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Power Sisters

Power Sisters

By: Whistledown
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 Power Sisters features three lifelong friends who’ve juggled the demands of having high-powered careers along with the challenges of raising their families. This trio of black women - Rachel, Elaine and Caroline met at school in Streatham in the early 90s. They share stories of friendship, love, marriage, divorce, careers, motherhood. And talk candidly about the prejudice they’ve encountered, their struggles to get to the top of their chosen professions and the pressure they’ve felt as representatives of their respective communities. Rachel is a communications executive who has worked at No 10 for both Theresa May and Boris Johnson. Elaine has established a successful senior role in education and has been on a healing journey since a car accident in 2022. Caroline is a lawyer. Friends for three decades, they've been through it all - and the one constant? Each other. Instagram: @powersisterspodcast Power Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Social Sciences
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  • Episode 8: Boys to Men

    Episode 8: Boys to Men
    Apr 14 2025
    How do you deal with your children becoming adults, doing grown-up things? Elaine’s managing sleepovers with her son and his girlfriend: “having a girlfriend has changed him in so many positive ways” she says. Rachel’s laughing: “in which life would my mother have let me?" “Never!” Elaine answers. Their children expect them to be different from the generation that raised them, but they ask: “does that mean that we need to accept everything? Not everything about the way we've been brought up is necessarily wrong.” What do you think? Let us know in the comments below. Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcast Power Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • Episode 7: Keeping Up Appearances

    Episode 7: Keeping Up Appearances
    Apr 8 2025
    Would you lie just to save face, or can you find the courage to step into who you really are? The Power Sisters find that embarrassment can lead to much needed revelations. For Elaine it made her realise that she did “need a little bit of help”. “It happens to the best of us” says Rachel. “As women, we think we have to be perfect all the time” But Caroline points out that “we’re human beings; we don’t cut ourselves enough slack”. The sisters also talk about fear of failure. Caroline thinks “we’ve been shrinking, we’ve been hiding”. Rachel is working on pushing herself “beyond the fear and imposter syndrome”. Unqualified people are “qualifying themselves” and that “we need to learn to own our accolades”. Elaine says. Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcast Power Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Episode 6: Manifesting

    Episode 6: Manifesting
    Mar 31 2025
    “Does manifesting work? The sisters think so. Rachel sees it as “stretching towards that life that you want”. Elaine prefers to use the word vision, “you must have an action plan”. But they also consider “what you are manifesting is really who you are…living the life that you are created to live”. The sisters talk about their role models and settling into being role models and mentors to younger women. Elaine notes “this new generation is seeking older women like us who are experienced, 'cause there's a lot of unqualified people trying to give qualified advice.” Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcast Power Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins

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