Unfollowing Mum

By Harriet ShearsmithSociety & Culture Health & Fitness Mental Health Relationships Parenting Kids & Family

Unfollowing Mum episodes

January 17, 2024 Ep42 New Year pressures, toxic positivity & post-Christmas chaos
On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about the pressures of post-christmas chaos, new year new you and toxic positivity in January. She shares some tops tips for working with the negative inner critic, and offers some advice around a new estrangement with parents.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
32 min
December 13, 2023 Ep 41 Setting Boundaries at Christmas
On this week's episode, host Harriet Shearsmith answers your boundary questions for the festive period and offers some advice on how to navigate an often challenging time. You can find her online at instagram.com/tobyandroo or instagram.com/unfollowing_mum
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
44 min
December 06, 2023 Ep40 Self discovery, being LGBTQ+ & neurodivergent with a toxic parent with Cara MacB
On this week's episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks to Cara MacB about her lived experienced as a non-binary, neurodivergent person growing up with a toxic parent and how that stifled her sense of self. You can find Cara at
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cara_macb
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1 hr 3 min
November 29, 2023 EP39 *TW* Narcissistic fathers, enabling mothers & childhood sexual abuse
On this week's episode, host Harriet Shearsmith speaks to an anonymous guest who shares her lived experience with an abusive narcissistic father and enabling mother. TW for conversations of childhood sexual abuse.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 6 min
November 22, 2023 EP38 *TW* Toxic motherwound, invalidation & silencing sibling sexual abuse with Christie Hayes
On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith chats with Christie Hayes, toxic mother wound coach and therapist about sibling sexual abuse, invalidation and toxic mother wounds.

You can find Christie at: https://www.instagram.com/toxic_mother_recovery and via her facebook group Adult daughters breaking free from toxic relationships with their mother.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
49 min
November 15, 2023 EP37 Trauma responses & C-PTSD trigger reactions
On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about trauma and some of the lesser known trauma responses that we experience after surviving childhood trauma.
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41 min
November 01, 2023 EP36 Toxic mothers, Spiritual abuse & Hispanic generational trauma with Rebecca Dominguez
On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith speaks to Rebecca Dominguez about her lived experiences with childhood trauma from an abusive mother, the pressures of "family" within the Hispanic community and spiritual abuse.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr
October 25, 2023 EP35 Weaponising single parenthood, society's bias & toxic divorce
On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks about her experience of growing up with a single mum after her parent's bitter divorce and the weaponisation of single parenthood by toxic parents.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
28 min
October 18, 2023 EP34 The Mother wound & challenging the inner critic with Marie Selleck
On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith talks to Marie Selleck, a licensed therapist and mother wound coach, about the power of thoughts, the mother wound, challenging our inner critic and breaking the cycle with our own kids.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
49 min
October 11, 2023 EP33 Dissecting "An Estranged Parent's POV" Meme
On this episode, host Harriet Shearsmith looks at a meme entitled "The estranged parent's perspective" and discusses why it's damaging to rebuilding relationships or validating adult children's feelings of hurt following abuse.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
44 min