Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, Mumpreneur and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season. Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode I am answering your questions, from how old am I? How am I doing mentally?To, what are my dreams and aspirations for my business? And I even get into the very taboo subject of screen time... Mummy police cover your ears!

Links
Practical Meal Plans (20% discount- not sponsored): https://practical.me?code=RICHARD4768
Shop Next of Kin (use code PODCAST10 at checkout for 10% off): https://nextofkin.ae/collections/frontpage

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Todays episode is sponsored by Hawaiian Hush, Dubai's leading home service salon. Remember to quote Next of Kin when booking or use code nextofkin when booking online to redeem 25% off your booking: https://www.hawaiianhush.com/

Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, Mumpreneur and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season. Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

I have wanted to make a comprehensive guide to your HR rights and Maternity Leave in the UAE since I started the podcast, but it was important that I found the right information. So I am beyond thrilled to announce today's guest Sarah Brooks, Founder of Fikrah HR. With over 20 years of experience in HR, Sarah was named one of the top 101 global HR minds in the hotel industry at the World HR Congress in 2019 and 2020.

Sarah answers all of our burning questions when it comes to our HR rights around pregnancy, maternity and parental leave in Dubai and the UAE as a whole.

• When do I need to tell my employer I am pregnant in the UAE?
• Do HR laws change between mainland and freezone companies?
• Will UAE employers be notified by my health insurer?
• How to calculate maternity leave in the UAE
• How many days paternity leave in the UAE?
• Is there any miscarriage leave in the UAE?
• Can I be made redundant whilst on maternity leave?
• What if my employer is not following the law?
• What happens if I am pregnant and unmarried in the UAE?

... and so much more

The maternity leave article in MOHRE law is Number 30 for reference and the parental leave is defined under article 32 clause 1b.

Links
Fikrah HR https://fikrahhr.com/
Sarah Brooks Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbrooks-hr-passionate/
MOHRE https://www.mohre.gov.ae/en/contact-us.aspx
firsttimemom.net https://www.firstimemom.net
Hawaiian Hush (use code nextofkin for 25% off until end of August): https://www.hawaiianhush.com/

Support the Show.

Please subscribe and share the show to help us grow, and if you are enjoying the podcast and would like to support you can now 'buy me a tea': https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nextofkinpodcast
Website: https://nextofkin.ae
Instagram: @nextofkin.ae
Tiktok: @nextofkin.ae
Email: podcast@nextofkin.ae

Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, Mumpreneur and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season. Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

I am aware that solid, practical financial advice is hard to come by, so that's why I invited this weeks' guest Beth Clay, the Founder of Finance Her Well to join me on the podcast. You'll hear me dive straight into the practical advice of budgeting, the key principles she advises to save for whatever your financial goal may be, and specifically how to budget for starting a business. My favourite part of the episode is discussing Money Mindset, the psychology behind money, as well as how this impacts Beth's approach to money around her own children.

I also mention Next of Kin's new Mum's Supporting Mum's multi-brand initiative. So if you are shopping for baby or children's clothing, accessories and gifts in the UAE please keep Next of Kin in mind. You'll be able to buy beautiful items whilst supporting other small, local, Mummy-owned brands. You can find out more information about the Mum's Supporting Mum's initiative here.

Links:
Finance Her Well Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financeherwell/
Finance Her Well Website: https://www.financeherwell.com/
Beth's budget tracker: https://www.financeherwell.com/free-budget-planner
Beth's online Money mindset course: https://www.financeherwell.com/struggling-with-your-relationship-with-money

Support the Show.

Please subscribe and share the show to help us grow, and if you are enjoying the podcast and would like to support you can now 'buy me a tea': https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nextofkinpodcast
Website: https://nextofkin.ae
Instagram: @nextofkin.ae
Tiktok: @nextofkin.ae
Email: podcast@nextofkin.ae

Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, Mumpreneur and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season. Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Rachel Smylie the Founder of Mama Hub here in Dubai. I met Rachel at my very first Ripe Market for Next of Kin and we got chatting about how Mums here in Dubai could really do with everything being collated in one place. Well mere months later Rachel launched Mama Hub and we had a full circle moment, back at Ripe Market, when we collaborated on The Careers Club event.

On this episode we talk about the inspiration behind Mama Hub and Rachel's own Motherhood experience, moving to Dubai 7 months pregnant, comparing the care to the more formalized approach that she had received in Australia, and the impossible juggle of putting the kids to bed when you are meant to be on work calls, and how that ultimately led her to quit corporate life and go it alone.

The main reason that I asked Rachel to join me on the podcast is because I personally love Mama Hub! I take Bonnie to their FREE play dates most weeks and I eagerly anticipate the weekly roundup email. If you are a long-time listener, you'll know that last year I joked about how someone really needed to create a resource for freelance Mums in Dubai, and well, spoiler alert, it look's like Rachel has nailed it!

Links:
Mama Hub Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamahubdxb/
The Careers Club Events: https://nextofkin.ae/pages/events
Kiddos Toy Rental: https://kiddostoysclub.com/
Peekabook The Library: https://www.instagram.com/peekabookthelibrary/
Beck and Doodle: https://beckanddoodle.com/?utm_campaign=skedlink&utm_medium=button&utm_source=skedlink

Support the Show.

Please subscribe and share the show to help us grow, and if you are enjoying the podcast and would like to support you can now 'buy me a tea': https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nextofkinpodcast
Website: https://nextofkin.ae
Instagram: @nextofkin.ae
Tiktok: @nextofkin.ae
Email: podcast@nextofkin.ae

Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, Mumpreneur and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season. Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Carina Harvey about all things identity, which is also the name of her wonderful podcast exploring how people who have been through huge life changes (like motherhood!) and how they were able to find themselves again afterwards.

As this is the Career Season, there were 3 reasons why I was keen to chat to Carina, firstly, to understand how she works with people, drawing on her styling, life purpose coaching and NLP to get to the core of who they really are and to bring out their resilience and confidence. This helps people who are feeling lost and don't know what their next career step should be. Secondly, I wanted to hear about the work Carina is doing with various organisations to support Mums who want to return to work. And, lastly, I'm sure I will have some listeners interested in the idea of becoming a Life Coach, so I asked Carina about the skills needed to be one. We even touch on manifesting and how she uses it in her own life and when working with others.

Links:
Carina's website: https://www.carinaharvey.com/
Carina's podcast All Things Identity: https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/carina-harvey-the-podcast-all-things-identity/id1738367676
Carina Harvey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carinaharveyofficial/
Carina Harvey Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carinaharvey/
Beyond Careers: https://beyondcareers.me/

Support the Show.

Please subscribe and share the show to help us grow, and if you are enjoying the podcast and would like to support you can now 'buy me a tea': https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nextofkinpodcast
Website: https://nextofkin.ae
Instagram: @nextofkin.ae
Tiktok: @nextofkin.ae
Email: podcast@nextofkin.ae

Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, Mumpreneur and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season. Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Emma, the Founder of My Little Barfi. An ex-teacher, turned stay-at-home-Mum, turned Brand Founder. Her unique brand includes beautiful South Asian inspired prints and designs. Emma created the brand when she noticed the lack of kid and parent-friendly clothing with the representation of South Asian cultures. We get chatting about the challenges with social stigmas around colourism that she faced, even when designing the clothing, in 2024 it really seems unbelievable some of the stories that she tells!

We cover A LOT in this episode:

• Normalisation of colourism in the South Asian community and lack of representation
• Emma's loss of identity when becoming a Mum
• A very real and honest chat about starting the brand including a lot of obstacles and self doubt
• Would Emma recommend this career path to other Mums?
• Emma's experience teaching in Dubai and how it influences her decision on schooling her own children
• Trolls and going viral on social media

... and so much more.

Links:
My Little Barfi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mylittlebarfi/
My Little Barfi Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mylittlebarfi
My Little Barfi Website: https://www.mylittlebarfi.com/

Support the Show.

Please subscribe and share the show to help us grow, and if you are enjoying the podcast and would like to support you can now 'buy me a tea': https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nextofkinpodcast
Website: https://nextofkin.ae
Instagram: @nextofkin.ae
Tiktok: @nextofkin.ae
Email: podcast@nextofkin.ae

Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season. Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Amanda Ashworth @dubaitravelmum who is an Entrepreneur, Coach and Podcaster all whilst home-schooling, or really I should say WORLD-schooling her 3 children.

I was intrigued to ask Amanda...

• What is the difference between home-schooling and world-schooling, and why did she choose to go down this route?
• What are the pros and cons of home-schooling?
• The costs involved with travelling whilst homeschooling
• How to move past self-sabotage and negative self talk
• How to build your own self belief

... and so much more.

Links:
Amanda's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dubaitravelmum/
Amanda's Podcast Finding You Now: https://www.instagram.com/dubaitravelmum/
The 4 Hour Work Week: https://www.amazon.ae/4-Hour-Work-Week-Escape-Anywhere/dp/0091929113/ref=asc_df_0091929113/?tag=googleshopp09-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=355845872598&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15603096852572879120&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1000013&hvtargid=pla-364195442764&psc=1&mcid=787065190e463624a728ba73337e9eed

Support the Show.

Please subscribe and share the show to help us grow, and if you are enjoying the podcast and would like to support you can now 'buy me a tea': https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nextofkinpodcast
Website: https://nextofkin.ae
Instagram: @nextofkin.ae
Tiktok: @nextofkin.ae
Email: podcast@nextofkin.ae

Next of Kin The Podcast is back with season 2! I'm Emma, a British Expat, and Mum of 1, living in Dubai, UAE, and this podcast follows along my own journey raising my daughter and starting my first business.

I am firmly in my Mumpreneur era, so season 2 is Career Season. Join me as I explore the collision between careers and motherhood. I'll be speaking to insightful guests, delving into practical tips and inspiring stories. All through the lens of Dubai expat life.

On today's episode, I had the pleasure of asking Deborah Henning, a Serial Entrepreneur, Business Growth Strategist and Coach questions like:

• Is it really possible to have work/life balance as a business owner
• How to choose a business that works around family life
• How long should it take for a business to become profitable
• Can you really create passive income
• How she adapted her career to suit family life

... and so much more.

Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deborahhenning_official/

Use code PODCAST10 for 10% off at https://nextofkin.ae/

Support the Show.

Please subscribe and share the show to help us grow, and if you are enjoying the podcast and would like to support you can now 'buy me a tea': https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nextofkinpodcast
Website: https://nextofkin.ae
Instagram: @nextofkin.ae
Tiktok: @nextofkin.ae
Email: podcast@nextofkin.ae