A fortnightly podcasts hosted by Amy (founder of the Women Who Create UK community, creative business retreats and website) and Debbie (aka Debbiedooodah digital coach, brand strategist, empowering women to work smarter with social media) Coming to you from Nottingham, UK! A no nonsense podcast for women in creative business. Each fortnight your hosts will be discussing different themes and topics around creative business, life and femail entrepreneurship... and also bringing on board a selection of brilliant women who run their own creative businesses to share their advice, expertise and journeys so far! Tune in for lively conversation, tips and experience led discussion. *may contain bad jokes and mild swear words
In this week's minisode, Amy and Debbie chat about why taking a pause is super beneficial to help re focus our goals, inspiration and intention with work and projects. And that is why we will be taking a break from airing new podcast episodes until the new year while we continue to build up a bank of lovely interviews and conversations without out the pressures of time and life that can often steal the joy behind the why of things!
In this week's minisode Amy and Debbie chat about making seasonal changes and updates to work and home space using the 5 senses as a guide. Bringing more of the things that reflect the changes in nature and what is going on outside to create harmony and balance inside
This week Amy and Debbie are talking about mission critical, the concept that helps us to focus ourselves when it comes to our business. We discuss examples of SMART goals that could have the biggest impact within our business, and explore how we then go about achieving these goals by applying the mission critical concept to them.
This week, Amy and Debbie are joined by Hazel Atkinson, who established her jewellery business in 1985 and has built an enviable reputation for bold, strong, colourful design. They talk all about Hazel's wonderfully creative business and the evolution of it, including the various offshoots that have formed from it too!
In this episode, Amy and Debbie are talking about all the things they are loving right now! We're sharing something "low-brow" and something "high-brow" that we love - so listen in to hear exactly what they are and let us know if you agree...
In this week's episode, Amy and Debbie are talking to the wonderful Lee-ann Cordingley, a yoga teacher and trainee sex coach, all about letting go of shame. She is a fierce cheerleader in pursuit of women's empowerment and sexual pleasure goals. We discuss where and how we each learn about sex and our own experiences of what sex education was like at school, as well as exploring where feelings of shame around sex come from.
In this episode, Amy and Debbie are talking all things make-up! Following on from a conversation they were having in "real life" they share some of their top products, their experiences of beauty subscription boxes and delve into their beauty routines.
In this week's episode, Amy and Debbie are talking to the brilliant Emmie Faust, who over the last 20 years has set up, scaled and successfully sold multiple businesses in digital, marketing and tech. They discuss the power of human connection and the importance of community, collaboration, connecting with people and networking to many of us in our businesses and whilst we're at work.
In this episode, Amy and Debbie are talking about those back to school vibes which many of us feel at this time of the year! They talk new beginnings, how autumn is on its way and how it could be a good time to change things up.
In this weeks episode Amy and Debbie chat with Author and Life Change & Mindset Coach Lucy Griffin Stiff about her concept of having half time reset when we reach out mid life! Lucy shares some fab little snippets of her coaching process as well as chatting about her recent experience writing and publishing a book during the pandemic!
In this week's episode, Amy and Debbie are talking about why it's important to support our local businesses and the difference in experience and choice that smaller businesses offer compared to the bigger brands.
In this week's minisode Amy and Debbie talk about cleaning - do you love it, do you hate it, how often do you do it? Debbie recently read this article about how social media stars are making cleaning cool again. But in reality, how does its rise in popularity fit in our lives?
In this week's episode, Amy and Debbie talk to Helen Woodford, a former secondary school teacher who founded Create! Art school in 2017. Initially teaching from her studio face to face and now worldwide virtually, she helps instil artistic confidence in women so that they can relax unwind, unleash their creativity and make beautiful art.
In this week's minisode, it's just Amy and Debbie! They are talking about creating confidence and how they work with their clients to build their confidence.
In the second part of this podcast episode, Amy and Debbie chat more to Emma Jordan, the co-founder of Blue Barrel Cider, a craft cider producer based in Nottingham. In this part, they taste some of the amazing ciders on offer from Blue Barrel and learn more about Cider Women, a network of like-minded women active in the cider industry.
In this week's episode, Amy and Debbie talk to Emma Jordan, the co-founder of Blue Barrel Cider, a craft cider producer based in Nottingham. They discuss the exciting things happening in the British cider scene right now and why Emma is so passionate about the work she does - all whilst some diverse and wonderful ciders are sampled too!
In this week's minisode, Amy and Debbie are celebrating the Women Who Create podcast's fourth birthday! We're looking back on some of our favourite episodes, some of our highlights and what we've learnt along the way.
In this week's minisode, it's just Amy and Debbie! Amy talks us through the books and magazines she's planning on reading this month and we also discuss the benefits of reading for joy, how we can fit reading into the time we've got available and how only half-finishing a book is totally normal!
In this week's episode, Amy and Debbie talk to Dr Katja Brunkhorst about revealing identities and what it means to us. Katja is founder of Bright Idea Holistic Branding and is a human disco ball! As a coach and copywriter, she helps empathetic change makers in online businesses to reveal their identities whilst reclaiming their sanity – and having fun! We discuss what holistic branding means, and what it's got to do with yoga/philosophy, Punk rock and women's autobiographies.
In this week's minisode, Amy and Debbie are talking about subscriptions and whether they are a modern-day essential, or just a reason to buy things that we may not need!
Saundra O'Shea is the designer-maker behind the brand SoS15. A graphic designer turned maker, Saundra began making following a period of poor health. Established in 2016 Saundra designs and makes a range of accessories and apparel from her south London studio which she sells online both on her own site and as a Not on the High Street partner. Her quirky designs have featured in the Sunday Times Style magazine, Hello, Prima and more. During the first months of the pandemic she pivoted the business to meet demand for fabric face masks. Candice Braithwaite featured one of her designs on the Lorraine programme leading to a 5 figure day of sales. At the peak of mask making she employed five female tailors to meet demand. Helping other women who would have otherwise been without work was a business highpoint. Saundra can currently be found swirling around her studio in a sequin cape - one of the latest additions to her growing festival range. Links to your social mediaMy main platform is Insta @wearesos15 and occasionally on FB /wearesos15Link to your websitehttps://www.sos15.co.uk
n this week's minisode, Amy and Debbie talk about how Debbie is feeling about the state of the world. Recorded in May 2021, we're discussing how things stand in our local area - and the UK as a whole - after the recent local elections.
In this week's episode, Amy and Debbie talk to Scarlett Blakey, who owns and runs three businesses with her mother and family. Scarlett chats about what it's like to be in business with her family, how she fits everything in and how it all works in practice. In this episode, we chatted about:
In this week's minisode Amy and Debbie talk about identity and exploring who we are, whilst recognising how things can feel different to how they did to us previously, and how this is all a natural part of us growing as individuals.
In this week's minisode Amy and Debbie chat about Hoʻoponopono, the practice of setting things right to put things in order, and why it's important to do just that in our businesses.
In this week's minisode Amy and Debbie chat about levelling up, including exploring exciting ways about how to take things to the next level with the podcast!
On this week's episode of Women Who Create, Amy and Debbie are joined by Rosie Wolfenden, Co-Founder of Tatty Devine, as they explore and discuss equality issues and how we can start to align our brand with causes that we believe in.
In this week's minisode, Amy and Debbie chat about the things that inspire them and that are filling their cups up at the moment! We also chat about how we're loving that Spring has sprung and the positive effect this has had on us all.
We're Back! It's the first NEW episode of the wwc #podcast Tune in to hear debbiedooodah and I talking about what we've been up to, how 2021 has treated us so far, our words for the year and setting 90-day goals for the next quarter of 2021...
In this week's episode, Debbie chats with the brilliant Sophie Thorne, who is a self-confessed serial entrepreneur! Working as a business strategist, her zone of genius is helping female service-based entrepreneurs shift from solopreneur to CEO. We chat about how Sophie helps women to recognise their own zone of genius and works with them to scale up their businesses by streamlining their strategy and creating scalable systems.
In this week's episode, Debbie chats with the amazing Helena Tyce, who makes beautiful gifts to inspire and empower kids from 1 to 92 years old. Helena blends carefully chosen words with distinctive, hand-drawn illustrations to create magical pieces that tell a story and whether you're sending a gift of hope, love or celebration you can be sure of its uniqueness and quality. We chat about how Helena recently made changes to her creative space, her reasons for doing so and the impact the changes have had on her and her business.
In this weeks minisode Amy and Debbie chat around and about a room of ones own, taking up space and the importance of carving out space to do the work and maintain a career as a women.
In this weeks episode we discuss the power of painting and art as an expression of self, for personal development and it's wider therapeutic value!
In this weeks episode, Amy and Debbie chat with freelance film producer and fiercely independent creative Noor Lawson about her journey from actor to freelancer and where all her travels have taken her so far.
In this week's minisode Amy and Debbie chat about online learning and taking group courses and what the impact of the new digital trend is having on participants and their experience of learning.
In this weeks minisode Amy and Debbie chat about the current covid laws that are adversely affecting families, women and our human rights. We get a few things off our chests about how the government is running the country and how we can get through this sh*t show.
In this weeks podcast episode Amy and Debbie chat to productivity mentor Louise Miller about how to invite more ease into your work… finding less stress!
In this weeks minisode Amy and Debbie chat about the Targeted ads on social media, the state of the high street post lockdown and the impact of Covid 19 has had on the retail sector and our shopping habits, in just a few short months.
In today's minisode Amy and Debbie chat about their recent varied experiences of wearing face masks out and about during these new COVID times. The issues that are arising with disposable masks and the different ways in which this new normal is affecting many other people depending on their personal circumstances.
In this week's minisode Amy and Debbie are reunited and chatting about what they have both been up to over the past 9 months since last recording!
On this week's episode of Women Who Create, Amy and Debbie chat to the amazing Jen Stanbrook all about the menopause, the peri-menopause and the lack of education and information out there about what happens when we experience it.
On this week's episode of Women Who Create, Amy and Debbie chat to the brilliant Janine Coombes, a marketing expert who works with smaller businesses, implementing marketing processes used in big, slick organisations which makes their lives so much easier. They discuss her journey of becoming visible through video on LinkedIn, and what her next steps are!
This week we are joined by Lee-ann Cordingley, who has been practising yoga since 2001 and now as well as offering yoga classes, she also offers online yoga tuition and written offerings of yoga philosophy in a modern world in the form of newsletters and blog posting. We chat with Lee-ann about the relationship between our hormonal cycles and how they can affect our productivity in our life, business and relationships.
We are joined on this week's podcast by Hedvig Murray, a Life Coach for Women. Hedvig took the "scenic route" to become a life coach, which included designing community gardens in London, teaching people to grow food in Brighton and working on organic farms in Italy.
In this week's podcast for creative women in business, Debbie is flying solo as Amy is on maternity leave with her lovely baby. Debbie discusses the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and how it's affecting us all, and also shares some tips about how you can look after yourself through these tough times.
In the 100th episode of the Women Who Create Podcast for creative women in business, Amy and Debbie chat to the wonderful Nikki McCaig, a freelance creative, content writer and social media consultant living in Nottingham, all about her experiences of working from home and how you too can make it work for you!
In this week's interview episode of the Women Who Create Podcast for creative women in business, Amy and Debbie chat to the fabulous Jen Stanbrook, a Pinterest coach and blogger. Jen discovered Pinterest back in January 2013 as a way to support her blog and in the coming years she discovered how Pinterest would change her my career - in the last 2 years she has had over 1 million hits to her blog from Pinterest alone!
In this week's interview episode of the Women Who Create Podcast for creative women in business, Amy and Debbie chat to the amazing Karina Lyburn, a personal branding photographer who believes that photography for your business should be 'empowering, joyful, creative, relaxed, fun and collaborative'. Karina helps her clients to get clear on what they want to say to the world and we loved hearing her thoughts on why personal branding is so important in business.
In this week's interview episode of the Women Who Create Podcast for creative women in business, Amy and Debbie chat to the fabulous Maria Coulter, a business coach in the construction industry who coaches and trains individuals and organisations to change the face of the industry. We hear more about Maria's experiences and how her goal is to facilitate a revolution in the construction world!