Sophia Champion de Crespigny loved physics. She studied civil engineering for 8 years, fascinated by structure and design. In the workplace, however, she found herself wading through actual sewage in the field - and the more metaphorical kind in the office. Engineering may have been the plan but it turns out it wasn’t the fit.

When Sophie finally quit, she left without a grand plan, just with the instinct that there was something else out there for her.

• (00:00 ) - Setting Her Own Stones: Building a Life-Shaped Business


• (00:22 ) - Balancing Life's Demands


• (01:01 ) - Transferable Skills for Lawyers


• (01:43 ) - Introducing Sophie Champion de Crespigny


• (02:49 ) - Sophie's Journey from Engineering to Jewelry


• (04:23 ) - Challenges in a Male-Dominated Industry


• (08:00 ) - Leaving Engineering Behind


• (09:29 ) - Starting a Kombucha Business


• (11:53 ) - Motherhood and Business


• (18:55 ) - Launching Sorsa Jewelry


• (27:23 ) - Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs


• (28:24 ) - The Importance of Authenticity

In this episode, Sophie talks about how she began again - first fermenting a kombucha business in her London flat, and then forging Sorsa, a jewellery brand built around sustainability, beauty, and family life.

It is a celebration of women’s businesses of every shape, scale, and intention and the importance of their place and space be it round the kitchen table or the boardroom.

THE WOBBLY MIDDLE is a podcast about women reinventing their careers in midlife.

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Susannah de Jager has just relocated to Abu Dhabi, where she’s podcasting, consulting with start-ups, and occasionally advising on scale-up capital. After leaving her role as CEO of a boutique asset manager, she asked the all-important question: what next? Five years later, she’s following her curiosity —The Wobbly Middle is for her and every woman doing the same.

Patsy Day is a lawyer on a break—and a podcast producer. She’s worked everywhere from London to Ho Chi Minh City, but these days she lives in Oxford. Patsy is knee-deep into podcast production for SafeHouse Amsterdam (launching 2025) and co-hosting The Wobbly Middle.