We Make It Work

Frank Sinclair is an online personal trainer with over 2,000 clients and 14,700 Instagram followers and his own podcast, Fit With Frank. He works flexibly and his clients are able to access his fitness videos flexibly too. Win win. Frank discusses how he films his video content for his social media channels. In addition, he talks through how relevant his motto, own it, box it, move forward is to everyday life.

Jess discusses her life as a Digital marketer at Rock Salt Consulting, a company she formed with her husband and her super power networking skills. She introduces us to the Hoxby Collective and myself the concept of empowering Mothers in the community.

You find Jess at  

https://www.rocksalt-consulting.com/ or Instagram: @rocksaltconsulting

Other useful links:

https://hoxby.com/

National Freelancers Day 2019: https://www.nationalfreelancersday.com/

David speaks frankly about his anxiety and how leaving his career as a journalist at the Financial Times to freelance has helped him find work that keeps him balanced. Links to find David: [email protected] or www.deepsocial.co.uk This Huffington Post blog is a good intro to Allie https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/being-the-first-woman-to-run-100-miles-over-a-frozen-lake-helped-my-mental-health_uk_5aa7f267e4b0e872b4bf42d9 And this is her website http://www.alliebailey.co.uk/alliebruns David wrote me a lovely email after our podcast recording and he wrote: "I now drink occasionally – once a month – but very much have a take it or leave it approach to alcohol, which certainly wasn’t the case before! This is a link to the blog I wrote, One Year No Beer (I initially signed up or a 90 day challenge but ended up going more than a year without drinking). https://www.oneyearnobeer.com/oynb-testimonial-got-first-social-occasions-alcohol-free/ And this is the Bad Boy Running podcast http://badboyrunningpodcast.com/

Resh quit her 13 year career in London, which she loved,  to run the Creation Station franchise in Eastbourne in order to spend more time with her daughter. 

She discusses her pivot and challenges she faces and her hopes and dreams for the near future. 

To find out more about Creation Station Eastbourne, visit: www.thecreationstation.co.uk/reshma

Or you can follow her at: https://www.facebook.com/The-Creation-Station-Eastbourne-1670416499739291/ or on Instagram : @creationstationeastbourne

Caroline Robertson shares her story of how being a single parent of two young children meant she needed to find flexible work to pay bills but afford her the time she needed to be a mother to  her children. As her children have grown older, her working week has now evolved to working 4 days a week as a HR Consultant and using her remaining time working on her side business of selling skincare products, Roden + Fields.

Caroline also shared more information on her group: Help Others Help Themselves. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2210822429238000/

To find out more about Roden + Fields, visit: https://crobertson6.myrandf.biz/au/ 

To purchase Roden + Fields products from Caroline, please visit: https://crobertson6.myrandf.com/au/ 

And you can follow Caroline on Instagram using the handle: @carolinerobertson_cr 

More show notes can be found at https://digitalseamstress.co.uk/we-make-it-work-podcast/

Liane J Butcher talks about how she rediscovered her work values whilst volunteering in Kurdistan, the effect of war on people, and how she came to incorporate yoga in her working life.

We  discuss the challenges of working in two very different industries, and keeping connected to clients, colleagues when working remotely. Liane shares her ideas on how to change careers or move to a completely different industry and how volunteering is a great way to do this. 

Please listen to our little intro to explain what this podcast series is about.

For each episode, our guests talk about how they work flexibly in hope to empower those who are looking to freelance or just starting out in podcasting.