The Irish Mummy Podcast | Work Life Balance

Today we will be talking about how grief can cause so much change in our life for the good if we embrace it and how it can really simplify our life. We go into how our lives have changed because of grief by looking back in hindsight. Simplification has increased greatly because of grief and helped us practice minimalism, which has given us more space and time to focus on the things that matter in...

We want to talk about the importance of progress and how progress IS actually perfection itself. Sometimes you may lose it with your kids or not be very reasonable and this can often be traced back to whether things in the home or in your own life are organized. We discuss why simplification in life can improve things in the home and with your family, helping you become more organized and thus pro...

On today’s episode we talk about how you need to give yourself permission to dream. Rosie explains that she has big dreams, but also has to factor in giving our kids the best life we can give them. We discuss the type of vision you can have in your head and how you need to sometimes keep it to yourself to avoid being attacked, or avoid the negative people spouting their opinions. We talk about the...

Today we are going to be discussing how to be future focused, grateful in the present, and taking small steps consistently. There is a saying we discuss that says there are three things you need for a happy and great life: Something to hope for, someone to love, and something to do. “You can’t hope for a better past, but you can hope for a better future.” 6:38. We discuss the importance of setting...

In today’s episode we go more in depth about what Rosie does, why she created The Irish Mummy, and how everything came to be. She tells about where she was in life leading up to our business, and then answers the question of why she started a business while she was pregnant. Rosie tells about how creating, coming up with ideas, and following through with them has really helped her to feel alive. W...

We have spoken about minimalism throughout our journey in fragments on different episodes and have decided to share with you the importance it has played in our lives. We go over the principle of minimalism, why you should consider it, and the changes it can have in your family’s life. When you’re not double or triple handling things because you’ve got too much stuff, you will have so much more ti...

Today we’re going to talk about authentic goals, writing our goals down, and affirming our goals. Setting authentic goals means setting goals that are catered to you. Setting goals just to set them or because someone else has those goals/wants you to have those goals will rarely bring you results you desire. You also want to get other people involved in your goals setting, mainly if you struggle s...

On today’s episode we will be organising your chaos with Sarah Reynolds from Organised Chaos, a company that provides organising services for your home and business. At the beginning of the pandemic, people needed something to do while stuck at home, which is where Sarah has come in, helping people declutter and improve their living spaces. She tells us about what she calls “the work zone,” which...

Today we discuss the progress of our home and at what point we are right now. Elaine has done some pretty incredible things with our home and the ideas she comes up with have really blown our minds. We talk about our experience we’ve had while getting this home done and how things started out one way, but have changed throughout the whole process and our excitement with the home. We’ve been able t...

On today’s episode we have a very special guest. We’re going to be discussing an open minded open house with the lovely Emma Healy from @_thelakehouse_ on Instagram. Emma and her husband have built a beautiful dream home next to a lake, which has gained a lot of attention. She explains why they ended up creating an open house and the benefits it has provided for her family, such as being able to m...

There are three words we can say to our children which can negatively influence them and in this episode we give 3 tips to counteract them. These tips include catching yourself saying the words, how to simplify your life so you don’t say the words, and getting accountability for saying the words with your partner. Kids ask for all kinds of things and often we are required to tell them “no,” which...

Today we have with us from House by the White Thorns, Sarah Battle, who’s a mother, wife, and interior stylist. She has 5 kids, ages 5, 4, 3, and two 6 month old twins, which tends to gain attention from people, given that they have 5 kids that are all under age 6. We discuss different ways to keep the kids busy and whether it’s best to have them inside or send them outside to play. We also talk a...

In this episode we discuss why it’s important to to believe in yourself to set a good example for your kids. You can’t teach or instill something in someone else that you do not practice yourself and parenting is the one thing we do in life that has an intergenerational, long term impact. We discuss the direct impact we can have on our children’s belief and confidence in themselves through our own...

Every parent deals with fussy eaters and faces the problem of figuring out what to feed their youngest child, so in today’s episode we have the founder of Mummy Cooks and author of “Mummy Cooks Baby and Family Recipe Book; Cook for Family, Adapt for Baby,” Siobhan Berry. She tells us what her meal plan is for her own baby and how we can avoid spoiling our baby, keeping things simple and giving the...

Today we discuss mummy overwhelm and the 3 ways you can minimise it. The first point we go over is foolproofing our home, such as emptying out all of our bottom cupboards and making dangerous things in drawers inaccessible. The second point we discuss is establishing routines, making it easier to organize a repeat process that everyone can follow, helping them to know what to expect. The third poi...

In this episode we talk about how mums can take care of the different aspects of their health and start off with exercise and the method we use to make sure Rosie gets her exercise without being interrupted by the kids. Lately, along with exercise Rosie has been focusing a lot on skincare and minding the wrinkles she’s started to get in recent years. She uses various skincare products, and then ma...

Today we talk again with Raquel Neto about what we can do pre pregnancy to really put your body in the optimal health for fertility and falling pregnant. Some people are infertile and there isn’t much they can do to change that through nutrition, but Raquel tells us the nutritional influences she looks at in a person when trying to help them be more fertile, such as their weight. We go over the di...

We have built a business, we now have a business, are building a new business, and we would like to share with you how we got to where we are today. “You don't create a service or product and bring it to the market and tell people to use it. You go to the market and you look at what people’s needs or problems are, and then you create the solution.” 8:16 So many business owners out there are willin...

Today we meet with Nutritionist Raquel Neto and discuss never giving up and trusting your mother intuition. She had a great pregnancy for the first 5 months with her daughter, but then some complications came and the doctor suggested she get an abortion. She and her husband decided not to give up and press forward, meeting with other doctors until they found one who could help them. We talk about...

On today’s episode we are joined by our guest and principal architect at Mcquaid Architects, Elaine Mcquaid. We discuss how to find an architect and the initial design brief. She tells us how she got started and why she went into architecture, and then we talk about our history of how we came to our current situation. Elaine talks about how you can work with an architect and the best things you ca...

In this episode we go over tips to help you in your goal setting and the things that are important for 2021, and avoiding the traps of guilt and shame attached to resolutions and things like that. We talk about setting goals that aren’t going to completely drive you away after a short period of time, but keep you around, such as if you like swimming and hate running, set a goal to get exercise thr...

Today Rosie tells how she lost 11 Kilograms in just 4 months and we go through her diet, exercise routine, mindset, and affirmations. We talk about the specialist Rosie met with and how she wanted to have Rosie weigh herself once a month to get an accurate measurement of how much she has actually lost instead of seeing the fluctuations that happen from water weight. She changed what food she ate,...

In this episode we talk about the perfect gift to give yourself and your family, and that is the gift of giving and service. Sometimes as parents we can get carried away with giving to our children and we give too much because of the way it makes us feel. We talk about what service means to us and how service is the ultimate thing that will bring people joy, but it has to be selfless service where...

Today we discuss the period of time when your little boy starts moving away from mum to dad and starts to think he doesn’t need mum anymore. We tell about when our boys started separating from wanting mum all the time to wanting dad instead. It was a gradual process, but our boy, Ezra, got to a point where he stopped calling for mum and only called for daddy. Rosie explains how instead of reacting...