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Wild Moos
Welcome to Wild Moos, the no-holds-barred podcast where the boardroom meets the playroom.
Hosted by Amy of Mooeys and Nicole from Wild Bird Marketing, this podcast dives into the messy, joyful, and often chaotic life of being a mother and a business owner.
Every episode is a candid exploration of the trials and triumphs that come with juggling spreadsheets and sippy cups.
From start-up stories that defy the "perfect mum" myth to scaling a business without sacrificing sanity, Amy and Nicole share it all.
Expect laughter, tears, and plenty of swear words as they peel back the curtain on what it really takes to thrive in the dual worlds of business and motherhood.
Wild Moos is a community, a confession booth, and your cheerleading squad all rolled into one.
Whether you're knee-deep in nappies, drafting business plans, or just dreaming about what could be, Wild Moos is the podcast for every mum who’s ever had to lock the bathroom door just to answer an email.
Tune in for your regular dose of inspiration, commiseration, and a reminder that you're not alone on this wild ride of entrepreneurship and motherhood.
Wild Moos
Wild Moos: TitBits #1
Who says you can't breastfeed during a work call? Nicole shares her poignant experience in the trenches - from breastfeeding challenges during a conference call to handling the relentless demands of family and business.
Her compelling narrative is a part of our discussion on "TitBits", a campaign that unveils 24 powerful short essays each year by anonymous authors - a cocktail of diverse experiences you won't want to miss.
But we're not just about deep conversations - we've got a fun side too! Introducing a playful new segment, 'Tip Bits and Jokes', because who doesn't love a good laugh? We're inviting you, our dear listeners, to share your funniest jokes with us. Laughter is the best medicine after all. Remember, this podcast is as much yours as it is ours, so fire away those punchlines to Wild_Moos! And oh, we're planning to do some serious homework to keep you hooked on future episodes. So, until next time, keep those laughs coming and stay tuned!
I thought about that a lot is an advent calendar for your brain not your belly.
Nicole Bilham of WildBird Marketing Agency
https://wildbirdmarketing.co.uk/
Amy Lewis of The Mooeys Group
www.mooeys.co.uk | www.mooeysfranchise.co.uk | www.mooskin.co
Hello, hello, bonjour. Welcome to our little tidbits Titty bits, titty, titty, titty bits. So why are we doing this?
Speaker 2:Nicole, we are doing a little stopgap short recording.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because our episodes are lengthy, aren't they? I mean, they're not as lengthy as like Die of a CEO, but they're like lengthy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, well done all of you. You've made it through a whole episode, but this is for the little things that we might want to talk about. That don't justify a full episode. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay. So tidbits number one you're going to give us something really special, aren't you? Oh, don't be a little up too much. Oh, it's epic. I love it so much. Made me cry, is there?
Speaker 2:It nearly made me cry. So there is a campaign that happens every year that was launched by Amy Mcnickle and her wonderful husband, jack Shepherd designs, that is in X year I thought a lot about, and it's an advent calendar for your brain, not your belly, thank you. So they release 24 short essays by anonymous authors and they launched it in 2020, which was obviously the delightful lockdown year, not so anonymous.
Speaker 1:Now, though, is it Hashtag, just say it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I know Amy, through work, through our professional network.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And Amy put a call out for anyone that would like to do an anonymous essay. I don't profess to be a writer. You're really good at it, though. That's really kind. Thank you, very emotive writer aren't you. I really enjoy it If I'm in the right frame of mind. I really enjoy it, and I'm sure I've told you this, but I've got half a draft for how to have a business and a baby have you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what? Your own book? Yeah, this is exciting. I want to write a book about how to deal with dickheads. I know I've got that on my vision board. Yeah, half a draft. Yeah, that's exciting. You're going to finish it?
Speaker 2:I don't know. I haven't revisited it. I started writing it when I was pregnant with Hope and it's actually quite hard to read. It's cathartic but quite hard to read back over because the first part of Eddie's or being pregnant with Eddie was quite traumatic. But the reason why I wrote it is because when I was pregnant with Eddie it was locked down. Boris was announcing that the world is fucked. I was crying at the telly. I was three months pregnant at the time. The day of our first scan was the day that we went into our first lockdown, so my 12-week scan was that day. Sorry, tapping, please excuse me. I didn't know what I was doing. The business was a year old. Yeah, I searched on Google for how to have a business and a baby, thinking that there must be something out there.
Speaker 1:Nothing, no Tumbleweed.
Speaker 2:Yeah, real tumbleweed. I'm excited for this. Yeah, so it's just sitting there waiting you are a lovely writer. That's really kind thank you.
Speaker 1:And, yeah, very emotive. You get all the feels in. So today's tip it yeah, you're going to give us a little treat and read us your essay, aren't you? I am, I'm really excited for this.
Speaker 2:I am going to read the essay. I'm going to try and get through it without crying, so please bear with me if there are any moments, but what we will do is put in the show notes how to subscribe to this campaign. I subscribed yesterday. I did as well. Yeah, also follow it on Twitter. Slash X, but probably subscription model would be the best way, and it is a collection of essays and it can be anything, any topic you like. So 2020, amy the founder has shared a lot about people getting things off of their chest that they were finding hard and difficult. Not everyone is okay with talking about it, and writing is can be a really nice outlet to do that. And then it snowballed into something fabulous. Every single year, if you do subscribe to it, you get sent the essays every day as an advent. If not, you can just go on to their website, which we will put in the show notes, to read past essays Cool, but I'm going to share mine. Hit us with it. Okay, eyes down. Looking in In 2023,.
Speaker 2:I thought a lot about having a business and a baby. This and baby two words we so rarely hear together. I hardly dare utter them in the same breath, but as a business owner and a mother, I have been furiously trying to make them belong together this year. I have always longed for a flexible life, to work when I want and how I choose to. That's why I set up my business for the freedom to be my own boss, and for years it worked brilliantly. But 2023 was the year my family expanded from three to four, when myself, my husband and son welcomed our delightful little girl to our world. At first I wasn't worried. I was cocky, I was confident, cocky even. Of course I could have a business and a baby. Of course I could breastfeed on team calls, take my little chair up anywhere and everyone would instinctively accept the way I choose to live, including myself. Oh, how wrong I was. They tell us growth happens outside our comfort zone and, my goodness and my uncomfortable.
Speaker 2:As I write this, our baby girl is three months old, our son is almost three years old and I am desperately trying to look after clients whilst my husband cares for our daughter, instead of going to baby massage classes or hanging out with NCT moms, which aren't my bag anyway. I have no desire to make new friends. I can barely keep up with the old ones. I'm checking in with clients and connections. My breaks during workdays consist of WhatsApp messages from my husband that say boobies, please. Once upon a time, those messages would have been a precursor to something very different, but that's another story. I even use my baby as a lead magnet, sneaking her onto lunches, meetings, photo shoots and board meetings. That's led to some interesting stories, such as the time I was breastfeeding in a client meeting and the client ended up eye to eye with a tiny smidge of nipple that was left hanging free For the time.
Speaker 2:I got Babypoo on a client's very expensive padded car seat. Thank God for water wipes they get anything out. Of course, I insist on some rules. I always ask if it's okay to bring her. If I get even the faintest whiff of giving that person the ick, we arrange for another day. I clearly set my boundaries. If she's crying and hellish, we leave. And finally no one else knows this but you, dear reader I have a good, strong word with myself To remind myself not to worry what others think, because this is what I've always dreamt of To work flexibly.
Speaker 2:Still, it's not easy. Even writing I'm working whilst my husband cares for our daughter fills me with guilt. Guilt that he is looking after her, guilt that I, as her mum, have chosen to work over being with her. Sometimes it feels deeper than guilt. It feels cellular, even when I'm with her, breastfeeding her, living the closest bond I will ever have with her. I'm checking my emails, ensuring all my clients attended to making sure I haven't dropped a ball, and feeling guilt, guilt, guilt wherever I look. But here's the thing the business is important to me because it's totally mine, not in my precious way, but in an. I accomplished something successful and it's working way. It came along before the kids and I will always protect it as fiercely as my own children.
Speaker 2:Perhaps I'm feeling this way because I know she's our last, holding tightly onto something that is more than motherhood, or a piece of myself that I get to keep. Or perhaps I'm overthinking it and should just embrace who. I am someone that likes to spin plates. Either way, I keep reminding myself that everything is a phase, and this, too, is your past. Never has a sentence been so bittersweet, so 2023,. You've been brilliant and horrific, but that is the way it is with life. I will continue to overthink and worry, but I am doing it all with love in my heart and happiness on my side, and that's all any of us can do, really. I hope this insight makes you smile or even gives you the tiniest lift. Oh my God.
Speaker 1:The end. I love that so much. I feel like you're talking to people's soul in that and I really hope that people that listen will go. There's somebody else in the world that feels like I do. I hope it helps. Yeah, it's beautiful. Well done, nicole. Thank you. So are you going to do a little up and down, Up and down. I can't Beaks of. What do I call a high life? Oh wow, After that moment I come in with that.
Speaker 2:Oh my God, so thank you for bringing that really emotive piece. I know that you're on the edge, but Time for a up and down.
Speaker 1:Okay, high and low, you got any? I don't know. I've got a middle of the roadie. Go on then. Is it boring Pretty much.
Speaker 2:What your husband just came in and said. Nothing speaks volumes like being in the belly of doing something budget at the start, Then someone really close to you pointing out by the way, you never mentioned what your social media is. And what your social media handle is. So what is it? Bum, bum, bum.
Speaker 1:Wild underscore moves. Give us a follow, but you probably already do follow us, which is why you know about this podcast. Welcome to budget century podcast. They will get better, we promise you. They will get better, mind you, I think our topics are epic. The game needs to be less, though, of the old mind the game, and maybe we need to. Maybe we have a script or we know what we're talking about, some guidance, I don't know. We just waffle on. Yeah, I know.
Speaker 2:It's awful, but while I'm having a great time, I'll continue to take it.
Speaker 1:I've had an absolutely great time Like honestly after your what, when you were at the up and downs?
Speaker 2:of what life have you had a really shit time recently? Let's talk about it. Fuck. I know peeps and troughs. No, that's not what it's called.
Speaker 1:No, our tidbits. I think that should. I don't think we need to do all that no.
Speaker 2:I think we need outtakes now. No, we can't talk about the outtakes. Why?
Speaker 1:No, it can't, can't, I'm not. No. Once it's gone, it's gone as well. Small tea cake, it's gone. S'mot, small tea cake, it's gone.
Speaker 2:Oh nice, Very good Shit that joke gets to me.
Speaker 1:Well done what's sister's favourite? Okay, Do you want?
Speaker 2:to know what my brother's favourite is, what? How do you make a sugar puff? I don't know. Chase it around the garden. Maybe we should have a tidbit on shit jokes. I tell you, I'll tell you what I am for. Perhaps this could be the Christmas tidbit. Go on then. I've got many a cheese joke, have you? Yeah, what does cheese say to itself in the mirror?
Speaker 1:It's like hello me.
Speaker 2:What do you call the cheese? What do you call cheese that doesn't belong to you?
Speaker 1:I don't know. Nacho cheese. What the fuck do you have so many cheese jokes? I think there's more.
Speaker 2:What did the magician say when he finished his cheese trick?
Speaker 1:I don't know, ta-da, how did you have this in your armour? Did you hear about the explosion in the cheese factory? No, there was debris everywhere. Please don't tell me that you've actually got more.
Speaker 2:What? What cheese does a horse use to disguise itself? Maskaponi, I've got it One more. What cheese do you use to get the bear out of the tree? I don't know.
Speaker 1:Come on bear. Oh my God, I've never experienced in my life. So many cheese jokes, I'd actually quite good. Thank you. No, thank you, thank you. Maybe this should be our tip bits thing. Yes, we do a little tip bit and we tell a few jokes. You're going to have to bring it every time. I've got no more now. Ok, you better start researching. Brilliant thanks, ok, wonderful, and if you've got any jokes that you want us to share, send them to us. Wild underscore Moose. See you soon. Bye.
