The Mother of All Movement Podcast

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.

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.

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/

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.

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

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!

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

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/

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!

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

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. Please also rate and review the episode now on your podcast platform.

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/ Please do go ahead and rate and review the episode now on your podcast platform.

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 Please do go and leave a rating and review now to help spread the word and encourage others to listen to these great conversations. Thank you so much

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

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 If you enjoy this chat, please do give it a rating and review on your podcast platform as it helps others to find it more easily and share these brilliant stories. Thanks for listening x

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 Please rate and review this episode to help spread the word and help others find these great conversations to inspire and motivate other women to move and love it.

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 Thanks so much for listening, please take a moment to rate and review the episode and please subscribe so you can receive all the new episodes as and when they are released.

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. As always, please rate and review and show us some love!

This week is National Fertility Awareness week in the UK and in recognition of that I wanted to put out this double episode of a long conversation I had with Jessica Hepburn.  Jessica Hepburn is the author of 2 books: The Pursuit of Motherhood and 21 Miles: Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood. Jessica is also the founder, in 2016, of Fertility Fest, the world's first arts festival dedicated to fertility, infertility, modern families and the science of making babies, having previously held the role of Executive Director at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Jessica is an extraordinary woman for many reasons, she went through 11 rounds of ultimately unsuccessful IVF over 9 years and then decided to swim the English Channel and is now training to make an attempt to climb Everest.  Jessica’s book “21 Miles” made me realise that we need to have a broader conversation of what motherhood means and that I want to be part of a more responsible, diverse and inclusive message. You can find out about Jessica’s work here: https://www.jessicahepburn.com And Fertility Fest here: https://www.fertilityfest.com You can find her books on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2pdqqFa You can also follow Jessica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicapursuit?lang=en Please do rate and review this episode on your podcast platform and hold on to listen to Part 2

This week I am sitting down with Clare Bourne and chatting all about pelvic health and postnatal return to strength.  Clare is a Women’s health physio at Six Physio in London, the resident physio at the Mummy Tribe retreats and is the referral point for Bumps and Babies.  She is Mum to a nearly 3 year old and is also 29 weeks pregnant when we recorded. I love chatting to Clare about how important women’s health physio is, how much difference it can make to get this essential check in done at whatever point you are at and the language we use for ourselves and our kids around pelvic health. You can connect with Clare here: https://www.instagram.com/clarebournephysio/ You can download the booklets, which Clare mentions, that the Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynae Physiotherapy (POGP) produce here: https://pogp.csp.org.uk/booklets And you can find a Women’s Health Physio here: https://www.squeezyapp.com/directory/ Please do take the time to rate and review this episode and subscribe so you can receive new episodes every week.

Series 3 - Episode 40 In this week’s episode I chat to Sara Johnson who is a Yoga Nidra teacher and Reiki practitioner among other things.  Sara and I met through the Nourish app to which she contributes and I wanted to share her story with you because she really exemplifies how getting a physical diagnosis doesn’t have to mean the end of our movement journey, there is so much we can do to help reduce pain, calm anxiety around pain and strengthen our minds at the same time. I hope you get some real insight into the alternative ways we can move through this chat. Do let us know what you think and if you have any feedback, I’d love to hear any comments, questions or remarks you have about this episode and any others.  My instagram is: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/ Sara has kindly shared a download with us, you can access it by going onto her website and filling in your info very quickly on the homepage: https://www.connecttocalm.co.uk You can also find out more about Sara and her work at: https://www.instagram.com/connect_to_calm/ If you are interested in the Nourish App you can see that here: https://www.instagram.com/thenourishapp/ Or here: https://www.thenourishapp.com Finally I mentioned my retreat at the beginning, please find out more about that on my website here: www.everydaystrong.co.uk/home or email me: km@everydaystrong.co.uk

Hi, long time no speak!! At long last the MOAM podcast is back and I am really looking forward to chatting to some brilliant guests over the next few months.  Episode 40 starts with Sara Johnson a Yoga Nidra teacher and we go on from there via adventurers, swimmers, psychotherapists, physios, personal trainers and a whole host of other wonderful women in between. Come and say hi over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/ and let’s have a chat about all the stuff we need to talk about. Also I want to mention my new website: https://www.everydaystrong.co.uk which is all my online and remote work with online courses for “How to Rebuild Strength After Having Kids” and “How to get back into Running After Having Kids” as well as “Pilates For Runners” and “Posture for Mums”.  I also support women one on one remotely so that you can get back to feeling confident in your body in order to go on and do whatever you want to do in life without niggling pain and aches, or a lack of trust or confidence in a fully functioning body: https://www.everydaystrong.co.uk/workwithme .  If this is you, you can also always email me and chat about this to find out if it’s for you: km@everydaystrong.co.uk Retreat News: I will be holding a wellbeing retreat on March 7&8th, 2020 in the beautiful rolling Sussex hills so if you’d like more info about that just go to this page: https://www.lovemovementsussex.com/wellbeing-retreat Subscribe, like, review and share away all the episodes you’ve loved and why you’ve loved them and I look forward to spending the next few months in your ears having great chats. See you next time movement fans!

In this final part of my series on Training Women I am speaking to Gráinne Donnelly, is an advanced physio and team lead for pelvic health physiotherapy in both the NHS and private sector in Northern Ireland, and she also co-wrote the new guidelines on return to running in the post-natal period along with 2 other UK physios. You can download the guidelines here: https://mailchi.mp/38feb9423b2d/returning-to-running-postnatal-guideline I do hope you enjoy listening, please do come back to instagram to chat about what you think and give some feedback and ask questions, you can find me on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

In this part 2 of my “Training Women ...” series I am speaking to Sophia Cooper from national group exercise programme One Fit Mama.  We chat about her motivation behind starting the classes and what that has led to for both her and the One Fit Mama brand.  We also talked about the various issues surrounding post-natal recovery and physical influences on women in those fragile years. You can find out more about One Fit Mama here: https://www.onefitmama.co.uk Thanks again for listening, please do leave a review with comments 

This is part 2 of my chat with the wonderful Elizabeth Davies of The Mummy Coach, please do listen to part 1 first! In this section we talk about Elizabeth’s top 3 tips for advocating for your self when it comes to choosing appropriate movement types postpartum and her inspirations and recommendations for great books. I hope you have enjoyed both of these parts, do let me know what you think, as always I’d love to hear your feedback.

NEW Mini Series: Training Women through post-natal recovery and helping them find their power - I’ll be speaking to 3 wonderful women about their experiences and the important factors and considerations when they train or coach women back into sport or to achieve their goals in the post-natal years. In week 3 of the series I’ll be speaking to Grainne Donnelly of Absolute Physio about returning to running and next week I’ll be speaking to Sophia Copper of One Fit Mama, but up first: In this week’s episode I am speaking to Elizabeth Davies of The Mummy Coach which I have had to split  into 2 episodes because it was so awesome I couldn’t chop anything out - Part 2 will be out on Thursday so you won’t have to wait long to find out what we talk about after “vagina” in Part 1. In this chat we talk about everything from training in a relevant way to the demands on your body to why we focus on the aesthetic in relation to women so much to what we should all be asking of our trainers and coaches when it comes to post-natal qualifications. I love Elizabeth’s calm and focussed manner alongside her clearly extremely caring approach to helping women get the best, I hope you enjoy the episode too, I’d love to hear what you think and if you have any comments or feedback on what we talk about. As always please do leave a review to give some comments that others will see when they’re searching for the podcast and if you leave a comment I’ll read it out to thank you in the next episode. Thanks as always for listening, I’m hugely grateful and appreciate every moment taken to listen in to these brilliant conversations with incredible women.

In the 3rd episode of this "Women in the Water" mini series I am chatting to Sally Kettle who is the first woman to row the Atlantic Ocean twice from East to West.  Ultimately this is a conversation not just about how awesome Sally is - although she undoubtedly is - but actually how traumatic situations can help us grow, the lessons we can learn from failing, how sometimes we do totally the wrong thing and why it’s OK to talk about it so it doesn’t chew us up inside.  Sally is clearly highly self motivated with a great sense of humour and has learnt a lot from her experiences so it was great to hear her stories and receive some of that experience. Do enjoy this episode and the other two in the series, and please come back and let me know with a review on your podcast platform - if you review it I will give you a shout out and thanks on the next episode.  I always love hearing feedback and any comments. Find out more about Sally here: https://www.sallykettle.com Hear her TED talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=m6nvMoV2mLA Thanks for listening!

As part 2 of this Women in the Water series I am talking to Sally McGee from Surf Yonder, a surf school based in Northumberland who is on a mission to encourage women to get in the water, learn to surf with support and confidence and to improve their surfing beyond riding the white water on the beach.  Sally has a 17 month old baby and left her teaching job when she had him as she couldn’t work out the childcare costs and earning,  she now also works closely with her husband who is a photographer and formed a work life that fulfils her in many ways. In this chat I think you can hear how passionate Sally is about her sport and how understanding she is about the challenges women have in surfing to men.  Listen in if you’re interested in surfing, if you’ve wondered about surfing or you wonder how to turn your hobby you’re passionate about into a job to work around your new baby. Sally’s company is: https://www.surfyonder.com We mention Leah Dawson: https://www.instagram.com/leahloves/ Easkey Britton: https://www.instagram.com/easkeysurf/ Sophie Hellyer: https://www.instagram.com/sophiehellyer/ Do let us know what you think by coming back to me on Instagram and having a chat, we’d love to hear feedback on the episode and any questions you may have: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/ Please also rate and review the episode now! x

This is episode is the first of the mini series bringing together some women talking about being in water, what it means to them, how it brings their families together and the challenges they have faced.   I wanted to hear more about different aspects of what the connection of water means to each woman, their passions and what they’ve learnt. This week I chatted to Dr Georgie Sowman, a GP specialising in Lifestyle Medicine based in Northumberland, Mum to 3 kids and a Stand-Up Paddleboard coach and mega-enthusiast! We cover various parts of the wonder of spending time in water, bringing her kids in to find their own path, the balance of risk and reward, the potential of prescribing connecting with water for mental health while also hearing about how Georgie got into SUP and how she works it into her life. Do let me know what you think of the episode, I’d love to hear you feedback and connect with you on this mini series - what do you love about being on or in water, or do you shy away from experiences in water for any reason and do you find any barriers to your enjoyment of water?  Let me know over on Instagram: @motherofallmovement Please rate, review and share this episode with anyone who might love to hear more.

This week I spoke to Alex Feechan, CEO and Founder of Findra an outdoor clothing company based in Scotland. Originally a knitwear designer with a love of mountain biking, Alex realised the clothing on offer to female mountain bikers was woefully inadequate and insulting, the “pink it and shrink it” method just didn’t cut it. So Alex decided to do something about it and designed her own range of merino clothing which was flattering, functional and not pink! This is the 3rd episode in the mini series exploring the barriers clothing options may cause to women taking part in sport, exercise or movement choices. Do listen in to all 3 to hear more from different entrepreneurs who are changing the way we are served by companies making clothes for women. You can find more about Findra here: https://findraclothing.com Alex mentions being inspired by Anita Roddick: https://theroddickfoundation.org Please do rate and review the episode on your podcast platform, share any comments you may have on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/love_movement_sussex/ I look forward to hearing from you!

Carrying on from the last week’s episode in this mini series discussing the clothing options available to women taking part in sport and the barriers women may face due to clothing, I am chatting this week to Yvonne Brady who is the Founder of EVB Sport, a company that makes support shorts and leggings to help women who may be experiencing symptoms of incontinence, pelvic floor weakness, and prolapse. This was born out of Yvonne’s personal experience with pelvic floor dysfunction following the birth of her 3rd baby and her decision to start running pretty soon after. As with Rosie Cook in last week’s episode and Alex Feechan in next week’s episode, here is another example of a woman seeing a problem that only women face, seeing that there aren’t any good options out there for helping solve this and going out and doing something about it. This is an interesting alternative perspective, I hope you’ll find really relevant to the discussion around women’s participation in all types of movement. If we’re ashamed of our bodies because we perceive they have let us down because we haven’t heard an open discussion about it, then I believe that contributes to women stopping getting involved or continuing participation in sport. As Yvonne says in this chat, it’s not a body failure, it’s just mechanics, let’s get the support, both physically and mentally to get stronger and we’ll be unstoppable! As we mention, here are some links: EVB Sport: https://evbsport.com The recently published postnatal running guidelines, written by Emma Brockwell, Grainne Donnelly and Tom Goom:  https://mailchi.mp/38feb9423b2d/returning-to-running-postnatal-guideline Check out my chat with ultra runner, Sophie Power in episode 24, and my chat with Emma Brockwell (Physio Mum) in episode 5 both talking post-natal running and their experiences.

In this mini series I am exploring the ways clothing can be a barrier to women taking part in or enjoying sport either through body image or comfort. In this first week’s episode I am joined by Rosie Cook, CEO and founder of Deakin & Blue which makes “transformational swimwear” - both functional and beautiful swimwear that works for every body shape.  Rosie has been a big part of the body neutral campaign, helping open the conversation on what we are marketed and by whom and asking for more from the companies selling active clothing to women. I hope you’ll enjoy this conversation not only if you’re a swimmer but if you’re questioning the clothing choices that are available to you in general and how a brand like Deakin & Blue is standing up to make change in the industry. Rosie is a brilliant example of a women leading by the change she wanted to make in the world, a women who saw a problem that women had and went out to solve it herself. Find out about Deakin & Blue here: https://www.deakinandblue.com In the chat we mention Ella Foote: https://www.instagram.com/ellachloeswims/ Alexandra Heminsley: https://www.instagram.com/hemmograms/ Sara Blakely from Spanx: https://www.instagram.com/sarablakely/ “Shoe Dog” A Memoir by the creator of NIKE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-NIKE/dp/1471146723/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=shoe+dog&qid=1554998807&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Please take a moment to rate and review this episode as always, I would really, really appreciate any feedback you have, come back to my instagram to chat to me with any comments you have: https://www.instagram.com/love_movement_sussex/

This week is the final episode talking to women involved in encouraging young girls and women into sport/exercise/movement so I am talking to Anna Kessel.  Anna is a sports journalist previously for the Guardian and Observer newspapers and now the new Womens Sport Editor of The Telegraph newspaper.  She also wrote the book “Eat, Sweat, Play: How sport can change our lives” which literally changed my life, I had never heard anyone put into words my own experiences of participating in sports during school and onwards and the challenges faced as a mother to get back into moving. Find Anna’s book here: https://amzn.to/2HLNToP Check out Telegraph Womens Sport here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/ Follow Anna on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Anna_Kessel Or on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/annasofiakessel/ This is a wonderful episode of total reality and sharp talking from one of the leading voices in women’s sport today.  I hope you enjoy it, please come over to chat to me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/love_movement_sussex/  to let me know any comments you have or chat about the topics we raise. As always it means a massive amount to me if you could take the time to rate and review the episode on wherever you listen it. Thanks!

In this episode which is part 2 of the mini series looking at how we can inspire young girls to grow into women who choose to participate in sport and activity, I talk to Francesca Brown.  She is CEO of Goals 4 Girls, and is a Prince’s Trust award winner and ambassador and won a Pride of Britain award, plus she was listed in the Sunday Times “alternative rich list” for 2017 and her organisation has won many other awards since it’s inception in 2011. Goals 4 Girls is a programme that empowers disadvantaged young women from age 11 to 16 through inclusion in sport and activity, giving each girl a voice where they would otherwise have never been heard. You can hear more from Fran about why she set up the company, where her passion came from and what drives her to believe in every girl she coaches each week.  She has such a fresh voice and has such a clear message and she knows how to get to the root of the issues and barriers girls are facing. I hope you listen to this and it helps you to develop a greater understanding for the issues, and please enjoy our wonderful chat. You can find out more about Goals 4 Girls here: https://goals4girls.co.uk And please follow Fran on instagram here: @cesc.brown  I would massively appreciate you taking the time to rate and review the episode now by scrolling down to the reviews section of your podcast platform.  Thanks!

Here is the first episode of this mini series looking at how we can inspire girls and young women to move and appreciate movement regardless of their shape, ability or background. Hannah Corne is the Executive Director of the UK branch of the Mini Mermaids running club.  In this episode we talk about Hannah’s own experience of the misuse of language that affected her at a young age, her daughters challenges with communication and why she found and brought the Mini Mermaids programme over from the States.   I found the idea of the programme profoundly transformative for those vulnerable girls and boys who may otherwise have never experienced a love of movement and what other character strengths that can provide. You can find out more about Mini Mermaids here: http://www.minimermaiduk.com You can follow them on Instagram on @minimermaiduk I hope you enjoy, please do hop over to Instagram @love_movement_sussex to let me know what you think and don’t forget to rate and review the episode and series.

In this weeks podcast I chatted to the super energy filled and joyful Addi Man who has been off on various adventures with her daughter Athina for the last couple of years.  Listen in to hear about their trip in a boat down a very long canal and an attempt to row a coracle down another one.  Addi teaches us about keeping an open mind when it comes to involving our kids in movement and sport and how giving kids some control and decision making can bring about some interesting and exciting new journeys. Addi is a full ray of sunshine in your day so please do enjoy this extended episode! Find out more about Addi and Athina here: https://www.teamaa.co.uk I mention the Yes Tribe which you can find out about here: https://sayyesmore.com I look forward to hearing what you think, please review and rate on iTunes or Apple Podcasts. Thanks!

This week I’m delighted to welcome the incredible Laura Purkiss who is a soloist with the Birmingham Royal Ballet and also a Mum to 2 little girls. She is the subject of a beautiful new short film called Balancé which is out on Amazon video now showing her life and the balance she is trying to strike between being a Mother and being a professional dancer. In this chat we talk about the tough life of a dancer, how unrelenting a profession it is and how she’s trying to establish a pathway out of that life. She also talks candidly about her physical recovery from the birth of her two children and how much she gives up to be the dancer and Mother she wants to be. I’d also really appreciate a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or iTunes or wherever you listen. Thank you so much Birmingham Royal Ballet: https://www.brb.org.uk The Balancé film link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2DRZnDM Laura mention the Fallen Angels Dance Theatre: http://www.fallenangelsdancetheatre.co.uk

In this week’s episode I’m really happy to be talking to the lovely and totally inspiring ultra runner and multi-sector businesswoman, Sophie Power.  Sophie has become something of a poster girl for breastfeeding athletes everywhere after a photo was released of her breastfeeding her 3 month old baby and pumping at the same time at one of the aid stations during the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc.  It provoked a huge conversation about female athletes wanting to provide for their kids and fulfil their needs as well and why there wasn’t more support for women and what could be done by the sport and others to make an image like this less of a spectacle.   Here is a link to the photo and article on Runners World: http://bit.ly/2RjHly1 The UTMB website: https://utmbmontblanc.com/en/UTMB Sophie’s real life work at Airlabs: http://airlabs.com We hope you’ve enjoyed this episode, please come over to my Instagram on @love_movement_sussex to chat about it and any thoughts you might have. Please also leave a review on iTunes or Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen, more reviews mean this podcast gets pushed to more women who would love the stories and become inspired by the amazing women I talk to.   Thank you 

Hurray it’s the start of season 3 with our 23rd episode, and this week I am joined by lovely lady of everything that is compassionate and calm around post-natal wellbeing and pelvic floor health. Anya Hayes is a pilates teacher, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy coach and author of 5 books so far on everything from pregnancy pilates to being or not being a Supermum to postnatal pilates and beyond. You can connect with Anya on Instagram and Facebook: @mothers.wellness.toolkit And check out Anya’s website here: https://motherswellnesstoolkit.wordpress.com And check out all of Anya’s books on her author page on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2FEMaAz Anya mentioned the book “Thrive Through Yoga” by Nicola Jane Hobbs: https://amzn.to/2R3rEe6 We mentioned Suzy Reading: http://www.suzyreading.co.uk And Anya also mentioned The Positive Planner Journal: https://www.thepositiveplanner.co.uk We hope you enjoyed this episode - please come to Instagram and find me on @love_movement_sussex and let me know what you think and any comments you may have on the topics we discussed. Please now leave a review as well - it takes 2 mins and just requires a scroll down, click on the stars and then click “leave a review” and you’ll be making me very happy and helping to spread the word to other women who would like to receive this content too. Thank you!

Please do check out the previous episode if you haven’t yet so you can hear all about what the 4 brilliant women from Yorkshire Rows are all about about and how they got to the start line of the Atlantic crossing. In this episode we dive straight into life on board, what it was like and how tough the whole thing really was. Just to remind you, follow Yorkshire Rows on Instagram: @yorkshirerows and check out their book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Mums-Boat-Friends-record/dp/0008214840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545078428&sr=8-1&keywords=four+mums+in+a+boat Please take the time now to rate and review these episodes, it would be amazing if everyone who listened now went and reviewed as well - this helps direct these brilliant conversations to those who really want to hear them. Thank you.

Double Episode! I’m super happy to round off this 2nd season of the podcast with a brilliant double episode with the women from “Yorkshire Rows” - Helen Butters, Frances Davies, Janette Benaddi, Niki Doeg - a team of formidable working mums who “dared to dream”. In rowing the Atlantic and setting a world record for the oldest women to row any ocean they set out to put more challenge and adventure in their own lives and make some incredible and unique memories to look back on, but at the same time they knew that by challenging themselves with this particular adventure they would inspire women and men from all over to find their own ocean and dare to dream too. I think you can hear from the interview how lovely and down to earth these women are but also how brilliant they are at understating their own achievements. I hope you enjoy hearing us talk in this first part about how they got to the start line, what it took to say yes to the idea, come up with the money and who they met along the way. The two books Frances and Helen mention they read before leaving: Debra Searle: https://amzn.to/2QKsDDF Roz Savage: https://amzn.to/2Qr2A5h The Kindness of Strangers: https://amzn.to/2ROOx63 You can find out more about Yorkshire Rows here: http://www.yorkshirerows.com Follow them on Instagram: @yorkshirerows Or on Facebook: @yorkshirerows See their documentary here on You Tube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwVrYWHjqLI Please now rate and review this episode - go on please, it would be fantastic to get more reviews and ratings by the end of the year. Thanks!

This week’s episode is a sit down with the lovely ladies from Girls Alive, a women’s group in Surrey who encourage those who can to run, bike, swim, hike, whatever gets you going and set challenges, encouraging beginners or really going for the big leagues if you feel the urge. I wanted to chat to them so that we can all hear a conversation amongst other women just like you and me about what motivates and drives them, why taking part in a group is so important, and how “daring to give it a go” is what it’s all about. I talk at the beginning to Eleanor and Philippa at the beginning and then to various of the other women from the group in the following section. We are in a cafe, having coffee and eating so apologies for the general hubbub noise and the plates clinking etc, I’ve tried my best with the sound to make it as clear as possible but I’m no sound engineer so you’ll have to let me off a bit! You can find out more about Girls Alive here: https://www.girlsalive.org.uk Or follow them on Instagram: @girlsalive Or Facebook: @allgirlscanuk They mention: Ride London: https://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/events/100/ The 3 Peaks Challenge: https://www.threepeakschallenge.uk/national-three-peaks-challenge/national-three-peaks-challenge-2019 Swim Serpentine: https://www.swimserpentine.co.uk And their inspirations: Dame Kelly Holmes: https://amzn.to/2BPTSEJ Sophie Raworth: @sophieraworth Louise Minchin’s “Dare To Tri” book: https://amzn.to/2EaGqO5 I hope you enjoy this episode, please do go ahead and rate and review the series and each episode by going to your podcast platform now and clicking 5 stars and leaving a comment - it really, really helps to get the podcast and all these amazing women heard by more amazing women around the world. Thank you x

In this latest episode of the podcast I chat to Nutritional Therapist and recently qualified yoga teacher Le'Nise Brothers who is based in South-West London. Le'Nise chose to specialise in womens' health following her own experiences growing up with challenging hormonal symptoms and then having her her son and dealing with pregnancy related issues. In this episode we talk about the range of hormone issues from starting periods and those essential conversations with kids about what's normal, to preparing for menopause and everything in between. We also go on to chat about easy nutrition, how movement is crucial as a treatment modality, and why the wellness industry needs to step up when it comes to the representation of women. You can find out more about Le’Nise here: https://eatlovemove.com You can follow her on Instagram here: @eatlovemove And you can join her free Facebook group "Embrace Your Hormones" here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/embraceyourhormones/ Please now take a few seconds to rate and review the podcast episode and series, it would mean so much to me and I'd love to hear any feedback you may have.

In this week’s episode I chat to Jo Diplock from The Motherhood Movement who is a personal trainer and pilates teacher who I noticed from her instagram feed was really the only person who was focussing on the weird and wonderful movements mothers have to do and why it’s so important we train for real life. We had a great conversation about the barriers facing mothers getting back to exercise in the right way, rehab strategies for the main issues faced post-fatally and a whole bucket load of advice for getting through those fragile years. You can find out more about Jo’s work here: https://www.themotherhoodmovement.com And follow her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themotherhoodmovementofficial or Instagram: @the_motherhood_movement Jo mentioned the book “The Chimp Paradox” by Prof Steve Peters: https://amzn.to/2P24nbc We talked about pelvic health and here are some resources for getting information on any pelvic health condition: @pelvicfloorpatrol @pelvicroar @feminapt @pelvicguru1 I hope you find this episode entertaining as well as super informative, if you have any questions or comments please jump over to instagram to chat to me (@love_movement_sussex) and Jo. Please can I also ask for you to take a moment now to rate and review the episode - it’ll only take 2 mins and I’ll love you forever!

In this latest episode of the podcast I chat to Dr Juliet McGrattan who is a former-GP, mother of 3, who now works for Public Health England as a Champion of Physical Activity in the NW of England, is the resident health expert for Women’s Running Magazine and UK Run Chat, plus she’s the Women’s Health Lead and Master Coach for the 261 Fearless International network which was set up by Kathrine Switzer. She also wrote “Sorted: The Active Women’s Guide to Health” which won First Prize in the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards this year. Juliet also happens to be a friend of 2 of the brilliant women I’ve already interviewed - Jo Moseley from episode 4 who she knows through the 261 network, and Moire O’Sullivan from episode 14 who she knows through a mutual love of each others work and running! In this chat we talk about the role of GPs in the promotion of exercise and movement, why Juliet started running and what motivated her to continue with this new found love, how she became involved in the 261 group and the Public Health England role and how she brings her enthusiasm to move and love activity home to her family. Here is Juliet’s website: https://drjulietmcgrattan.com You can follow her on Instagram: @drjulietmcgrattan Facebook: @DrJulietMcG Find out more about the 261 Fearless Group here: http://www.261fearless.org Katherine Switzer’s book “Marathon Woman”: https://amzn.to/2DvZZPW Thanks for listening, I hope the content is useful and you enjoy the episode. I’d love for you now to take a few seconds to rate and review the episode and series on Apple Podcasts on your iPhone or iTunes on a laptop - it means this podcast can be found by many others. Thank you again x

This week I chat to Misba Khan who was the UK representative on the all-female Euro-Arabian expedition to the North Pole in April this year which had a mission to foster greater understanding between women from 11 European and Arabic countries. . The wider mission was to inspire all women to reach beyond the expectation of others and fulfil their own life ambitions. . Misba has certainly embodied those mission points, having been the oldest woman on the trip, the only Grandmother and a relative novice when it came to skiing and setting up camp and ended up leading the group on some days, feeding her tent mates each day and becoming the first British Muslim woman to reach the North Pole, plus since she’s returned she has spoken to many, many school children inspiring them and igniting a spark of adventure to those who may think this isn’t within their reach. . Take a listen to hear us talking about how teamwork amongst her family was crucial to her being able to take a step out of daily life, what she got from rambling and loving the outdoors. . She’s a brilliant, normal woman from Manchester who took on the challenge to do an extraordinary thing. Please enjoy this episode and let me know what you think. The website for the expedition is: http://www.euroarabianexpedition.com Misba mentions the Ramblers and you can find a local group on their site here: https://www.ramblers.org.uk Keep in touch with Misba and her talks and next journey: Instagram: @misba_50 Twitter: @MisbaNorthPole Facebook: @misbakhan (Manchester) . I’d love you to then rate and review the series please! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In this week's episode of the podcast I chat to Nicola Bryson who I first "met" over Instagram watching her move to Hove in Sussex and how she built up her work in a new town and then went to one of her super fun and tough classes on a Sunday morning. I think you can hear what a lovely person Nicola is through her enthusiasm, pure love of pilates and generosity of spirit. Nicola teaches retreats, 1-1 sessions, pilates and Barre classes in and around Sussex. You can find out more about Nicola's classes and retreats here: http://www.nicolabrysonpilates.com Or follow her on Instagram: @nicolabrysonpilates Or on Facebook: @nicolahowarthpilates If you enjoy this episode please take the time to rate and review it and the series - it really means a lot to see any comments and feedback you have and I read and respond to all of them. Thank you all for listening and being part of this conversation x

This week I talk to the totally amazing Irish mountain runner and adventure racer Moire O'Sullivan, who wrote "Mud, Sweat and Tears" and "Bump, Bike and Baby" about her journeys through working out how to keep up her adventure racing both before and after having kids. We talk about the opinions of others around mothers who do these sorts of extreme races, how Moire worked out how to train while looking after her two boys, how she recovered and the support she had. Find out more about Moire here: https://moireosullivan.com You can follow her on Instagram: @moire_osullivan Twitter: @moiresullivan Her first book is here: https://amzn.to/2CtUL6F Bump, Bike and Baby is here: https://amzn.to/2ODD1gr Moire champions the following women in our chat: Juliet McGrattan: https://drjulietmcgrattan.com Susie Mitchell (Irish track cyclist): http://www.pregnancytopodium.com Gwen Jorgensen (US Olympic Triathlete) this is her interview with her pelvic health PT on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxxBX8UZ7i4 Carol Morgan (Irish ultra runner): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Morgan Enjoy the episode and please do let me know any thoughts and comments. Please also rate and review the episode NOW! Thanks x

In this episode of the podcast I enjoy an evening chat with the co-ordinator of the Wonderful Wild Women network, Sarah Gerrish, trainee architect, fell runner, some time triathlete, oftentimes wild swimmer and general get out and about-er. I love how humble, unassuming, and gentle Sarah is, I think you can tell she's a super talented and motivated person, and I heard a lovely piece in a short film last weekend at the "SheExtreme" festival which I think describes Sarah pretty well too: "Our leaders can also be shy, sweet and quiet. Their lack of ego should not let us underestimate their talents or accomplishments." Here's the links to all the things we chat about: Wonderful Wild Women: https://www.wonderfulwildwomen.co.uk You can follow them on Facebook and Instagram with the handle: @wonderfulwildwomen Sarah mentions: Vivienne Rickman-Poole: https://www.viviennerickmanpoole.co.uk Surf Yonder (Sally McGee): https://www.surfyonder.com The Women's Trad Festival: https://www.womenstradfestival.co.uk Natasha Brooks "BlueHues": https://bluehues.co.uk The Adventure Syndicate (Lee Cragie/Jenny Tough): https://theadventuresyndicate.com Jenny Tough: http://jennytough.com Nicky Spinks running the "Double Bob Graham" round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ABR30IHlq4 Gwen Moffat: various books written by her, the most complete is her autobiography "Space Beneath My Feet": https://amzn.to/2COH6rC and the film on her life: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/tv/video/AP-1MQAPFVDD1W11/operation-moffat Please (please please!!) rate and review the episode and series now!! (5 stars seems about reasonable!!) Thanks forever x

Series 2: Episode 2 In this episode I'm happy to talk to the author of "Running For My Life - A Memoir: how I built a new me one step at a time"; the ex-lawyer, ex-PT, running and cycling Mum of 1, Rachel Cullen. In this episode we talk about the highs and lows of social media, body dysmorphia and disordered eating, labelling of kids and their expectations, visibility and self-worth through image, and her relationship with running and cycling. This is a fascinating talk which I hope many will get some great insight from, so take a listen if you're struggling with self image, starting running, or need some motivation to get moving when you just feel a bit rubbish. We talk about: Rachel's book: https://amzn.to/2E4wk2c Rachel's website: http://www.rachelcullenwrites.co.uk or her social handles: @writtenbyrach (twitter and Facebook) or @rachel_running_for_my_life on Instagram Junior Parkrun: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/juniorevents/ If any of the issues raised in the conversation and Rachel's book resonate with you, please find help and support by contacting Mind - The Mental Health Charity: https://www.mind.org.uk or PANDAS Foundation: http://www.pandasfoundation.org.uk Please rate and review the episode (FIVE STARS of course!!) so that others can more easily find it and these brilliant conversations can spread far and wide. Thanks! x

Hurray for series 2 at last! Excited to get this set of conversations underway with my brilliant guest, expedition leader, yoga teacher, dive master, and Mum to 2 nearly teenagers, Catherine Edsell. Find out more about Catherine's work here: https://www.cathadventure.com Connect with her on all the socials: @cathadventure Catherine mentions Dervla Murphy who's book you can find here: https://amzn.to/2xPFBFt and also "The Continuum Concept" by Jean Liedloff here: https://amzn.to/2y3pFyR Plus take a look at Catherine's brilliant TedXLondon talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfKB8GAqAGw Please take a moment now to rate and review this podcast so that this series can get to more women just like you. Thank you!

In this final episode of Series 1 of the podcast I'm chatting to Wendy Searle, Mum of 4, civil servant and soon to be polar explorer - yep she's like superwoman but definitely doesn't want to be described as such! She just got the bug for exploring and won't let it go. In this episode we talk about her juggle with training for her planned Antarctic crossing and her family's needs and how she makes it work, what has got her juiced about her travel plans, and some practical stuff about looking after yourself on the Antarctic ice. Here are the essential links for the stuff we talk about: Wendy's adventure: https://southpole2020.com and her Instagram acc: @betweensnowandsky or Twitter: @betweensnowsky Wendy mentioned an inspiring woman, Hannah McKeand: https://www.polarexpeditiontraining.com If you are interested in more adventurous women, check out the Women's Adventure Expo on October 5th and 6th 2018: https://womensadventureexpo.co.uk Please take a moment to rate and review now! x

In this week's episode I chat to Cat and Kath from Brighton based social enterprise "Seabirds Ltd" - they are an online store selling plastic free, life-enhancing products with fun designs, and they raise money for local charities. Run by 3 women who have made a recent connection to the sea through their children's activities, they made the decision not to let the kids have all the fun and actually get in the water themselves. They have been challenging themselves to swim throughout the year and in this chat we talk about the benefits of swimming in the sea, what the water means to them, and why have a higher purpose with your work helps to motivate and inspire. Here are the links for things we talk about: Find out about the Seabirds products here: https://www.seabirdsltd.com Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club: http://brightonslsc.org Surf Solace Charity: http://surfsolace.com More about cold water immersion therapy: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/practice-the-method Review & rate now!

In this week's episode I talk to the wonderfully inspiring Marisa Bailey, who is a palliative care/rehab Nurse, Personal Trainer and Crossfit enthusiast. She talks to me all about how she wanted to change her health future, started crossfit and all the paths that has led her down including giving back to her community, changing the way she treats her patients and wanting to understand her body further by undertaking her PT training. If you want to find out more about what Crossfit is, link here: https://crossfit.com Find your nearest gym/box here: https://map.crossfit.com You can check out Marisa's brilliant Instagram page here: @mari.fitness Please now also rate and review this episode, and why not subscribe to the podcast in order to get each lovely episode every week into your podcast platform as soon as it's released. Thanks!

In this week's episode I chat to Clinical Psychologist, yoga teacher and author Suzy Reading. This is a gorgeously nourishing one in which we discuss what self-care really means in the real Mum world, how yoga can help you move through and process feelings and emotions, and how Suzy dealt with 2 very traumatic situations in her life. We mention: Brene Brown's work: https://amzn.to/2LhPRiE and https://brenebrown.com Barbara Fredrickson "Love 2.0": https://amzn.to/2LbfB02 Martin Seligman: https://amzn.to/2A0ayKF Dr Lea Waters: http://www.leawaters.com You can find out more about Suzy here: http://www.suzyreading.co.uk and follow her on Instagram: @suzyreading Please now rate and review the episode and do also subscribe to the series so you can get each wonderful conversation straight into your podcast platform each week. Thanks!

Brace yourselves, this is a rocky one! Both a mascara warning and a melting heart warning for this beautiful episode with Linda Stephens, who is a yoga teacher based in Farnham, UK with 3 kids and a wealth of experience and knowledge on birth trauma, birth and pregnancy complications and how to rise up stronger from those. It is a long episode, but I just couldn't edit out any of the warmth and heart-filled chat! We talk about: One of Many where we met: https://oneofmany.co.uk and Linda mentioned "Autobiography of a Yogi" https://amzn.to/2L2uYI4 Linda can be found here: http://yogamums.net and on Instagram @lindastephens.yogamums and Facebook @yogamumsfarnham Please rate and review the episode and series NOW! I love how interesting your comments are, and come over to Instagram @love_movement_sussex to send any questions or comments or just say hi I'm listening! Thanks again for listening x

In this week's episode I chat to women's health physio, pelvic health campaigner and founder of the Oxted Running Club, Emma Brockwell. Emma and I delve into the relative merits of running after giving birth, strengthening as much as running, working out with or without buggies, pelvic floor fitness and much more. I found this chat super interesting, and Emma's care for postnatal women really shines through. Find out more about Emma: http://bit.ly/2u7bLL4 and you can connect with her @physiomumuk Here are the links to things we talk about: Pregnancy Sickness Support Group http://bit.ly/2KHIAIB Squeeze App info: http://bit.ly/2N2GxMa Pelvic Floor Patrol: http://bit.ly/2m4ln4P Pelvic Roar: http://bit.ly/2m3wgnh Inspirations: Mimi Anderson http://bit.ly/2N2L158 and her book: https://amzn.to/2N2kTYf Jo Pavey's book "This Mum Runs" https://amzn.to/2L1Mt7m Park Run http://bit.ly/2m8hpYF Don't forget to rate and review this episode and the series now on your podcast platform - please!!

In this episode of the podcast I talk to the fabulous Jo Moseley, who is enjoying experimenting with many movements and sports after some time of being unsure and feeling insecure about herself. She started by finding a mission with a higher purpose which opened the doors to more experiences. Take a listen and let chat about all the topics we discuss! Things we mention: Anna Kessel's book "Eat, Sweat, Play": https://amzn.to/2KtjQUo Juliet McGrattan's book "Sorted": https://amzn.to/2KFmsL0 The "This Girl Can" campaign: http://www.thisgirlcan.co.uk The 261 Fearless group: http://www.261fearless.org The 2 Min Beach Clean group: https://beachclean.net and the inspirations of @amy_abrahams and @daniellelaporte Also follow Jo on her Instagram: @healthyhappy50 and you can join her at the Love Trails festival in Gower: https://www.lovetrailsfestival.co.uk

In this week's episode I geek out pilates style with the totally fabulous Georgia McCarthy from "pilatesbygeorgia.com". We talk about building back your strength post-babies, how to bring strength moves into your day without the stress, and how to transition from "what you were" to "how awesome you are now". Georgia's programme - both the free channel and the online subscription library can be found here: http://pilatesbygeorgia.com And you can connect with Georgia on Instagram where she shares many short workouts here: @pilatesbygeorgia Please rate and review now - it makes a massive difference and I'll love you forever!

In this 2nd episode of the podcast I welcome my friend Katherine Schirrmacher, who is an ex pro-climber and now climbing coach and Mum to 7 year old Vanessa. We talk all things Mum guilt, getting back to her pre-natal best but at what cost, and what movement and keeping herself moving really means to her. You can check out Katherine's website and coaching programmes here: http://www.lovetoclimb.co.uk and find her on Instagram @katherine_schirrmacher If you want to find out more about climbing, either search online for your nearest indoor wall to enjoy your first instructed experience, or check out the British Mountaineering Council here: https://www.thebmc.co.uk Remember to rate and review please! Thanks

In this first episode of the Mother of All Movement podcast, I'm excited to share with you this chat I had with Jess Adams, Bristol based yoga teacher, doula and dance teacher plus lifelong movement experimenter. I'm sure you'll agree that her integrity with how movement fits her life is very inspiring, and listening to how movement in many different ways has shaped events in her life has given her a really interesting outlook. I'm always amazed at the space she allows for exploring her physicality and how its woven into the very definition of everything she does. You can find more about Jess' classes and work here: http://www.yoja.co.uk or in Instagram here: @jess_adams The books Jess mentions are: "Women in the Wilderness" by Miriam Lancewood https://amzn.to/2IDWlGG and "Dawn Again" by Donega Markegard https://amzn.to/2jXlP3K Plus @sophiehellyer and @easkeysurf Please listen, download, share and review the podcast so that others can find it more easily. Happy moving!