
Work Family Me - Conversations with Maude
Welcome to a series of conversations about themes relevant to preventing burnout hosted by Maude Burger-Smith. In Season 1 we look at the behind the scenes of working and parenting in cultures around the world. In Season 2 we discuss various aspects of hormonal transitioning in perimenopause and how these may show up in our lives.
Podcasting since 2024 • 23 episodes
Work Family Me - Conversations with Maude
Latest Episodes
Midlife, menopause and finding meaning - a conversation with Kellie Stirling
Kellie is a somatic coach, facilitator and guide - a certified Developmental Coach and VITA™ Integrated Sexuality, Love and Relationship Coach. She holds post-graduate qualifications in Complex Change and Adult Development, has been an Executiv...
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Episode 22
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1:05:41

Menopause-Savvy Workplaces - a conversation with Lauren Chiren
Lauren is an entrepreneur and expert in menopause transition. She provides evidence to the UK Parliament, sits on the BSI committee that created the landmark Standard on Menstruation, menstrual health and menopause, is a regular
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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47:56

Perimenopause and life - an introduction to season 2
Why am I talking about perimenopause in the next season of conversations? Because if we are in female bodies our hormones will change in our 40s. Fact. And hormones inform a lot of our biology and psychology (for all humans). So findin...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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22:34

BTS, Gratitude and Community
And just like that...it is the closing episode of the first season of Work Family Me - a series of conversations with me, Maude. In this series of conversations I interviewed intelligent hard hard-working women from India to Sweden to Brazil wh...
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Episode 19
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26:54

Chaos, Boundaries and Mum Friends
In this conversation of Work Family Me I chat to Lisa, a Scottish former BBC television director who moved to SA to study a Masters in Marine science with the hope of making David Attenborough documentaries but instead became an accidental entr...
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Episode 18
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1:08:22
