Challenge Your Guilt
Challenge Your Guilt is a podcast for mothers ready to stop internalising guilt and shame and start flourishing in motherhood, work and life. It’s a warm, honest space - part conversation, part insight - to help dismantle the unrealistic standards we’ve all inherited.
Episodes
8 episodes
“When We Know Better, We Do Better": Releasing Guilt Around Mothers’ Health Choices - with Esther Amira-Opie
In this episode, I’m joined by Esther Amira-Opie, a natural therapist and women’s health practitioner, for a deeply honest and compassionate conversation about maternal guilt, health anxiety, burnout, and learning to listen to our bodies...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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The Double Bind of Confidence & Guilt in Modern Motherhood - with Lauren Currie OBE
In this episode of Challenge Your Guilt, I’m joined by Lauren Currie OBE - social entrepreneur, author, activist and founder of Upfront, a global movement supporting women and marginalised genders to build confidence, take up sp...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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Laughing Through the Guilt: Motherhood, Mental Health & Finding Freedom in Humour - with Alyssa Kyria (aka @thefunnymummyuk)
What if laughter isn’t just a coping mechanism for motherhood - but a quiet act of resistance against guilt and shame?In this episode of Challenge Your Guilt I'm joined by comedian, actor and creator of the much-loved Instagram ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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Maternal Guilt, Identity Loss & Rewriting the Narrative Through Creativity - with Vicki Broadbent
In this rich & energising conversation, I'm joined by writer, multi-award-winning blogger & long-time flexible working campaigner Vicki Broadbent - known to many as @honestmum - whose digital career began after leaving her...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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Raising Children in a Broken World - with Siobhan Strode
In this episode, I'm joined by Siobhan Strode - writer, campaigner, business owner, and mother of three - for a raw, wide-ranging conversation about the evolving nature of mum guilt and what it means to raise children in a world that can...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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The Perfect Mother Myth: How Society Shapes Our Guilt – with Dr Sophie Brock
Why do mothers feel guilty no matter what we do?In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Sophie Brock – sociologist, motherhood studies expert, and one of the biggest influences on my own work – to explore how maternal guilt isn’t a pers...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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Breaking the 9–5 Trap: How Flexible Work Reduces Mum Guilt - with Amy Grilli
What if your career could fit within school hours instead of forcing you to choose between work and family?In this conversation, I’m joined by Amy Grilli, co-founder of The Five Hour Club, a platform that connects parents...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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Rest Loudly and Release the Guilt with Anna Mathur
Welcome to the very first episode of Challenge Your Guilt! I couldn’t imagine a better guest to start this journey with than Anna Mathur — psychotherapist, bestselling author, mother, and someone whose words on guilt have shaped my ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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