5: Prof. Sue Black talks about the power of resilience, overcoming adversity and using social media as a force for good.

In this episode Jane talks to Professor Sue Black about her experience as a single mother who fled domestic abuse and went to a women’s refuge with her three children at the age of 25. Driven by the need to provide for her family by herself she began studying. Today she’s Professor of Maths at Durham University, a serial entrepreneur, Philanthropist and proud grandmother. The important themes of overcoming adversity, resilience and helping others to succeed are all discussed in this episode.

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Why do so many of us go careering into motherhood, unaware of just how hard it is to have a meaningful career as well as family commitments? And why don’t men struggle with their careers in the same way? We talk about the rise of flexible jobs and work anywhere policies, executive burnout and the pressure to be “always on,” Government claims that 75% of mothers are in work, and yet there's being in work and there's having a career. If you’ve had a career break, been on maternity leave, want a career change, want to relaunch yourself back into work or just want a happier balance between work and everything else, Careering Into Motherhood is here with practical advice, insightful interviews and real human stories. Jane Johnson helps empower women and negotiate with employers to offer flexible working so they can stay in their careers. She negotiated her own senior role as a job-share, and in 2019 she set up the Careering Into Motherhood Facebook Group to promote discussion around flexible working, the group now has more than 8,000 members and a successful women’s mentoring programme.