Unfollowing Mum

On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about her experience with neglect as a child and why growing up with narcissistic parents makes that so difficult to reconcile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks toxic shame and how we can parent our children without shame with therapist & parenting expert Maggie Nick who is known online as Maggie With Perspecticals. You can find Maggie at : https://instagram.com/maggiewithperspectacles and https://www.tiktok.com/@maggiewithperspectacles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode host Harriet Shearsmith talks with Dr Emma Svanberg, clinical psychologist and author of Parenting for Humans, about generational trauma, cycle breaking parenting and reparenting yourself. You can find more from Emma at: Instagram: https://instagram.com/mumologist Buy her brilliant book "Parenting for Humans" https://amzn.to/3FaLKyP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks to Jemma Wilson about her lived experience with an alcoholic mother and growing up raising her younger siblings as a teenager. You can find Jemma at https://instagram.com/roseandhoneyphotographer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about the comments she receives from estranged parents across social media and WHY that happens?! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode host Harriet Shearsmith speaks candidly with author of An Adoptee's Journey: Letters of my life Gaynor CherieAnn about her experience growing up as an adoptee in a toxic family dynamic with a narcissistic mother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode host Harriet Shearsmith talks about public figures and the impact they have on the societal perception of estrangement and the conversations surrounding it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

on this episode host Harriet Shearsmith speaks to psychotherapists Helen Villiers and Katie McKenna who specialise in working with adult children of narcissistic parents, healing the effects of parentification and emotional abuse. You can find Helen on instagram & tiktok via @liberationhelen or on facebook with Liberation Therapy and you can find Katie on instagram and tiktok via @katiemckenna...

On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks to Elspeth Van Der Hole about her experience with childhood trauma, toxic family dynamics and surviving estrangement following the death of her father. You can find Elspeth at: https://instagram.com/elspethfit https://www.elspethillustrates.com/ http://www.elspethvanderhole.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this special Mother's day episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about the grief and guilt that surrounds estrangement during holidays, especially days celebrating parental days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks to the brilliant Abbey Williams (MSW,LSW) about the importance of community, estrangement grief and breaking the cycle as a parent. For more from Abbey, you can find her at: Instagram: https://instagram.com/youthemother Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/youthemother Her website for coaching & support: https://youthemother.com Hosted on Acast. See aca...

On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about the lack of self in adult children who are raised by narcissistic and toxic parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode host Harriet Shearsmith chats to Helene Rabbitt about her lived experience of estrangement from alcoholic and abusive parents. Lived experiences are a cornerstone of Unfollowing Mum pod, there is comfort in shared experience and knowing that you are not alone. Helene discusses how she found the strength to cut ties with her abusive, alcoholic parents and how childhood trauma has im...

On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks to mentor and self worth coach Michaila Tyson about the Motherwound. They discuss reparenting yourself, mothering without a positive role model and what it means to do the shadow work involved in healing from a dysfunctional or toxic dynamic with a mother. You can find Michalia and her work: Instagram: https://instagram.com/iammichailatyson Tiktok: ht...

On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about the legality behind cutting off toxic grandparents and talking to children about estrangement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about gratitude and whether that is something that we owe our parents, what scapegoating means and why it's used and asks why is it so hard for parent's of adult children who have cut them off to hold themselves accountable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the first episode of Unfollowing Mum, a podcast for cycle breakers by someone who gets it. In this introductory episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about how Unfollowing Mum came into being, shares some of her story, addresses the importance of talking about taboos and looks at what estrangement really means. Remember, whatever you're going through, you're never alone. Hosted on Acas...

A podcast for cycle breakers by someone who has been there, who has navigated estrangement, toxic family dynamics and generational trauma in a digital age where setting boundaries has never been harder. You are not alone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.