Mother in the C-Suite

Michelle and Shaunagh
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A podcast for mums and aspiring mums who want more - and sometimes feel stretched by it all. This is where ambition, leadership, and motherhood collide. Through raw, honest conversations, we share the real stories of women leading businesses, teams, and lives while raising families. Some episodes go deep into the emotional reality of motherhood; the identity shifts, guilt, and invisible weight. Others focus on leadership, growth, boundaries, and navigating balance. Not every conversation offers answers. All offer truth, connection, and the relief of knowing you’re not alone.

  1. May 4

    Building Businesses Around Motherhood, Not Burnout: Laura Steele

    Working motherhood, entrepreneurship and burnout recovery. Building a business before becoming a parent is one thing. Learning how to keep building once motherhood changes everything is something else entirely. In this conversation, we explore how becoming a mum forced a complete rethink of ambition, productivity and what success actually looks like. From starting a business at 18 to launching multiple ventures, today’s guest shares the realities of entrepreneurship, ADHD, identity shifts, people-pleasing, hustle culture and the pressure women face to succeed everywhere at once. This episode is for founders, senior leaders and working mothers trying to build meaningful careers without sacrificing themselves in the process.

    55 min

  2. Apr 27

    Why Chasing Wealth Fails (And The Real Secret To Success): Lauren Lovett

    Most founders believe relentless hustle is the only path to success. But working yourself to the bone has a hidden cost that few are willing to admit. Lauren Lovett chased wealth across multiple industries before a severe health scare forced her to rethink everything. She reveals why adopting a purpose-driven mindset attracts more financial success than pure grind. The conversation explores the hidden dangers of extreme stress , the balance between masculine and feminine energy in business and the bold decision to build a thriving community retail brand. We also hear why walking away from a toxic situation is the ultimate winning strategy. Lauren Lovett is the founder of Ink and Ember. She is an entrepreneur who transformed her approach to business to prioritise community and personal well-being.

    50 min

  3. Apr 20

    The Motherhood Penalty: "You're Not Having Any More Children, Are You?": Michelle Wilson-Stimson

    Becoming a parent at 19 changes the trajectory of a career before it even begins. This episode explores the raw reality of moving from childhood straight into motherhood while trying to navigate male dominated industries and corporate structures that were never built for parents. It highlights the systemic failures that often force ambitious women to abandon secure roles to find the flexibility they need. The conversation covers the intense pressure of training as a stockbroker in London and America where fitting in meant attending strip clubs to avoid being left behind. We discuss the blatant discrimination faced after pregnancy loss and the eventual move into entrepreneurship following a spiteful dismissal. These experiences reveal why many women feel they must take their future into their own hands to survive the corporate world. Michelle Wilson-Stimson is an entrepreneur and the founder of Yoke Global, a successful financial services operations business. After decades of mothering and building a company from the ground up, she shares her honest journey through empty nest syndrome and the ongoing process of self discovery.

    55 min

  4. Apr 13

    From Finance Administrator to Managing Director: Olivia Maynard

    Many working parents struggle with the daily juggle of children and careers. One terrifying medical emergency completely changed how this director approached her life, work and leadership. We explore the raw reality of suffering from severe pre-eclampsia and experiencing full body organ failure at 30 weeks pregnant. We discuss the transition from financial planner to operations director. The conversation reveals why motherhood naturally sharpens your decision-making skills and forces you to cut the nonsense in the boardroom. We also cover the importance of building a company culture rooted in kindness, fairness and autonomy. You will hear practical advice on avoiding leadership burnout through simple daily habits like a mandatory lunchtime walk.Olivia is the Operations Director at TFP Financial Planning. She shares her deeply personal journey of career progression, surviving a traumatic premature birth and finding true integration between her business and her family.

    45 min

  5. Apr 6

    Stop Faking It. The Truth About Confidence Women Aren’t Told: Gemma Holmes

    Authentic confidence, imposter syndrome and the inner critic in working mothers and female leaders. Confidence therapist Gemma Holmes shares why “fake it till you make it” is not only exhausting, but unsustainable - and what to build instead. Drawing on her experience in corporate leadership and therapy, she explains how imposter syndrome shows up in high-achieving women, why it keeps you stuck and how to shift from self-doubt to genuine self-trust. This conversation is for senior women balancing leadership and motherhood who feel the pressure to perform while quietly questioning themselves. You’ll learn how to understand your inner critic, stop spiralling after difficult moments, and build a version of confidence that actually feels like you - calm, grounded and sustainable.

    43 min

  6. Mar 30

    Sacked, Scammed and Forced to Start Again From Scratch: Katy Eatenton

    Financial independence, motherhood and resilience after financial loss.Sacked after maternity leave. Two weeks before giving birth, scammed over £200,000. No safety net, no time to pause just the reality of starting again while responsible for three children. Katie’s story is a stark reminder of how quickly security can disappear, and what it really demands of you when it does.Long nights, impossible decisions and the weight of knowing there is no one else coming to fix it. Katy shares how she rebuilt from that moment not just financially, but mentally and why those experiences reshaped how she works, parents and makes decisions today.This episode is for working mothers, founders and women carrying both financial and emotional responsibility. You’ll hear how to protect yourself before things go wrong, how to think differently about money and risk, and why independence is the foundation everything else sits on. Katy’s message is clear: sort your finances early, understand what you have, and never assume someone else will safeguard your future.

    57 min

  7. Mar 23

    Building a Startup on Maternity Leave (and Holding Down a Job) - Suziey

    Building a business in the margins of motherhood, work and everything in between. Suziey’s story is not one of neatly balanced routines or perfectly timed ambition. It’s one of fragmented days, a constantly full mind and the quiet determination to keep going anyway. While caring for a baby, returning to an employed job and navigating life as both a mum and a step mum, she is building Mum Bloom - often in the small, messy pockets of time most people overlook. What emerges in this conversation is not a polished founder story, but a deeply real one. The constant switching between roles. The mental clutter that never quite clears. The pressure of knowing something matters, while not yet knowing how to make it work. And the steep learning curve of building a business from scratch; picking up new skills quickly, testing, adjusting and continuing without certainty. For any mother, whether you’re leading a business, working a job, raising children and simply trying to hold it all together, this episode offers a grounded, honest reflection of modern motherhood.

    1 hr

  8. Mar 16

    The Hard Choices of Working Motherhood - Michelle Hoskin

    Working motherhood, ambition and boundaries — the reality of the choices we make.Michelle Hoskin built a successful career transforming businesses and speaking on stages around the world. But behind the success sits a question many working mothers quietly carry: what does ambition cost at home?In this honest and deeply human conversation, Michelle reflects on the choices she made while raising her daughter Ruby — from the early years of parenting and co-parenting while building a business, to the new challenges of raising a teenager. She shares the emotional reality of balancing work and family, navigating menopause at the same time, and learning that there is no such thing as perfect balance — only conscious choices and the courage to live with them.Michelle also opens up about the mindset that carried her through the hardest moments: a relentless belief in herself, clear boundaries around what matters most, and the self-awareness to recognise when life is asking you to slow down.For women balancing work, family and the invisible mental load of holding everything together, this episode is a powerful reminder that motherhood and ambition don’t have to compete — but they will always require trade-offs.

    58 min
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A podcast for mums and aspiring mums who want more - and sometimes feel stretched by it all. This is where ambition, leadership, and motherhood collide. Through raw, honest conversations, we share the real stories of women leading businesses, teams, and lives while raising families. Some episodes go deep into the emotional reality of motherhood; the identity shifts, guilt, and invisible weight. Others focus on leadership, growth, boundaries, and navigating balance. Not every conversation offers answers. All offer truth, connection, and the relief of knowing you’re not alone.

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  • Creator
    Michelle and Shaunagh
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Michelle and Shaunagh
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    Mother in the C-Suite