Women Talk Work

Mikaela Jade is the founder and Managing Director of Indigital - a company that empowers Indigenous people, particularly women, to develop business opportunities based around the digital economy.

Sarah Moran is a self-described ‘passionate super nerd’ who works in digital communications and marketing.

Joining me to discuss imposter syndrome is Jacqueline Jago, a Canberra-based Executive Coach. We chat about our own experiences of imposter syndrome and what we each do to avoid being controlled by the voices of self-doubt. Our conversation also covers other topics including gratitude and generosity and living and working authentically.

Joanne Mills is a professional golfer who spent 17 years on the tour between 1993 and 2010. In this chat we talk about how Joanne got her start playing golf, what the life of the professional golfer is really like, and how Jo has transitioned to work and life after the professional tour.

Vivien Mitchell is a designer and owner of Solar Bare, a unique Australian fashion label that produces luxury sun protective swimwear featuring prints inspired by marine life.

In this episode, recorded during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I talk to McGrath Foundation Breast Care Nurse, Kerryn Ernst. Kerryn is the only McGrath Breast Care Nurse whose job is solely to support women (and a few men) with stage-four breast cancer - the incurable type, where people present with secondary cancer in places such as the bones, lung, liver or brain.

Fiona is a Canberra-based image consultant. Her business, Style Liberation, works with individuals and groups to help people to achieve a look that suits their position, personality and lifestyle. In this conversation we talk about Fiona’s process for working with individual clients, including her ruthless wardrobe makeovers. We also chat about Fiona’s journey from corporate accountant to image consultant and small-business owner, and how being a mum impacts on the choices she’s made in her work. We also talk a little about Fiona’s youngest son Max, who has Cerebral Palsy, and in particular how Max has and continues to influence Fiona’s thinking about body image and overcoming fear and self doubt.