More Than Mama

I am SO thrilled to welcome Amanda Ruggeri to the podcast. Amanda is an award-winning journalist, editor, and photographer with a passion for storytelling that bridges cultures and perspectives and I had a huuuuuge fangirl moment over this chat not just because of her incredible career and how smart she is, but the AWESOME work she does myth busting and exploring science in understandable terms to...

Something a little different this week - my very first solo episode! - not long after my eldest has turned 4, and I look back over my two cesaerean section births. I know c sections receive a lot of negative press so I am always anxious to reassure women they can also be truly beautiful birth experiences. Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions and/or discussion of trying to conceive, redu...

Oh my god I loved chatting to Alex SO much. This has to be one of my favourite ever motherhood conversations. In this episode I’m chatting with Alexandria Maria Wombwell-Povey @iamalexandriamaria who you may know as a passionate entrepreneur, mindset coach, and motivational speaker and from her features in Forbes, the Telegraph and BBC radio and host of the podcast It's Upgrade Season. Her instagr...

An unusual episode this week because this is a chat with a very special guest, Melissa Wells... from when I interviewed her back in 2018! I thought it was something that needed a re-release because in our motherhood era, we need to be kind to our post partum bodies, to heal from the societal pressure to 'bounce back' or look a certain way, and to pour that energy into things that fill us up. In th...

This week we're chatting to the absolutely fab Elizabeth Willetts. After being made redundant during the pandemic, she founded Investing in Women, and she has since written her first book, Flex, which is now available for pre-order. In this episode we discuss her journey, tips for returning to work, Elizabeth's personal story of feeling like she lost herself and her confidence during 4 years of fe...

It was so lovely to have my wonderful friend Becky McCann on the podcast this week! Becky, who stepped back from a magic circle law career to be a stay at home mum raising 3 amazing children, chats all things motherhood and marathon, as she recently ran 10 half marathons in 10 weeks raising money for the children of Gaza and is now training for the London Marathon 2025 (her second marathon but fir...

In this episode I chat to Eloise Rickman, and I LOVED having this conversation. Eloise is is a parenting educator, author of two brilliant books, children’s liberationist, home educator and course creator and leader known for her work in children’s liberation and rights-based, peaceful parenting. Through this work she has guided so many families around the world and she raises absolutely fascinati...

*CONTENT WARNING* In the wake of the Huw Edwards sentencing news, I (and the woman bravely sharing her story here) decided it was really important we share this now. Anonymous discovered her husband was a paedophile following a 7.30am police raid at their house. Together they had a 3 year old daughter. She was also pregnant with her 2nd at the time. Despite thousands of downloads of indecent image...

This week we're chatting to Rebecca Raisin , bestselling author and mum of twins! Her uplifting, often inspiring, sweet romance novels with unique, often quirky and super relatable heroines are the perfect way to escape the mundane and armchair travel to gorgeous locations around the world (and for any book lovers, lots of them have bookish / literary themes and bookshops!) Stay tuned for a giveaw...

In this special episode (PART 2 of 2) we dive deep into a topic that will be on so many people's minds as it is NICU awareness month, with the incredible Naomi Southern-Augustine. While ultimately this story has an incredible ending against all the odds with Wren continuing to thrive to this day, I want to include a trigger warning here for anyone not feeling in a space to listen to this story tod...

In this special episode (PART 1 of 2) we dive deep into a topic that will be on so many people's minds as it is NICU awareness month, with the incredible Naomi Southern-Augustine. While ultimately this story has an incredible ending against all the odds with Wren continuing to thrive to this day, I want to include a trigger warning here for anyone not feeling in a space to listen to this story tod...

In this episode I chat with Suzanna Clark, who ditched a 6 figure salary and career at one of the world's largest investment banks JP Morgan to build her dream life in Bali and support other high achieving women to do the same (even if they have no idea what they want to do or what business to start!) Suzie Clark is an entrepreneur and founder of the Female Leadership Collective, retreat host, pod...

I was honoured to chat to Shayla Christine of @heyshayla for this episode, as she had literally just given birth to her THIRD BABY, a beautiful son (after two daughters!) named Colford, and was about 3 weeks postpartum and rocking up to record from her newborn bubble (albeit less of a bubble third child round!) all the way from Minnesota, US. Shayla is a mom of 3, YouTuber, content creator, influe...

Female pleasure, sex toys, and orgasms, oh my! Seriously though, what a woman, what a business and what a chat. Can't wait for you to hear this incredibly insightful and empowering episode, Female pleasure, sex toys, taboos & female founded business with SheSpot Co-Founder Kalila Bolton. In this episode we have an incredible guest who is making waves in the world of women’s wellness, sexual he...

What an episode to kick off this first series of More than Mama! In this episode I chat to the lovely Carly Rowena, one of the OG instagram fitness influencers, personal trainer, entrepreneur, app founder, 1:1 mentor, retreat host and more, known for her raw honesty from fitness + body image to pregnancy + parenting, birth + babies, relationships + sex… and to top it off, she’s just the nicest hum...

Welcome to More than Mama: the podcast for every type of mum, where we'll be diving into all things motherhood and beyond. In this short trailer I go into the 'why' behind the name, and how there is no 'just' about being a mum. Instagram: @themorethanmamapod + @brionywrites More than Mama - the podcast for every type of mum where we dive into all things motherhood and beyond - the highs, lows and...