Title:

The CEO in the Jar: Seeing Your Own Value (SW Mums Beyond Burnout)

Show Notes:

"Can I ask you something honest?"

When was the last time someone gave you a compliment — maybe at work, maybe from a friend — telling you that you were brilliant at something, and you just... brushed it off? You said, "Oh, that's just me. That's nothing special."

If you know that feeling, this episode is for you. I want to talk about that thing you are dismissing, because from where the people around you are standing, it is anything but ordinary.

I share a story about my daughter, a pair of running blocks, and the moment I understood something I believe is going to speak directly to where you are right now. I call it the CEO in the Jar. And by the time this episode is done, I want you to see yourself differently.

In This Episode, You'll Discover:

• Why you cannot read the label from inside your own jar — and what that is costing you.
• The story of my daughter, a gift from a family who barely knew her, and what it unlocked in her.
• Why the blocks only worked because the ability was already there — and what that means for you.
• What happens when someone from the outside believes in you before you believe in yourself.
• The skills you are calling 'ordinary' that are actually your greatest assets.
• A direct mirror moment — because sometimes we all need someone to hold one up.

Ready to talk about YOUR label?

If something stirred while you were listening, don't let that feeling go cold.

I read every message personally. Click the link below to send me a WhatsApp message and tell me: what is the skill you have been dismissing?

Start the conversation here: https://wa.me/447348956483

Connect with Ade on LinkedIn:

For daily insights on clarity, value, and creating your next chapter, connect with me here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelarigo/

Around here, we dey change our story.

Episode Title: What My First £1,600 Paycheck Taught Me About Thinking Like a CEO

Episode Description:

A podcast for social workers and women in the caring professions feeling burnout and looking for clarity. In this episode, we explore how to start a side business or additional income stream alongside your career.

What if your career isn't your only path to impact and income? What if it's the stable foundation upon which you can build something more?

For years, my career as a social worker provided a steady, important path. And like many of us in the caring professions, I assumed it was my only one. But a deep desire for more options, for more financial breathing room, never went away.

Then, a single payment of £1,600 landed in my account from a side business I was quietly building. That single paycheck, almost equal to my entire monthly salary, changed everything.

It wasn't a signal to quit my job. It was proof. Proof that my skills could create an additional income stream. It was the moment I stopped thinking like an employee and started thinking like the CEO of my own life—a life with multiple possibilities.

In this episode, I'm sharing the personal story of that breakthrough. This isn't a story about leaving your job; it's a story about expanding your world.

Listen to this episode to discover:

• How to view your current salary as data, not as a final definition of your worth.
• The "CEO Mindset"—and how you can apply it to your life even if you love your career as a social worker.
• The first step to identifying the skills you already use in your day job that could become the foundation of a new income stream.
• How creating new options for yourself can actually make you better and more resilient in your primary career.

This episode is for any woman in a caring profession who is ready to explore what's possible when you decide your current path is a fantastic foundation, not a final destination.

Ready to explore your options?

If this story resonates and you're curious about what an additional income stream could look like alongside your career, my 1:1 Clarity Sessions are designed for that exact first step.

This isn't about risky leaps. It's about building new possibilities on the strong foundation you already have.

To learn more, WhatsApp me the word "CLARITY" and let's start the conversation. Just send the word "CLARITY" to +44 7348 956 483.

Around here, we dey change our story.

EP23: Feeling Stuck as a Social Worker Mum? You Already Have More Than You Think

📅 17 June 2026

Can I ask you something honestly?

If the one thing you are relying on right now changed tomorrow — your job, your contract, your income — what would you do?

Most of us have never stopped to answer that question.

Not because we are not capable.

But because nobody has ever shown us that the skills we already have could create something else entirely.

In this episode, I share two stories — including my own — that I believe every helping professional woman needs to hear.

One is about a woman who moved countries for love, ended up in survival jobs, and quietly built something that changed her entire family's future.

The other is about the moment I stepped out of what felt safe and discovered that leaders of large organisations were coming to me for answers. And what that revealed about the value I had been giving away without even realising it.

Because here is what I know to be true:

You are not stuck because you lack options.

You are stuck because you cannot yet see the ones you already have.

In This Episode We Discuss:

• Why waiting until you feel ready is keeping you stuck — and what to do instead

• The real cost of having everything resting on one income source

• The story of a woman who moved countries, took survival jobs, and built income from home before her husband even noticed what she was doing

• Why you don't need another qualification to create another option

• What I discovered when leaders started coming to me for answers — and why it changed the way I saw my own value forever

• Why confidence comes by doing, not waiting — and what that means for you right now

• The difference between being stuck and simply not yet being able to see what you are carrying

Reflection Question

Where in your life have you been waiting to feel ready — and what would happen if you simply started anyway?

• Ready For Your Next Step?

If something stirred while you were listening to this episode...

If you have been telling yourself you don't have the skills to create another option...

If you are quietly wondering whether there is more available to you than what you are currently living...

I would love to hear from you.

Send me a WhatsApp message and tell me:

"What feels unclear right now?"

or

"What have I been sitting on that I haven't said out loud to anyone yet?"

I read every message personally. And if I can help you gain clarity on what your next step could look like, I would genuinely love to have that conversation with you.

📱 WhatsApp: +44 7348 956 483

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Curious About Creating More Options For Your Future?

Many women reach a point where they begin asking:

"Is this it?"

"What else is possible?"

"What might my next chapter look like?"

If you are exploring ways to create more freedom, flexibility and options for your future, you can learn more here:

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Remember...

You already have more than you think.

You always have.

You just haven't been shown how to see it yet.

Start anyway.

Start now.

Start before you feel ready.

Until next time...

We dey change our story. 👑