#111- From Maternity Leave Redundancy to Award-Winning Founder. What Getting Fired Gave Her - Caroline Marshall

Maternity redundancy isn't just an HR issue. It's a confidence heist.Caroline didn't just lose a job. She lost her professional identity, her routine, the quiet confidence that comes from knowing you're good at something and being seen for it. According to Pregnant Then Screwed, up to 74,000 women in the UK are forced out of work every year while pregnant or on maternity leave. The process is often technically legal. And almost always dehumanising.Caroline's was no different. A calendar invite. A glass-walled room. Colleagues watching. No privacy. No dignity.She went on to found Upsource, a multi-award winning VA agency, host her own podcast for mothers in business, and become a Goldman Sachs 10K alumna. She built all of it after the glass-walled room.In this episode we talk about what that day actually felt like, why outsourcing is really about seeing time differently when you have children, why financial independence is non-negotiable for women, and what it genuinely looks like to build a business alongside motherhood — the real version, not the highlight reel.This isn't about resilience as a buzzword. It's about building a life that couldn't be taken from you in a glass-walled room - one your children grow up watching you choose every single day.