Another Mother

Join Emma Borquaye as she hosts Another Mother, a parenting podcast series by My Spring Harvest. Every other week she’ll be chatting to a different guest to get their honest insights on parenting and faith.In this episode of Another Mother, Emma speaks to her sister Alice Toms, about life with their eldest son Eugene who has Down's Syndrome. They discuss their journey as a family over the past nine years since Eugene's birth, and they dig into some of the societal and Christian perspectives of disability that are worth challenging. Alice and her husband Dom have three wonderful children and together they lead a church in South East London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Emma Borquaye as she hosts Another Mother, a parenting podcast series by My Spring Harvest. Every other week she’ll be chatting to a different guest to get their honest insights on parenting and faith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Another Mother we speak to Lucy West, author of ‘The Wait’ about her story of ‘unexplained infertility’. Over eight years there were countless doctors visits, and constant waiting, whilst she and her husband Lindz put on a brave face to carry on with life and celebrate the pregnancies of friends and family around them. Lucy shares why she felt it was important to write their story, offering comfort to others in that same season, and let’s us in on the incredible joy their family has experienced through adoption, with their two chosen children.🎧 Search 'Another Mother' wherever you get your podcasts to catch more episodes like this.➡️ Book for Spring Harvest 2025: www.springharvest.org🔗 For more content like this, subscribe to My Spring Harvest: www.springharvest.org/my-spring-harvest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Another Mother we speak to mum of four, and children’s minister Ana Kyle who has countless testimonies of kids who are having their own powerful encounters with God. She shares ways that we as parents can come alongside our children to help them discover God for themselves. This episode is guaranteed to stir your faith. Make sure you share it with the kids workers at your church!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you ever feel trapped in your own life? The jam jar smashes, the bin bag splits, the baby is crying, there’s a food explosion in the microwave. ‘THIS IS THE MAIN EVENT.’ A phrase coined by today’s guest, Joshua Luke Smith, to help us intentionally engage with the moments of inconvenience, and resist the idea that life should be a constant high. We have an honest discussion about the realities and stresses of raising a young family, as Josh graciously guides us with thoughts for how we might embrace these limitations and find contentment in the life we have, because this is the only life we’ve got. 🎧 Search 'Another Mother' wherever you get your podcasts to catch more episodes like this.➡️ Book for Spring Harvest 2025: www.springharvest.org🔗 For more content like this, subscribe to My Spring Harvest: www.springharvest.org/my-spring-harvest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Another Mother, Emma catches up with Rosie, talking about her incredible journey to becoming a mother to her two children through adoption. From deciding with her husband when they first started dating that they would adopt, she details some of the challenges they faced, alongside some of the life-changing joys and lessons they learnt along the way. This is a must-listen for anyone considering adoption, fostering or supporting children with care-experience in some way. 🎧 Search 'Another Mother' wherever you get your podcasts to catch more episodes like this.➡️ Book for Spring Harvest 2025: www.springharvest.org🔗 For more content like this, subscribe to My Spring Harvest: www.springharvest.org/my-spring-harvest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Another Mother, Children’s TV presenter and author Joanna Adeyinka-Burford shares how she landed a dream job in the midst of parenting a toddler and a newborn, how she and her husband navigate their busy careers, and why she’s so passionate about kids getting more faith-filled encouragement. Her new book ‘What’s Up!’ is a daily devotional for young readers and is now available online and in all good book stores.🎧 Search 'Another Mother' wherever you get your podcasts to catch more episodes like this.➡️ Book for Spring Harvest 2025: www.springharvest.org🔗 For more content like this, subscribe to My Spring Harvest: www.springharvest.org/my-spring-harvest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Another Mother Yasmin shares her honest experience of becoming a mum at 19 years old. The initial excitement, the reactions from others, and the community that held her as she was faced with doing it alone. Life has been a beautifully unexpected journey; through finding faith in recent years, and getting married - there has been plenty to navigate. We chat about it all! Yasmin is the founder of Pick Me Up, a platform filled with encouragements for your every day. You can find her on Instagram @_yasminelizabeth.🎧 Search 'Another Mother' wherever you get your podcasts to catch more episodes like this.➡️ Book for Spring Harvest 2025: www.springharvest.org🔗 For more content like this, subscribe to My Spring Harvest: www.springharvest.org/my-spring-harvest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Important: This episode includes references and experiences of baby loss. In this episode of Another Mother, Emma is joined by Zoe Clark-Coates MBE, a mother of two daughters and five heavenly babies. Zoe is a best-selling author, and the founder of babyloss charity The Mariposa Trust (Sayinggoodbye.org) that is leading the way in providing support for anyone going through loss and bereavement. Zoe shares her own experience, and gives valuable insight on supporting your children through grief, and how we can better support those around us who has lost a baby in pregnancy, at birth or in early years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Emma Borquaye as she hosts Another Mother, a parenting podcast series by My Spring Harvest. Every other week she’ll be chatting to a different guest to get their honest insights on parenting and faith.In this episode of Another Mother, Emma is joined by Ella Grimwade - a homeschooling mum of 7, who together with her husband Tim, runs a Youtube channel ‘The Grimwade Family’ sharing their lives to more than 700k subscribers! Ella talks us through how they make the day-to-day work, cultivating healthy sibling relationships, and what decisions they’ve made to navigate the world of social media with a young family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.