The Netmums Podcast

S17 Ep2: Embracing the chaos: Navigating motherhood with Anna Williamson

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This week on The Netmums Podcast, Alison & Wendy are joined by TV presenter, qualified life coach and therapist Anna Williamson (Celebs Go Dating, LuAnna podcast), for an honest chat about modern motherhood. Anna opens up about perinatal anxiety, postnatal depression, bonding struggles, and why asking for help is strength, not shame. She also talks about her Channel 4 series, The Great British Phone Switch, and her chart-topping podcast, The Affair, exploring why infidelity fascinates us and how some couples come back stronger.

In this episode:
  • Embracing “good-enough” parenting and the reality behind the Instagram highlights reel
  • Anna’s lived experience of anxiety, birth trauma and PND and the power of saying it out loud
  • Shame, bonding difficulties and the moments that make you want to stay in the car park a bit longer
  • Phones aren’t the enemy: Anna’s car-driving analogy for teaching kids safe, smart smartphone use
  • Inside The Great British Phone Switch: what happens when parents and teens swap phones and the family pledges that result
  • Celebs Go Dating behind the scenes: why Kerry Katona’s journey this series made Anna proud (plus a little Pete Wicks chat!)
  • The Affair podcast: the many faces of infidelity.
    • Watch The Great British Phone Switch on Channel 4 (stream on demand), and listen to Anna’s podcast The Affair wherever you get your podcasts.
    Stay connected with Netmums for more parenting tips, community support, engaging content: Website: netmums.com / Instagram: @netmums 
    Proudly produced by Decibelle Creative / @decibelle_creative



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