The Therapy Edit

In this guest episode of The Therapy Edit Anna chats to Emma, mum of 4 (inlcuding triplets!) about the one thing she'd love to tell all the mums and it's all about the power of saying yes to every offer of help that you receive.

Emma Campbell is a columnist, speaker, writer, marathon-runner and in her own words, long-term cancer thriver. She is passionate about showing others that it's possible to live a big, bold and expansive life, even in the face of chronic illness.

Emma's incredible book 'All That Followed: A story of cancer, kids and the fear of leaving too soon' is an un-put-downable memoir of what happens when cancer becomes an unwelcome guest at an already crowded party.

Buy Emma's book here

Follow Emma on Instagram here
Listen to Emma's podcast 'Open' here

In this solo episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna explores how listeners can get better at accepting offers of help - guilt free. This in turn allows us to reduce feelings of overwhelm and burnout.

On this guest episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna chats to Johann Hari about how your inability to focus is NOT your fault.

Johann Hari is the author of 3 New York Times Bestselling books, the latest of which, Stolen Focus; Why You Can't Pay Attention is available here.

Find out more about Johann here and follow him on Instagram at @johann.hari

In this solo episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna takes ten minutes to consider ways that you can help yourself to feel less underappreciated.

Feeling underappreciated is a common emotion in motherhood and one that we all need support to manage.

In this guest episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna chats to menopause specialist, Dr Louise Newson about the importance of listening to your body and getting clued up when it comes to perimenopause.

Dr Louise Newson is GP a menopause specialist and co-founder of the free menopause support app balance which you can download here

You can find out more about Louise here https://www.newsonhealth.co.uk/

And you can follow her on Instagram at @menopause_doctor

In this solo episode of The Therapy Edit Anna, in response to multiple requests from followers. talks about the toxic emotion that is resentment.

She reads a short passage from The Little Book of Calm for New Mums on the topic.
You can find more grounding words and mantras in this book, Anna's third, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Book-Calm-New-Mums/dp/0241559812

In this guest episode of The Therapy Edit Anna chats to Stuart Sandeman about his One Thing - and it's an important one...... BREATHE.

Stuart Sandeman is the founder of Breathpod and has worked as a breath coach to award-winning artists, Olympic athletes and top business executives.

He's the host of the Decompression Session on BBC Radio 1 and Sunday Times Bestselling author of ‘Breathe In Breathe Out’ which you can buy here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breathe-Out-practical-management-improved/dp/0008475377

You can learn about Breathpod here https://breathpod.komi.io/?fbclid=IwAR1f9bQZBql9AiPe055B0THoi_sHuAyTu5Sp3y_7tggpn1XSytvYPtb6CjI

And you can follow Stuart on Instagram at @breathpod

In this solo episode of The Therapy Edit Anna confesses that despite being a really motivated person professionally and personally, procrastination is something she can be prone to when there isn't the time pressure associated with getting the task done. But is that the kind way to manage our task list?

Headphones in and join Anna as she offers 5 ways to avoid procrastination.

In this guest episode of The Therapy Edit Anna chats to comedian Sophie McCartney about her One Thing. Sophie talks about her experiences of health anxiety and shares her advice about trusting your gut instinct as a mother much more than Dr Google!

Sophie, the force behind the internet phenomenon Tired and Tested, is a 30-something comedy writer and social media sensation who made her name with her viral Ed Sheeran parody, Smell of You. She has since built up a loyal following of more than a million on Facebook alone for her funny and honest videos, which have attracted hundreds of millions of views.

Her debut non-fiction, Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride into Parenthood, was an instant Sunday Times number one bestseller on release in February 2022.

Sophie's debut novel, Mother Hens, is out in Feb 2023 and you can pre-order it here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008475334?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_WB2PTM58RB1NE8BSPSTQ

You can also follow Sophie on Instagram at @tiredandtested

In this solo episode of The Therapy Edit Anna considers how we can approach those moments when we feel like we 'ought' to be entertaining or playing with our children and offers ideas about why and how we can take the pressure off ourselves and allow our children to just 'be.'