The Motherkind Podcast

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

Psychotherapist and author Helen Marie sits down with Zoe to talk about the power of saying 'no'. Here they discuss why setting boundaries can make us feel anxious, why it's good to start small, and why setting boundaries can become a life-changing skill.

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It's that time of year again: the summer holidays are upon us. And although our kids will be excited, we can often get to September without feeling energised or refreshed. So in this solo episode Zoe shares with us some hard-won wisdom on how to avoid summer burnout, so that by the time your kids go back to school you won't be feeling like you need a six week holiday yourself.

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Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

Author Minna Dubin talks us through 'Mum Rage': what it is, the drip-drip effects that can trigger it, and what we can do to avoid it.

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Re-Release | After 6 years of expert advice, Zoe unpacks some of the standout points she's been told. From matrescence to resetting our nervous system, she's got you covered! Make sure to go back and check out our previous episodes.

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Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

** Trigger Warning - Post Birth Trauma **

This week we hear from business consultant and executive coach Maxine Nwaneri, as she shares her amazing experience of listening to her inner voice, and talks about the power of slowing down, journaling, and asking yourself important questions.

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This week's guest is the incredible Rhiannon Lambert, a leading nutritionist, author and podcaster. The online world makes it so easy to feel confused about nutrition advice but it's always worth listening to Rhiannon because she is so practical and non-judgemental. In this episode we look at how burnout can affect us, the simple swaps we can make to look after the health of our children and, importantly, how we can look after our own health too.

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Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

In this week's Moment we hear from author and public speaker, Kelechi Okafor. Hear her advice on how to move away from comparison, getting to know yourself as a mother and why it's important to learn that your identity is more than just being a parent to your kids.

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If you have ever suffered from the fear of imposter syndrome or the fear of going for what you want, today's episode is for you. We speak to the brilliantly funny comedian and best selling author Sophie McCartney aka Tired and Tested. Sophie shares some inspiration on how to ditch mum guilt, reclaim your identity and be bold in following your dreams.

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This episode is supported by Wild Nutrition. Visit wildnutrition.com and use code Motherkind for 15% off your first order.

With thanks to MATCH Hospitality at Silverstone Circuit for supporting this episode. To discover more visit The Racing Green and use code MOTHERKIND10 for a 10% discount. 

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Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

In this week's MOMENT, Zoe is joined by author and podcaster, Candice Brathwaite, to discuss online safety, parental control and how to teach your kids boundaries.

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There's huge news in today's episode that we cannot wait to share with you: 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations' is now available to preorder on Amazon. So, in this exciting episode, Zoe talks us through the process of writing the book and gives us a hint at some of the empowering insights we can expect to read.

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Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

In this week's MOMENT, wellbeing expert Jasmine Hemsley encourages us all to take a deep breath and shares her tips on how to reset when you're finding it impossible to sleep.

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If you are a mum who feels overwhelmed or constantly guilty, the insights from this week's incredible guest are going to help. Renee Grenon, Psychology PhD and host of The Mom Room podcast, shares how parenting has changed through the generations and what that means for modern mothers. From default parenting, to the pressures of social media, to mum guilt and so much more, Renee generously shares her wisdom to help empower all mums.

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Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

In this week's MOMENT, journalist Rebecca Cox talks about the solo parenthood and what has made the biggest difference in her experience.

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Grief doesn't always have to revolve around losing a loved one, it can sometimes come from within. In this episode, Zoe breaks down the significance of self-compassion, how to process feelings of guilt and shifting negative attitudes.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, journalist Lorraine Candy talks about regulating emotions, shifting mindset throughout motherhood and how to make time for yourself.

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Fear response is part of life but can we control it? In this episode, psychotherapist and author Helen Marie sits down with Zoe to talk about all things boundaries and balance. She speaks about why we need to stay grounded, regulating the nervous system and dealing with feelings when setting boundaries. This is Helen's very first EVER podcast appearance too!

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, screen time expert Ash Brandin talks about creating boundaries with your kids, healthy screen time habits and safety.

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Sometimes things come into our lives and throw everything up into the air! Well, in this week's episode, Zoe breaks down ways you can control yourself under stress, priorities and how to build a stronger mindset.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, writer and creative Lotte Jeffs talks about dealing with feelings of judgement, what needs to happen to improve inclusion and why everyone needs to be treated the same.

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You are not alone. Mum rage is something mothers go through, Zoe and author Minna Dubin are here to unpack what it is exactly, why it's not talked about as much as it should be and how mothers can be provided support.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, presenter Cherry Healy talks about dealing with vulnerability, finding value in the things that matter to you and when to praise yourself.

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Sometimes we all just need to take a deep breath. Juggling a million things a once can often lead mothers feeling untight, angry and a little stressed to say the least, well, in this episode Zoe walks us through ways to deal with these feelings and how what she does try and stay calm.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, therapist and speaker Yara Heary talks about how the reality of dealing with postpartum depression, expectations of mothers and the importance of needing support.

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**Trigger Warning - Post-birth trauma***

In this truly inspiring episode, Zoe and business consultant and executive coach Maxine Nwaneri talk about what is really important in life. In the day-to-day running around it's often easy to forget what matters. You'll leave this episode feeling as though anything is possible as Maxine dives into her life from homelessness to Cambridge University.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, award-winning social entrepreneur and neurodiversity specialist Samantha Hiew talks about how ADHD is in different in women and the effects of sensory overload with age.

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Confidence is often that magic pill mothers need to feel supported and push back against the pressure. It's easy to beat yourself up but in this week's solo episode, Zoe explains the importance of feeling self-assured in order to be your best version.

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**Trigger warning - baby loss** 

Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, midwife Sophie Martin talks about the offensive terminology used throughout pregnancy and why this needs to change in order to make mothers supported.

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You need to put yourself first as the mother. What emotions come up for you? In this week's episode, Zoe sits down with author and public speaker Kelechi Okafor. The pair break down why mothers find it so hard to meet their own needs and what they can do to change that. Kelechi also talks about a traumatic experience whilst in labour.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, women's health practitioner Serena Rosa speaks about inner courage, managing expectations and why you need to love yourself.

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Why is it sometimes so hard to communicate boundaries with those around us? In this week's solo episode, Zoe talks about setting limits for yourself, how to keep the focus on you and the difficulty of holding boundaries.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, award-winning journalist Lorraine Candy gives an insight into midlife, why you don't need to people please and the importance of doing what you want to do.

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Without a doubt the parenting challenge of our generation is social media. In this episode Zoe sits down with author and podcaster Candice Brathwaite to discuss how she’s preparing her children for the digital world and she reveals the tools she uses to keep herself feeling safe and empowered on social media.

This episode has been created in partnership with Meta. 

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, fellow podcasters The Scummy Mummies talk about the mental and physical benefits of watching what you drink and regular exercise.

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Sometimes we just need someone to tell us to take a deep breath and who better to do so than wellbeing expert Jasmine Hemsley. Zoe and Jas talk about coping techniques through breath work, the joys of meditation and what young kids should be wearing on their feet!

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, clinical psychologist Emma Svanberg explores the importance of taking the pressure off parenting and letting the relationships with our children breathe.

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As we round off our Mother's Week, Zoe answers some of your questions. She looks at everything from dealing with stress to what she loves about motherhood. We hope you enjoy this community episode and Happy Mother's Day!

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Did you know the key to doing more is actually doing less? In this episode, Zoe sits down with life coach Tamu Thomas to talk about taking life in the slow lane...well slower. Tamu unpicks the worries mothers face such as to-do lists, the fear of stopping at full throttle and the importance of listening the signals you body gives you.

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After 6 years of expert advice, Zoe unpacks some of the standout points she's been told. From matrescence to resetting our nervous system, she's got you covered! Make sure to go back and check out our previous episodes.

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Matrescence -

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/matrescence-the-word-we-all-need-with-lucy-jones/id1295306961?i=1000617928861&wmode=opaque

Gabor Maté -

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-motherkind-podcast/id1295306961?i=1000442299907

Glennon Doyle -

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-102-how-to-be-a-model-not-a-martyr-with-glennon-doyle/id1295306961?i=1000474978653

Dr. Becky Kennedy -

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-motherkind-podcast/id1295306961?i=1000578786858

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Trying to maintain a relationship as parent is hard. TV host and life coach Paul Brunson checks-in with Zoe to talk about all things partner related. Paul breaks down the relationships with his wife and children, alongside teaching us about the masks people put on during their parenting journey.

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If you could give ALL the mothers in the world one gift...what would it be? As part of Mother's Week, we've sieved through and put together this special episode for you which showcases some of the standout gifts our guests have given us.

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And we're LIVE! In our second instalment of Mother's Week, join Zoe and TV personality Georgia Kousoulou as they sit down live from The Baby Show to talk all things from mum guilt to co-parenting.

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For some of us, Mother's Day isn't always the easiest. It can often be a time of stress and as we kick off our very special Mother's Week, Zoe sits down to walk us through some of the emotions mothers might feel during this time and what you can do to cope.

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Are you and your partner on the same page when it comes to parenting? Well, this week Zoe sits down with clinical psychologist Dr Martha Deiros Collado to talk about different parental approaches. The pair discuss what really matters when co-parenting and Martha even gives Zoe some 1 on 1 counselling.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, fashion model and author Louise Boyce talks us through the importance of needing to love your body during pregnancy. She speaks about not being accepted as a model and how she regained her confidence.

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And we're back with our very first Community episode of the year! This week, Zoe sits down with Emily to discuss her motherhood journey up to now. The pair explore how Emily has tried to maintain balance in her own life, the medical challenges she's faced with her 4 year old, especially during the pandemic and how unique her situation has been whilst being at university. Emily also unpacks the feeling of pressure and having to do it all.

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Sometimes we all just need to re-charge. In this week's episode, Zoe unlocks the door to the BIGGEST drains and what you can do to plug yourself back in. How are your stress levels? How do you feel? How can you support your eternal world? Let's throw that phrase 'self-care' out of the window and focus on our energy management!

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, health coach and wellness speaker Georgie Crawford tells us to take a deep breath and make time for the other things that matter.

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It's simply impossible to juggle a million and one things at once. This week, founder of Holly & co. and Not On The High Street, Holly Tucker, sits down with Zoe to talk about how mothers need to take it one step at a time. She also speaks about her journey into business and what she'd advise for new entrepreneurs.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, TV personality, author, and model Millie Mackintosh discusses the importance of connecting with ourselves and controlling who you are during motherhood. Millie also talks about her sobriety and where she's at now.

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Your own critic can often take over and sometimes it's difficult to be kind to ourselves. In this week's episode, Zoe takes a look at what you need to do to turn that inner bully into an inner friend.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, psychotherapist Anna Mathur gives us an insight into why mums often believe motherhood to be something it's not. She also talks about the need to relieve pressure and feel more you!

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Does anyone tell you just how invisible you might feel during motherhood? Well in this week's episode, Zoe talks to founder and CEO of Peanut Michelle Kennedy. They discuss the difficulties of loneliness that motherhood can bring, overwhelming guilt and what people can do to make life easier for mum.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, mental health advocate and body positivity campaigner Malin Andersson tells us what it's like parenting with an abusive narcissistic partner. She also highlights the significance of doing what's right fro you.

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Ever feel that sense of guilt but not sure if it's normal? Well, in this week's episode Zoe discusses why mothers might feel guilt and that it's actually not all bad. Zoe explains how to transform your "mum" guilt and what common feelings mothers misidentify as guilt also.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, Zoe sits down with author and founder of Just Chill Sleep Baby, Rosey Davidson. You'll get an insight into optimizing sleep conditions for you and your children, what sleep cycles are, creating balance and not feeling guilty.

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In this week's episode Zoe's in the hot seat as she sits down with Dr Sophie Brock, who asks her about the origins of Motherkind, how to overcome barriers faced in early motherhood and the importance of taking time for yourself. Zoe also talks about why we need open our minds when we think about emotional maturity.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. It's easy enough for things to get on top of you in motherhood and building up self-esteem off falls by the wayside. So in this week's moment, spiritual mentor Megan Rose Lane speaks about breaking through fears and limitations whilst still living your best life as a mother.

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As we start a brand new year, it always seems like there's a million and one things to think about! So what better way to burst into 2024 than sat down with Zoe as she intends to keep the positive energy high and highlight the importance of taking time for the things that matter.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

Accepting your body during motherhood isn't always simple. This week's moment is with 4 x Olympic medalist Rebecca Adlington, where she talks about navigating her body transformation after having children, the mindset of body negativity and why mum's often find it hard to take a compliment.

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***Explicit - we talk about eating disorders - if this is a negative trigger for you, please pass on this one***

In December, we walk our talk, and I take some time off recording to be with my family and recharge before next year. So I've re-released for you the most popular episodes of the past six months. These are the episodes you loved to share with friends, you emailed about and deemed to be the most helpful.

I'm SO excited about this week's episode; it's with funny, wise and kind Louise Boyce (AKA Mamma Still Got It). When Louise asked to come on the podcast, I knew I wanted to dig deeper and learn about the woman behind the little hands and how her experience of motherhood and life have shaped who she is today.

We talk about her experiences:

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And so much more. I think you're going to really love this episode.

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Welcome back to Moment. Your moment on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week’s guest is the incredible Roxie Nafousi. She is a best-selling author and manifesting expert. It’s the second time Roxie has been on the podcast, and you all loved our first episode together. 

I love how open Roxie is, and in this episode, we talk about how, to get out of exhaustion and burnout even when you have no energy and holding boundaries.

I hope you love it.

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***Trigger Warning*** We discuss graphic intrusive thoughts, so if hearing that experience might be more harmful than connecting for you, please skip that bit. It's about 10 minutes in.

In December, we walk our talk, and I take some time off recording to be with my family and recharge before next year. So I've re-released for you the most popular episodes of the past six months. These are the episodes you loved to share with friends, you emailed about and deemed to be the most helpful.

This week we have the incredible Donna Lancaster back on the show. You love her first episode, so I hope you'll love this one even more.

Donna has worked as a coach, a group facilitator and a therapist for more than 30 years - I cannot tell you how much I respect Donna and her work.

This is one of those episodes it's going to make you think, it's going to make you cry, and it's going to put a lot in perspective.

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I'm so excited for you to hear this one. Please share this episode with any mums you know who might be struggling and need Donna's wise, warm words of hope and compassion.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This is the last of my Christmas episodes, and ironically, it's being released on Christmas day! Today I want to help you find your joy at Christmas and discuss why we don’t always enjoy what we have created for others and how to change that this year.

The main theme over the four workshops is that we too deserve to enjoy the magic at Christmas that we are so busy creating for everyone else in our lives and how to do that.

I cover 3 reasons why it’s hard to find the joy at Christmas and 3 ways to support you so you can.

My question for you is: Can you allow yourself to feel the joy this Christmas? You deserve that and to enjoy Christmas just as much as everyone you are creating the magic for.

From the bottom of my heart, I wish you all a very happy Christmas.

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In December, we walk our talk, and I take some time off recording to be with my family and recharge before next year. So I've re-released for you the most popular episodes of the past six months. These are the episodes you loved to share with friends, you emailed about and deemed to be the most helpful.

Welcome to this week’s Motherkind episode, the show that is going to help you navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother with more self-awareness, clarity and Confidence.

This week’s guest is the lovely Anna Mathur, psycho-therapist, best-selling author and mum of three. I’m also very grateful to be able to say a good friend of mine and a massive supporter of the podcast.

This is Anna’s 4th time on the podcast, and we recorded this episode to celebrate the launch of her 3rd book, "Raising a happier mother.", It’s a fantastic book, and I highly recommend it.

This episode is packed with incredible nuggets of insight.

We chat about:

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• How alcohol contributed to Anna’s burnout
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• Why it’s important to inject the humanness back into motherhood
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• How to work through guilt and why it comes up
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I hope you love this episode as much as I did.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

Another episode with me this week. It is the next instalment in my Christmas mini-series to help you have the happiest Christmas ever. This week we are talking about family dynamics. Is it possible to have a drama-free Christmas?

Family dynamics can get so tricky at Christmas. Your family know how to push your buttons because they put them there. If you find it triggering and hard, perhaps it is because of what has been set up by our caregivers and the people around us in our early years. Throw in alcohol and high expectations, it isn’t surprising we get triggered over Christmas.

I really want to help you today with some tips and ideas for how you might have a more peaceful family dynamic, how not to get triggered and how to enjoy time together.

I hope you find this Moment really helpful. Let me know how you can get on.

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Welcome to this week’s Motherkind episode, the show that is going to help you navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother with more self-awareness, clarity and Confidence.

In December, we walk our talk, and I take some time off recording to be with my family and recharge before next year. So I've re-released for you the most popular episodes of the past six months. These are the episodes you loved to share with friends, you emailed about and deemed to be the most helpful.

This week’s episode is with Lucy Jones. She is an investigative journalist, and award-winning author and has just written a new book called Matrescence.

Matresence is one of my favourite words and subjects ever. It describes the process of becoming a mother - the confusing discombobulating cocktail of emotions that happens when we transition from woman to mother.

All the physical, emotional and spiritual changes. A bit like the transition from teenager to adult.

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• What matresence means and its anthropological roots
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• Our position as a mother in today’s society and how it’s geared to be against mothers
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• Why we need more support in society and Lucy’s thoughts on how we can receive that
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If only all mothers knew this word, I think we would have found it so much easier to be kind to ourselves, knowing it’s meant to be a bumpy journey.

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week’s moment is with me. For the next couple of episodes, I will be talking about Christmas and hopefully giving you some ideas on how to make it easier for yourself this year.

In this very short episode, I talk about how to feel calm and less frantic, stressed and overwhelmed by the to-do list. I’m going to give you some ideas and tools to help you arrive at Christmas day not feeling totally stressed out from all the planning and all we have given in December. You too deserve feeling the joy, love and connection this Christmas.

In this Moment, I invite you to ask yourself these powerful questions:

• What is it that you actually want this Christmas

• How do you want to feel?

• How do you want those around you to feel?

Next, What are the things on your to-do list that are causing you stress and overwhelm. Make a list.

And now, Look at the list, item by item, and challenge yourself on what you can do, ditch and delegate.

I hope you find this Moment really helpful. Let me know how you can get on.

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Welcome to this week’s Motherkind episode, the show that is going to help you navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother with more self-awareness, clarity and Confidence. 

In December, we walk our talk, and I take some time off recording to be with my family and recharge before next year. So I've re-released for you the most popular episodes of the past six months. These are the episodes you loved to share with friends, you emailed about and deemed to be the most helpful. 

Here is the first one, all about ADHD - What is it? Do I have it? Is it the mental load of ADHD? We had so many messages like this and I wanted to record an episode that answers all these questions.

We found the perfect expert - Dr Smantha Hiew, who is a mum of two and was diagnosed with ADHD at aged 40. She is also the founder of the award-winning platform ADHD girls. 

Listen to learn: 

• Why is there a huge rise of women being diagnosed with ADHD?
• What are the characteristics of ADHD for women?
• How does ADHD intersect with motherhood?
• How do I know if this is neurodivergence or is this just the stress of the mental and the emotional load?

And SO much more. I hope you love it. Please share it with your friends or leave a review. 

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week’s moment is with me. For the next couple of episodes, I will be talking about Christmas and hopefully giving you some ideas on how to make it easier for yourself this year.

In this very short episode, I talk about why you can't why you can’t please everyone at Christmas and what to do instead. Why does this matter and why have I chosen this topic? Listen to find out.

I hope you find this Moment really helpful. Let me know how you can get on.

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I asked you on Instagram on @zoeblasky what challenges you were facing right now and so many of you told me that screen time was a huge struggle for you. 

You said you feel guilty about taking it off your children, confused about age-appropriate games and worried about safety and the amount of screen time your little ones were getting. As we come into the Christmas holidays, I feel like screen time in my house is only going to increase, and I want to feel less guilty and more empowered. 

I have found for us this week an incredible screen expert called Ash Brandin known as @the.gamer.educator -  they help guide families to have a relationship with screens and video games that benefits everyone.

This episode has massively changed how I have handled screen time in my house and so I know it is going to help you too. 

You’re going to learn: 

• The truth about screen time and dysregulation 

• Why ending screen time often ends in tears, and what to do about it 

• The surprising way to keep your children safe on YouTube

• How to help children be responsible for their own screen time y

You’re going to love this episode. Please leave a review or share it with your mum friends if you enjoyed it. 

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Welcome back to Moment. Your moment on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week, we chatted with the incredible Dr Zoe Williams. She is a GP, Author and This Morning’s resident doctor.

In this moment episode, you'll learn:

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• What needs to change to support mothers more
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• Why has human connection shifted in our modern-day society
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I hope you enjoy this moment episode.

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This week's episode is with Rebecca Cox who is the co-author of 'How to be a happy single parent'.

So of course, if you're a single parent, you're going to love this episode BUT it's really about so much more than that. It's about letting go of the picture of how we think it 'should' be and embracing whatever version of motherhood we find ourselves in.

You are going to learn so much:

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• What stops us from asking for help and how to change that for good
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• How you know if it's the right choice for you to end a relationship
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• The shame of single parenthood and how to transform that into pride
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• How to navigate co-parenting with ease and perspective
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And so much more. I hope you love this episode. I you do, please share it with two of your mum friends who might need to hear it.

Special thanks to this week's sponsor KURO KIDS

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Special thanks to this week's sponsor BELKIN 

For a limited time only, our motherkind listeners can shop at belkin and receive 15% OFF all audio products using the code MOTHERKIND15. Head over to www.belkin.com/uk now to treat yourself or your family to a Belkin audio product.

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Welcome back to Moment. Your moment on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week I am speaking with Paul Morgan-Bentley, author of “The Equal Parent” and dad to his three-year-old son. He welcomed into the world via surrogacy with his husband, Robin. As a gay dad, Paul found himself in a unique position as he took on primary caregiving and felt sick of all the praise he received for doing the basics. He saw how mothers were carrying the labour of childcare and asked why parental care is so unequal in households across the country. Is it biology? Gendered stereotypes? or something else? 

We chat about what needs to change to encourage dads to take on more care responsibilities and encourage equal parenting.

I hope you enjoy this moment episode.

FREE WORKSHOPS on 30th November & 6th December at 8pm. How to have an (actual) Happy Christmas Motherkind + Create Gift Love are pleased to offer 2 x free workshops for parents and carers. Click here to find out more and register. And go here to visit our partner, Create Gift Love. They are offering an amazing 20% OFF all their products using the code MOTHERKIND20

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Have you ever walked into your house, seen all the mess, seen all the jobs that you can't quite get to and thought to yourself, I'm failing? Listen in because it’s going to totally change how you feel. 

Today’s guest is therapist and author of the book ‘How to keep house, whilst drowining” - KC Davis. If like me ever thought to yourself - what is wrong with me that I can never stay on top of the: laundry, the food shopping, the meal planning, the sorting out the kid's clothes and just the 100s of little things that go into running a family and a home. 

Then THIS is the episode that will help you feel totally differently about all those little things and help you completely reframe how you talk to yourself about being able to keep on top of all those jobs. 

We all need KC’s Wisdom in our lives. 

Listen to learn: 

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• How the role of the mother has changed drastically over the years 
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• Why we can’t beat ourselves up if the house is a mess 
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• Why mother’s ARE doing it all and how to bring compassion to yourself 
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• Incredible tips that KC uses in her life to manage the house
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I hope you love it. If you did, please do share it. Let's spread this compassionate wisdom far and wide.

Special thanks to this week's sponsor KURO KIDS 

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FREE WORKSHOPS on 30th November & 6th December at 8pm. How to have an (actual) Happy Christmas Motherkind + Create Gift Love are pleased to offer 2 x free workshops for parents and carers.

Click here to find out more and register. And go here to visit our partner Create Gift Love. They are offering an amazing 20% OFF all their products using the code MOTHERKIND20

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Welcome back to Moment. Your moment on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week I am speaking with Terri Cole, who is a licensed psychotherapist, global leading relationship expert and author of the best-selling book, Boundary Boss: The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen, and (Finally) Live Free.

We chat about why mother's don't need to do it all, and how boundaries can help you relieve some of the pressures we put on ourselves.

I hope you enjoy this moment episode.

FREE WORKSHOPS on 30th November & 6th December at 8pm. How to have an (actual) Happy Christmas Motherkind + Create Gift Love are pleased to offer 2 x free workshops for parents and carers. Click here to find out more and register. And go here to visit our partner Create Gift Love. They are offering an amazing 20% OFF all their products using the code MOTHERKIND20

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Welcome back to Motherkind, the show that is here to support you in motherhood. 

This week, I speak to fellow podcaster and mum of two, Millie Mackintosh. I think you're going to be surprised about how honest she is, and she reveals things that she has never spoken about before in her experiences of motherhood. 

We talk about:

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• How stopping drinking has changed her life completely
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• What her matrescence was like
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• Why she feels like a completely different person now 
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We also talk about the mental load and how she's working on her perfectionism. There are SO many good ideas and insights in this chat. I really hope you love it. 

If you do, please leave a review and don't forget to hit that subscribe button. It does make a massive difference. 

Special thanks to this week's sponsor KURO KIDS 

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Welcome to this week's moment episode, where I speak with the incredible Reshma Saujani, who is best known for the organisation she founded called Girls Who Code. It is one of the most influential nonprofits in the world and it has introduced millions of women to coding and the tech industry. 

During the pandemic, Reshma found herself with a 3-week-old and a pre-schooler trying to run her organisation and look after her family full-time. And that's when she broke. 

She says she spent the last 10 years telling girls to lean in and fight to get to the top; however, after her experience parenting and working during the pandemic, her message changed.

Listen to this moment episode to hear Reshma’s thoughts why we need to keep our dreams alive in Motherhood.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

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Welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast, this is the show that's going to give you confidence, clarity, and connection in this wild ride of motherhood. 

Today I'm speaking to the wonderful presenter and author Cherry Healy. This is a really special episode for me, because I remember watching Cherry has a baby way before I became a mum and I just fell in love with her. She is one of those women that you just want to be friends with. She is smart, honest, funny and she's pioneered women's health and issues for decades in her TV work.

We chat about:

- Why deep down, do any of us really feel good enough?

- Boundaries, worth and purpose

- Why do we devalue what we're naturally really good at 

I think you are going to love this one. Please share this episode with two other mums for me. I think everyone needs to hear it. 

Special thank to this week’s sponsor The Night Owl Sings 

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nursery rhymes for babies and children. You can listen to their album here https://linktr.ee/thenightowlsingsnurseryrhymes

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**Trigger warning**

This episode comes with a warning about birth trauma and recovery. Please give it a miss if you think it might be hard to listen to.

Welcome to this week's moment episode, where I speak with the incredible Illiyin Morrison. Illy is an author and mother of two. She is also a midwife, specialising in postpartum recovery and care, facilitating birth debriefs. Illy supports couples and birthing parents as well as non-birthing parents with an awareness that perinatal trauma affects all parties. 

I hope you enjoy this episode.

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Welcome to our community episode, where we feature mothers from our community to talk about their highs, lows, challenges and everything in between in motherhood.

I loved speaking to Zeenat, and I hope you enjoy this episode too. 

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Recorded live at The Baby Show with Lidl GB.

The Baby Show is the UK's largest and most popular pregnancy, baby and parenting event where Motherkind was the official podcast sponsor.

My guest is Lydia Bright. You might know Lydia from her reality TV show days you also might know her from the incredible work she does advocating for and supporting the Foster Care Community.

Listen to learn: 

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• How hypnobirthing helped ease Lydia birthing process
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• Boundaries when the baby arrived 
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• Lydia’s experience of growing up with foster siblings 
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I loved being on stage with Lydia and being at the baby show with little GB the atmosphere was brilliant.

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week's moment episode is with international best-selling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, Sarah Knight. We are going to talk about how to overcome the guilt of saying no to something. Sarah walks us through a tool she created to help us navigate where our guilt is coming from, and what guilt isn't yours to hold.

I hope you enjoy it.

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***Trigger warning - we talk about domestic abuse - if this is a negative trigger for you, please pass on this one***

Malin Anderson is this week's guest - she is a mental health advocate, a motivational speaker, and a body confidence activist you might know who rose to fame following her appearance on Love Island 2016 but now she uses her platform to promote body positivity and self-love. 

This episode cracks open the reality of abuse in a relationship both physical and non-physical. We discussed the signs and how you can support someone who might be going through it. I hope it informs you, I hope it educates you and I hope it inspires you.

Special thanks to our sponsors

VIVO BAREFOOT

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Motherkind is the official podcast partner for The Baby Show with Lidl GB 2023. It is the UK's most popular pregnancy and parenting event and is back for its 21st year at Olympia London from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd October 2023. Use this LINK to get your ticket for just £18.

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week's moment episode is with Emma Reed Turrell who is a psychotherapist and author of Please Yourself: How to Stop People-Pleasing and Transform the Way You Live. Sounds good. Doesn't it?

I am a people-pleaser in recovery, which you may have heard me talk about before, but it is such a huge part of my recovery and my life. And it is still very much a work in progress for me.

Listen to learn how to raise children who can express their emotions, needs, and wants in a healthy way and avoid becoming people pleasers.

I hope you love it.

Announcement 

Motherkind is the official podcast partner for The Baby Show with Lidl GB 2023. It is the UK's most popular pregnancy and parenting event and is back for its 21st year at Olympia London from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd October 2023. Use this LINK to get your ticket for just £18.

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Welcome to this episode of Motherkind Podcast. The show that is going to give you confidence, clarity, and connection in this wild ride of motherhood. 

This week's guest is Lotte Jeffs, she is the co-author of the “Queer parent everything you need to know from Gay to Z”. I learned so much from speaking to Lotte, and this episode is going to leave you with a broader, more inclusive perspective on parenthood. 

I think it's absolutely vital for every single one of us, because we are raising the next generation, and acceptance and compassion start very young. I hope you love this episode.

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Announcement 

Motherkind is the official podcast partner for The Baby Show with Lidl GB 2023. It is the UK's most popular pregnancy and parenting event and is back for its 21st year at Olympia London from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd October 2023. Use this LINK to get your ticket for just £18.

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week, I speak to the incredible Donna Lancaster. She has worked as a coach, a group facilitator and a therapist for more than 30 years - I cannot tell you how much I respect Donna and her work. 

In this moment episode we are talking about forgiveness. Donna shares with us her experience of forgiveness and the freedom that can be found within in it. 

I hope you enjoy it. 

As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.

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I am excited to share that Motherkind is the official podcast partner for the baby show with Lidl GB 2023. 

It will be held from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd at Olympia, London. I will be there on saturday the 21st of October at 1:30pm recording a ive podcast with a very special guest talking about all things motherhood. Use code: MOTHERKND for a limited time 30% discount on all tickets (Originally £26 now only £18). Click here to purchase a ticket.

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Welcome to this week’s episode, where we will completely reframe post-natal depression and anxiety.

I was never diagnosed, but I felt very low and anxious in those early days and in the first few years. Today's guest is psychologist Yara Heary who is going to give us a new frame of reference for how we think about that experience. 

You will learn how to see your experiences as part of a bigger picture. Please send this episode to any new mums you know or anyone going through a tricky time in that postpartum period. We need to get these kind, compassionate ideas out there. 

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week I speak to the incredible Gelong Thubten, who has over 20 years worth of experience working with schools, universities and businesses, such as Google. He’s lectured at institutions like Oxford and the UN and, he worked as a consultant on the Marvel Movie, ‘Dr. Strange’.

In our conversation, we unpacked how to sit with your feelings and train yourself to become more mindful in your daily life.

I hope you enjoy this moment episode.

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Welcome to our community episode, where we feature mothers from our community to talk about their highs, lows, challenges and everything in between in motherhood.

This week I am speaking to Alex, who shares how uncovering her real values and what is really important to her in motherhood and life has completely changed how she approaches her life as a mum of two

I loved speaking to Alex, and I hope you enjoy this episode too. 

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This week’s guest is the incredible Roxie Nafousi. She is a best-selling author and manifesting expert. It’s the second time Roxie has been on the podcast, and you all loved our first episode together. 

I love how open Roxie is, and in this episode, we talk about how, just a few weeks ago Roxie ended up in an ambulance after temporarily losing her sight and how that was the wake-up call she needed to approach her life very differently. 

You are going to learn:

• 
  
• How to get out of exhaustion and burnout even when you have no energy 
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• How to teach your children the importance of emotional literacy 
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• How to build confidence in both yourself and your child 
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I hope you love it. 

If you'd like to learn more about Roxie, you can look on her website, Instagram and buy her latest book 'Manfiest for Kids' here.

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week, I chatted to Tom, a dad of two and the host of the podcast Dad Vibes. In this episode, we talk about:

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• The pressures and expectations on parents as a result of social media 
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• How every single parent loses their cool 
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• How to repair when you get angry with your child 
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I hope you enjoy this moment episode. 

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***TRIGGER WARNING*** This episode talks about baby loss and infertility. If this is a trigger for you, it may be best to skip this one. 

Welcome to this episode of Motherkind, the show that gives you all the tools, ideas and validation you need as you navigate your life as a mother. 

Sometimes the hardest things that we face, are also the things that we most need to talk about because it's often those things that we don't have the words for. Sophie Martin, in her job as a midwife, helps women every day achieve their dream of motherhood - all while having faced unbelievable challenges on her own journey to motherhood. 

11 rounds of IVF and the tragic loss of two babies. Sophie shares with us what we all NEED to know, because even if we haven't experienced loss or IVF or miscarriage ourselves then we know someone who has.

It is so easy to say completely the wrong thing, so please share this episode. This education just isn't out there, but we can get it out there so please share this episode with at least three people in your life if you think they need to know what Sophie shares with us here.

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week, I’m talking to Jennifer Petriglieri, a Professor of Organizational Behaviour at INSEAD. Jennifer studied the successful relationships of people who both had successful careers, and what she found was absolutely fascinating.

Listen to this moment episode to find out the secret to thriving as a dual-working couple. 

I hope you enjoy this moment episode.

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Welcome to the motherkind podcast, which is going to help you feel more confident and less alone in the wild roller coaster that is modern motherhood. 

My guest this week is Georgie Crawford. Georgie was just at the end of her maternity leave when she first discovered a lump in her breast and what followed was a roller coaster journey of self-discovery. Georgie says that for the first time in her life, she learned how to value herself and her needs. 

Thankfully she fully recovered and is now about to become a mother again post-cancer, this time with a surrogate. 

Listen to learn:

• The mindset shift that helped Georgie finally learn to accept and ask for help
• How her garden trees made her realise she was wrong about herself 
• How to ask yourself 'Am I on the dancefloor or the balcony' of life 
• How to finally stop beating yourself up and notice all that is good in your life 

I really loved this episode and loved chatting to Georgie, she gave me SO much perspective and plugged me right back into what is really important in life.

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week I speak with Lucy Jones. She is an investigative journalist, award-winning author and has just written a new book called Matrescence.

Matresence is one of my favourite words and subjects ever. It describes the process of becoming a mother - the confusing discombobulating cocktail of emotions that happens when we transition from woman to mother. All the physical, emotional and spiritual changes. A bit like the transition from teenager to adult.

I hope you enjoy this moment episode.

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Welcome to the Motherkind podcast. The show which is going to help you navigate the massive challenges of motherhood and life with more acceptance, joy, ease and purpose.

This week’s guest is the lovely Anna Mathur, psycho-therapist, best-selling author and mum of three. I’m also very grateful to be able to say a good friend of mine and a massive supporter of the podcast.

This is Anna’s 4th time on the podcast, and we recorded this episode to celebrate the launch of her 3rd book, "Raising a happier mother.", It’s a fantastic book, and I highly recommend it.

This episode is packed with incredible nuggets of insight.

We chat about:

-      How alcohol contributed to Anna’s burnout

-      Why it’s important to inject the humanness back into motherhood

-      How to work through guilt and why it comes up

I hope you love this episode as much as I did.

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

In this episode, I talk to Dr Samantha Hiew, who is a leading voice and expert on ADHD for women, and who was diagnosed herself aged 40 right after the birth of her second child. 

So many of our Motherkind community are being diagnosed with ADHD, wondering if they have ADHD or may be curious about it.

I asked Dr Samantha Hiew how does ADHD intersect with motherhood and whether it’s neurodivergence or the stress of carrying the mental load of motherhood.

As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.

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Welcome to this weeks episode - I have an incredible one for you.

This week’s guest is Paul Carrick Brunson. He is a relationship expert and matchmaker known as the ‘love doctor’ and ‘real-life Hitch’ and also a television host, serial entrepreneur, and author. He was chosen as the World’s Most Influential Matchmaker by the Matchmaking Institute and currently co-hosts Married at First Sight UK and Celebs Go Dating on UK’s Channel 4.

I love this conversation and was so blown away by Paul. He is incredibly kind, wise, compassionate, and extremely knowledgeable about his work.

We talk about how:

• he lives by his number one value, family, even with a massive and growing career

• to nurture our relationships as parents

• to navigate really hard things as a parents

• to stay connected as a couple

• do you know when it’s the right time to fight for your relationship?

You are going to want to share this one, especially with your partners. I hope you enjoy it.

PS. Throughout August I have a break from recording new episodes to reset, take a breath, and reconnect with the family. During this period, we re-release the most downloaded episodes from the past 6 months.

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week's moment episode is with Jane Lightworker, who is a mum of three, an intuitive business and life coach and the creator of the #1 course for empathetic people looking to take their energy and power back.

In this moment episode we discuss:

• What it meant to be an empath
• Whether you are an empath
• How to protect your energy

Ps. Throughout August, I have a break from recording new episodes to reset, breathe, and reconnect with the family. During this period, we re-release the most downloaded episodes from the past 6 months. This moment's episode is a re-release.

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Welcome to this week’s Motherkind episode, where we chat with the incredible boundaries expert Melissa Urban. She is a 6x New York Times bestselling author and specialises in helping people establish healthy boundaries.

Listen to learn:

• Why boundaries aren’t there to control anyone’s behaviour but to communicate our needs and our limits
• The different levels of boundaries (Melisa illustrates this with a green, amber and red boundary) to help you assess what level to communicate
• Why boundaries are NOT selfish or mean, but a tool to strengthen relationships

We also discuss how to set boundaries with extended family, which I know many of you struggle with. We get endless messages about this topic, so I hope you find this episodes as useful as I did.

PS. Throughout August I have a break from recording new episodes to reset, take a breath, and reconnect with the family. During this period, we re-release the most downloaded episodes from the past 6 months.

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.

This week’s Moment is with the one and only Mel Robbins. Mel is a former lawyer and one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the world. Her TedX talk has had nearly 30 million views, and she is the author of the best-selling book The High Five Habit.

In this episode, Mel provides an amazing tool to stop worrying and teach your children how to face their fears. I hope you love this moment as much as I do too.

As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.

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In this episode, we focus on how to find freedom from perfectionism. It is with the incredible Michaela Thomas. Michaela specialises in perfectionism and its ties with stress, anxiety, depression, productivity, procrastination, burnout and overall wellbeing.

Throughout August I have a break from recording new episodes to reset, take a breath, and reconnect with the family. During this period, we re-release the most downloaded episodes from the past 6 months.

Michaela helps ambitious working mothers burn bright without burning out, using her Pause Purpose Play framework in group coaching and 1:1 therapy. She is also a senior Clinical Psychologist, CBT psychotherapist and author of The Lasting Connection – develop love and compassion for yourself and your partner. She is also a friend of Motherkind.

In this episode you are going to learn about:

• how to not be so hard on ourselves

• how to avoid burnout

• how to develop a better relationship with our inner critic

One thing I know for sure is that we need this episode. Please share it if it resonated with you.

And, you can also hear Zoe on Michaela’s podcast here: Perfectionism and Generational Trauma, with Zoe Blaskey - The Thomas Connection

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Welcome to this week's Moment episode. I'm SO excited for you to listen to this episode with the incredible Susanna Abse, where we discuss how to navigate disappointment in marriage.

Susanna has been a leading couple’s therapist for 35 years. There is not much Susanna doesn’t know about love and relationships.

This is an incredible MOMENT episode. You're going to learn so much. If you enjoy it, please share this episode with anyone you think would benefit from listening.

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Welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast. This week we are re-releasing this episode with the incredible Dr. Nicole LePera (The Holistic Psychologist).

Throughout August I have a break from recording new episodes to reset, take a breath, and reconnect with the family. During this period, we re-release the most downloaded episodes from the past 6 months.

This episode feels life-changing and I’m super excited for you to hear it. It is with Dr. Nicole LePera, best known as the holistic psychologist. Dr. Nicole has taught me so much throughout my parenting journey.

Dr Nicole is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book How To Do The Work and the recently released Bestselling How to Meet Your Self Workbook. She is the creator of the #SelfHealers movement and founded SelfHealers Circle, the first virtual self-guided healing membership where members in over 100 countries are joining together to heal in community. She is the host of the weekly ad-free podcast SelfHealers Soundboard with over 5 million downloads.

This episode came out in February 2023 and we received 100s of messages and comments saying how much you loved this episode. So much resonated with me too.

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Welcome to this week's Moment episode. I'm SO excited for you to listen to this episode with the incredible Dr. Rangan Chatterjee where we discuss what's really important in life.

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK. Dr Chatterjee, a practising GP for the last two decades, wants to inspire people to transform their health and happiness by making small, sustainable lifestyle changes.

He also hosts the most listened to health podcast in the UK and Europe, ‘Feel Better, Live More’, one of Apple's most downloaded podcasts. His mission is to empower 100 million people to become the architect of their own health and to help them feel fantastic with simple, practical and digestible information.

As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.

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Welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast. This week we are re-releasing this episode with the incredible Dr. Rick Hanson.

Throughout August I have a break from recording new episodes to reset, take a breath, and reconnect with the family. During this period, we re-release the most downloaded episodes from the past 6 months.

Dr Hanson is a world-leading psychologist on topics such as happiness, relationships, and motherhood. His first book over 20 years ago was called Mother Nature, which he wrote after seeing the emotional and physical toll of motherhood on his wife.

I’m SO excited for you to listen to this episode because we discuss:

-      Why it’s so hard as mothers to get our needs met

-      Why we think our needs don’t matter and how conditioning influences that

-      How to advocate for your needs and why it’s so important we do so

This episode came out in January 2023 and we received 100s of messages and comments saying how much you loved this episode. So much resonated with me too.

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Hi everyone and welcome back to The Motherkind Podcast. I’m so happy you’re here. This moment episode is a re-release with writer and spiritual teacher Rupert Spira.

Rupert said something I can’t stop thinking about since our recording, he said that:

The most important thing we can do as parents is to model how we handle emotions and that that's way more powerful than anything we could ever teach or say.

I think you’re going to really enjoy this moment episode. As always we continue the conversation over on Instagram @zoeblaskey

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Welcome to this week’s episode on the Motherkind Podcast, which features the incredible Dr Zoe Williams. She is a GP, Author and This Morning’s resident doctor.

I absolutely loved this episode because Dr Zoe was so honest about her own experiences of motherhood, how lonely she felt in those early months and why she found herself thinking I just can't do this.

We also talked about:

• How she thinks we need to change how we care for Women's Health in postpartum
• Tips on how to advocate for our own health and get the most out of a doctor's appointment whether that's for us or our children
• Her incredible new book for teenage girls which I absolutely love

I hope you love this episode as much as I do. If you do love it, please share it with your mum friends or pop it in your group chats.

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Louis Weinstock is a Child Psychotherapist who works with children and the child inside us all. For over 20 years, he has been guiding children and grown-ups through some of the toughest challenges life can throw at us – loss, trauma, divorce, burnout and breakdowns.

In this moment episode, we talk about how to help your child navigate body confidence issues.

I hope you love it!

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Welcome to our community episode, where we feature mothers from our community to talk about their highs, lows, challenges and everything in between in motherhood.

This week we speak to Emma, whose story is one of a lot of heartache and loss. We often don't talk enough about navigating matrescence whilst you're experiencing grief. I hope you find comfort and inspiration in Emma's words.

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Welcome to this week's episode on the Motherkind Podcast, where we chat with the incredible podcaster and author Lorraine Candy.

She is a journalist for pretty much all my favourite magazines, including Sunday Times Style, and she recently gave it all up to create her podcast – Postcards from Midlife which celebrates and supports midlife women. She's also written a book about it which is absolutely brilliant.  

This episode is about:

• Why we need to understand better the changes that happen to us hormonally, emotionally, and spiritually.
• Why we HAVE to commit to self-care and the importance of showing it to our children
• The surprising mental changes we go through during the peri, pre and menopause stage

Ultimately, Lorraine says we shouldn't wait for these changes to come as a surprise; instead, we should be prepared so we can thrive instead of just survive. 

I hope you love this episode.

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Welcome to this week's moment episode of the Motherkind podcast. I am so happy you are here. Thank you for pressing play and listening.

This week features a clip from my episode with Cathy Rentzenbrink, who is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Last Act of Love. She also has a new book out called Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page.

Cathy is so poignant in how she reflects on her journey as a mother.

Yes, this episode is about writing and journaling and its profound power to support us as we wind through this path of motherhood, but it is mostly about self-compassion.

I hope you listen to it and it helps you remember to connect to that kinder voice within you. The part of you that knows you are ok, it’s ok, and it’s all going to be ok.

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Welcome to our community episode, where we feature mothers from our community to talk about their highs, lows, challenges and everything in between in motherhood.

This week we speak to Hannah, who is a mum of three boys and she talks about how she faces three huge life changing events in her life. 

I loved Hannah, I loved her energy and I loved her insides. I hope you love this episode too. 

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We have such a good episode for you today, it’s with Jess founder of Nurtured First (formally known as Our Mama Village).

She is a registered psychotherapist and a mum of three, and in this episode, she shares:

-      How hard she found it going from two to three children

-      How to cope when you're not coping

-      What to do when we just feel

I think you'll love this one, and if you do, please send it to anyone going through that transition in your life right now, maybe from one to two children or two to three or maybe even three to four. Let’s help mothers feel less alone and feel more normal and validated.

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Welcome to this week's moment episode of the Motherkind podcast. I am so happy you are here. Thank you for pressing play and listening.

This week features a clip from my episode with Dr. Megan Rossi, who is a registered dietician with an award-winning PhD in gut health. A leading Research Fellow at King’s College London.

We talk about gut health and how your family's microbiome is shaped. Do you know the importance of your gut health? I hope this episode answers that for you.

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Welcome to our community episode, where we feature mothers from our community to talk about their highs, lows, challenges and everything in between in motherhood.

I'm chatting to Debra this week, who shares how she was blindsided by motherhood and how she overcame anxiety and intrusive thoughts to feel quite differently today.

**Trigger warning** If you think hearing about intrusive thoughts is more harmful to you than helpful, please skip this one.

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Debra can be found on Instagram @roar_birthing

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This week's episode is with Dr Serena Rosa, a doctorally prepared women's health nurse practitioner and founder of postpartum Dr. Her mission is to change the narrative around postpartum and motherhood- showcasing that it can be beautiful, expansive, transformational, and healing.

In this episode, we discuss postpartum because that is Dr. Serena's specialism. However, this episode goes beyond that, and we chat about:

• The pressures we put on ourselves as mothers and how to be much much kinder to ourselves.
• Where does the drive to 'do it all' to be productive, and why do we find that drive so hard to reconcile once we become mothers?
• The incredible brain changes that happen to us when we become mothers and how it explains why we feel so drastically different.  

I really hope you love it – it's a great one to listen to, even if you're beyond the postpartum days of motherhood.

Episode mentioned:

Joanna Fortune - How to profoundly connect with your child (in just 15 minutes a day)

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Welcome to this week's moment episode, where we chat with Lisa Olivera. She is an author, therapist and mum. Her work centres around radical acceptance, cultivating compassion, and integrating our stories and full humanity.

Lisa answers my question of how do you still grieve and do your healing work during the busyness and intensity of motherhood?

I hope you love it.

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Welcome to our community episode, where we feature mothers from our community to talk about their highs, lows, challenges and everything in between in motherhood.

I'm chatting to Jenny this week, who shares why she wishes ALL mothers could be told about matrescence at their first midwife appointment.

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***Trigger Warning*** We discuss graphic intrusive thoughts, so if hearing that experience might be more harmful than connecting for you, please skip that bit. It's about 10 minutes in.

 This week we have the incredible Donna Lancaster back on the show. You love her first episode, so I hope you'll love this one even more.

Donna has worked as a coach, a group facilitator and a therapist for more than 30 years - I cannot tell you how much I respect Donna and her work. 

This is one of those episodes it's going to make you think, it's going to make you cry, and it's going to put a lot in perspective.  

Donna talks about:

-   Forgiving herself for how she was in the early years of her children's lives.

-   How much she struggled in those early days, including experiencing some pretty graphic intrusive thoughts

-   How allowing herself to grieve unlocked so much healing and forgiveness 

I'm so excited for you to hear this one. Please share this episode with any mums you know who might be struggling and need Donna's wise, warm words of hope and compassion.

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This is an incredible episode with Tobi Asare about re-thinking work-life balance. Tobi is an author, mum of two, speaker and founder of My Bump Pay, an online platform to help women smash the glass ceiling with a baby on the way and beyond. Her debut book The Blend, released in March 2023 is a guide to navigating a successful career whilst raising a family.

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Welcome to our community episode, where we feature mothers from our community to talk about their highs, lows, challenges and everything in between in motherhood.

This week we chatted to Kelly. Kelly is a mum of two, and she shares in this episode:

- How challenging she found the transition to motherhood

- How perfectionist and critical she was self

- How when she connected to her own childhood to what was going on for her when she was younger that she was able to transform everything in her motherhood

Kelly is incredibly honest in this episode, and I appreciate her vulnerability.

Kelly is also really special to Motherkind, as I coached Kelly a few years ago, and she found the experience so transformative that she quit her corporate job and retrained as a coach herself. Now Kelly is the first-ever Morhwekind associate coach, which is really exciting. You can book with her here: https://www.motherkind.co/kelly-schedule-1-1

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Thank you so much for your gorgeous feedback on our first-ever episode last week with Amy. So many of you contacted me to say you love hearing from Amy.

You felt seen, you felt validated, less alone and more connected, and that is exactly my intention with this episode.

I really hope you love this new format, and if you’d like to come on the podcast, then please email: [email protected] with your story.

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Welcome to this week’s episode with Lucy Jones. She is an investigative journalist, award-winning author and has just written a new book called Matrescence.

Matresence is one of my favourite words and subjects ever. It describes the process of becoming a mother - the confusing discombobulating cocktail of emotions that happens when we transition from woman to mother. All the physical, emotional and spiritual changes. A bit like the transition from teenager to adult.

Listen to hear about:

-   What matresence means and its anthropological roots

-   Our position as a mother in today’s society and how it’s geared to be against mothers

-   Why we need more support in society and Lucy’s thoughts on how we can receive that

If only all mothers knew this word, I think we would have found it so much easier to be kind to ourselves, knowing it’s meant to be a bumpy journey.

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This week's Motherkind moment is with the incredibly Terri Cole, a licensed psychotherapist, global leading relationship expert and author of the best-selling book Boundary Boss.

Terri’s mission is to empower as many people as possible to stop living out learned boundary behaviours that don’t serve them.

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Welcome to the first ever brand new community episode on Motherkind. 

I get messages from you about your lives and your journey in Motherhood - and I find these messages SO inspiring, helpful and connecting. I can’t keep them to myself anymore. 

So I’ve decided to pilot a series where I interview YOU, mums in the community, for 6 episodes. 

This week is Amy. Amy is a solo mum to her 5-year-old daughter.  We talk about:

• Navigating anxiety and perfectionism in motherhood
• How she struggled with a really hash relationship with herself 
• Shares how she overcomes all of the above

Amy is SO wise and funny, and I loved interviewing her. 

I really hope you love this new format, and if you’d like to come on the podcast then please email: [email protected] with your story. 

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Hi everyone, and welcome to this special Father's Day. It's Father’s Day here in the UK on the 18th of June, and I am so excited to share this episode with you.

My guest is Bodé Aboderin (AKA Papa B). He is a writer, speaker, businessman, and stay-at-home dad. His wife is the amazing Candice Brathwaite, who has also been on the podcast.

Listen to hear about:

• What he used to believe being a man meant: earning more, not showing his feelings and having this impenetrable mask of masculinity.
• How hitting rock bottom led to a breakthrough of totally transforming how he sees his role as a man and a father.

This episode is incredibly powerful, and I hope it's one you will share with the men in your life. I sent it to my husband, Guy, within minutes of recording - urging him in all caps to please listen.

I really hope you enjoy this father's day special episode.

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This week's Motherkind moment is with the amazing Laura Brand. She is a mum of 2 and the author of 3 incredible books. Her newest book is called 'Slow Down and Be Here Now'. A gorgeous book about nature and how it can help us slow down and be more present.

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An exciting podcast announcement from Zoe and team Motherkind. We're launching a new bi-weekly episode in addition to our main episode on a Thursday and Monday moments. These episodes will feature YOUR stories, Q&A with Zoe and so much more.

We hope you love the upcoming episodes as much as we do.

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***Explicit - we talk about eating disorders - if this is a negative trigger for you, please pass on this one***

I'm SO excited about this week's episode; it's with funny, wise and kind Louise Boyce (AKA Mamma Still Got It). When Louise asked to come on the podcast, I knew I wanted to dig deeper and learn about the woman behind the little hands and how her experience of motherhood and life have shaped who she is today. 

We talk about her experiences: 

• The modelling industry and her eating disorder 
• What her matrescence was like (Her transition into motherhood) 
• How she found true confidence in herself 
• What she really thinks about social media 

And so much more. I think you're going to really love this episode. 

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This Moment is with Dr Nicole LePera (you might know her as The Holistic Psychologist).

Dr Nicole is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book How To Do The Work and the recently released Bestselling How to Meet Your Self Workbook. She is the creator of the #SelfHealers movement and founded SelfHealers Circle, the first virtual self-guided healing membership where members in over 100 countries are joining together to heal in community. She is the host of the weekly ad-free podcast SelfHealers Soundboard with over 5 million downloads.

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So many of our Motherkind community are being diagnosed with ADHD, wondering if they have ADHD or may be curious about it. I asked Dr Samantha Hiew, a leading voice and expert on ADHD for women, who was diagnosed herself aged 40 right after the birth of her second child. 

We talk about: 

• Why there is a huge rise in ADHD diagnoses in women 
• What are the characteristics of ADHD for women
• How does ADHD intersect with Motherhood 

But most importantly… I ask her whether it’s neurodivergence or the stress of carrying the mental load of motherhood.

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This week’s Moment is with Beth Berry. Beth is a coach, author of Motherwhelmed and mother to four daughters. She says we can’t afford to pretend to love motherhood. Not this version of it. The version that has us raising our kids alone in our homes, disconnected from one another, immersed in a culture of judgment and perfectionism under the allusion that we are the ones who can’t get our act together. I hope today's Moment inspires you this week.

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Paul Morgan-Bentley, author of “The Equal Parent” and dad to his three-year-old son, he welcomed into the world via surrogacy with his husband, Robin. As a gay dad, Paul found himself in a unique position as he took on primary caregiving and felt sick of all the praise he received for doing the basics. He saw how mothers were carrying the labour of childcare and asked why parental care is so unequal in households across the country. Is it biology? Gendered stereotypes? or something else? 

This episode dives into that very question. Plus: what needs to change in workplaces, how fathers can reach the same levels of oxytocin as mothers and what allomothering is.

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In this week’s Moment, I speak Clare Seal. Clare is a mother of two and the creator of the My Frugual Year Instagram account. She is also the founder of the Financial Well-being Forum and author of Fives steps to financial well-being, the amazing book Stylist magazine says is the book we all need to read. I hope you too find this Moment helpful.

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I think this week's episode will speak to your heart. Lisa Olivera is an author, therapist and mum. Her work centers around radical acceptance, cultivating compassion, and integrating our stories and full humanity. 

We chat about:

• The power of tuning into ourselves
• What we can learn from being confronted by motherhood
• What is healing
• When we don't have the capacity to tend to our needs
• What Lisa wishes someone had told her about motherhood

Her words and story have always spoken to me. I hope you love this episode.

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This Moment is with author Melissa Urban. Melissa is a seven-time New York Times best-selling author who specialises in helping people establish healthy boundaries. I recently read her book The book of boundaries: set the limits that will set you free. I loved this book so much, and hope you find this clip from our chat super supportive.

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*** Trigger warning - the topic of baby loss comes up in this episode ***

This week we are doing something a bit different on the Motherkind podcast. Kate Ferdinand host of the podcast Blended is in the interview seat speaking with grief expert, loss author and CEO of the charity The Mariposa Trust (widely known by its primary support division ’Saying Goodbye’,) Zoe Clark-Coates MBE.

Zoe Clark-Coates has lost five babies, but her ability to take the positives and honour life from these experiences is so inspiring. She shares some great advice and tips from her book 'Pregnancy After Loss', including how to prepare for scans, coping mechanisms for stress and managing the joy and the fear of being pregnant after loss.

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We love this week’s Moment with Michaela Thomas. Michaela is a senior Clinical Psychologist, CBT psychotherapist and author of The Lasting Connection and she shares some powerful wisdom in this clip.

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This is an incredible episode with Tobi Asare about re-thinking work-life balance. Tobi is an author, mum of two, speaker and founder of My Bump Pay, an online platform to help women smash the glass ceiling with a baby on the way and beyond. Her debut book The Blend, released in March 2023 is a guide to navigating a successful career whilst raising a family. 

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why It is both normal and ok to feel like you’re not doing anything right when you first return back to work and try to balance it all
• You’re not a failure and mothers bring SO much to the table in the workplace - why you need to be less hard on yourself
• How to negotiate with your partner like you would your boss

I hope you love it.

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This week’s Moment is with Dr. Becky Kennedy. She is a clinical psychologist, social media superstar, mum of 3, and Founder of the brilliant parenting platform Good Inside.

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Terri Cole is a licensed psychotherapist, global leading relationship expert and author of the best-selling book, Boundary Boss: The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen, and (Finally) Live Free.

Terri’s mission is to empower as many people as possible to stop living out learned boundary behaviors that don’t serve them. The techniques, tools and strategies that Terri shares teach people to align their choices and behaviors with their most authentic self so they can be liberated to live happy, healthy lives. Terri has a gift for making complex psychological concepts accessible and actionable.

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This Moment is with Dr. Maryhan. Dr Maryhan is a groundbreaking psychologist and parenting expert, as well as a mother of two. For over 15 years she has been supporting children, teens, and young adults struggling with managing their emotions, low confidence and anxiety.

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Louis Weinstock is a Child Psychotherapist who works with children and the child inside us all. For over 20 years, he has been guiding children and grown-ups through some of the toughest challenges life can throw at us – loss, trauma, divorce, burnout and breakdowns. He is also co-founder of Apart of Me, a multi-award-winning charity that guides children on their journey through loss and trauma. His book - How The World Is Making Our Children Mad, And What To Do About It, was recently published by Penguin. His work has been featured on the BBC, ITV, and in the Guardian newspaper. He lives in Manchester with his wife and daughter.

Link to charity Apart of Me https://www.apartofme.app/

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This week’s Moment is with Paul Carrick Brunson. Paul is a relationship expert and matchmaker known as the ‘love doctor’ and ‘real-life Hitch’. He is also a television host, serial entrepreneur, and author. Paul was chosen as the World’s Most Influential Matchmaker by the Matchmaking Institute and currently co-hosts Married at First Sight UK and Celebs Go Dating on UK’s Channel 4.

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I am really excited to bring you this week's episode with guest Reshma Saujani. Reshma is best known for the organisation she founded called Girls Who Code. It is one of the most influential nonprofits in the world and it has introduced millions of women to coding and the tech industry. During the pandemic, Reshma found herself with a 3-week-old and a pre-schooler trying to run her organisation and look after her family full-time. And that's when she broke. She says she spent the last 10 years telling girls to lean in and fight to get to the top; however, after her experience parenting and working during the pandemic, her message changed. Find out what she now has to say during this powerful episode.

Reshma's Ted Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC9da6eqaqg

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Oliver Burkeman is a best-selling author, keynote speaker and for many years he wrote a popular column for the Guardian, which you may have heard of, 'This Column Will Change Your Life'.

Oliver shares with us positive psychology that can help us overcome the overwhelm, make better choices and build a more meaningful relationship with time.

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This week's guest is Dr. Emma Svanberg. Dr Svanberg is an award-winning clinical psychologist, speaker and campaigner specialising in attachment, trauma and perinatal psychology. co-Founder of Make Birth Better CIC and Founder of the Psychology Co-operative, Emma aims to make psychology more accessible and question some of the assumptions we make about parenting, children, families and the world we live in. Throughout her work, Emma aims for parents - and all humans - to learn that the best solutions come from within.

Her new book is Parenting for Humans. This book and Emma's work are all about us as parents. She teaches us in the episode how to explore with compassion and understanding what we bring to our parenting journey and how we can use that to gain confidence to parent our children and ourselves.

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My sponsor this week is Athletic Greens. I love AG1. I take it every morning when I’m making the girls breakfast.

AG1 has over 7k 5* reviews and I can see why. It’s a supplement with 75 ingredients and its special blend is designed to support gut health, nervous and immune system, energy, recovery, focus and even aging. It’s one of my non-negotiables. It tastes quite nice and while I’m drinking it I’m reminding myself I’m worth looking after and that I can only be the mother and person I want to be in the world when I look after myself.

We are grateful to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this episode of the Motherkind podcast.

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This Moment is with Lauren Currie OBE. Lauren is the founder of Upfront and she is on a mission to change confidence for 1 million women by the end of 2023. She is also the trustee and chairperson for the incredible charity, Pregnant Then Screwed. And in 2017 she was awarded an OBE for her service in design and diversity.

I am so excited for you to listen to this Moment. I believe as mothers we all need more confidence in ourselves, in our dreams, and in our ability to mother exactly the way we want to.

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This week's guest is Rosey Davidson. Rosey is an author, speaker and founder of Just Chill Baby sleep, an infant sleep consultancy supporting families to get better sleep. Rosey is a mum of three, and the sleep consultant of choice for many celebrity parents. 

She is extremely passionate about making sleep information accessible to all parents and offers a range of resources including her award-winning online courses, 1-2-1 consultations, her new book, Just Chill Baby and her free resources. Rosey is interested in all aspects of health and takes a holistic approach to well-being – maternal & paternal mental health, fitness and mindfulness are areas of particular interest. She is a campaigner for childhood for the NSPCC and aims to support and empower parents everywhere. 

Just chill baby website and Instagram.

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This Moment is with Dr. Becky Kennedy. She is a clinical psychologist, mom of three, and founder of the incredibly popular Good Inside.

When she first started out, she practiced a popular behavior-first, reward-and-punishment model of parent coaching. But after a while, something struck her: those methods felt awful — for kids and parents. So she got to work, taking everything she knew about attachment, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and internal family systems theory, and translated those ideas into a new method for working with parents.

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This week’s guests are the comedy legends that are the Scummy Mummies - Helen Thorn and Ellie Gibson.

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn joined forces to become The Scummy Mummies in 2013. They have since gone on to produce an award-winning podcast, a sell-out touring comedy show, a popular book, and their own range of merchandise. They have an ever-growing social media presence, with more than 160,000 followers on Instagram.

I have followed and loved them for a long time, and was delighted to have this opportunity to speak with them on the podcast.

I hope you love this epiaode.

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It’s one of my non-negotiables. It tastes quite nice and while I’m drinking it I’m reminding myself I’m worth looking after and that I can only be the mother and person I want to be in the world when I look after myself.

We are grateful to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this episode of the Motherkind podcast.

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This Moment is with health and science journalist and mother of two, Chelsea Conaboy. Chelsea has done 1000s of hours of research into the science of what happens to your brain when you become a parent. What she finds is quite incredible, and it is all in her new book, Mother brain, how neuroscience is rewriting the story of motherhood.

I hope you find this Moment supportive, and if you want to catch the full episode, click here.

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Trigger warning

This episode comes with a warning about birth trauma and recovery. Please give it a miss if you think it might be hard to listen to.

I speak with the incredible Illiyin Morrison. Illy is an author and mother of two. She is also a midwife, specialising in postpartum recovery and care, facilitating birth debriefs. Illy supports couples and birthing parents as well as non-birthing parents with an awareness that perinatal trauma affects all parties. 

This episode is about the importance of being able to process our early motherhood and birth experiences. This period can be our most traumatic and transformational, and it is so important to feel listened to, validated and understood.

There is so much gold in this episode and one you will want to share.

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This Moment is with Rebekah Borucki. She is the author of You Have 4 Minutes to Change Your Life: Simple 4-Minute Meditations for Inspiration, Transformation, and True Bliss and Managing the Motherload: A Guide to Creating More Ease, Space, and Grace in Motherhood.

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Recorded live at The Baby Show with Lidl GB.

The Baby Show is the UK's largest and most popular pregnancy, baby and parenting event where Motherkind was the official podcast sponsor.

I was lucky enough to sit down on stage with a packed audience to speak with Kate Ferdinand. She is mum to Cree and step-mum to Rio Ferdinand’s 3 children.

She is also the author of How to build a family out on the 11th of May and the children’s book The family tree out on the 8th of June. I highly recommend her podcast Blended.

In this live episode, we talk about:

• Her pregnancy
• Building a blended family
• How she lost herself in motherhood
• What advice she wishes she had
• How she’s learned to be kinder to herself in motherhood

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My sponsor this week is Athletic Greens. I love AG1. I take it every morning when I’m making the girls breakfast.

AG1 has over 7k 5* reviews and I can see why. It’s a supplement with 75 ingredients and its special blend is designed to support gut health, nervous and immune system, energy, recovery, focus and even aging.

It’s one of my non-negotiables. It tastes quite nice and while I’m drinking it I’m reminding myself I’m worth looking after and that I can only be the mother and person I want to be in the world when I look after myself.

We are grateful to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this episode of the Motherkind podcast.

Visit https://athleticgreens.com/motherkind to get a FREE year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase.

Motherkind is the official podcast partner for The Baby Show with Lidl GB 2023. It is the UK's most popular pregnancy and parenting event and is back for its 21st year at ExCel London.

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This Moment is with Brooke Lightstone. Brooke is a family energy healer, a women’s spiritual guide and meditation teacher and author.

Brooke speaks beautifully about working to heal women and mothers. For me, she is the absolute epitome of grace, calm and wisdom and I really enjoyed our conversation. 

I hope you find this Moment supportive, and if you want to catch the full episode, click here.

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This episode is with author Melissa Urban. Melissa is a seven-time New York Times best-selling author who specialises in helping people establish healthy boundaries. I recently read her book The book of boundaries: set the limits that will set you free. I loved this book so much - I just had to get her on the podcast.

Motherkind is the official podcast partner for The Baby Show with Lidl GB 2023. It is the UK's most popular pregnancy and parenting event and is back for its 21st year at ExCel London from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th March 2023. Use this LINK to get your ticket for just £16.

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This Moment is with Kimberley Wilson. Kimberley is passionate about the power of psychology to transform lives. She is a Chartered Psychologist, author and visiting lecturer working in private practice in central London.

I hope you find this Moment supportive, and if you want to catch the full episode, click here.

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This week I have a joyful guest for you. It is Laura Brand. She is a mum of 2 and author of 3 incredible books. Her newest book is called Slow down and be here now. A gorgeous book about nature and how it can help us slow down and be more present.

I loved this conversation. Especially how honest Laura was. She reminded me about how messy, imperfect, joyful, hard and wonderful motherhood is.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THIS WEEK’S SPONSORS

My sponsor this week is Athletic Greens. I love AG1. I take it every morning when I’m making the girls breakfast.

AG1 has over 7k 5* reviews and I can see why. It’s a supplement with 75 ingredients and its special blend is designed to support gut health, nervous and immune system, energy, recovery, focus and even aging.

It’s one of my non-negotiables. It tastes quite nice and while I’m drinking it I’m reminding myself I’m worth looking after and that I can only be the mother and person I want to be in the world when I look after myself.

We are grateful to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this episode of the Motherkind podcast.

Visit https://athleticgreens.com/motherkind to get a FREE year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase.

Thanks to Explore Learning. Explore Learning are the leaders in personalised learning. They help children learn at a pace and level that is unique to them using an adaptive curriculum. Tuition is available in 95 Ofsted-registered, vibrant learning centres throughout the uk or online at Explore Learning. If you want to help your child unlock the joy of learning then you can save £50 at Explore Learning from 14th - 25th of February. Go to Explore Learning.

Motherkind is the official podcast partner for The Baby Show with Lidl GB 2023. It is the UK's most popular pregnancy and parenting event and is back for its 21st year at ExCel London from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th March 2023. Use this LINK to get your ticket for just £16.

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This Moment is with Matthew Fray. After Matt’s wife came to him and asked for a divorce, he began a journey of self-reflection to understand what went wrong. He wrote a now-viral article called My wife divorced me, because I left dishes by the sink, and then a best-selling book called This is how your marriage ends.

What he learned is incredible. And I think pretty life-changing stuff. He saw that what happens in most relationships, particularly in relationships of good people who really do love each other, is that we engage in a series of small habits and dynamics that over time, erode safety and trust.

I hope you find this Moment supportive, and if you want to catch the full episode, click here.

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I am in awe of anyone who can take on life’s challenges and turn them on their head. This week’s guest, Megan Rose Lane, embodies that courage. Megan is a spiritual mentor who empowers women to break through fears and limitations by harnessing their inner power and aligning with their soul truth.

She knows courage well - the courage it took her to face and heal from her life-threatening eating disorder, to leave a relationship when it wasn’t working, to get out of debt and buy her own home, and to face a financial mistake she made last year that almost cost her everything.

I hope this episode leaves you feeling a little bit more courageous, even if just by 1% more, and a little bit braver no matter what that might mean to you.

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