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Denise Lewis on feeling professional isolation after becoming a mum

Denise Lewis on feeling professional isolation after becoming a mum

Happy Mum
Sep 2, 2025 1h 4m
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<p>Olympic champion, presenter and author Dame Denise Lewis joins us this week for an inspiring chat about balancing ambition and career with motherhood.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Denise discusses the lack of support she experienced in the sporting world when she became pregnant at the peak of her career.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus, she recounts an unexpected chapter in her life when, at 46, symptoms she attributed to perimenopause were actually signs of her fourth pregnancy!</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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