Episode 80

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Published on:

15th Aug 2024

Navigating Parenthood and Career Ambitions: A Fireside Chat with Laura Wharton

Welcome back, everyone!

Today on the Wellbeing Rebellion, we’re welcoming Laura Wharton.

Laura is a powerhouse legal professional and a dedicated mum, navigating the challenging balance of career and parenting.

Join us as we have an honest chat about the myth of "having it all" and what it really takes to juggle work, family, and personal ambitions.

Laura shares her journey, her struggles, and some brilliant insights on how she manages to keep all the balls in the air.

Let's get into it!

Highlights:

(5:05) Career and family

(12:26) Work-life balance for mothers in the legal profession

(25:05) Guilt for working parents

(40:41) Support and flexible policies to help with the pressure

(48:44) Mums returning to work

Connect with us here:

Website: https://aurorawellnessgroup.co.uk/

Ngozi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngozi-weller-aurora/

Obehi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obehi-alofoje-psychologist-aurora/

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About the Podcast

The Wellbeing Rebellion

Welcome to The Wellbeing Rebellion, an award-winning podcast.

We’re Ngozi Weller and Obehi Alofoje, Directors at Aurora — a leadership and organisational effectiveness consultancy.

This podcast explores how the way organisations are led shapes performance, trust, wellbeing and culture over time.

The challenge with many approaches to wellbeing and culture is that they place responsibility on individuals to cope, rather than examining the leadership decisions, behaviours and systems that create the conditions people are working within.

This is where the conversation needs to shift.

On The Wellbeing Rebellion, we explore leadership behaviour, organisational systems and decision-making under pressure through honest conversations with senior leaders and advisors navigating real organisational complexity.

Some episodes are just us. Others bring in leaders and experts reflecting candidly on what works, what doesn’t, and what leadership requires in practice.

If you’re responsible for people, culture or organisational performance — and want to think more critically about how leadership shapes outcomes — this podcast is for you.

About your hosts

Obehi Alofoje

Obehi is a psychologist and culture change consultant who helps senior HR and business leaders reduce employee burnout, absenteeism & talent attrition through mental wellbeing strategy, training & coaching.

Ngozi Weller

Ngozi Weller is a culture change consultant and an ICF accredited coach who helps build resilience into your business by creating psychologically safe workplaces that enable employees to thrive.