Almost two years ago, I came across an episode of the Interior Design Business Podcast titled ‘Career Changing To Interior Design’. It featured several established interior designers who talked about their route into the profession. Char...

Hosting a podcast is a wonderful thing, not least because I regularly find myself talking to truly fascinating individuals who inspire me and open my eyes to what work can look like for women across the world.Lucy Pearson is testament to...

Judith and I first met in 1996 when we started secondary school together. We’ve been friends ever since despite living in different countries for the past 13 years. With a career in business that has evolved and been shaped by changing f...

Emily was one of the first people I connected with on Substack when I joined the platform just over a year ago. It was clear from the start that we had several interests in common, namely that we are both highly focused on exploring our creativ...

Brina Patel is a California-based content writer and copywriter. Her work primarily covers mental health and BIPOC representation and I was fortunate enough to connect with her some months back. It became clear to me that Brina had much to shar...

Several months back I was lucky enough to go to a writing retreat with and hosted by . It was a day spent with 14 other women, sitting around a big oak table in a gorgeous farmhouse in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside. It was November, ye...

The new series of Creative Career Change is here, complete with a new logo and a few changes here and there!I’m thrilled to share these interviews with multi-hyphenate women as we explore the challenges, the joys and everything in betwee...

Substack is a place of constant connection, and over the past few months I’ve had the pleasure of discovering and getting to know many people from all over the world via the platform. Collaborating with others is by far my favourite way of work...

Hello and welcome to the final episode in the ‘Inspiring Creative Career Change’ series. Starting a podcast was never on my agenda until one sunny September afternoon last year I couldn’t think of doing anything else, and so the Chez Han...

It was back in 2012 when I discovered adventure athlete Sophie Storm Roberts. I read an article in a magazine about the Three Peaks Challenge that she had completed with fellow adventurer Se...

It was an absolute dream to spend an hour chatting to a few weeks back. Emily was made redundant last year, but instead of it causing the devastation that many would experience from this kind of news, Emily used it as a springboard to gather a...

Like me, began her career as a teacher. Over the past few years she found herself making a big change due to an “unplanned, pandemic-induced transition” and now absolutely considers herself to be a writer. In this episode, we talk about...

Korynn and I first connected on Substack several months back, and as soon as I’d discovered a little about her career journey, I knew I needed to hear more and share this inspiring woman’s story of determination and immense creativity. T...

Funnily enough, I was in France on holiday in October when I discovered Elisabeth Parry’s writing. It was

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chezhanny.substack.comYesterday, I sat for a while and pondered what my person...

I am thrilled to share the final podcast episode of 2023 with you today. Don’t worry there are still a few more to come in 2024, but I did make the jingle a little festive for this one just to acknowledge the season 🔔 🎵🎄Vanessa an...

Hello! Today's post is a new episode of the Inspiring Creative Career Change podcast. More on that shortly, but first…In case you missed itLast Wednesday I wrote a rather spontaneous piece assessing whether...

This week, Chez Hanny has gone international! I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview writer and journalist , 48 who is based in Texas, USA. Kristi’s career has taken a number of twists and turns as she has navigat...

Today’s episode features an interview with . As well as being the writer of one of my favourite Substacks (The Research Objective), Hannah is a user researcher who ...

This week’s episode features an interview with the inspirational Mindset Trainer . At the age of 50, Caroline had a life changing experience which gave her the permission she needed to to leave her business communications job and discove...

I had the great pleasure of interviewing florist Amy Carlile for this episode of Inspiring Creative Career Change. Amy studied maths and finance at university and went on to become an actuary before realising that it wasn’t right for h...

After much talk, it’s here! The Chez Hanny podcast which seeks to inspire creative career change through sharing stories of women who have taken a risk and followed their calling. I’m coinciding the launch of my podcast with