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I'm Laura Izard, and I am passionate about helping people find their confidence and get back to work.
My site, Comeback Girl is aimed primarily at women who are coming back after a career break. I'll be talking to women of all levels and backgrounds to hear their comeback stories, coaching tips, the highs and lows of the journey and how they find energy, meaning and purpose.

In the first episode, I talk to acclaimed actress Clair Goose about representation for women, agent troubles, balancing a successful career with a family and finding the confidence to take the lead.

Highlights:

00:00 Early work on Casualty and Waking the Dead; having the courage to leave work
05:34 going to a life coach who challenged her; settling down
09:50 Going on to TV's The Bill and dealing with a sleepless child
14:55 Swapping agents during a difficult period
20:49 Balancing childcare and sharing responsibilities

25:04 The importance of showing your daughters you enjoy work 
27:40 Finding a good mental state for auditions
29:52 #metoo and Equal Rights For Actresses 
35:00 On taking control and offering your wisdom
38:00 Remembering to have fun

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In this episode, I talk to author and academic Emee Vida Estacio about her Amazon No1 selling books:, 'Change your Life For Good' and 'The Impostor Syndrome Remedy'. She shares her tested methods for overcoming self-doubt and understanding and managing your inner critic.  Her trademark is PAME: Living with Purpose, Action, Momentum and Energy. Listen here, notes below.

Emee is a chartered psychologist and university lecturer. She wants individuals and communities to flourish in self-confidence and in life. YES!

Highlights from the podcast with times:

Emee suffered guilt, panic attacks and possible post-natal depression after her baby was born. She lost identify, a “bit of herself”. After maternity leave she experienced chaos and felt very low. She made a decision to turn her life around. (3.18)

(3.22) She knew she was capable of “achieving great things “as she had done it before. And decided she wanted to share her process with others and have freedom with her time to write books. (3.41)

(4.08) Emee describes her portfolio career

(4.45) She felt like a hypocrite wirting a book about Imposter Syndrome. “There will always be self-doubt”. The difference now is that she is aware of her imperfections and the triggers that exacerbate it.

(5.41) She is not stuck in the “self-doubt” any more

(6.15)  Difference between the Imposter Syndrome and the inner critic?

(7.10)  Experiencing Imposter Syndrome when it is not an inner critic, it is an external critic (others’ comments) or environmental factors.

(7.45) The effective TLC technique- are our thoughts True, Logical, Constructive?

(8.5) 70% of people suffer from Imposter Syndrome.  Does if affect business people?

(9.3) Mangers and staff must be taught about Imposter Syndrome, it is particularly hard for new joiners who do not have an internal network to encourage them. This could really limit commercial success. It should be embedded in business training.

(10.5) Emee explains the PASTEL technique – we need a firm foundation/rationale for our actions. PASTEL technique stands for PAssion, STrength, LEgacy.

(11.51) What are you passionate about, you think about it and there is a spark?

(12.2) It’s important to lean into where you have strength.

Legacy: Reflecting on what you want to be remembered for? Seeing the end and living a life towards that end. Could just  affect 2 peoples’ lives… it is STILL a LEGACY!

(15.5) Emee has been criticized for having a mission to increase confidence in a world full of “super-confident people”. The book, however is for those who do not believe in themselves.

A bit of Imposter Syndrome is good, it is a matter of balance.

(17) You don’t have to stay in the cycle of Imposter Syndrome but acknowledging it is a catalyst for growth.

(17.28) Concept of the servant leader – the leader reaches out for a goal for the good of everyone. Not just to gratify the ego of the leader.

Women coming back to work from a caring role will be expert servant leaders, it is inherent in you. You become one as you look after others, have compassion, goals and agendas for everyone. It is for a more noble and common cause.

(19.3) Emee shares how she has gone about approaching people she does not know for mentorship

(22) Emee gives an example of reaching out to a life coach on Linkedin to mentor her – don’t use a template to approach people! Make it personal!

(25.18) – Gratitude brings expansion to your life; as you reflect on what is good in your life your focus shifts.

(26.50) What you can expect from 30 days of working through the free book: it is a remedy not a cure, but the 30 days will improve awareness of triggers so you are in a better position, you see the performance interfering thoughts (PITS)

(28) – Emee collaborates with the Frida Project – an online resource to support women       

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Welcome to the Comeback Girl podcast This week, I am talking to entrepreneur Rebecca Newenham, founder of Get Ahead Virtual Assistant agency. How would you like to do what you love working from home, around all of your other priorities your smartphone as your office? Or finally run your own franchise with a proven toolkit and a ready made blueprint for success? 
Notes:
(2.20) Left retail buying in London for 8 year career break – strategic decision. It wasn’t until Robin, youngest started school that she thought “I’d love to be doing something but I don’t quite know what”. She had been chair for the local pre-school and was loving being a mum. "It was part of my career but just not working in a professional sense".
(2.5) “Inspiration to run something for myself came from my mum who had run a tutorial agency when I was young, I benefited from her flexibility”
(3.09) Rebecca researched lots of jobs, she wanted to have her own thing. She also didn’t want to sacrifice travelling.
(3.3) Had heard of VA concept, strong in US.  Did day’s training course and set up business. 
(4.00) The excitement was that it opened up lots of doors.  My fourth child! Didn’t feel panicked (she gave herself time )….found course really interesting.
On Networking
(5.00) She was good at telling people what she was doing in her existing world of mums. Advice: be open in talking to people and you suddenly realise who you know, ask: “What do you think”? Networking is  “a more grown up version of a playgroup where you have to talk to people you don’t know”. 
(6.47) What did Mum pass on? E.g. really defined space if working from home…Be very disciplined.
Methods of self-care
(7.53) Self-care: breakfast with girlfriends, it’s looking at you as an individual and how best you work… “I love a list”. For mental health: podcasts.  Running as an escape.
Finding Purpose
(9.41) Mum said “ you will find your thing”…I was looking at people appearing to have found “the job”. I didn’t want to be controlled by some big hairy boss …this let me play to my strengths
(10.5) On having a professional family… can have thousands of connections but Instagram perfect life is not real.
Integrating Family and Work Life
(12.2) Big on planning her week…goals to work towards, family goals,   big planner everyone fills in…"I need visuals".
Advice in taking step back into work:
(12.5) Ask “what are you wanting to achieve?”  e.g. money, not thinking about it outside work hours…. understanding our motivations. Look at Talented Ladies Club website…
(13.44)I have seen a lot of people in 8 years who are not around anymore, they didn’t know what they wanted to achieve and waste energy in wrong directions. 
(14.36) Networking is listening to needs… whether you can provide it yourself or refer it on. 
Your elevator pitch
(15.3)About having a confidence, never apologising for your story,  bringing something alive (about yourself). What brought you to where you are
Limiting beliefs about Returning to Work
(17.00)One limiting belief: “Why would they want me” – it should be totally the other way around!
What does a VA do?  
(17.50)VA is a freelancer, they manage their own tax and insurance, beauty of us is that we provide our team with clients that they find interesting. Often all you need is access to a PC and a printer for remote working. 
Overriding benefit is interesting work and can manage own diary.
They help a business owner to focus.
Life of a Getahead VA Franchise Owner
(25.00) e.g Fiona, Leeds franchisee wanted a move from corporate life….2 children….. she has something she could run, Getahead VA has the toolbox. She does the business development and there' s a core team that can support. Fiona like that we researched everything ,e.g. providing website. “Professional family”. Men as well.
 Won’t it be great when legislation supports men taking long career breaks! 
(26.00)Say to anyone, your purpose is out there! 
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Podcast #13 - Rebecca Newenham on the Life of a Virtual Assistant

Can work shadowing help you find the right role for you? Short answer: Absolutely! Long answer, in her podcast Chartered Occupational Psychologist Lucy Standing describes the evidence base to prove it. Listen to this pragmatic, humble innovator here.



As founder of social enterprise Viewvo, Lucy is creating a market for returners or career pivoters to encounter a life in the day of their dream job. Carefully vetted "experts" will allow them to experience their ideal job field. The results are remarkable and in each case stop clients wasting precious time being fearful of making the wrong move or indeed any move.
Here are the highlights of the podcast (with timings):
Just Do It
1.35 – I need to do my best to change the status quo –I tire of people whining and not taking action



We Need to Change The Way We Are Recruiting


1.44 Our decisions are improved by having an experience of whatever we are deciding about before we do it, not with a general mental ability/integrity test and a job sample (current model)



3.07 Work experience in the form of internships and apprenticeships is becoming more popular. Gives people a chance to prove themselves



3.44 At Chase Manhattan Lucy introduced internships. On every single metric the interns were more successful in the medium term due to work shadowing



4.56 Nurses who had a chance of work shadowing in their trainings were 60% more likely to complete their diploma so (getting some experience) was incredibly powerful



5.05 I am giving people a chance to test drive the work they think they want to do e.g. a guy from a private equity firm who looked at a micro brewery; and invested hundreds of thousands before deciding against it as a career after work shadowing



6.17 From a day of working with a fashion designer, Mary now has a factory and ten staff!



How Viewvo Work Shadowing Helps You Find a Job


7.15 Each "expert" crafts their own experience of real life e.g. the author



8.4 Viewvo has come to help someone who does not have social privilege, who may be taken less seriously. e.g. Rosetta who is continuing a working partnership with her “expert”



12.2 How Vive works: will feed Viewvo  as an outplacement service





How Lucy Manages Her Portfolio of Work


14.08 –Everyone is supportive of each other at the ABP. Forging trust and being tolerent of each other is key



15.39 We are driven by drive to learn, defend, acquire and bond. They change in emphasis through life so our career preferences change



Sometimes Passion can Cloud Performance


17.09 There may not be a market for your passion. I cannot necessarily guaranteed myself a job out of my passion



18.35 Success  (who will get promoted) is not predicted on passion rather: proactivity, extroversion, conscientiousness. Passion is not the predictor



How much Can You Actually Glean in a Day’s Shadowing?


20.00. We apply our developed “taste buds”and the number of skills you can apply to any job are quite limited



20.48 Evidence would seem to be work shadowing helps you establish whether job is right or not e.g. Vanorama call centre



 Too much emphasis is placed on knowledge and experience


22.22 Emphasis on knowledge and experience are incorrect. We should be putting emphasis on transferrable skills



24.03 Pigeonholing  people into vertical sectors is very non-2019



Two Things that You Know for Sure That Bring Success


24.25 Two things I know for sure that you need to pivot in your career are:

1) take action,



2) be prepared to fail. We are so hung up on not admitting that we are perfect. It it so much easier to be vulnerable….your buddies will be more interested in you  not whining...and will big you up anyway. The startup world is heartening…..there is failure everywhere..

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Podcast #14 - Lucy Standing

I'm Laura Izard, and I am passionate about helping people find their confidence and get back to work.
My site, Comeback Girl, is aimed primarily at women who are coming back after a career break. I'll be talking to women of all levels and backgrounds to hear their comeback stories, coaching tips, the highs and lows of the journey and how they find energy, meaning and purpose.
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