Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue is a podcast about modern motherhood - the ambition, the identity shifts, the invisible load, and the quiet recalibrations that happen behind the scenes.
I’m Maryanne. I’m a mum of three, a founder, and someone who has spent most of her adult life building businesses while raising a family, often at the same time, usually a little exhausted, and always learning as I go. This podcast is where I have the conversations I wish I’d heard earlier - the honest ones about work, money, ambition, relationships, burnout, confidence, health, and what it really means to build a life alongside motherhood, not in spite of it.
Each episode features thoughtful, open conversations with founders, creatives, doctors, experts and women navigating big lives in real time. We talk about the things that don’t always make it into neat soundbites - the trade-offs, the doubts, the moments of clarity, and the decisions that quietly change everything.
Mother Tongue isn’t about doing more or getting it perfect. It’s about feeling less alone, better informed, and more grounded in the choices you’re making - whether you’re building a business, raising children, starting again, or simply trying to make sense of the season you’re in.
New episodes weekly.
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Mother Tongue
Finding Purpose in Motherhood and Beyond with Steph Elswood
Today’s guest is a powerhouse in every sense of the word — someone who’s made wellness, self-love, and conscious living her mission, and who continues to inspire a community of women by showing up with honesty, heart and humour.
Steph Elswood is a content creator, entrepreneur, sober living advocate, and now — a new mum. She’s the founder of CAROUSE, a non-alcoholic spirit brand redefining the social drinking scene, the brains behind Sasstainable, her eco-conscious lifestyle brand, and the co-founder of Dry Disco, the UK’s leading sober events company. She’s also the founder of Stay Sassy, a female empowerment and dance movement that’s helped thousands of women reconnect with their confidence through dance.
Steph has always shared her life with vulnerability and strength — from body confidence and sobriety to plant-based living and mental health — and now she’s taking us on her journey into motherhood. Today we’re diving into her pregnancy, birth experience, postpartum realness, and how she’s navigating life as a mum while staying grounded in her values.
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THE MOTHER TONGUE PODBOOK
The Mother Tongue podbook is a collection of interviews with experts on everything you need to know about parenthood from pre-conception all the way through to when your kids starts school. Over the course of 43+ chapters, the podbook delves into the topics that all mums and mums to be wants the answers to.
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THE MOTHER TONGUE COMPETITION
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- Then head to @wearemothertongue on Instagram—we’ll be announcing the winner there when Season 14 wraps!
You’ve got until the final episode drops to enter, and the prize is valid for three months—so go ahead, start dreaming of that mini staycay.