Buckle in as this is a bumper long episode but totally worth it with this week's guest, Jayne Manfredi who came on to talk about faith, menopause and motherhood. Whether you haven't thought about menopause/midlife yet, are on the verge of this time of life, or in the midst of it (or you're a man just wanting to learn more) this chat with Jayne is full of such useful insight, wisdom, practical help and compassion. Women in their midlife are crucial to our churches (just look at the rotas in church) yet so many women can come to feel invisible, lonely and downright angry as they navigate the hormonal storm of the perimenopausal years. Jayne talks about how we can do better as a Church in allowing women to feel seen by not making menopause a taboo in our churches, but instead supporting women through this stage of life.

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You can follow Jayne on Twitter @thewomenfredi

Jayne's book "Waking the Women" is out now https://standrewsbookshop.co.uk/product/waking-the-women/?srsltid=AfmBOooiIRdCGbIPeegwis1lwFEQTWEMt-XOLUN5KCO9dooSmI4sp-2N

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Release date of this episode is polling day 2024- I actually recorded this episode with Steph Archer who was worked in both national- and local politics, back in January before I became involved in local politics myself. Cue a local election, parenting and other parts of life the podcast had to take a backseat, and then after the local elections, just when I thought I'd have time to update the podcast Rishi Sunak announced the general election and my life got very busy again. But in a moment of madness this week I decided I had to get this episode out before polling day was over!

Anyway, on this week's episode we talk about Steph's political career so far, how she juggles being a local councillor with motherhood, how her faith and motherhood impacts her politics, and then we discuss more generally whether as Christian mums we should (and how) engage with politics more.

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On this week's episode we have the powerhouse that is Andi Russell- honestly what a woman of faith! And she seems to have done so many different things too! Anyway, Andi takes us through their very long journey to parenthood, a journey at times it didn't seem would end with a pregnancy but after 11 years they had a daughter. It's an incredible story of hope where Andi admits they often clung too by the tips of their fingers! We then talk about her being an "older Mum" (NB: she raised this as a topic, not me- she looks younger than me and I'm 35!), and finally we talk about Andi's incredible new project Alabaster Coaching which is about coaching mothers who are in the prison system.

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You can get in touch with Andi at andi@alabastercoaching.com

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