Breaking Mum & Dad: The Podcast

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

!Trigger Warning! - Suicide

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, Anna's joined by former TOWIE star, and current Prince (by proxy) of the castle Mario Falcone. Mario speaks openly about his struggles with mental health and the circumstances that led up to him making an attempt on his own life. Luckily Mario came back from the brink and has gone on to open up the conversation around mens mental health and move on with his lovely fiancé Becky and son Parker.
He talks about being Giovanna's brother, his favourite pub burning down and learning to live with the bad days.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

We're back at home, joined by Anna and her husband Alex.

This week Anna and Alex speak about the stress around school, finding out about your child's school placement, whatsapp group dilemmas, buying uniform before the confirmation, how the kids are dealing with getting back into school and managing Enzo's frustration. Plus a little Q&A answering some of your questions.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, Anna's joined by presenter, author and podcaster Simon Thomas. Three and a half years ago Simon's life was interrupted suddenly when his wife Gemma, mother to his 8 year old son, Ethan, was diagnosed with leukaemia, and subsequently passed away just three days later.
In this episode Simon talks to Anna about what Gemma was like as a mum, the circumstances around her diagnosis and passing, having to continue parenting through immense stress and grief, his own mental health issues at that time, allowing himself to move on, and his life going forwards with his wonderful partner Derrina. He speaks openly about his relationship with Ethan and helping him through grief, and the relationship between his son and his partner.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week we've replaced Anna's real husband for her on screen husband! Matchmaker, presenter, and entrepreneur Paul C Brunson joins Anna on this week's podcast to chat about his journey to be a dad, how he questioned everything, being away from his family for work, homeschooling his kids, the importance of values and his wife Jill's 'attachment' to Oprah.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic.

As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex.

This week Anna and Alex speak about the amazing reaction to last week's podcast, plus we're talking identity, or losing your identity when you become a parent: not loving being called 'mum', missing work, being flexible with your partner to accommodate your new lives as parents, paternity leave and the importance of communication to get through it all. Plus we review all of our previous homeworks and set some for the future.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic.

As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex.

This week we’re talking about grief. Grief is always difficult, both to experience and to talk about, but against the backdrop of a pandemic and when you're a parent, it's all the more tricky. In this episode Anna and Alex talk about their personal experiences with grief, focussing on the loss of Alex‘s dear father Vincenzo. They talk about how grief manifests itself, how grief affects you as a parent, counselling, the importance of keeping memories alive and what to do to support someone who's grieving.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic.

As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex.

This week - social life. It's such an important part of our lives that really does change when you have kids, let alone in lockdown! Anna and Alex chat all about the ups and downs of having a social life with a little one, the anxieties, the first nights out, the compromises, and owing your other half a hungover morning in bed. Plus NCT, know-it-alls and a pause on giving more homework as the others aren't going so well...

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Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic.

As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex.

This week Anna and Alex chat about their up and down days, sleep or lack thereof, Eleanora's new demanding streak, their phantom 3am wakeups, Enzo chomping on water crackers in bed and give tips to handle sleep with little ones. Plus we check in with their homework - have they managed to continue their good work?

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic.

As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex.

This week Anna and Alex talk about the bribery parents go to just to get their kids to do something simple, Anna’s three day horn, and the anxieties around coming out of lockdown and going back to normality. Plus we check on how the homework has been going and set some more goals for this week.

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Welcome back to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! Now it’s been a while, and since the last episode there’s been a new baby, a new pandemic and a whole new set of challenges to overcome, so why not start a new series!

Parental Mental Health has always been something close to Anna’s heart and now we’re bringing the issue and the podcast into her home, joined by Anna’s husband, Alex Di Pasquale.

Anna and Alex chat about what it was like having Eleanora amidst a global pandemic, Anna’s fears of post-natal depression rearing its head again, Alex’s struggle to cope with having two kids, the juggle of childcare whilst working and set some constructive homework to work on over the next week.

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Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
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