Breadwinning Mums

On this episode we’re chatting with Phil Hayes-St Clair, a proud girl dad, self-proclaimed raging feminist, and serial entrepreneur that I have had the pleasure to meet during my MBA study at AGSM. Phil shared his life story about overcoming adversity early in life, how he found and thrived in other domains of  his life, and highlighted the importance of supporting your partner with continued curiosity and open mind.

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On this episode we’re chatting with Carla Brown, the Vice President of The Personal Finance Society, and the Managing Director and Chartered Financial Planner at Oakmere Wealth Management. Carla shared her life story about finding purpose in financial planning, building a successful business whilst weathering the storm of relationship separation, and thriving at work and at home with a partner who celebrates her success in work and...

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On this episode we’re chatting with Jo Stone, the CEO and Founder of the Balance Institute where she empowers ambitious women create balance between career and family, without stepping back or burning out. Jo shared her life story about growing up amongst corporate executive, reaching the C-Suite a...

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On this episode we’re chatting with Carly Hopgood, a certified professional coach and the co-founder of Sajer Group. Carly shared her life story about growing up in different parts of the world, building her roots in Sydney before making a sea change with her family to New Zealand and overcoming po...

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On this episode we’re chatting with Alex Egeler, an aerospace engineer turned lead parent to his four boys when an opportunity presented itself. Alex is the founder of Empathetic Egg, where he helps parents realign their career choices with their family-centric values. He opened up about his life s...

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On this episode we’re chatting with Dr Chloe Lim, who is the Founder, Director, and Science Storyteller at Twisty Science, a Senior Regulatory Scientist at the Department of Health and Aged Care, and the Founder and Balloon Artist at Giggly Wiggly Balloons. Chloe shared with us her life story about...

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Today we’re chatting with Erica James, who is not a breadwinning mum, but an inspiring woman nevertheless. Erica is a Business Systems Analyst for the Ku-ring-gai Council. She shared with us her life story about growing up in Sydney as a boy, moving to Cooma and Bathurst before choosing to become h...

On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 we had the absolute pleasure of hosting our book launch at Harry Hartog Bondi with an intimate group of breadwinning mums, podcast listeners and supporters of the Breadwinning Mums project. Three mums from the book - Wendy Zveglic, Yanti Ropeyarn and Julie Parkinson graced us with their presence to share their stories and reflections on their lives as working mums, wives, sisters, and beautifully imperfect...

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Today we’re chatting with Patrick Tsang, who is not a breadwinning mum, but a breadwinning dad with two daughters. Patrick is an NV1, Ex-CTO and experienced leader in platform and quality engineering. He shared with us his life story about growing up in Sydney as a young child from Hong Kong, findi...

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Today we’re chatting with Ratih Arruum Listiyandini, a fellow married breadwinning mum with one son, Fatir. Ratih is a Clinical Psychologist, an Assistant Professor, Researcher and Educator at University of New South Wales. She shared with us her life story about growing up in different parts of In...

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Today we’re chatting with Jessica Wong-Saunderson, a fellow breadwinning mum with one son, and another on the way. Jessica is the Co-Founder of MumbleMe, and an M&A Tax and International Tax Advisor. She shared with us her journey of moving to Australia from Hong Kong, highlighted the importanc...

**CONTENT WARNING** This episode contains explicit discussions about various forms of domestic abuse including verbal, emotional and physical abuse. If you find these topics distressing, feel free to skip this episode. If you need resources or support go to beyondblue.org.au or for 24 hour free counselling in Australia, the number for Lifeline is 13 11 14, please look after yourself.

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Today we’re chatting with Gabriella Nunes, a fellow married breadwinning mum with three boys. Gabriella is the Director of Research & Commercialisation at  University of New South Wales. Gabriella shared with us her life story about being the youngest daughter of her parents who immigrated from Italy, inheriting their hard work ethics and finding equality and true partnership with her husband in raising their family.

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Today we’re chatting with Amarjot Bagga, a fellow breadwinning mum to a baby daughter, Bobby. Amarjot is the Head of Environmental & Social Impact at Iress and an Activator at Coralus. Amarjot shared with us her life story about moving to Australia from India, how this experience shaped her perspective and ingrained the volunteering and social impact aspect of her life’s work, and gave us practical tips on how we could all cont...

Today we’re chatting with Penny Locaso, a fellow breadwinning mum to a teenage son and a black Labrador named Tilly. Penny is a transformation coach, global speaker, published author, and the founder of hackinghappy.co. Penny shared with us her life story about leaving a global giant and a long term marriage, going through various life transformations to find her place as a transformation coach for busy women.   

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Today we’re chatting with Tanya Sale, a fellow married breadwinning mum with two children. Tanya is the CEO and co-founder of outsource Financial. She shared with us her journey of playing professional sports, finding a different career in banking due to injury, and starting out her own business.

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**CONTENT WARNING** This episode contains discussions about child sex abuse, sexual assault and depression, which I know can be distressing. So if you need resources or support go to beyondblue.org or for 24 hour free counselling in Australia, the number for Lifeline is 13 11 14, please look after yourself. 

Today we’re chatting with Trisha Gudka, a fellow breadwinning mum with two children. Trisha is a women’s empowerment and ha...

Today we’re chatting with Adilene Guevara, a fellow breadwinning mum with one son, Rafael. Adilene is an excellent exemplar of grit, tenacity, and accountability. She wears a multitude of hats in her life as a wife, a mom, a student, a teacher, a daughter and a sister. Adi tells us her story about missing out on life’s big chance, persevering through life’s tough phases and always thinking about how our actions will impact our chil...

I'm so grateful to be chatting with a very special guest who helps Breadwinning Mums thrive in their roles. Amanda Blesing FARPI is a mentor, speaker and international author at the The Ambition Revolution with Amanda Blesing. We had a chat about the top #challenges facing #workingmums and #practicalsolutions to overcome them, finding the mystical #worklifebalance, and how to be seen, heard and promoted at work.

Our listeners wil...