Work Family Me - Conversations with Maude

Maude Burger-Smith
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Work Family Me - Conversations with Maude

Welcome to a series of conversations with working women from a variety of cultures and industries hosted by Maude. These are shared to help working mothers generate ideas and solutions to cope in these socio-cultural paradigms with countless pressures and expectations on women and real life demands on time, energy and finances. 

  1. JAN 28

    BTS, Gratitude and Community

    And just like that...it is the closing episode of the first season of Work Family Me - a series of conversations with me, Maude. In this series of conversations I interviewed intelligent hard hard-working women from India to Sweden to Brazil who have both money-earning jobs out in the world and children at home. We chatted about managing work hours, family finances, domestic chores, childcare, planning, and health in a socio-economic structure that places enormous expectations on mothers.&nbs...

    27 min

  2. JAN 13

    Chaos, Boundaries and Mum Friends

    In this conversation of Work Family Me I chat to Lisa, a Scottish former BBC television director who moved to SA to study a Masters in Marine science with the hope of making David Attenborough documentaries but instead became an accidental entrepreneur and founder of Lilah's Kitchen, a plant-based manufacturing company in a country dominated by meat eaters! And a mother at almost 45. We talk about so much in this open and honest conversation when things feel like chaos in a relationsh...

    1h 8m

  3. 12/24/2024

    Surfing the Waves of Work and Parenting

    In this conversation of Work Family Me I chat to Erika - an ocean lover, marine ecologist and cartographer, committed wife, optimist, and fun-loving mother of two adventurous boys (as well as several beloved pets). Also my sweet friend! Erika is happiest in a fluid environment and talks us through some of the shifts, changes, and behind-the-scenes of her life in that. Erika approaches life with a deep appreciation for growth, laughter, and wonder which flows out of her in this conversation an...

    1h 4m

  4. 12/10/2024

    Sleep, Work, and Sharing the Load

    In this conversation of work family me I chat to Kelly Geoghegan, a Maternity Nurse, EMT & Registered Paediatric Sleep Consultant about work and sleep. Two very important aspects of our day to day that are often hugely impacted when we become parents. As a burnout prevention coach I often come back to baseline physical health over and over again - are we sleeping, are we moving, are we nourishing ourselves - and the connection between that and our mental and emotional states. A number of ...

    38 min

  5. 11/26/2024

    Co-Parenting and Co-Working in Cape Town

    In this episode of Work Family Me, I speak with Anita Nesbit - a connector and content strategist, living and working in Cape Town with her husband and two children. She works to create impactful content that drives brand engagement and growth, liaises with clients and teams, does the school drop and finds moments to walk on the beach and breathe. How does she balance it all? Listen to hear us discuss: - what helps in a house with 2 entrepreneurs and 2 children in different stages - th...

    51 min

  6. 11/05/2024

    Deconstructing Stress Management

    We often read snappy articles that instruct us to "manage our stress". Hmm, that can be irritating to read as a highly educated smart adult human who needs to earn money and care for small humans (or big ones). What does it actually mean? How do we do that in a busy life? As a burnout prevention and leadership coach I spend a lot of time working with people around managing their stress and I wanted to share the 3-point framework that I work in to support you to deconstruct your stress...

    29 min

  7. 10/15/2024

    A conversation about priorities and managing stress

    In this episode of Work Family Me, I speak with a former colleague who has moved across and lived in many countries with her husband, children and dog and works long days as a regional manager for a busy team. In this conversation she shares some of her experience around balancing work and life and health. We talk about prioritising. delegating, (over)working, saying no and so much more. Listen to hear… A tool for prioritisation when your brain is swirlingWhat led Csilla to shift patt...

    45 min

  8. 09/10/2024

    A conversation about caregiving and breadwinning in Australia

    In this episode of Work, Family, Me, I sat down with Allison Wimalasuriya from Australia. Allison Wimalasuriya is an Australian woman in her thirties who works in the corporate world as a manager of employees, deadlines, and clients, studies pilates, parents an active toddler, exercises every day and is in an intercultural marriage. Hmm. How do these things fit into a life? Let's ask her. Join us as we discuss: a wildly helpful way to approach who does what in our day-to-day...

    44 min
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Welcome to a series of conversations with working women from a variety of cultures and industries hosted by Maude. These are shared to help working mothers generate ideas and solutions to cope in these socio-cultural paradigms with countless pressures and expectations on women and real life demands on time, energy and finances. 

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