The Motherkind Podcast

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.This week’s moment is with Josh Connelly. A mental health expert that I spoke to back in November 2020. Josh shares why we only need to get it right 30% of the time and what getting it right looks like to him.I hope you enjoy this moment.Listen to the full episode here.ABOUT JOSH CONNELLYJosh Connolly is a coach, a speaker and one of the most influential advocates for mental health in the UK. He is a father of four children, and he speaks about his healing and parenting journey to inspire and empower other parents to become more self-aware, healthy and resilient.To find out more about Josh, you can visit his website. You can also find him on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.FREEBIES! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you, and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co.Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough.SPONSOR - SKILLSHAREI want to thank Skillshare for sponsoring this Motherkind Moment. Explore your creativity at skillshare.com/motherkind and get a one-month free trial. Go to skillshare.com/motherkind and click on the Motherkind banner or use the code MOTHERKIND at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this very special Mother‘s Days episode. This Sunday the 27th of March is UK Mother’s Day and I was thinking about what I wanted to give all the mothers who listen to this podcast.Then I realised I have 100s of gifts for you because at the end of every podcast I ask each guest to give you all a gift.I ask: What is the one gift you would give to all the mothers in the world and why?I love this question and I love the answers even more.This is such a special episode. It’s a compilation of some of the favourite gifts we’ve been given over the years.It features a collection of your most loved guests - Dr. Gabor Mate, Dr. Shefali, Glennon Doyle, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Eve Rodsky, and Dr. Nicole LePera.I’ve got to be honest with you, I cried so many times creating this episode for you.I genuinely wish that every mother in the world could have the gift of listening to these wise kind wise words from our guests.If you want to give something special to the mothers in your life, please do share this episode with five mums.Never has there been a more important time for us mothers to realise the incredible, important and often uncelebrated job that we do. Please help me to help celebrate ourselves by sharing this.One last favour from me, as you listen to this please do take these gifts into your heart and remember this Mother’s Day how incredible you are. #WEAREMOTHERKINDHAPPY MOTHER'S DAY - From Zoe + the Motherkind teamAs always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.FREEBIE! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co.Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough.Come follow Motherkind on Instagram for tips and announcements.THIS WEEK’S SPONSORSFRAUPOW PORTABLE BREAST PUMPWe are grateful for this week’s sponsor - Fraupow.Portable breast pumps are brilliant. They are convenient, fuss-free and allow us to get on with whatever we need to do handsfree. The Fraupow pump tucks into your bra so you can pump and go with no wires. It has 12 comfort levels and a capacity for 180 ml of milk. At a competitive price point, it is about £150 cheaper than the other leading pumps.Fraupow also offers a totally free chat live every Friday for advice with a professional mid-wife.Listeners can get 10% off the Fraupow breast pump at www.fraupow.com with the code MOTHERKIND10.Ts & Cs - MOTHERKIND10 offer code valid until the end of March, 2022. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer. Code only valid at www.fraupow.com. Discount applies to products only.SKILLSHAREExplore your creativity at skillshare.com/motherkind and get a one-month free trial. Go to skillshare.com/motherkind and click on the Motherkind banner or use the code MOTHERKIND at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.This week’s moment is with the incredible Alexi Panos. She is a master coach and trainer and has achieved incredible things throughout her career. She is also a mum of four.In this clip, I ask her about motherhood and the ambition, presence and tension she feels.It is something I think about all the time. How do I be in the world and in their world?I hope this clip gives you food for thought. What does this look like for you and how do you grapple with this for yourself?I'd love to know your thoughts as it is something I still think about.Listen to the full episode here.ABOUT ALEXI PANOSAlexi is a leadership and embodiment trainer in The Bridge Method workshops (which she co founded and developed with her husband Preston Smiles), host of the Top 10 Self Improvement Podcast UNLEASHED, business strategist, artist and humanitarian (through her organizations E.P.I.C.); and as a bestseller, Alexi has authored the books 50 WAYS TO YAY! and NOW OR NEVERYou can find out more about Alexi and her work via her website. You can also connect with her on Facebook, You Tube and Instagram.FREEBIES! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you, and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co.Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Motherkind podcast. Thank you for being here and pressing play.This week's episode of the Motherkind podcast is about transformation and how possible it is no matter what you have been through or are going through to create the life you want. Not only for yourself but also for your children.I’m speaking with trauma expert Dr. Sarah Woodhouse, and we dig into trauma and how we heal from it.This is a very deep and real conversation. I hope it informs and inspires you in equal measure.In this episode you’ll learn about: What she learned about herself through a 3-year move to Australia Attachment trauma and anxiety The daily activity of regulating our nervous system and tools for support How do we recognise trauma What is unprocessed trauma "To thrive you have to break free from your past." - Dr. Sarah WoodhouseAs always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.Resources and links for Sarah: New book: You’re Not Broken - Break free from trauma and reclaim your life by Dr Sarah Woodhouse Course starting soon: The freedom process Instagram Peter Levine - Healing trauma Internal family systems EMDR Therapy FREEBIE! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co.Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough.Come follow Motherkind on Instagram for tips and announcements or just to reach out and say hi.About Dr. Sarah WoodhouseDr Sarah Woodhouse is a trauma specialist, research psychologist, author, coach and creator of The Freedom ProcessTM - a transformative program designed to help people break free from childhood trauma and reconnect to their power and potential. She has just moved permanently back to the UK, after three years working and living in Australia with her husband and three young children.Before moving to Australia, Sarah spent a decade researching how different ways of thinking and interacting with other people can prolong trauma symptoms. Her research was funded by the UK’s Medical Research Council. In her current work, Sarah sees individual clients, helping them understand how their own childhood trauma is still affecting their life today, and supporting them to work through the eight steps of The Freedom ProcessTM. She also continues to research trauma for her next book.THIS WEEK’S SPONSOR - FRAUPOW PORTABLE BREAST PUMPListeners can get 10% off the Fraupow breast pump at www.fraupow.com with the code MOTHERKIND10.We are grateful for this week’s sponsor - Fraupow.Portable breast pumps are brilliant. They are convenient, fuss-free and allow us to get on with whatever we need to do handsfree. The Fraupow pump tucks into your bra so you can pump and go with no wires. It has 12 comfort levels and a capacity for 180 ml of milk. At a competitive price point, it is about £150 cheaper than the other leading pumps.Fraupow also offers a totally free chat live every Friday for advice with a professional mid-wife.Ts & Cs - MOTHERKIND10 offer code valid until the end of March, 2022. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer. Code only valid at www.fraupow.com. Discount applies to products only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.Today’s Moment is a really emotional clip from an incredible conversation I had with Candice Brathwaite back in 2020.Candice shares about the boundaries she has had to set for herself. She also talks about how lonely it can be standing in your power, but how she couldn’t imagine it any other way.Listen to the full episode here.ABOUT CANDICE BRATHWAITECandice Brathwaite is an influencer, blogger and author. She is also the founder of Make Motherhood Diverse, an online initiative aiming to encourage an accurate and diverse depiction of motherhood in the media.You can reach Candice through her website and Twitter. You can learn more about Make Motherhood Diverse on their website and follow them on InstagramGROUP COACHING PROGRAMME - STARTS 16TH OF MARCH 2022Our next round of group coaching starts on the 16th of March. I cannot wait. It is one of my absolute favourite things to do that brings our community together.If you want to be coached by me and feel like now is your time. I'd love for you to join us. It is a small group of 10 who come together for 5 weeks led by me to explore topics like boundaries, energy, values journaling and much more. It is going to help you find clarity, connection and community. Head to motherkind.co for more information.FREEBIES! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you, and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co.Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I have a special episode for you this week. This week features the incredible and poignant Julia Samuel MBE. She is a psychotherapist and author of several books, such as 'This too shall pass' and her recent book 'Every family has a story.'She asks some brilliant questions: What is it that enables some families to thrive when others fragment? What predicts a family breakdown? What makes a family functional or dysfunctional? Why do our families drive us so mad? Why is there no such thing as the perfect family? I think families are one of the most important, complex, joyful, infuriating, loving, and confusing things in the world.I learned so much from this episode and I know you will too.Please share it with your mum-friends who you feel should hear this. Be that person empowering, uplifting and inspiring other people and help me to do that. Let’s keep sharing this wisdom and get more and more of these messages out to the people who need it.As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Julia’s new book Every family has a story Website Podcast A living loss Instagram SPONSOR - ATHLETIC GREENSMy sponsor this week is a product I use every day - Athletic Greens. My motto is ‘I can only be the mother I want to be when I look after myself too’ and taking Athletic Greens each morning for my health reminds me of that.We are grateful to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this episode of the Motherkind podcast. With 75 whole food sourced ingredients designed to optimize 5 key areas of health, AG1 is the delicious daily habit that sets you up for a healthy future. Invest in your health without compromise! Visit https://athleticgreens.com/motherkind to get a FREE year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. GROUP COACHING PROGRAMME - STARTS 16TH OF MARCH 2022Our next round of group coaching starts on the 16th of March. If you want to be coached by me and feel like now is your time. I'd love for you to join us. It is a small group of 10 who come together for 8 weeks led by me to explore topics like boundaries, energy, values journaling and much more. It is going to help you find clarity, connection and community. Head to motherkind.co for more information.FREEBIE! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co.Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough.Come follow Motherkind on Instagram for tips and announcements.ABOUT JULIA SAMUEL MBEJulia Samuel, MBE, is a leading British psychotherapist and the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers This Too Shall Pass and Grief Works. During the last thirty years, she has worked first for the NHS and then in private practice, and she is Founder Patron of Child Bereavement UK and the Vice President of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She features regularly in the national media and has presented the podcasts A Living Loss and Grief Works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.This week’s clip is with the brilliant Eve Rodsky. The author of Fair Play.Eve created a system for families seeking balance, efficiency and more peace in their lives. She calls the system Fair Play. It offers couples a completely new way to divvy up domestic responsibilities.It is one of those game-changing episodes that I got 100s of emails about from our community.In this short clip, Eve talks about how to address the imbalance of domestic duties in our homes and why it is so fundamental for us to address it.Listen to the full episode here.ABOUT EVE RODSKYEve Rodsky received her BA from the University of Michigan and her JD from Harvard Law School. After working in foundation management at J.P. Morgan, she founded the Philanthropy Advisory Group to advise families and charitable foundations on best practices. In her work with hundreds of families over a decade, she realized that her expertise in family mediation, strategy, and organizational management could be applied to a problem closer to home—a system for couples seeking balance, efficiency, and peace in their lives. Rodsky was raised by a single mother in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three children. Fair Play is her first book.GROUP COACHING PROGRAMME - STARTS 16TH OF MARCH 2022Our next round of group coaching starts on the 16th of March. I cannot wait. It is one of my absolute favourite things to do that brings our community together.If you want to be coached by me and feel like now is your time. I'd love for you to join us. It is a small group of 10 who come together for 5 weeks led by me to explore topics like boundaries, energy, values journaling and much more. It is going to help you find clarity, connection and community. Head to motherkind.co for more information.FREEBIES! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you, and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co.Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Motherkind podcast. Thank you for pressing play and listening.I’m so happy you are here because this episode is going to blow your mind. This conversation is transformational. That is a big statement but I really believe it. You’ll want to listen to it all the way to the end.Sarah Ockwell-Smith is the mother of four children. Following the birth of her first child, she re-trained as an antenatal teacher and birth and postnatal doula. And she has since worked with 1000s of parents over the past 17 years. She is also a prolific author of 12 books, including the Gentle Sleep Book and the Gentle Eating Book.This episode might not be what you think. Sarah vulnerably and honestly shares an incredible shift that has happened to her in the past few years that has totally transformed how she sees parenting and being a parent.In this episode you’ll learn about: Sarah’s transformational wake-up call Why looking at your childhood is the most important thing you can do as a parent Good girl adaptation People pleasing and boundaries What gentle parenting is and isn’t Our powerful exchange about the parenting advice industry Why you don't need another parenting book and what you do need I’m so grateful how honestly Sarah shares with us.Please share it with your mum-friends who you feel should hear this. Be that person empowering, uplifting and inspiring other people and help me to do that. Let’s keep sharing this wisdom and get more and more of these messages out to the people who need it.As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.Resources mentioned in this episode: Gentle Parenting www.gentleparenting.co.uk Blogs at www.sarahockwell-smith.com Website New book How to be a calm parent About Sarah Ockwell-SmithSarah Ockwell-Smith is the mother of four children. She has a BSc in Psychology and worked for several years in pharmaceutical research and development.Following the birth of her first child, Sarah re-trained as an antenatal teacher and birth and postnatal doula. She has also undertaken training in hypnotherapy and psychotherapy and is a member of the British Sleep Society. Sarah specialises in gentle parenting methods and is co-founder of the Gentle Parenting website www.gentleparenting.co.uk. She also blogs at www.sarahockwell-smith.com.Sarah is the author of twelve parenting books. and frequently writes for magazines and newspapers, and is often called upon as a parenting expert for national television and radio.Sponsor - Athletic GreensMy sponsor this week is a product I use every day - Athletic Greens. My motto is ‘I can only be the mother I want to be when I look after myself too’ and taking Athletic Greens each morning for my health reminds me of that.We are grateful to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this episode of the Motherkind podcast. With 75 whole food sourced ingredients designed to optimize 5 key areas of health, AG1 is the delicious daily habit that sets you up for a healthy future. Invest in your health without compromise!Visit https://athleticgreens.com/motherkind to get a FREE year supply of Vitamin D ​AND​ 5 free travel packs​ with your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead.This week’s Moment is from an episode dating back to 2019 with Mastin Kipp. Mastin is a bestselling author and trauma expert. In this clip, he shares why we all get triggered and what to do about it.The words he shares in the clip - love is made in the repair - is something I remember so often when I’ve argued with guy or shouted at the girls. It reminds me that far from those triggers and challenges being something to run from they actually are the greatest opportunity to deepen the love between us and I often remind myself of that. It is so beautiful and so simple.Here is this week’s clip with Mastin Kipp. I hope you enjoy it.Listen to the full episode here.ABOUT MASTIN KIPPMastin Kipp is a bestselling author and Creator of Functional Life Coaching.He is the author of Claim Your Power and The Daily Love, speaker and creator of Functional Life Coaching for people who are seeking rapid transformation in their lives. He has been recognized as a “thought leader for the next generation” by Oprah Winfrey.http://mastinkipp.com/GROUP COACHING PROGRAMME - STARTS 16TH OF MARCH 2022Our next round of group coaching starts on the 16th of March. I cannot wait. It is one of my absolute favourite things to do that brings our community together.If you want to be coached by me and feel like now is your time. I'd love for you to join us. It is a small group of 10 who come together for 5 weeks led by me to explore topics like boundaries, energy, values journaling and much more. It is going to help you find clarity, connection and community. Head to motherkind.co for more information.FREEBIES! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you, and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co.Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Motherkind podcast. Thank you for being here and pressing play. I am so happy you are here.Cathy Rentzenbrink is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Last Act of Love. She also has a new book out called Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page.I didn’t know Cathy before this conversation and wasn’t sure what to expect. I thought we might have a brilliant conversation about writing and journaling and its power to help us have perspective and insight. We did cover all of that. But, my gosh, this conversation blew me away because it is also so much more than that. I loved it and definitely found a new friend in Cathy.Cathy is so poignant in the way she reflects back on her journey as a mother.Yes, this episode is about writing and journaling and its profound power to support us as we wind through this path of motherhood, but it is mostly about self-compassion.I hope you listen to it and it helps you remember to connect to that kinder voice within you. The part of you that knows you are ok, it’s ok and it’s all going to be ok.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: The power of journaling Her journey as a mother Nurturing self-compassion As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.THIS WEEK’S SPONSOR - FRAUPOW PORTABLE BREAST PUMPWe are grateful for this week’s sponsor - Fraupow.Portable breast pumps are brilliant. They are convenient, fuss-free and allow us to get on with whatever we need to do handsfree. The Fraupow pump tucks into your bra so you can pump and go with no wires. It has 12 comfort levels and a capacity for 180 ml of milk. At a competitive price point, it is about £150 cheaper than the other leading pumps.Fraupow also offer a totally free chat live every Friday for advice with a professional mid-wife.Listeners can get 10% off the Fraupow breast pump at www.fraupow.com with the code MOTHERKIND10.Ts & Cs - MOTHERKIND10 offer code valid until the end of March, 2022. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer. Code only valid at www.fraupow.com. Discount applies to products only.FREEBIE! Find out how you can take control of your life, reconnect to you and more! Download ‘10 Ways to Reconnect to You’ and our weekly and monthly check-in on Motherkind.co.Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough.Come follow Motherkind on Instagram for tips and announcements or just to reach out and say hi.ABOUT CATHY RENTZENBRINKCathy Rentzenbrink is also the author of A Manual for Heartache (‘If her first memoir honoured her brother, Rentzenbrink’s slim follow-up honours her recovery….a generous and important addition to an expanding shelf of therapeutic memoirs that help us blunder through modern life’ Sunday Times); Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books; and Everyone is Still Alive (Her funny, moving, and wise debut novel which explores the deeper realities of marriage and parenthood).RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Write Your Memoir Online with Cathy Renzenbrink - YouTube Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices