline keep your business (and your family) together Why you're doubly covered when you add AI to your already-existing skills The real point: You're not short on ability. You're short on belief. And this episode is here to prove you wrong. Ready to take the first step? Go to the show notes. Click the link. Share your email it takes 10 seconds. That's it. 👉 https://www.adefunkelarigo.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep20 Connect with Ade: 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelarigo/  WhatsApp: +44 7348956483   Around here, we dey change our story. 👑

    19 min

  3. 20 May

    19 | Is It Wrong to Want More Money as a Woman of Faith?

    EP19: Is It Wrong to Want More Money? Faith, Ambition, and the Truth — A Social Worker Mum's Story 📅 20 May 2026 You've never said it out loud. But you've thought it. "Is it wrong for me to want more? Am I being greedy? Is this ungodly?" And somewhere along the way — maybe in church, maybe from people around you — you buried that dream. You told yourself wanting more was selfish. So you settled. You stayed small. You called it faith. But what if you were wrong about what God actually wants for you?   In this episode, we go to the Bible itself — not the sermon, not the secondhand interpretation — the actual text. And what it says about you, your ambition, and your money might surprise you.   In this episode: - Why the guilt you're carrying about wanting wealth is not from God — it's from people, and it's time to put it down - What Genesis 8:18 really says about God and your ability to produce wealth (hint: He doesn't just allow it) - The truth behind Matthew 19:24 — the camel and the needle — and why it's been widely misread for years - The medical mission crusade story that changed everything about how Ade sees prosperity and kingdom work - Why building financial freedom and building God's kingdom are not in opposition — they were always meant to go together   Ready to explore what else is possible? Click the link below to share your email and get instant access to watch real women sharing their own stories about how they went from where you are to where they are now.   👉 https://www.adefunkelarigo.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep19 After watching, there is a $149 investment to access the full training and business breakdown. Take action today.  Connect with Ade  💼  Linkedlin https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelarigo/ 📱 WhatsApp: +44 7348956483 Around here, we dey change our story.

    16 min

  4. 14 May

    18 | The Lie Keeping You Stuck: How Social Worker Mums Build Flexible Income in 20 Minutes

    EP18: The Lie Keeping You Stuck — How Social Worker Mums Build Flexible Income in Pockets of Time 📅 14 May 2026 You keep saying you don't have time. As a social worker mum with a full job, kids, and burnout creeping in, that's real. But what if building flexible income doesn't need hours? What if 20 minutes is enough? Last week I was sitting in a hospital with my dad. I'm working on my laptop — answering emails, scheduling content — just showing up in the time I had. A nurse walks past. Stops. Looks at me and asks: "Do you work from home?" The moment I tell her about my online business, her whole face changes. "That's brilliant. Can I do that too?" And I realised — she'd been looking for this exact thing. A way to build income without leaving her job. Without adding more pressure. That's you. You're already doing the work. You're already tired. But what if you didn't have to quit social work to create financial freedom? In this episode: - Why "I don't have time" is the lie keeping social workers and helping professionals stuck (and what's really true) - How flexible income actually works in 20-minute pockets — lunch break, evenings, hospital waiting rooms - The real story: what a burnt out nurse saw that changed everything - A social worker's actual daily schedule — where the business fits when burnout is real - Why consistency beats intensity when you're building on the side - The system that works for nurses, social workers, therapists, carers — the Watch, Copy, Do method Ready to access the masterclass? See real women — burnt out social workers, nurses, helping professionals — who built side income and created options. Share your name and email — 10 seconds — and you're in. 👉 https://www.adefunkelarigo.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep18 Or message me on WhatsApp: +44 7348956483 Around here, we dey change our story.

    28 min

  5. 6 May

    17 | Why Two Incomes Isn't Enough For Social Worker Families

    EP17: Why Two Incomes Isn't Enough For Social Worker Families — And What to Do About It 📅 6 May 2026 You and your partner are both working. Both giving everything to your jobs, your family, your profession. Two incomes coming in. And you're still not free. The bills are still tight. The savings aren't growing. You barely see each other. And the worst part? You're both exhausted — and nothing is actually changing. Nobody around you is saying it out loud, because saying it feels like failing. But for so many families in caring professions — two incomes still isn't enough. And that is not your fault. In this episode, Ade shares the real story of a couple who were drowning in debt, barely seeing each other, and working themselves into the ground — until one decision changed everything. She retired at 43. This is that story. **In this episode:** - Why two full-time salaries in caring professions still leaves families financially stretched every single month - The honest truth about what two incomes actually cost — your time, your marriage, your freedom - The real story of a nurse who took a job away from home just to survive — and what happened when she found another way - Why waiting for a crisis before making a change is the most expensive decision you can make - The one step you can take today — even if you're tired, busy, and not sure where to start **Ready to explore what else is possible?** Click the link below to share your email and get instant access to watch real women sharing their own stories about how they went from where you are to where they are now. 👉 https://www.adefunkelarigo.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep17 After watching, there is a $149 investment to access the full training and business breakdown. Take action today.    Connect with Ade  💼  Linkedlin https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelarigo/ 📱 WhatsApp: +44 7348956483   *Around here, we dey change our story.* 👑

    14 min

  6. 28 Apr

    16| Working Online A Scam? I Was Skeptical Too

    EP16: IS WORKING ONLINE A SCAM? I WAS SCEPTICAL TOO — A SOCIAL WORKER MUM'S STORY 📅 28 April 2026   If you've ever scrolled past an ad about making money online and thought "that's a scam" — this episode is for you. Because I thought so too. For a long time, I shut it all down before I even let it land.   And your scepticism makes complete sense. There are scams online. People do get burned. But here's what I had to face: my fear wasn't protecting me anymore. It was keeping me stuck. There's a difference between wisdom and a wall — and I had built a wall.   In this episode, Ade shares why your caution is wisdom, not weakness. And she tells the real story of a social worker who started building a business on the side — before she ever thought she'd need it. When redundancy came, her Plan B became Plan A. She didn't panic. Because she was already prepared.   In this episode: - Why your scepticism about online business is completely valid — and where it stops serving you - The real story of a social worker who lost her government job through redundancy and didn't spiral — because she had already built something on the side - What the difference actually is between a legitimate online business and the scams you've rightly been avoiding - Why starting before you need it is the smartest thing a helping professional can do - What it looks like to explore this without pressure, without hype, and without handing over money before you understand what you're getting into   Ready to explore what else is possible? Click the link below to share your email and get instant access to watch real women sharing their own stories about how they went from where you are to where they are now.   👉 https://www.adefunkelarigo.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep16   After watching, there is a $149 investment to access the full training and business breakdown.   Take action today. I look forward to seeing you on the inside.   Connect with Ade: 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelarigo/ 📱 WhatsApp: +44 7348956483   Around here, we dey change our story. 👑

    16 min

  7. 21 Apr

    15 | I Don’t Have Time — Or Is That Really the Truth?

    EP15: "I DON'T HAVE TIME" — THE LIE SOCIAL WORKER MUMS BELIEVE (AND HOW TO RECLAIM YOUR HOURS) 📅 21 April 2026   You've said it. I've said it. Every social worker mum I know has said it: "I just don't have time." And honestly? Your life IS full. Running a consultancy, raising children, managing your son's Olympic development training, caring for a parent, showing up for your clients every day — that's not drama, that's just real. Nobody is disputing that you are genuinely, legitimately busy.   But what if "I don't have time" isn't actually the truth — it's just that you've never stopped to look at where your time is really going? That one question changed everything for Ade.   In this episode: - Why "I don't have time" is rarely about the number of hours — and what it's actually about - The three shifts Ade made that reclaimed hours she didn't know she had: cutting mindless TV and scrolling, getting boundaried about which occasions deserved her yes, and becoming intentional about activities that weren't moving her forward - The moment Ade's friend — on maternity leave with a newborn — showed her what was actually possible - What the difference between being busy and being productive really feels like - The one honest question Ade is asking you to sit with this week   Ready to explore what else is possible? Click the link below to share your email and get instant access to watch real women sharing their own stories about how they went from where you are to where they are now.   👉 https://www.adefunkelarigo.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep15   After watching, there is a $149 investment to access the full training and business breakdown. Take action today.    Connect with Ade  💼  Linkedlin https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelarigo/ 📱 WhatsApp: +44 7348956483   Around here, we dey change our story. 👑

    22 min

  8. 13 Apr

    14 | Why One Income Doesn’t Feel Enough Anymore for Social Worker Mums

    EP14: WHY SOCIAL WORKER MUMS FEEL GUILTY FOR WANTING MORE THAN THEIR JOB 📅 13 April 2026   You love the work. You chose this profession on purpose. And yet — somewhere deep down — there's a voice that says you want more. More time. More peace. More breathing room. More money. And the moment that thought shows up, the guilt follows.   Because how can you want more when people are depending on you? When you chose a caring profession? When others have it harder? That guilt is real — and it has been keeping so many social worker mums and helping professionals silent for far too long.   This episode is permission. Not strategy. Not a plan. Just Ade getting honest about a feeling she carried for years — and what shifted when she finally stopped pretending it wasn't there.   In this episode: - Why wanting more does not make you a bad social worker, a bad mum, or an ungrateful person - The guilt so many helping professionals carry in silence — and why the profession itself can make that guilt feel justified - What "wanting more" actually looked like for Ade — and why it had nothing to do with greed - The internal narrative that keeps women talking themselves out of their own needs ("other people have it worse," "I should just be stronger") - How burnout forced an honest conversation — and why sustainability is not the same as selfishness - Why your social work skills are far more transferable than you've been told - The one small step you can take today if this episode is landing with you   If this is you right now and you need a gentle place to start — the Breathe Again Burnout Reset was made for this moment.   👉 Breathe Again — just £17 → https://payhip.com/b/7qNLs   If you're also curious about what building income alongside social work could look like:   👉  https://www.adefunkelarigo.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep14   Connect with Ade: 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelarigo/ 📱 WhatsApp: +44 7348956483   Around here, we dey change our story. 👑

    35 min
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Social Work Mums Beyond Burnout is a podcast for social work mums who give deeply, carry a lot, and are quietly realising that coping is no longer enough. Hosted by Adefunke, a social work consultant, mum, and values-led digital business owner, this podcast creates space for honest, grounded conversations about burnout, motherhood, mindset, and values-aligned income — without hype, pressure, or unrealistic promises. This is not a podcast about leaving your profession or chasing quick success.It’s for women who love meaningful work and want more flexibility, peace, and presence in their family life — now and long-term. Drawing on her experience in social work and her journey building values-aligned digital income alongside professional life, Adefunke offers thoughtful insight into what happens when capable women carry responsibility for too long inside systems that leave little room for rest, choice, or sustainability. Here, burnout is not framed as a personal failure.It’s understoo...

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  • Creator
    Ade Larigo
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Social Work Mums