If You Ask Me
Welcome to the If You Ask Me podcast, hosted by Hannah Bradshaw and Sarah Lyons, two former employment lawyers turned coaches and the co founders of BlueSky.
This podcast is about the big conversations we wish were happening more often. We talk to women in leadership positions across law firms, both those who have been through it themselves and those who bring fresh insights into how the profession can evolve. Our aim is to create a space that is uplifting and practical, where law meets life and possibility opens up.
New episodes released weekly.
If You Ask Me
The moment we realised women in law deserved more with Hannah & Sarah
In this very first episode of If You Ask Me, we wanted to share our story. Why we left law, what it was really like to come back from maternity leave, and why we decided to build BlueSky.
We talk about the moments that stayed with us. Being told we “wouldn’t be hungry enough” for a partnership. Watching colleagues praise fathers for doing a single nursery pick-up while mothers were questioned on their commitment. Realising that traditional coaching was not shifting the dial for women in law.
These experiences shaped the way we designed BlueSky. We wanted something honest and real. Coaching that focuses on connection helps women feel less alone and gives them a strategy for their careers at a time when it can feel like everything is slipping away.
In this episode, we reflect on:
- What returning to law after maternity leave felt like for us
- How the motherhood penalty and fatherhood bonus still show up in firms
- Why are women so often judged on performance today, while men are measured on potential
- The power of connection and group coaching in showing you are not alone
- What we wish we had known at the start of our journeys
This conversation is personal, a little raw, and hopefully reassuring. It is about law, about life, and about possibility.
Host: Sarah Lyons, Founding Director of BlueSky
Host: Hannah Bradshaw, Founding Director of BlueSky