Motherkind

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.  Psychologist Dr. Alison McClymont joins us to share her tool for helping you process life's challenges. She explains why shame is the core reason we can develop difficult beliefs about ourselves and how we can help our children reflect and come to terms with negative experiences. For more pow...

When it comes to the mental load it can be very easy to feel like our partners aren't dragging their weight, and so often this results in feelings of resentment towards them. So this week we've brought in the incredible Dr. Morgan Cutlip to give us her best advice on how we keep those feelings at bay. Dr. Morgan is a mental load and relationships expert who joins us to show us the best ways of app...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.  In today's Moment, Mel Robbins shares her advice on what to do about worrying. She explains why we shouldn't get consumed by the 'what-ifs', and why it's crucial that we believe in our children's abilities to face their own fears. For more powerful insights from Mel Robbins listen to the full...

Guilt has become so normalised, so prevalent in motherhood that it even has it's own name: 'Mum Guilt'. We don't talk about 'dad guilt', or 'person guilt', or 'human guilt', so why should we allow guilt to stop us feeling like the amazing mothers that we are? In this special solo episode, Zoe shares one of her biggest passions - freeing us from unnecessary guilt. Listen to this episode to learn tw...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Maisie Hill joins us to help us find ways towards a calmer motherhood. She explains what our stress responses are, how to see the warning signs, and what we can do about it when we're feeling overwhelmed. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of endless e...

On last week's episode with Dr. Alison McClymont we touched on birth trauma, and the response from the community has been staggering. So many of you have shared your stories and it's been heartbreaking to read about what so many of the community have endured. So this week we are re-sharing this incredible conversation with Illiyin Morrison which we hope will be supportive. Illyin is a midwife and...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.  This week Ferne McCann teaches us about the power of responding rather than reacting. She shows us why we shouldn't be surprised when our kids react differently to situations than we might, how we can become aware of our triggers, and why we should keep things simple when our anxiety is catch...

This week's guest is the accredited psychologist Dr. Alison McClymont who bridges the gap between complex psychology and straight forward advice. Dr. Alison shares her signature 'Extract-Express-Reflect' method, which helps you process and come to terms with challenging experiences. If you enjoyed this episode, please check out Zoe's conversation with Dr. Gordon Neufeld, which gives even more advi...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.  In this episode, Megan Rose Lane encourages us to understand our self-worth. She shares her story of how motherhood unlocked her self-belief and why it's crucial for us to have a strong sense of self-worth if we're asking our children to do the same. For more powerful insights from Megan Rose...

*** Trigger warning: This episode deals with bereavement and cancer, so please be mindful of that before hitting play. Confidence is absolutely vital in our lives and especially in motherhood. It's essential for so many situations, and for us to feel good about ourselves. But how are we supposed to develop it? This week, we have the incredible Holly Matthews joining us, an expert on confidence who...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.  The incredible Michaela Thomas shares advice on silencing our inner critic. We hear why self-compassion doesn't mean we'll form bad habits, how being kind to ourselves is healthy for our families too, and why we shouldn't worry if our self-critic comes out from time to time. For more powerful...

Today we are tackling something that doesn't get spoken about enough: anger. For mothers, it's a taboo subject - something to be swept under the carpet. But what we need to understand is that anger is a very normal reaction to stress. So what are the tools we can use to manage our feelings when anger takes over? In this episode, Zoe talks us through the in-the-moment strategies we can deploy when...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead.  Seven-time New York Times best-selling author, Melissa Urban, joins us to discuss how we can set healthy boundaries. Melissa shares why people don't have the right to your time whenever they please, why being open about your boundaries can be a sign of trust for others, and how we can accept...

Do you ever snap at your kids without meaning to? Or struggle to say 'no' without feeling guilty, or even push down your feelings until you feel like you'll explode? Then this episode is going to help you so much. The amazing Maisie Hill returns to talk about her new book 'Powerful: Be the Expert in Your Own Life', which is all about stress hormones. Maisie teaches us how to know what our stress r...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Psychotherapist and best-selling author, Anna Mathur, joins us to talk about how we can live life more fully when we address uncomfortable truths. We hear why it's crucial to understand that there are things out of our control, and how accepting our fears can give us freedom from them. Click H...

We've hit Sober October and some of you might be thinking about doing it. So in this solo episode, Zoe shares what's she's learned from being 10 years sober, some helpful tips for those of you giving it a go, and why stopping drinking for a bit can lead to an easier life in motherhood. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of endless expectations’ and gain ac...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. Zoe is joined by TV host and life-coach, Paul Brunson, to share how we can maintain healthy relationships with our partners in parenthood. He explains why equity is the secret to happiness, and why making an effort is always crucial. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to t...

Our guest this week is the incredible Ferne McCann: reality TV star, mother of two, and co-founder of the UK's number one mental health platform, Shoorah. This is a conversation that'll really inspire you. She talks about how having children has transformed her, how she's learned not to react but to respond, and why she doesn't believe in 'gentle parenting' but in trusting ourselves so much more....

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week Peanut CEO and founder, Michelle Kennedy, joins us to talk about how motherhood can often lead to us feeling invisible. She examines why mothers can feel unseen and unappreciated and how to overcome it. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of e...

We're celebrating because today marks the Motherkind Podcast's 500th episode! It feels like an unbelievable milestone but it's important to take to time to celebrate and reflect because otherwise life can just rush by. So in this episode, Zoe looks back on 500 episodes of Motherkind and asks: what are the 5 most life-changing ideas she has learned over the seven years of doing the podcast, and wha...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week clinical psychologist Dr Martha Deiros Collado joins us to discuss how we can make sure we're on the same page as our partners when it comes to parenting. She shares why the best teams are comprised of people with different skills, why parents should set aside regular times to discus...

This week we very pleased to bring you a conversation originally recorded for the Slo Mo podcast with Mo Gawdat. The episode got a lot of attention upon its first release, and it is brilliant to discuss motherhood with a man and to hear a father's perspective. We discuss why the modern world is not how we should be raising our children, the statistics proving mothers are working harder than ever,...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week, Zoe sits down with life coach Tamu Thomas to talk about why managing our time can help us achieve a more peaceful motherhood. She shares why it's important to do less and be more intentional, how you can identify and give your attention to the important things in life, and why we sh...

Today's episode is a special one because it was recorded live, in front of an audience, at Fearne Cotton's Happy Place Festival - and it was amazing to record a podcast there. Our guest was the incredible Anna Mathur, psychotherapist and best-selling author. We chatted about her new book, 'The Uncomfortable Truth. This is a must-listen if you're someone who has a tendency towards anxiety, if you'r...

Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week, founder of Holly & co. and Not On The High Street, Holly Tucker, sits down with Zoe to talk about how mothers can find time look after themselves, as well as their families. She discusses why it's important ditch the mum-guilt and find time for the things you love, how small hab...