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In the latest episode of Skin Like a Rhino, Tania talks to Zoe Blaskey, founder of 'Motherkind' who shares insights and tools for navigating motherhood with self-compassion and clarity. 

Topics:
Introduction to ‘Motherkind’
Exploring Matrescence
Redefining Success
The Shoulds vs. Authentic Living
Anxiety in modern parenting
Balancing boundaries and energy
Toxic Positivity
Coaching vs. Therapy
Gender and parenting roles
Helicopter parenting and generational shifts

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In the latest episode of Skin Like a Rhino, Tania talks to Ashley James about the complex realities of motherhood, exploring the often-overlooked aspects of most women's postpartum journey.

Topics:
- Mom guilt
- Postpartum physical and mental health
- Pelvic floor health
- Healthcare support
- Gender health gap
- Shared parental responsibilities
- Birth trauma
- Societal expectations

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In our latest episode, Tania sits down with Dawn Huckelbridge, the Founding Director of Paid Leave for All, to discuss why fighting for paid leave in the States is a political priority. An urgent one. 

Think this is just about job security? Think again. Paid leave is vital for economic growth and reproductive freedom. It’s essential for gender and racial equity. It’s crucial for our physical health and emotional well-being—and not having it is costing lives. 

Dawn unpacks how the wealthiest economy in the world is failing its people by not providing paid family leave, and how we can use our power to change this.

Topics covered:

The paid leave crisis in the States 
Why there's an urgent need for policy change
The real cost of inaction
How the caregiving burden disproportionately affects women
Dawn’s personal experience of motherhood
The realities of raising a family in the States
A question of political control
How you can use your power to affect change

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In the latest episode of Skin Like a Rhino, Tania talks to Lucy Jones about 'Matrescence' —  her incredible book on the brain-altering process of becoming a mom. 

Topics: 

-What is matrescence?

-'Bounce back' Culture

-Caregiver Brain Development

-Nature vs. Nurture

-Existential Thinking

-Intensive Parenting

-Societal Expectations for Modern Parenting

-Generational Change in Parenting

-Modern Day Patriarchy

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In our latest episode, Tania sits down with Daye founder & CEO Valentina Milanova to delve into the details of all things female health - we're talkin' period pain, STIs, endometriosis and lots of VAGINA chat.

Women are being gaslit, daily, into thinking that the struggles we face with our health are "normal" - It's one of the greatest injustices of all time so, Tania and Valentina are here to raise awareness and make change. 

Trigger warning: Abortions, Fertility, Miscarriages, IVF

Topics covered:

• The importance of vaginal microbiomes
• Lack of research and funding in women's health
• Gynaecological neglect
• Asymptomatic STIs
• Medical gaslighting
• Endometriosis
• Female health censorship online
• Menstrual care
• Period productivity
• The economic cost of period pain

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Giving birth is a life-changing event and the most significant transition that women go through since adolescence.

Hear more about how you can best advocate for yourself throughout the journey of pregnancy, birth and postpartum with Siobhan Miller, Founder of The Positive Birth Company - sharing all of the positive vibes (of course, it’s in the company name.) and offering simple, yet genius insights into the power of a positive birth experience. 

Siobhan's knowledge extends beyond birth preparation as she dives into postpartum mental health, highlighting the importance of knowledge and awareness during your birthing experience and how to navigate the transition in this stage of your life.

This episode is packed with wisdom - so, tune in for a virtual breathwork exercise and to learn more about the roles of your hormones during birth. Don't miss this conversation that proves that knowledge really is power.

Topics:

• Founding the Positive Birth Company
• Hypnobirthing explained
• Pregnancy and postpartum mental health
• A positive birth experience 
• Feeling postnatal failure 
• Knowledge is power
• Virtual breathwork exercise
• Hormones during birth
• Your birthing environment
• Work-life-parent balance

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Listen as Jessica Ennis-Hill and Elvie Founder Tania Boler chat about understanding our bodies, our cycles, and our unique hormonal ebbs and flows to get the most from every day. Plus, we hear about how much has changed in women's sport over the past few decades— and where it's going next. 


Topics:

• Understanding your hormones 
• Role models in women's sport 
• Exercise at all ages 
• Postpartum exercise 
• Pelvic floor training 
• Progress over perfection 

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We’re living in a world where a world where dogs have better *legally protected* postpartum rights than US moms. Appalled? Good. So are we. 😵‍💫🚨

Listen as Liz Tenety , Co-founder of Motherly and our very own Tania Boler take us through the surprises and shames revealed in The Motherload, the Elvie x Motherly report on postpartum life in the US. 

We’ll hear from over 1,000 US moms about the things to celebrate (top-notch partners 🤝) and the things that need some serious work (zero, yes, *zero* paid maternity leave 🚫). 

Topics:

• Postpartum healthcare 
• Mental health in postpartum women 
• Paid parental leave 
• Changing postpartum politics in the US 
• How partners can help 
• Sharing the motherload with technology 

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In our latest episode, Tania sits down with The Female Quotient founder and CEO Shelley Zalis to delve in to how to rewrite the rules of the workplace and change the game. 🦏 🎧

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It's time porn came off its pedestal, don't you think? Join us with sexpert and founder of Make Love Not Porn, Cindy Gallop, where we take a peek behind closed doors (and rapidly closed laptop lids 🤭💻) to understand just how revolutionary a 'real sex' video-sharing platform can be (and has been!) for society.

Topics:

Porn vs real-world sex
Repressive attitudes to sex
The orgasm gap
Content and advertising censorship 
Sex education for youngsters
Turning ageism on its head
Male gaze in female-targeted advertising