E5 featuring Rachel: What It Feels Like For a Girl (who is self-employed and having a baby)

This week on Miracle Working Mums I get to speak to Rachel, a fashion-industry creative with no static definition of herself. She tells me about the glamour of the industry, hanging out with celebs and living the fashion-dream with no thoughts or visibility of women in the industry having kids. We talk role-models, ladette culture, and being a girl, and I get to quote my favourite Madonna song (the clue is in the title)! Rachel embraced motherhood when she was successfully running her own business and had to face the challenges of financial insecurity, choosing to stop, losing clients, owning her own decisions, and finding out that sometimes women are women’s worst enemies. But most importantly Rachel talks about shared parental leave being the key to improving outcomes for women and the importance of listening. I also need to issue a correction, "What It Feels Like for a Girl" is on the Music album (not Something to Remember); an unforgivable error but please do forgive me nonetheless.  Some resources that listeners might find helpful after today’s episode: https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/pregnancy-rights-when-youre-self-employed/ https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/boosting-paternity-leave-has-economic-benefits/