The Parenting Playbook Podcast

Today, I will explore whether it is a myth or a fact that we marry a version of our mother or father. Is this even a thing? If it is, then ouchie, the idea that we are drawn to versions of our parents in our romantic relationships may feel a little strange. If it isn't, then the question is why we are drawn to certain types of people. Well, the answers are all here. Join me in understanding the research and theories that support or refute this theory and also my experiences as a therapist for over 20 years.

Today, I will speak to Wendy Miller, a mum of three teenage boys and a wise-for-my-size coach who supports children with their emotional literacy. Wendy discusses the importance of children understanding their emotions and how creating open communication within our homes fosters healthy emotional development in infancy and supports mental health in adulthood. We discuss how previous generations often hid emotions from children in an attempt to protect them from life's stressors and the implications of this for meeting our needs later in life. I hope you enjoy the show. http://www.wendymillercoaching.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/wendymillercoaching https://www.instagram.com/wendymillercoaching/

Today I will be speaking to Nicole Bateman, who is a mum of two and the Founder of the Super Sensory Squad. Nicole's son has been diagnosed with both Autism and epilepsy, and she shares with us the very real and current experiences that she is going through battling the EHCP system. After two and a half long years, despite the fact that seven professionals supported her application for an EHCP, not only was she initially declined for an assessment, but when she finally did get the assessment, her son's needs were not deemed necessary to be granted the much-needed support. Nicole talks about SEND Law and the importance of parents advocating for their children and looking after their own emotional well-being. I hope you enjoy the show. conversationswithasendmum Instagram www.instagram.com/thesupersensorysquad www.instagram.com/conversationswithasendmum

Today I will be speaking with Shelley Ensore, who is a mum of 3 and specialises in baby signing. At a time, 19 years ago when Shelley was pregnant with her second child and having experienced a horrific car accident, Shelley became curious about the world of baby signing. As a result, she has spent many years supporting families to develop pre-verbal communication with their babies, using the art of baby signing, which opens up a world of communicating with little people in a way that strengthens bonds and emotional connection and offers us a tool to build our confidence as parents to know that we are meeting our babies needs. littlesignersclub.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/LittleSignersClub

Many of us have heard the expression' tidy house, tidy mind'. But how true is it? Does our outer world reflect our inner world? And if so, can organising our lives help to organise our minds? Today, I am joined by Louise Simpson, an organisation coach and mum of two who helps people bring harmony back into their homes and the profound impact this can have on self-perception and mental health and what we need to do when our children and partners may not be on quite the same page as us. I hope you enjoy the show. www.Facebook.com/LouiseSimpsonCoaching www.Instagram.com/lscoaching_essex www.Twitter.com/CoachingSimpson www.Linkedin.com/in/louisefsimpson

Today, I will be speaking to Helen Kelynack, who is a mum of four, who are aged 22,20 and 9-year-old twins. She is also a hypnotherapist and breathwork practitioner. After having experienced many of life's challenges, Helen found the power of breathwork and married it beautifully by supporting her client's mindset with hypnotherapy.  Helen talks about the power of pausing at times of struggle and by utilising the very thing that we all have and is FREE, the breath enables us to refocus and respond in a way that is aligned with our true core values, not to mention the impact it has when we are experiencing stress and anxiety in our every day lives.  Helen talks to us about ‘functional breathing’ and how we can all learn to take care of ourselves if we learn to simply take a breath. I hope you enjoy the show. https://www.instagram.com/senaras_sister/ https://www.facebook.com/senarassisterhypnotherapy

WOW, today I will be chatting with Helen Davies who is a parenting consultant and mum of 4. While chatting with Helen about her childhood and her parenting journey we inadvertently unearthed a piece of programming that had potentially shaped her career path, which she was previously unaware of. Helen's roles in working with families in various ways have brought her so much joy and fulfilment. Her position as a health visitor came from experiencing an incredible example when she was just 10 years old, when her mum's health visitor provided her with incredible care after the birth of Helen's sister. But the full understanding of why she so desperately wanted to embark on such a career may not have been fully clear until today. It was incredible to see Helen’s journey unfold and it highlights that even those small nuggets of information that we store in our subconscious can bring so much light and make so much sense as to why we are the people we are today I hope you enjoy the show.

Today, I will be speaking with Miryka Yeates, who is a mum of four and a step-mum to four children. We discuss the challenges and joys blended families face, the roles step-mums play in children's lives, and how stories like Cinderella and Snow White have created internal and external perceptions of what step-mums are and the pressures related to those. As a stepmum myself, I, too, share a lived experience of navigating the landscape of step-parenting. Miryka and I provide key insight into our journeys. Whether you are a stepparent or the biological parent, this episode may help shed light on the challenges many blended families face from a different perspective and help you to know that you're not alone. I hope that our experiences can help you walk what can be a tricky path and find the joy of nurturing your relationships with your stepchildren and their parent with ease and self-acceptance. I hope you enjoy the show.

Today, I will be speaking to Tara Britton Perkins, who is a mum of six and social media management specialist. Tara shares her childhood story of being raised in a family where money was tight and life was tough. She shares the heartbreak of the challenges that poor mental health and alcoholism brought to her family, together with the loss of her dad at the age of 15 to suicide. As a young person, Tara decided she knew she wanted more for her family when the time came to have children, and as a result, she has made it her business to break her family patterns and talks candidly about the challenges that she has faced together with what is clearly an incredible bond with her children in spite of the fact that she had very little positive experiences of how to be the parent that she wanted to be, but she certainly knew what she didn't want to be. I hope you enjoy the show.

Today, we will be exploring what family cycles are, why people avoid exploring them, why we should ALL be aware of our family cycles, and key tips to help us start to think about them.

Today, I will be speaking with Donna, who is a hypnotherapist and therapist who specialises in working with parents of vulnerable children. From Special educational needs to neurodiversity to medical and health battles. Donna recognises that there is a gap in our social system, where parents struggle to feel heard and access the resources needed to support their children. We talk about triggers and grief and the day-to-day reality of a parent's life with a vulnerable child. I hope you enjoy the show mindmetherapy?igshid=eDR6czRjbDIwZmMz Www.mindmetherapy.ie https://www.facebook.com/maria.dm.5623

Today, I will be speaking to Emma Benyon, who is a motherhood coach, college teacher, and mum of a 6-year-old. Emma has not only professional insight into women's needs but also personal insight into the importance of taking care of herself in order to be the mum she wants to be. I hope you enjoy the show. https://www.facebook.com/EmmaBenyon.Coach

Today, I will be speaking to Julia Gudinchet, who is the founder of Sunflower Autism consultancy. Just 4 years ago, Julia was diagnosed with ADHD, and more recently, her daughter, aged 7 years old, was also diagnosed with ADHD. Both Julia's husband and their 5-year-old son are neurotypical, so today, we are going to talk about the challenges that families face when trying to navigate the landscape of parenting and marital relationships when our brains operate in varying ways. We explore how Julia is able to raise both of her children differently as a result of their different needs and communication styles, together with how she and her husband support each other and ensure that communication is their key to a solid and happy marriage and family. I hope you enjoy the show. Sunflower Autism Consultancy https://www.facebook.com/share/xE8BKoBSEbvY6VYR/?mibextid=WC7FNe https://www.facebook.com/sunflowerautism

Today I will be speaking to Brenda Porter who is a mum of 4 and a Baby and toddler sleep coach. Brenda shares her own journey of when her eldest children were born and the challenges that she faced, experiencing sleep deprivation and post-natal depression whilst working in the corporate world. Lockdown hit, and Brenda took the opportunity to retrain and become a Baby and toddler sleep coach, as she recognised that there was an intrinsic link between her own experiences of sleep deprivation and her mental health and decided that she wanted to support parents to bring the joy back to their parenting journey by reshaping our mindsets and bedtime routines to ensure both babies and parents get the rest and recharge that they need to take on the day. https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=brenda%20porter%20sleep%20solutions

Hi and welcome to today’s episode Today, I will be speaking with Olivia, who is a parent coach and mum of three. Olivia speaks openly about her battles with post-natal depression together with her journey from a thriving career woman to the realisation that her career path may not be aligned with the mum she wanted to be. So she pivoted and created a business where she is able to help other parents thrive in this ever-changing landscape called parenting, whilst raising her three small children. The initial aim of this episode was to discuss sibling rivalry, and although we did not quite make it there (don't worry—we have another date in the diary for that one), we chatted in depth about Fostering connections with our children and not only their importance but also ways in which we can all tweak our daily lives to create a thriving relationship with them. I hope you enjoy the show https://www.facebook.com/Olivia.Edwards22

Hi, and welcome to today’s episode. Today, I will be speaking with Sal Wigginton, a therapist who specialises in working with bereaved children. Sal has also created a community interest company called Hidden Forest, which supports people therapeutically by utilising our beautiful surroundings with forest schools. Sal is also a gay woman and has joined me in supporting LGBTQ+ Month, where she shares the challenges that she faced as a young woman in the 90s to do today and the fears that her parents had when they learned of her sexuality at a time when being gay was frowned upon.

Today, I will be speaking with Kerry, who has an incredible and inspiring story that takes her from what she felt was a happy childhood to, at the age of 15, finding herself in a domestic violence relationship. 13 years later and with two young boys, Kerry fled her relationship and went on a voyage of discovery.   After much exploration and self-growth, Kerry realised that maybe her experiences in adulthood were influenced by her childhood experiences and as a result, she has created an amazing company called Resilience Voyage’, which supports young people learning the art of resilience in the guise of a drugs bus.   Kerry’s story is simply inspirational In how she turned around, how she parented her two boys and the relationship she has with them today as a result.   I hope you enjoy the show https://www.instagram.com/resiliencevoyage?igsh=cml2aTM5cDNzOXh6 Emotional Wellbeing Awareness (@resiliencevoyage) • Instagram photos and videos 370 Followers, 410 Following, 270 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Emotional Wellbeing Awareness (@resiliencevoyage)

This episode explores anger and provides you with hints and tips to help you support your Child with their anger, together with the influence we have on our children and also how you learned to manage emotions.

Christmas can be a stressful time for many parents, and understanding your reason why can be super helpful when navigating the festive season. In this episode, I will share with you some hints and tips and also examples of my experiences at Christmas in childhood and what I did differently.

My special guest Kelly has joined me to talk about the challenges she faced when her children lost their dad just 4 months before Christmas.

Welcome to the parenting playbook podcast. Today I will share with you my reason why I set up this podcast, the empowered parenting programme and beyond.