The Therapy Edit

In this episode of The Therapy Edit Anna offers listeners some advice on how to accept help, guilt-free, whenever it's offered.

She considers the reason that many mums find it so challenging to accept offers of help, rest and respite and how we can identify genuine offers of help that are given willingly and get better at saying 'yes please.'

In this episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna chats with Lucy London who tells listeners that her One Thing is 'to be honest with your children drawing on her experiences of coming out as a gay to her family.

Lucy London is a fashion designer, the Creative Director at London Queer Fashion Show and programmes short fashion courses for Jimmy Choo Academy.

You can follow Lucy on Instagram at @lucylondonofficial

In this episode Anna considers the reasons that we might feel envious of others and how we can reframe this emotion and allow ourselves some self compassion.

Anna reads a short excerpt from her lastest book, The Little Book of Calm for New Mums, Grounding Words for The Highs, The Lows and The Moments Inbetween

You can get your copy here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Book-Calm-New-Mums/dp/0241559812/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30JE2GQLPU7WL&keywords=the+little+book+of+calm+for+new+mums&qid=1658230072&sprefix=the+little+book+of+calm%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-1

In this episode Anna chats to Stacey Heale about how to talk about and show all the hard emotions, grief included.

Stacey's partner Greg died of cancer last year and she speaks openly about her experiences of death and grief talks and writes openly about the topic and how we can prepare for the emotions that grief will throw at us all at some point.

You can follow Stacey on Instagram @stacey_heale

In this episode Anna shares a lightbulb moment about how she can easily boost her wellbeing and offers you advice and tips as to how you can easily go about boosting your own too,

On this episode Anna chats with Instagram mental health campaigner, podcaster and author Laura Belbin on about how to address feelings of guilt and shame and live authentically with your own version of motherhood.

Laura offers a brilliant antidote to the unrealistic, sugar-coated portrayal of ‘perfect’ motherhood, and she is no stranger to ‘going viral’. Laura started her channels after chronic post-natal-depression left her with an insatiable desire to make people laugh and reassure those who doubt themselves every single day: the ones who have struggled to accept the way they look; the mums-to-be about to find themselves taking their first step towards parenthood; and the women bossing it like badasses every single day but never getting the credit they deserve. Laura’s favourite saying is “you are more than enough”.

You can follow Laura on Instagram at @knee_deep_in_life

You can also purchase Laura's book 'No Shame, How to drop the guilt... from someone who's learned the f*%cking hard way here https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Shame-drop-guilt-learned/dp/1529148413/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RK5ROC1647V4&keywords=no+shame+laura+belbin&qid=1657885230&sprefix=no+shame+%2Caps%2C58&sr=8-1

In this episode Anna offers her top 5 tips on a regularly requested topic; how to manage guilt around friendships that have changed as a result of motherhood.

In this episode of One Thing, Anna chats with Sarra Hoy about how no mother is ever alone in their emotions or experience, even though it may feel that way.

Sarra Hoy is the wife of Gold Medal Olympic cyclist, Chris Hoy and following their shared experience of becoming parents to a premature baby, Sarra became an ambassador for Bliss, the UKs largest neonatal charity.

You can follow Sarra on Instagram at @sarra.hoy and you learn more about the work of Bliss at www.bliss.org.uk

Bliss exists to give every baby born premature or sick in the UK the best chance of survival and quality of life.

In this episode Anna shares a lightbulb moment where she realised a life changing truth that has transformed her motherhood journey.

It's a biggy so you'll have to listen to find out more and also to unpick Anna's realisation (which of course comes accompanied with lots of helpful therapeutic tips to help you make space for this realisation in your own motherhood journey. )

In this episode Anna chats to sisters Gem and Eve of Calm and Bright Sleep Support about finding confidence in your choices.

Calm and Bright Sleep Support was founded by Gem and Eve who have 7 children between them. Their sleep support services for families are provided by a team of 10 which includes three paediatric nurses, a midwife, a senior NHS Clinical psychologist and an integrative therapist and together they are proud to support thousands of families each year to find the right sleep solutions for them.

You can follow Calm and Bright Sleep Support on Instagram at @calmandbrightseleepsupport

You can visit their website and download an array of transformative sleep plans aimed at helping families with children aged 0-4 to find the right sleep for them at https://www.calmandbright.co.uk/

You can also buy Calm and Bright's book, Love to Sleep, here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Sleep-Nights-Happy-Child/dp/1398702668