Mothers Matter Podcast
1) 2.19 Mothers and Stay at Home Mothers
What is life like when you give up work to look after your children full time? Lisa, Laura and Victoria all open up about why they chose to leave paid work, what they like about being able to care fo...Show More
2) 2.18 Mothers and Suicide
Talking about suicide does not make it more likely that someone will end their life, it really shows that you care. Rachel, a counsellor from Papyrus,a UK charity for the prevention of young suicide...Show More
3) 2.17 Mothers and Teenagers
What does 'normal' teenage behaviour look like? Erica Komisar, psychoanalyst, parent coach and author answers this and so many other questions. How can we maintain good mental health when our teenager...Show More
4) 2.16 Mothers and Daughters
What does 'success' look like for girls today? How do we help our daughters cope with pressure, both from themselves and from society? What is holding women back in the workplace? Jo Wimble-Groves,...Show More
5) 2.15 Mothers and Sleep
Considering how your baby or child, and therefore you, can get more sleep often dominates a parent's waking, of which there are often many, hours. Lyndsey Hookway, an expert in infant and child sleep...Show More
6) 2.14 Mothers and Marriage
Finding time to invest in your marriage whilst raising small (or tall) children is a challenge. Michaela Hyde, Director of the Marriage Foundation, and a wife, outlines her recipe for a healthy marri...Show More
7) 2.13 Mothers and Secondary Infertility
Being unable to have the number of children you'd hoped for is so sad but secondary infertility is hardly ever discussed openly. It is emotionally exhausting coping with the relentless nature of keepi...Show More
8) 2.12 Mothers and Benefits
Universal Credit (UC) is now the main way of accessing government support for mothers whose income is low or non-existent. Patricia Exley, a Citizens Advice manager, runs through the type of support ...Show More
9) 2.11 Mothers and Attachment Parenting
Attachment parenting is largely about meeting the needs of the child for love, security and closeness in the early days and beyond. It has become possibly the mainstream parenting approach, or aspira...Show More
10) 2.10 Mothers and the Home
Three mothers join me to talk about what home means to them, what the role of mothers is in creating and maintaining the home, the essentials of a happy home and why the idea of homemaking is so under...Show More