FRIDAY'S CHILD

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights. For episode one of this new series.

For this episode I have the pleasure of speaking to the Founder of PlayMatters Dubai, Lana Svetova. PlayMatters is a PEKiP-based parent-baby playgroup focused on natural baby development, parent-baby attachment, parenting support, and baby socializing.

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

http://playmattersdubai.ae/

https://www.instagram.com/playmatters.dubai/

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Peta Labour & Delivery Story:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CGkIeLBJZID/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

For episode one of this new series, I am thrilled to welcome to the podcast gorgeous first time Mum and certified Birth and Postnatal Doula, Ellis, also known as ‘yourbodyyourbirth’ on Instagram. Thank you for listening and enjoy!

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

https://www.yourbodyyourbirth.me/

https://www.instagram.com/yourbodyyourbirth/

Guest Mentions:

Jasmine Collin Hypnobirthing Course: https://www.jasminecollin.com

https://www.noon.com/uae-en/ina-may-s-guide-to-childbirth-paperback/N27595495A/p

https://www.instagram.com/purebabyorganicme/

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

I’m Peta Al Akawi and Welcome to Life School, the podcast. Each episode I’ll be chatting openly and honestly with a different guest about a whole host of purposeful topics. From personal success and failure stories, to relationship advice, tips and tricks for entrepreneurs, to professional and practical guidance on living a more fulfilled and happy life. I’ll be speaking to men and women from all walks of life, all with unique experiences they want to share in the hope of inspiring YOU. I hope throughout this series you can take away some valuable nuggets of wisdom to help you navigate through life's many twists, turns and lessons. Here at Life School, we are all about the business of learning.

My guest today is a woman who does just that, she inspires me. I am thrilled and honored to welcome to the podcast Business Advisor, Communications Consultant and Executive Coach - Lucy d’Abo.

In 2004 Lucy co-founded DABO & CO with her sister Camilla, an integrated communications agency here in Dubai, and together they spent the next 11 years building it to be the largest independent agency of its kind in the region.

With a renowned priority for excellence at its core, underpinned with creativity and a powerful company culture that was the heartbeat of the business, DABO & CO went on to be recognized with over 20 industry awards and was also listed in the Top 10 ‘Great Places to Work’ Index 3 years consecutively and ranked in the Dubai SME 100.

In 2015 DABO & CO was acquired by Edelman, the largest PR firm in the world, Lucy remained as Managing Director within the business for almost 2 years, supporting the integration and merger of the business regionally before handing over the reins to Edelman.

Lucy, who lives in Dubai with her husband Chris and 3 children, now works as a Business Advisor and Communications Consultant leveraging her extensive knowledge and experience in both building and selling a successful business in the Middle East and two decades in the Creative Communications industry.

I personally gained so much from this episode and I hope you get as many tangible takeaways from this as I did when I recorded this with Lucy last month.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram @lifeschoolme for behind the scenes footage and further information on some of the topics we discuss on the show.

P X

Website & Insta Handles:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-d-abo-09521023

https://www.instagram.com/lucyludubai/?hl=en

Mentions:

https://www.instagram.com/mother_pukka/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mick-todd-a887b313

I’m Peta Al Akawi and Welcome to Life School, the podcast. Each episode I’ll be chatting openly and honestly with a different guest about a whole host of purposeful topics. From personal success and failure stories, to relationship advice, tips and tricks for entrepreneurs, to professional and practical guidance on living a more fulfilled and happy life. I’ll be speaking to men and women from all walks of life, all with unique experiences they want to share in the hope of inspiring YOU. I hope throughout this series you can take away some valuable nuggets of wisdom to help you navigate through life's many twists, turns and lessons. Here at Life School, we are all about the business of learning.

It’s been rather a busy summer for me, so I haven’t had chance to publish and new episode of #DXBWomenWhoInspireMe for a couple months. But I’m so happy to be back with a brand-new episode with a fabulous new guest, Natasha D’Souza. Natasha is a business journalist, strategist and presenter focused on startups, technology and innovation in emerging markets. She writes for numerous publications both in the region and globally, profiling startups, technology and the culture of innovation and leadership in the Middle East.

Commencing her career in Washington D.C., Natasha worked with global leaders in the business, media and international development sectors including The Corporate Executive Board, the BBC and the Kennedy family. In 2007, she joined the Harvard Medical School Dubai Center, working on the region’s foremost greenfield project to establish Dubai as the center for academic medical research and practice in the Middle East.

It was fascinating getting to know Natasha and her global way of thinking really inspired me to think beyond just the city I live in.

Be sure to follow us on Instagram @lifeschoolme for behind the scenes footage and further information on some of the topics we discuss on the show.

P X

Website & Insta Handles:

https://www.instagram.com/natasha.notes/?hl=en

https://linktr.ee/natasha.notes

Mentions:

https://www.instagram.com/camanpour/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/feministabulous/

https://www.instagram.com/malcolmgladwell/

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME.

When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready!

But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter.

So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights.

My guest today has been credited with starting a food revolution with her trusty recipes and methods...She has become the UK’s No.1 children’s cookery author, best-selling international author, and the mother of all feeding experts with 45 cookbooks...and counting. I am of course talking about the icon that is Annabel Karmel.

With a career spanning over 25 years, Annabel, has pioneered the way families all over the world feed their babies and children.

I cannot tell you how much of an honour and dream come true it was to have Annabel on the podcast. Annabel spoke so bravely about the tragic passing of her first baby girl Natasha, and how that devasting loss, followed by the birth of her son Nicholas, started a chain of events that has led to her become the renowned Queen of all things weaning that we know and love today.

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Guest Website & Social Media Handles:

https://www.annabelkarmel.com

https://www.instagram.com/annabelkarmel/

Products: https://www.annabelkarmel.com/products/

App: https://www.annabelkarmel.com/annabel-karmel-baby-toddler-recipes-app/

Food Range in UAE: https://babyandchild.ae/family-life/food/article/1684/annabel-karmel-s-new-range-of-baby-purees-and-snacks-now-available-in-uae

Encephalitis Information Links:

https://www.encephalitis.info/pages/category/wed

https://wedconf.org/

Friday's Child Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/

https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx

https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share