Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

On Breaking Mum and Dad this week is the lovely actress Ali Bastian.

Ali and Anna chat what it's like to have a baby just days before the pandemic, sleepless nights, thinking you've cracked parenting until another hurdle comes up, anxiety, co-parenting and always having a stash of chocolate in the cupboard.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad Anna is speaking to Wilbroda Akuro from the brilliant mothers2mothers.

Wilbroda talks to Anna all the way from Kenya about finding out she's HIV positive whilst pregnant, the support she found from mothers2mothers' Mentor Mothers, giving birth to an HIV negative son, the tragic baby loss she experienced with her first and how that impacted her mental health, giving birth to a second son, being a single mother as well as shedding light on the brilliant She's Got the Power campaign launching on the 28th September.

Visit www.m2m.org/power to find out more.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week joining Anna is Financial Adviser and father of four, Emmanuel Asuquo.

Emmanuel chats to Anna all about growing up providing for his family as the oldest sibling in an African family, teaching his kids the value of things, the conflict between wanting to give your kids everything you didn't have as a child but still wanting to instil a drive for success into them, and the key to successful family life.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're learning how to deal with advice givers. Whether we want the advice or not we all get advice as parents. How to we handle it?


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


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Simon Hooper, or Father of Daughters (FOD), is exactly that, a father of four daughters, but he’s also a hugely successful instadad pioneer, an author of brand new book “Forever Outnumbered” and still keeps his initial career going. Anna invited him for a chat to find out how he manages it all.  

Simon and Anna chat about the beginnings of Father of Daughters, what the transition from man to father is like at 23, the key to a lasting relationship with four kids, the importance of talking about men’s mental health and the shock of twins.

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Find Simon:
Twitter: @F_of_Daughters
Instagram: @father_of_daughters
Book: foreveroutnumbered.com
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we take a minute to take a step back and peer through the post-baby fog to notice the nice stuff.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


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Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn, otherwise known as Scummy Mummies to be honest were some of the very first ladies to be chatting openly and honestly about parenting, but in such a funny way! These hilarious ladies had Anna on their podcast last year, so it was only fair that they came in to chat to Anna.


Ellie and Helen chat to Anna about measuring each other's inner thighs in a Travelodge overlooking a Nandos, anxiety, the beginnings of Scummy Mummies, their husbands take on it all and some
 
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're getting back into action, yes, we're getting physical.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


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This year, Natasha Bailie started Mental Mutha, a mental health series showing the daily grind that goes into surviving love, friendships and motherhood. So, it was only right that Anna invited her to talk about it all in person.


Natasha and Anna chat honesty or courage, defining depression, self care, societal norms vs intrusive thought and pesto pasta.
 
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Twitter: @natashabailie
Instagram: @natashabailie
Website: mentalmutha.com
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You will all have heard of our brilliant guest this week. She is a soon-to-be mum of two, an author, and Editorial Director of heat, meaning she is one heck of a working mother. Anna and Lucie's eyes met across the room whilst their children were throwing tantrums, and there the mum-bond was founded.


Lucie and Anna chat about Lucie's experiences of miscarriage, being labelled a geriatric mother, struggles with breastfeeding, C-sections, the first night out after having her baby and what she'll do differently the second time around.


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Twitter: @luciecave
Instagram: @luciecave
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We’re very excited to welcome Izzy Judd to this week’s Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast. Izzy has both spoken very openly and written a book about her fertility journey and experiences with IVF, so Anna was thrilled to welcome her onto the podcast for a cup of tea and to bring the story to life.


Izzy talks very spiritedly and honestly about her experiences with IVF, the link between her mental health and fertility, her anxiety and how she now treats it as a friend, boob management and having the miracle baby after IVF.
 
Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.
 
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Twitter: @mrs_izzyjudd
Instagram: @mrs_izzyjudd
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're taking a minute to check in with ourselves and rating our mood.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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Clemmie Telford is a mum of three, a writer and a creative strategist. Wanting to reach out to mothers who were speaking the truth, she began Mother of all Lists during her second maternity leave, and put together an honest account of motherhood. Now mothers everywhere are sharing their stories on her site.


On this episode, Clemmie and Anna chat anxiety (ancshitty), finding a version of motherhood that suited her, prepping for her third baby, home births and Mother of all Lists.


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Twitter: @clemmie_telford
Instagram: @clemmie_telford
Website: motherofalllists.com
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week joining Anna on Breaking Mum and Dad, is author, ex teacher, podcaster, coach and one of the top parenting experts, Sue Atkins.

Sue lets us in on the start of her career, gives some fab tips and insights and opens up about her experience of divorce, as well as chatting about how much kids pick up from parents, some advice on how to encourage a better environment in the home and we get an exclusive.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're heading out - minus baby - EEK!


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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Instagram: @lifecoachingbyanna
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Jo Wimble-Groves, a.k.a The Guilty Mother, is a true Mumtrepreneur: businesswoman, mum of two, public speaker and all around hero when it comes to balancing work and her kids. Anna brings her to the podcast to find out how she does it, and how to manage the guilt we all feel from time to time.

Jo and Anna chat Mum guilt, heading back to work ‘early’, and using childcare.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.

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Twitter: @guilty_mother
Instagram: @guiltymother
YouTube: Guilty Mother
Website: guiltymother.co.uk
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're taking a well deserved break.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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Find Anna:
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Candice, a.k.a Mama C, is a breath of fresh air and a ray of sunshine. She creates brilliant online content regarding the B.M.W: Blackhood, Motherhood and Womanhood, and speaks brilliantly about her parental mental health. Anna brings her to the podcast to bring the conversation to the table.

Candice and Anna chat about what led to Candice not seeing her newborn for 5 weeks, sex after birth, having number two, making mummy friends, and biting her nan in labour. It’s not one to miss.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.

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Find Candice:
Twitter: @CandiceAboderin
Instagram: @candicebrathwaite
YouTube: Candice Brown-Brathwaite
Website: candicebrathwaite.com
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're celebrating your inner Mum, embracing the positive aspects of your birth experience.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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Following Mother’s Day, we thought we would welcome Anna’s own mother, Mary Williamson to the podcast. Mary is a mother of three, grandmother of three and a huge support to Anna - and so perfect to join her for a Mother's Day Special.
 
Mary talks to Anna about the role of a grandparent, helping a daughter through pregnancy, birth and post-natal depression, how times have changed since she had children and having had more miscarriages than babies.
 
Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.
 
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're rediscovering the old you!


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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Sam Avery is a brilliant comedian and self-confessed Learner Parent of twins, and therefore a hero. His book ‘Confessions of a Learner Parent’ is an honest and hilarious account of trying for a baby and figuring out what to do when two of them arrived.
 
Sam chats to Anna all about navigating ballsy questions, finding out he was a father of twins, constantly learning as a parent and having a number two with two peace-thieves.
 
Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.
 
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Find Sam:
Twitter: @learner_parent
Instagram: @thelearnerparent
Website: thelearnerparent.com
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're taking some time out and learning how to harness calming thoughts.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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Alison Perry is a mag editor turned family and lifestyle blogger, with a no. 1 podcast to boot, so was the perfect choice to sit down with Anna this week for a brilliantly taboo-busting chat all about motherhood.
 
Alison talks all about opening up on social media about mental health, loneliness, holidaying with little ones and bringing ‘cool’ back to motherhood.
 
Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.
 
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Twitter: @iamalisonperry
Instagram: @iamalisonperry
Website: notanothermummyblog.com
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

TRIGGER: This episode contains very candid and open speech about mental health, intrusive thoughts and suicide. Please take care of yourself, reach out if you need help and if the episode become too much, there are plenty of others to choose from instead.

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, is an author, illustrator, poet, podcaster and mum. It's the wonderful Laura Dockrill.

Laura had never experienced poor mental health until she became a mum. She talks to Anna about loving her pregnancy, and the lovely period leading up to the birth of her son Jet, that came to an abrupt end with a 'casserole of nonsense' surrounding his birth, the traumatic week she spent on the ward afterwards, feeling like a broken oven, and the paranoia, intrusive thoughts and voices that led her to being hospitalised for psychosis.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're learning how to deal with a panic attack.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


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This week we welcome another Dad onto the podcast! James Phillip, wonder-dad of twins and author of “Surrogacy: Our Family’s Journey” joins Anna for a brilliant chat about his journey to fatherhood.
 
James tells us the story of how his twins were brought into the world through surrogacy, the anxiety that came with the process, his children's multi-cultural heritage and all about his love of schedules.
 
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Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.
 
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Find James:
Twitter: @jayphillipbooks
Instagram: @jamesphillipbooks.co.uk
Website: jamesphillipbooks.co.uk
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're gaining some positive perspective on any challenging parenting experiences.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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We’re very excited to welcome Susie Verrill to this week’s Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast. Susie blogs on My Milo and Me and is very open and honest across her social platforms about the realities of parenting, so Anna was delighted to welcome her onto the podcast for a chat and a cup of tea.
 
Susie talks brilliantly all about having a second child after a traumatic first birth, struggling with hyperemesis, how different her birth experiences have been and the noisy neighbours keeping her son up at night with their ghost noises.
 
Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.
 
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Find Susie:
Twitter: @susiejverrill
Instagram: @susiejverrill
My Milo & Me: http://mymiloandme.com/
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're looking at how we can avoid boredom, especially in those early months, and find something you really enjoy.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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Twitter: @awilliamsonTV
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In the latest instalment of Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, Anna chats to Sam and Aly from parenting website Up All Hours, a companion to those literally up all hours with their little ones.
 
Sam and Aly join Anna for a brilliantly open chat about struggling to accept becoming a parent, the beginning of Up All Hours, experiencing post-natal depression personally and as a friend of someone going through it, and the judgement that comes with having an only child.
 
Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.
 
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Find Sam and Aly:
Twitter: @UpAllHours
Instagram: @upallhoursphotos
Up All Hours: https://upallhours.com/
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're tackling anxiety and worry about leaving the house and making new parent friends.


Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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For episode 3 of Breaking Mum and Dad:The Podcast, Anna chats to Man vs Baby Blogger, Dad and Bestselling Author, Matt Coyne.
 
Matt came in to chat to Anna all about the Dad’s role at the birth, his baby river dancing on his balls, being an older dad and the joys of soft play.
 
Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and rate and review to help people find us.
 
Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.
 
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Twitter: @mattcoyney
Instagram: @manversusbaby
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we're focusing on the parents and taking a little time away from the little one to to focus on your relationship.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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In the second episode of Breaking Mum and Dad:The Podcast, Anna chats to broadcaster, TV and Radio presenter Sonali Shah.


Sonali joined Anna to talk all about the judgement parents receive, an unprepared birth with a substitute mum, breastfeeding, and the village it takes to bring up her kids.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and rate and review to help people find us.


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Twitter: @SonaliShah
Instagram: @sonalishah
www.sonalishah.co.uk
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week joining Anna on the podcast is blogging sensation, author, podcaster and mother of 3, Harriet Shearsmith, known online as tobyandroo!

Harriet chats to Anna about haircare hacks for kids, body confidence and growing from having a toxic relationship with food to being more healthy and comfortable in her body than ever, the birth of TobyandRoo, making the move to an online career and a pretty horrible first birth, followed by two much better ones.

Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.
 
Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: Time Out, where you take 5 minutes to spend some time on you.


Every Friday Anna offers up some handy tips, tricks and techniques to help you through those tricky days being a parent can bring.


This week, we look at how breathing can help keep stress and anxiety at bay.


Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.


Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.


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In this first episode, Anna chats to TV & Radio presenter and co-founder of online parenting platform ‘Made by Mammas’, Zoe Hardman.


Zoe joins Anna for a cup of tea to chat back-to-back contractions, those bewildering few weeks after giving birth for the first time, being a step-mum, how Made by Mammas came about and how kindness from strangers can really help.


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In Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, TV presenter and national best selling author Anna Williamson brings the no-nonsense conversation about parenthood and paternal mental health from her new book to life.


In frank and open conversations with celebrity parenting pals and well-known bloggers, Anna covers anxiety, post-natal depression, loneliness, guilt, fertility and so much more.


A perfect companion to any parent dealing with the ups and downs that life with little one’s brings....grab a cuppa and get ready to share in the tears, laughter and bucket load of honesty!


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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on we have our first ever returner to Breaking Mum and Dad! Mum blogger and writer Alison Perry joined Anna way back in 2018 for an episode and now she's back for a big catch up, and so much has changed!

Alison talks to Anna about going through IVF, the disappointment when a cycle doesn't work, the elation when it does, finding out she was having twins, the logistics that comes with that, the importance of being a team with your partner, childcare implications, and her experience of being perimenopausal.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad joining Anna is a lady who is an award winning and Sunday Times No 1 best-selling cookery author, and she has a cracking instagram to boot, it's Rebecca Wilson!

Rebecca chats to Anna about tips and tricks for fussy eaters, where What Mummy Makes started, finding the confidence to follow her passion, how her daughter has influenced her life, a tricky birth and how it can affect you and her favourite recipes!

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

We're back at home, joined by Anna and her husband Alex.

This week the topic of choice is holidays! Anna and Alex sit down to talk all about the anxieties and stresses around travel and holidays with little ones, planes, trains and RVs, the umming and aahing over travel post-lockdown, passport photos, culture differences, tips, stories and more.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, joining Anna is 1/4 of JLS, presenter and farmer, JB Gill!

JB talks about life on the farm, becoming a Dad, the importance of working as a team, taking his family on tour and inspiring little people to eat good food.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, it's one of the OGs of YouTube, and all round internet sensation, Louise Pentland.

Louise chats to Anna about where it all started, loving what she does, recovering from the PTSD surrounding her first birth to go on to have a home birth with her second, her love of hypnobirthing, her experiences in a blended family, the evolution of grief in her life, being a mum without a mum and confronting her past.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, it's long time friend of Anna's and the face of CBeeBies Nigel Clarke!

Nigel goes back to when his kids were born and talks about how his mum helped birth his son, how the baby came as a surprise early on in his relationship and how they managed, the magic of two cells becoming a human, advice for those in the hazy early days of parenthood, managing his children's presence online, how his heritage and that of his partner affect the way they parent and so much more.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

We're back at home, joined by Anna and her husband Alex.

This week the topic of choice is holidays! Anna and Alex sit down to talk all about the anxieties and stresses around travel and holidays with little ones, planes, trains and RVs, the umming and aahing over travel post-lockdown, passport photos, culture differences, tips, stories and more.

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Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.
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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

!Trigger Warning! - Suicide

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, Anna's joined by former TOWIE star, and current Prince (by proxy) of the castle Mario Falcone. Mario speaks openly about his struggles with mental health and the circumstances that led up to him making an attempt on his own life. Luckily Mario came back from the brink and has gone on to open up the conversation around mens mental health and move on with his lovely fiancé Becky and son Parker.
He talks about being Giovanna's brother, his favourite pub burning down and learning to live with the bad days.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

We're back at home, joined by Anna and her husband Alex.

This week Anna and Alex speak about the stress around school, finding out about your child's school placement, whatsapp group dilemmas, buying uniform before the confirmation, how the kids are dealing with getting back into school and managing Enzo's frustration. Plus a little Q&A answering some of your questions.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, Anna's joined by presenter, author and podcaster Simon Thomas. Three and a half years ago Simon's life was interrupted suddenly when his wife Gemma, mother to his 8 year old son, Ethan, was diagnosed with leukaemia, and subsequently passed away just three days later.
In this episode Simon talks to Anna about what Gemma was like as a mum, the circumstances around her diagnosis and passing, having to continue parenting through immense stress and grief, his own mental health issues at that time, allowing himself to move on, and his life going forwards with his wonderful partner Derrina. He speaks openly about his relationship with Ethan and helping him through grief, and the relationship between his son and his partner.

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Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast!

This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.

This week we've replaced Anna's real husband for her on screen husband! Matchmaker, presenter, and entrepreneur Paul C Brunson joins Anna on this week's podcast to chat about his journey to be a dad, how he questioned everything, being away from his family for work, homeschooling his kids, the importance of values and his wife Jill's 'attachment' to Oprah.

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