blogs and podcasts
Ep021 – Baby Reflux with Aine Horner
A year late but sounding great! A massive apology to Aine who was kind enough to give me her time and expertise, over a year ago, to record Episode 21 of the Be You Mum podcast. This episode also marks the end of an era with this podcast with it being the last...
Ep020 – Human Nature with Chris Newbold
In this episode we delve into Human Nature. Chris speaks to the Wallace Stevens quote – “Human nature is like water, it takes the shape of its container.” Chris is a Nutritionist who works for Biocare, one of the UK’s leading food supplement companies. Chris is the...
Ep019 – PCOS and Achieving Hormonal Harmony with Vivien Allred
Vivien Allred is a UK based Naturopathic Nutritional therapist and host of the Hormones in Harmony Podcast. She studied for 3 years at the College of naturopathic medicine, after struggling with her own health issues, for many years during early adulthood, including...
Ep018 – Change the Way You Think with Brian Costello
Brian Costello is an NLP Practitioner, Coach and Founder of Headstrong Minds, home of one of Scotland’s leading and most inspiring teams of mental health and change professionals "We are experts in changing the way people think. It is a simple fact that if you can...
Ep017 – Plant Based Eating with New Norm
Norma is founder of New Norm a plant-based meal delivery company based in Edinburgh. Norma's mission is to make it easier for people to enjoy eating a whole food plant-based diet without having to be chained to the kitchen meal prepping every weekend In this episode,...
Ep016 – The Breastmilk Microbiome with Dawn Whitten
Dawn Whitten is a Naturopath and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant. She is passionate about protecting and nurturing the microbiome of the next generation and has a broad base of clinical experience with a focus on women’s health through pregnancy and...
Ep015 – Move, Breathe, Create with Che Dyer
The 'Be You Mum' Podcast is back! Whoop! Here is the first episode of 2020! In this episode, I chat to Che Dyer, Yoga Teacher and Graphic Designer. We talk all things MOVE - BREATHE - CREATE in relation to Motherhood. 🏃♀️Movement -...
Ep014 – Dress to Impress Yourself with Rebecca Ffrancon
Rebecca Ffrancon is a Personal Stylist & Colour Consultant on a mission to make women feel happier every morning when they stand in front of their wardrobes. Getting dressed in the mornings should be fun - after all, it's something we have to do every day, so why...
Ep013 – Live a More Conscious Life with Brie Cosma
Brie Cosma is a certified Consciousness Coach and counsellor who integrates astrology, mindfulness therapy and yogic philosophy into her practice. Brie offers 1:1 coaching packages which centre around mindset and emotional wellbeing, helping people break through fear,...
Ep012 – Fertility Support with Sandra Greenbank
This week I'm joined by Sandra Greenbank. Sandra is a nutritional therapist, coach and functional medicine practitioner, specialising in fertility, prenatal and postpartum health. Having worked in this field over the last ten years, as well as bringing up three little...
Ep011 – Transformation Breathwork with Jessie Laute
Jessie is a Life Coach and Transformational Breath®️ Facilitator whose mission is to help others break negative patterns, heal from past trauma and to live a fully conscious and authentic life. Jessie discovered breathwork after leaving the challenges of her...
Ep010 – A Mojo Injection with JoJo Fraser
This week I'm joined by 'The Queen of Positivity' herself - Jojo fraser Jojo is an Author, Podcaster and Motivational Speaker. She runs the Mummy Jojo blog and has been a mental health researcher for 6 years. She is often dubbed the 'Queen of positivity' and her...
Ep009 – The Explore More Mum with Ashley Glen
This week I'm joined by Ashley Glen - The Explore More Mum. Ashley is a mum and personal trainer with a great sense of adventure and love for the great outdoors. In this episode we discuss: How exercise started off as a means of escapism for Ashley and grew into a...
Ep008 – Identity with Anna Marsh
This week I discuss the topic of 'identity' with the awesome Anna Marsh. Anna is a Functional Medicine Practitioner and Women's Health Coach. She has a huge list of qualifications and experience that enables her to help women take back their power, and create a...
Ep007 – Ultra Running and Motherhood with Jasmin Paris
This week my guest is Jasmin Paris. Jasmin is a record-breaking mountain and fell runner, who has dominated in UK and international sky running, fell running and ultras for the past few years. I first came across Jasmin following her incredible achievement when she...
Ep006 – Exploring Spirituality with Alex Manos
Alex Manos is a Functional Medicine Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist, Personal Trainer and Transformational Coach. In this episode, we delve into spirituality. Alex gives a broad and beautiful insight into our approach to health and wellness from a functional...
Ep005 – Creating your own Success with Mikaela Jackson
Mikaela Jackson is a personal performance coach, dedicated female champion and the founder of She Almighty which provides career, business, life coaching services and events for women. We chat about creating a career you love, tips for approaching a career change, the...
Episode 4: Self-Care & Self-Expression with Suzy Glaskie
Suzy is a mum of 3 children and a certified Functional Medicine Health Coach and the founder of Peppermint Wellness. https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Instagram: peppermintwellness In this episode, we talk about getting back in touch with yourself, 'micro self-care'...
Episode 3: Mental Health & Fatherhood with Mark Williams
Mark is a Husband, Father, Mental health campaigner, Author, Coach and Motivational speaker. Following his own personal struggles with postnatal depression, Mark has dedicated his career to raising awareness and breaking down the stigma surrounding mental health...
Episode 2: Children’s Health & Nutrition with Lucinda Miller
Lucinda Miller, clinical lead of NatureDoc, is a Mum, a Family Naturopath and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 20 years experience. www.naturedoc.co.uk We discuss the common health presentations Lucinda sees in her clinic including; learning difficulties,...
Episode 1 – The Impact of Stress with Jo Gamble
The Impact of Stress Today’s guest is Functional Medicine Practitioner and Nutritional Therapist Jo Gamble. We discuss common challenges mums face with parenting in our 21st-century environment and how these stresses can affect our physical and mental health. Jo...
My most valuable lessons to help you reclaim your MOTHER ENERGY is 2021
Let 2021 be the year you reclaim your energy and sense of self!Firstly I want to wish you a very happy, healthy and energised new year and thank you thank you thank you for following me, working with me, sharing my work and all your support. You really are my...
Wishing you an anti-inflammatory Christmas
Oh Christmas...joyful in parts but usually your motherload ends up getting pushed to its limits in pursuit of ensuring the festivities rock n roll as smoothly as possible. BUT it doesn’t have to be this way! I’m going to show you how you can get into...
Does the moon bring out your inner werewolf?
The 30th November (at 9:34 am to be precise) welcomes the Full 'Beaver' Moon (apparently named beaver because beavers actively prepare for winter during this time, Dam! I didn't know that :)). So with it being that time of the month again, I want to talk about the...
The three B’s to better balance
Let's talk balance! Balance is probably one of our most desired goals as a Mother right? "I just want better balance!" This is something I hear all the time from my awesome Mother star clients, and it's something I'm also striving for in my own life and...
Do you react opposed to respond?
Today I’m sharing a topic that has been coming up a lot in conversations with my superstar mum clients: how can we respond to situations rather than react? You know the drill – you’ve had a terrible night’s sleep, your to-do list seems never-ending and you’ve skipped...
Supporting your immune system from inside out
If we were playing word association and I was to say immune system (likely event, that's why I don't get invited to party's) what would you say? The common answers are colds, flu, kill, protection, defence, bugs, infections, and you wouldn't be wrong. Those are all...
Invisible Mother Energy Thieves
When it comes to reclaiming your energy, identifying where it is going in the first place is a good starting point. If you are an overwhelmed, over-challenged Mum trying to firefight the demands of life, and balance modern-day motherhood, it may feel obvious where...
Adrenal fatigue
‘Adrenal fatigue’ is a term that pops up every now again but what exactly is adrenal fatigue and how does it happen? And is there anything we can do to recharge our adrenal bank account? Let’s start at the basics: The adrenal glands sit on top of the kidneys, one on...
Are you suffering with mother depletion?
Are you suffering with mother depletion? Do you feel drained, like you’re running on an empty tank at times? Are you desperate to have more quality time and be more present with your children but feel like you’re completely depleted and out of sorts? Let me tell you,...
Kick your cravings to the curb
What are your cravings trying to tell you? Your body is pretty magical in the way it sends you regular signals in a bid to communicate its needs. Food cravings are no different. They are a way of you body trying to tell you that it needs some TLN (tender loving...
5 underlying reasons why you can’t sleep
Are you struggling to fall asleep and stay asleep? Yes, children waking you up at all hours of the night plays a big part here. But what I'm seeing a lot in my clinical practice is Mums struggling to unwind and get good quality sleep both when their children don't...
Blood sugar imbalance
Ronan Keating (of bring back the 90's) sang ‘Life is a rollercoaster, just gotta ride it’. Yes absolutely, but one rollercoaster us mums shouldn’t be riding is the dreaded blood sugar rollercoaster. We’ve all been there, right? When you feel like your tank is...
How to Press the Pause Button (Whilst you’re with your kids!)
It's a fact that to achieve better clarity, energy, greater inner peace and calm and have a body we're confident in, we must find ways to press the pause button.....regularly! This can feel quite daunting for many of us mums who already struggle to grab 5 mins here...
Inflammation – The Language of Your Body
I don’t think a day goes by where I don’t catch myself saying "Listen to your body!" But what does it actually mean? And what’s it saying? As women, we tend to place a large amount of our focus on our bodies. How we look on the outside usually determines how happy and...
Postnatal Depletion – When Annie met Oscar
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to meet the wonderful Dr Oscar Serrallach and hear him speak about his work and book The Postnatal Depletion Cure. Big thank you to Alison Barker for introducing me to Dr Oscar’s wonderful work. It’s funny how things happen just at...
My Matrescence
Matrescence – The birth of a mother, a woman’s journey into Motherhood. A woman’s journey into Motherhood is very personal. It is shaped by factors that aren’t always known to us or discussed in mainstream healthcare or media. As well as bringing a lot of joy, love...
