Dahlia is joined by Tamara Hinckley to discuss the space where parenting, ambition and identity meet.

Dahlia and Tamara discuss the journey into parenting and how it feels to become a parent, maintain your career and also maintain a sense of self. Tamara uses various clothing examples to explain how her personal style has evolved over time.

Her story takes the listeners on a journey from working in Finance in New York to a career in Tech on the West Coast, explaining how she has navigated personal growth, pregnancy and parenthood all at once. Expect everything from Louboutins to iconic blazers and a pair of power pants.

Included in the episode are her tips on managing the multitude of demands that come from juggling a leadership role, the need to be present for your children and the ability to retain a sense of personal identity all at the same time.

Tamara works as a Tech Exec in San Francisco and authors newsletter 'Half Moon Hustle' discussing the intersection of ambition, wellness, mental health and motherhood. Her newsletter can be found here.

Dahlia is joined by Jonathan Straight, entrepreneur and NED to discuss how he built a business out of rubbish and waste management.

Jonathan explains how he has used eyewear to create an iconic personal brand and how his clothes have been intertwined with his selling strategy over time.

The discussion includes Jonathan's reflections of how his personal style influenced the way he ran his bin business and how even a bin can be 'well dressed'!

As the owner of almost 400 (!) pairs of glasses, Jonathan has a look for every day of the year and he talks about how experimenting with frames has been a key part of his style journey.

Jonathan Straight is a pioneer of recycling in the UK and Founder and former Chief Executive of Straight plc. Jonathan grew the company from a one man operation into the UK’s leading supplier of kerbside recycling containers with an annual turnover of £30M. Whilst volunteering at a Leeds recycling non-profit, Jonathan spotted an opportunity in the recycling container business. He initially worked as a consultant to the McKechie Group plc, before establishing his own company in 1993 supplying container solutions for separated waste. Following 10 years of sustained growth Straight joined the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market with a view to fuelling further growth. Straight plc supplied more than 25 million kerbside boxes, baskets and cadies to local authorities across the UK and had rapidly growing international operations. The company made several acquisitions and transitioned to manufacturing most of its products in house.

Having sold the business in 2014, he currently has a plural career with interests in the arts, creativity, tech-for-good, waste management and surplus food. He is also a published and exhibited photographer.

Dahlia is joined by award winning journalist Sophie Merrick to discuss the link between clothes, confidence and storytelling. Sophie is News Editor for Bauer Media’s radio stations in the North West of England.

Sophie shares her experience of working in news media and her responsibility to communities across the North West to share their stories respectfully and accurately.

Dahlia and Sophie discuss the use of clothes to build trust and gain the confidence of others, as well as how we use clothes for our confidence and self esteem.

Expect a conversation that discusses local storytelling, the need for empathetic journalism and what happened when Eurovision came to Liverpool!

Why we are stressed and undressed - and why it doesn't have to be this way!

Cindy joins Dahlia for the first episode of Series Six to share her unique perspective on living a happier, healthier life.

She shares her views on creating your own personal style and her tips to manage her stress which centre around how she chooses to live her life and her message of 'persistence, resilience and managing your own mind'.

Cindy also shares how her work as CEO and Founder of 'Make Love Not Porn' centres around social impact, helping to to raise awareness for more informed, more mindful and more value led sex education.

Her guidance is that we shouldn't be stressed when we are undressed and the discussion includes a very clear message on body positivity.

Cindy joins the podcast from her famous 'Black Apartment' in NYC.

Cindy Gallop is a graduate of Somerville College, Oxford, whose background is over 30 years in brand-building, marketing and advertising — she started up the US office of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty in New York in 1998 and in 2003 was named Advertising Woman of the Year.

She is the founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, co-action software launched in beta at TED 2010 and subsequently written up and taught as a Harvard Business School case study, which enables brands to implement the business model of the future — Shared Values + Shared Action = Shared Profit (financial and social).

She is also the founder of MakeLoveNotPorn – ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’ — a social sextech platform designed to promote good sexual behaviour and good sexual values, which she launched at TED 2009, and for which she has just raised $2million to build out MLNP.tv as ‘the Social Sex Revolution’.

As a result of the funding challenges she has encountered, she is raising the world’s first and only sextech fund, AllTheSky Holdings. She acts as board advisor to a number of tech ventures and works as a personal brand/life/executive coach and a consultant on brand and business innovation for companies around the world.

Business Insider named her one of 15 Most Important Marketing Strategy Thinkers Today, alongside Malcolm Gladwell and Seth Godin, and cited her as number 33 on their list of 100 Most Influential Tech Women On Twitter, and number one on their list of Top 30 People In Advertising To Follow On Twitter.

A collection of stores from a variety of Stressed But Well Dressed' guests looking at how clothes influence how we feel and how we act.

Tune in for a reflection on the link between Clothes, Confidence and a Positive Mindset and ask yourself:

Are you stressed or well dressed?

Marina Gerner: Season 5, Episode 6: Fashion, FemTech and the bra that could save your life

Daiva Bryne: Season 4, Episode 3: What to wear to win at poker

Sarah Edmonson: Season 3, Episode 10: Cult Fashion

Adrienne Cole: Season 3, Episode 7: The skin you are in

Dr Jo Gooding: Season 2, Episode 7: Getting Dressed

Adele Silva: Episode 4: Typecast

Paula Zucotti: Season 4, Episode 4: What to wear to predict the future

Dahlia Stroud in conversation with Jenny Williams in Season 5, Episode 3: The confidence to have a little bit of doubt

Katie Hart: Season 5, Episode 5: Neuromarketing and the decisions that make us who we are

Dahlia is joined by guest Loulou Storey to discuss the words we use to talk to ourselves, how we grow into our style and how to tell our the story of who we are through our clothes.

The podcast includes a walk down memory lane for Loulou, reflecting back on the defining moments that have shaped her own identity both during her teenage years in North Yorkshire and through her journey to London and then Brighton to develop her career in fashion.

Expect a raw, emotional and moving conversation about how we see ourselves, how we create our style, how becoming a mother impacts our style and how to create impact through what we wear.

Loulou's fashion career started on the shop floor, where she worked from the age of 14. By age 30 she was managing large teams for some of the biggest retailers in London’s West End - Anthropologie and Hobbs. She received a first in Fashion Marketing from The London College of Fashion where she discovered her passion for sustainable fashion.

Loulou became a style coach in 2016, and works both in Brighton where she is based and all over the world - helping clients to uncover their unique style and to unleash their power through their clothes. She has witnessed first-hand how overwhelmed and confused so many people feel when it comes to dressing themselves, so Loulou developed a process that gave people the confidence to express themselves and to build a wardrobe tailored to their lifestyle. Loulou called it the Storey Style Method.

Using the Storey Style Method, Loulou encourages people to discover their own style by understanding their style taste, ambition and natural style instinct. She uses a style words method which helps clients to create a style that truly embraces who they are and ensures they are making the impression they desire.

A collection of stories from a variety of Stressed But Well Dressed guests looking at how clothes influence how we feel and how we act.

Tune in for a reflection on the link between Clothes, Confidence and a Positive Mindset and ask yourself:

Are you stressed or well dressed?

Guests included in this episode:

Paula Grizzard: Season 1, Episode 3 'Stand out for success'

Carolyn Mair: Season 1, Episode 5 'The psychology of fashion'

Alistair Vince: Season 2, Episode 8 'The power of perspective'

Lynsey Donoughue: Season 3, Episode 3 'Trailblazer'

Julia Hotz: Season 3, Episode 5 'Hotz Thoughts on Stress, Dress and Social Prescribing for Wellness'

Sarah Edmondson: Season 3, 'Episode 10 Cult Fashion'

Visha Kudhail: Season 4, Episode 2 'What to wear to spark joy'

Paula Zucotti: Season 4, Episode 4 'What to wear to predict the future'

Kate Ball: Season 4, Episode 5 'What to wear to be a life saver'

Nikki Alderson: Season 4, Episode 9 'What to wear to predict the future'

Dahlia is joined by Helen Oldham, Co-Founder of Lifted Ventures and NED to discuss all things founder related.

Helen shares her perspective on when to start when founding a business covering everything from understanding your market to developing your brand to gaining investment to having the confidence to turn ideas into action.

Included in the conversation are Helen's views on the rise of personal branding, the challenges that stop women from investing in organisations and some top tips on building your network.

Helen's top tips on where to start as a founder are:

- Know your market

- Know your brand

- Know your worth

- Know your network

- Turn your knowledge into confidence and take action.

Helen is Co Founder of Lifted Ventures. Lifted exists to increase the flow of early stage capital to female founders and promote the significant business benefits of backing women.

The Lifted Ventures flywheel has an angel network at its core, alongside investment literacy and preparation, a lively female founder community and consultancy.

She is a Board member of the UKBAA, and a member of the Women Angel Investment taskforce.Helen is also interim CEO of Conduit Connect, an EIS impact investment fund, impact investment educator and angel network.

Previously Helen was a Founding Board Director of multi award winning NorthInvest, and in 2020 she founded Fund Her North, a collective of women in VCs who support female founders to get equal access to finance.Prior to this Helen was Managing Director of the Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman.