Motherhood, Ambition & Casting Careers | Casting Director Leanne Flinn on Birth, Balance & Success

Описание: What happens when ambition meets motherhood?

In this episode of Milk & Mummies, I sit down with award-winning Casting Director Leanne Flinn to talk candidly about career, creativity, birth, and the deep shifts that come with becoming a mother.

Leanne shares her journey into casting — from street casting to award-winning commercials and films — alongside her experiences of pregnancy, birth, and navigating motherhood in a fast-paced creative industry. Together, they explore how motherhood reshapes ambition, identity, confidence, and leadership, and why the industry still has work to do when it comes to supporting working mums.

This episode is for creatives, mothers, parents in the industry, and anyone balancing big dreams with real life.

✨ Topics covered:
• Life as a Casting Director
• Pregnancy, birth & early motherhood
• Career ambition after having children
• Motherhood and identity shifts
• Industry support (and lack of it) for mums
• Creativity, intuition & spotting talent

Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
01:20 – Leanne’s journey into casting
05:10 – Street casting vs traditional casting
08:40 – Biggest career milestones & achievements
12:15 – Pregnancy, birth & becoming a mother
18:20 – Identity shifts after motherhood
23:10 – How motherhood changed ambition & creativity
28:00 – Industry support for working mums
33:15 – Advice for mothers in creative careers
37:40 – Quick-fire questions
41:00 – Final reflections & outro

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