Matters of Maternity Podcast

My guest this week is Michelle Flynn from An Croi Beag (Instagram @ancroibeag). Michelle is a psychotherapist with a particular interest in working with perinatal mental health, postnatal depression, traumatic births and anxiety.

Michelle has extensive experience working with parents on all aspects of parenthood and relationships and supports clients in moving through the internal and external challenges they are facing.

Michelle spoke to me about her work and her practice, her life as a mother to three young children ages 5, 4 and 3, and how important it is to take even one minute a day to check in with ourselves. I really hope you enjoy the episode today.

My guest this week is Eimear Hallahan (Instagram @misshallahan). Oh wow, where to start with this episode. Eimear has been through so much in the last year or so.

As you will already know if you follow Eimear online, she is a mother to two gorgeous boys, JJ and James.

We chatted about all the best parts of motherhood, but also, how Eimear coped when her son James was faced with an extremely serious life-threatening diagnosis.

Hearing this story in Eimear’s own words, I was in awe at her strength, positive attitude, and mindset, and how such a terrifying experience completely changed her as a person and a mother.

A huge thank you to Eimear for sharing such a personal and frightening time in their lives.

I really hope you enjoy this episode.

My guest this week on the Matters of Maternity Podcast is Michelle Pluck.

Many of you may already follow Michelle's Instagram page, 'My Good Hair Day Blog' (Instagram @mygoodhairdayblog).

Michelle is a hairstylist, and mother of 2 with baby number 3 on the way. We chatted about how it is often the small things that make the biggest memories for our children, how we all need reminders to not be so hard on ourselves, and how keeping the line of communication open with our children is so important.

Welcome back to the Matters of Maternity podcast after an extended break!

It’s is so great to be back, and I couldn’t be happier that my guest for the first episode of this season is Laura O’Mahony.

If you don’t already follow Laura on Instagram, do yourselves a favour and do so immediately! (@lauralolslots) She is a breath of fresh air, with a wonderful outlook on motherhood and life in general.

We talked about Instagram versus Reality, Bing versus Bluey, and why we all need to drop “mom guilt”. Laura recently started her own podcast, Red Raw, with Rob Heffernan, and I highly recommend you listen if you fancy something real, honest, and so so funny.

I really hope you enjoy the episode this week.

My guest this week on the Matters of Maternity Podcast is Zara Haskett. Zara is a certified Style Consultant & Career Coach, mom to two boys, and one of the most 'can-do', high-energy people I have ever met!

We met through work about 5 years ago and I always love being in Zara's company.

She sees the fun & positive side in every situation, as you will hear from our conversation, even when faced with some pretty challenging situations thrown at her in both pregnancies!

I really hope you enjoy the episode.

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