BONUS Episode: Hurray it’s a BIG BONUS episode for you this season with the one and only Chemmy Alcott - 4 times Olympian and Britain’s most successful female ski racer.

Chemmy started competing in international races at the Junior World Championships in 1998 and the Youth Olympics in 1999, she then won the British Junior titles, the seniors overall titles for 8 years and competed in 7 World Championships and she also competed in her first Winter Olympics in 2002 going on to compete in the Olympics 3 more times. Chemmy has placed in the top 10 of the world rankings 5 times and is Britain’s most successful skier. She retired from skiing after the Olympics in 2014 and now presents Ski Sunday and the Winter Olympics while also working as a ski coach and she’s a Mum to 2 boys.

She is passionate about reframing the ideas we hold of fear, success and how we learn and especially towards women and mothers, so this was a fantastic conversation that will really get you thinking and motivated.

I hope you love this episode as much as I think you might.

Please do review and let me know what you think, especially if you’re on Apple podcasts right now.

If you don’t already follow Chemmy you can find her here @chemmyski and her coaching company here @cdcperformance 

Thanks, once again for listening and being generally awesome, I love you being here - see you for season 6 soon!

In this short final, final episode of the season, I chat to Dids and Lebby to get some life lessons they had learned from their massive adventure across the Atlantic.

Please make sure you listen to the full episode conversation in episode 89 for more on this wonderful crew and how they went about their challenge.

I’d love you to let me know what you think and what you enjoyed from these conversations by jumping over to instagram @motherofallmovement and remember to connect with the Mothership crew here too @mothership_twac

Thanks so much, as always for listening, I’m ever grateful to have you here.

Until next season!

Kathryn 

In this final episode of season 5 I am joined by half of the Mothership crew who just completed the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge row coming in 2nd place women’s 4 in just over 40 days. They have been training for 2 years, preparing technically and physically as well as getting over the mental hurdle of being out in the Atlantic on their own with no immediate support and rowing 2 hours on 2 hours off for the whole time.

Felicity (Dids) and Lebby joined me to chat about their approach to the row, what they found the most challenging part and their experience of being women and mothers rowing this challenge.

I love speaking to women who have done something extraordinary against all expectations and the crew of the Mothership are exactly those type of women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please do give it a rating and review if you’re on Apple podcasts - it’s super quick and will help others find this podcast amongst all the others out there.

Thanks for listening to this series and for joining me in the chats and connections made with inspiring and informative women who happen to be mothers.

See you soon for Season 6!

This week I wanted to talk about Distraction following on from a conversation I had with my son about what it was like for him when he’s not playing computer games and has to actually listen to what’s going on in his head.

I hope if this resonates with you, it might give you a chance for a moment of reflection on what your version of the Dragon and the Snow Flurry are and what you can move to change instead.

Jump over to Instagram to chat to me about this @motherofallmovement I look forward to chatting to you about this.

Kathryn

In this short episode Yebin talks through her Top 5 Rules which she follows in life to help keep her connected to what matters and maintain her wellbeing, from breathing to cold showers we’ve got some great stuff going on in this episode!

Find Thich Nhat Hanh’s book “You are Here” on Amazon here

And find out more about the WimHof method for breathing and cold water immersion here.

Remember to check out our full conversation in Episode 86 of the podcast as well and connect with Yebin here on Instagram @yebinmok 

Thanks so much, as always, for being here and listening, I so appreciate you.

Until next time, movement fans, keeeeep moving!!

Hi Movement Fans!

This week I have been thinking about how we measure and notice progress and what happens when we compare.

I hope you find this interesting - I’d love to know what you think?

As always please jump over to instagram and let me know - come have a chat with me! @motherofallmovement

Have a great week and see you next time.

Welcome Movement Fans!

In this episode I am joined by the lovely Yebin Mok, who we know now in the UK as a professional on Dancing On Ice but she honed her talent and incredible skill as a figure skater in the US on the junior and Senior Circuit before moving on as a professional in tours like Holiday on Ice.

In this conversation we talk about her life as an elite athlete from a very young age and the commitment to the sport she loved which also led to her losing her way a bit. After an identity crisis, episode of depression and eating disorder Yebin found some time away gave her the space she needed to remember why she loved skating in the first place.

We also talk about her recovery from giving birth to her 2 kids and her hopes for the future.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. You can connect with Yebin on Instagram here: @yebinmok

We’d love to know what you thought of the episode with any comments or feedback, so do come and say hi. And as always, if you’re listening on Apple podcast with the reviews function, please do post a review.

Thank you, as always, for being her and being you, I appreciate you.

Kathryn @motherofallmovement

In this episode I continue my chat from Episode 83 with Kerrie-Anne Bradley from Pilates at Your Desk to hear all about the things that are most important to her and what she hopes to inspire in others.

Remember to catch up with our previous chat if you want to know more about the wonderful Kerrie-Anne and her work keeping us all moving and enjoying it.

Thanks for listening, come and say hi over on Instagram @motherofallmovement I’d love to hear from you and what you thought of this and other episodes.

Please do share, subscribe, rate and review in any way you can.

See you next week!

In this episode I chat to the wonderful Kerrie-Anne Bradley, Mum to Ivy, Pilates teacher, founder of Pilates at Your Desk and author of the recently published “Move More at Your Desk” a fantastic resource for those wanting to bring movement into their daily life more easily.

In this conversation we talk about:

- how Kerrie-Anne turned people watching at lunchtimes to her advantage when it came to working with people as a teacher

- how her clients who moved more at their desks had less aches and pains and made better improvements than those who didn't

- how the language of movement and exercise can be a barrier to moving well in those snatches of moments we can find between meetings and at your desk

I hope you enjoy this episode and really feel encouraged and motivated to move more in your days to benefit your long term health.

You can connect with Kerrie-Anne on Instagram @pilatesatyourdesk

Or find her work including corporate and individual workshops and online sessions here: www.pilatesatyourdesk.com

I’d love it if you can also review and rate this podcast if you are listening on Apple podcasts, thank you so much.

Thanks for listening, see you next time.

In this week’s episode we are talking about procrastination and how we can find a more effective and compassionate way around it without getting too anxious.

I refer heavily here on the work of James Clear in his life-changing book “Atomic Habits” and articles on his website, as well as Kristin Neff’s ground breaking work on self-compassion and her most recent book “Fierce Self Compassion"

I look forward to hearing any comments or feedback over on my Instagram @motherofallmovement - it would be brilliant to hear from you and discuss any of these episodes with you.

Have a great week and see you next time.