The Irish Mummy Podcast | Work Life Balance

Today’s episode is all about how Rosie homeschools 5 children. We thought for a while that we were going to enroll our kids in school, but we found this amazing school here that allows them to do everything online and their content aligns with so much that we want for the kids. We’re doing a co-op with other parents and kids so we can swap skills and knowledge, which has been an amazing and very i...

We have lost a lot of weight these last 3 months, Rosie having lost 15 lbs and Adam losing 27, and we wanted to tell you about it. Moving country brings up a lot of issues and keeps you very busy, so eating became very simplified and we ended up eating really simply or eating out, and fully committing to a diet was really hard with all the moving around. We followed this program called Metapower a...

Rosie drank alcohol up until about 5 years ago and she used to have this fear that if she quit alcohol she wouldn’t be able to celebrate, and she also used it as a comfort, like a glass of champagne would bring her comfort. She didn’t realize that having a glass of wine was associated with unwinding or relaxing and was very habitual, but when she finally quit drinking, she went through quite a hea...

We like the routines we’ve created with the kids and something we have noticed as we’ve done this is your kids will hold you to your routines if they enjoy them, but they will push against you if they don’t enjoy them. Our kids have a lot of funny little things they like to do like hide candy from us, but we’ve encouraged them to always tell the truth even if it’s something that might get them in...

Our anniversary was in August and Adam said he was going to plan something for the anniversary. We are a little too busy with kids to be able to do anything or go anywhere exotic, but Adam did a really great job and we wanted to share what we ended up doing. Adam got two amazing teenage girls to take care of the 4 older kids, and then a friend of ours came and took Elijah away with her, so all the...

We feel like every time we have moved, we’ve been faced with a new situation and trials, which in the end has increased our commitment to each other. There’s a big importance for intimacy and how much value we put into it in marriage because we have found that as we have put a lot of focus and energy into this aspect of our lives, we have developed greater fulfillment, satisfaction, and confidence...

We’re finally back after a long Summer break from our podcast. We’ve spent all Summer moving and getting settled into our new place here in the United States, so we decided to just take a break from recording and wait for a good window to open up again where we could go back to the podcast with ease, so finally here we are. We discovered there were some big adjustments after moving here, such as t...

On today’s episode we’re talking all about Summer travel tips with kids. We forgot to check our kids’ bags before we got to the airport and realized once we got to security that two of our kids had scissors in their bags, which weren’t allowed on the flight. Our kids were also able to get copious amounts of sugar during the flight as they would often wait until we weren’t looking/paying attention,...

This is our 250th episode and a new season of our podcast because we’ve taken a bit of time off, which was our first time ever to take time off from the podcast. We hope you’ve enjoyed all the reruns we did and now that we’re back, we’re going to be sharing with you more fun Irish Mummy episodes and about how things are going here in America. We’ve been in the States for about 2 weeks now and thin...

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 have with us a child sleep consultant, Erica Hargaden from Babogue Sleep Solutions. She has developed a great online sleep program called The Sleep Series which has helped people across 17 different countries. She tells us where her journey started when she had her son who struggled with various health issues, keeping both himself and her awake at night. Eventually, she was able to get cr...

On today’s episode we have a very special guest, Stephanie McMahon, another business mum that Rosie met and has gotten to know. When they first met, Rosie got the feeling that something was wrong after she acted a certain way while trying some of her oils, and that’s when they started talking about loss and Stephanie opened up about losing her brother. We discuss the hard time she had getting preg...

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 are talking about all things women’s fitness with special guest Uxue Gomez, who was Rosie’s physical therapist in Portugal. Women have to think about exercise differently than men because they’re built differently and experience varying degrees of energy depending on where they are at with their cycle and have to take into account this dynamic when getting into fitness. Uxue tells us one...

Today we talked 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...

In this episode we speak with Kristin Andrus, or Chief Culture Officer on the @kristinandrus Instagram page, and she tells us all about her family business, how it started, and what she’s doing right now. We talk about how mothers generally dictate what mood the kids are going to be in and how much influence or power they have to change how the children are behaving. Kristin tells about how she ke...

Over one year since her heartbreaking diagnosis of a terminal tumor, Alannah is proving that life is worth fighting for and she tells us her story of fighting cancer. She talks about the beginning stages of her illness when she didn’t realize what she had, and shares a story about what it was like to have a seizure and lose her memories for a short time, and the whole process of learning about her...

We’re doing another throwback episode today with 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 monitor and always know where her kids are, who in turn always know wher...

"Today we’re doing a throwback episode with Sarah Battle from House by the White Thorns, 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...

We start this episode by talking about the different feelings and emotions that really impact mums. Every mum experiences frustration or overwhelm due to the nature of motherhood and the responsibilities that come with it. Sometimes you forget to communicate with your spouse about your own needs, which in the end can be hindering your mental health like if you’re not getting enough sleep. You can...

On today’s episode we’re talking all about how to detox from drama and some fun and simple steps to eliminating it where possible, and if you have to live with it, how to identify and work around sources of drama in your life. There are various forms of drama that will distract you from what you’re trying to accomplish and being able to deal with it quickly and effectively will keep you in a produ...

Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Mary Gamble, the Director of fundraising and communications at Barnardos Ireland, whose mission is to help transform children’s lives through their services, support parents, and challenge society where it fails our children. We learn that more people are dealing with food poverty than many might believe after Mary tells a story about two boys fighting o...

For anyone that’s been following us, this might be a little bit left field, but we want to tell you how we came to this decision and what it’s going to look like for us. Recently we have been feeling a draw toward Utah where we’ve received a lot of mentoring, and then it’s also where the headquarters of Doterra is located, which is our main source of income. We’re planning on going and just taking...

Everybody experiences high levels of chaos at some point in time with your children. It can be multiple times a day, it could be later on. As a mum, you develop a really low tolerance for drama, so one thing you get really good at is if your kids try to bring up drama or situations get dramatic, you just don’t tolerate it. It’s the same thing for chaos and you want to create enough order that your...

Normally when you get up in the morning, it’s more stressful to try and fit everything in, and when that stress comes into you, you kind of feel like you’re running out of time. Because Rosie has a cluster feeding baby, she tries to go to bed early, which then will give you more time to set aside in the morning to get things done and prepare for when your kids wake up. If your kids have school uni...