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We started a business, send help! · Nov 10, 2025 · 42 min

Ep 16: Resilience, recovery, and running a business with your partner, with Deborah Tabbron

Deborah’s story isn’t your average career pivot. After breast cancer treatment put life and work on pause, she didn’t just “go back”, she rebuilt. Add in a marriage breakup, relocating to another country across the other side of the world, and starting a business with her now-husband… let’s just say she’s navigated more than a few plot twists. We get into: Reclaiming who you are when life flips the script Building a business with your partner (and actually thriving) Creating work that supports your wellbeing, not drains it Why “balance” isn’t soft. It’s strategy. This one’s for anyone who’s had to start over, rethink everything, or rewrite their story entirely. Guest: Deborah Tabbron, Co-Founder of Akela Abbott Ltd., helping people, leaders, and organisations grow with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Shout-outs this episode go to: Myintent.org CoppaFeel Working With Cancer Breast Cancer Awareness MacMillan Cancer Support Female Founders Leamington Lizzie Hazel, Stratford-Upon-Avon Business Community 1 Mill Street

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Deborah’s story isn’t your average career pivot. After breast cancer treatment put life and work on pause, she didn’t just “go back”, she rebuilt. Add in a marriage breakup, relocating to another country across the other side of the world, and starting a business with her now-husband… let’s just say she’s navigated more than a few plot twists.

We get into:

  • Reclaiming who you are when life flips the script
  • Building a business with your partner (and actually thriving)
  • Creating work that supports your wellbeing, not drains it
  • Why “balance” isn’t soft. It’s strategy.


This one’s for anyone who’s had to start over, rethink everything, or rewrite their story entirely.

Guest:

Deborah Tabbron, Co-Founder of Akela Abbott Ltd., helping people, leaders, and organisations grow with clarity, confidence, and purpose.


Shout-outs this episode go to:

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