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June 12, 2025 55 mins
Welcome back to our special series on motherhood and work. We're so excited to bring you today's episode with Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, who you will probably know from their best selling book, Squiggly Careers. In this episode, you are going to learn what makes a career squiggly (the non-linear route to success) and the ways motherhood has impacted Sarah and Helen's ambition and careers. They talk about how they made the transition from corporate into running their own careers consultancy and the amazing, quite surprising, advice they have for anyone wanting to do the same thing. You're also going to learn the five key skills that you need to have squiggly career and how to develop them if you're looking to pivot, experiment with your work or make a change. This episode is honest and packed full of practical advice which will hopefully leave you with inspiration to start your own squiggly career. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at wildnutrition.com/motherkind. Ts and Cs apply. Discover the May App here: ⁠⁠⁠https://app.adjust.com/1od0zbe1?campaign=The+Motherkind+Podcast⁠⁠⁠  For a £100 sponsored job credit, visit Indeed.com/ Motherkind Get 40% off a Calm premium subscription at calm.com/motherkind Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MOTHERKIND at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpodContinue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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