Hello everyone,
How’s your week been? We are so happy to be back in your inboxes for another Sunday share.
We’re also delighted to bring you our VERY first episode of the Company of Two podcast!
In this episode we introduce WHY we wanted to start this podcast, why us and why now: we can’t wait for you to hear it.
We share briefly our experiences during the pandemic, our desires for quiet creativity and exploring the north-south divide, and our passion for creating a community for mothers to connect. We also discuss our experience with creating a new podcast, the challenges of navigating social media, and the need for authentic conversations about motherhood and business.
In the show notes below there are some useful links, including a transcript in case you’d like to read over anything we discuss.
Once you’ve listened, do pop back and tell us what you think in the comments - we’d love this space to feel like an active community of mothers cheerleading each other’s work, the ups and downs of navigating life as a mum and so so much more!
A note on our Sponsors
This and all four of our introductory episodes have been kindly sponsored by;
Hannah Harvey
Emily Powell over at
Our sponsors made the work feel real before we even made it and we are so grateful. We will share more about them and their BEAUTIFUL companies in the coming weeks in the podcast episodes and here.
If you’d like to “buy us a coffee” to say thank you for this space you can do so here (or you can buy us several)! £10 also gives you a mention here (indeed, we’d both like to thank Rebecca McMillan over atWildflower Storiesand Sophie Greenwood who each sent us £10 towards podcast running costs).
You can also sponsor us at different levels (all the information is here).
The podcast will be available on all major platforms as well as our beloved Substack, so it’s a great opportunity to share your wonderful work widely.
5% of all our income (after fees) goes to Postpartum Matters CICto support their running costs and nurture other mothers in the postpartum period.
Zoe is the very essence of going forth and creating the thing you wish existed - please check out, follow and share her incredible activism and creative work for postpartum people.
Podcast Show Notes
Claire’s Creativity Island for Mums Project - free downloads.
30 hours free childcare eligibility in the UK
Link to a transcript of the episode, if you’d rather read
Our Gratitude Notes this week
Claire would like to thank Luna’s nursery for supporting her and her daughter with tricky transitions and eating, Laura would like to thank her mum for helping her out when her childcare fell through earlier this week.
Company of Two - Season One, Episode One: The Introductory Episode