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Sonya Lennon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
164 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

The research said antisocial behaviour is directly linked to low self-esteem of the mother.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

Now, that is pushing the blame on the mother in one way, but it's also saying if you support the mother, you support the whole family dynamic and the community dynamic.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

And we've seen that play out.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

Well so the clothes is the bit of the iceberg you can see above the waterline.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

What happens beneath the waterline is the continuous support that we give those clients.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

around mentoring, around career guidance, about positioning their previous experience.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

So if you can think about it, you know, you've been out of the workforce for 10 years on caring duties or maybe you've been in a marriage and you've been, you know, engaged in the home and you haven't been employed and suddenly you're divorced and you have to get back out there.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

You know, the lack of confidence and the lack of self-belief that the women experience needs to be addressed.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

So it's far more than just the clothes.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

The clothes can do so much.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

But it's actually around the ancillary supports that we give the clients.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

And I should say now, it's no longer a dress for success.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

It's now work equal.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

So we always hated the name, no disrespect to dress for success, because it felt kind of frivolous and...

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

Well, it feels all about the clothes, doesn't it?

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

And that wasn't the message that we wanted to put out there.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

But also kind of from an administrative point of view, we were bound to dress for success Dublin and we knew we had to serve the whole country.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

And the terms of our license agreement with New York didn't allow for that.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

And they couldn't understand how Ireland would need