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A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up

Learn about the amazing journeys of people from all walks of life and what they have learnt about being a grown up, alongside some surprising pieces of advice to their younger selves.

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E49- Roisin McKeon-Carter

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2026/03/02

This week, we’re joined by Roisin McKeon-Carter, an accomplished healthcare leader whose 40‑year career across the NHS spans clinical practice, strategic transformation, and executive‑level leadership. Her work has shaped patient safety, workforce development, and the evolution of advanced practice roles across the UK.Roisin currently serves as Consultant Practice Development Lead in a major tertiary hospital, where she is driving the development of the Consultant Practice (Nurse/AHP) workforce in

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E48- Sarah Bennett-Nash

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2026/02/22

Sarah Bennett-Nash walked away from Wall Street to empower women to build not just wealth, but lives they love. For 20 years, from the trading floors of New York and London, she saw the inner workings of global finance, but also what was missing- joy, purpose, humanity. Now, Sarah is on a mission to teach ten million people how to create lasting wealth by doing work that matters, where success is measured in impact, freedom and fulfillment. Sarah has completed the University of Oxford's

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00:38:29

E47- Christine Brown-Quinn

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2026/02/16

Christine Brown-Quinn, The Female Capitalist®, is a Career Strategist, Best-Selling Author, a former Managing Director in International Finance & an avid cyclist. With a trailblazing journey spanning decades in International Business, Christine transitioned into a transformative role in 2010, embarking on a mission to dispel the notion that a thriving career must clash with a gratifying personal life. She offers guidance through her online & in-person workshops & training programmes as

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00:39:58

E46- Emma Warren

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2026/02/08

Emma Warren is a seasoned entrepreneur and intuitive leader whose 40‑year career has been defined not by hustle culture, but by purpose, curiosity, and a steadfast belief that work and life are meant to inform one another—not compete. Stepping into the world of work at 18, Emma built a career she loves while remaining deeply present in her family life, proving that you can have it all, just not all at once.Guided by long‑term vision rather than short‑term noise, Emma plans in three‑year horizons,

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E45- Emma Sayle

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2026/02/01

Emma is one of the UK's leading entrepreneurs'. She made her name launching the global female empowerment brand Killing Kittens in 2005, now incorporated into the KK Group with over 200,000 members having launched events across the US, Australia and Europe and has grown online into an online community network with sexual empowerment at its core. April 2023 saw the group launch the world's first sex positive social dating app WeareX now WAX app. In 2024 the group launched KK Cruises and

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E44- Vivienne Heyhoe

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2026/01/25

Vivienne is a Business Exit Advisor and founder of Wellspring, an exit planning advisory practice helping business owners who feel trapped or burnt out prepare for sale before crisis forces their hand.After starting a multi-site dental practice with her sister, Vivienne experienced firsthand what happens when burnout drives business decisions. When her sister passed away after experiencing burnout, Vivienne had to navigate the exit: stabilising the business, hiring the right team, growing it, and

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E43- Maggie Chen

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2026/01/18

Founder, Girls in Charge Initiative & Gamechangers InitiativeMaggie Chen is an impact entrepreneur, non-executive board member, and doctoral researcher passionate about creating positive change through creativity and play. She founded the Girls in Charge Initiative, an international non-profit empowering women through gamified learning to build confidence and entrepreneurial skills. What began as small community workshops has evolved into a global movement recognised by prestigious institutions

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E42- Sahar Hashemi OBE

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2026/01/11

Sahar Hashemi, a former lawyer, founded Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US style coffee bar chain with her brother and built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands with a turnover of £30m. She made Coffee Republic one of the first players in the ‘coffee revolution’ that transformed the UK high street. Sahar is an internationally recognized speaker, whose captivating and uplifting speeches combine her own enthralling story with key themes of entrepreneurial leadership, innovation,

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E41- Tina Dean

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2026/01/04

Tina Dean, 98. Tina started her first business in the 1950s starting and growing a arts and crafts shop in Bristol market for many decades. She has been an active people’s rights activist and became the leader of the South Gloucestershire older people’s forum in her 60s and led it for over 13 years, helping the voices of older people be heard across the county.Listen to find out how Tina has found success in different aspects of her life, and what she would put in the guide...

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E40- Claire Parkinson

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/12/14

Pregnant, sixteen and homeless, Claire Parkinson became a UK Prison Governor by 30. She went on to join the world’s largest mining company in Australia as a vice president, before stepping away to write her memoir, SHiTTY GRiT, which became a bestseller in three countries. Born in Britain and now based in Australia, she has led high-stakes change from maximum security prisons to multibillion-dollar boardrooms.Listen to find out how Claire has found success in different aspects of hier life, and

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E39- Helen Gibson MBE

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/12/07

Helen is an award-winning Global Entrepreneur, international business expert, Non-Executive Director, TEDx speaker, coach and author.Trusted by both UK and foreign governments to tackle some of the most complex issues in the world’s trouble spots, Helen was awarded an MBE by the King for services to international trade in 2022.Helen led the scaling and internationalising of her company from humble beginnings to tackling modern-day issues such as terrorism, corruption, addiction, and medical

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E38- Liz Bradford

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/11/30

Liz Bradford has over 20 years of diverse leadership experience, having worked across three continents and at firms spanning HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and SWIFT. She studied Information Communication Technologies and technological revolution before being a geek was sexy or cool. She is the founder of Transform Perform, a platform delivering employee development, engagement and wellbeing at scale. Through Transform Perform, she is on a mission to change the lives of a billion people through

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E37- Emmie Faust

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/11/24

Emmie Faust is an exited founder, investor, and passionate advocate for women-led startups in the UK. She is the creator of Female Founders Rise, a thriving community of over 8,000 female entrepreneurs dedicated to closing the funding gap and amplifying women’s visibility in the startup ecosystem. Through this platform, Emmie provides access to resources, investor networks, and peer support, while actively investing in women-led businesses herself.Her voice carries weight in the venture space, with

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E36- Leigh Smyth

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/11/17

Leigh Smyth is the Founder of Impact Match and she is an award-winning pioneer in inclusive and impact-led talent search, digital skills and social impact strategy. Leigh was the first leader to introduce young peoples access to Technology via retail to the UK and then went onto to work for UK Government to design access to Technology for Low Income families. As the UK’s first-ever Responsible Transformation Director, she led the creation of the Lloyds Banking Group Digital Skills Academy, de...

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E35- Lisa Conway-Hughes

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/11/10

Lisa Conway-Hughes is a Chartered Financial Adviser and a Fellow of The Personal Finance Society. Lisa joined the financial industry nearly 20 years ago and has previously been voted Financial Adviser of the Year – London by Professional Adviser Magazine – WIFA. In April 2024 Lisa became directly authorised with the FCA and set up LCH Wealth Ltd. More than 95% of Lisa’s existing clients moved with her to LCH/WEALTH demonstrating the strong relationships she builds with her clients. Lisa...

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E34- Lee Chambers

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/11/03

Lee Chambers is the Founder and CEO of Male Allies UK. After a diverse career, from corporate finance to building and exiting a tech company, he is now focused on supporting organisations to engage men in inclusion and promote effective allyship. He has been featured on the Startups 100 Index, has received a Great British Entrepreneur Award, and sits on the board of CMI Women, Regenerage UK and the Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. In 2024, he received the Freedom of t...

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E33- Pip Stocks

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/10/27

Pip Stocks – Founder, Brand Strategist & Champion for Change Pip Stocks is a powerhouse business builder, brand strategist, and unapologetic question-asker who thrives on growth—both personal and professional. With a double major in Marketing and Psychology from Monash University, Pip launched her career in London, sharpening her customer insight and marketing skills at Grey Advertising and Virgin Energy. Back in Australia, she co-founded and scaled BrandHook into a three-city consultancy...

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E32- Sarah Pittendrigh

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/10/19

Sarah Pittendrigh is a true example of a serial entrepreneur that has experienced the full cycle. Losing it all in 2008, to rebuilding again from the dust as a single mum to become a multi award winning entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and investor. At 53 she is embarking on her 4th start up creating a beautiful range of knitwear, designed by her, manufactured from British Wool, here in the UK. When not at work she enjoys country life with her family, horses, dogs and chickens. Listen to...

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E31- Beverley Brown

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/10/12

Beverley Brown is a senior leader, entrepreneur, and investor with a track record of building ventures that blend financial innovation, gender equality, and social purpose. She co-founded and scaled Nicoll Curtin to 90+ staff across three continents, and now leads purpose-driven businesses including Sherloc, a fintech platform for SMEs, and Kenbury Associates, a strategic consultancy for C-suite teams. Her leadership spans commercial strategy, community-building, and inclusive growth. At Wome...

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E30- Jacqueline Frost

A Beginners Guide To Being A Grown Up ·

2025/10/05

Jacqueline has over 30 years of investment banking and entrepreneurial experience. During her career in banking, she led the Derivative Sales group and served on the Executive Committee. In 2009, drawing on her experience in demanding, high-pressure roles, she began coaching and mentoring senior leaders, sharing practical strategies for success. She soon recognised that if these skills and insights were introduced earlier in a career, they could be truly transformative – enabling people to le...

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