The Mother of All Movement Podcast

In this final episode of season 5 I am joined by half of the Mothership crew who just completed the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge row coming in 2nd place women’s 4 in just over 40 days. They have been training for 2 years, preparing technically and physically as well as getting over the mental hurdle of being out in the Atlantic on their own with no immediate support and rowing 2 hours on 2 hours off for the whole time.

Felicity (Dids) and Lebby joined me to chat about their approach to the row, what they found the most challenging part and their experience of being women and mothers rowing this challenge.

I love speaking to women who have done something extraordinary against all expectations and the crew of the Mothership are exactly those type of women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please do give it a rating and review if you’re on Apple podcasts - it’s super quick and will help others find this podcast amongst all the others out there.

Thanks for listening to this series and for joining me in the chats and connections made with inspiring and informative women who happen to be mothers.

See you soon for Season 6!

In this special shorter episode with Michaela she shares her Top 5 Rules to Live By in life, a great snap of expertise from a therapist professional.

I hope you enjoy this chat and do refer back to our full conversation from Wednesday to hear more from Michaela.

Have a great week and see you next time!

This week’s Top 5 Rules To Live By is given by my guest Sabrina Pace-Humphreys - incredible mother, grandmother, trail runner, coach, co-founder of the Black Trail Runners group and soon to be published author.

If you want to hear more from Sabrina, please check out Episode 77 for my full length conversation with her and the show notes there with all her info.

Thank you, as always, for being you and being here, I’m ever grateful.

See you next time.

In this brilliant episode I chat with Baz Moffat, a London based PT and Dr Bella Smith, AKA The Digital GP, who are working together to forge a path to inspire and educate women on all matters around the menopause.

We talk about the facts around peri-menopause and menopause, the different options for helping minimise symptoms and what the change in hormones means to our adaptations with exercise.

Baz and Bella are so knowledgeable, so passionate and brilliantly informative on all things hormonal in this crucial phase of life. If all women go through the menopause and will probably spend longer on the other side of menopause than in all the years from cycles starting to menopause then we all owe it to ourselves, our families and friends to gain more knowledge and appreciation for how effective and awesome we can be.

I hope you enjoy and get loads from this episode.

You can find more about the work Baz and Bella do here: http://www.bazmoffat.com/in-the-workplace/

and you can connect with Dr Bella Smith here: https://www.instagram.com/thedigitalgp/

and Baz Moffatt here: https://www.instagram.com/bazmoffatstrongtothecore/

Please do leave a review and rate the episode, thank you I’m very grateful.

In this week’s episode I get to chat to one of my heroes in sports science, Dr Emma Ross, who is the Co-Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport and the lead for a new campaign they are running called SmartHER which is all about enhancing an athlete’s physiology through an awareness and improved understanding of female specific factors - namely hormones!

Emma is really passionate about her work, talks regularly to women and girls ranging from high school students to elite level athletes and their coaches and wants to get across how important this is for all of us.  It’s a crucial conversation whether you are a Saturday park runner, an amateur good-for-age triathlete or have kids who need to know how to navigate their changing cycle through puberty alongside their chosen sport.

I hope you enjoy the episode, please do leave a review, hop on over to instagram to chat with me about it and subscribe to get new episodes in your podcast platform first each week.

In this episode I wanted to acknowledge the role our mothers play in our own journey as a mother, particularly for those without their Mum still around. There is so much celebration and joy, exactly as it should be, for Mothers on Mothers Day and so today I wanted to recognise those who have a gaping hole in their lives through Mothers they are missing. Neema is not only a brilliant communicator on post-natal body image and the realities of motherhood with her 8 month old and nearly 3 year old, she has also talked about her life without her Mum and how that feels to her. 

My mission with this podcast has always been to show all sides of motherhood, the realities of movement and sharing experiences that either connect us or inspire us and I hope that the issues we talk about today, if they resonate with you, give you some hope and help.

Please do take a moment to review the episode you’re listening to, I’d love to hear back from those who listen to these episodes, it means so much to me that you join us for a listen each week. Thank you 

You can connect with Neema on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bodywisemum/

In this 2nd special episode for International Women’s Day 2020 I have the pleasure in chatting to a real powerhouse in the sport and marketing world, Sue Anstiss - awarded an MBE in 2018 for her work for charities and organisations to promote sport for all.  Sue is the CEO of Promote PR, a founding trustee of the Women’s Sport Trust and the host of the brilliant Game Changers Podcast which features trailblazing women from the world of sport.

We had a great chat about why sport is so important, why she wants to work with brands who promote movement and participation rather than the aesthetic focussed body improving message and why she loves open water swimming now after competing for GB in her age group as a triathlete.

You can find out more about Sue’s work here: https://www.promotepr.com

And her podcast here: https://www.promotepr.com/gamechangers/

You can also connect with Sue on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sueanstiss/

Please go and rate and review this podcast, share it with your friends and let me know what you think by joining in the conversation over on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Thanks for listening.

In the next 2 episodes I want to celebrate the joy of sharing stories from brilliant women and this week I am joined by the totally brilliant Jenny Landreth who’s book “Swell: A Waterbiography” is an absolute joy allowing us to envelope ourselves in the glorious stories of women through history and how they fought for equal rights to swim.  

I love Jenny’s honesty and humour in communicating her research, what she found, what she thought and how that’s gone into her experience and practice, and I hope you find this chat really interesting.

You can find Jenny’s book here on Amazon: https://amzn.to/38jRMur

And read her Guardian articles here: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jenny-landreth

Please do share this episode with friends, subscribe to receive episodes first and please go and rate and review right now!

Thank you x

In this week’s episode I had a super lovely chat with Brit Williams all the way from Dubai when she has just moved there with her husband and 2 year old daughter and waiting for her twins to arrive.  Brit wrote “Mind Body Bump” last year and I wanted to chat to her because it’s such a brilliant strength and conditioning approach to moving in pregnancy and beyond, not the usual “sit and breathe” advice.

You can win a copy of Brit’s book by writing a comment on Apple podcasts and the first one to appear and then message me on the post for this podcast on Instagram will be the winner.  You can find me here on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Brit’s website and her upcoming online course can be found here: https://fitbritcollective.com

Or her Instagram account is here: https://www.instagram.com/fitbritcollective/

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In this week’s episode I had the great pleasure of a long chat with Dr Angela White, a woman who has a lifetime of experience in her work as an orthopaedic surgeon in the NHS, a data analyst and health communication in recent years.  She also has a lifetime of experience as a person who didn’t move much, came to a tricky time in life with her teenage children, an overload of work, ill husband and relatives and a realisation that she was unfit and inactive knowing exactly where that would lead in the end.  So she decided to make small changes to her life over a number of years to improve how she felt and realised this was something that needed to be talked about more especially in the older populations.

We discuss those small changes, how change doesn’t need to be complex or massive life shifts, how preparation for a healthy older life starts in our 20s and 30s and Angela’s mission to provide a platform of information and advice to those growing old in a healthy body.  Oh and she holds the record for the oldest woman to run from John O’Groats to Lands End (18 days and a bit!) so we chat about that.

Join in the conversation on instagram, Angela is on: https://www.instagram.com/therunninggranny/

I am on: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

And you can find out more about Angela and her work here: https://therunninggranny.co.uk

I look forward to hearing any comments, please do get in touch to chat more about this, and share, subscribe, rate and review the episode please!

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This week for episode 53 we are in the company of brilliant businesswoman and general go-doer, Clio Wood, founder of the &Breathe Postnatal Retreats which are an award winning retreat holiday for Mums, Dads, babies, toddlers, multi-generational families and women going through menopause. She has also started some new at home “retreats” - workouts and specialist support plus a food delivery service called Parentfood.

Find out more about the &Breathe retreats here: https://andbreathewellbeing.com

Parentfood: https://andbreathewellbeing.com/parentfood

Special podcast listener offer: use the code MOVE25 to get £25 off your first order

Clio’s retreat venue is here: http://www.lajugie.co.uk

I hope you enjoy the episode, get some helpful tips and advice and some understanding on the challenges new Mothers face.

Please also review the episode on Apple Podcasts, and share the episode you’ve enjoyed with friends or on social media, tagging me on Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

In this week’s episode I get chatting to fabulous life coach and NLP practitioner Mary “Badass” Meadows all about life as a single working Mum, post-natal depression and getting help or at least working through it somehow, anti-perfection movement practices and where the motivation for change comes from.

If you are listening to our section on post-natal depression and connect with what we talk about, please reach out to someone to get help, PANDAs is a brilliant charity set up to support parents suffering depression and may be a good first port of call for you if you don’t feel comfortable talking to your GP or Health Visitor. http://www.pandasfoundation.org.uk

You can find out more about Mary on her website here: https://www.marymeadows.co.uk

She runs a business coaching group which you can find here: https://www.marymeadows.co.uk/mastermind

And her instagram is available here: https://www.instagram.com/marybadassmeadows/

Please do now rate and review the episode on Apple Podcasts so that we can hear back any comments you may have or get involved by chatting over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Thanks!

Series 4 !

Welcome to everyone joining me for series 4 and our 51st episode - I’m so happy to still be chatting with amazing, inspiring women and I hope you are still inspired to get out on your own everyday adventures no matter what they are.  Please do get involved by chatting with me over on Instagram on the post about each episode, I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments, also please take the time to review any of the episodes, it helps to position this podcast amongst the thousands out there.  I read out each review at the start of the next recorded episode so you’ll be able to hear back from me when you do take the time.

On to this week’s guest, it’s the turn of Ella Foote to chat to me all about open water swimming, dipping every day in December, her own mental health struggles and having motherhood thrust upon her when she met her partner last year and became a step-Mum overnight.  She talks very honestly about how it feels to go from zero to 100mph in the parenting zone and how that has challenged and shaped her.  We also talk lots about open water swimming and cold water swimming, what it means to her and why she found this niche.

You can find out about Ella’s company Dip Advisor here: https://thedipadvisor.co.uk/#swims

and follow her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/ellachloeswims/

I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did recording it with Ella.

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This week I chatted to Tori James who has led a life filled with adventure and many more to come I’m sure.  After being inducted in the adventure world when working at the Royal Geographical Society, Tori became the youngest woman (at the time) and the first Welsh woman to climb Everest in 2007.

There was so much to cover in our conversation with 4 major expeditions in her life which were all so interesting to hear about and to understand the lessons she took from each one.  It was then great to hear her take on the change in life from the pre-kids to post and how she is adapting her life around her young son.

You can find out more about Tori here: http://www.torijames.com

Here’s the info about the Beeline Britain adventure we talk about: https://beelinebritain.com/route/

Here is the Fantastic Female Adventurers book we mention: https://amzn.to/2ZBDp1i

I hope you enjoy the episode and get some great inspiration from all the things we chat about.  I’d love to hear more about your thoughts when you’ve listened.

Please also rate and review the episode now on your podcast platform.

In this week’s episode I chatted to Amy Abrahams, freelance writer for online and print media such as The Sunday Times Style, The Pool, Stylist, Glamour, Women's Health and many more and in February 2018, she won the Best Health Journalist award at the Wellness Awards.

I love Amy’s open and honest writing and conversations, always interesting and fun with a great dose of feminism, body positivity and a great understanding of the complexities of the various issues we talk about.

We talk in this conversation about the responsibility of women’s magazines around diversity and body positivity/neutrality, how Amy has felt going through her pregnancy and post-natally and pre-kids, how running changed her life.

You can follow Amy here: https://www.instagram.com/amy_abrahams/

And find out more about the What The Health Events here: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehealthevents/

Please do go ahead and rate and review the episode now on your podcast platform.

This week I had the pleasure of talking to Kelly P from Project Me about her work as the queen of encouraging us to project manage ourselves through small habit creation, looking back each month and checking in with what’s going on in our lives and writing stuff out in order to see what is and isn’t going on in our lives.  In other words, the idea of doing our lives with more control rather than life just being done to us.

At this time of year (published December 2019) it’s pretty crucial to keep thinking of how to keep within overwhelm limits and take time to recognise what’s going on before we start the passive aggressive “communication” with our partners.

If you’d like to connect with Kelly on instagram that’s here: https://www.instagram.com/kellyprojectme/

Her action sheets are here: https://myprojectme.com/action-sheets/

and I’d really recommend the overwhelm sheet: https://myprojectme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Magic_Matrix_Sheet.pdf

and the vitality wheel is accessed via this page: https://myprojectme.com

Please do go and leave a rating and review now to help spread the word and encourage others to listen to these great conversations.

Thank you so much

In this episode I spoke with Annie Broadbent who is a psychosynthesis therapist and the author of the book “Speaking of Death” and now the founder of a platform intended to support mothers who are finding the conversation around motherhood all too positive and sugar coated and who don’t identify the insta-perfect image with their own experience.

Whilst this isn’t directly related to movement, my own experience of mental health challenges post 2nd baby meant I had a skewed relationship with my body, my sense of worth and my motivation, and I found that my mental stability directly related to how and why I moved.

If this episode resonates with you and you would like support or help, please connect with and reach out to the following organisations and therapists:

On Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/parenthoodinmind/

https://www.instagram.com/alexandrasacksmd/

https://www.instagram.com/drrebeccamoore/

https://www.instagram.com/_drboyd/

https://www.instagram.com/mother_truths/

Website:

https://drcarolineboyd.com

http://www.pandasfoundation.org.uk

You can connect with Annie here:

https://anniebroadbent.com

or on her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_side_of_the_mum/

Thanks for listening x

In today’s episode I have a chat with Lulu Adams, who is a personal and group fitness trainer based on the Isle of Wight who is also the head of exercise at the Mummy Tribe retreats in the UK. Lulu rose to fame in the fitness world after training her great friend and TV personality Binky Felstead following the birth of her baby 2 years and both of them spoke passionately and honestly at the time about the real journey of PN rehab.

In this brilliant chat, Lulu talks about her experiences of post-natal life, how she uses those and her educational knowledge to help the women she works with and she gives some brilliant tips on how to start and progress through a post-natal training programme.

You can find out more about Lulu on her website here: http://lulusfitness.co.uk

Or on her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/_luluadams/

And you can find out about The Mummy Tribe retreats here: https://themummytribe.co.uk

If you enjoy this chat, please do give it a rating and review on your podcast platform as it helps others to find it more easily and share these brilliant stories.

Thanks for listening x

In this week’s episode I sat down with Grainne Donnelly and Emma Brockwell briefly while we were at the Being Mum festival.

I wanted to catch up with them to discuss the Return to Running Postnatal guidelines that they produced along with Tom Goom earlier this year.  I was interested in what the reaction has been to these important guidelines and where they’re going next.

You can download the Postnatal Running Guidelines on the following link:

https://mailchi.mp/38feb9423b2d/returning-to-running-postnatal-guideline

The previous episode I did with Emma was episode 5, and with Grainne it was episode 39

Please rate and review this episode to help spread the word and help others find these great conversations to inspire and motivate other women to move and love it.

In this week’s episode I am sitting down with Caroline Bragg, personal and group trainer at Frame, Mumhood, &Breathe Postnatal retreats and Stylist Strong.  We spent some time talking about why Caroline enjoys training this population so much and what she finds so important about it.

Caroline’s enthusiasm is so infectious, you can hear why she’s so in demand so I love that I can share that in this episode.

Find out more about Caroline on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinebraggpt/

Or on her website here: https://carolinebragg.com

Thanks so much for listening, please take a moment to rate and review the episode and please subscribe so you can receive all the new episodes as and when they are released.

Welcome back to part 2 of this wonderful talk with Jessica Hepburn who chats to us now about her new future as an adventure activist.

As always, please rate and review and show us some love!

This week is National Fertility Awareness week in the UK and in recognition of that I wanted to put out this double episode of a long conversation I had with Jessica Hepburn.  Jessica Hepburn is the author of 2 books: The Pursuit of Motherhood and 21 Miles: Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood. Jessica is also the founder, in 2016, of Fertility Fest, the world's first arts festival dedicated to fertility, infertility, modern families and the science of making babies, having previously held the role of Executive Director at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.

Jessica is an extraordinary woman for many reasons, she went through 11 rounds of ultimately unsuccessful IVF over 9 years and then decided to swim the English Channel and is now training to make an attempt to climb Everest.  Jessica’s book “21 Miles” made me realise that we need to have a broader conversation of what motherhood means and that I want to be part of a more responsible, diverse and inclusive message.

You can find out about Jessica’s work here:

https://www.jessicahepburn.com

And Fertility Fest here: https://www.fertilityfest.com

You can find her books on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2pdqqFa

You can also follow Jessica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicapursuit?lang=en

Please do rate and review this episode on your podcast platform and hold on to listen to Part 2

This week I am sitting down with Clare Bourne and chatting all about pelvic health and postnatal return to strength.  Clare is a Women’s health physio at Six Physio in London, the resident physio at the Mummy Tribe retreats and is the referral point for Bumps and Babies.  She is Mum to a nearly 3 year old and is also 29 weeks pregnant when we recorded.

I love chatting to Clare about how important women’s health physio is, how much difference it can make to get this essential check in done at whatever point you are at and the language we use for ourselves and our kids around pelvic health.

You can connect with Clare here: https://www.instagram.com/clarebournephysio/

You can download the booklets, which Clare mentions, that the Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynae Physiotherapy (POGP) produce here: https://pogp.csp.org.uk/booklets

And you can find a Women’s Health Physio here: https://www.squeezyapp.com/directory/

Please do take the time to rate and review this episode and subscribe so you can receive new episodes every week.

Series 3 - Episode 40

In this week’s episode I chat to Sara Johnson who is a Yoga Nidra teacher and Reiki practitioner among other things.  Sara and I met through the Nourish app to which she contributes and I wanted to share her story with you because she really exemplifies how getting a physical diagnosis doesn’t have to mean the end of our movement journey, there is so much we can do to help reduce pain, calm anxiety around pain and strengthen our minds at the same time.

I hope you get some real insight into the alternative ways we can move through this chat.

Do let us know what you think and if you have any feedback, I’d love to hear any comments, questions or remarks you have about this episode and any others.  My instagram is: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Sara has kindly shared a download with us, you can access it by going onto her website and filling in your info very quickly on the homepage:

https://www.connecttocalm.co.uk

You can also find out more about Sara and her work at: https://www.instagram.com/connect_to_calm/

If you are interested in the Nourish App you can see that here: https://www.instagram.com/thenourishapp/

Or here: https://www.thenourishapp.com

Finally I mentioned my retreat at the beginning, please find out more about that on my website here:

www.everydaystrong.co.uk/home

or email me: km@everydaystrong.co.uk

Hi, long time no speak!!

At long last the MOAM podcast is back and I am really looking forward to chatting to some brilliant guests over the next few months.  Episode 40 starts with Sara Johnson a Yoga Nidra teacher and we go on from there via adventurers, swimmers, psychotherapists, physios, personal trainers and a whole host of other wonderful women in between.

Come and say hi over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/ and let’s have a chat about all the stuff we need to talk about.

Also I want to mention my new website: https://www.everydaystrong.co.uk which is all my online and remote work with online courses for “How to Rebuild Strength After Having Kids” and “How to get back into Running After Having Kids” as well as “Pilates For Runners” and “Posture for Mums”. 

I also support women one on one remotely so that you can get back to feeling confident in your body in order to go on and do whatever you want to do in life without niggling pain and aches, or a lack of trust or confidence in a fully functioning body: https://www.everydaystrong.co.uk/workwithme .  If this is you, you can also always email me and chat about this to find out if it’s for you: km@everydaystrong.co.uk

Retreat News: I will be holding a wellbeing retreat on March 7&8th, 2020 in the beautiful rolling Sussex hills so if you’d like more info about that just go to this page: https://www.lovemovementsussex.com/wellbeing-retreat

Subscribe, like, review and share away all the episodes you’ve loved and why you’ve loved them and I look forward to spending the next few months in your ears having great chats.

See you next time movement fans!

In this final part of my series on Training Women I am speaking to Gráinne Donnelly, is an advanced physio and team lead for pelvic health physiotherapy in both the NHS and private sector in Northern Ireland, and she also co-wrote the new guidelines on return to running in the post-natal period along with 2 other UK physios.

You can download the guidelines here: https://mailchi.mp/38feb9423b2d/returning-to-running-postnatal-guideline

I do hope you enjoy listening, please do come back to instagram to chat about what you think and give some feedback and ask questions, you can find me on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

In this part 2 of my “Training Women ...” series I am speaking to Sophia Cooper from national group exercise programme One Fit Mama.  We chat about her motivation behind starting the classes and what that has led to for both her and the One Fit Mama brand.  We also talked about the various issues surrounding post-natal recovery and physical influences on women in those fragile years.

You can find out more about One Fit Mama here: https://www.onefitmama.co.uk

Thanks again for listening, please do leave a review with comments 

This is part 2 of my chat with the wonderful Elizabeth Davies of The Mummy Coach, please do listen to part 1 first!

In this section we talk about Elizabeth’s top 3 tips for advocating for your self when it comes to choosing appropriate movement types postpartum and her inspirations and recommendations for great books.

I hope you have enjoyed both of these parts, do let me know what you think, as always I’d love to hear your feedback.

NEW Mini Series: Training Women through post-natal recovery and helping them find their power - I’ll be speaking to 3 wonderful women about their experiences and the important factors and considerations when they train or coach women back into sport or to achieve their goals in the post-natal years. In week 3 of the series I’ll be speaking to Grainne Donnelly of Absolute Physio about returning to running and next week I’ll be speaking to Sophia Copper of One Fit Mama, but up first:

In this week’s episode I am speaking to Elizabeth Davies of The Mummy Coach which I have had to split  into 2 episodes because it was so awesome I couldn’t chop anything out - Part 2 will be out on Thursday so you won’t have to wait long to find out what we talk about after “vagina” in Part 1.

In this chat we talk about everything from training in a relevant way to the demands on your body to why we focus on the aesthetic in relation to women so much to what we should all be asking of our trainers and coaches when it comes to post-natal qualifications.

I love Elizabeth’s calm and focussed manner alongside her clearly extremely caring approach to helping women get the best, I hope you enjoy the episode too, I’d love to hear what you think and if you have any comments or feedback on what we talk about.

As always please do leave a review to give some comments that others will see when they’re searching for the podcast and if you leave a comment I’ll read it out to thank you in the next episode.

Thanks as always for listening, I’m hugely grateful and appreciate every moment taken to listen in to these brilliant conversations with incredible women.

In the 3rd episode of this "Women in the Water" mini series I am chatting to Sally Kettle who is the first woman to row the Atlantic Ocean twice from East to West.  Ultimately this is a conversation not just about how awesome Sally is - although she undoubtedly is - but actually how traumatic situations can help us grow, the lessons we can learn from failing, how sometimes we do totally the wrong thing and why it’s OK to talk about it so it doesn’t chew us up inside.  Sally is clearly highly self motivated with a great sense of humour and has learnt a lot from her experiences so it was great to hear her stories and receive some of that experience.

Do enjoy this episode and the other two in the series, and please come back and let me know with a review on your podcast platform - if you review it I will give you a shout out and thanks on the next episode.  I always love hearing feedback and any comments.

Find out more about Sally here: https://www.sallykettle.com

Hear her TED talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=m6nvMoV2mLA

Thanks for listening!

As part 2 of this Women in the Water series I am talking to Sally McGee from Surf Yonder, a surf school based in Northumberland who is on a mission to encourage women to get in the water, learn to surf with support and confidence and to improve their surfing beyond riding the white water on the beach.  Sally has a 17 month old baby and left her teaching job when she had him as she couldn’t work out the childcare costs and earning,  she now also works closely with her husband who is a photographer and formed a work life that fulfils her in many ways.

In this chat I think you can hear how passionate Sally is about her sport and how understanding she is about the challenges women have in surfing to men.  Listen in if you’re interested in surfing, if you’ve wondered about surfing or you wonder how to turn your hobby you’re passionate about into a job to work around your new baby.

Sally’s company is: https://www.surfyonder.com

We mention Leah Dawson: https://www.instagram.com/leahloves/

Easkey Britton: https://www.instagram.com/easkeysurf/

Sophie Hellyer: https://www.instagram.com/sophiehellyer/

Do let us know what you think by coming back to me on Instagram and having a chat, we’d love to hear feedback on the episode and any questions you may have: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Please also rate and review the episode now! x

This is episode is the first of the mini series bringing together some women talking about being in water, what it means to them, how it brings their families together and the challenges they have faced.  

I wanted to hear more about different aspects of what the connection of water means to each woman, their passions and what they’ve learnt.

This week I chatted to Dr Georgie Sowman, a GP specialising in Lifestyle Medicine based in Northumberland, Mum to 3 kids and a Stand-Up Paddleboard coach and mega-enthusiast! We cover various parts of the wonder of spending time in water, bringing her kids in to find their own path, the balance of risk and reward, the potential of prescribing connecting with water for mental health while also hearing about how Georgie got into SUP and how she works it into her life.

Do let me know what you think of the episode, I’d love to hear you feedback and connect with you on this mini series - what do you love about being on or in water, or do you shy away from experiences in water for any reason and do you find any barriers to your enjoyment of water?  Let me know over on Instagram: @motherofallmovement

Please rate, review and share this episode with anyone who might love to hear more.

In this mini series I am exploring the ways clothing can be a barrier to women taking part in or enjoying sport either through body image or comfort.

In this first week’s episode I am joined by Rosie Cook, CEO and founder of Deakin & Blue which makes “transformational swimwear” - both functional and beautiful swimwear that works for every body shape.  Rosie has been a big part of the body neutral campaign, helping open the conversation on what we are marketed and by whom and asking for more from the companies selling active clothing to women.

I hope you’ll enjoy this conversation not only if you’re a swimmer but if you’re questioning the clothing choices that are available to you in general and how a brand like Deakin & Blue is standing up to make change in the industry.

Rosie is a brilliant example of a women leading by the change she wanted to make in the world, a women who saw a problem that women had and went out to solve it herself.

Find out about Deakin & Blue here: https://www.deakinandblue.com

In the chat we mention Ella Foote: https://www.instagram.com/ellachloeswims/

Alexandra Heminsley: https://www.instagram.com/hemmograms/

Sara Blakely from Spanx: https://www.instagram.com/sarablakely/

“Shoe Dog” A Memoir by the creator of NIKE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-NIKE/dp/1471146723/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=shoe+dog&qid=1554998807&s=gateway&sr=8-1

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This week is the final episode talking to women involved in encouraging young girls and women into sport/exercise/movement so I am talking to Anna Kessel.  Anna is a sports journalist previously for the Guardian and Observer newspapers and now the new Womens Sport Editor of The Telegraph newspaper.  She also wrote the book “Eat, Sweat, Play: How sport can change our lives” which literally changed my life, I had never heard anyone put into words my own experiences of participating in sports during school and onwards and the challenges faced as a mother to get back into moving.

Find Anna’s book here: https://amzn.to/2HLNToP

Check out Telegraph Womens Sport here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/

Follow Anna on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Anna_Kessel

Or on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/annasofiakessel/

This is a wonderful episode of total reality and sharp talking from one of the leading voices in women’s sport today.  I hope you enjoy it, please come over to chat to me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/love_movement_sussex/  to let me know any comments you have or chat about the topics we raise.

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In this episode which is part 2 of the mini series looking at how we can inspire young girls to grow into women who choose to participate in sport and activity, I talk to Francesca Brown.  She is CEO of Goals 4 Girls, and is a Prince’s Trust award winner and ambassador and won a Pride of Britain award, plus she was listed in the Sunday Times “alternative rich list” for 2017 and her organisation has won many other awards since it’s inception in 2011.

Goals 4 Girls is a programme that empowers disadvantaged young women from age 11 to 16 through inclusion in sport and activity, giving each girl a voice where they would otherwise have never been heard.

You can hear more from Fran about why she set up the company, where her passion came from and what drives her to believe in every girl she coaches each week.  She has such a fresh voice and has such a clear message and she knows how to get to the root of the issues and barriers girls are facing.

I hope you listen to this and it helps you to develop a greater understanding for the issues, and please enjoy our wonderful chat.

You can find out more about Goals 4 Girls here: https://goals4girls.co.uk

And please follow Fran on instagram here: @cesc.brown 

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Here is the first episode of this mini series looking at how we can inspire girls and young women to move and appreciate movement regardless of their shape, ability or background.

Hannah Corne is the Executive Director of the UK branch of the Mini Mermaids running club. 

In this episode we talk about Hannah’s own experience of the misuse of language that affected her at a young age, her daughters challenges with communication and why she found and brought the Mini Mermaids programme over from the States.  

I found the idea of the programme profoundly transformative for those vulnerable girls and boys who may otherwise have never experienced a love of movement and what other character strengths that can provide.

You can find out more about Mini Mermaids here: http://www.minimermaiduk.com

You can follow them on Instagram on @minimermaiduk

I hope you enjoy, please do hop over to Instagram @love_movement_sussex to let me know what you think and don’t forget to rate and review the episode and series.

In this weeks podcast I chatted to the super energy filled and joyful Addi Man who has been off on various adventures with her daughter Athina for the last couple of years.  Listen in to hear about their trip in a boat down a very long canal and an attempt to row a coracle down another one.  Addi teaches us about keeping an open mind when it comes to involving our kids in movement and sport and how giving kids some control and decision making can bring about some interesting and exciting new journeys.

Addi is a full ray of sunshine in your day so please do enjoy this extended episode!

Find out more about Addi and Athina here: https://www.teamaa.co.uk

I mention the Yes Tribe which you can find out about here: https://sayyesmore.com

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This week I’m delighted to welcome the incredible Laura Purkiss who is a soloist with the Birmingham Royal Ballet and also a Mum to 2 little girls. She is the subject of a beautiful new short film called Balancé which is out on Amazon video now showing her life and the balance she is trying to strike between being a Mother and being a professional dancer.

In this chat we talk about the tough life of a dancer, how unrelenting a profession it is and how she’s trying to establish a pathway out of that life. She also talks candidly about her physical recovery from the birth of her two children and how much she gives up to be the dancer and Mother she wants to be.

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Birmingham Royal Ballet: https://www.brb.org.uk

The Balancé film link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2DRZnDM

Laura mention the Fallen Angels Dance Theatre: http://www.fallenangelsdancetheatre.co.uk

In this week’s episode I’m really happy to be talking to the lovely and totally inspiring ultra runner and multi-sector businesswoman, Sophie Power.  Sophie has become something of a poster girl for breastfeeding athletes everywhere after a photo was released of her breastfeeding her 3 month old baby and pumping at the same time at one of the aid stations during the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc.  It provoked a huge conversation about female athletes wanting to provide for their kids and fulfil their needs as well and why there wasn’t more support for women and what could be done by the sport and others to make an image like this less of a spectacle.  

Here is a link to the photo and article on Runners World: http://bit.ly/2RjHly1

The UTMB website: https://utmbmontblanc.com/en/UTMB

Sophie’s real life work at Airlabs: http://airlabs.com

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Please do check out the previous episode if you haven’t yet so you can hear all about what the 4 brilliant women from Yorkshire Rows are all about about and how they got to the start line of the Atlantic crossing. In this episode we dive straight into life on board, what it was like and how tough the whole thing really was. Just to remind you, follow Yorkshire Rows on Instagram: @yorkshirerows and check out their book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Mums-Boat-Friends-record/dp/0008214840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545078428&sr=8-1&keywords=four+mums+in+a+boat Please take the time now to rate and review these episodes, it would be amazing if everyone who listened now went and reviewed as well - this helps direct these brilliant conversations to those who really want to hear them. Thank you.

In this week's episode I chat to Cat and Kath from Brighton based social enterprise "Seabirds Ltd" - they are an online store selling plastic free, life-enhancing products with fun designs, and they raise money for local charities. Run by 3 women who have made a recent connection to the sea through their children's activities, they made the decision not to let the kids have all the fun and actually get in the water themselves. They have been challenging themselves to swim throughout the year and in this chat we talk about the benefits of swimming in the sea, what the water means to them, and why have a higher purpose with your work helps to motivate and inspire. Here are the links for things we talk about: Find out about the Seabirds products here: https://www.seabirdsltd.com Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club: http://brightonslsc.org Surf Solace Charity: http://surfsolace.com More about cold water immersion therapy: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/practice-the-method Review & rate now!