FRIDAY'S CHILD

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today for this special final episode of the series is Dating Guru, Columnist, Host of The Clueless Mum Podcast, and all-round fabulous Celeb Mama, Nadia Essex.

I am a huge fan of Nadia’s podcast, The Clueless Mum, and it was an absolute dream to have her on the show. We chat about Nadia’s birth, breastfeeding, postpartum body confidence and much more!

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

www.instagram.com/ladynadiaessex/

The Clueless Mum Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-clueless-mum-with-nadia-essex

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today is a remarkable woman who is on a mission to revive, reclaim and restore sacred and ancient Moroccan Postpartum Medicines and Traditions. I am talking about Layla B. Layla is an entrepreneur, mother, soulful changemaker and business mentor, traditional Moroccan postpartum trainer, writer and philanthropist.

It was truly fascinating to learn how in Morocco the Nafsa, also known as The New Mother, is completely supported, provided for and honoured. I wish every woman was made to feel this safe, protected and understood during the 4th Trimester.

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

www.laylab.co.uk

www.instagram.com/laylabrachid

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today is Nikki Oliver, aka ‘The Fit Midwife’. Nikki is a UK & UAE Registered Midwife and a Pre & Postnatal Fitness Coach. If you’re currently pregnant and not already following Nikki on Instagram, I urge you to go and check out her page ‘The Fit Midwife’ as her content is super informative, and she is brilliant at tackling those taboo postpartum topics that just don’t get spoken about enough. 

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

www.instagram.com/thefitmidwife/

www.thefitmidwife.com 

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today is Siobhan Miller - Mother to three boys and the powerhouse Founder of The Positive Birth Company. Siobhan is a Royal College of Midwives accredited hypnobirthing teacher who developed The Positive Birth Company’s hypnobirthing framework based upon her years of experience helping women prepare for birth, along with her Masters degree in Psychology.

Siobhan is also the bestselling author of Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better, the creator of the award winning Digital Pack and Postpartum Pack, and the concept advisor behind Apple’s top 20 app of the year; the Freya app.

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

www.thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk

www.instagram.com/thepositivebirthcompany

www.youtube.com/channel/UCEokgwT84Us5yrVvxdMyKSw

https://thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/freya-hypnobirthing-app

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

This episode is being released on World Sleep Day and my guest today couldn’t more perfect to mark such an occasion.

My guest today is Hayley Bukhamsin, aka ‘The Gentle Mama’. Hayley is a baby sleep specialist and a woman on a mission to empower parents and help us nurture our intuition. What I thought was going to be a lovely chat just about sleep, turned out to be so much more!

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

https://www.instagram.com/thegentlemama/

www.thegentlemama.com

www.thegentlemama.com/courses/

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today is Netherlands based postpartum specialist, Mother and Author of ‘This Is Postpartum’; I am of course talking about the wonderful Tilda Timmers. Tilda’s passion for breaking the taboo around postnatal depression is incredibly inspiring and I was honored to hear about her personal postpartum challenges during our chat. 

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

https://www.instagram.com/thisispostpartum/

https://www.instagram.com/geenrozewolk/

https://www.amazon.ae/This-Postpartum-yourself-perfect-conspiracy/dp/9948354427

https://soundcloud.com/user-343682149/ep-6-how-to-stop-taking-parenting-advice-as-criticism-of-you-as-a-mother?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today has been credited with starting a food revolution with her trusty recipes and methods…She has become the UK’s No.1 children’s cookery author, best-selling international author, and the mother of all feeding experts with 45 cookbooks…and counting. I am of course talking about the icon that is Annabel Karmel.

With a career spanning over 25 years, Annabel, has pioneered the way families all over the world feed their babies and children.

I cannot tell you how much of an honour and dream come true it was to have Annabel on the podcast. Annabel spoke so bravely about the tragic passing of her first baby girl Natasha, and how that devasting loss, followed by the birth of her son Nicholas, started a chain of events that has led to her become  the renowned Queen of all things weaning that we know and love today.

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

https://www.annabelkarmel.com

https://www.instagram.com/annabelkarmel/

Products: https://www.annabelkarmel.com/products/

App: https://www.annabelkarmel.com/annabel-karmel-baby-toddler-recipes-app/ 

Food Range in UAE: https://babyandchild.ae/family-life/food/article/1684/annabel-karmel-s-new-range-of-baby-purees-and-snacks-now-available-in-uae

Encephalitis Information Links:

https://www.encephalitis.info/pages/category/wed

https://wedconf.org/

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today is Shona Lihala. Shona is the wonderful woman at the helm of renowned messy play and baby sign language classes, Katie Jane Dubai.  Shona has a Masters in Clinical Psychology and previously worked as a Behavioural Therapist here in Dubai where she worked with non-verbal children and children with sensory difficulties.

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

https://katiejanedubai.com

https://www.instagram.com/katiejane_dubai/

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today is Dubai based Pediatric Dietitian, Jordana Ventzke. Jordana specializes in infant diet and nutrition, maternal nutrition and pre & post-natal support. Jordana is also a breast-feeding counsellor and Hypnobirthing Instructor. In this episode I speak to Jordana about a very hot topic and something that I am currently going through right now with my 6-month-old baby, and that’s the wonderful world of WEANING. So, for any Mums out there about to start their weaning journey, this one’s for you! Jordana is a fountain of knowledge and I personally learnt so much from our conversation. 

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

http://jordana.life/

https://www.instagram.com/jv_nutrition/

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today is Sophie Jones, a qualified Child Development professional and Certified Sleep Consultant with over 20 years of international experience.  When working with clients, Sophie adopts a holistic approach to ensure that her support is tailored to your child’s needs and aligns with your own parenting style. Sophie offers home and online consultations and currently works with the wonderful team at Babies & Beyond here in Dubai. 

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

https://www.instagram.com/sophiejones_babiesandbeyond/

http://www.babiesandbeyond.ae/

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ 

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share