** TRIGGER WARNING ** This conversation contains discussion around Trauma during and after giving birth, as well as my guest's experience of PTSD. Please prioritise looking after your mental and emotional wellbeing as a priority before listening to this episode.

It was a pleasure to welcome Caroline Marshall to the pod, who is a Mum of 2 boys, the founder of a multi award winning Virtual Assistant Agency Upsource and podcast host of the show ‘Bump to Business owner’. 

In this episode Caroline shares how she coped and adapted following a series of unexpected curveballs in her life and career, culminating with the most shocking and unexpected eventuality of all when her second child suddenly became seriously unwell immediately after he was born, requiring a prolonged stay in NICU (the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) in the middle of the pandemic. 

Thankfully Caroline’s son made a full recovery. But, this Traumatic event and experience as a NICU Mum has understandably had a profound effect on Caroline’s outlook on the world, mental health and how she has subsequently gone on to 'do her thing' in life, business, relationships and motherhood.

During our conversation Caroline bravely shares the details of this life-changing experience, including the steps she took to grieve, process, adapt and heal following her Trauma. 

And the space we created also gave me permission to share the details of my own difficult birth experience with my first child, which also involved a stay in NICU, and which I only began processing in the last couple years.  

This is a vulnerable and powerful conversation which I’m so grateful to Caroline for having with me. And I hope her words offer hope and strength to anyone navigating the aftermath of their own traumatic experience right now, and help listeners feel better resourced to support loved ones who may be struggling. 

PODCAST REFERENCES

- BrainCare Podcast

- Info about Habit Stacking HERE

- Pregnant Then Screwed - a charity dedicated to ending the motherhood penalty, supporting tens of thousands of working Mothers.

GUEST INFORMATION:

- Follow Caroline on Instagram HERE

- Find out more about Caroline's VA Agency Upsource HERE

- Listen to Caroline's podcast 'Bump To Business Owner' HERE

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

- Visit my website and find out about my coaching work HERE

- Book a FREE 30-minute call to explore working together HERE

- Follow me on Instagram HERE

- Join my email community: The Parenthood Retreat

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"Anger is the guardian of sadness and other emotions"

These words played a pivotal role in how I understand and deal with my own big feelings that show up as rage in my life.

And in this episode I wanted to share some more background to this transformational concept, in the hope that it supports you to work through your own big emotions that may rear their heads (and make a whole big mess!) while on your Motherhood journey.

Rage in motherhood is so very real for so many of us - so many of my clients and friends tell me how they really struggle to keep a handle on their angry reactions and outbursts, especially since becoming a Mum.

‘Doing Your Thing’ can also feel so much harder when we are blinded by such overpowering emotions. 

So I hope this short podcast episode helps to both normalise the big feelings you may be experiencing in Motherhood, and helps you show yourself some more compassion and feel more supported and resourced in yourself when the red mist swoops on in. 

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

•Find out more about me and my coaching work - https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk

•Book in a FREE 30-minute discovery call to explore working together - https://calendly.com/tamsin_williamson/discovery-call

•Follow me over on Instagram - https://instagram.com/theparenthoodcoach

•Join my email community - The Parenthood Retreat

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During this episode I talk to Jo Permaul all about the role that natural medicine has played in how she's raised her kids and lived her life. 

Jo has 2 grown up kids (aged 18 and 21), she is the Director of coaching school 'Wellness Professionals At Work' PLUS she is also a trained Homeopath, Life Coach and a qualified teacher. 

During this conversation Jo shares how her own childhood health struggles (which came with an inability to find an adequate remedy via conventional medicine) introduced her to the world of homeopathy, which later down the line also motivated her to raise her family using natural health and wellness remedies and techniques. 

What I found especially refreshing was that Jo is not ANTI conventional medicine at all –  but rather she is PRO choice, and has learnt how to intuitively integrate conventional medicine into her own natural approach. 

This episode is a beautiful lesson in trusting your gut instincts, championing open communication with your kids about how they are feeling and cultivating a sense of  empowerment when it comes to taking responsibity for our own health and wellbeing. 

It inspired me to seek out support from a homeopath - and I hope it offers you you some valuable food for thought too.

PODCAST REFERENCES

•Look for a homeopath local to you at https://www.findahomeopath.org

•Homeopathic home kit: https://www.ainsworths.com/The-Essential-Kit/

GUEST INFORMATION:

- Follow Jo on Instagra: https://instagram.com/wellnessprofessionalsatwork

- Find out more about Jo's work: https://wellnessprofessionalsatwork.com

- Use the code TAMSIN for 5% discount on coaching courses Jo offers at her coaching school

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

- Visit my website: https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk

- Book a FREE 30-minute call to explore working together: https://calendly.com/tamsin_williamson/discovery-call

- Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/theparenthoodcoach

- Join my email community: The Parenthood Retreat

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Here's another wonderful episode from my Insta live archives, where I spoke to Lindsay Dalton about how she does her thing by being deeply tuned into her menstrual cycle.  

Lindsay is a holistic menstrual cycle & feminine embodiment coach and a doula, who has supported women for over 10 years to reclaim their power over their feminine energy. And in this episode we discuss how Lindsay uses her menstrual cycle understanding to guide her energetically and intuitively through life, business and parenthood. 

As women, our menstrual cycle can often feel like anything but magic. Having periods can feel disruptive, inconvenient and often down right unpleasant to live with. 

But in this conversation, Lindsay shares how connecting to the wisdom of her cycle has supported her to feel empowered by this part of being a woman, and how her knowledge has not only helped her to regain control over her experience of life but also support other women who are struggling to do the same. 

And I hope this conversation will offer a fresh perspective to you too! 

(NB: please excuse a few recording and sound imperfections on this episode, part of which was originally recorded as an Instagram live rather than using a professional podcast setup. I've managed to let it go - so I hope you can too! ;-) )

PODCAST REFERENCES

• Alexandra Pope's Red School - https://www.redschool.net/
• Wild Power - by Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
• Lindsay's Menstrual Cycle Tracking Bundle (Free)

GUEST INFORMATION:

- Follow Lindsay on Instagram

- Lindsay's website: https://www.wherethewildwomenare.co.uk/

- Buy Lindsays' Cyclical Living Menstrual Cycle Journal

- Listen to Lindsay's podcast: Where The Wild Women Are

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

- Visit my website: https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk

- Book a FREE 30-minute call to explore working together: https://calendly.com/tamsin_williamson/discovery-call

- Follow me on Instagram

- Join my email community: The Parenthood Retreat

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Have you found it harder to tune into YOUR right decisions since becoming a parent? 

I definitely experienced a huge amount of tiring indecision when I became a Mum, and at times found it almost impossible at times to reconcile certain choices for myself and my life - in case I made the wrong one! 

And this is something that my podcast guest this week, Sarah Billingham, found really challenging to navigate when she became a parent, which she talks about in detail in this highly relatable episode. 

Sarah is a Mum of 2, a specialist speech and language therapist, the founder of her business Confident Kids and the host of her own brilliant podcast called Raising Confident Kids with SEN - and through her work Sarah equips parents, carers and practitioners with expert knowledge and tools to support children with Special educational needs. 

Despite having always carved out her own path with relative ease pre-kids, Sarah shares the strong internal conflict she experienced after becoming a parent which subsequently invited her to challenge and re-construct the way she made choices for herself, her family and her professional future. 

But that process was far from straightforward and through this chat Sarah shares the powerful journey she has been on, learning to navigate the loud internal debating and deliberating inside her head in order to Do Her Thing in life and parenthood with so much more confidence and conviction. 

GUEST INFORMATION:

- Check out Sarah's work via her website - https://www.confidentkids.co/

- Listen to Sarah's podcast: Raising Confident Kids with SEN - HERE

- Follow Sarah on Instagram or Facebook

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

- Find out more about me and my coaching work: https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk

- Book in a FREE 30-minute discovery call to explore working together - HERE

- Follow me on Instagram - https://instagram.com/theparenthoodcoach

- Join my email community - The Parenthood Retreat

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Oh heyyyy!! It's been a hot minute since I've been in your ears hasn't it?!

But I'm back (yey!) and diving straight back in with some solo time at the mic to share some of the big thinking I've been doing while on my podcast break!

And in this episode I'm talking about what I feel is one of my biggest passion points in the work I do:

HOW MOTHERHOOD HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE YOUR BIGGEST & MOST BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY YET (if you give yourself the space and permission to see it!!)

It's so easy to get really bogged down in the hard bits of Motherhood (which are undeniably very much there to contend with, no toxic positivity over here!)

BUT I also believe that Motherhood is very much a tale of two very very important halves. 

And amidst the tough stuff there are also so many rewarding, fun, fulfilling, joyful opportunities, gifts and possibilities available to us, which can provide a powerful counterbalance to the hard stuff.  

So, in this episode I dig into this outlook in more detaIl, and I share:

• Why I believe we so easily get bogged down in the tough bits of Motherhood
• The perspective shift that helps me navigate through my hard Mum moments, which I hope will also support you to do the same
• A simple but powerful strategy that you can put into practice TODAY to help you connect with the opportunities available to YOU as a Mum

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

• Find out more about me and my coaching work - https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk
• Book in a FREE 30-minute discovery call to explore working together - https://calendly.com/tamsin_williamson/discovery-call
• Follow me over on Instagram - https://instagram.com/theparenthoodcoach
• Join my email community - The Parenthood Retreat - https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk/newsletter

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My last episode for a month or so (I'm taking a pod break in April) where I share my reflections post being struck down by the lurgy over the last couple of weeks.

I unpack how my choice to clear the decks and come back to MYSELF has reminded me how essential it is to choose OURSELVES as Mums.

NOT just when the sh*t hits the fan or you're teetering on the edge of burnout, but in day to day life on an ongoing basis.

In this episode I explain why abandoning our own wants, needs and wellbeing as Mums is no good for anybody (especially you), however profoundly our guilt might strike or however ingrained our people pleasing habits might be.

And I share 3 mega important reasons why I believe you NEED to start choosing YOURSELF more often, if you want to truly feel the courage and confidence to do your thing in life, parenthood and everything in between.

Do drop me an email to let me know how you get on with this at [email protected] - I'd love to hear your reflections!

And I can't wait to reconnect in May with another wonderful collection of podcast episodes after I take a well-needed (and deserved) moment to pause.

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

Find out more about me and my coaching work - https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk

Book in a FREE 30-minute discovery call to explore working together - https://calendly.com/tamsin_williamson/discovery-call

Follow me over on Instagram - https://instagram.com/theparenthoodcoach

Join my email community - The Parenthood Retreat - https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk/newsletter

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During this weeks episode (another gem from my insta live archives) I share a great convo with Nash Gierak, all about how she navigates life and parenthood while honouring her passion for sustainability.

As well as being a Mum to two boys, Nash is also the Director of Bold Green Strategies, a sustainability consultancy that works with brands and businesses to help them confidently meet — and exceed— the sustainability standards in their industries. 

When we had this conversation back in April 2023, Nash was on the verge of launching Bold Green Strategies, so it’s really exciting to see how much she has achieved in this space over the last year. 

Learning to live sustainably is such a pressing topic on so many of our minds - not to mention the importance of educating our kids about how to protect their planet. 

BUT the responsibility around living sustainably while juggling family life can feel complicated, overwhelming and like another plate to spin 🤹🏼‍♀️ 

Nash however has found brilliant ways to navigate and even SIMPLIFY parenthood through honouring her passion for sustainability and minimalism.

We cover so much in this episode including: 

- How Nash handles the balancing act of managing the expectations of friends, family and peers while also honouring her own integrity around sustainability at home  

- Nash shares some of the simple but impactful choices made within her own family unit, that have helped make sustainable living while raising little people feel much more accessible.

- And we reflect on the importance of flexibility when it comes to creating a sustainable lifestyle.

(NB: please excuse a few recording and sound imperfections on this episode, part of which was originally recorded as an Instagram live rather than using a professional podcast setup. I've managed to let it go - so I hope you can too! ;-) )

GUEST INFORMATION:

- Find out more about Nash and her business Bold Green Strategies HERE

- Follow Bold Green Strategies on Instagram HERE

- Follow Nash on LinkedIn HERE

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

- Find out more about me and my coaching work: https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk

- Book in a FREE 30-minute discovery call to explore working together - HERE

- Follow me on Instagram - https://instagram.com/theparenthoodcoach

- Join my email community - The Parenthood Retreat

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In this episode I talk to Tommy Ludgate about the essential role that creativity plays in how she does her thing in her life, both in her own right and alongside being a Mum to her 2 boys. 

As well as being a highly successful performer herself (having performed with the likes of Paloma Faith, Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller) Tommy also has over a decade’s experience in coaching singers, songwriters and performers to bring their talents to the main stage.

In this chapter of her life Tommy now runs her own business as a Coach for Creatives and she's on a mission to help anyone with a creative soul to overcome the challenges that are holding them back in their professional career and personal wellbeing. 

During this episode we reflected on how Tommy’s relationship with creativity has evolved since becoming a Mum

And she shares how she has navigated and overcome the challenges that often make it feel really hard to be creative while also carrying the maternal load.  

Tommy shares the ways in which her creative thinking, projects and passions have massively supported her mentally and emotionally against the tiring and  noisy backdrop of raising kids. 

And she shares some invaluable tips to help listeners get their creative juices flowing again if they’re feeling a bit stuck. 

GUEST INFORMATION:

- Buy a one-off ticket for Tommy's next (or future) Vision Board workshops here - https://tommyludgate.com/events/ (next one is on 21st March 2024 at 7pm, costing £20)

- Subscribe to Tommy's Substack: The Creatives' Table - HERE

- Become a paying subscriber at Tommy's Substack and get vision board workshops seasonally throughout the year for 44% discount - HERE

- Listen to Tommy's podcast: The Creatives' Table - HERE

- Follow Tommy on Instagram - HERE

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

- Find out more about me and my coaching work: https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk

- Book in a FREE 30-minute discovery call to explore working together - HERE

- Follow me on Instagram - https://instagram.com/theparenthoodcoach

- Join my email community - The Parenthood Retreat

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In this episode I share a mindset shift that has had a PROFOUND impact on the way I do MY thing in life...

And that is by treating life as an imperfect experiment.

As women - and Mums in particular - in our desperate attempt to avoid failure, we can get so easily tangled up in 'shoulds' and 'rules' without ACTUALLY questioning whether these steps are the right ones for US as individuals.

I've been there and bought the ill-fitting T-shirt, through both my experiences as a Mum and a business owner - and I can confirm it doesn't feel good to live life according to somone else's rule book.

In this episode I share the mindset shift that has allowed me to hit pause on the rules, and instead lean into a much more liberating, aligned and FUN way of carving out my own path alongside Motherhood.

I offer reassurance and insight around the discomfort you may feeling around treating life as an experiment.

PLUS I share the top 3 reasons why I believe there is SO MUCH to gain from releasing yourself from the rules and embracing a more free-flowing, imperfect and playful outlook to living your life.

ABOUT YOUR PODCAST HOST, TAMSIN WILLIAMSON:

Find out more about me and my coaching work - https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk

Book in a FREE 30-minute discovery call to explore working together - https://calendly.com/tamsin_williamson/discovery-call

Follow me over on Instagram - https://instagram.com/theparenthoodcoach

Join my email community - The Parenthood Retreat - https://theparenthoodcoach.co.uk/newsletter

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