Parents Who Think – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week, Danusia Malina-Derben brings in Wies Bratby—founder of Women in Negotiation and self-proclaimed “women’s butt kicker”—to break down why every woman needs to own her worth in the world of negotiation. It’s not just about more zeros on the paycheck; it’s about freedom, choices, and doing life on your own terms.

 

Wies shares her wisdom on the art of asking for what you deserve—without the guilt trip. From salary boosts to the (often trickier) negotiations at home, she dishes out practical tips for women ready to stand up, speak up, and stop settling. And heads up: there’s no room for playing small here.

 

This episode is a masterclass in confidence, clarity, and the sheer power of knowing your worth. Tune in to get fired up, and don’t miss Wies’s top tips on making every negotiation a win.

 

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• Find Wies here

• The Harvard Negotiation Method

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Credits:

• Hosted by Danusia Malina-Derben

• Edited, Mixed + Mastered by Marie Kruz

• Cover art by Anthony Oram

Host Danusia Malina-Derben gets real with Molly Forbes, author of “Body Happy Kids: How to raise children who love the skin they're in” for adults and “Every Body” for children. They’re talking about one thing every parent worries about—how to raise kids who love their bodies in a world obsessed with diet culture. Spoiler: It’s not about looking “pretty.”

 

Molly dishes out her no-BS take on raising confident kids, from smashing beauty ideals to using her household mantra “It’s not my job to be pretty.” You’ll learn how to dodge diet culture’s sneaky traps and arm your kids with the self-love they need to stay strong. Oh, and Molly even has a genius idea involving compliment circles that you’ll definitely want to steal for your next family hangout.

 

This episode? Pure fire for anyone ready to raise resilient, body-happy kids.

 

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• Follow PWT on Substack

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• Connect with Danusia

• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts

• Advertising Inquiries here

 

Credits:

• Hosted by Danusia Malina-Derben

• Edited, Mixed + Mastered by Marie Kruz

• Cover art by Anthony Oram

Join us for the final episode of the debate, "Should Parents Let Their Underage Children Drink Alcohol?"  Our three guests tackle tough questions head-on, openly sharing their views on underage drinking. In the "If This, Then That" segment, they reveal the unvarnished consequences of allowing or not allowing underage drinking. We also explore the one habit each guest adopts based on their beliefs, highlighting how their stances influence their actions. Danusia concludes the debate with her reflections. Share your thoughts at team@parentswhothink.co.uk or on the PWT Youtube channel

 

PWT Guests featured in this debate are:

Keiyia Jackson-George +Dave Wilson+ Casey McMurray

 

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• Join us on PWT Substack 

• World Health Organisation Study 

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• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts

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Credits:

• Hosted by Danusia Malina-Derben

• Edited, Mixed + Mastered by Roger Heathers

• Assisted by Marie Kruz

• Cover art by Anthony Oram

Is life a STAGE? The multi-talented Nicole Ansari joins me for a conversation on STAGE. Whether that's her on-stage (and screen) roles, setting the stage as a director, the different stages of life and so much more (including the hemp/cannabis had on Nicole's life and work)

"It's in the uncomfortable moments that change and transformation and the deeper understanding of ourselves as human beings and our purpose here can take place." 

About my guest, Nicole Ansari:

Nicole Ansari Cox is an internationally renowned actress, producer and director of Film, TV and Theatre who, parallel to her acting career which started at the age of 14, has pursued and been certified in numerous training programs in the healing and wellness field. She was born a seeker of spiritual knowledge and is a certified advanced Theta healing practitioner, KRI certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, IAYT certified Yoga Therapist, certified OM trainer and life coach and coaches actors and professionals.

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How do we find Zen in and amongst the NOISE of motherhood? Today I’m joined by Founders of Zen Mana and Hollywood actresses and entrepreneurs, Sarah Wright Olsen (Mad Men, Parks & Recs, Spinning Out) and Teresa Palmer (Sky TV’s, A Discovery of Witches). We have a down-to-earth conversation about Finding our Zen in and amongst life/motherhood/the-whole-caboodle.

Join us as we explore:

• Finding Zen with a VERY busy schedule
• How to establish & maintain boundaries
• The power of small habits
• Letting go > embracing the peaks + troughs
• Love Languages
• And more....

Buy NOISE: A Manifesto Modernising Motherhood HERE

Buy Teresa's & Sarah's new book, “Zen Mamas: Finding Your Path Through Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond” here

About my guests, Sarah Wright Olsen and Teresa Palmer:

Sarah Wright Olsen is a mother of three, Esme, Wyatt and Winter. She started the website Yourzenmama.com with her partner Teresa Palmer to help support mothers, fathers and caregivers and provide a safe space to learn and share stories about the parenting journey. Sarah has starred in many TV shows and movies including Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, The House Bunny and opposite Tom Cruise in American Made. She is currently has a show on Netflix called Spinning Out. Sarah is also the co-owner of a plant-based organic mommy/baby skincare line, baeo.com

Teresa Palmer is a mother of three, Bodhi, Forest and Poet, and stepmother to Isaac. She has starred in many major films, including Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge, for which she received an AACTA nomination for best supporting actress, and Ride Like a Girl, the biopic of trailblazing Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne. She is currently playing the starring role in the Sky series A Discovery of Witches while running the plant-based wellness brand Lovewell.

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How do we FEED our ambition? I’m joined by TV Chef and "Challah Mummy" Allegra Benitah for a conversation on FEED. We get right into:

- What FEEDs Allegra’s ambition and how this has changed over the years
- What FEEDs her passion for all things challah and growing fruit and veg at home
- Allegra’s decision to step away from her career as a Magic Circle Tax Lawyer when she became a mother - and how that doesn’t make her any less ambitious for herself

Here’s a quote from Allegra that I adore “Being a mother ramped everything up for me intellectually”. 

About my guest, Allegra Benitah:

Allegra Benitah read Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge before qualifying as a Tax Lawyer at a Magic Circle Law Firm. After the birth of her first child, Allegra walked away from her legal career to be a full-time Mum. Allegra began baking to entertain her children and became a TV Chef and Instagram baking personality known as the Challah Mummy. Allegra has appeared on many TV Shows, including ITV’s This Morning, Good Morning Britain and James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

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We're reclaiming JOY on the podcast with Molly Mahar, founder of Stratejoy! Here’s a fab quote from Molly > “I’m not afraid of joy. I'm more afraid of boredom and numbness than I am of grief or despair. So I think that's the flipside of letting joy in. You have to let the hard ones in too.” YES to that - it’s about feeling it all!

We get into:
- Reclaiming JOY
- Being ballsy and going for gold
- The link between rest + contemplation + joy
- That Public/Private persona balance

About my guest, Molly Mahar:

Molly Mahar is the founder of Stratejoy — an online community that has helped thousands of women reclaim joy and meaning in their world. She’s an entrepreneur, mama, and adventurer obsessed with taboo topics, designing personal experiments, and the power of sisterhood. Her superpowers? Telling the truth kindly, gathering awesome women together, and yes — reclaiming joy.

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“The mother is the beginning of everything yet she’s often the last called to the table” Dr Aurelie Athan joins me for an episode about motherhood, identity, and so much more. Aurelie’s a reproductive psychologist and faculty member at Columbia University where she’s revived the term Matrescence. Her work is revolutionary - unlike the majority of academic studies into motherhood she focuses on the actual mother (not their children). She studies mothers' development holistically, both their thriving AND distress. In this episode we explore how her work on matrescence led her to new work around reproductive identity.

If you’ve seen the back cover of my book, NOISE, you’ll know that the central question I explore is “How can I be a Mother and be Me?” so talking about motherhood and identity is always right up my street. In fact, I reference Aurelie’s research in NOISE, and the quote above is included in the book.

Get my book - NOISE: A Manifesto Modernising Motherhood - Danusia Malina-Derben

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MEET felt like a rather apt title after a year of limited meetings, and needing to meet plenty of new challenges, too! In today's episode I’m joined by Founder of @happity.co.uk Sara Tateno. We get into >>>

- How Happity began
- Gender neutrality in parenting
- The power (and importance!) of support networks
- Combining motherhood + startup life
.... and more!

About my guest, Sara Tateno:

Sara is the co-founder of Happity.co.uk, the UK's leading platform for finding and booking classes for under-5s. She is passionate about connecting new parents in their communities to make life better. Sara worked in corporate roles before having children. She had the idea for Happity during her second pregnancy having been abruptly made redundant. Determined to bring her idea to fruition, yet knowing nothing about tech, she started learning to code with her baby in tow and went on to build the first versions of the site. She now oversees the Product and Technical aspects of Happity, with a team that has always worked flexibly from home, long before Covid came along!

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Saying YES to ambition. My guest this week is Claudia Reuter, Author of "Yes, You Can Do This!" , Podcast Creator & Host for "The 43 Percent", and a tech CEO. In the episode we get into: 

• Calling bullshit on structures that aren’t made to support mothers (Remember 85% of women become mothers! How’s that for equality 😡)
• Ambition and why we’ve no reason to be apologetic about it 🙄💥
• How Claudia focuses on strengths to move toward a shared vision 👓
• Why “Leaning In” is too binary 🔬
• And More!

About my guest, Claudia Reuter: 

Claudia Reuter is CEO of High Alpha Studio and was previously a General Manager for Techstars, the Senior Vice President of Labs and Digital Services for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and the former CEO and co-founder of SchoolChapters (acquired by HMH). She currently serves on the Board of Directors at Lessonly and has been featured on leanin.org, quoted in Forbes and Entrepreneur, and recognized for her trailblazing work by the Boston Business Journal as a “Women to Watch in Technology” and as a “Changemaker” by HUBweek. Her book, 'Yes, You Can Do This! How Women Startup, Scaleup, and Build the Life They Want" (Wiley 2020) debuted as a #1 new release on Amazon, and was hailed as a must-read manifesto for the next generation of female founders. Claudia recently had an opinion piece published in Fast Company, titled "Forget leaning in or out: These are the questions we should be asking women (and men)." She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Innovation Leader and is the creator and host of the podcast “The 43 Percent,” which debuted in March 2019 as a “New and Noteworthy” on Apple podcasts.

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