Amy Fraser is the founder of OKREAL, a self-development platform for women that’s focused on providing the community and resources that women need to build the lives they want - both in the office and outside of it - offering everything from panel discussions and workshops, to digital content and group mentoring sessions.
In this episode we discuss the importance of building a career around your life (as opposed to the other way round), how to use career uncertainty to your advantage, the secret to cultivating a thriving community, securing brand partnerships and much more.
We also dive into a pretty traumatic period of Amy’s life – the sudden end of her marriage when she was 5 months pregnant with her first child – and how she found the resilience to cope with that situation, and her advice for anyone who is “facing the unfaceable”.
Find Amy on Instagram at @fr.amy, and OKREAL at @heyokreal
Discover OKREAL’s resources at okreal.co
Pre-order my forthcoming book We Need To Talk About Money (4th Estate) via Amazon or Waterstones
Get tickets for my FANE digital event A Night In With Otegha Uwagba on 7 July
Produced by Chris Sharp and Naomi Mantin
042. Ashley C. Ford. Class Transition. Money And Identity.
041. Anna Sale. Conflict Over Money. How To Talk About It.
040. Lucy Moon. The Influencer Economy. Dealing With Scrutiny.
039. Clare Seal. Getting Into Debt. Getting Out Of Debt.
038. Yomi Adegoke. Buying A Flat. Class And Race.
037. Vicky Spratt. Renting And Homeownership. Class And Social Mobility.
036. Mona Chalabi. Money Dysmorphia. Cultural Attitudes To Money.
035. Ann Friedman. Negotiating Your Rates. Self-Employment Finances.
BONUS EPISODE: We Need To Talk About Money (Extract)
034. Paris Lees. Class Transition. Gender And Identity.
033. Pandora Sykes. Modern Dilemmas. Ambition And Success.
031. Anna Wiener. Toxic Startups. The Truth About Tech.
030. Emma Dabiri. Inventing Whiteness. From Allyship to Coalition.
029. Sirin Kale. Career Pivots. Government Accountability.
028. Sarah Jaffe. Hustle Culture. Exploitative Bosses.
027. Marjon Carlos. Working In Fashion. Conversations About Race.
026. Penny Martin. Women’s Media. Celebrating Peculiarities.
BONUS EPISODE: A Feminist State Of The Union.
025: Elaine Welteroth. Harnessing Ambition. Navigating Office Politics.
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