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The Leadership Expert Rethinking How We Work, Parent & Show Up, with Dr Ellen Joan Ford.
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CONTENT WARNING This episode touches on fertility struggles and the emotional weight of balancing family planning with career ambitions. If this is a sensitive topic for you, please take care of yourself, it's okay to come back to this one when you're ready.
What if the tension between your career and your personal life isn't a you problem, it's a system problem? In this episode, Soph sits down with Dr. Ellen Joan Ford: leadership expert, solo mum, army veteran, and author of Work School Hours. They get into the big, messy, deeply personal question of how we're supposed to build careers we care about while also having a life, and why the way we currently work is making it nearly impossible.
From the motherhood penalty and egg freezing to output vs. hours and why your boss's 8:30am meeting might be ruining someone's morning, this one is full of honest conversation, real research, and genuinely actionable ideas. Whether you're a parent, thinking about becoming one, or just someone who's ever felt like work and life are constantly at war with each other, this episode is for you.
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Credits:
Host: Sophie Hallwright
Guest: Ellen Joan Ford
Editor: Lana Byrne
Producer: Emily Rigby
Social & Digital Manager: Lucy Munro
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Chapters
- 00:00:00 Content Note
- 00:00:14 Leaving Yourself at the Door: Why "Being Professional" Got It Wrong
- 00:04:03 The Career vs. Family Dilemma Nobody Prepares You For
- 00:07:54 This Isn't a Personal Problem — It's a Collective One
- 00:11:12 Still Ambitious After Kids: Ellen's Story
- 00:13:11 The Three