The Irish Mummy Podcast | Work Life Balance

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...

Our date nights are once a week, but they can so easily not happen when you have your own children, so we wanted to talk about what date night could look like. For our date nights Adam will often get Rosie flowers to keep things fresh in our relationship, and then we suggest getting any to-do list items done before you go, like putting your kids to bed, so that you aren’t worrying about them while...

Today we have our first Aussie guest, Jen Butler, early parenting consultant and she’s here to speak to us about the circle of security. Jen tells us that she wanted to start helping early parents after she experienced her own troubles and difficulties in figuring out how to be a parent at the beginning. We discuss the Circle of Security, which is used to connect parents with their children and he...

Today we’re talking about boosting your confidence after a hard and seemingly mundane day. Often Rosie will ask herself if she’s done enough for the day, or if she has made a difference in the world and we discuss how she helps herself feel like she did well. We discuss our morning routine in getting the kids ready and how we deal with the craziness, and then talk about the influence we have on ou...

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...

Today Adam and I wanted to discuss something that many people take for granted, including Adam, who used to really not make it a priority in his life, but now can see how important it is for progress. Our bodies are designed to react according to our situations and if we’re constantly stressing ourselves out, everything will be off, such as our appetite or ability to sleep, and so on. Rosie’s main...

Today we are met with Roseanna Ruane, mother of Saoírse, and she tells us the amazing story of her daughter’s experience dealing with osteosarcoma, and how strong she has been after losing her leg. Roseanna talks about how her daughter’s diagnosis and trial have affected her, and what she has gone through as the mother of someone struggling with cancer. She tells us about wanting to have another b...

We have been working together for 6 years and during this time we’ve gained a whole new perspective on one another that we didn’t see before, and we wanted to share these things with you today. Adam will do this funny thing where he makes it seem like he’s paying attention to what Rosie is saying when really he has no idea what she just said, but Rosie is “allergic” to the dishwasher and sometimes...

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...

In this episode we are going to be talking about I am not for everyone and you are not for everyone, which is a subject we’ve wanted to talk about after discussing people’s differences and varying approaches to life and creative energy. We discuss why some people might feel they need to adapt and change themselves, and then why it is important to keep being yourself and not compromise who you are...

Tim Ferriss wrote a great book called “The 4-Hour Workweek” and today we wanted to discuss how we have incorporated some of those principles in our own business. We talk about maximizing our time and getting the most out of what we are doing, streamlining any task to do what is most important and efficient. Rosie has spent a lot of time reaching out to other business women to research and find out...

Today we have with us the owner of The Nurture Nest, Claire Fulton, and we’re going to be discussing HypnoBirthing and how it works. We talk about why people are turned off toward Hypnobirthing, and then what it actually means, which Claire explains is just giving birth without adding any of the extra things people do to “improve” child birth. Modern thinking is that we need to be in a hospital an...

It’s the off-the-cuff remarks that people make regarding you that you’ve absorbed for years which gives you your own perception of how others see you, and that’s what we’re going to be talking about today. We talk about the things people can label you as, bringing up Rosie’s past when she was known as one who liked to talk, she was often labeled as a blabber mouth or chatterbox, which had a negati...

On today’s episode we’re going to talk about why forgiveness is important, how you can do it in a simple way, and the impact it can have on your life if you do it regularly. “Holding on to grudges is like holding hot coal in your hand, thinking it’s hurting someone else, but it’s only burning yourself.” 0:48 We discuss how to start on the path of forgiveness by first creating a list and visualizin...

Today we’re going to talk about following the painful path to having a perfect family with Caroline Stewart. She started off just wanting to be a dental hygienist, but changed her mind and decided to pursue that course further and become a dentist. This put off having a family and she was able to finish school, but lucky for her she was also able to get pregnant pretty quickly after her and her hu...

In this episode we talk with our great friend and mentor, Seth Risenmay, who helped us get started on our business path. From the beginning Seth saw a lot of potential in us, even though we had a lot to learn and a lot of distance to go in our progression, and he did an amazing job of just encouraging us to achieve our goals. Working toward a common goal really helped Seth as a mentor as well as u...

We have Fiona Carroll with us again today to tell us about her unique journey through motherhood. She tells about her experiences in giving birth and how having miscarriages has affected her life. Losing a child is a heavy thing for a parent to deal with, but even so Fiona has given her lost child a name and has even felt the guidance and support of her child through the following years. We talk a...

Rosie wrote a handwritten letter and dropped it and a little gift to someone’s house, and then that person responded and just loved receiving a letter that was hand written. Letters to My Sisters is a weekly letter to which people can subscribe, that Rosie sits down and writes as if she’s going to be saying something to her sister. Being your authentic self is what will make you real friends and b...

In this episode we are talking about how to subtly reduce your children’s toys without them noticing. Often as parents we will impulse buy toys for our children because it’s rarely planned out, which can lead to a lot of clutter in the home. We talk about what we’ve done to organize and the things we tell our children, such as saying that we put those old toys in storage so it can put them at ease...

Today we meet with award winning holistic health coach who specializes in women’s hormonal health, Katie Bressack. We discuss raising children along with maintaining your health as a woman, including how Katie handled things postpartum. Katie tells us about some frustrating things that can and have happened to her in the hospital and how she handled it. Getting the right nutrients and having the c...

Today we meet with Camille Walker and discuss the issue of screen time for your kids and how to change how your family approaches the devices that hound our modern day culture. She tells us about the positive effect cutting back on screen time has had on her 4 year old son, and then gives us the 5 things to work on for mental health, which are: 1) Focusing on health with what we eat 2) How much sl...

On today’s episode we’re talking about money and does it change you? If you earn your money, then you will definitely have to have grown as a person and be able to handle it, but if you are given the money or win it, you often will struggle with it. Most people don’t go on to create money, they just want to earn money because they don’t know how to handle or create boundaries to hold the commitmen...

Today we have with us Dr. Laura Froyen from the balanced parent podcast and we discuss the importance of holding a Yes Day with your children and how you can go about that. She gives us two different ways we can go about doing a Yes Day, number one being planned out with ground rules and you tell your child when the day is coming. The second option is a lot more internal and kept to yourself. Your...

On today’s episode we’re going to talk about how adult conversations can prove very frustrating for your children. We discuss how and why children can sense when your attention is suddenly turned away from them and to your spouse, which causes them to immediately seek you out and interrupt what you’re talking about. There are certain things we as parents will do to divert the attention of our chil...

In this episode we discuss what it’s like to be and live with a busy mum and we go over some of the key questions that she’s used to mentor lots of busy mums and help them understand what they do and why it’s important to them, and this will help you with your work/life balance. Rosie asks the important question: Why are we working? And she says this is the question you need to be asking yourself....