Jun 3, 2026 · 34 min · 13 segments
Bringing a baby into the world is a pretty big deal. As far as life-changing experiences go, it's up there. So what happens when that monumental event changes you so much, you fear you've forgotten…
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Laura PryorGuest
Andy ScottHost
Laura, like so many women in our industry and obviously in other industries, you and your partner Ben had a baby, little Ellie.
Well, shortly after returning to work, you posted a pretty personal account on your LinkedIn page.
Is that what it is, a page on, just on LinkedIn? Of how that monumental life event impacted you and your work.
Now, I know you're not one to overshare when it comes to your personal life, so why did you feel the need to share your feelings and your experience of becoming a mum and reentering the workforce the way you did?
I wrote it out of genuinely wanting to get those thoughts down, because returning to work felt really daunting at the time, and I just wanted to write down how I felt about it.
And then I considered sharing it on LinkedIn, and I got quite nervous about it because lots of people do share personal journeys on LinkedIn.
I, I think I started the post this way, but for me it was like, how can I not? Um, I felt an overwhelming sense that my life felt different and I felt different, and I didn't know how to return to work and not start to have a conversation with even myself and others about it, 'cause I felt it would change the way I would work with clients and work with the staff internally, and I felt like a need to start talking about it openly.
So was it a, a warning of sorts to clients that you'd worked with and even colleagues that you're not the same person you were, and it would be foolish to expect you to be?
I, I felt it probably more at the time it was my way of maybe, yes, um, I was nervous about how I was gonna operate, um, and if I was gonna be the same level of worker that, that I expected of myself when I returned.
Um, so it was a way of opening the door to that, and I guess straight away, um, well, opening the door to that, that, those thoughts.
Um, and I, straight away, I just already felt the res- overwhelming response from people, and it made me instantly feel as though I wasn't alone.
And I think that's probably the biggest thing any mum can agree with is, uh, even though everyone-- like, so many people in the world become a mum, um, somehow the journey feels very isolating.
So instantly, to be able to open the door to feel not alone on a, on a journey, or I guess a return to work moment in time, for me, that was felt quite stressful, it-- I felt instantly at ease.
Laura, like so many women in our industry and obviously in other industries, you and your partner Ben had a baby, little Ellie.
Well, shortly after returning to work, you posted a pretty personal account on your LinkedIn page.
Is that what it is, a page on, just on LinkedIn? Of how that monumental life event impacted you and your work.
Now, I know you're not one to overshare when it comes to your personal life, so why did you feel the need to share your feelings and your experience of becoming a mum and reentering the workforce the way you did?
I wrote it out of genuinely wanting to get those thoughts down, because returning to work felt really daunting at the time, and I just wanted to write down how I felt about it.
And then I considered sharing it on LinkedIn, and I got quite nervous about it because lots of people do share personal journeys on LinkedIn.
I, I think I started the post this way, but for me it was like, how can I not? Um, I felt an overwhelming sense that my life felt different and I felt different, and I didn't know how to return to work and not start to have a conversation with even myself and others about it, 'cause I felt it would change the way I would work with clients and work with the staff internally, and I felt like a need to start talking about it openly.
So was it a, a warning of sorts to clients that you'd worked with and even colleagues that you're not the same person you were, and it would be foolish to expect you to be?
I, I felt it probably more at the time it was my way of maybe, yes, um, I was nervous about how I was gonna operate, um, and if I was gonna be the same level of worker that, that I expected of myself when I returned.
Um, so it was a way of opening the door to that, and I guess straight away, um, well, opening the door to that, that, those thoughts.
Um, and I, straight away, I just already felt the res- overwhelming response from people, and it made me instantly feel as though I wasn't alone.
And I think that's probably the biggest thing any mum can agree with is, uh, even though everyone-- like, so many people in the world become a mum, um, somehow the journey feels very isolating.
So instantly, to be able to open the door to feel not alone on a, on a journey, or I guess a return to work moment in time, for me, that was felt quite stressful, it-- I felt instantly at ease.
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