Mothers of Creativity is a podcast exploring how motherhood shapes and evolves creative careers.
Hosted by creative business advisor and artist manager Sabrina Sarl, the series features honest conversations with women working across the creative industries about ambition and career adaptation before and after becoming a mother. These story-led episodes explore the real shifts that happen behind the scenes, whether that be in pace, priorities, confidence, or creative voice, and the strengths that emerge.
The series was sparked by Sabrina’s own experience of leaving her job, starting her own business, and conceiving unexpectedly in the same week. A moment that led to a career unfolding in ways she could never have planned. Mothers of Creativity creates space for guests to share how their careers have evolved alongside motherhood, beyond clichés and limiting narratives.
This is an ongoing series for creative mothers and for anyone interested in how life experience shapes the way we work and define success.
Mothers of Creativity is produced by Cheramie Johnson and edited by Alexandra Covey.
Chantelle-Shakila Tiagi, Founder: Why Relationships Matter, Boundaries and Networking Tips
Chantelle is the founder of Tiagi, a global production company whose clients include: Adidas, Mulberry, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. She also founded Kin Club, which hosts curated networking events for ambitious parents. On this episode of Mothers of Creativity, she joins host Sabrina Sarl to talk about falling into production after an internship at Liberty, producing three to four shoots a week across Europe at Rep Limited, and going freelance to produce covers for Porter magazine before build...
15 Sept 2026
Gina Blondell, Makeup Artist: High Fashion, Financial Freedom and Celebrating Being Good Enough
Gina Blondell is a makeup artist whose client list includes i-D Magazine, A$AP Rocky, FKA Twigs, Adidas and Estée Lauder with credits on Wicked and Back to Black. On this episode of Mothers of Creativity, she joins host Sabrina Sarl to talk about building her career from an accidental start in film prosthetics to training at MAC and assisting leading makeup artists such as Alex Box and Kay Montano. The conversation moves into freelance life as a mother of three: the ectopic pregnancy that mom...
25 Aug 2026
Esperanza de la Fuente, Stylist and Art Director: Risk, Ambition and Never Feeling Established
Esperanza de la Fuente, known as Espe, is a London-based fashion stylist and art director whose client list includes Calvin Klein, Nike and Zara. On this episode of Mothers of Creativity, she joins host Sabrina Sarl to talk about the years she's spent building that career, starting with a move from Madrid to London and barely speaking any English, through internships at British Vogue and Elle, to going freelance at 27 with £8,000 in savings and no plan beyond it. The conversation discusses fr...
4 Aug 2026
Nic Brittin, Textiles Artist: Loss, Instinct and the Business She Never Planned to Build
What happens when you pick something up in the middle of grief, with no plan behind it, and it turns out to be the thing you were always meant to do? Textiles artist Nic Brittin knows the answer. Before her hand block printed designs built a loyal following on Instagram, Nic spent years as a makeup artist, with work appearing in British Vogue, FT How to Spend It, Net-A-Porter and Fiorucci. Following the loss of her mother and the disruption of the pandemic, Nic picked up a lino block almost b...
7 Jul 2026
Florence Mann, Photographer: Matrescence, Identity and the Camera That Saved Her
In this episode of Mothers of Creativity, Sabrina visits photographer Florence Mann at her home in East London. Florence began her career as a stylist working under her birth name, Laëtitia Mannessier, before a meeting with an agent set her on a different path. She has since gone on to shoot fashion and portraiture for Puss Puss, The Greatest, Also Journal and most notably photographing Grammy award winning musician Olivia Dean. Florence talks openly about what it really looked like to become...
29 May 2026
Lydia Shirreff, Artist: Burnout, Reinvention and Starting Again Without A Plan
In this episode of Mothers of Creativity, Sabrina visits the studio of artist Lydia Shirreff, whose intricate paper artworks have been commissioned by clients including Chanel, Selfridges, British Vogue and the V&A. Known for her intricately crafted paper sculptures, including the Nike trainer that went viral in the early days of blogging. Lydia speaks openly about building a creative career around paper, and what happened when she no longer felt connected to it. Together, Sabrina and Lyd...
5 May 2026
Harriet MacSween, Photographer: Finding Headspace, Being Resilient and the Power of Personal Work
In this episode of Mothers of Creativity, Sabrina is joined by beauty and fashion photographer Harriet MacSween. Harriet’s career began assisting some of the industry’s most respected photographers, including David Bailey, Tim Walker and Sølve Sundsbø. Her work has since been featured in titles including British Vogue, French Vogue and STYLE, with clients including Chanel, Charlotte Tilbury and Harrods. In this conversation, Harriet reflects on the realities of finding headspace after b...
14 Apr 2026
Ashlee Barrett-Bourmier, Fashion Director — Ambition, Motherhood and the Reality of Doing Both
Fashion Director and Stylist Ashlee Barrett-Bourmier joins Sabrina to share how a background in performing arts, travelling half way across the world to follow her heart first for love and then for the love of her career all led to a flourishing career styling for international Vogue editorials and commercial fashion clients. Along the way, she opens up about postnatal depression, unrealistic expectations of birth and motherhood, and the relentless drive that keeps her saying yes to big oppor...
24 Mar 2026
Scarlet Winter, Set Designer: Creating Visual Worlds and Building a Career of Her Own
Set Designer Scarlet Winter joins Sabrina in our first episode to share how she found herself working for Oscar winning set designer Shona Heath and how her creative career led her into working on advertising campaigns for iconic brands such as Jo Malone and Stella McCartney. She shares frankly what it looked like to recognise and navigate postnatal depression and how she adapted and reshaped her process to accommodate motherhood and working with a young child. See more of Scarlet’s wor...
10 Mar 2026
Welcome to Mothers of Creativity
Welcome to Mothers of Creativity, a podcast exploring the powerful connection between motherhood and creativity. In this introductory episode, we share the story behind the podcast, why we started Mothers of Creativity, and what inspired Sabrina to create a space for these conversations. This show is dedicated to celebrating the incredible mothers who continue to create, build, and inspire while raising the next generation. Through honest conversations, we highlight the journeys of mothers fr...
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