The Parenting Playbook Podcast
By Nicola Saunders
The Parenting Playbook PodcastApr 11, 2024
Blended Families - Special Guest Miryka Yeates
We discuss the challenges and joys blended families face, the roles step-mums play in children's lives, and how stories like Cinderella and Snow White have created internal and external perceptions of what step-mums are and the pressures related to those.
As a stepmum myself, I, too, share a lived experience of navigating the landscape of step-parenting. Miryka and I provide key insight into our journeys. Whether you are a stepparent or the biological parent, this episode may help shed light on the challenges many blended families face from a different perspective and help you to know that you're not alone.
I hope that our experiences can help you walk what can be a tricky path and find the joy of nurturing your relationships with your stepchildren and their parent with ease and self-acceptance.
I hope you enjoy the show.
Breaking Family Cycles and Building Bonds - I did it MY way.
Tara shares her childhood story of being raised in a family where money was tight and life was tough. She shares the heartbreak of the challenges that poor mental health and alcoholism brought to her family, together with the loss of her dad at the age of 15 to suicide.
As a young person, Tara decided she knew she wanted more for her family when the time came to have children, and as a result, she has made it her business to break her family patterns and talks candidly about the challenges that she has faced together with what is clearly an incredible bond with her children in spite of the fact that she had very little positive experiences of how to be the parent that she wanted to be, but she certainly knew what she didn't want to be.
I hope you enjoy the show.
Breaking Family Cycles and Building Bonds - What are Family Cycles?
I’m a SEND parent! HELP - Special guest Donna Maria Mowlds
Donna recognises that there is a gap in our social system, where parents struggle to feel heard and access the resources needed to support their children.
We talk about triggers and grief and the day-to-day reality of a parent's life with a vulnerable child.
I hope you enjoy the show
mindmetherapy?igshid=eDR6czRjbDIwZmMz
Www.mindmetherapy.ie
www.facebook.com/maria.dm.5623
Self Care MATTERS - Special guest Emma Benyon
Emma has not only professional insight into women's needs but also personal insight into the importance of taking care of herself in order to be the mum she wants to be.
I hope you enjoy the show.
www.facebook.com/EmmaBenyon.Coach
Neurodiversity and Family Dynamics - Special Guest Julia Gudinchet
Just 4 years ago, Julia was diagnosed with ADHD, and more recently, her daughter, aged 7 years old, was also diagnosed with ADHD. Both Julia's husband and their 5-year-old son are neurotypical, so today, we are going to talk about the challenges that families face when trying to navigate the landscape of parenting and marital relationships when our brains operate in varying ways.
We explore how Julia is able to raise both of her children differently as a result of their different needs and communication styles, together with how she and her husband support each other and ensure that communication is their key to a solid and happy marriage and family.
I hope you enjoy the show.
Sunflower Autism Consultancy
www.facebook.com/share/xE8BKoBSEbvY6VYR/?mibextid=WC7FNe
www.facebook.com/sunflowerautism
My baby wont sleep. HELP
Today I will be speaking to Brenda Porter who is a mum of 4 and a Baby and toddler sleep coach. Brenda shares her own journey of when her eldest children were born and the challenges that she faced, experiencing sleep deprivation and post-natal depression whilst working in the corporate world. Lockdown hit, and Brenda took the opportunity to retrain and become a Baby and toddler sleep coach, as she recognised that there was an intrinsic link between her own experiences of sleep deprivation and her mental health and decided that she wanted to support parents to bring the joy back to their parenting journey by reshaping our mindsets and bedtime routines to ensure both babies and parents get the rest and recharge that they need to take on the day.
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=brenda%20porter%20sleep%20solutions
Fostering Connection - Special guest Olivia Edwards
Hi and welcome to today’s episode Today, I will be speaking with Olivia, who is a parent coach and mum of three. Olivia speaks openly about her battles with post-natal depression together with her journey from a thriving career woman to the realisation that her career path may not be aligned with the mum she wanted to be. So she pivoted and created a business where she is able to help other parents thrive in this ever-changing landscape called parenting, whilst raising her three small children. The initial aim of this episode was to discuss sibling rivalry, and although we did not quite make it there (don't worry—we have another date in the diary for that one), we chatted in depth about Fostering connections with our children and not only their importance but also ways in which we can all tweak our daily lives to create a thriving relationship with them. I hope you enjoy the show
Growing up gay
Today, I will be speaking with Sal Wigginton, a therapist who specialises in working with bereaved children. Sal has also created a community interest company called Hidden Forest, which supports people therapeutically by utilising our beautiful surroundings with forest schools.
Sal is also a gay woman and has joined me in supporting LGBTQ+ Month, where she shares the challenges that she faced as a young woman in the 90s to do today and the fears that her parents had when they learned of her sexuality at a time when being gay was frowned upon.
Domestic violence to thriving mum- Special guest Kerry Farmer
Today, I will be speaking with Kerry, who has an incredible and inspiring story that takes her from what she felt was a happy childhood to, at the age of 15, finding herself in a domestic violence relationship. 13 years later and with two young boys, Kerry fled her relationship and went on a voyage of discovery. After much exploration and self-growth, Kerry realised that maybe her experiences in adulthood were influenced by her childhood experiences and as a result, she has created an amazing company called Resilience Voyage’, which supports young people learning the art of resilience in the guise of a drugs bus. Kerry’s story is simply inspirational In how she turned around, how she parented her two boys and the relationship she has with them today as a result. I hope you enjoy the show
https://www.instagram.com/resiliencevoyage?igsh=cml2aTM5cDNzOXh6
Helping your child with their Anger
Parent Pressure At Christmas
Supporting a child when their parent has died - Christmas
My reason why?