Sharing the stories of inspirational mid-life women who have ripped up the rule book and carved out a new creative career for themselves.
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Host Hannah interviews bestselling author Jennie Godfrey about her inspiring journey from a former teacher to a celebrated novelist, sharing insights on navigating significant career transitions.
26 Jul 2026
S4 E2: Carolyn Boyd
When Carolyn Boyd’s book Amuse Bouche: Eating Your Way Around France came out a couple of years ago, I felt like it had been written just for me. It was the coming together of several of my interests - France, food, culture and writing. I hoovered it up.
And then, a couple of months ago I saw Carolyn post on Instagram about her 10 year anniversary since going freelance. What did she do before? I wondered, before sending her a message and straight out asking. Carolyn’s response had me inviting her to be a guest on this podcast and here it is!
“You just don’t know where you’re planting those seeds for your freelance garden or career garden to flourish.” - Carolyn Boyd
Links and mentions
* Carolyn’s excellent Substack :
* Amuse Bouche: Eating Your Way Around France (https://amzn.to/45g6vFT) - buy it for the Francophile in your life.
* Carolyn’s website: www.carolynboyd.net (https://www.carolynboyd.net/)
* The Roux Scholarship: www.rouxscholarship.co.uk (https://www.rouxscholarship.co.uk/)
A note from Hannah
I’m aware that those in the thick of a career change, who have left a job or taken a pay cut, may not have the means to pay to listen and so the Creative Career Change podcast (https://chezhanny.substack.com/podcast) will always be free to all subscribers.
I hope the conversations may inspire positive change and the pursuit of creativity and balance. I’ve created the resource that I wish had been available to me several years ago when I felt trapped by my job.
Making this podcast is a labour of love and I do everything myself. This includes finding guests, writing questions, recording the conversation, editing, mixing, composing music and publishing the episode.
By becoming a paid subscriber, you help to ensure I can continue to record new episodes and make the Creative Career Change podcast available to all who might be inspired by it. Alternatively, if you’d prefer to make a one-off contribution to the podcast you can buy me a coffee here (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chezhanny). I’m hugely grateful for all and any contributions!
Thank you.
Hannah x
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22 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
S4 E1: Becky Ullah
Host Hannah interviews former NHS GP Becky Ullah about her transition from medicine to art, exploring burnout and finding creative fulfillment.
Inside a recent episode
S4 E3: Jennie Godfrey
Published 26 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And then I was working with an executive coach and I'd been working with him for a while because I was so unhappy at work and I was almost like trying to get my spark back. And so I'd been working with him and trying all these different tools and techniques for finding my way again. Poor man. I think at one point he got to the point of nothing is working here. And he said to me, he said, I wouldn't normally ask this question, but it's coming up for me really strongly. Do you even want to be doing this anymore? […]
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