The first of our one-to-one sessions. In this episode we hear from Steve Multer, a corporate presenter and event host who also acts sings and writes music and songs for shows. Steve talks about his relationship with his father, who also had many talents, and tells us how he feels they were never fully realised.

Mark opens up about his life with his dad. He says he has spent most of his parenting life avoiding being like him. 

Mark regrets not taking the time to really get to know his dad. Given the time again he would sit, listen and wait to his father's stories.

https://brilliantbeginnings.co.uk/become-a-surrogate/#

Getting to know Teresa Coote

I am so pleased to be able to introduce myself. Coming from a large family, with five siblings (and now countless nieces and nephews) my name has been shortened so now I simply go by T. This no doubt makes it easier on my mum when trying to remember who she is talking to! I am a mum myself to a pair of energetic divas, aged 8 and 7. Though close in age, they are very different! One is often dancing away with the fairies, while the other is testing out her best wrestling moves!

I love being a mum and having the opportunity to create my own family unit, including a grumpy rabbit and a crazy puppy (both girls so my partner is truly surrounded). Two passions in my life are music and dancing and I encourage my girls to embrace these as well. Some of our best moments have been dancing around the living room to our favorite tracks!

In my previous life, I worked as a teacher and was well known for having the radio, or a sneaky Spotify playlist on while my students worked. I even taught Zumba to colleagues and students for a while.

That really is another passion of mine, helping other people. I have always taken on teaching roles where I could work with young people that were vulnerable (ex-gang members, victims of bullying and looked after children) and even spent some time volunteering in my local community to help young people move away from crime.

Thinking back on my life, I am actually not surprised that I became a surrogate. I have always felt blessed for everything I have ever had and feel compelled to help others achieve their dreams too. Whatever they may be. Knowing the joy of parenthood awakened a calling in me to do something to give that same feeling to others. Now I am a proud two-time surrogate.

I delivered twins in 2017 and after some time realized that I felt pulled towards another journey and towards a role that allowed me to support other surrogates. I am now on my second journey with a new couple and loving it!

My role with BB has taught me so much already and I have loved being able to connect with people about their hopes for surrogacy. I look forward to every day at work and being able to keep helping people.

By Teresa Coote, Surrogate Manager

https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/dadsanddepression/

This study aims to explore how fathers feel when they are depressed during their partner’s pregnancy or up to two years after the birth of a baby. The study aims to find out more about how we can help dads with depression.

Did you suffer from depression during your partner’s pregnancy or in the first two years of your baby’s life?

• Are you aged 16 or over?
• Is your partner currently pregnant or do you currently have a baby under two years old?

If you answered yes to both of these questions we would like to speak to you. Your experiences are very important and will help us to find out more about how to support Dads who feel like you.

An important study: PLEASE SHARE this conversation.

MYBIRTH.ORG.uk

Hi, I’m Aileen White (she/her). I’ve been offering families birth and parenting support for the past eight years since overcoming Tokophobia (fear of childbirth) and becoming a parent myself. 

I offer bespoke childbirth preparation, birth trauma recovery support and parenting groups over the internet or face-to-face, in groups or individually.

Thanks to grant funding through My Birth Support CIC, I seek to make this birth and parenting support affordable for all with further concessions for low-income families.

Aileen White 07931 315551 
Mark Harris  07725894452

Andrew Austin is one of my heroes in the NLP world, is among few trainers I would rush to train with if I was staring my NLP journey again. REALLY, if you haven't read his book The Rainbow Machine, and you have an interest in the model. read it:

https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B07TY5NHVF&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_WA47DKX6J4VJ3KXKMS87

https://23nlpeople.com Andrew T. Austin is a therapist with a background in Neurosurgery and Clinical Neurology as a registered nurse. This is his main website with well over 100 amazing articles on psychiatry, mental health, NLP, neurology and hypnotherapy which no one ever reads anymore because they are all on Facebook looking at cat pictures and arguing with complete strangers.

With a private practice in West Sussex, England, Andrew has a specialist interested in the “schizophrenias” and anxiety and has been heavily influenced by the writings of notables such as R.D. Laing and Thomas Szasz.

Very early in his nurse training, he began to first learn about hypnosis rather than attend lectures and soon joined a Qabalistic lodge in order to learn Ceremonial Magick and Qabalah. These days, Andrew T. Austin is no longer a nurse but is a Freemason, Oddfellow, a second-degree initiate of the Ordo Templi Orientis, a Discordian Pope and has been a member of a variety of other esoteric organisations. As of August 2020, he has been promoted to be Lord of the Principality of Sealand and clearly has too much free time on his hands.