Sandrine Alexandre-Hughes, lawyer and a mother of three, is the creator of Team Together Online. Her story is a powerful example of a side hustle while working full time that didn’t begin with ambition or branding, but with care.
Sandrine kept hearing stories about online grooming and bullying. They disturbed her deeply. Instead of turning away, she asked a different question: if the problem is dark, does the solution have to be? That question became a creative side hustle built in the margins of a demanding legal career and family life.
What followed was not a grand leap, but a series of small, brave steps. Sketching ideas at the kitchen table. Hiring a designer. Teaching herself how games are made. Navigating imposter syndrome while insisting she “wasn’t creative”. But creating anyway.
This episode of Outlaws gently dismantles the myth that creativity belongs only to artists, or that starting a side hustle without quitting your job must be about scale, exits, or replacing your income. Sandrine speaks honestly about discovering that her real goal was not sales or visibility, but expansion. Expansion of who she could be. Expansion beyond the narrow box of a single professional identity.
Listening to this conversation, you may feel a quiet permission settle in. Permission to stop striving so hard. Permission to follow the idea that keeps tapping at you. Permission to create something meaningful without needing it to become everything.
You’ll hear practical reflections on imposter syndrome, creativity in high-structure professions, and why doing the thing matters more than perfecting it. You’ll also hear a deep reassurance: you’re allowed to want more, and you don’t have to burn your life down to get it.
If you’ve been holding an idea in your notes app, waiting for the “right time”, consider this episode an invitation!
