Grace Beverley

I'm Grace Beverley and welcome back to Working Hard, the podcast-shaped guidebook on how to improve your own life and achieve what you actually dreamed of doing.

Because life's too short for boring podcasts and bad advice.

What is up and welcome back to Working Hard.

Today's episode is one that I have been excited to record for a long while now.

I was speaking to my friends the other day and we all agreed that there is this kind of moment, and I think most women will recognise it, where you suddenly start to realise just how many labels have been put on you throughout your entire life.

Whether that is being bossy, being a good girl, being someone who's mumsy or a spinster and whatever it is.

and how easy it is to start living inside those labels without really questioning them and whether the same labels would ever be given to a man, for example.

And I think the older I get, the more I noticed how much those kind of expectations shaped how we see ourselves and even what we allow ourselves to think or what we're allowed to think from an outside point of view.

So today's episode is a bit of a big kind of honest conversation about all of that.

I am joined by the broadcaster and writer Ashley James, and we get into identity, confidence, motherhood, and what it actually looks like to start unpicking some of those narratives and seeing them for what they actually are.

We talk about shame, we talk about body image, speaking up, and how your relationship with yourself evolves over time.

And I think if you're in a phase where you are questioning things a little bit, or you are going through a big life change like me, this episode was designed for you.

So think of it as a bit of a guide to surviving your twenties and then thriving in your thirties.

But before we get into it, if you could just make sure that you are following the podcast on whatever app you are listening to it on, that would be a huge help.

And it means that we can continue to keep the podcast, all the bonus episodes and everything with it completely free for you.

So let's get into it.

Ashley James, are you currently more working hard or hardly working?

Yeah.

Like trying to do both at the same time and show up as your full self to both.

Good.