Have It All
Welcome to Have It All, the podcast that says the quiet part out loud about motherhood, career, and the chaos in between. I’m Emily Parks. Mum of two, marketer, and someone who’s learned that doing it all often means doing too much.
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You don't own your work identity with Jo | GM and mum of two (opens the original)
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In her twenties, Jo had it all on paper: Colenso, Saatchi New York, flown from AKL to LDN just to pick up a camera, and more impressive stories for a Saturday BBQ than most. In this episode, Jo isn't afraid of saying the quiet part out loud: "I think I became addicted to being impressive." Jo and I talk about what happens when the career that built your identity stops being the thing that defines you. Then along came motherhood (a journey in itself), her role got restructured while she was on le
"I want it all, and I've tried so hard to have it all, but you can't" with Elle, business partner & mum of two (opens the original)
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There's a version of "having it all" that gets sold to ambitious women, and then there's the version Elle actually lives. In this conversation, we get into the three months' leave she took with each baby, the chronic fatigue that eventually stopped forced her to slow down, and the mum guilt that's actually hitting harder now (years later) as her kids get old enough to ask why she's not the one at pickup. We talk identity, ambition, the sacrifices no one tells you about going in, and why she's st
Squiggly careers & raising three boisterous boys with Hannah McHugh | Community Partnerships Manager, ASB (opens the original)
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From finding the glimmers in every day to naming her inner voice, Hannah proves that a life lived intentionally is a life lived well. And she carries this intention into the way she and her husband parent their three boys. Hannah now works full-time for ASB while her tradie husband prioritises time at home with their youngest, but this hasn't always been the set-up. Across three maternity leaves she's worked part-time, three days, four days, and got through the 2020 lockdowns with a toddler and
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