A request for a Nigerian volunteer in my son's reception class. I put my hand up immediately.

But that "yes" was years in the making — built on flexible work, grandparents already looking after my daughter that exact same morning, and a version of me I have been slowly becoming since long before this moment.

In this episode:
→ What actually had to be true behind the scenes for that yes to even be possible
→ Why nobody sees the infrastructure behind a yes, only the yes itself
→ How becoming bolder and more willing to put myself forward shaped that moment
→ A rare glimpse into my son's carefree nature

For the woman who has built herself, quietly, into someone who says yes.

Two friends, £500 each and a market stall.

A decade later, that market stall is a six figure business.

Lisa Shepherd and Saskia Roskam co-founded The Biskery — a personalised biscuit business built on something genuinely refreshing to hear. A clear set of values that meant refusing to chase growth that would cost them their families.

Saskia went from studying languages and working in digital marketing in Germany to baking her grandmother's recipes from a kitchen in Leeds. Lisa came back from maternity leave and had her senior title quietly taken away. Both of them built something neither corporate world was ever going to offer them.

In this episode:
→ The £500 each, the market stall, and the slow, unglamorous early years
→ The grandmother's recipe at the heart of it all — a quiet legacy from a stay-at-home grandmother who shaped how Saskia grew up eating, and how that connected her and Lisa from the very beginning
→ The co-founder "permission slip" — what it actually takes to build trust and synergy with someone, and giving each other permission to be human first
→ Why they chose slow, steady growth over chasing scale

For the mother who started in one career and is wondering whether her past actually has a place in where she is headed next.

For Lisa and Saskia, it did. There were threads running through their whole story all along — they just had to follow them.

I am not the fun parent. I am the one who checks the stair gate twice and has read the entire homework folder before dinner.

Their dad is not like this. Bedtime when he has them involves a game called Goon, which is essentially him chasing them round the house at full volume while nobody winds down for sleep.

I used to think that made me the careful parent and him the less careful one. Now I think it makes us exactly what they need.

In this episode:
→ Why one parent worrying about safety and one parent encouraging risk might be the healthiest combination a child can have
→ Why consistency matters more than fun, and fun matters more than we admit
→ A Father's Day reflection for the fun ones, the reckless ones, and everyone raising children in their own particular way

For every parent who has ever thought they were doing it wrong because they were doing it differently.