Reclaiming MUM

On this week's episode, I'm joined by the fantastic Clio Wood who is a women's health and sexual wellbeing expert.  I've always admired Clio's commitment to opening up safe spaces for women to talk about their sexual wellbeing and break down the walls of shame, guilt, and embarrassment around this topic. So much so, she has even published a book about how mums can Get Your Mojo Back after kids. 

We dive into:

• The challenges that come up for mums when it comes to having sex after birth and why it's such a taboo topic
• Why women and mums deserve to have positive and pleasurable sex lives
• Different things that you can try if you're not ready to have sex after having a baby or not sure what brings you pleasure anymore, but still want to connect with your partner
• How we can approach having an open and honest conversation with our partners about how we're feeling about being intimate
• Having informed and educational chats with your children when the time is right to stop the generational stigma associated with sexual pleasure and wellbeing and how to navigate this
• Top tips on how you can get your mojo back after having kids

You can connect with Clio over on Instagram and support her CensHERship campaign by completing her survey. 

In this week's episode, I'm joined by the wonderful Franky Shanahan who I have been following online for years. 

Franky is an experienced copywriter and digital content creator who’s spent the last 12 years helping ambitious business owners and solopreneurs communicate with their ideal clients. She lives in Bristol with her husband and their two teenage children.

I wanted to pick Franky's brains about what it's like parenting teenagers because, with a 9-year-old and the preteen years pending, I'm feeling a little daunted by it all.  I loved her positive reflections on parenting teens and that it can be a beautiful and joyous experience despite the usual teen stereotypes that we regularly hear about. 

We talk about:

• Dealing with the emotional and practical changes that come with watching your children transition into the teenage years
• How to let go and grieve over the fact that your children need you less as they carve out their own lives
• Parenting teens isn't all about the typical moody stereotypes we're shown in the media. There are lots of positives
• Tips on how to deal with your children becoming teenagers

Connect with Franky on Instagram and check out her website. She also cohosts Friends With Business Benefits with Charlie Swift. 

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This week, I have a beautiful episode for you as I'm joined by the incredibly inspiring Becky Tilley. 

We dive into:

• Becky's story and being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition and parenting two children with the same diagnoses
• How she has found the inner strength to own her uniqueness and allowing herself to shine
• Letting go of comparison and the liberating impact that can have on your parenting
• Overcoming the vulnerability that comes with projecting your whole self into the world
• Top tips to help women accept who they are unapologetically and show up as themselves

Check out Becky's books:

Thrive Rare: Embracing The Uniqueness Within https://a.co/d/3U8brUB

In this week's episode, I'm joined by Emma Benyon who is a Self Care and Motherhood Coach and Educator, supporting mums with the tools to move from overwhelm to balance and clarity in motherhood and beyond. Emma is a qualified NLP, mBIT and Practical Magic Coach. She is the editor of Positive Wellbeing Zine for Mums and host of the Self Care and Motherhood Edit.

We dive into:

• What stress can look like and how it can show up in your life
• Why so many mums feel so stressed and how it can impact your motherhood journey
• Simple yet powerful tools to help you manage stressful situations and regain control

In autumn we tend to go into hibernation mode and slow things down.  Now that we are in early February, you may feel like you're slowly emerging out of your wintering and starting to feel your energy levels pick back up.

Spring is just around the corner and in this episode, I'm sharing some tips on how you can embrace the power of spring and have a bit of a declutter of your wellbeing to feel fabulous.  We all need a bit of a life edit at times and I hope this episode inspires you to create some new nourishing habits as we head into the new season.

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I've got another fantastic guest episode for you today.  I'm joined by Francesca O'Connor who is the Managing Director and Facilitator at Good Shout, a pioneering organization transforming the Learning and Development (L&D) industry. She's a certified Executive, Voice and Career Coach through Barefoot Coaching and holds qualifications in Business Sustainability from Cambridge and Journalism from the London School of Journalism.

You can find Francesca over on LinkedIn and connect with her here.

We dive into:

• Francesca's career journey and how she has created a career and business for herself that is not only fulfilling, but fits around her family life
• How your boundaries and priorities change when you have children and how that can impact your career choices
• Tips on how to navigate a career transition if you're a new mum, want to switch careers or feel like you're at a crossroads with your career
• Why it can be important for online business owners to be transparent about the resources and privileges available to them 
• Francesca's experience of burnout from what that looked like, key signs of burnout, and how she recovered
• How to cope with a job that's impacting your mental health, which you can't leave because of financial reasons

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I have another fantastic guest episode for you this week and I'm joined by Nichola Ludlam Raine.

Nichola is a Specialist Registered Dietitian with over 14 years of clinical experience working for the NHS as well as privately. Nichola has a 1st class BSc honours in Sport & Exercise Science from Loughborough University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics from Leeds, an MSc in Health Science and she is a published author in the Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics. Nichola has also obtained a diploma in Diabetes Management in Primary Care as well as a certificate in Personal Training, with pre and postnatal specialism.

Online, Nichola is a well-known nutrition, health, and fitness influencer as well as an award-winning (verified) food blogger (@nicsnutrition), and also mummy blogger (@mummynutrition), posting a variety of health and lifestyle content to over 100,000 followers across her social media platforms. 

We dive into:

• Coping with the transition of going from 1 to 2 children and how letting go of the shoulds and being comapssionate towards yourself can bring in more ease when life is so busy
• Navigating life with a child with allergies and what that looks like and what strategies you can have in place to manage your child's allergies
• Dealing with other people when it comes to your child's allergies and keeping them safe
• Top tips to help mums when it comes to investigating children's allergies and creating a care plan

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This episode is a kind of part 2 to last week's episode, where I explored the idea of abundance and how we can harness it's power to unlock out potential.  Now, I wanted to share some powerful tools and mindset shifts to help you step into abundance to help you build a life that's on your terms. Enjoy! 

Listen to last week's episode here: https://drjemma.co.uk/episode-53-stepping-into-abundance-for-a-limitless-life/

What is abundance and how can we harness its power to unlock our potential and achieve our goals and dreams? In this week's solo episode, I'm exploring the topic of abundance, which I tap into to help me navigate my life and attract the things that I want to manifest. I also explain how an abundant mindset is different from a scarcity mindset and why living in this state can be detrimental to reaching our goals. 

There's lots of content flying around at the moment about goal setting and setting intentions.  For me, setting intentions is a deeper way to achieve alignment and go after what we really want over new year resolutions.  

I wanted to share my process for setting intentions, which helps me achieve what I want to manifest in the new year in this week's episode.  I hope that you enjoy it.

Wishing you a happy and wonderful new year! 

On 10th January 2024 at 12.30pm GMT, I'm hosting my Year of YOU workshop.

In this gentle and immersive 90-minute workshop, we’ll get clear on how you can upgrade your life, become laser-focused on what you really want, and create your vision for the new year and beyond.

Get all the details and save your space here.

I've got another brilliant guest episode for you today. I'm joined by Shakira Akabusi, who is a pre and post-natal specialist, author and fitness expert on This Morning. She's also a mum of four with twins.  I was very excited to chat with Shakira and pick her brains on mum of 4 life and navigating twins. 

We dig into:

• Navigating mum of four life and twins and what that can look like - the good and the bad!
• Shakira's career and her passion for pre- and postnatal fitness to help mums feel fabulous after birth
• The challenges mums face when it comes to finding the time to workout
• C-section recovery and how to look after yourself after major abdominal surgery
• Postnatal care and the level of support available to mums in the UK
• Where should mums start when embarking on their fitness journey post-birth
• The powerful effects of exercise to support maternal mental health

A solo episode from me today on a topic that I’ve been ruminating over a lot recently and processing and that’s all about advocating for our needs as mums.  It’s something that we’ve touched on in a couple of guest episodes in this season and I wanted to share some tools and reframes about how we can confidently and effectively communicate our needs.  

This week, I am joined by the awesome host of the Fire Starter Mum podcast, Gosia Scarrott.  I love the term "Fire Starter Mum" and I enjoyed exploring this idea of what one looks and feels like in today's society and how as mums we can advocate for our needs confidently and unapologetically. Gosia has such a warm and nurturing energy and I hope that you enjoy this enlightening and empowering conversation. 

I have another fantastic guest episode this week as I'm joined by Kendall Platt, The Mindful Gardening Coach. 

Working out how to break free from survival mode is a bit like trying to solve a tricky jigsaw puzzle, right? I see it all the time. Mums struggling and feeling overwhelmed by life and motherhood, not sure which direction to turn. Do you relate?

The one BIG thing that I see with mums who are overwhelmed, feel disconnected from themselves, and trying to make a shift in their lives is that they are missing the foundational pillars to make it happen.

This means, that despite your incredible efforts to make changes, the jigsaw isn’t coming together with ease.

In this week's podcast episode, I'm sharing the key foundational areas that I focus on with my 1:1 coaching clients to shift them from surviving to thriving.

After a little break, I'm back with season 5 of the Reclaiming MUM podcast.  I've got some incredible guests lined up for this season as well as some solo episodes.

I'm kick-starting the new season with the wonderful Jenna Folarin, who is also a coach for mums and has 3 children herself.

Jenna is on a mission to help as many mums as possible to feel happier and to live a life that feels good to them. Jenna loves supporting mums who have unspoken dreams inside of them and who are desperate to bring them to life, but their lack of self-belief holds them back.

I can't thank Jenna enough for how open and honest she was about sharing her motherhood journey.  We covered a lot, especially focusing on how to stay connected to your identity as a mum and the importance of finding time for yourself. 

We dive into:

• Jenna's inspiring journey that led her to start working specifically with mums
• How Jenna consciously works on herself so she maintains a deep connection to self outside of motherhood and why that's important
• How not showing up authentically has impacted certain experiences in her motherhood journey
  
• How showing up as her true self has had a positive impact on her motherhood and business journey
• The power of finding connections with others who share similar experiences to support your mental wellbeing
• Doing what's right for your family rather than following the insta-crowd
• Top tips for how mums can remain connected to their identity beyond motherhood

You can book Jenna's mini-retreat for mums here.

Also, I was a guest on The Inspiring Mum's podcast hosted by Jenna, which you can listen to here.

Welcome to a special mini-series of the Reclaiming MUM podcast. Thank you for being here and thank you for listening.

These weekly Bitesize Micromoments are designed to help you stay topped up over the summer holidays to encourage you to take 5 minutes for yourself.

This week’s Bitesize Micromoment is a clip from a guest interview that I did with Rekhi practitioner and Tropic ambassador, Claire Tatarli.

We dive into how to introduce spiritual modalities to your self-care routine as a way to nourish yourself.

Welcome to a special mini-series of the Reclaiming MUM podcast. Thank you for being here and thank you for listening.

These weekly Bitesize Micromoments are designed to help you stay topped up over the summer holidays to encourage you to take 5 minutes for yourself.

This week’s Bitesize Micromoment is a clip from a guest interview that I did with the founder of The HappySelf Journal, Francesca Geens.

We dive into how to start journalling, what that could look like, and how it can support your emotional wellbeing.

Welcome to a special mini-series of the Reclaiming MUM podcast.  Thank you for being here and thank you for listening.

These weekly Bitesize Micromoments are designed to help you stay topped up over the summer holidays to encourage you to take 5 minutes for yourself.

This week’s clip is from a guest interview that I did with wellbeing writer and blogger, Karen Cannon.  We dive into how we can cultivate more confidence as women in the modern era, speaking our truth and getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.

Welcome to a special mini-series of the Reclaiming MUM podcast.  Thank you for being here and thank you for listening.

These weekly Bitesize Micromoments are designed to help you stay topped up over the summer holidays to encourage you to take 5 minutes for yourself.

This week’s clip is from a guest interview that I did with surface pattern designer and creative VA, Rachel Winchester.  We dive into how we can be more creative with our children and not enjoying every moment of motherhood.