Discovering Mum

Did you know that we all have mental health? Including our children? And that there are ways to spot the signs of changes in mental health in our children? This weeks episode I talk to Tay, an incredible woman who works in Child & Adolescent Mental Health services across a variety of different settings. She shares with us the different experiences that children can have with mental health, at home, at school and how we can best support our children as they navigate different emotions and challenges. Not only this, but Tay has also begun supporting parents with their mental health, as they navigate supporting their children. We as parents can also forget to check in with their ourselves, or support ourselves and as a result, find we also can benefit from resources and guidance.

So please give this wonderful topic a listen and see how you can become more aware of mental health within our children and also how you can be supporting yourself too.

If you'd like to ask Tay a question or contact her please, the best places to find her is;

Website is: https://mysteryandwisdom.podia.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryandwisdom

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mysteryandwisdom

Also, Tay has recommended the following book - "Helping your child with fears and worries" by Cathy Creswell and "Helping your child with worry and anxiety" by Ann Cox are great books. https://www.youngminds.org.uk/ website with support for teens, families, and those working with young people.

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Do you feel like time is a myth? And there is never quite enough hours in the day? Let alone to do the things you want to do for YOU, or your dreams! In this episode I am joined by the lovely Hayley, a business strategist for mums, specialising in Time Management. We dig deep into how she supports mums with creating more time in their lives, more time for themselves and to create progress and achieve goals with their businesses or projects.

Hayley shares tips and tricks on how we can start implementing strategies that support us in managing our time better, and finding a balance between all things time, business and babies.

We understand how it is possible for us to serve both ourselves and our families through effective and strategic time management that is suited and tailored to your lifestyle.

If you love this episode please give the show a * rating or pay this episode forward to someone you think would benefit. The Discovering Mum mission is always to help and support as many mums as possible by growing the show.

If you'd love to connect with Hayley or have any questions you can contact her on Instagram @theflexibleworkingstrategist

Breathwork! Have you ever wondered how it can really help you? In this weeks episode we are joined by Clare, a Breathwork, Somatic and Mindset Coach, who shares with us how she found Breathwork and how it changed her life.

We go into how something so simple, that we do every day, can increase our self awareness, support us in feeling emotions, heal dis-ease and connect to our bodies.

As mums we are constantly moving in and out of fight or flight as we navigate new experiences and challenges in Motherhood, and so by learning how to work with our breath can support us in regulating our nervous systems and coming back to a calm state.

So dive straight in and learn how something we always have access to, like our breath, can change your life.

If you have any questions or would like to reach out to Clare, her links are here;

www.instagram.com/cpwellnesscoach

www.facebook.com/cpwellnesscoach

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-pritchard-153aba82/

https://www.tiktok.com/@cpwellnesscoach

Access to a free breathe to sleep audio download breathe.cpwellnesscoach.com/breathe-to-sleep

Clares breathwork membership; https://membership.cpwellnesscoach.com/breathewithclare-membership

Toxic Gratitude VS Conscious Gratitude - in this weeks episode we dig into the topic of gratitude and how in modern day motherhood we can feel this overwhelming expectation to be grateful for being a mother and feeling bad or guilty for speaking up about struggles, challenges and tough times.

And yet, the power of a conscious gratitude practice, specific to our own motherhood seasons, is massive. We can bring such powerful shifts in energy and mindset when we implement gratitude into our lives.

It is time to remember how powerful speaking up about the duality of the motherhood is, the highs and the lows, without fear of judgement, because mothers weren't made to stand alone as an island. We can be grateful for being mums, for our children, all at the same time as navigating new situations, challenges and emotions.

If you love the show - please give us a * rating and help share this to all of the mums out there.

If you would like to connect with me - please drop me a DM on Instagram @discoveringmum

If you're interested on how to work with me via 1:1 or via the community membership, please visit www.discoveringmumcoaching.com

Maternal Mental Health is a term we hear often, but it isn't always just mums that are affected by post natal mental health, it is extremely common for both parents, to feel effects, and have struggles, as a result of the post partum experience.

This week we have the incredible Chelsea Howard joining us, she shares her early postpartum experience, of severe mental health struggles and three months in a mother and baby unit, far from her home. The impact that this time had on her, her husband and also their relationship as a couple and as a family.

Chelsea gives us an insight into the tools she uses daily to support her mental health, what resources supported her and her husband, and not only that, but the recovery journey they are both still on today.

Mental Health is a journey, and we all have mental health, all just as important as the other. So if you feel as though you require some support with your mental health, whether it is during pregnancy, or post partum, we have linked some incredibly supportive resources below.

This is also your reminder; that you are worthy of seeking the support for yourself, at any time, at any stage.

If you would also like to reach out to Chelsea, you can connect with her via Instagram @thehowardsfamilylife – where she shares the highs and lows of motherhood, in a very real, honest and authentic way.

PANDAS Foundation UK

pandasfoundation.org.uk

https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/planning-a-pregnancy/planning-a-pregnancy-and-mental-illness/treatments-severe-mental-illness-during-and-after-pregnancy

Postnatal depression and perinatal mental health

mind.org.uk

https://www.instagram.com/perinatalmhpartnership?igsh=MXg3bHV5NHloOHBtZQ==

Support for mums and families

maternalmentalhealthalliance.org

Feeling exhausted? Depleted? Isolated? Impatient? Decision paralysis? These are all emotions that are so common to experience in Mum Burnout. Yes it's a real thing and it's more common than we realise.

This week I share with you my experience of Mum Burnout, the signs, the symptoms and my tools for how to start your journey of feeling better.

From acknowledging where you're at, showing yourself kindness and compassion, communication and overcoming the mum guilt alongside asking for what you need to reconnect to you!

If you love the episode or the show please leave a * rating so we can share the podcast with more mums who need it!

Also if you're interested in joining the Empowering Her Community visit www.discoveringmumcoaching.com/the-ehc for more info!

In this episode Stacey bravely shares her story of becoming a mother, how a late diagnosis of Endometriosis lead to her needing a multiple surgeries and also impacting her fertility.

Stacey shares all of the tools and resources that she used to support her physical and mental health whilst going through this and then to support her going through three rounds of IVF.

We dig into what Stacey wishes she knew before starting her IVF Journey, from navigating different clinics to positive mindset strategies and moving out of fight or flight in her hardest times.

Like so many mums, Stacey experienced post natal depression once her son was born in the midst of the covid pandemic. She shares how she navigated this time and the tools and resources available to others who are struggling with their mental health.

*trigger warning suicide and trauma*

Please see below links to really helpful resources to support you throughout areas such as fertility in the workplace, Endometriosis, mental health.

https://fertilitymattersatwork.com/

https://www.endometriosis-uk.org/what-endometriosis

https://pandasfoundation.org.uk/

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/postnatal-depression-and-perinatal-mental-health/useful-contacts/

https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

Do you often forget that you are the creator of your life? Especially in parenting? Feeling like it is easier and expected of you to become part of the societal "norm"?

This week we talk to Kelly, a mum to two boys, qualified Yoga Teacher and Ayurvedic Masseuse. Kelly talks to us about how world schooling has opened up a whole new world and dynamic for her family, giving them the flexibility and freedom to mould how they learn, and the benefits and positives that come with world schooling children. Kelly also travelled the world with her children for many years, living in India for 6 months of the year and running wellness retreats in gorgeous locations.

She goes right to the heart of how she connects to herself as a woman and as a mum alongside world schooling, working, travelling and essentially creating a life she loves.

Kelly is a gorgeous reminder that your life is yours and to make decisions because they are the ones you want to make, not what others expect us to make!

You can connect with Kelly on;

Facebook - Join her Ashtanga Yoga Facebook group filled with classes and upcoming retreats; https://www.facebook.com/groups/167163576678579/?ref=share

Instagram; @kellyfairy

Kelly's Retreats;

Wild Solstice Retreat Day; https://facebook.com/events/s/wild-women-retreat-day-with-ke/513854727736051/

Chota Yoga Family Retreat in September; https://www.facebook.com/share/9QfhBiwZBGp3PKxZ/

Goa in November; https://facebook.com/events/s/conscious-empowerment-retreat-/288875924117918/

Do you feel the pressure to be the perfect parent? Or trying to raise the perfect child? In this week's episode I dig deep with parenting coach Jehan on where these expectations are coming from and how to break the cycle as parents, giving ourselves the balance of conscious parenting whilst also showing up as a role model. Whilst also giving ourselves permission to mould our own approach to parenting and choose differently from how we think we should parent or are expected to.

Jehan also shares with us the importance of embracing our children's own unique essence whilst guiding them from a place of safety and love.

We explore how to understand where our own triggers and emotions might come from when managing certain behaviours with approaches to overcoming those.

How to have high standards for your children without the pressure of achieving or perfection.

How to transform your reactive responses into proactive problem solving.

Where to start on taking back your power in parenting and becoming more conscious.

This episode is an honest and knowledge packed journey to support parents in overcoming perfectionism and societal expectations, and to give you the freedom to begin navigating new approaches that best empower you and your children.

You can contact Jehan on Instagram @jehan.abhay

Or on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/theempoweredparentsclub/?ref=share

Jehan has also very kindly given us access to her free e guide - https://subscribepage.io/good_enough_mum

Are you lacking energy? Experiencing Brain Fog? These are all common symptoms, especially in mums, of dysregulated blood sugar.

This week's episode we dive into the world of blood sugar dysregulation and how to has a knock on effect to our nervous system, how we handle stress, our energy levels, feels of anxiety and even how this shows up in our children too, through their behaviour, how they process their emotions and ability to regulate their own nervous system.

As women it is never a one size fits all approach, but Ali talks us through how making small healthy sustainable changes, can have a massive positive impact on all areas of our life for both us as mums and for our children.

Ali is a Womens Health Coach, who supports women in building sustainable health habits with a focus on perimenopause, insulin resistance, hormonal imbalances and more. She works with key areas such as diet, nervous system regulation, breathwork and combines all of the physical, mental, emotional and energetic elements for a wholeistic approach.

Instagram @wellnesswithali

Website www.wellnesswithali.com