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The Mother of All Movement Podcast

The Mother of All Movement Podcast

By Kathryn Meadows

A place to inspire and inform mothers from any stage, and to chat about the trials and tribulations of moving your body after having your kids. I'll be speaking to coaches, instructors, and trainers plus athletes and adventurers who all work with mothers in some way and also happen to be mothers themselves. This isn't about perfection, standards or achieving, this is a conversation about how to make the best of the rest of our lives through a nourishing relationship with our bodies and minds.
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The Mother of All Movement PodcastDec 04, 2018

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BONUS Ep 91: Chemmy Alcott - Ski Racing: I Either Win or I Learn
Apr 29, 202246:55
Ep 90: Top 5 Rules to Live By with the crew of the Mothership Atlantic Four
Apr 27, 202214:45
Ep 89: Mothership Atlantic Rowing Challenge Crew - Doing something extraordinary was less scary than we thought!

Ep 89: Mothership Atlantic Rowing Challenge Crew - Doing something extraordinary was less scary than we thought!

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!


Apr 13, 202257:01
Ep 88: Monday Mindset Shorts - Dragons and Snow Flurries
Apr 12, 202207:52
Ep 87: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Yebin Mok

Ep 87: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Yebin Mok

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!!


Apr 08, 202212:08
Ep 85: Monday Mindset Shorts - Don’t Forget to Look Back Once in a While
Apr 04, 202207:16
Ep 86: Yebin Mok - The Love of Skating and recognising the bigger picture
Mar 30, 202237:25
Ep 84: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Kerrie-Anne Bradley

Ep 84: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Kerrie-Anne Bradley

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!

Mar 25, 202213:41
Ep 83: Kerrie-Anne Bradley - Moving at Your Desk and as part of Life

Ep 83: Kerrie-Anne Bradley - Moving at Your Desk and as part of Life

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.

Mar 23, 202248:18
Ep 82 - Monday Mindset Shorts - Procrastination

Ep 82 - Monday Mindset Shorts - Procrastination

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.


Mar 21, 202208:08
Ep 81: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Michaela Thomas

Ep 81: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Michaela Thomas

In this special shorter episode with Michaela she shares her Top 5 Rules to Live By in life, a great snap of expertise from a therapist professional.

I hope you enjoy this chat and do refer back to our full conversation from Wednesday to hear more from Michaela.

Have a great week and see you next time!


Mar 18, 202211:14
Ep 80: Michaela Thomas - Connection, navigating the post-pandemic world and how values direct us.

Ep 80: Michaela Thomas - Connection, navigating the post-pandemic world and how values direct us.

In this week’s episode of the MOAM podcast, I am joined by the brilliant clinical psychologist Michaela Thomas, who is a couples therapist, podcast host and author of “The Lasting Connection” as well as mother to 2 little ones.

In this conversation we talk about:

- navigating the return to life after the pandemic

- how values help us to direct our purpose

- perfectionism and letting that go

- self-worth and self-esteem

I hope you enjoy and get something from this episode just as I did.

In the episode we mention Kristin Neff’s work in self-compassion and Paul Gilbert’s Compassion Focussed Therapy 

Please do leave a review and rating to help others find this podcast amongst the many other wonderful podcasts out there.


Mar 16, 202247:51
Ep 79: Monday Mindset Shorts - Pain is a Signpost
Mar 14, 202207:30
Ep 78: Top 5 Rules To Live By with Sabrina Pace-Humphreys

Ep 78: Top 5 Rules To Live By with Sabrina Pace-Humphreys

This week’s Top 5 Rules To Live By is given by my guest Sabrina Pace-Humphreys - incredible mother, grandmother, trail runner, coach, co-founder of the Black Trail Runners group and soon to be published author.

If you want to hear more from Sabrina, please check out Episode 77 for my full length conversation with her and the show notes there with all her info.

Thank you, as always, for being you and being here, I’m ever grateful.

See you next time.

Mar 11, 202213:53
Ep 77: Sabrina Pace-Humphreys - Trail Running, Mental Health and Race

Ep 77: Sabrina Pace-Humphreys - Trail Running, Mental Health and Race

In this week’s episode of the Mother Of All Movement Podcast I sat down with the totally incredible Sabrina Pace-Humphreys @sabrunsmiles - who found running just when she needed it after having her 4th child, developing an instant connection with the headspace she got from it. She then saw a documentary of James Cracknell having a horrible time on the Marathon Des Sables and thought “yes, I’m going to do that” and has never looked back. Now she’s on a mission to spread the word that black and brown people have a place in the trail running community by increasing representation and inclusion when she co-founded @blacktrailrunners last year.

Sabrina is an amazing woman, mother, grandmother, coach, athlete and soon to be published author with her first book “Black Sheep” out in June. You can find out more about Sabrina on her website here: https://www.sabrinapacehumphreys.com

Have a listen, I’d love to hear what you think so come back and have a chat with us.

(A lovely review while your listening would be massively appreciated too please! Thank you so much)

Mar 09, 202201:07:24
Ep 76: Monday Mindset Shorts - Expectation vs Reality

Ep 76: Monday Mindset Shorts - Expectation vs Reality

Hello movement fans! I hope you’re well?

This week I have been thinking about expectations, reality and disappointment, inspired by Brené Brown’s beautiful book “Atlas of the Heart"

I think mothers often have expectations that far exceed the reality of their lived experiences and the disappointment between the two is filled with challenging emotions.

I’d love, as always, to know what you think of this episode? Jump over to Instagram now and chat to me about it @motherofallmovement

Or better still, let me know in the reviews section of Apple Podcasts!

Mar 07, 202206:57
Ep 75: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Emma Ellice-Flint

Ep 75: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Emma Ellice-Flint

In this episode Emma, who is a nutritional therapist specialising in peri-menopause and menopause, shares her top 5 rules to help boost your overall wellbeing, gut health and outcomes for a life lived more comfortably as we age.

I hope you enjoy this episode and absorb the enthusiasm that Emma has around nutrition for life.

If you enjoy it, please do share, rate, review, subscribe, follow - so many jobs to do!

Happy moving friends, until next time!



Mar 04, 202217:15
Ep 74: Emma Ellice-Flint - Menopause, Nutrition and Life Long Wellbeing

Ep 74: Emma Ellice-Flint - Menopause, Nutrition and Life Long Wellbeing

In this episode I speak to the wonderful Emma Ellice-Flint (Emma’s Nutrition) all about her work as a perimenopause and menopause nutritional therapist. Emma works with the Newson Clinic and the Balance App and produces her own cookbooks and runs courses on nutrition for menopause.

You can connect with Emma on Instagram here @emmas_nutrition

On her website here: https://emmasnutrition.com

And find the Low Histamine Cookbook for download here, which I mention and I use most of the time for guidance and cooking for myself with delicious recipes that help me feel good.

You can find information about the wonderful Balance App here

We talk about:

- issues that arise in peri- and menopause relating to gastrointestinal comfort, intolerances and sensitivities

- gut health

- histamine intolerance

- nutrition for longevity

- why we should care about our wellbeing now for the good of our lives.

I think you can hear how passionate Emma is about this area as she really speaks to the issues we all may face.

As always, thanks for listening, I’m so glad to have you here to share these conversations with, thank you for being part of this podcast along with me.

If you could take a moment to rate and review this podcast that would be wonderful.

See you next time

Kathryn 

Mar 02, 202254:02
Ep 73 - Monday Mindset Shorts - What a beach ball can teach us about coping strategies in life
Feb 28, 202206:27
Ep 72: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Aimee Hartley

Ep 72: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Aimee Hartley

In this episode Aimee shares the mantras she has used just at the right time in her life to help her show up as well as wonderful life tips.

You can connect with Aimee on Instagram here @breathe.well

I hope you enjoy these short format nuggets of inspiration to give you something to think about while you get on with your day.

Make sure you subscribe so you can hear the accompanying longer conversation, released on Wednesdays, and so you get these conversations dropped into your podcast platform every week.

Please do share, rate and review as well and thank you from the bottom of my heart for every time that you do.

Jump over to say hi to me or give me feedback or comments on this episode or any other on Instagram @motherofallmovement

Feb 25, 202212:14
Ep 71: Aimee Hartley - Breath Work and helping kids in schools to breathe well

Ep 71: Aimee Hartley - Breath Work and helping kids in schools to breathe well

In this episode I am excited to welcome Aimee Hartley to the podcast, a breath work coach, yoga teacher, the author of "Breathe Well: Easy and effective exercises to boost energy, feel calmer, more focused and productive”  and the founder of “School Breathe” a programme to help kids learn effective and healthy ways to manage stress and anxiety.

In this chat we talk about:

- Aimee’s path to uncovering a deeper understanding about breathing 

- the effect of Covid and lockdown on our breathing habits

- what we can all do in small ways each day to have better transitions from work to home and as a daily practice

- the School Breathe programme and how it’s unfolding through the country to help kids and teachers control emotions

If you’re interested in breath work, take a look at Aimee’s book “Breathe Well” - link above - with some easy and effective exercises in there to help all of us develop better breathing habits.

You can also connect with Aimee on Instagram here and on her website here

We hope you enjoyed this episode and it really helped you get breathing, please do share with someone who might need to hear this, follow or subscribe to the podcast so you get these episodes in your podcast platform when they’re first released, and please do give a rating and review if you’re on Apple Podcasts.

Thank you for listening.

Feb 23, 202201:09:02
Ep 70: Monday Mindset Shorts - Your Choices
Feb 21, 202205:55
Ep 69 - Top 5 Rules to Live By: Mina Leslie-Wujastyk

Ep 69 - Top 5 Rules to Live By: Mina Leslie-Wujastyk

In this episode Mina shares the things that help keep her on track, focussed and centred on why she’s doing what she does, from a beautiful mantra passed on by her mother to a piece of advice learned from making mistakes.

You can connect with Mina on Instagram here @minaclimbing

I hope you enjoy these short format nuggets of inspiration to give you something to think about while you get on with your day.

Make sure you subscribe so you can hear the accompanying longer conversation, released on Wednesdays, and so you get these conversations dropped into your podcast platform every week.

Please do share, rate and review as well and thank you from the bottom of my heart for every time that you do.

Jump over to say hi to me or give me feedback or comments on this episode or any other on Instagram @motherofallmovement


Feb 18, 202205:27
Ep 68 - Mina Leslie-Wujastyk - Climbing, falling and RED-S

Ep 68 - Mina Leslie-Wujastyk - Climbing, falling and RED-S

In this episode I talk to Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, a professional climber who has climbed some of the hardest routes in the world. She’s also a sports nutritionist and a new mum. 

We talk about:

- her life growing up as a rock climber

- competing in climbing

- falling off hard routes

- having a diagnosis of RED-S 

- becoming a mum

- her work as a nutritionist

Mina has a huge variety of experiences to share with us and I found this a really interesting chat, especially into the life of an elite athlete and climbing as a sport.

You can find out more about Mina on her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/minaclimbing/

Or her website here: http://www.minalesliewujastyk.com

And if you’re interested in finding out more about Lattice Climbing, the company Mina works for who provide training programmes for climbers you can find them here: https://latticetraining.com

If you want to find out more about climbing, check out the British Mountaineering Council here: https://www.thebmc.co.uk

Thank you so much for listening, I hope you really enjoyed this episode.

Please take a moment to subscribe or follow this podcast so that you can get every conversation right where you listen to your podcasts when they’re released each week.

Feb 16, 202201:13:44
Ep 67 - Monday Mindset Shorts - The 5 Love Languages, You and Movement
Feb 14, 202208:55
Ep 66 - Top 5 Rules to Live By: Dr Maria Papavergos
Feb 11, 202212:41
Ep 65 - Dr Maria Papavergos - Oral Health and Yoga: holistic wellbeing for our overall health

Ep 65 - Dr Maria Papavergos - Oral Health and Yoga: holistic wellbeing for our overall health

In this episode I chat with dentist and yoga teacher Dr Maria Papavergos who is @thelifestyledentist on socials. She also has 4 kids and lives on an estate in the south west of Scotland. 

In this episode we talk about:

- the importance of oral health on our wellbeing

- why stress reduction and calming our system benefits our mouth health as well as our physical health and vice versa

- how she got into becoming a yoga teacher and why it connects with her dental approach as well

This is a great reminder that wellbeing is not confined to our muscles and organs, it’s everything from top to toe that counts.

You can find more about Dr Maria’s work and her retreats in Scotland here:

https://www.thelifestyledentist.co.uk

As always, please do subscribe, rate and review this episode to help encourage others to listen to these same conversations when searching for podcast inspiration.

I am grateful as always to everyone who does.

Feb 09, 202201:00:16
Ep 64 - Monday Mindset Shorts - The 2 Cavepeople
Feb 07, 202208:48
Episode 63 - Top 5 Rules to Live By - Christine Chessman, Intuitive Fitness Coach
Feb 04, 202218:56
Episode 62 - Christine Chessman “Diet culture, intuitive fitness and learning to have a healthy relationship with my body"
Feb 02, 202201:02:04
Episode 61 - Monday Mindset Shorts - The Bear and The Blueberry Bush
Jan 31, 202204:33
Series 5 Preview
Jan 24, 202206:19
Episode 60 - Baz Moffat and Dr Bella Smith “Menopause and finding your power"

Episode 60 - Baz Moffat and Dr Bella Smith “Menopause and finding your power"

In this brilliant episode I chat with Baz Moffat, a London based PT and Dr Bella Smith, AKA The Digital GP, who are working together to forge a path to inspire and educate women on all matters around the menopause.

We talk about the facts around peri-menopause and menopause, the different options for helping minimise symptoms and what the change in hormones means to our adaptations with exercise.

Baz and Bella are so knowledgeable, so passionate and brilliantly informative on all things hormonal in this crucial phase of life. If all women go through the menopause and will probably spend longer on the other side of menopause than in all the years from cycles starting to menopause then we all owe it to ourselves, our families and friends to gain more knowledge and appreciation for how effective and awesome we can be.

I hope you enjoy and get loads from this episode.

You can find more about the work Baz and Bella do here: http://www.bazmoffat.com/in-the-workplace/

and you can connect with Dr Bella Smith here: https://www.instagram.com/thedigitalgp/

and Baz Moffatt here: https://www.instagram.com/bazmoffatstrongtothecore/

Please do leave a review and rate the episode, thank you I’m very grateful.


Apr 02, 202001:13:14
Episode 59 - Dr Emma Ross “Women’s Health in Sport and why we need to talk about it"

Episode 59 - Dr Emma Ross “Women’s Health in Sport and why we need to talk about it"

In this week’s episode I get to chat to one of my heroes in sports science, Dr Emma Ross, who is the Co-Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport and the lead for a new campaign they are running called SmartHER which is all about enhancing an athlete’s physiology through an awareness and improved understanding of female specific factors - namely hormones!

Emma is really passionate about her work, talks regularly to women and girls ranging from high school students to elite level athletes and their coaches and wants to get across how important this is for all of us.  It’s a crucial conversation whether you are a Saturday park runner, an amateur good-for-age triathlete or have kids who need to know how to navigate their changing cycle through puberty alongside their chosen sport.

I hope you enjoy the episode, please do leave a review, hop on over to instagram to chat with me about it and subscribe to get new episodes in your podcast platform first each week.

Mar 26, 202001:23:36
Episode 58 - Neema Sempebwa - "Motherhood without Your Mum, Body Image and Tiredness"

Episode 58 - Neema Sempebwa - "Motherhood without Your Mum, Body Image and Tiredness"

In this episode I wanted to acknowledge the role our mothers play in our own journey as a mother, particularly for those without their Mum still around. There is so much celebration and joy, exactly as it should be, for Mothers on Mothers Day and so today I wanted to recognise those who have a gaping hole in their lives through Mothers they are missing. Neema is not only a brilliant communicator on post-natal body image and the realities of motherhood with her 8 month old and nearly 3 year old, she has also talked about her life without her Mum and how that feels to her. 

My mission with this podcast has always been to show all sides of motherhood, the realities of movement and sharing experiences that either connect us or inspire us and I hope that the issues we talk about today, if they resonate with you, give you some hope and help.

Please do take a moment to review the episode you’re listening to, I’d love to hear back from those who listen to these episodes, it means so much to me that you join us for a listen each week. Thank you 

You can connect with Neema on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bodywisemum/


Mar 22, 202001:20:11
Episode 57 - Sue Anstiss MBE “How Sport Can Change the World"

Episode 57 - Sue Anstiss MBE “How Sport Can Change the World"

In this 2nd special episode for International Women’s Day 2020 I have the pleasure in chatting to a real powerhouse in the sport and marketing world, Sue Anstiss - awarded an MBE in 2018 for her work for charities and organisations to promote sport for all.  Sue is the CEO of Promote PR, a founding trustee of the Women’s Sport Trust and the host of the brilliant Game Changers Podcast which features trailblazing women from the world of sport.

We had a great chat about why sport is so important, why she wants to work with brands who promote movement and participation rather than the aesthetic focussed body improving message and why she loves open water swimming now after competing for GB in her age group as a triathlete.

You can find out more about Sue’s work here: https://www.promotepr.com

And her podcast here: https://www.promotepr.com/gamechangers/

You can also connect with Sue on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sueanstiss/

Please go and rate and review this podcast, share it with your friends and let me know what you think by joining in the conversation over on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Thanks for listening.

Mar 12, 202053:28
Episode 56 - Jenny Landreth “Stories of Women Swimming"

Episode 56 - Jenny Landreth “Stories of Women Swimming"

In the next 2 episodes I want to celebrate the joy of sharing stories from brilliant women and this week I am joined by the totally brilliant Jenny Landreth who’s book “Swell: A Waterbiography” is an absolute joy allowing us to envelope ourselves in the glorious stories of women through history and how they fought for equal rights to swim.  

I love Jenny’s honesty and humour in communicating her research, what she found, what she thought and how that’s gone into her experience and practice, and I hope you find this chat really interesting.

You can find Jenny’s book here on Amazon: https://amzn.to/38jRMur

And read her Guardian articles here: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jenny-landreth

Please do share this episode with friends, subscribe to receive episodes first and please go and rate and review right now!

Thank you x


Mar 05, 202001:02:35
Episode 55 - Brit Williams “Mind, Body, Bump and beyond"

Episode 55 - Brit Williams “Mind, Body, Bump and beyond"

In this week’s episode I had a super lovely chat with Brit Williams all the way from Dubai when she has just moved there with her husband and 2 year old daughter and waiting for her twins to arrive.  Brit wrote “Mind Body Bump” last year and I wanted to chat to her because it’s such a brilliant strength and conditioning approach to moving in pregnancy and beyond, not the usual “sit and breathe” advice.

You can win a copy of Brit’s book by writing a comment on Apple podcasts and the first one to appear and then message me on the post for this podcast on Instagram will be the winner.  You can find me here on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Brit’s website and her upcoming online course can be found here: https://fitbritcollective.com

Or her Instagram account is here: https://www.instagram.com/fitbritcollective/

Please do go and review and rate the episode and subscribe so you can get the episodes in your podcast platform first each week, thanks!

Feb 27, 202001:20:45
Episode 54 - Dr Angela White AKA The Running Granny

Episode 54 - Dr Angela White AKA The Running Granny

In this week’s episode I had the great pleasure of a long chat with Dr Angela White, a woman who has a lifetime of experience in her work as an orthopaedic surgeon in the NHS, a data analyst and health communication in recent years.  She also has a lifetime of experience as a person who didn’t move much, came to a tricky time in life with her teenage children, an overload of work, ill husband and relatives and a realisation that she was unfit and inactive knowing exactly where that would lead in the end.  So she decided to make small changes to her life over a number of years to improve how she felt and realised this was something that needed to be talked about more especially in the older populations.

We discuss those small changes, how change doesn’t need to be complex or massive life shifts, how preparation for a healthy older life starts in our 20s and 30s and Angela’s mission to provide a platform of information and advice to those growing old in a healthy body.  Oh and she holds the record for the oldest woman to run from John O’Groats to Lands End (18 days and a bit!) so we chat about that.

Join in the conversation on instagram, Angela is on: https://www.instagram.com/therunninggranny/

I am on: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

And you can find out more about Angela and her work here: https://therunninggranny.co.uk

I look forward to hearing any comments, please do get in touch to chat more about this, and share, subscribe, rate and review the episode please!

x

Feb 20, 202001:33:03
Episode 53 - Clio Wood “Why I chose to give women what I had needed post-natally" - Retreats, Food, support

Episode 53 - Clio Wood “Why I chose to give women what I had needed post-natally" - Retreats, Food, support

This week for episode 53 we are in the company of brilliant businesswoman and general go-doer, Clio Wood, founder of the &Breathe Postnatal Retreats which are an award winning retreat holiday for Mums, Dads, babies, toddlers, multi-generational families and women going through menopause. She has also started some new at home “retreats” - workouts and specialist support plus a food delivery service called Parentfood.

Find out more about the &Breathe retreats here: https://andbreathewellbeing.com

Parentfood: https://andbreathewellbeing.com/parentfood

Special podcast listener offer: use the code MOVE25 to get £25 off your first order

Clio’s retreat venue is here: http://www.lajugie.co.uk

I hope you enjoy the episode, get some helpful tips and advice and some understanding on the challenges new Mothers face.

Please also review the episode on Apple Podcasts, and share the episode you’ve enjoyed with friends or on social media, tagging me on Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/


Feb 13, 202001:08:19
Episode 52 - Mary Meadows “What Does Success Look Like To You?"

Episode 52 - Mary Meadows “What Does Success Look Like To You?"

In this week’s episode I get chatting to fabulous life coach and NLP practitioner Mary “Badass” Meadows all about life as a single working Mum, post-natal depression and getting help or at least working through it somehow, anti-perfection movement practices and where the motivation for change comes from.

If you are listening to our section on post-natal depression and connect with what we talk about, please reach out to someone to get help, PANDAs is a brilliant charity set up to support parents suffering depression and may be a good first port of call for you if you don’t feel comfortable talking to your GP or Health Visitor. http://www.pandasfoundation.org.uk

You can find out more about Mary on her website here: https://www.marymeadows.co.uk

She runs a business coaching group which you can find here: https://www.marymeadows.co.uk/mastermind

And her instagram is available here: https://www.instagram.com/marybadassmeadows/

Please do now rate and review the episode on Apple Podcasts so that we can hear back any comments you may have or get involved by chatting over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Thanks!

Feb 06, 202001:12:37
Episode 51 - Ella Foote “Step-Motherhood, Open Water Swimming and Mental Health"

Episode 51 - Ella Foote “Step-Motherhood, Open Water Swimming and Mental Health"

Series 4 !

Welcome to everyone joining me for series 4 and our 51st episode - I’m so happy to still be chatting with amazing, inspiring women and I hope you are still inspired to get out on your own everyday adventures no matter what they are.  Please do get involved by chatting with me over on Instagram on the post about each episode, I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments, also please take the time to review any of the episodes, it helps to position this podcast amongst the thousands out there.  I read out each review at the start of the next recorded episode so you’ll be able to hear back from me when you do take the time.

On to this week’s guest, it’s the turn of Ella Foote to chat to me all about open water swimming, dipping every day in December, her own mental health struggles and having motherhood thrust upon her when she met her partner last year and became a step-Mum overnight.  She talks very honestly about how it feels to go from zero to 100mph in the parenting zone and how that has challenged and shaped her.  We also talk lots about open water swimming and cold water swimming, what it means to her and why she found this niche.

You can find out about Ella’s company Dip Advisor here: https://thedipadvisor.co.uk/#swims

and follow her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/ellachloeswims/

I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did recording it with Ella.

x


Jan 30, 202001:28:01
Episode 50 - Tori James “Climbing Everest, Beeline Britain and many other adventures"

Episode 50 - Tori James “Climbing Everest, Beeline Britain and many other adventures"

This week I chatted to Tori James who has led a life filled with adventure and many more to come I’m sure.  After being inducted in the adventure world when working at the Royal Geographical Society, Tori became the youngest woman (at the time) and the first Welsh woman to climb Everest in 2007.

There was so much to cover in our conversation with 4 major expeditions in her life which were all so interesting to hear about and to understand the lessons she took from each one.  It was then great to hear her take on the change in life from the pre-kids to post and how she is adapting her life around her young son.

You can find out more about Tori here: http://www.torijames.com

Here’s the info about the Beeline Britain adventure we talk about: https://beelinebritain.com/route/

Here is the Fantastic Female Adventurers book we mention: https://amzn.to/2ZBDp1i

I hope you enjoy the episode and get some great inspiration from all the things we chat about.  I’d love to hear more about your thoughts when you’ve listened.

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Dec 31, 201901:22:11
Episode 49 - Amy Abrahams “How Running Changed my Life"

Episode 49 - Amy Abrahams “How Running Changed my Life"

In this week’s episode I chatted to Amy Abrahams, freelance writer for online and print media such as The Sunday Times Style, The Pool, Stylist, Glamour, Women's Health and many more and in February 2018, she won the Best Health Journalist award at the Wellness Awards.

I love Amy’s open and honest writing and conversations, always interesting and fun with a great dose of feminism, body positivity and a great understanding of the complexities of the various issues we talk about.

We talk in this conversation about the responsibility of women’s magazines around diversity and body positivity/neutrality, how Amy has felt going through her pregnancy and post-natally and pre-kids, how running changed her life.

You can follow Amy here: https://www.instagram.com/amy_abrahams/

And find out more about the What The Health Events here: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehealthevents/

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Dec 12, 201901:20:07
Episode 48 - Kelly Pietrangeli “Create your own Project Me"

Episode 48 - Kelly Pietrangeli “Create your own Project Me"

This week I had the pleasure of talking to Kelly P from Project Me about her work as the queen of encouraging us to project manage ourselves through small habit creation, looking back each month and checking in with what’s going on in our lives and writing stuff out in order to see what is and isn’t going on in our lives.  In other words, the idea of doing our lives with more control rather than life just being done to us.

At this time of year (published December 2019) it’s pretty crucial to keep thinking of how to keep within overwhelm limits and take time to recognise what’s going on before we start the passive aggressive “communication” with our partners.

If you’d like to connect with Kelly on instagram that’s here: https://www.instagram.com/kellyprojectme/

Her action sheets are here: https://myprojectme.com/action-sheets/

and I’d really recommend the overwhelm sheet: https://myprojectme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Magic_Matrix_Sheet.pdf

and the vitality wheel is accessed via this page: https://myprojectme.com

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Thank you so much

Dec 05, 201952:09
Episode 47 - Annie Broadbent “The Dark Side of the Mum"

Episode 47 - Annie Broadbent “The Dark Side of the Mum"

In this episode I spoke with Annie Broadbent who is a psychosynthesis therapist and the author of the book “Speaking of Death” and now the founder of a platform intended to support mothers who are finding the conversation around motherhood all too positive and sugar coated and who don’t identify the insta-perfect image with their own experience.

Whilst this isn’t directly related to movement, my own experience of mental health challenges post 2nd baby meant I had a skewed relationship with my body, my sense of worth and my motivation, and I found that my mental stability directly related to how and why I moved.

If this episode resonates with you and you would like support or help, please connect with and reach out to the following organisations and therapists:

On Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/parenthoodinmind/

https://www.instagram.com/alexandrasacksmd/

https://www.instagram.com/drrebeccamoore/

https://www.instagram.com/_drboyd/

https://www.instagram.com/mother_truths/

Website:

https://drcarolineboyd.com

http://www.pandasfoundation.org.uk

You can connect with Annie here:

https://anniebroadbent.com

or on her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_side_of_the_mum/

Thanks for listening x


Nov 28, 201901:13:31
Episode 46 - “Train Smart and Be Kind to Yourself” with Lulu Adams, PT

Episode 46 - “Train Smart and Be Kind to Yourself” with Lulu Adams, PT

In today’s episode I have a chat with Lulu Adams, who is a personal and group fitness trainer based on the Isle of Wight who is also the head of exercise at the Mummy Tribe retreats in the UK. Lulu rose to fame in the fitness world after training her great friend and TV personality Binky Felstead following the birth of her baby 2 years and both of them spoke passionately and honestly at the time about the real journey of PN rehab.

In this brilliant chat, Lulu talks about her experiences of post-natal life, how she uses those and her educational knowledge to help the women she works with and she gives some brilliant tips on how to start and progress through a post-natal training programme.

You can find out more about Lulu on her website here: http://lulusfitness.co.uk

Or on her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/_luluadams/

And you can find out about The Mummy Tribe retreats here: https://themummytribe.co.uk

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Thanks for listening x

Nov 21, 201946:19
Episode 45 - Grainne Donnelly and Emma Brockwell - Catch up on the Return To Running Postnatal Guidelines

Episode 45 - Grainne Donnelly and Emma Brockwell - Catch up on the Return To Running Postnatal Guidelines

In this week’s episode I sat down with Grainne Donnelly and Emma Brockwell briefly while we were at the Being Mum festival.

I wanted to catch up with them to discuss the Return to Running Postnatal guidelines that they produced along with Tom Goom earlier this year.  I was interested in what the reaction has been to these important guidelines and where they’re going next.

You can download the Postnatal Running Guidelines on the following link:

https://mailchi.mp/38feb9423b2d/returning-to-running-postnatal-guideline

The previous episode I did with Emma was episode 5, and with Grainne it was episode 39

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Nov 14, 201943:59
Episode 44 - Caroline Bragg - Training Pre-and Post-natal women and giving back so much more

Episode 44 - Caroline Bragg - Training Pre-and Post-natal women and giving back so much more

In this week’s episode I am sitting down with Caroline Bragg, personal and group trainer at Frame, Mumhood, &Breathe Postnatal retreats and Stylist Strong.  We spent some time talking about why Caroline enjoys training this population so much and what she finds so important about it.

Caroline’s enthusiasm is so infectious, you can hear why she’s so in demand so I love that I can share that in this episode.

Find out more about Caroline on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinebraggpt/

Or on her website here: https://carolinebragg.com

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Nov 07, 201941:02
Episode 43 - Jessica Hepburn Part 2 - adventure activism

Episode 43 - Jessica Hepburn Part 2 - adventure activism

Welcome back to part 2 of this wonderful talk with Jessica Hepburn who chats to us now about her new future as an adventure activist.

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Oct 31, 201938:01