The Motherkind Podcast

After reading The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your  Children Will Be Glad That You Did), I knew I had to get Philippa Perry on the podcast. She is a renowned psychotherapist, author, journalist, and television presenter, and the wife of artist Grayson Perry. In this episode she helps us unpack what gets in the way of connecting with our children. She would like children to be able to tell their parents absolutely anything. And, as parents, she says it could be dangerous to close that down. If we can have a strong healthy connection with our kids, the future can take care of itself. We dig into: - How to have connected, trusting relationships with our children (even if we didn't have that with our own parents) - What gets in the way of having a good connection with our kids and what can enhance it - The trouble with not feeling our own pain - The generational cycles of parenting - What does it mean to give our kids 'enough' attention - Authenticity vs perfection parenting - How to help children express anger without acting out There is so much heart and wisdom in this exchange with Philippa. I hope you can feel it too. DISCOUNT FOR THE MOTHERKIND COMMUNITY As you may already know, I’m very excited about our sponsor, Zendium toothpaste. Zendium toothpaste naturally strengthens your mouth’s natural defenses and reduces bad bacteria responsible for dental problems. Parents will be familiar with the battle to get their kids to brush their teeth, but did you know that kids have 3x more taste buds than adults? This makes them particularly sensitive to strong flavours and foaming agents, which can result in difficulties with brushing and too-short brushing times. You may also not have known but your child’s mouth also has its very own natural defences, made up of enzymes and proteins in saliva, that have the ability to protect them from dental problems. All you need to do is head to Zendium.co.uk and enter the code MOTHERKIND at checkout for 20% off their kids and adult range. Big gratitude to Zendium for supporting me and the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sheri Riley says that peace is the new success and we need to make it our highest priority. I absolutely love that and I’m so pleased she joined me for such a powerful and uplifting conversation on the Motherkind podcast. We think that pursuing peace means that we need to calm down or slow down. She says the opposite is true and that the power of peace is what is going to enhance our lives and fill the void. Real, internal, palpable, and substantive peace. I could list a dozen more bullets about what we dug into, here are just a few: - Sheri's breakdown to breakthrough - How Sheri did a 360-degree transformation of her life - How to put interconnectedness and calm first - Why is peace the new success - How do you stop putting 100% of your time on 10% of who you are expecting 100% of your fulfillment - How do you love the career you have and your life Big gratitude to Zendium for supporting me and the podcast. Zendium toothpaste naturally strengthens your mouth’s natural defenses and reduces bad bacteria responsible for dental problems. It also contains mild flavours and ingredients which are kinder to your mouth. It is free from SLS, a foaming agent that can irritate the mouth's soft tissues and alter taste. This makes Zendium suitable for even the most delicate mouths, including pregnant women suffering from morning sickness. It’s available for both adults and children. All you need to do is head to Zendium.co.uk and enter the code MOTHERKIND at checkout for 20% off their kids and adult range. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee joins me on the podcast, and we jump right into a very honest and passionate conversation from the start. He believes that everyone has the ability to feel better. The solution isn’t always in a pill. It’s a lifestyle prescription. And, he’s taking a stand: people are needlessly suffering and this is preventable and unacceptable. After many years of seeing patients, he has come to the realisation that all of us can feel much better than we currently do and good health is accessible to every single one of us. He’s written four books and his latest, Feel Great Lose Weight, offers a simple five-step plan to feel better, sleep well and move more. I read every single word of this book and loved it. This book has so much power and richness in it. And it’s about so much more than losing weight. You can hear the compassion in his voice throughout this episode. He was so open and honest and generous. I hope you’ll enjoy this conversation as much as I did. In this episode we get into: - Rangan's incredibly honest experience of 2020 - Generational imprinting - Obesity and adverse childhood experiences - I challenge him on why he wrote a book on weight loss - How Covid can bring us a greater awareness of ourselves As you may already know, I’m very excited about our sponsor, Zendium toothpaste. Zendium toothpaste naturally strengthens your mouth’s natural defenses and reduces bad bacteria responsible for dental problems. It also contains mild flavours and ingredients which are kinder to your mouth. It is free from SLS, a foaming agent that can irritate the mouth's soft tissues and alter taste. This makes Zendium suitable for even the most delicate mouths, including pregnant women suffering from morning sickness. It’s available for both adults and children. All you need to do is head to Zendium.co.uk and enter the code MOTHERKIND at checkout for 20% off their kids and adult range. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week I thought, with the New Year, it would be great to re-release a fantastic chat I had with Gelong Thubten, who is a meditation teacher and author of the fantastic book, ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness’. Thubten was led to completely change his life after suffering from burnout in his early 20s. This led him to a Buddhist monastery in Scotland where he studied and was ordained as a monk. Since then, Thubten has been sharing his wisdom worldwide and is a pioneer in mindfulness meditation. Thubten has over 20 years worth of experience working with schools, universities and businesses, such as Google. He’s lectured at institutions like Oxford and the UN and, he worked as a consultant on the Marvel Movie, ‘Dr. Strange’. In our conversation, we unpacked what happiness really is and we talked about how can we find freedom from our 'crazy minds'. We also talked about meditation, of course, and Thubten did a great job re-framing some of the resistance that we often feel towards meditation. Thubten also gives guidance around how the practice can support our children and the way we show up as parents. I really loved our conversation, and hope you enjoy it too. DISCOUNT FOR THE MOTHERKIND COMMUNITY As you may already know, I’m very excited about our sponsor, Zendium toothpaste. Zendium is the number 1 trusted toothpaste brand by dentists in Scandinavia. Zendium’s kids toothpaste contains natural enzymes already present in the mouth. So every time they brush, it boosts their mouth’s natural defences, giving them extra power to fight the causes of dental problems. Zendium Kids and Junior toothpastes have mild flavours that are perfect for kids’ delicate mouths and are free from SLS a foaming agent that can irritate children’s gums. All you need to do is head to Zendium.co.uk and enter the code MOTHERKIND at checkout for 20% off their kids and adult range. Big gratitude to Zendium for supporting me and the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week I’m delighted to re-release this popular and important episode with the lovely Joanna Fortune. Joanna is a clinical psychotherapist, an attachment specialist, and the author of the brilliant series of books, ’15 Minute Parenting’. Joanna has been working with children and families for over 20 years. She came up with the fantastic concept of ‘15 Minute Parenting’ after hearing from parents over and over again that, often, they only had 15 minutes of quality time every day to connect with their children. The books centre around how we can use play to connect with our children, underpinned by Joanna’s years of experience in psychotherapy and attachment theory. We had such a great conversation, exploring self-parenting and taking care of our own stuff as the caregivers for our children. We also talk about our inner critic and relationship with shame – and how to be aware of when we might be passing this on to our children. And towards the end of our conversation, we talk about play and some of Joanna’s 15-minute parenting ethos that can help us connect with our children in just 15 minutes a day. Zendium is the number 1 trusted toothpaste brand by dentists in Scandinavia. Zendium’s kids toothpaste contains natural enzymes already present in the mouth. So every time they brush, it boosts their mouth’s natural defences, giving them extra power to fight the causes of dental problems. Zendium Kids and Junior toothpastes have mild flavours that are perfect for kids’ delicate mouths and are free from SLS a foaming agent that can irritate children’s gums. All you need to do is head to Zendium.co.uk and enter the code MOTHERKIND at checkout for 20% off their kids and adult range. Big gratitude to Zendium for supporting me and the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My guest's today believe living healthier happier lives is all about making tiny different choices every day. Steve and David Flynn of The Happy Pear probably need no introduction. It all started in 2004, when they opened a vegetable shop in a small seaside town in Ireland. Fast forward 15 years, the Happy Pear now consists of 4 cafes, 40 products, 6 online courses, 4 cookbooks, a farm, a roastery, and hundreds of amazing employees and a community of over 1 million people living healthier! On this episode we get into: - Our ability to be present and to find joy no matter how hard - The power of connection - The most important thing for health and happiness - The Happy Health Plan - their new book just released this month Their mission is still the same, to help everyone to get healthier and be happier. I hope this episode will bring you as much joy as it did for me. This episode is kindly sponsored by Zendium, for 20% please go to Zendium.co.uk and use code MOTHERKIND This episode is kindly sponsored by Tonies www.tonies.com - screen-free storytelling for children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is Dr. Abigail Gewirtz. A child psychologist and leading expert on families under stress. I felt called to get her on the show as soon as possible in the midst of Covid 19 and the big issues that are confronting society. Dr. Gerwirtz is most interested in answering two questions: How do families cope when stressful events hit? How can parents manage their own worries in order to help their children be resilient in the face of hard times? This episode is kindly sponsored by Zendium, for 20% please go to Zendium.co.uk and use code MOTHERKIND This episode is kindly sponsored by Tonies www.tonies.com - screen-free storytelling for children Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is Kimberly Wilson. Kimberley is passionate about the power of psychology to transform lives. She is a Chartered Psychologist, author and visiting lecturer working in private practice in central London. In this powerful episode, Kimberley shares why we need to take our emotions seriously and what can happen when we don't. This episode is kindly sponsored by Zendium, for 20% please go to Zendium.co.uk and use code MOTHERKIND This episode is kindly sponsored by Tonies www.tonies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s guest is Alexi Panos. A best selling author, impact entrepreneur, vlogger and humanitarian, Alexi is truly a next generation thought leader. She is insanely committed to empowering others to activate and own their greatness and live a life they are completely obsessed with. All this with 3 kids under the age of 3! Here is what we discuss during this episode: - What does it mean to allow life's messiness to become part of the joy Motherhood - the greatest ego death of them all - The tension between our professional and parenting aspirations - How and why to fall in love with the unknown - How our greatest work could be finding joy in the mundane - Spiritual tourism, what is it and how to overcome it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode with Kasia Urbaniak we take a deep dive into good girl conditioning. This week’s guest is Kasia Urbaniak. Kasia is the founder and CEO of The Academy, a school that teaches women the foundations of power and influence. Kasia's perspective on power is unique. Over the course of nearly 20 years, she has worked as a professional Dominatrix, practiced Taoist alchemy in one of the oldest female-led monasteries in China and obtained dozens of certifications in different disciplines, including Medical Qi Gong and Systemic Constellations. Since founding The Academy in 2013, Kasia has taught hundreds of women practical tools to step into leadership positions in their relationships, families, workplaces, and wider communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices