Dare To Be Brave with Joy Foster
Dare To Be Brave with Joy Foster is a solo podcast that blends real-life insight with the neuroscience of courage, confidence, and change. Each episode unpacks what's happening in your brain when you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or afraid to move forward, and shows you how to work with your brain, not against it. You'll learn how to rebuild confidence after a setback, take action even when fear is loud, break free from overthinking and self-doubt, navigate change with clarity and resilience, and redefine success on your own terms. The podcast is aimed at women in midlife facing transitions like redundancy, menopause, or caring for ageing parents.
Episodes
Why Wanting More Than Motherhood Doesn't Make You Selfish | E289
How to find yourself again after motherhood, overcome a motherhood identity crisis, and rebuild confidence after having kids is the focus of Dare To Be Brave Podcast Episode 289.Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, "I don't recognise myself anymore?" Have you lost yourself after having kids? Do you feel stuck between being a great mum and wanting something more for yourse
Why Women Lose Confidence in Midlife (And How to Get It Back) | E288
Have you ever looked around and felt like everyone else has figured it out except you?If you’ve struggled with self-doubt, felt left behind by technology, questioned your abilities, or wondered whether you’ve missed your chance, this episode is for you.In this episode of the Dare to Be Brave Podcast, Joy Foster explores the science of self-belief, why confidence often dips in midlife, and the dail
7 Signs You’re Stuck in Life (And How to Break Free) | E287
How to get unstuck in life, build self confidence, and break negative thinking patterns is the focus of Dare To Be Brave Podcast Episode 287. If you’ve been feeling lost, emotionally flat, or stuck on autopilot, this conversation will help you understand why.In this episode, Joy Foster, founder of TechPixies, helping women build digital skills and confidence, explores the hidden signs that life ha
How to Build Confidence When You Feel Stuck in Life | E286
How to build confidence when self-belief feels out of reach is something a lot of people quietly struggle with. In Dare To Be Brave Podcast Episode 286, Joy Foster breaks down why confidence isn’t something you magically find, it’s something you build through action, clarity, and growth. A lot of women spend years waiting to feel ready before making changes in their career, relationships, health,
Perimenopause at 41? You’re Not Too Young! | E285
Turning 40 can feel daunting - but what if the real challenge isn’t ageing… it’s the lack of information?In this episode, I share my personal journey from feeling fearful about turning 40 to navigating early menopause symptoms at 41 - despite being fit, healthy, and running marathons.From being dismissed by doctors to finally advocating for myself and getting the support I needed, this is an hones
Why You Freeze Even When You’re Safe (It’s Not a Confidence Problem) | E284
I Was Perfectly Safe, So Why Did My Brain React Like I Wasn’t?Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were completely safe and yet your nervous system behaved as if you weren’t?Your heart is racing. Your thoughts are scattered. For a split second, you freeze.What’s really happening here?According to neuroscience, your brain has been flooded with fight-or-flight chemicals in equal mea
E283｜Want stronger immunity, better sleep or sharper focus? Could this be the answer?
If you feel like you pick up every cold going, regularly get a poor night’s sleep, or experience constant brain fog, you’ll know how much of an energy sap they can be.But what if the secret to no longer feeling like you’re running on empty lies in breast milk? In this episode of Career Interrupted, Joy Foster chats to Stephanie Drax, founder of Leapfrog Remedies, to uncover the story behind the UK
E282｜Why your career crisis might be your greatest gift with The Wobbly Middle's Susannah de Jager and Patsy Day
What happens when your carefully built career suddenly... crumbles?For Susannah De Jager, who was a hedge fund CEO at 32, it was losing her biggest client at work and realising her role was untenable while watching one of her closest friends die of cancer that upended everything. For Patsy Day, it was crashing her husband’s car after months of bone-crushing burnout that saw her hit the pause butto
E281｜Fern Fuller made £77k last year working 20-25 hours per week. Here's how you can do the same
Four years ago, Fern Fuller was juggling it all – a single mum with a full-time job as an Executive Assistant, COVID-induced home-schooling chaos, and the curveball that is perimenopause. Cue a moment of complete exhaustion that saw Fern sliding down the wall of her home office thinking, “I just can’t do this anymore.”Fern knew something had to change... then she found TechPixies.Why you should tu
E280｜Collagen, career pivots and can you have it all? With Kate Prince, founder of Ancient + Brave
There’s been an explosion in the popularity of collagen supplements over the past few years, and social media feeds are now full of posts from influencers bigging up the benefits.If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, you’ll probably have turned to Google and come across a dizzying amount of information.But there’s one woman who is determined to cut through the noise after founding Ancien
E279｜Feeling lost and confused about your future? Joy Foster’s 12-day challenge will give you clarity
What if 12 emails could completely transform how you think about your future?What if you could wake up and find that the familiar voice that says ‘there has to be more to life than this’ has been replaced by a sense of excitement? Because you realise you finally know where you’re headed and exactly what you need to do to get there.Joy Foster, TechPixies founder & CEO, spent years going from on
E278｜62% of mid-career women want a change. So what’s holding them back?, asks Jenn Barnett
Jenn Barnett turned a life-altering health crisis into a life-affirming career pivot. But a comprehensive survey of 600+ mid-career professional women (those with 10-25 years’ experience), commissioned by Jenn in her role as head of equity, inclusion, and diversity at Grant Thornton UK, has revealed that pivoting your career comes with its own set of challenges. So while her report found that: 💠
E277｜Autism, ADHD and the business that’s breaking down barriers to work with Lillie Jamieson
If you’re neurodiverse…Or know someone who is constantly battling an exhausting cycle of trying to fit in to workplaces that just don’t seem to get them…Or you’re an employer and want to better understand how you create a more inclusive workplace…You need to get Lillie Jamieson and her sister Alex on speed dial. Because after receiving their own diagnoses for ADHD and autism and realising that it
E276｜Bias in the boardroom. Is your weight affecting your pay and career progression? With Napala Pratini
We all know gender inequality exists in the workplace. But there’s another kind of bias that’s been quietly derailing women’s careers… and it’s time we brought it into the spotlight. According to Napala Pratini, co-founder of Habitual, a revolutionary digital platform helping people lose weight and reverse type 2 diabetes, studies show that women living with obesity are often seen as ‘less produc
E275 | In perimenopause or post-menopause? Alison Urquhart asks, Are you getting enough protein?
Feeling like your energy’s on empty? Struggling to climb the stairs without needing a breather? Metabolism slowed to a snail’s pace? Welcome to the rollercoaster of perimenopause and post-menopause, where hormones go haywire, energy tanks, and your body suddenly seems to be working against you.But you don’t have to just push through the fatigue, brain fog, and muscle loss any longer.In this episod
E274｜How to leave a toxic workplace when you have no plan B with Dr Victoria Stakelum
Would you walk away from a high-paying job……with no backup plan, a new baby, and a hefty mortgage on a new house?This was exactly the situation Dr Victoria Stakelum was faced with when she returned from maternity leave and found the toxic culture she’d worked so hard to transform had returned… in little more than 8 weeks.Faced with a choice between job security and integrity, Victoria opted to tak
E273｜Struggling with heavy, painful periods? Anna Maxwell has the solution
Heavy, painful periods: the £8.4 billion problem nobody was solving.You’ve seen the ads – smiling women skipping through their ‘time of the month’ like it’s no big deal.But if you live with heavy, painful periods, you know the truth is anything but.Crippling pain, constant leaks and anxiety about leaving the house without a change of clothes.And it’s not just your body and emotions taking a hit –
E272｜What’s it like to pitch on Dragons’ Den? Eco-friendly cleaning pioneer Laura Harnett reveals all
If you think it’s too late to reinvent yourself and turn the seed of a business idea into something that can make an impact, Laura Harnett’s story is one for you.After setting up Seep, an eco-friendly cleaning tools business that has sold (among other things) more than a million plastic-free, 100% compostable sponge scourers, Laura went on Dragons’ Den and won investment from the Dragons she came
E271｜Creating the UK's first disability discount site with Georgina Colman
Would a life-changing health diagnosis stop you in your tracks or spur you on to create something extraordinary? For Georgina Colman, being diagnosed with MS has been the catalyst for a business that is making a difference to the lives of disabled people around the UK.And it all started when Georgina made a startling observation while out shopping with her son: she saw discounts everywhere for stu
E270｜Surviving redundancy and mastering a money mindset with Avneet Sachdeva
Losing a job once is tough. Losing it twice? That’s an emotional rollercoaster that forces you to dig deep. For Avneet Sachdeva, her redundancies were a challenge, but they also became an opportunity to channel her entrepreneurial spirit. And today, she empowers women to embrace a wealth mindset as a wealth coach (her Insta is jam-packed with clever tips!).What does it mean to be wealthy?But Avnee
E269｜Is our obsession with winning holding us back? Cath Bishop thinks it is
What does ‘winning’ mean to you?As a World Champion rower, three-time Olympian and Olympic silver medallist, Cath Bishop spent a decade embedded in a high-performance winning culture.But when Cath transitioned from the world of elite sport into diplomacy, she expected to leave the will to win behind. Instead, she discovered that from classrooms to boardrooms, society is obsessed with winning,And i
E268｜How to break free from trauma with Philippa Smethurst
*This podcast episode discusses trauma, which some listeners may find triggering. In 1989, tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square, and the world watched in horror as a brutal moment in history unfolded. But for Philippa Smethurst, who was teaching in China at the time, the impact was more than headline – it was witnessed firsthand in the tear-streaked faces of her students, mourning friends and loved
E267｜Money is power. But are you managing your finances?
Let’s be honest: most of us want more of it, and most of us want the money we do have to work harder for us. What if you could download a free app that looked at your current finances and then helped you make a plan to get them to where you want them to be? Enter Elisabeth Prager, the co-founder of Alia Money, the personal trainer you can pop in your pocket that helps you master your money.Becaus
E266｜Do you feel lost at 50? Eleanor Mills did
Hands up if you’ve been through any of these:✅ Redundancy✅ Bereavement✅ Divorce✅ Caring for elderly parents✅ Chronic illness✅ Menopause✅ Abuse✅ Raising tricky teenagersChances are, you’ve just ticked a few boxes and maybe you’re still feeling the aftershocks.Here’s the thing: By the time women hit 50, more than half have faced at least five major life upheavals. And let’s be real – these “Horsemen
E265｜Why Mel Robbins Thinks Social Media is STILL the Most Important Thing For Your Business in 2025
“People will have negative opinions about you and every single thing you do. Let them.” – Mel RobbinsEveryone is talking about Mel Robbins’ latest book, The Let Them Theory. And trust us when we say you’ll be nodding along to what she has to say.In it, Mel shares her own struggle with promoting herself on social media when she first started as a motivational speaker. Despite having a vision for he
E264｜How could energy medicine help you?
Rub your hands together and slowly pull them apart. What do you feel? Warmth? Tingling? ⚡For Jodi Law, this sensation is energy. And as a transformational energy medicine practitioner, she believes we can tap into the body’s natural energy to take control of our health and wellbeing. It’s an area Jodi leaned into after more than 30 years in acute health care as a senior cardiac nurse. It’s a job
E263｜Fertility coaching and pivoting for business success
*Trigger warning: this podcast episode discusses infertility.*Your husband quits his job to help you build the next phase of your business only for the panic of the pandemic to hit just a couple of months later.Your thriving face-to-face career supporting women in their 40s through complex fertility issues needs to pivot…fast…but you’re homeschooling one child while breastfeeding another. And you’
E262｜Pivoting and parenting with Annie Ridout. How to build a fulfilling career while raising a family
Life is rarely a straight line; it’s often more of a doodle full of unexpected twists and squiggles. Just ask Annie Ridout. Her journey – from being ousted from her job while pregnant to creating a thriving, multi-dimensional career as a journalist, author, poet, and entrepreneur – will feel so relatable. After vowing never to be at the mercy of someone else's power to pull the rug from under
E261｜How to leave a corporate career and start a business in your fifties
“In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make.”– Lewis CarrollYou’d think escaping violence in your home country and arriving in the UK with £300 not knowing anyone a soul would be a pretty high-stakes moment for anyone. But for Sue Harper, it was being in a job and feeling like she should be doing som
E260｜Neurodivergence and the art of the non-career career
Would you make decisions based on whether you can say yes to joy, peace, connection and ease? And how different might your life be if you did? 🤔Prioritising joy, peace, connection and ease is how Bea Marshall moves through her life now. So whether it’s coffee with a pal or giving a keynote speech, each situation or activity is assessed on whether it ticks all four boxes.Why? Because Bea spent so m
E259｜Midlife crisis or opportunity? Helen Kewell on burnout, life’s transitions, and hitting reset
A ‘lifequake’. That’s how Helen Kewell describes the moment she collapsed at work after experiencing burnout. Having been someone who would push through tough situations, someone whose identity was built on doing and achieving, Helen says she felt she was being stripped of her sense of self as her body said no and forced her to just ‘be’.But after feeling like she was disappearing and being forced
E258｜Surviving the setbacks of a rollercoaster career and breaking into broadcasting against the odds
Imagine growing up on a council estate in Manchester, attending a school ranked one of the worst in the UK, with parents who fled their home country to build a new life. From this unlikely starting point, Claire Hoang was encouraged by a teacher to pursue her dream of working in TV, and against the odds, Claire worked her way up to a role as a social media specialist at ITV Studios via the BBC, De
E257｜Can you run a small business AND still crush it in a corporate career?
Ever feel like balancing your career, family, and dreams of starting your own business is impossible? And after struggling to juggle a corporate job with small kids, Erika Robinson made a bold move – she waved her job goodbye to corporate life and launched her own business. But just months after opening Picnic, her children’s play centre, the pandemic hit. 😳Fast forward, and not only is Erika run
E256｜Career Interrupted: What does it take to be your own boss?
"Wear the shoes, buy the tickets, do the stuff, make the memories."This isn't just a catchy mantra for Michelle Betts – it’s the philosophy that has carried her through life’s biggest decisions, including two major career breaks. Following a decade at the same company, Michelle dared to take the leap and start her own social media consultancy. And after being named ‘The Most Influen
E255｜Plan like a pro for 2025 with strategies for business success
It’s Q4 of 2024, and we’re in the golden quarter! 💛It’s when peeps like to flash their cash thanks to events such as Diwali, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Christmas, making it a prime time for both product- and service-based businesses alike. But because it’s so easy to get stuck in the daily grind working in your business – particularly during peak periods – this episode is perfectly timed to
E254｜Facing redundancy? Fancy a change? Carve out a new career as a Social Media Manager
Have you ever faced redundancy? It’s one of those moments that can feel like the rug is being pulled out from under you, but it can also open up a whole world of new possibilities! For Anna Ison, leaving a job she loved after 20 years became a gateway to a whole new, exciting chapter – working as a social media manager from the comfort of home. 💻✨But what’s life really like as a social media manag
E253｜How to Boost Your Camera Confidence While Working from Home
There was a time when requesting to work from home (WFH) was like asking for the moon. But once the pandemic hit and working from home became a necessity, we said hello to a diary full of Zoom meetings and saw nooks and crannies of our home become our workspace (thank you garden shed). Of course, working from home has become the norm for women as they juggle work around illness, childcare or looki
E252 | From Classroom To Café: How Amita Dinmore Built a Community Hub From Scratch
“I looked around and found that in the increasing busyness of life, people were, while being in almost constant communication, losing connection with others.”– Amita DinmoreDo you have a powerful vision brewing? A dream that’s been percolating away for ages? When Amita Dinmore was inspired to trade in her teaching career for a bigger purpose – opening a community café in Hazelwood, Derbyshire – h
E251 | Growing a YouTube Channel as a Creative Maker
Whether you're a knitting ninja or a paintbrush prodigy, YouTube is THE place to share your creativity! But how do you turn your creative skills into a thriving channel? 🧶✨Meet Anya Johnson, a crochet queen building a YouTube channel to supplement her income while she makes time to look after her grandchild. From her colourful ‘Granie’ Squares to her cosy, rainbow-bright Confidence Cardigan,
E250 | Feeling Lost In Your Career? How To Return To Work And Make a Comeback In The Job Market
What do you do if you’ve been out of work for a while, especially if your confidence is in freefall because you feel too old for the job market? Sarah Glassey says she felt like she wasn’t just in a pickle after being out of work for nine months, but “stuck in a whole vat of pickles in a factory”. And with the stress and some major ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) making their presence felt – “I
E249 | Find Your Unicorn Space. How to Reclaim Guilt-Free Time
What have you done recently outside your role as a partner, parent or professional? A guilt-free activity that is purely about having fun and leaves you saying, “I can’t believe I just did that”?If you’re like most women, chances are you are prioritising everyone but yourself. But author Eve Rodsky believes that carving out time to explore the gifts, talents and interests that make you you is a ne
E248｜How do you build a business when you don’t want to be visible online?
⭐ Trigger warning: this episode touches on domestic abuse. If you are affected by any of the issues raised, head to TechPixies.com for details of organisations that can offer support. How do you build a business when you can’t put your face or name online? That was the reality for Mimi Glenn, who, having escaped domestic abuse, was found every time she was resettled and tried to go for a new job o
E247｜The story of the other woman behind TechPixies
Redundancy, death of a parent, separation and divorce. 🫨If you were faced with all three in the space of a year, would you dive back under the duvet and retreat from the world, or would you hit the reset button? For Kathryn Conway, life’s lemons offered a chance to reassess the path she was walking through life, and it led her to the door of TechPixies. Drawn to the caring sense of community and t
E246｜A coach in your pocket. Tackling mental health and wellbeing in the workplace with Kathryn Cettina
“We don’t wait until all our teeth have fallen out to go to the dentist. So why do we wait until we’re in crisis to deal with our mental health?” 🤷This is just one of the brilliant nuggets dropped by Kathryn Cettina, who jumped onto the Sparkle and Thrive Podcast to chat about MYNDUP, a platform that aims to ensure mental health care and wellbeing in the workplace is proactive, not just reactive.
E245｜Making micro changes to achieve your dream with Clare Learoyd
You need to pull on a pair of brave pants if you’re serious about making some major shifts in your life. But once you’ve got some tools in your locker, those shifts needn’t be as scary as you first imagine. Just ask Clare Learoyd. 💪Forced to pivot from a plan for face-to-face to online Pilates classes as the Pandemic took hold, Clare Learoyd has gone from feeling afraid of social media to a comple
E244｜Achieving time freedom to follow your passion with Helen Baker
We all want to spend time doing the things we love most. But commitments – job, family, home – often keep us rooted in the same daily grind.For Helen Baker, who’s chosen to go after her ultimate dream of having the time freedom to sail around the world with her partner aboard a yacht, this podcast episode reveals the steps Helen’s taken to make this dream a reality faster than she thought possible
E243｜Moving, marriage, motivation and a car park full of Post-it Notes with Helz Jones
A car park full of sticky notes? Say what? 🤔You’ll have to tune in to find out exactly what our guest Helz Jones means by this, but let’s just say that it’s a genius trick for capturing dreams and goals. Because if you’re anything like Helz, once you get cracking on a vision for your life, you’ll find that ideas designed to help make your dream a reality will pop up by the truckload. Three years a
E242｜Want to boost your confidence and career? Open doors on our Social Media Superhero Bootcamp
‘What do I do next?’ 🤷🏽♀️If you’ve ever been made redundant or taken a career break, you’ll know how never-wracking it can feel to yourself back out there. Because if you’re anything like Gillian Brayshaw, you’ll have sat on your sofa, your confidence shot to pieces, with all the ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) running riot in your mind. 🐜But we have just the thing to help you regain the confi
E241｜How to create kinder workplaces and grow your business. Becs Crosby's story
What if the world was full of kinder workplaces? 🤗Companies that didn’t just pop #BeKind posts on social media but actually followed a framework that created work cultures based on community, connection and inclusivity?Becs Crosby is on a mission to help companies do just that and is carving out a successful business for herself in the process. And she’s doing it all from a ‘shoffice’ (a shed/offi
E240｜How to become who you've always wanted to be in business. Carolyn Boddington’s story
How do you go from having a paralysing fear of being on camera and hating the thought of being on social media to managing successful social media campaigns, hosting webinars and implementing marketing strategies for clients?All within 15 months. 😲Thanks to our trio of transformational training programmes and teaming up with other talented TechPixies, Carolyn Boddington has crushed her crisis of c
E239｜Build a part-time, flexible business that lights you up just like Lois Cox
Freedom. Whether it’s time or financial freedom, we’d all love to live our lives with more free time and money in the bank. 👌🏼But too many of us are stuck with our noses to the grindstone, thinking a never-ending cycle of eat, sleep, work a gazillion hours, repeat, is the only way to achieve this. 🤯So we called up Lois Cox, a TechPixie who has created a business that allows her to work flexibly pa
E238｜Feeling anxious about your finances? How to change your relationship with money for good with Joy Foster
If your relationship with money feels a bit like the Nemesis Reborn ride at Alton Towers, we’ve got something to help you hit the brakes on your financial roller coaster. 🎢Our chief TechPixie Joy Foster is here with a fly solo episode that offers a few top money tips and tricks usually reserved for participants in our Money Mindset Masterclass. 🧠And the good news is that if you’ve ever wondered wh
E237｜How to build a brand you love and grow your brilliant business with Julia Heffer
Say the word ‘brand’, and what pops into your head? Amazon? Apple? Coca-Cola? How about you and your business? 😱 For TechPixie Julia Heffer, thinking about you and your business as a brand from the outset is the key to success. In fact, building an authentic brand is a business fundamental and goes way beyond a logo and a great-looking social media feed. Get your branding right, and you’ll put you
E236｜Making a dream a reality. How to become an interior designer with Carolyn Hayter
‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ 🌈 It’s the question every kid gets asked at some point, an invitation to dream about the life you could live – and sometimes, it’s the start of something special. At 10, Carolyn Hayter was told fashion design could be a route for her creative talents. However, after marrying young and starting a family, buying a house and making it home ignited a passion
E235｜Going after a dream you’ve buried for 25 years with Denise Fishburn
There’s a crisis in Fairyland 😰But never fear because The Wobblies are here to save the day. 😃These tooth fairies in training are the brainchild of Denise Fishburn and are the realisation of a dream that began 25 years ago. So we’ve invited Denise onto the podcast to reveal how these super fun characters came to be and how they’re now the foundation for an exciting new business. 🙌🏽Here’s why you n
E234｜How to find your spark and seize the day with Kay Holdsworth
Stucksville. It’s a place no one wants to be. But unless you’re super lucky, you’ve probably had a moment in life when you weren’t sure what you should be doing next. 😕 For Kay Holdsworth, this moment arrived after the emotional rollercoaster of a spell in hospital with her son. And when anxiety took hold, Kay not only felt lost but like she was surviving, not thriving.As Kay says, she was in stu
E233｜How to pivot your career with Paula Campion Skerry
To paraphrase Reese Witherspoon, who started her hugely successful production company in her 40s, you should bet on yourself because you are your own best lottery ticket. 🎫This is especially true in a job market as volatile as the British weather right now. So when TechPixie Paula Campion Skerry came to us and said she was super keen to show her fellow TV execs exactly how to navigate an industry
E232｜How do you create recurring revenue as a social media manager? This worked for Lucy Johnstone
Want to know what it takes to be a successful social media manager? 💡When Lucy Johnstone started our Social Media Management Certification programme, she wrote down a number she wanted to earn each month. So we were super chuffed when Lucy started smashing that number out of the park having become an Insta Ninja. Her expert Instagram skills have seen her attract 8 clients to her social media manag
E231｜Empowering women and girls Beyond the School Run with Louise Webster
If you’ve become a parent, you’ll know how tough it can be to juggle a career with the demands of a family. 🤹🏽♀️ That’s why we need more women like Louise Webster in the world, who is on a mission to empower women by helping mums find balance and purpose in their lives beyond the school run. It’s a mission that’s taken her to Downing Street and seen her put pen to paper to write a book full of ti
E230｜Top Instagram trends to try in 2024 with Emma Leatham
Be more Taylor Swift. Good advice for life, right? 💯According to our new Insta Ninja Emma Leatham, the princess of pop’s approach to Instagram is something we should all get on board with. Because while trying to keep up with the changes and understand how the platform’s algorithm works can feel like patting your head and rubbing your tummy while hopping on one foot, Tay-Tay’s connection and engag
E229｜Your Facebook Trends Forecast For 2024 With Vee Roberts
Want to know what’s hot and what’s not on Facebook right now? You need to heed the advice of our social media marketing sage Vee Roberts. Because Meta loves to mix things up, and has already announced a major change to Facebook Groups that is a potential mare for users of third-party apps (such as a scheduling tool, for example).Luckily, Vee has heaps of advice to ensure you can do more in 2024 de
E228｜Acing the algorithm and LinkedIn’s top trends in 2024 with Marianne Avery
Crikey! 😲With over 1 billion active users and 20 changes to the platform dropped already this year, we love that LinkedIn is making waves. But if you’re already thinking, ‘I barely have time to wash my hair let alone keep up with LinkedIn’s tinkerings’, we’ve got you covered.Marianne Avery, our very own LinkedIn coach, has done the hard work of deciphering what’s hot and what’s not on LinkedIn in
E227｜YouTube and TikTok trends you need to know in 2024 with Aby Moore
Step away from the cat videos for a minute. 🐱Because while we all love a good chuckle at cats or kids doing something cute, this podcast episode could be just what you need to grow your YouTube or TikTok channels this year.Yep, we’ve invited Aby Moore, our resident YouTube, TikTok and Social Media Management Certification Coach, back into the hot seat to spill the tea on the biggest YouTube and Ti
E226｜Nail your social media strategy in 2024 with tips from Joy Foster
Trying to use social media without a strategy in place is like walking up Ben Nevis in flip-flops. It’s not impossible to make progress, but why would you want to make life difficult for yourself? And where do you start in creating a strategy that works? Especially when the pace of change in social media is quicker than a lizard on hot sand. 🦎Fortunately, Joy Foster, our chief TechPixie, has decid
E225｜Transform your life. From a devastating divorce to a dream home with Tania Ross
If there’s anything guaranteed to shake you to the core, it’s divorce. For Tania Ross, it was utterly devasting, ripping away her career as a childminder, her home, and her mental wellbeing. 💔Not that you’d know it to look at her today. Tania’s a purple-loving crochet queen who is smashing it out of the park as a copywriter, a peer educator supporting parents with neurodiverse kids AND a mentor fo
E224｜Exciting news! It's time to look good and do good with stylish swag from TechPixies x Northern Brights
If your Oodie or Hug n Snug is crawling to the washing machine because you’ve spent all winter hibernating in it, we’ve got the perfect replacement. Because, drum roll, please…TechPixies has launched its own stylish swag!!! 🥳 🎉💃🏼Thanks to our pals Jess Christie and Hannah Walker, founders of hand-printed organic clothing brand Northern Brights, you can now get your mitts on a range of sweaters, t-
E223｜Time wasn’t on her side. But that didn’t stop Esme Willis from conquering social media for a surprising cause
Some days, wouldn’t it be great to be able to magic up a few extra hours? Especially when the juggle has gone properly Pete Tong, and there’s so much on your to-do list that you barely have time for a cup of tea (sacrilege). Esme Willis can relate. While her freelance role as a graphic designer gives her a degree of flexibility, she’s also running her late parent’s farm and has a gazillion jobs th
E222｜Organic social media vs. paid advertising. Do one or the other or both? Here's what worked for Fern Fuller
How do you know when the time is right to do paid advertising? And how do you make a success of paid advertising when you’re ready to take the plunge? 🤷♀️Fern Fuller has been on quite the journey at TechPixies (tune in to hear all her incredible wins), and she’s followed a clear roadmap to get her business ready for paid advertising. And it’s so good we wanted to share it. 🧭Because no one wants t
E221｜Never say never unless it’s never give up! Kirsty van den Bulk’s story of content marketing success
🚫 “I never want to be on social media” 🚫 “I never want to launch a podcast”🚫 “I never want to run my own business”Kirsty van den Bulk has said all of the above at some point in her life. And yet, after a squiggly career path that’s seen her appear in an advert for Heinz Baked Beans (it’s still out there, apparently), become an actor, work in retail and enjoy top jobs at some major tech firms, Kirs
E220｜What would you love? How to turn a vision into reality with Nicola Walsh
How do you achieve the life you love when the thing you want most isn’t something you can put a timestamp on? 🤔 This was the question that had Nicola Walsh in a spin. Because all the while she was focused on having another baby, she was putting other things in her life on hold. She needed to shift her mindset, and as one of the first to do our DreamBuilder® Program, she found a whole heap of tools
E219｜Lois Lelland on achieving her dream of making music, making money, and being visible online
How do you make money doing something you love? Especially if you’re in an industry in which supposedly ‘only the lucky few’ make the £££. 💰 This was one question Lois Lelland was grappling with when she arrived at TechPixies. But having just recorded and mixed her debut EP, she was also struggling to know how to share it with the world. She thought social media might be the answer, but there was
E218｜Wonderful winter walks in Dorset with mapmaker Catherine Speakman
Doing something you love and getting paid for it – it’s the dream, isn’t it? 🌈Catherine Speakman has taken her passion for the hidden corners of her home county of Dorset and her skill as a mapmaker (honed after working as a cartographer for the Ministry of Defence) and has, quite organically, grown a brilliant business.So whether you’re an avid rambler or someone who doesn’t know their moor from
E217｜Get the feel-good factor and sparkle in your brave pants with TechPixies and Y.O.U Underwear
Pants. Not something you’d imagine might give you the feel-good factor. But for our chief TechPixie Joy and pants champ Sarah Jordan of Y.O.U Underwear, pants should have a purpose. And they should be brave with a touch of sparkle. ✨We’re always popping on our ‘brave pants’ here at TechPixies. But up until now, they’ve only ever been metaphorical (apart from appearing on a very cool fridge magnet)
E216｜From redundancy to a dream life abroad with Paula ‘Magic’ Tadzik
There’s a reason we call Paula Tadzik ‘Magic Tadzik’. And it isn’t just because whenever there’s a TechPixie in a tech pickle, she’s right there offering a helping hand.It’s because Paula saw redundancy after 17 years in the same job as an opportunity to make her dream of living and working abroad a reality. In fact, her vision was so clear that Paula and her family moved to the exact house she de
E215｜From combat zones to content creation. An ex-military medic's journey to social media success
Say the word ‘veteran’, and what do you see? An elderly gent with a lapel full of medals? 🎖️As Kelley Austin, a former medic in the Royal Air Force, points out, you don’t immediately associate the word veteran with women. And that lack of visibility can be an issue, especially if you’re leaving a military career and wondering what the heck to do next.Because what do you do when you have to wave go
E214｜How to fix 3 major mistakes holding you back from success on social media
If you’re trying to build a business without a social media presence, it’ll probably feel like you’re trying to scale Mount Everest.To launch any successful business today, you must be on social media. You need it to help you grow your mailing list and get your offer out into the world. So when Joy Foster sees women quitting social media and never getting their businesses off the ground because of
E213｜Your message is more important than your fear of getting it out into the world with Kate Bird
If you’ve ever felt the fear of putting yourself on social media, you’ll totally relate to Kate Bird’s story. Before TechPixies, Kate wasn’t really on social media and felt hamstrung by an industry where credibility is everything (and you can lose it in a heartbeat). 😨Intent on creating a movement for change, Kate decided to feel the fear and do it anyway, creating a podcast on decolonising develo
E212｜6 super simple strategies for social media success with Joy Foster
Sometimes, we just want things to be easy. Whether it’s pressing option 1, then 3, then 5, then star, then hash, then spending hours on hold waiting to speak to a human or trying to pay for parking via an app that won’t recognise your number plate, tech that’s supposed to help make life easier can feel anything but. 🤯It’s why TechPixies has been on an eight-year mission to make social media simple
E211｜Want to work for an employer that supports working parents? Jess Heagren is on a mission to help
If you’ve tried to return to full-time work after having a baby, you’ll know what a struggle the juggle is. Pulled in 50 million different directions, you’re left wondering how long it’ll be before AI can create a clone of yourself so you can be in two places at once. 🤖Or you feel so much like the walking dead you become one of the 85% of women who leave their jobs after having children. 🤯But why
E210｜Breast Cancer Awareness Month. How Dawn Taylor is thriving now she’s seeing life through a different lens
Two years ago, seeing a cancer story on TV left Dawn Taylor in tears. But she is in a much stronger place now. So much so that she’s ready to share her story and wants others to know it’s possible to sparkle and thrive after a breast cancer diagnosis. ✨On 1 October 2023, Dawn launched her personal brand photography business and will see out the month by celebrating 5 years clear from breast cancer
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