I met Kay at a Poetry Night that a friend, Fi McQuay (ft. Episode no.16) and I organised at my local bookshop on International Women's Day, earlier this year. It was a very special night!

Since then it has been lovely to connect more with Kay as fellow Mums and poets and I'm delighted to share this conversation and more about Kay in this episode.

In this episode we speak about:

• Kay's journey with writing poetry and sharing it
• birth, motherhood and Kay's experience of Matrescence so far
• raising children with dual heritage
• judgement and racism in society and at school
• supporting and being advocates for our children
• how 'we' need to be better at having difficult conversations
• apologising with integrity
• knowing our capacity and not judging ourselves
• busting motherhood myths and the ripple effect of that
• Kay's video for her poem 'This Is My Body' and working with Her Story and Co.
• body image and loving ourselves more at any stage/age

Themes: mothering, poetry, matrescence, racism, story writing, boundaries, body image, mental health

You can connect with Kay and her work here on Instagram. And you can find a link to the amazing video and poem we speak about, 'This Is My Body' here.

At the end, I share a poem written by me.

I mention my Goddess Circles, and you can find out more about those HERE on my website.

I also mention Harriet Lerner's book 'Why Won't You Apologize? Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts'. And 'Eating in the Light of the Moon' by Anita Johnston.

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As it's almost mid-November, and having witnessed what I have both as a woman and a coach I felt it super necessary to put out an episode talking about December/Christmas and the juggle — or let's be honest the STRESS — it can be for some.

Many don't speak about how the load and expectations can become heavier at this time of year and suffer in silence, whilst feeling like a pressure cooker(!).

In this episode I speak about:

• reducing stress and why it's important
• listening to your body
• the heaviness of real or perceived pressures and expectations
• welcoming greater enjoyment
• honouring your capacity at any given time (aka giving less f**ks about some of the things)
• a funny share about buying prezzies for Matilda
• boundaries and dealing with the emotions of others LESS (if you can)
• how our energy can be affected by people and places
• being an advocate for your/your family's needs and desires
• do you want to/have to travel around Christmas?!

Themes: boundaries, Christmas, family, parenting, relationships,

At the end of the podcast I share a poem by me.

The books I mention are 'Call of the Wild' by Kimberly Ann Johnson, 'When the Body Says No' by Gabor Maté and 'The Body Keeps The Score' by Bessel van der Kolk. I also mention Mark Groves.

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Heading into my 53rd week of podcasting with a bang! Today's topic is (another!) one that is close to my heart; DANCE.

In this episode I'm speaking to Tara Choudrie. Tara is a dance teacher, facilitator, and educator who is currently studying for her MA at Rambert Dance School. Her research area is supporting mothers working in the dance sector, with a specific focus on maternal mental health and dancers. She is a Mother of two boys whom have a dual heritage.

In this episode we speak about:

• being a Mother of boys and raising dual nationality children
• showing our emotions and being advocates for our feelings, whatever our age
• Tara's varied work as a dance teacher
• Tara's MA studies and incredible research into Mothers returning to dance as a career
• going through Matrescence in the dance world
• preparing for motherhood better and really knowing our boundaries as Mothers
• how the mindset and qualities of a dancer can impact motherhood
• Matrescence/Patrescence awareness and why it matters
• how maternal mental health can be pathologised instead of recognising MATRESCENCE
• the pressure to always do/be more that we can so often feel
• how motherhood can 'upgrade' us, our skills and CV — BIG time!!

Themes: parenting boys, mothering, dance, matrescence, hinduism, baby reflux

You can connect with Tara and her work here on Instagram. And you can find a link to Tara's MA studies here.

At the end, I share a poem by Mata Hari.

I mention Shahroo Izadi.

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