Parents Who Think

Saying YES to ambition. My guest this week is Claudia Reuter, Author of "Yes, You Can Do This!" , Podcast Creator & Host for "The 43 Percent", and a tech CEO. In the episode we get into:

• Calling bullshit on structures that aren't made to support mothers (Remember 85% of women become mothers! How's that for equality 😡)
• Ambition and why we've no reason to be apologetic about it 🙄💥
• How Claudia focuses on strengths to move toward a shared vision 👓
• Why "Leaning In" is too binary 🔬
• And More!

About my guest, Claudia Reuter:

Claudia Reuter is CEO of High Alpha Studio and was previously a General Manager for Techstars, the Senior Vice President of Labs and Digital Services for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and the former CEO and co-founder of SchoolChapters (acquired by HMH). She currently serves on the Board of Directors at Lessonly and has been featured on leanin.org, quoted in Forbes and Entrepreneur, and recognized for her trailblazing work by the Boston Business Journal as a "Women to Watch in Technology" and as a "Changemaker" by HUBweek. Her book, 'Yes, You Can Do This! How Women Startup, Scaleup, and Build the Life They Want" (Wiley 2020) debuted as a #1 new release on Amazon, and was hailed as a must-read manifesto for the next generation of female founders. Claudia recently had an opinion piece published in Fast Company, titled "Forget leaning in or out: These are the questions we should be asking women (and men)." She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Innovation Leader and is the creator and host of the podcast "The 43 Percent," which debuted in March 2019 as a "New and Noteworthy" on Apple podcasts.

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How can I be a Mother and be Me? That's what my upcoming book, NOISE: A Manifesto Modernising Motherhood, is all about.

On the one hand, this book is about being a mother, but it's also about how, once we become mothers, we're not allowed to be ourselves. NOISE is a powerful dismantling of the barriers and central tenets that hold women back.

This manifesto was built to start a conversation; it's a call-to-arms to get ideas flowing through our communities, and an invitation to think differently about what we're repeatedly told about motherhood.

Pre-Order here:

• Directly from the Publisher (Ships internationally)
• On Amazon.co.uk

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Clover's joined me for another SFM pod ep - this one's a cheeky bonus episode. We chat real-stuff about the many realities of mothering during a pandemic - what an unforgettably bizarre time. We also veer into words on her forthcoming book she's currently writing. It sounds absolutely glorious (as expected). Once again she's writing about the wonderfully messy experience of being human but from a different angle... Before we can get our hands on that new book - her Sunday Times Bestselling book My Wild and Sleepless Nights has just been released in paperback. Now's the moment to go and grab a copy! Here's the link to buy the paperback

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"𝙒𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚" @startup_parent joins me to talk on the topic of START. With all things IWD swilling around this week, it's the *perfect* moment to release this ep. We get right into: - Being bold and STARTing a business - Why mothers make ideal startup founders - Living to our values. [Not in any kind of twee way] - How a book might be the best business card for you + your biz.

About my guest, Sarah K Peck:

Sarah K Peck is the founder and CEO of Startup Parent and the host of The Startup Parent Podcast, an award-winning podcast featuring women in entrepreneurship, business, and parenting. She runs The Wise Women's Council, a year-long membership program for women to come together and be honest and brave together while navigating the challenges of working and parenting. Her writing and work has been featured on Forbes, Inc, Fast Company, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and more. She lives in New York City with her family.

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Having the NERVE to do big and bold things. My guest this week is broadcaster and author, Kaye Adams. A UK household name, Kaye's known for her candour on-screen. We explore having the nerve to be transparent & open, the nerves of menopause and so much more.

About my guest, Kaye Adams:

Kaye is a regular panellist on ITV's Loose Women for 20 years on and off and the original anchor with Nadia Sawalha . She's bombed off Celebrity Masterchef, won Celebrity Mastermind, and was completely humiliated on Total Wipeout. Kaye presents The Kaye Adams programme on BBC Radio Scotland Mon-Thurs, 9-12. She's also co-authored, with Vicky Allan, STILL HOT! 42 Brilliantly Honest Menopause Stories.

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Owning the power of personal branding. Sarah Ashman, Creative Director & Founder of Public Persona, joins me to explore how we can dive into personal branding in a way that feels authentic and aligned with our values. We get into Future Self Profiles, "mirror brands" and how personal branding is communicating the "real person underneath the layers".

About my guest, Sarah Ashman:

Sarah Ashman is the founder of Public Persona Studio, a small business focused on helping entrepreneurs and influencers clarify their brand, uplevel their business, elevate their influence, and increase their perceived value through branding. She has over 18 years of experience as a brand strategist and creative director, creating compelling and cohesive brands that are magnetic and memorable. She has worked with some of the foremost thought-leaders within the entrepreneurial space as well as Fortune 100 companies such as Estée Lauder, Vogue Magazine, and Mercedes Benz.

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My guest this week is writer, broadcaster and journalist; Emma Woolf. Emma's a prolific author (and journalist + broadcaster) - several of her books focus on eating disorders, including her own journey. As National Eating Disorder Awareness Week approaches, Emma and I discuss the impact of ED's on life (for everyone involved), recovery and so much more.

Emma Woolf is a writer, critic, journalist, former columnist for The Times and Newsweek, and TV presenter on Channel 4's Supersize vs Superskinny. Often heard debating and reviewing on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio Ulster.

Bestselling books include:

- An Apple a Day: A Memoir of Love and Recovery from Anorexia

- The Ministry of Thin: How the Pursuit of Perfection Got Out of Control

- Letting Go: How To Heal Your Hurt, Love Your Body & Transform Your Life

- Positively Primal: Finding Health & Happiness in a Hectic World

- The A-Z of Eating Disorders

- Wellbeing: Body Confidence, Health & Happiness

- Ways of Escape

- England's Lane

Read the full show notes over on our website

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Finding power in the things we're told to hate. My guest is Hollie McNish, writer and poet. We explore her upcoming book "SLUG and other things I was told to hate" and SO much more. We talk masturbation, grief, feminism, being blunt and of course, her poetry. PRE-ORDER MY BOOK >> NOISE: A Manifesto Modernising Motherhood https://www.triumphpress.co/books/p/noise Hollie McNish is a UK writer based between Glasgow and Cambridge. She has published three collections of poetry – Papers, Cherry Pie, Plum – a play relating the history of UK women's football – Offside, co-written with Sabrina Mahfouz - and one poetic memoir – Nobody Told Me – of which The Scotsman stated 'The World Needs this Book' and which won the Ted Hughes Prize for New Work in Poetry. Her poems have been translated into French, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Polish and Japanese and she has performed them worldwide alongside the likes of Irvine Welsh, Kae Tempest, Jackie Kay, Helen Pankhurst and Young Fathers.Her forthcoming title – Slug: and other things I've been told to hate – is to be released in May 2021 with Fleet, Hachette.Read the full show notes over on our website >> https://www.schoolformothers.com/podcast_sfm/118-slug-hollie-mcnish/ School for Mothers Website ● School For Mothers Private Facebook Group ● School for Mothers Instagram

Cut the stress & pressure out of mealtimes with fussy eaters. My guest for this special episode is Ciara Attwell; Author of My Fussy Eaters, Autism Advocate and Founder of Pick Plates. Ciara shares her no-nonsense and totally down to earth advice on how to get fussy eaters eating (!) and exploring new foods.

About Ciara Attwell:

Ciara is founder of My Fussy Eater and mum to Aoife (aged 8) and Finn (aged 5). She started her blog in 2014 in an attempt to get her very fussy eating daughter, then aged 3, to eat a better and more varied diet and to put some fun back into mealtimes. Since then she's shared over 500 recipes on her site and My Fussy Eater has fast become one of the leading family food blogs in the UK and Ireland. Her aim is to help frustrated parents, grandparents and carers introduce their reluctant eaters to mealtimes that are not only healthy but also fun. In 2020 she launched Pick Plates.

Motherhood: raw and unedited. My guest today is NYT bestselling author Kate Baer. We get down and dirty into the highs and lows of motherhood including why mothers should be angry, the power of women writers, and the inspiration for her poetry collection: WHAT KIND OF WOMAN.

About my guest, Kate Baer:

Kate Baer is a writer and poet based on the East Coast. Her work is regularly featured on Joanna Goddard's A Cup Of Jo, Romper, and Huffington Post. Her first book, What Kind Of Woman, published by Harper Collins in 2020, was an instant NYT bestseller.