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.@annawilliamsonofficial

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. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

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.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: 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 founder of Down Syndrome UK and mum of two, Nicola Enoch. Nicola chats to Anna about her experience with having a child with Down syndrom, the ignorance around Down's, the importance of language, how far things have come for those with Downs, how far there is to go and embracing your 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 Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

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 show business legend, Arlene Phillips! Arlene and Anna chat about Arlene's Damehood, having a ten day break in filming in which to give birth, being a working mum, the guilt that accompanies it, being an older mother to her second daughter and the stigma and comments that can come with that, whether she's a 'stage mum' or not and the joy in being a grandparent. 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

!Trigger Warning! This episode touches on abusive relationships, so please protect your mental health and skip the episode, or seek help if you are affected. 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 fabulous, award winning blogger Hayley McLean!Hayley and Anna touch on three big topics, Hayley's experience in an abusive relationship and how that affected her, coming through that and meeting her partner, having three kids under three, and developing a fear of birth; body positivity and what thin privilege is; and raising her daughter who identifies as trans. 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: 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 new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

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 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 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: 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 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: 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 is a bit different on Breaking Mum and Dad. Anna invited two guests on the podcast. One, Catherine Hudson, Talent manager for NSPCC and Leanne, a lady who after giving birth to her son in 2016 really struggled with her mental health. The ladies chat about their births, the struggles they faced as parents following those births, feeling a lack of support and the need for it. Plus, the NSPCC's Fight For a Fair Start Campaign, urging the government to prioritise rebuilding the health visiting workforce to make sure that professionals have the time to identify parents experiencing, or at risk of, perinatal mental health problems. If you’d like to support the NSPCC’s Fight For a Fair Start campaign you can sign the petition by searching “NSPCC Fight for a Fair Start” on Google, clicking on the Fight for a Fair Start page where you can join the campaign and sign the petition where you live.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: 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.@annawilliamsonofficial

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: 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: 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: 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. 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: 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!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: 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 the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

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.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: 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. 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: 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. 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: The Podcast! !Trigger Warning! - SuicideThis 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.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: 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 Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

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. 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: 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 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: 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 accommodate your new lives as parents, paternity leave and the importance of communication to get through it all. Plus we review all of our previous homeworks and set some for the future. 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: 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 talk about their personal experiences with grief, focussing on the loss of Alex‘s dear father Vincenzo. They talk about how grief manifests itself, how grief affects you as a parent, counselling, the importance of keeping memories alive and what to do to support someone who's grieving.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: 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 a little one, the anxieties, the first nights out, the compromises, and owing your other half a hungover morning in bed. Plus NCT, know-it-alls and a pause on giving more homework as the others aren't going so well...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: 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 we check in with their homework - have they managed to continue their good work?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: 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 check on how the homework has been going and set some more goals for this week.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 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-natal depression rearing its head again, Alex’s struggle to cope with having two kids, the juggle of childcare whilst working and set some constructive homework to work on over the next week. 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

We'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'  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We'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 and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Post -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 after birth and raising awareness of the people out there to help you once the baby arrives.Jo has also recently decided to put her wealth of knowledge into training post-partum doulas, teaching how to support new mums and their mental health. If you're interested do get in touch with her!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'  Find Jo:Website: https://thecalmchildcoach.com/Instagram: thecalmmamaandbaby  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  Find Amanda:Website: https://pottytrainingacademy.co.ukTwitter:@amanda_jen  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 feeling of seeing her son for the first time, her lack of milk, the importance of getting her baby to latch, feeling judged for not breastfeeding her baby, internal pressures, sharing her pumping with the worlan d getting sent unsolicited dick pics.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'  Find Jo:Website: https://www.expressyourselfbook.com/Instagram: @boofbooflimoge  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On 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 first birth, stretch and sweeps, waking up every 20 minutes to check that her baby was still breathing, the single mum-young mum stigma, finding hypnobirthing, the euphoria that followed her home birth to her second and getting pregnant 6 months later.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'  Find Siobhan:Website: thepositivebirthcompany.co.ukInstagram: @thepositivebirthcompany  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's guest on Breaking Mum and Dad, we have personal organiser, mum of two, blogger and now, author, Nicola Lewis. We all know that as parents, sometimes the clutter can get slightly unbearable, well this lady knows just how to sort you out. Nics chats all about decluttering, where to begin, how you can help others through getting rid of your own stuff and tips and tricks, plus sharing her story of being a mum working in the city, struggling to get support, her PND, big changes in her career, bringing up independent girls, the mind-boggle that are teenagers and needing that little tipple. 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'  Find Nicola:Website: http://www.thisgirlcanorganise.com/Instagram: @_thisgirlcanorganise  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, it's Clio Wood, founder of And Breathe, running post-natal retreats and events for frazzled new parents. Clio talks very openly about a huge range of subjects: hating pregnancy, birth fear, struggling to breastfeed, having therapy, having sex after birth, a too tight pelvic floor, birth trauma and post-partum rage.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'  Find Clio:Website: andbreathepostnatal.comInstagram: @andbreathepostnatalTwitter: @andBreathePost  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 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'  Find Clemmie:Website: gasandairblog.comInstagram: @mother_of_daughters  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back after a break to bring you more Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, talking all things paternal mental health. This week we have co-founder of Hoop, Max Jennings on the podcast to chat all about how the app was started, the importance of finding activities to do with your kids, finding the confidence to find new events and friends, helping parents to get out the house, and advice on the work/life balance.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' https://hoop.co.uk/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back! Yes, Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast is back for a new series full of more brilliant stories from incredible Mums and Dads.We'll be covering everything from juggling work and kids, to breastfeeding; birth, to the baby blues - everything that comes hand in hand with having a little one and the thoughts and feelings it brings. Grab that cup of tea and get ready to share in the tears, laughter and honesty.Season 2 coming soon.A Create Production.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Hannah:Website: yogagirllondon.comInstagram: @yoga_girl_london  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 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 Anna:Website: motherpukka.co.ukInstagram: @mother_pukkaTwitter: @mother_pukka  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.A Create Production..****BUY NOW  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Sergei:Instagram: @thedadlab  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As 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 Parenting Anxiety'  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Paul:Instagram:@themultidad  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We'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 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 Chris and Katie:Instagram: @triplet_dad_of_4 / @triplet_mum_of_4  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.A Create Production.****BUY NOW  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Alex:Instagram: @daddy_to_triplet_girls  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jamie 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: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Jamie:Instagram: @adayinthelifedadBlog: www.adayinthelifedad.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt 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 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 Matt:Instagram: @papa_pukka  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we have Danielle Lloyd on the phone!Danielle talks us through her PND and how she turned to drink, how anti-depressants helped, wanting a girl after her four boys and her choice to undertake gender selection and getting laser treatment to help her incontinence following child-birth!  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 Danielle:Instagram:@missdlloydTwitter: @missdlloyd  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, 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 episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @annawilliamsonofficial  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 conversation going @BreakingMadPod.A Create Production..****BUY NOW  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Mel:Website: thestorkandi.comInstagram: @the_stork_and_I  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @annawilliamsonofficial  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Jessica:Instagram:@theprodigalfoxTwitter: @theprodigalfox  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author 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 conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Christine:Twitter: @carmstrongldn  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josie 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 forward.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 Josie:Website: mummysocial.comInstagram: @mummysocial / @thediaryofdexTwitter: @mummy_social  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 review to help spread the word.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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' Find Portia:Instagram:@portiajett  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, it's The Fat Funny One, Jess! You'll know her from her brilliant blog and insta, and she popped by for a really deep and interesting chat!Jess tells us the story of her miscarriage and how it affected her, plus her experience with tocophobia - the fear of giving birth.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.A Create Production..****BUY NOW  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Jess:Website: thefatfunnyone.comTwitter: @thefatfunnyoneInstagram: @thefatfunnyone  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An 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:@saradamergiTwitter: @saradamergi  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we have blogger, vlogger, author and film-maker, Honest Mum- Vicki Psarias in the studio! Vicki chats all about not being ready to be a mum, her traumatic birth story, asking for help, loneliness, an elective C and putting self care first.  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 Vicki:Instagram:@honestmumTwitter: @honestmumBlog: https://honestmum.com/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 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 Erin:Website: noandroblog.wordpress.comInstagram: @noandroblogTwitter: @noandroblog  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 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 Leanne:Instagram: @mrs_leanne_brownTwitter: @leanne_e_brown  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, 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 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 THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We 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 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 Emma:Instagram: @emma_nicolet_radioTwitter: @nicolet_emma  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 help spread the word.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, we've managed to grab half an hour with activist, feminist, mum and founder of Pregnant then Screwed, Joeli Brearley.Joeli tells Anna about her Mental Health challenges following a great first pregnancy, changes in her relationship after baby, apprehension about number 2, her exhaustion that led her to A&E, Pregnant then Screwed and flexible working. 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 Joeli:Website: http://pregnantthenscrewed.com/Instagram: @pregnant_then_screwedTwitter: @pregnantscrewed / @Joeli_Brearley  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we have not only a fellow podcaster on, but a fellow life coach too! You'll know Zoe Blaskey from her brilliant Motherkind podcast and blog, and she popped by to chat to Anna all things wellness and motherhood.Zoe chats her journey to Motherkind, her positive home birth story, hypnobirthing, looking after yourself and self compassion.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.A Create Production..****BUY NOW  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Zoe:Website: www.motherkind.coTwitter: @Motherkind_Instagram: @motherkind_zoe  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, 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 Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Rhiannon:Twitter: @rhiannoncwjones Instagram: @rhiannoncwjones  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh Patterson is an entrepreneur, mental health advocate, fitness enthusiast, and father, and you might just know him from Made in Chelsea!Josh joins Anna to chat stigma around mental health and depression, how fitness has saved him, becoming a father and poo tales.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 Josh:Instagram: @joshuapatterson_jpTwitter: @josh__jp  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, we're quite literally keeping up with the Joneses, as we visit former Miss England, model, YouTube influencer, wife to McFly's Danny Jones and new mum to baby Cooper, Georgia Jones!Georgia chats doubting her fertility, nearly giving birth in the car on the way to the hospital, tears, dads feeling a redundant in the early stages and missing working 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 Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Georgia:Instagram: @thegeorgiaeditTwitter: @thegeorgiaeditWatch Bump!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, 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 out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This 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 and maintaining a relationship whilst travelling. 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 Karen:Instagram: @travelmadmumWebsite: travelmadmum.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, 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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week were chatting to JLS star, TV personality and new dad Aston Merrygold on his experience on becoming a father for the first time!Aston chats about his perspective of the pregnancy journey from the discovery to the birth, being a chilled dad, his views of posting children on social media and the whole experience to fatherhood. 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 AstonTwitter: @AstonMerrygoldInstagram: @astonmerrygoldWebsite: www.astonmerrygold.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shaking things up a bit this week to talk about an topic many of us are clueless about - mothering in the military. This week we're chatting to former soldier in the British Army, army wife and mum, Louise Fetigan, who set up her charity Little Troopers to help and support the thousands of children with parents in the British armed forces, came in to talk to Anna all about her modern military family. Louise chats about pregnancy whilst serving in the army, delivering abroad, constant separation from her husband, the ups and downs of military life and how her charity Little Troopers came to be.  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 Louise:Instagram: @lousielittletroopersWebsite: http://www.littletroopers.net/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we not only have a Gold medal winning Olympian in, but she also has letters after her name. Oh yes, she's an MBE. Athlete, TV presenter and public speaker Amy Williams joins us this week!Amy chats to Anna about going from MBE to Mum, her changing body, pregnancy following miscarriage, breastfeeding, pelvic floors and the best thing about being a Mum.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 Amy:Twitter: @AmyWilliamsmbeInstagram: @amyjoywilliams  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anna 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 first and work/life balance.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 Micro scooters:Website: www.micro-scooters.co.uk  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 spread the word.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Star 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.****BUY NOW  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Luisa:Twitter: @TheLuluLifeInstagram: @luisazissmanBlog: luisazissman.co.uk  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You'll probably know this week's guest from the group Eternal, but she is so much more than a singer, CEO, actress and mother of two Kelle Bryan joins Anna this week! Kelle chats about what it was like to be told she wouldn't be able to have children after being diagnosed with lupus, what it was like being told she could have children whilst her lupus was taking a backseat, the strength of her relationship with her husband, celebrating loving pregnancy and managing a low immune system with the petri-dishes that are children! 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 Kelle:Twitter: @kellebryanInstagram: @kelle.bryan  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Turner is The Unmumsy Mum: Blogger, Best Selling Author, Mummy Social team and Pioneer of honest parenting with buckets of humour. Following having her third child Wilf and a break from social media, Anna invited Sarah in for a cup of tea and a giggle.  Sarah clears up what an Unmumsy Mum is and the ladies chat sharing love between children, raising boys, poo tales, going from 2 to 3 kids, being treated to ‘The Willy Show’, and Mummy Social.   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 Sarah:Twitter: @theunmumsymumInstagram: @theunmumsymumWebsite: theunmumsymum.co.ukMummy Social: mummysocial.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lorna Cobbett is a mother of triplets, Roman, Essie and Eva. But sadly in the August of 2017, at the age of 18 months, life-limited Essie passed away after sticking two fingers firmly up to all those who doubted she’d make it that far. Lorna came in to tell Anna the story of having her three little ones, Essie’s life and legacy, and how the family goes on. 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 Lorna:Twitter: @mummylovesessieInstagram: @mummylovesessieMother of All Lists Post: HERE  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steph 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.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 Steph:Twitter: @DBHFGiftsInstagram: @steph_dontbuyherflowersWebsite: dontbuyherflowers.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.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 THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. 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 Simon:Twitter: @F_of_DaughtersInstagram: @father_of_daughtersBook: foreveroutnumbered.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.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 THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 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 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Scummy Mummies:Twitter: @scummymummiesInstagram: @scummymummiesWebsite: scummymummies.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.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 THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. 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 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Natasha:Twitter: @natashabailieInstagram: @natashabailieWebsite: mentalmutha.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.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 Lucie:Twitter: @luciecaveInstagram: @luciecave  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. ****BUY NOW  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Izzy:Twitter: @mrs_izzyjuddInstagram: @mrs_izzyjuddBuy Dare to Dream  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.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 Clemmie:Twitter: @clemmie_telfordInstagram: @clemmie_telfordWebsite: motherofalllists.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. 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 Jo:Twitter: @guilty_motherInstagram: @guiltymotherYouTube: Guilty MotherWebsite: guiltymother.co.uk  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. 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 Candice:Twitter: @CandiceAboderinInstagram: @candicebrathwaiteYouTube: Candice Brown-BrathwaiteWebsite: candicebrathwaite.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. ****OUT NOW:  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****BUY THE BOOK NOW! 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. ****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Sam:Twitter: @learner_parentInstagram: @thelearnerparentWebsite: thelearnerparent.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. ****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Alison:Twitter: @iamalisonperryInstagram: @iamalisonperryWebsite: notanothermummyblog.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. 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. ****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find James:Twitter: @jayphillipbooksInstagram: @jamesphillipbooks.co.ukWebsite: jamesphillipbooks.co.uk  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. ****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Susie:Twitter: @susiejverrillInstagram: @susiejverrillMy Milo & Me: http://mymiloandme.com/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. ****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Sam and Aly:Twitter: @UpAllHoursInstagram: @upallhoursphotosUp All Hours: https://upallhours.com/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. ****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Matt:Twitter: @mattcoyneyInstagram: @manversusbabyhttps://www.facebook.com/manversusbaby  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Sonali:Twitter: @SonaliShahInstagram: @sonalishahwww.sonalishah.co.uk  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Anna:Twitter: @awilliamsonTVInstagram: @lifecoachingbyanna  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.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.****Pre-Order 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Zoe:Twitter: @ZoeHardmanInstagram: @ZoeHardmanMade by Mammas: http://madebymammas.com/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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!A Create Production.@BreakingMadPod  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.