As we launch the second season of The Grace Tales podcast (now powered by AllBright) and will soon be launching the third season of AllBright’s Sisterhood Works podcast (get excited - we have an incredible new season planned!) we’re casting our eyes back to some of our favourite previous episodes. From women in fashion, to entrepreneurs, doulas, and publishing mavens, we’ve had incredible conversations with women changing the game in all sorts of ways. Whether you’re looking for practical advice, inspiration, or the courage to blaze your own trail, these are the episodes you don’t want to miss...
Looking for inspiration?
Vanessa Kingori photographed by Helene Sandberg
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A dose of reality, and the bravery to overturn the status quo. The first female publisher in British Vogue’s 103 year-long history, Vanessa is nothing if not revolutionary.
“One of the things I remember being told was that ‘a Black woman can look at a white woman and see that she’s beautiful, and aspire to be like her in some way - but no white woman would ever look at a Black woman and aspire to be her. And that’s why you don’t have very many Black women on the covers of magazines.”
Vanessa Kingori. Publishing Director, British VOGUE
Lily Cole. Model and author
Looking for big picture thinking?
Listen to SISTERHOOD WORKS: Lily Cole On Making A Difference In A Changing World
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A reminder that you don’t have to put yourself in a box. Just ask model, environmentalist, author, actor, entrepreneur (phew!) Lily Cole.
"I think it’s quite an old fashioned way of thinking that you could just focus on animal rights, or you could just focus on the environment, or you could just focus on racial equality, or gender rights, without realising that all of the challenges we have come out of the human system that we’ve developed for the last few centuries. And that system has multiple impacts that intersect with one another."
Lily Cole. Model and author
Latham Thomas. Celebrity Doula & Founder of Mama Glow
Looking for heart and soul?
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Permission to honour your body, your needs, and the innate wisdom of motherhood.
“If you think about what happens when the baby arrives here, they are born but the mother is also born. And it’s a rebirth for that person. Who she once was is no longer; she’s someone new.”
Latham Thomas. Celebrity Doula & Founder of Mama Glow
Farrah Storr. Editor of ELLE UK
Looking for courage?
Listen to SISTERHOOD WORKS: Farrah Storr On Going From Trauma To Triumph
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The powerhouse Editor-In-Chief of ELLE UK will motivate you to push through discomfort, past fear, and beyond failure. She’ll remind you that nothing worth having comes easy.
“Every piece I write gets a lot of push-back, and people go ‘oh, you’re controversial’. But I don’t think I am particularly controversial. I’m just not so afraid of what people think.”
Farrah Storr. Editor of ELLE UK
Darcy Lockman. Author of All The Rage
Looking for productive rage?
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Total validation. If you’ve ever felt frustrated, overwhelmed, or fed up when it comes to the never-ending work of motherhood, Darcy gives us the tools to have fruitful, calm conversations about how to rectify these issues – and do away with the nagging woman stereotype for good.
"Even when women earn more than their partner, they still do about two thirds more of the domestic labour."
Darcy Lockman. Author of All The Rage
Susan Feldman. Co-founder of One Kings Lane
Looking for business advice?
Listen to SISTERHOOD WORKS: Susan Feldman On Scaling A Business
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The wild ride of rapidly scaling a business from the ground up. Susan Feldman is co-founder of home décor e-commerce company One Kings Lane and founder of In The Groove, a lifestyle destination for age-defying women. In this conversation, Susan details the exponential growth of the company, the experience of scaling fast, and how the business disrupted an entire industry.
“I really had to come to terms with that - would you rather have a little bit of a big company, or a big part of a little company?”
Susan Feldman. Co-founder of One Kings Lane
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