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Send us Fan Mail Mim Jenkinson, mother of two small children, is a digital content creator and the author of “Less Wine, More Time” . Her mission is to help overwhelmed women create empowering habits that lead to a life they love. When she isn’t writing or juggling her energetic kids, Mim spends her time watching reruns of Outlander, reading books and listening to podcasts. Find out more about Mim...

Send us Fan Mail As we've recently passed the four year mark since Nicholas died, I thought I'd share my reflections on grief and whether I think my grief will last forever, based on a blog post I wrote last year. I feel like there were big differences in my grief over the first couple of years, but the shifts have been less significant over the past 12 months. What do you think - will y...

Send us Fan Mail When surgery to remove a brain tumour came with complications that required six months in hospital recovering and left her blind, Karen McCarthy had to work out what was truly important in order to keep going. In this episode, we discuss how her blindness has impacted her life, career and family, how she's gathered strength and support, and the adventures she's had along...

Send us Fan Mail Given I'm going to be talking about him a lot in future episodes, I thought I was only fair that I introduce you to my husband of 17 years, Ben Love. In this episode, I ask Ben the tough questions about what he finds hardest about marriage, what he likes the best and what he thinks is the secret to a happy marriage. It gets a little bit smooshy in parts, but hopefully gives y...

Send us Fan Mail The third episode in our 'Love Family Trilogy' background series. Nothing can ever prepare you for the death of a child. In this episode, I introduce you to our beautiful son, Nicholas, and share what unfolded from when he first started getting sick, his admission to hospital through to his death three weeks later. It's a very raw, rough and vulnerable episode, but...

Send us Fan Mail The second episode in our 'Love Family Trilogy' background series. On 9th September 2013, our eldest son Sam was diagnosed with Leukaemia when he was five years old. In this episode, I give you a rundown on how we discovered Sam had leukaemia and what life looked like when he was going through treatment. Thankfully Sam is now a healthy, thriving 11 year old and we can lo...

Send us Fan Mail The first episode in the 'Love Family Trilogy' background series. Discovering that our third baby would be born with Down syndrome was one of the most difficult times in my life and in our marriage. In this episode, I share why we decided to have prenatal testing and all the tough questions we had to face through the pregnancy. Despite it being a very difficult period of...

Send us Fan Mail Here we are at the very first episode of The Mummalove Podcast! Let's call this one Episode 0 as we set the scene. In this introductory episode, I will give you a bit of background on who I am and the inspiration behind the podcast, as well as share the plan for what's coming up on the show in future episodes. Thanks for joining us on this quest to keep finding joy. In t...