Join our community - timefreepod.com

Find Elizabeth here: https://investinginwomen.co.uk/elizabeth-willetts/

Get her book FLEX

In this episode of TimeFree, Michelle speaks with Elizabeth, founder of Investing in Women, a recruitment business helping people find flexible, part-time, and home based jobs across the UK.

Elizabeth shares her journey from a successful career in recruitment at Hays and Deloitte to being made redundant during the pandemic, when her children were still very young.

After struggling to find another part-time role herself and seeing talented women around her forced into lower-paid or lower-skilled jobs just to access flexibility, Elizabeth decided to create the solution she wished existed.

Together, Michelle and Elizabeth explore the reality of returning to work after motherhood, the pressure women face to choose between financial stability and being present for their children, and why flexible work should be treated as the default rather than the exception.

They also discuss Elizabeth’s book Flex, the power of small consistent action, the importance of movement and self-development, and why senior part-time roles are essential for closing the gender pay gap.

This is an honest and practical conversation for mothers, professionals, employers, and anyone who believes that work should fit around real life, not the other way around.