The Wiki Mama Takeover

This episode is a game changer. Clare Willets is our incredible guest today. She is the founder of Not Only Pink or Blue , a business set up with the goal to create a world that doesn't stereotype children from birth. Clare is a speaker, UN delegate and coach, providing corporates, parents and school with courses that inspire the creation of inclusive cultures, and encourage communication with...

My fabulous guest today is also my business coach and mentor, Mills Gray . Mills has been there and done that when it comes to running a business and has 15 years behind her running successful companies in areas including travel, wellness, retail and coaching retreats, and she loves to see other women thrive in business. What Mills doesn't know about the retail and ecommerce space is not worth...

This week my fabulous guest is the Ginge Unhinged, Victoria Hardy. Victoria shares her journey living with severe endometriosis as a teen, the taboo around periods as a child and the lack of support and knowledge at this time in the 90's. She endured countless operations to remove cysts and eventually her diagnosis at age 19 led Victoria and Mr Ginge to start a family, in their early twenties....

50% of todays marriages end in divorce or separation, which means it's very likely that 50% of my lovely audience and listeners out there are currently in a space of having already separated, or have thoughts and intentions to end their partnership. Lockdown has caused so much strain on relationships, as we know. And horrifyingly there was a significant increase in domestic violence at this ti...

In the height of Barbie-mania, I am joined by fabulous Clare Willets, founder and CEO of Not Only Pink and Blue to discuss the new Barbie film, and it's best and worst points. From my initial view that the film had moved the needle with regards to gender stereotyping and opened up the issue of patriarchy for all to see, I am now not so sure. Clare has some incredible points to make in this sho...

Today we are joined by an incredible guest, Odette Mould MBE. Odette is the founder of Harrys Rainbow, a charity set up to support bereaved children in Milton Keynes and surrounding areas. Odettes passion stems from her own tragic story of loss. Her son Harry lost his life when he was only five years old, following a short illness with asthma. What started as shortness of breath soon became more s...

Today special guest Natalie Costa, founder of Power Thoughts coaching, joined me in the studio to support you and I, and our children through the emotional transition of starting, returning to, or moving schools. Natalie explains the anxiety our kids might experience, the reasons why, and what we can do and say to support them. We get tips on how to deal with bed time crying and anxious school run...

In this episode I am basically holding space for us parents to feel all the emotions we need to feel when our kids go back to school, start school, move schools and all that goes in between. This year my littlest goes to school for the first time, so its the beginning of a new chapter, and the end of one too. And in truth I'm mourning the loss of having a little one, a preschooler, a baby! So...

Zoe was always a confident and energetic teen, hugely into acting and Am Dram, then a series of set backs in her uni years knocked her confidence to the ground. This is a brilliant episode which encourages all of us to hold on tight to our passions and to trust that what is meant to be will be, at the right time, as Zoe shares how one chance connection with a friend changed her whole life's pa...

Such a great conversation with the lovely Kirstie Watson, Milton Keynes based, Children's Book Author and entrepreneur. Kirstie shares her story from childhood when she first recognised her love and talent of story telling and explains how the pursuit of a "proper" degree and corporate job distracted her for a short while from her true passion for writing. However, we learn that all...

Wonderful powerhouse Shalom Lloyd joins me to share the origins of her business Naturally Tribal. Her incredible raw shea butter formula is helping communities across the world, giving job opportunities to women in Esan and relieving cancer patients and those with severe skin conditions. Her incredible products are now available in Harrods Beauty, and her brand new Paw Patrol collaboration with Pa...

Corinne's super interesting story from being grief stricken and inactive, to taking one small step at a time, to being able to lift weights and run 16 times around the Mill field. She shares how her journey into exercise helps her battle deep rooted anxiety from childbirth trauma, and the oncoming of health anxiety during covid. Corinne explains to us that getting fit and healthy is possible f...

This eye opening episode with Heena, founder of thriving Etsy business Mummys Bubble, busts the myths around the Hijab, the role of women in Muslim society and highlights how our organisations and constructs marginalise Muslim communities, to the detriment of mental health. Heena supports the charity Mind with the sales of her amazing felt ball home decor products, is a writer and poet and uses al...

Fancy a date night? Need child care for guests children at an event or wedding. Going away for the weekend, or need regular weekly childcare?? Wonderful Simone joins us to share her 20 year history of foster caring and nannying in London, and how this led her to create a wonderful business that supports families, helping them find the perfect nanny to support their bespoke needs. We cover the obvi...

Helen shares her battles with severe anxiety, panic attacks and health anxiety, and bravely recounts the root causes of her diagnosis, from childhood trauma, losing a parent, and growing up in an era when talk therapy and opening up about our feelings was not the done thing. Helen takes us on the journey from physical and mental burn out to building the Slow Down Collective - a business that helps...

Hannah has built HK Hair & Wellness , a beautiful, sustainable, eco focussed and inclusive salon in the heart of Furtho Manor Farm. In this episode we hear about Hannahs journey and huge career switches. She details the ups and downs of running her salon while struggling to get pregnant, and then caring for a premature baby and a young child. Having to give up the salon and move her business i...

Personal Brand Strategist, marketing and International Style Coach, Janine Coney joins me live on Stony Radio to share the ups, down, twists and turns of life and career, navigating divorce, bereavement, motherhood and marriage to finally find her passion. Janine helps others find their unique brand and unlock their superpower by building their profile, increasing visibility and elevating their im...

Susie Robbins who runs her business Resolve to Play, teaches us why our children behave the way they do, what they are crying out for when they seek to be naughty or acting out, and how her experience and techniques can restore not only good behaviour in our children, but also how this improves the relationships among all the individuals in the family. Super interesting, Short and sweet... we need...

A fabulous listen. Reiki Master, Victoria of Deeper Awareness shares her incredible life changing story from working in high paid corporate settings, to running her own business. We discuss her touching story of how she overcame serious challenges to find a place of self love and inner peace. How she came to learn reiki and how this practice can support men, women and children (even pets) to achie...

Functional Medicine expert, Liz Sergeant explains how the pressure to ignore our hormones as teenagers has contributed to our raging hormones as older women, and how we can take responsibility now for our awful symptoms of brain fog, PMS, night sweats, feelings of depression and hopelessness and all the other miserable symptoms we experience we have as we edge towards our menopausal years. Before...

Such an interesting episode with Osteopath, Susie Burgess who has seen some alarming changes to the physical health of her clients since the lockdown. Susie explains some of the detrimental effects of working from home, how the increased use of tablets and devices in our children are reducing the natural dexterity of their hands and provides some awesome tips on how we can regain the physical well...

Susie smashes head first into her brand new radio show. This is basically her intro to the show and what shes all about.