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Doula Lauren Mishcon and women’s coach Nicole Goodman, hosts of the Self Care Club podcast, join me this week to talk about, you guessed it, self-care. Lauren and Nicole have tested 100s of self-care tools and practices, they live the practices and then report back on the results. I’m so excited for you to hear this episode. You are going to learn: What self-care is and isn’t The self-care practic...

This moment is with the wonderful Laurie Gerber. Laurie is a well-known coach in the US, specialising in the Handel Method, an approach that teaches people how to realize their personal and professional visions. It is even taught at some of the US’s top-ranking universities. In this clip, Laurie shares about the power of modeling to our children and how we must understand our lineage and where we...

Today’s guest is health and science journalist and mother of two, Chelsea Conaboy. She was part of the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer prize–winning team for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and more recently has worked as a magazine writer with bylines at Mother Jones, Politico, The Week, the Boston Globe Magazine, and others. Chelsea has done 1000s of hours of research into the science of what ha...

This week’s clip is one from way back in the archives. It is with the incredible Suzy Reading. Suzy is a mum of 2, and a Chartered Psychologist specialising in well-being, stress management and self-care. In this clip, Suzy talks about: Why self-care should not be stressful Why one-size fits all does not work How to access your own, bespoke totally right for you self-care ideas I hope you enjoy it...

In this week’s episode, 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. YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN: Why so many of us struggle with our relationship with money Why havi...

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm, connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This moment is from a brilliant episode I recorded with Patty Wipfler. She is the founder of Hand-in-hand Parenting and has been leading the way in conscious parenting for over 30 years. There is so much authority and wisdom in her words. She reminde...

I have an incredible episode for you today. My guest, Dr. Galit Atlas, is a psychoanalyst, clinical supervisor in private practice in New York City and a leader in the field of relational psychoanalysis. She has published three books for clinicians and numerous articles and book chapters, including Her New York Times publication “A Tale of Two Twins” which was the winner of a 2016 Gradiva Award. H...

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm, connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. If you have followed me, the podcast, or my work for a while, you will know that I’m deeply passionate and interested in cycle-breaking - understanding what our own childhoods were like, what were the messages we received and what beliefs did we pick...

Hey everyone, welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast, the show that's going to help you navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother with more confidence and clarity and self awareness. So if I say the word manifesting to you, what do you think? Only thinking positive thoughts or maybe your mind turns to the secret, you know, that best selling book in the 80s? Well, my gue...

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm, connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Today’s Moment is with well-being expert Richie Norton from an episode back in July 2021. We all know what is good for us. Why is it so hard to actually make these things stick? I think about this all the time. I don't think we have a knowledge issue...

Hey everyone, welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast, the show that's going to help you navigate the massive challenges of life as a modern mother with more confidence and clarity. This week's episode is all about relationships. That is what we're going to be talking about with the brilliant author Matt Fray. So you think you're a good person, you genuinely love your partner and you try...

Welcome to the last in this very special series - the Toddler Milestone Moment Series - which is created in partnership with my friends at Baby Annabell. Baby Annabell is the UK’s #1 nurturing doll brand and is passionate about sharing the power of role-play to support toddler milestones. This last episode in the series is with the brilliant Lucy Wolfe - psychologist and sleep expert.   Listen to...

Recently I was on holiday and I saw at least three women around the pool reading the book, Four Thousand Weeks, time management for mortals by Oliver Burkeman. Turns out the average person only has 4k weeks on earth. It doesn’t sound like much does it? That made me decide to read the book and I loved it. Oliver Burkeman is a best-selling author, keynote speaker and for many years he wrote a popula...

Welcome to the third episode in this very special series - the Toddler Milestone Moment Series which is created in partnership with my friends at Baby Annabell. Baby Annabell is the UK’s #1 nurturing doll brand and is passionate about sharing the power of role-play to support toddler milestones. This third episode in the series is with the brilliant mum of two and child nutritionist Charlotte Stir...

This week’s guest 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 judgement and perfectionism under the allusion that we are the ones who can’t get our act together. Beth Berry is a coach, author of Motherwhelmed and mother to four daughters. This episode...

Welcome to the second of this very special series - the Toddler Milestone Moment Series which is created in partnership with my friends at Baby Annabell. Baby Annabell is the UK’s #1 nurturing doll brand and is passionate about sharing the power of role-play to support toddler milestones. In this second episode, I am speaking with Dr Martha who is a clinical psychologist. We will cover lots of tip...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Motherkind podcast. I am so happy you are here. Thank you for pressing play and listening. This week’s guest is Dr. Becky Kennedy. She is a clinical psychologist, social media superstar, mum of 3, and Founder of the brilliant parenting platform Good Inside. You are going to learn so much from this episode. I guarantee this is going to make your parenting life...

Welcome to the first of this very special series - the Toddler Milestone Moment Series which is created in partnership with my friends at Baby Annabell. Baby Annabell is the UK’s #1 nurturing doll brand and is passionate about sharing the power of role-play to support toddler milestones. In this first episode, I am speaking with Dr. Nneka Ikeogu She is a child and educational psychologist and the...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Motherkind podcast. I am so happy you are here. Thank you for pressing play and listening. As you may know by now, through August I take a break to re-charge and reconnect with my family. This month I release our most popular episodes over the past six months. Next week I’ll be releasing all new episodes. This week is with the amazing nutritionist, Rhiannon La...

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 wonderful Dr. Tara Swart. She is a neuroscientist, medical doctor, and author of best-seller ‘The Source’. In this short clip, we talk about the power of journaling. If you know me, you know I love journaling. It is...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Motherkind podcast. I am so happy you are here. Thank you for pressing play and listening. As you may now by now, In August I take a break to re-charge and reconnect with my family. This month I release our most popular episodes over the past six months. In honour of children’s mental health week back in February, I spoke with Dr. Anne Lane about raising emoti...

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 from an episode in March 2021 with the incredible Dr. Nicole Le Pera. You might know her as the Holistic Psychologist. Dr. Le Pera is someone I have personally learned a lot from. I find myself recommending her book How to do...

Welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast. I am so happy you are here. Thank you for pressing play and listening. Throughout August I have a break from recording new episodes to re-set, take a breather and re-connect with the family. We do however over this period re-release the most downloaded episodes from the past six months. And this week’s is brilliant. It is with Jess VanderWier who...

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 moment is with the incredible Dr Julie from a longer episode which we released back in June. If you haven’t listened to that full episode, then please do. Unsurprisingly, it is one of our most popular episodes so far this year. In this clip,...

I am so excited about this episode. This week’s guest, Dr. Sophie Brock, says that to connect with the authenticity of who we are we first have to deconstruct who the world expects us to be. Isn’t that so powerful? She literally has a PhD in motherhood. She is a motherhood studies sociologist. This episode is such a brilliant follow-on to last week’s episode with Dr. Rick Hanson. If you haven’t li...