What is up? I'm Grace Beverly and welcome back to Working Hard, the podcast shared guide book 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 recognize it,

where you suddenly start to realize 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 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.

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