S1 Ep33: The Power Of Music And Art: Can It Really Heal Us?

In two very different interviews, Jane talks to Gemma Francis, founder of The BIG Sing, about how music and singing has helped change lives, and to Carrie Scott, an art curator from the US who runs her own gallery in London, about careering into the world of art and how it’s helped her to get through some very dark times. Find out more about The BIG Sing choirs here, and click here to find out more about Carrie Scott’s work.

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Why do so many of us go careering into motherhood, unaware of just how hard it is to have a meaningful career as well as family commitments? And why don’t men struggle with their careers in the same way? We talk about the rise of flexible jobs and work anywhere policies, executive burnout and the pressure to be “always on,” Government claims that 75% of mothers are in work, and yet there's being in work and there's having a career. If you’ve had a career break, been on maternity leave, want a career change, want to relaunch yourself back into work or just want a happier balance between work and everything else, Careering Into Motherhood is here with practical advice, insightful interviews and real human stories. Jane Johnson helps empower women and negotiate with employers to offer flexible working so they can stay in their careers. She negotiated her own senior role as a job-share, and in 2019 she set up the Careering Into Motherhood Facebook Group to promote discussion around flexible working, the group now has more than 8,000 members and a successful women’s mentoring programme.