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Gregory says, ‘Atlas Accessories got started because at 55 I decided I wanted to do something for myself’. It brings together his love of jewellery design, interest in meaning and symbolism and enjoyment of storytelling. In fact as soon as he’d got some of his designs made into ‘actual proper pieces of jewellery’ people were asking him where they could buy the bracelets. The next stage was coming up with the name, Gregory says, ‘the whole concept behind the accessories is meaning and symbolism and the materials all have animal symbolism or stone symbolism… so I wanted the name of the company to embody that and the more I thought about it I had this dog called Atlas he was pretty much my best friend – the most important thing in my life and like in any culture they say if you call out the name of a divinity or an entity…  it’s calling on that benevolence or that spirit in some way or that energy’.   Gregory talks about the importance of the leather and stones used in his jewellery and how they are great for storytelling. ‘By combining all these natural materials you can create symbolic meaning in the individual pieces and the reason that’s important I think it’s great for storytelling. Like when I meet someone, especially if I’m a little nervous, they usually ask about my bracelets and I can point to one and I can tell a little story that just tells a little bit about me and kind of how I view the world’. The interview was recorded on Wednesday 24th November at 12pm GMT. For more info click here 👉 https://atlasaccessories.com/ 🙌 If you like this episode and want to hear more make sure you press subscribe and you'll be kept up to date on every new episode of Tinted Specs Podcast 🙌 Subscribe to Tinted Specs Podcast YT channel here 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmF11MIbLCSkgEECPyUhNDg?sub_confirmation=1 Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod🚀 Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #tintedspecspod #podcaststories #podcastingwomen #interviewpodcast #movingstories #humanstory #pandemicstory #covidstory #lockdowndstory #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends❤️ #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #lovemeetingpeople #sharingjoy #leatherjewellery #sustainablefashion #atlasassessories 

Robert says, ‘I love getting to impact people’s lives and being able to share nuggets of gold and clues I’ve learned from travelling around the world and being able to train people’. He’s been lucky enough to travel around the world and taught over half a million students helping them to find out what their passion is and how it is achievable if they follow the ‘6 life changing habits’ which are ‘real, relevant and repeatable’. Robert grew up in a close-minded society where he was told, ‘You don’t have to like what you’re doing. If it’s giving you security and it’s helping you earn money to take care of your family then you do that job whether it’s something you enjoy or not.’ However, after being laid off again and again he embraced personal development which he’d initially thought was too ‘woo woo’ but says, ‘I’ve been blown away by ‘woo’ things that have taken my life in a totally new direction’. Robert is clear to point out that success doesn’t come without ‘practice practice practice’ and how important it is, ‘that you surround yourself with growth minded people being willing to be vulnerable enough to say you know what I don’t know this or I’m not the best at it who do I know who could assist me on it and be willing to ask for them help’. The interview is full of nuggets of wisdom so make sure you don’t miss it. The interview was recorded on Wednesday 17th November at 3pm GMT. To download a free pdf of his book ‘Success Left a Clue’ click here 👉 https://robertriopel.com/ 🙌 If you like this episode and want to hear more make sure you press subscribe and you'll be kept up to date on every new episode of Tinted Specs Podcast 🙌 Subscribe to Tinted Specs Podcast YT channel here 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmF11MIbLCSkgEECPyUhNDg?sub_confirmation=1 Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod🚀 Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #tintedspecspod #podcaststories #podcastingwomen #interviewpodcast #movingstories #humanstory #pandemicstory #covidstory #lockdowndstory #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends❤️ #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #lovemeetingpeople #sharingjoy #youaregreaterthanyouthink #growthhackingtips #growthmarketingtips #podmatch 

Jennifer is a financial wellness expert who started out helping people with their retirement plans. What she realised was that people struggled with it because, ‘they didn’t have the money management today to begin to focus on bigger things like not needing a job someday. She realised a more holistic approach was needed because, ‘It’s hard to be well, to be happy and healthy if you don’t have a good sense of your finances and a good balance in them’. After financial troubles hit the finance company where she worked, she was left feeling frustrated but soon realised how lucky she was. ‘And in that moment of frustration, I was able to tell myself focus on whatever’s important to you like be happy find your happiness – don’t worry about the money it’s there and that was such a gift and I realised very few people likely would have that same sentiment and that was a gift that I could give other people this habit that just came naturally to me’. It also helps that Jennifer is very approachable and enjoys a more collaborative approach that allows her to help a broad spectrum of people from refugees to financial experts.   She has one piece of advice for all of us start talking about money with your children, your partner, your friends, your work. ‘if you can build up the courage to face your numbers yourself and to start having those conversations not only will you improve your own life but you’ll improve the lives of everyone around you’. And… if you’re thinking of getting married make sure you ‘marry carefully’ and have those uncomfortable chats about money and spending habits early on. The interview was recorded on Wednesday 10th November at 2pm GMT.  For more info 👉 https://www.jennifersahady.com/🙌 If you like this episode and want to hear more make sure you press subscribe and you'll be kept up to date on every new episode of Tinted Specs Podcast 🙌  Subscribe to Tinted Specs Podcast YT channel here 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmF11MIbLCSkgEECPyUhNDg?sub_confirmation=1  Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod🚀 Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #tintedspecspod #podcaststories #podcastingwomen #interviewpodcast #movingstories #humanstory #pandemicstory #covidstory #lockdowndstory #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends❤️ #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #lovemeetingpeople #sharingjoy #mastermoney#moneyandmarriage #supportingwomeninbusiness #podmatch 

Klaudia is a mindset and success coach for women. She says, ‘You will find plenty of people who will talk about mindset recently, and say you need to be constantly happy to attract positive things and you know what that’s ok but that comes later’. She explains she helps people to understand where their emotions come from, ‘Whatever you do now, whatever your belief system is, whatever patterns you have, fears maybe creep in every single day and they have come from somewhere. They haven’t been there for a couple of weeks; they haven’t been there for a couple of months they’ve been there for at least 30 years or 40 years!’.  Klaudia explains we all inherited these emotions when we were young children, and these emotions are what is holding us back. ‘What I’m working on is getting to the root of your problems and trying to shift those beliefs, those patterns from childhood so that they will not bother you anymore and you are ready to live your fulfilled life’. In fact, Klaudia explains we continue to build on these core traumas even when they no longer seem traumatic. For example, if we are going for a job interview, we will feel the same negative emotions we felt as a child trying to answer a question in class and these negative feelings will repeat until we change them. She says, ‘our patterns have been set years ago, that’s your default system, and what I’m working on is trying to change your default system create a new one that you are able to live your perfect life without any fears, without any negative patterns and without this emotional exhaustion of where those feelings are coming from what’s happening and why am I constantly anxious, angry or I can’t sleep’.  If this sounds familiar, then check out Klaudia’s website below. She runs 12 week individual and group courses so there is something for everyone. In these courses she helps you to work through forgiveness and set up goals. She says, ‘For most of us setting up goals are extremely complicated. I have the way how to make it simpler, how to make it easy and how to create an action plan step by step to get you from where you are and where you want to be’. The interview was recorded on Wednesday 3rd November at 3pm BST. For more info 👉 https://www.klaudiamooncoaching.com/ 🙌 If you like this episode and want to hear more make sure you press subscribe and you'll be kept up to date on every new episode of Tinted Specs Podcast 🙌 Subscribe to Tinted Specs Podcast YT channel here 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmF11MIbLCSkgEECPyUhNDg?sub_confirmation=1  Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod🚀 Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #tintedspecspod #podcaststories #podcastingwomen #interviewpodcast #movingstories #humanstory #pandemicstory #covidstory #lockdowndstory #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends❤️ #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #lovemeetingpeople #sharingjoy #createanewhabit #klaudia_moon_coaching#supportingwomeninbusiness

Denise started making granola and muesli for her family during the pandemic in 2020. She explains, ‘It started out of pure necessity just for my own consumption and my families’ consumption – we love to eat granola and muesli’. After getting the thumbs up from her family she started to give her gourmet granola and muesli to a few friends and neighbours to see what they thought and that’s when it took off and Engrained was born. Denise says, ‘I did not set out to start a business at all but somehow it has turned into one and I’m the first one surprised to be honest’.  Denise says she wanted to make her granola and muesli recipes appealing because, ‘it was initially intended for my children and myself so it had to be something that I was happy to dig into every day and that I knew they would get excited about as well’. The recipes also needed to be healthy and nourishing, ‘because I didn’t want to be running around preparing snacks all the time, so it sort of had to tick a few boxes but yes I definitely put a huge emphasis on the flavours’. She won’t be pushed into picking out her favourite flavour and with names like ‘Très chocolat’ Granola, Carrot Halwa Granola and Almond Cinnamon Crunch Granola I don’t blame her! Sustainability is also very important to her, ‘I see small businesses are really the ones leading the change and really putting change in consumers hands’ which is why you can get refills of her recipes at select refill shops (see www.engrained.co.uk for details). The interview was recorded on Wednesday 20th October at 12pm BST. For more info 👉 https://www.engrained.co.uk/🙌 If you like this episode and want to hear more make sure you press subscribe and you'll be kept up to date on every new episode of Tinted Specs Podcast 🙌 Subscribe to Tinted Specs Podcast YT channel here 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmF11MIbLCSkgEECPyUhNDg?sub_confirmation=1 Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #tintedspecspod #podcaststories #podcastingwomen #interviewpodcast #movingstories #humanstory #pandemicstory #covidstory #lockdowndstory #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends❤️ #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #lovemeetingpeople #sharingjoy #artisangranola #granolabreakfast #engraineduk 

David works in financial services, but he says, ‘outside of my 9 to 5 I spend as much time outdoors on the water doing whatever that I possibly can’. He is also the County Training Manager at South London Scouts and I wanted to talk to him about how he felt the last 18 months had impacted the young people he works with. ‘On a positive note, I think the last 18 months have been great in that there’s been worldwide connections which would have never happened, we’ve met people, made new friends got people interested in different things that would never have happened. But on the flip side to that there’s a massive gap in the socialization of young people. There’s a lot of anxiety that’s come in that definitely wasn’t there before.’  David recognises, ‘Covid is a big restriction at the moment and obviously whilst we need to be mindful… I think we should be pushing to get young people outdoors doing different activities’. That said he says, ‘I generally find that every activity that we [South London Scouts] run will be pretty much sold out instantaneously because they’re so keen at the moment to get back doing things which is so great’. In fact, there is something for everyone at the Scouts for both girls and boys from 4 years old upwards to adult volunteers. David explains, ‘We’ve got Squirrels starting off super young, we’ve now got Cubs coming in, we then got Cub Scouts and really there’s a place in scouting from every age really up to adults’. What is he looking forward to in the future, ‘Just getting back into the proper outdoors. We have a general saying in scouting that there’s no such thing as bad weather just inappropriate clothing’. The interview was recorded on Monday 18th October at 12pm BST. For more info 👉 https://www.southlondonscouts.org.uk/🙌 If you like this episode and want to hear more make sure you press subscribe and you'll be kept up to date on every new episode of Tinted Specs Podcast 🙌  Subscribe to Tinted Specs Podcast YT channel here 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmF11MIbLCSkgEECPyUhNDg?sub_confirmation=1 Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #tintedspecspod #podcastingwomen #podcastaddict #movingstories #humanstories #covidstory #covidstoryproject #lockdown #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends #itsnothejourneyitsthedestination #realstories  #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #sharingjoy #SouthLondonScouts #Sailing  #SailTraining  #ScoutsUK #Clipper  #Scouts #Explorers #Skillsforlife 

When Wishes Change is about how Tricia and her family navigated the miracle birth of her daughter Annabelle and her death 6 days later. It’s about grief and about how life can change but it is also about hope. After falling pregnant Tricia and her husband Jonas decided to have a test to find out the gender of the baby but they also found out she had Trisomy 18 and were recommended to have an abortion. After much thought and prayers they decided, ‘we wanted to keep the pregnancy and just give it our best’. She explains Annabelle defied the odds and was born despite them being told, ‘there was probably only a 10% chance of meeting her alive’. Tricia says, ‘I think even though it was a tragic situation… we were just so lucky to get to meet her and to hold her.’ She talks about when her eldest child Cameron met Annabelle, ‘I remember the moment when my son got to meet her and say hello to her... Every time Cameron came in the room her little head would pick up a little bit when he started talking’. Tricia also talks about her job as a head volleyball coach at a high school being a positive outlet during her pregnancy. She is very proud and full of respect for her team who ended up winning the state championship. ‘I think these young athletes were so beyond their years to just see that I was going through something that was a really difficult situation... They had told me early on that this was for Annabelle and… they wanted to win state for her which was extremely humbling right’. Her coaching experience also helped her during this difficult time. She reflects, ‘You teach kids that it’s not about the winning and losing it’s about getting better and feeling like you have done everything… And for me, as I processed all of this I felt like… if I chose to continue with the pregnancy that I would do everything I could to keep myself healthy and the baby inside of me healthy and if I got to meet her alive I would do everything I could to make her comfortable’. This is a wonderful honest hopeful episode talking about how we can all navigate difficult times and grief. The interview was recorded on Friday 8th October. www.whenwisheschange.com 👉 Book available to buy on Amazon 🙌 If you like this episode and want to hear more make sure you press subscribe and you'll be kept up to date on every new episode of Tinted Specs Podcast 🙌 Subscribe to Tinted Specs Podcast YT channel here 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmF11MIbLCSkgEECPyUhNDg?sub_confirmation=1 Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #tintedspecspod #podcastingwomen #podcastaddict #movingstories #humanstories #covidstory #covidstoryproject #lockdown #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends #itsnothejourneyitsthedestination #realstories  #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #sharingjoy #authorsofinstagram  #WhenWishesChange #AnnabellesArmy #parentofloss #family  #familybook #newrelease  #bestseller #PodMatch

Maria is a relationship coach who coaches codependents, ‘women and men that are in recovery from codependency to attract and manifest that relationship’. And by that relationship she means helping them to find, ‘a healthy loving relationship’. She goes on to explain, ‘40 years ago they could tell that if you grew up with addiction… you’d have some of the characteristics of codependency but the conversation has moved on and today we know that one of the hallmarks of codependent behaviour is you just grew up in a dysfunctional family’. This is an area close to Maria’s heart as she married an addict and then slid into workaholism because of her codependency.  She says, ‘I’d work round the clock 12 hours a day with maybe 20 minutes break because I didn’t have to feel I could be just a human doing and I think it’s important to recognise that. But what’s underlying codependent behaviour is shame and low self-esteem.’ Over 20 years later she is now a trained coach and in a healthy nurturing relationship and wants to provide the help she wishes she’d been able to get when she was younger.  Maria explains, ‘without any work if you have codependency, or you identify with it by the time you’re in midlife you’ll either be divorced maybe twice. Or, you’ll maybe not do a relationship because it’s too painful to be intimate with somebody… or jump from relationship to relationship.’ That’s why more education schools would lead to much better satisfying lives for younger people. Afterall, ‘the quality of our lives depends on our relationships with ourselves and with others’. The interview was recorded on Thursday 7th Oct at 2pm BST.  For more information go to 👉https://mariawybrow.com/ 👉https://www.clubhouse.com/club/acoa-codependent-rec  If you like this episode and want to hear more make sure you press subscribe and you'll be kept up to date on every new episode of Tinted Specs Podcast 🙌 Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #podcastingwomen #podcastaddict #movingstories #humanstories #covidstory #covidstoryproject #lockdown #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends #itsnothejourneyitsthedestination #realstories  #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #sharingjoy #codependency #codependent #adultchildrenofalcoholics #acoa #adultchild #codependentnomore

What is ‘My Black Dog’? Niki says, ‘it is a peer-to-peer support service for people who are struggling with their mental health’. With two big differences, ‘all our volunteers have a lived experience which means they’ve been through it before - they totally get it - they know how you feel’ and instead of calling you text. Deciding to make the service text only was done to make it easier for people to communicate how they were feeling. Niki says the fear of saying how you are feeling out loud… ‘suddenly becomes really real, and you’ve now said this thing and it’s out there and you can’t get it back’.  Niki explains she wanted to set up this service to make it easier for people to get help when they needed it. She points out that the benefits of seeing a professional face-to-face are clear but waiting lists are long and sometimes it’s just not possible or appealing. Niki talks about her own experiences of how she felt after going to an appointment. ‘You just go there, and you release the kraken and all these things come out and its really emotional and I remember once I had a session, and I was just devastated by the end of it.’ She set up My Black Dog so that this way people can, ‘talk to someone in [their] jimjams at home somewhere that it’s comfy and cosey and you feel mentally safe’.  Like with many new initiatives over the past two years My Black Dog was there just when people needed it. As Niki says it meant they had to be very adaptable and grow very fast, finding new tech and getting more volunteers to be able to provide a high-end service for people getting in touch. Niki reminiscences about the first few months of the pandemic, ‘not only are we ideally placed… for people to get help for their mental health, but we don’t have any money and we’re going to be busier than we’ve ever been before, and we were it was a 2,030% increase in a year!’. The interview was recorded on Monday 27th Sept at 2.30pm BST. To donate or volunteer go to 👉www.myblackdog.co/ If you like this episode and want to hear more make sure you press subscribe and you'll be kept up to date on every new episode of Tinted Specs Podcast 🙌 Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #podcastingwomen #podcastaddict #movingstories #humanstories #covidstory #covidstoryproject #lockdown #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends #itsnothejourneyitsthedestination #realstories  #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #sharingjoy #mentalhealth  #mentalhealthmatters  #talkaboutit #aproblemsharedisaproblemhalved #peer2peer 

Petter Erik and Maria set up AweSM to help ‘freedom-seeking coaches, consultants and experts reach millions of people, and grow their business with the Nordic No-Nonsense Approach’. Maria says for them the pandemic was a blessing ‘because what we do is help... people who want to create online courses or are coaches and consultants and we help them to build businesses online. And of course, when the pandemic hit what happened was that a lot of our potential clients just lost everything… and people were freaking out, so they came to us. So, our business has grown actually quite a lot because of the pandemic because of what happened in the market, and everyone had to go online to actually have clients at all.’ Petter Erik explains that it wasn’t all smooth sailing, ‘we were like do we have anything to sell, do people appreciate what we’re doing – is it working or maybe it’s just an illusion.’ What helped them breakthrough was ‘mindset’ ‘when things like this happen you can just lay down and just start to cry and think… I can’t do anything or you can step up and figure out how can I make a winner’. Petter Erik likens starting a business to playing a video game and stresses the importance of having fun with it and enjoying it. He also says getting advice and talking to people who have more experience is vital. Maria points out that when you play a video game there is a different strategy to win level 1 than level 2, so you always need to learn new strategies. That's why it’s really important to embrace and enjoy new challenges because this will enable you to grow. For more of their 'Nordic No-Nonsense Approach' you can join AweSM's virtual event starting on Thursday 4th November 2021 (link below). Petter Erik says, ‘growing a company is a mindset – the skills you can buy but the mindset you can’t buy.’ The event is set to be lots of fun and very interactive. Maria says, ‘We love to make people come together and be inspired and get energy and talk together and build community. And, it’s very often very lonely to be an entrepreneur so it is so important for people to actually have this place to meet.’ The interview was recorded on Monday 27th September at 12 pm BST. https://awesmevent.com/ Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #podcastingwomen #podcastaddict #movingstories #humanstories #covidstory #covidstoryproject #lockdown #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends #itsnothejourneyitsthedestination #realstories  #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #sharingjoy #challengeyourstatusquo #awesmevent2021 #onlinebusinessmeme #businesscoaching

Kirsten set up the personal and business advisory service The Next Half in March 2021 after she saw a need that she knew she had the expertise to fill. ‘This one person had a great business model, but she didn’t have the confidence to present it and she started to cry… that’s when I had my epiphany that my business experience can help women who are my age that might not have had my business expertise but have fantastic ideas’. There is no doubt Kirsten has the business expertise with 30 years of experience working in the business sector most recently advising business leaders on investment viability. But, she says, ‘I had this nagging sensation that I wasn’t quite doing what I wanted to do in my life, or I needed to do or hoped to do’.  Fast forward to her ‘bang’ moment during the lockdown and The Next Half was born to help primarily women aged 45 plus to work out their next path. ‘I passionately believe that we all can refocus, re-spark and reach for our dreams. And, I think we all deserve to be excited about our futures, but sometimes we just need starter fluid to figure out that next path. That’s where I come in.’ There is no doubt she speaks from the heart and totally gets the issues facing women about their future, ‘I get it when you don’t know what the path is but you know there is some path out there. And, I get that so let me help you.’  The Next Half has made quantum leaps since the launch and recently Kirsten was approached by Darling magazine to do an interview where they labelled her ‘inspiring and inspiring women’. Kirsten says, ‘I couldn’t be more fulfilled or more happy and I’m chuffed to bits that the business is resonating with lots.’ As for the future Kirsten says, ‘I want to focus on really doing the business advisory in equal portion of my week as the personal coaching’. Either way, she is clearly in her element helping women to achieve their dreams, ‘I just get such pleasure and fulfilment out of supporting other midlife women to thrive both personally and professionally’. The interview was recorded on Wednesday 15th September at 12 pm BST.  www.the-next-half.org/ Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #podcastingwomen #podcastaddict #movingstories #humanstories #covidstory #covidstoryproject #lockdown #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends #itsnothejourneyitsthedestination #realstories  #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #sharingjoy #TheNextHalf #MidLifeTribe #MidLifeRevolution #LifeAfter50

Pauline is an editor and historian, part-time tour guide and single mother of three young children who is based in Reims France. I wanted to talk to her about what the past 18 months have been like. France has had much stricter restrictions than the UK so what was it like juggling a busy freelance editor job and looking after three children of 14, 11 and 3 ½ years old.  Pauline says, ‘the last 18 months has been very tough but also very interesting in terms of organisation’. Having a routine was key but the suddenness of schools closing was a shock. ‘And then suddenly I happened to be shut in my own flat with my three kids, no more school and still work to do because as a freelancer I need to work there is no other solution’. That said, you can’t help but chuckle when you hear of her 11-year-old son not being very cooperative and how ‘I had to keep an eye on the little one because she was tempted, very seriously, to paint the whole flat with these pens’.  Pauline’s humorous anecdotal stories of her children demanding ‘sushi’ and ‘real pizza’ show how incredibly demanding but also rewarding this time was. Looking back, she feels this whole experience has been very positive for herself and her children. ‘This adventure has been hard but for me it’s been very positive because I had to do something that I would never have thought I was able to do so - it was a big challenge actually.’ The interview was recorded on Thursday 1st September at 1 pm CEST. Where to find more info about Tinted Specs Podcast…  Linktr.ee: linktr.ee/tintedspecspod Instagram: @tintedspecspod⚡️ Facebook: @tintedspecspod - Tinted Glasses Podcast 🙌 #podcastingwomen #podcastaddict #movingstories #humanstories #covidstory #covidstoryproject #lockdown #liveinthemoments #meetingfriends #itsnothejourneyitsthedestination #realstories  #realreflections #techpixies #onlyliveoncemakeitcount #sharingjoy #reimsfrance #frenchfamily #busymums