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The Therapy EditOne Thing with Anna Williamson on getting more sleepOn this episode of One Thing Anna chats with fellow Anna, Anna Williamson on the topic of sleep and how our thoughts about it and the hours we get, change as we become mothers. Anna Williamson is a mum of two, television presenter, podcaster, author and dating expert that you might recognise as the presenter of Channel 4's Celebs Go Dating. Anna is also a big champion of maternal mental health.You can follow Anna on Instagram at @annawilliamsonofficialYou can listen to her podcast, Breaking Mum and Dad here https://podcasts.apple.com...2022-07-0120 min
Breaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastWilbroda Akuro from mothers2mothers on Living Positively as an HIV Positive MotherWelcome 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...2021-09-2235 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLockdown: Breaking Mum and Dad Back to the New NormalWelcome 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.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...2021-09-1554 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastNicole Sealey on Parenting through Highs and LowsWelcome 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 Real Housewife Nicole Sealey joins Anna! Nicole talks to Anna about everythng from living on her own by 15, through a cancer diagnosis and IVF and now seeing her kids off to university, menopause and being a kickass business woman. Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for n...2021-08-1146 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastRachel Brace on Step FamiliesWelcome 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 Anna is joined by Rachel Brace, author and psychologist, specialising in support for stepparents and their partners. Rachel and Anna chat the challenges a step family can bring, introducing a new partner to children, dealing with behaviour that may flare up, learning to look beyond words and advice for anyone going through it, plus her new book 'Harriet's Expanding Heart'.Listen...2021-08-0447 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastBabatunde Aleshe on Kids being a MirrorWelcome 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 Anna is joined by comedian and tv personality Babatunde Aleshe. Baba talks to Anna about acting the part of the dad he didn't have, how hard parenting is, dealing with racial prejudice at his son's school, a hilarious birth story, sticking as a family unit in the weeks after baby arrived and dealing with hard parts in your relationship.Listen by...2021-07-2850 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastEmmanuel Asuquo on Being a ProviderWelcome 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...2021-07-1446 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastHarriet Shearsmith on Body Confidence and a Tricky BirthWelcome 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...2021-06-2340 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastAlison Perry on IVF and TwinsWelcome 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...2021-06-1651 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastRebecca Wilson on What Mummy MakesWelcome 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...2021-06-0947 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLockdown: Breaking Mum and Dad on HolidayWelcome 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.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...2021-06-0249 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLockdown: Breaking Mum and Dad Back to SchoolWelcome 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. Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every...2021-04-281h 03Breaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastSimon Thomas on Moving ForwardWelcome 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...2021-04-2159 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastPaul C Brunson on Family ValuesWelcome 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.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTun...2021-04-1441 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLockdown: Breaking Mum and Dad Losing their IdentitiesWelcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week Anna and Alex speak about the amazing reaction to last week's podcast, plus we're talking identity, or losing your identity when you become a parent: not loving being called 'mum', missing work, being flexible with your partner to acco...2021-04-0753 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLockdown: Breaking Mum and Dad Dealing with GriefWelcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week we’re talking about grief. Grief is always difficult, both to experience and to talk about, but against the backdrop of a pandemic and when you're a parent, it's all the more tricky. In this episode Anna and Alex t...2021-03-3151 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLockdown: Breaking Mum and Dad Out on the TownWelcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week - social life. It's such an important part of our lives that really does change when you have kids, let alone in lockdown! Anna and Alex chat all about the ups and downs of having a social life with...2021-03-2455 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLockdown: Breaking Mum and Dad with No SleepWelcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week Anna and Alex chat about their up and down days, sleep or lack thereof, Eleanora's new demanding streak, their phantom 3am wakeups, Enzo chomping on water crackers in bed and give tips to handle sleep with little ones. Plus...2021-03-1756 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLockdown: Breaking Mum and Dad out of LockdownWelcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we’ve all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna’s home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week Anna and Alex talk about the bribery parents go to just to get their kids to do something simple, Anna’s three day horn, and the anxieties around coming out of lockdown and going back to normality. Plus we che...2021-03-1046 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLockdown: Breaking Mum AND Dad - Two's CompanyWelcome back to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! Now it’s been a while, and since the last episode there’s been a new baby, a new pandemic and a whole new set of challenges to overcome, so why not start a new series! Parental Mental Health has always been something close to Anna’s heart and now we’re bringing the issue and the podcast into her home, joined by Anna’s husband, Alex Di Pasquale. Anna and Alex chat about what it was like having Eleanora amidst a global pandemic, Anna’s fears of post-nata...2021-03-0355 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastThe Diary: Week 29We're taking a different turn with Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast for a little while, as Anna's pregnant!Week 29! Baby girl is the size of a Hawaiian Pineapple, we're talking prep for birth, thinking about breastfeeding and working around the baby coming. 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 keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' ...2019-10-2421 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastThe Diary: Week 28We're taking a different turn with Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast for a little while, as Anna's pregnant!It's week 28 of Anna's pregnancy and she takes a look back at pregnancy number one, what's different this time around, how she's feeling, and how things can change one day to the next. 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 keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum an...2019-10-1621 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastJo Bealey on Post-partum carePost -partum care for Mums is so vital, but can more often than not be overlooked or cut short. This week, we're focussing on care after baby and the help out there. Jo Bealey is a post-partum doula and wellbeing coach and joins Anna on this week's podcast.Jo and Anna talk about why Jo wanted to go into this area of work, feeling lost after giving birth in a remote aboriginal community, the notion of a village raising a child, breastfeeding, having a v-back, her process of working with mums, being a sounding board, relationship struggles...2019-10-1143 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastAmanda Jenner on Being the Poo and Wee QueenThis week on Breaking Mum and Dad, it's Toddler and Potty training expert, Amanda Jenner. She gives us all the hints and tips to tackle a pretty huge milestone.Amanda and Anna chat how she came to be a potty training expert, inventing the carry potty, why the number of reception children not having been potty trained is on the up, peer pressure, making it fun, advice, tips and tricks.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episo...2019-09-0636 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastJo Bowis on Expressing HerselfThis week on Breaking Mum and Dad, we have a lady who is not afraid to express herself. Literally.After a great pregnancy, actress and singer Jo Bowis went through a pretty traumatic birth which was followed by the disappointment of not being able to breastfeed exclusively. But, she soldiered on breast-pumping, and decided to document her expressing journey through pictures. She now has a book out about that journey, 'Express Yourself. A Mamoir', and an exhibition showing these photographs.Jo talks Anna through her labour, traumatic birth, thinking her birth was normal, the...2019-08-2750 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastSiobhan Miller on her Positive Birthing StoriesOn Breaking Mum and Dad this week we have a lady who wishes she could go back and experience her positive births again. How many of us can say that eh? After a not-so-great birth to her first child at 21, and the year of post-natal anxiety that followed, Siobhan Miller didn't want a repeat for her second child, and found hypnobirthing. She now runs the Positive Birth Company, initially fostering a group of women in the community to support women, and now running hypnobirthing classes around the country. Siobhan talks to Anna about her...2019-06-2549 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastClemmie Hooper on Being a MidwifeThis week on Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, it's a biggie. We have Clemmie Hooper, aka Mother of Daughters, joining Anna in the studio. Clemmie is mother of four, author, blogger, instamum and a practicing midiwife. Anna sat down with her to pick her brains on birth intervention, post-natal mental health, elective c-sections and birth reflections, as well as finding out how Mother of Daughters and Gas and Air Blog started, and being a shouty mum.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look...2019-06-0443 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastHannah Barrett on It all Being too MuchThis week Hannah Barrett, blogger and yoga teacher and enthusiast, joins Anna for Breaking Mum and Dad.Hannah speaks to Anna about her two-page birth plan, good births, PND, trying to hypnobirth with an anti-hypnobirthing midwife, having a baby in intensive care, therapy, pre and post-baby yoga and loneliness.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. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Ins...2019-01-2237 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastAnna Whitehouse on Bonking with IntentThis week on Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, we have journalist, broadcaster, podcaster, vlogger and the original mummy blogger, Anna Whitehouse a.k.a Mother Pukka with us this week.Anna talks to Anna about responsibilities on social media, finding out she was having a miscarriage whilst with her daughter at nursery, sitting in the hole with someone, the start of Motherpukka, nearly burning a flap off pre-birth, gusset support and flex appeal.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look...2019-01-1547 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastSergei Urban on Not being the Perfect ParentThis week we welcome Sergei Urban to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast. Otherwise known as 'the Dad Lab', Sergei built his huge insta following by showing kids and parents fun activities and experiments to try out at home. Sergei chats to Anna about how the Dad Lab started, having two kids born on the same day but two years apart, supporting his wife, the technology debate, safety of kids on social media and raising bilingual children. Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word...2019-01-0836 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastBest of Breaking MumsAs it's Christmas, Anna is taking some time out to be with family, so this week, we have a best of special!Here are five of our lovely Mums from the year of Breaking Mum and Dad: Susie Verrill, Sarah Turner, Erin Smithers, Candice Brathwaite and Steph Douglas.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 keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Pare...2018-12-251h 04Breaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastPaul Tremain on Swapping Beers for Bedtime StoriesThis week, Apprentice star and mum of four, Jessica Cunningham joins us down the line!Jess chats to Anna all about handling 4 children, a tricky last year, teaching her kids to speak openly about their emotions, miscarriage and the guilt attached to it, having her fourth, but husband's first baby and rationing loo roll. 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. ****BUY NOW 'Breakin...2018-12-1846 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastChris and Katie Payne on it Taking Time for the Love to Kick inWe're multiples mad at the mo, and this week, having left the kids with Grandma for a well deserved break, Chris and Katie Payne a.k.a Triplet mum and dad of 4, join Anna down the line.Katie and Christ chat infertility struggles, the IVF postcode lottery, coming home with baby for the first time, not feeling an instant connection, knockbacks in their parenting journey, finding out they were having triplets, spending time in NICU, and the realities of heading home with three premature babies and a toddler. Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTun...2018-12-1138 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastAlex Lewis on Choosing to Swim instead of SinkThis week it's another daddy! Alex Lewis and his wife Charlotte are the proud parents of four beautiful children - but three of them share a birthday! Yes this week, we're diving into the world of triplets! Alex lets Anna in on everything about embracing the situation, people's curiosity with multiples, the pressure of forced 'ovulation day' sex, trying to get pregnant, his sperm MOT, IVF, life with triplets and having another?Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.Look out...2018-12-0452 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastJamie Day on Tinder for DadsJamie Day is a freelance writer, award winning blogger, fellow podcaster and Dad of two.Jamie joins Anna to chat mental health struggles, talking openly about depression, panic attacks and anxiety, his 'Man talk' podcast, meeting other dads and making the jump to go freelance and being the parent at home. 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. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad...2018-11-2738 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastPapa Pukka on Flexible WorkingMatt Farquharson is a best-selling author of 'Parenting the sh*t out of life', father of two, husband to Mother Pukka (Anna), and best known as Papa Pukka! Matt chats to Anna about how Papa Pukka came about, Flex appeal- his campaign to make people aware of flexible working possibilities and advantages, his experience with miscarriage, the three kinds of dad, and the time his dog's butthole was fingered by a toddler, Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for n...2018-11-2045 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Perk up your DayWelcome 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, perk up your day with a bit of gratitude.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 epis...2018-11-0902 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastMel Johnson on Having a Baby SoloThis week it's the turn of the lovely Mel Johnson, a fellow life-coach, and a lady who always wanted to start a family, and eventually she did - solo.Mel tells Anna the story of how she came to have her daughter Daisy, her IVF journey, how she picked a sperm donor, pregnancy, birth a lovely receptionist and a big decision.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 conv...2018-11-0652 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Take a Step BackWelcome 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 step back to reconnect with yourself. 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 epis...2018-11-0202 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastJessica Cunningham on Having a Baby with a New PartnerThis week, Apprentice star and mum of four, Jessica Cunningham joins us down the line! Jess chats to Anna all about handling 4 children, a tricky last year, teaching her kids to speak openly about their emotions, miscarriage and the guilt attached to it, having her fourth, but husband's first baby and rationing loo roll. 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. ****BUY NOW 'Breakin...2018-10-3028 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastChristine Armstrong on How to have Children and a Career and stay Sane-ishAuthor and Anna's stable-mate, Christine Armstrong comes into the studio this week to discuss the quandary that often comes after kids - what happens when you go back to work?Christine chats all about what happened when she went back to work after having a baby, making big choices, social exclusion, Dads in the playground and trading a cooker for a blowie. 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 conve...2018-10-2335 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastJosie Barron on her Son's battle with LeukaemiaJosie Barron is superwoman, mum of 3 and founder of Mummy Social. Josie was scheduled to come in to talk to Anna months ago, when the podcast launched, but then there was a blip. Josie's son Dex was diagnosed with cancer. Now that the first intensive 8 months of treatment are over, Josie made it in to talk all about her experience.Josie tells Anna all about the last 8 months, starting with the discovery of Dexter's leukaemia. They talk about discovery, treatment, midnight pasta feasts, the effect of watching her son go through treatment, her support network and going...2018-10-1640 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to not Self DestructWelcome 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 not to self destruct - when you start reaching out for coping mechanisms that you need to be wary of.Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and...2018-10-1202 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastPortia Oduba on Lunging through LabourThis week, we have Ore Oduba's better half, Portia on Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast.Portia tells Anna all about enjoying her pregnancy, hypnobirthing, her and Ore's last night as a couple, turning into the Hulk, breastfeeding and establishing herself in mumstagram community! 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. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' 2018-10-0944 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Combat PanicWelcome 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 combat panic, that can sometimes creep up on 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...2018-10-0502 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to De-stressWelcome 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 help de-stress - must know techniques for all parents.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...2018-09-2803 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastSara Damergi on her Decision to go PrivateAn old friend comes into the studio this week. TV's Sara Damergi joins Anna only eight weeks after giving birth!Sara chats all about her brilliant birth experience at the Portland, her elective C-section, flexi-parenting and breastfeeding. 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. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Sara:Instagram:@saradamergiTwit...2018-09-2532 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Get through the NightWelcome 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.We're chatting how to get through the night this week, tips to handle the dreaded night feed! 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.2018-09-2102 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Go Back to WorkWelcome 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 chatting about what happens after baby and you're looking to go back to work. 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.2018-09-1402 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastErin Smithers on Being 16 and PregnantThis week on Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, we have a breath of fresh air and the most put together 22 year old we've ever met, Erin Smithers from No and Ro Blog joins us in the studio.Erin tells Anna about being a teen mum, finding out she was pregnant at 19 weeks, telling her mum she was pregnant at 16, breastfeeding, the financial challenges around parenting, prenatal depression, nipples, and being the mum of two mixed race boys.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the...2018-09-1142 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Cope with Health AnxietyWelcome 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 coping with Health Anxiety. 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 Frid...2018-09-0702 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLeanne Brown on Water BirthThis week, we've interrupted a very glam mum at the spa! Leanne Brown, business woman, philanthropist and formerly on The Real Housewives of Cheshire is mum to three gorgeous girls and joins us by the power of the internet! Leanne and Anna chat being a mum of not one, not two but three girls, her three very different birthing experiences, home birth, hypno-birthing, water birth and juggling business and children. Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episo...2018-09-0428 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Get a Decent Night's KipWelcome 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, it's all about sleep - ah yes that thing you used to get before baby. Well, here's a few tips on how to sleep well, and get a bit more shut eye.Let us know the issues you want Anna to tackle @BreakingMadPod.Listen by...2018-08-3101 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastEmma Hibbert-Nicolet on Car WankingWe have a fellow radio mum extraordinaire on the podcast this week in the shape of Heart Four Counties' Emma Hibbert-Nicolet! Fresh from her breakfast show, Emma came in to share all with Anna. Emma chats how doing a Breakfast show works alongside having kids, how naps save lives, her super healthy relationship with her vagina, parental guilt, the stress on a relationship after children and being late for nursery pick-ups! Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episod...2018-08-2829 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Get a Grip on Social AnxietyWelcome 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 to control anxiety when you leave the house, in those social occasions that might stress you out. 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 h...2018-08-2401 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Look After your Mind BodyWelcome 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 not only looking after our minds, but learning how to look after our bodies too. 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.2018-08-1701 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Quick Fix RelaxWelcome 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, it's techniques to feel relaxed, quick time. 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 Tues...2018-08-1001 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastRhiannon Jones on Not Loving PregnancyThis week, CNN news anchor, sports reporter and mum to new baby Lukas, Rhiannon Jones joins Anna just three months after having given birth. Rhiannon and Anna talk all about her first night out after having baby, mum guilt, going back to work, hating pregnancy, baby blues and breastfeeding. 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. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider...2018-08-0742 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Cope with a Pesky Panic Attack (part 2)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 more techniques to cope with a pesky 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.Look out for...2018-08-0301 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Cope with a Pesky Panic Attack (part 1)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 techniques to cope 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.Look out for new epis...2018-07-2701 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Be the Best Dad you can BeWelcome 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, it's another one for the Dads, helping you be the best dad possible.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...2018-07-2001 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastKaren Edwards on being a Travel Mad MumThis week, instead of inviting our guest into the studio, we have her down the line thanks to the wonders of the internet. But this week’s guest is a tricky lady to track down as she’s usually jet-setting around the world! This week chatting to Anna is Karen Edwards a.k.a travelmadmum. Karen talks to Anna about spending both her maternity leaves travelling the world, travel tips when it comes to kids, all the kiddie-rubbish you don’t need to bring on your travels, flying with little ones, and the struggles that come with raising kids an...2018-07-1728 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Cope as a New DadWelcome 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, it's one for the Dads, talking through how to cope when you become a father. 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.2018-07-1601 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Get Through the Night Time LonelinessWelcome 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 through those long, lonely nights awake with the baby.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...2018-07-0602 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Handle GoodbyesWelcome 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 make those tricky 'Goodbye's that bit easier. 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...2018-06-2902 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Break Obsessional BehaviourWelcome 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 changing that obsessional behaviour that can creep in.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...2018-06-2201 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastAnna Gibson and Philippa Gogarty on the Motherhood-Business BalanceAnna Gibson and Phillipa Gogarty, the owners of Micro scooters UK met at a weigh-in centre at doctors surgery. Anna had recently found scooting and her 2-year old was hooked. She bought him a Swiss made scooter and was soon being asked by every mother she met where she'd got it. Seeing a business opportunity, Anna and Phillipa became UK distributors for Micro scooters and their business was born. Anna chats to the ladies about how they came to get involved with Micro scooters, the overwhelm of running a business and juggling children, Mum-guilt, putting the family...2018-06-1939 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Get the Spark BackWelcome 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 your relationship, forgetting the baby for a minute and getting that spark back in your relationship.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 spre...2018-06-1803 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLuisa Zissman on Hating BreastfeedingStar of 'The Apprentice' and 'Celeb Big Brother', entrepreneur a mother of three daughters, Luisa Zissman joins Anna this week to have an honest and candid chat. Luisa and Anna discuss the battle of breast v bottle and how Luisa hated breastfeeding, backlash to her opinions, getting through post-natal depression, dealing with reflux and having a fourth baby. 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.2018-06-1237 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Get through the Day to Day StuffWelcome 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 through the day to day stuff that can bog you down from time to time.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...2018-06-0801 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Let Go Of Your BirthWelcome 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 to help in the aftermath of a tricky birth and birth reflections.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.2018-05-2502 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Get to Know your Baby and Deal with SleepWelcome 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 get to know our babies and learn to deal with that dreaded sleep deprivation!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.2018-05-1802 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastSteph Douglas on Relationships after KidsSteph Douglas found herself surrounded by bouquets of flowers when she gave birth, and wondered why?! She would have much preferred a care package- and the idea for her business 'Don't Buy Her Flowers' was born. A place to buy care packages for all occasions. She brought her latest bundle of joy, Frank, to see Anna and chat all about it.Steph and Anna chat relationships after children, how her approach to mothering and labour has changed each time she's given birth to her 3 kids, the Instagram parenting community and Don't Buy Her Flowers.2018-05-1536 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Deal with Advice GiversWelcome 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.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and plea...2018-05-1102 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastSimon Hooper on Being OutnumberedSimon 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. List...2018-05-0841 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Notice the Nice StuffWelcome 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.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help...2018-05-0402 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastScummy Mummies on Finding the Funny in ParentingEllie 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 Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTune...2018-05-0139 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Get PhysicalWelcome 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.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.Look out for new epis...2018-04-2702 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastNatasha Bailie on being a Mental MuthaThis 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. 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. ****BU...2018-04-2440 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastLucie Cave on Birth, Breasts and Being a Working MumYou 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.Listen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe on i...2018-04-1740 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Rate your MoodWelcome 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...2018-04-0602 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Enjoy your First Baby Free Day OutWelcome 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 ever...2018-03-3002 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastJo Wimble-Groves on Mum GuiltJo 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. Look out for new episodes every Tu...2018-03-2724 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Give Yourself a BreakWelcome 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...2018-03-2301 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastCandice Brathwaite on Sex after BabyCandice, 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...2018-03-2043 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Celebrate your Inner MumWelcome 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...2018-03-1604 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastMary Williamson on being a GrandparentFollowing 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.2018-03-1337 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Discover the Old YouWelcome 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 Frid...2018-03-0903 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Take some Time OutWelcome 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...2018-03-0206 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Kick a Panic Attack to the KerbWelcome 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.Look out for new epis...2018-02-2307 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Gain some Positive PerspectiveWelcome 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...2018-02-1603 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Break up the BoredomWelcome 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 spre...2018-02-0905 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastSam and Aly on Battling the Baby BluesIn 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...2018-02-0640 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Hold your OwnWelcome 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.2018-02-0205 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastMatt Coyne on Soft Play HellFor 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. ****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Inside...2018-01-3042 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Make some 'Us' TimeWelcome 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 Tues...2018-01-2607 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastSonali Shah on Judgey ParentsIn 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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insi...2018-01-2342 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTime Out: How to Feel CalmWelcome 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 @Brea...2018-01-1905 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastZoe Hardman on Hugging a StrangerIn 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.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 conversa...2018-01-1636 minBreaking Mum & Dad: The PodcastTrailer - Launches 16th January 2018In 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!2018-01-1200 min