Ghosted after an interview? Or applied for something great and got absolutely nothing back?

This episode is for anyone who’s tired of pretending silence doesn’t mess with their head. We talk about why ghosting lands so hard during redundancy and job hunting, how it quietly turns into overthinking and compulsive inbox-checking, and how to steady yourself when you’re stuck in that 'what does this mean?' loop.

It’s practical, it’s kind and it’s designed to help you stop turning other people’s lack of response into a personal verdict — so you can keep moving, keep applying, and keep your nervous system vaguely intact.

If you know someone in redundancy-land who’s refreshing their inbox like it’s going to reveal a plot twist, send them this one.

Job interview prep after redundancy is a weird little moment where you finally get the interview and your body reacts like you’ve been booked in for something far more dramatic than 'a chat about your experience.'

In this episode I talk through the pre-interview prep that helps me show up clearly when confidence is wobbly and my brain is prone to going blank. I share how I build an 'evidence bank' of what I’ve actually done, how I go line-by-line through my CV so I don’t get caught out by my own bullet points and how I research the role and company without disappearing into productivity-shaped panic.

I also cover the part that's more important than I first realised getting your examples out of your head and into your mouth. I practise saying them out loud so the impact lands without me taking a scenic route through the backstory and I keep the focus on what I did, what changed, and why it mattered.

Finally, we get into the day-of nerves: simple cue-card prompts, a mindset shift that stays firmly on the right side of “manifesting,” and a breathing technique I use when my heart rate starts doing its own interview.

If you’re job searching after redundancy and you’ve got an interview coming up or you just want a calmer, more structured way to prepare this will help you represent yourself in your best light without turning prep into a second (unpaid) full-time job.

Redundancy has a way of turning perfectly normal days into something… slightly loaded. Suddenly you’re measuring time differently, your inbox has the power to ruin an afternoon,and “being proactive” can become a full-time personality.

In this episode, I’m sharing a few things I’d genuinely like to tell the version of me at the very start of it — not big inspirational slogans, but the practical, unglamorous truths that would’ve saved me a lot of stress. We get into why networking is less 'selling yourself' and more 'finding your people', why clarity matters more than volume in the job hunt, how resilience has to be sustainable (not heroic), what rejection does to your confidence over time, and how parenting shifts when you’re physically present but mentally elsewhere.

If you’re in that in-between stage — doing loads, still feeling behind, trying to stay calm while everything feels slightly uncertain — this will help you feel less alone and a bit more steady. And if you know someone who’s just entered the redundancy era, this is a very solid “send without awkward caption” episode.