Work Series: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Return Post-Maternity - the proven formula that's helped thousands, with Jessica Chivers

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 837 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Thanks for joining us again for another episode in our special series on work and motherhood. This week we are focusing on returning to work and we joined by the brilliant Jessica Chivers. Jessica is a coach, psychologist, author and founder of the Talent Keeper Specialists. She has spent over two decades helping parents return to work with confidence and supporting organisations to create truly inclusive cultures. In this episode she explores what it really takes to have a successful return to work: from getting your line manager on board, to the key questions you need to ask yourself before stepping back into the workplace. Jessica also shares what she believes every organisation should be doing better to support returning talent. Jessica has advice everyone needs to hear - whether you're planning your return, you've recently made the leap, or you're supporting others through the process. This episode is packed with insights, mindset shifts, and empowering traits. Click Here⁠⁠ to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of endless expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at ⁠⁠wildnutrition.com/motherkind⁠⁠. Ts and Cs apply. Discover the May App here: ⁠⁠https://app.adjust.com/1od0zbe1?campaign=The+Motherkind+Podcast⁠⁠ For a £100 sponsored job credit visit ⁠⁠Indeed.com/ Motherkind⁠⁠ Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MOTHERKIND at ⁠⁠https://www.oneskin.co/⁠⁠ #oneskinpod This show is sponsored by FreePrints. Download the Free Prints app for iPhone and Android from the App store or Google Play or visit freeprints.co.uk.Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey ⁠⁠Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Motherkind Work mini-series.
0:11.1	We are very proudly supported by wild nutrition women's supplements.
0:15.6	This is our eight-part work mini-series where I am diving into motherhood and work. And this week,
0:22.4	we are focusing on returning to work. I am joined by the brilliant Jessica Shivers,
0:27.3	coach and psychologist, author of the returning to work handbooked and founder of the talent
0:32.5	keeper specialists. Now Jessica has spent over two decades helping parents return to work with confidence
0:39.5	and supporting organisations to create truly inclusive cultures. Together, we explore what it really
0:46.2	takes to have a successful return to work, from getting your line manager on board to the key
0:51.7	questions you need to ask yourself before stepping back into the
0:55.6	workplace. Jessica also shares what she believes every organisation should be doing better to support
1:01.1	returning talent and trust me, it is advice everyone needs to hear. So whether you're planning
1:06.5	your return, you've recently made the leap or you're supporting others through the process. This
1:12.1	episode is packed with insights, mindset shifts and empowering truths. So let's get to it.
1:21.7	I wanted to share a little bit more with you about our new headline sponsor, Wild Nutrition, the incredible
1:28.9	female founded brand, which is raising the bar for women's supplements. Wherever you are on
1:35.1	your motherhood journey, it can feel like your own well-being is often at the bottom of the list.
1:39.5	And at times, I've been there too, which is why wild nutrition's food-grown supplements have been my go-to for years, their supplements are different.
1:49.6	They are made with ingredients as close to their original food form as possible.
1:53.8	So your body recognises them like food, which means they're better absorbed and better retained.
2:00.3	Unlike 95% of the supplement market,
2:03.9	they don't rely on synthetic fillers, just real nutrient-dense formulas that work with your body.
2:10.4	Some of my current favourites are the organic protein powder, which is perfect when I need to
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