For episode 8 we talk about Mental Health.

A subject that we should always talk about and normalise. And something that I have plenty of experience with.

We talk about mental health illness including depression, SAD, grief, being sectioned.

We talk about medication, talking therapies and what we can do to help friends who maybe experiencing mental health issues.

We mentioned some resources who can help

Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/

NHS Page full of great advice on how to find counsellor's in your area https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/counselling/

Step Change www.stepchange.org

Citizens Advice https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk

For more info on Lynn and Becky, check out our websites. https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/

https://ridleywrites.co.uk/

Music copywrite Dan Greensmith

For episode 7 of the podcast we discuss women and alcohol.

How it has become a socially acceptable, yet highly unhealthy coping mechanism.

We discuss our own experience, binge drinking, coping mechanisms, how it has lead to being in unsafe situations.

We talk marketing and how women are targeted by the alcohol companies, ginoclock, time for gin, the rise of rose wine.

And we share stats that younger generations, millennial and gen z are drinking far less than gen x (those of us born before 1980)

For more info on Lynn and Becky, check out our websites. https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/

https://ridleywrites.co.uk/

Music copywrite Dan Greensmith

For episode 6 of Mrs Mummypenny Talks with Ridley Writes we share all the financial solutions that every women needs to know and understand.

Finances are often a difficult area for women to talk about, packed full of shame and vulnerability and we want to change this.

We talked about:-

Debt Repayment

Savings & The Emergency fund

Investments and Pension

Protection and Wills

For Pensions I mentioned PensionBee http://refer.pensionbee.com/mQeBiQC with £50 to your pension pot if you sign up

For Investments Vanguard and Fidelity are great - low fees.

For Insurance and Protections Needs I recommend Lifesearch with £25 or £50 cash back for you. https://www.lifesearch.com/partner-pages/oglanding?sc_camp=E8CD21D4C1444491ACDDC055CCFE814B&ls_camp=0

For more info on Lynn and Becky, check out our websites. https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/

https://ridleywrites.co.uk/

Music Copywrite to Daniel Greensmith

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For episode 5 of Mrs Mummypenny Talks with Ridley Writes we share our favourite iconic books by women writers. From books we read in our youth to now!

Enid Blyton - Famous Five, Magic Faraway Tree

Judy Blume, Forever

Eleanor M Brent-Dyer - The Chalet School books;

Daphne Du Maurier - Rebecca ;

Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley High;

Madeline L'Engle - A ring of pure and endless light;

Ursula Le Guin - Earthsea trilogy;

Virginia Andrews Flowers in the Attic; Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse;

Sara Maitland - The Far North and other Dark Stories;

Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook;

Maya Angelou - I know why the caged bird sings and all her poetry (Still I rise and Phenomenal Woman being two brilliant ones);

Audre Lorde - Sister Outsider;

Toni Morrison - Beloved

Susan Jeffers - Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway

Brene Brown - Braving the Wilderness and

Finally the queen Glennon Doyle - Untamed For more info on

Lynn and Becky, check out our websites. https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/

https://ridleywrites.co.uk/

Music Copywrite to Daniel Greensmith

For Episode 4 of our podcast we talk about motherless mothers.

Sadly something that we both have experienced, me Lynn at 16, Becky at 33. We share our stories and how it has changed us for the better and the worse.

For more info on Lynn and Becky, check out our websites. https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/

https://ridleywrites.co.uk/

Music Copyright Daniel Greensmith All Rights Reserved

For Episode 3 of our podcast we talk about the inevitable battle that so many women face. The balance of life. Work, motherhood, selfcare, friends.

We discuss the pressures and expectations of motherhood. Along with the realities of how careers often stall at the point of motherhood, particularly with young children.

With lots of experience from us.

For more info on Lynn and Becky, check out our websites. https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/​

https://ridleywrites.co.uk/

For Episode 2 of our podcast we go deep. We are talking about the recent Everyone's Invited story.

Rape culture, sexual abuse and harassment, where so many are now sharing their stories.

We discuss how we talk about our experience with this and how it was normalised in our younger years. And how we can talk to our children about it to change attitudes for the future.

It also links into the importance of sharing your story, even if anonymously. Feeling like you are not the only one is a huge deal.

Have a read of the stories. https://www.everyonesinvited.uk/

For more info on Lynn and Becky, check out our websites. https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/

https://ridleywrites.co.uk/

Music Copyright Daniel Greensmith All Rights Reserved

Mrs Mummypenny Talks is evolving! My podcast is now Mrs Mummypenny Talks with Ridley Writes.

Two life long friend discuss life as a women in current times. Equality for women, work life balance, sharing our stories, family life, there is so much to talk about.

For episode 1 we share our stories, how we became friends and where the twists and turns of life have taken us. We share the stories of careers, love lives and untimely deaths of both sets of parents.

Read more about Lynn on her website

https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/

And more about Rebecca on her website

https://ridleywrites.co.uk/

I am the winner of the 2020 UK Money Blogger award for best Family Money Blog!!

To celebrate this week I am talking family money saving. Talking babies, childcare, school costs, uniforms, activities, days out with the children.

Lots of ideas and more can be found in my my book The Money Guide to Transform Your Life

https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/product/the-money-guide-to-transform-your-life/

Its episode 10 and I am talking how to save money on your regular bills. Sharing more content from my book 'The Money Guide to Transform Your Life'.

From mortgage, to council tax to energy to broadband and mobiles. Its all in here.

A few of my recommendations...

Trussle for an independent mortgage broker

http://ssqt.co/mzgdRSs

Octopus Energy

share.octopus.energy/light-human-543

And my book can be bought here

https://www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk/product/the-money-guide-to-transform-your-life/