Motherhood. Nothing off limits.
Women talking about work, money, relationships and becoming mothers. The decisions they made, the help they had, and what they wish they’d known. Hosted by Simona Deifta.
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Season 3
11 conversationsDr Akshi Kumar
AI and Parenting
Homework, trust and helping children think for themselves.
Angela Saini
What Science Got Wrong About Women
Who decided women should do the caring? Angela questions the science and stories used to justify it.
▶Laura McGrath
Pregnancy Loss, Feeding Choices and Support for Mothers
The Lola&Lykke co-founder on pregnancy loss, formula guilt, returning to work and the help mothers can actually use.
▶Amelia Christie-Miller
Motherhood Did Not Make Her Less Ambitious
The Bold Bean founder on time, pay, delegation and building a company that can grow beyond her personal capacity.
▶Sabrina Sarl
Can You Stay Ambitious After Motherhood?
A candid conversation about identity, work and the ambition that remains after life changes shape.
▶Becky Selbie
The Motherhood We Were Never Prepared For
The expectations mothers inherit—and what happens when real life doesn’t fit them.
▶Gillian Orr
Why Comparison Steals Motherhood
On comparison, cultural pressure and finding a version of motherhood that feels like your own.
▶Anna Hushlak
Women Aren’t Burnt Out. They’re Disconnected.
A conversation about friendship, belonging and the systems women need to feel supported.
▶Emily Oster
The Parenting Advice We’ve Been Getting Wrong
Data, judgment and how parents can make confident decisions without chasing impossible certainty.
▶Hiba Siddiqui
The Truth About Postpartum Recovery
What recovery really asks of mothers—and why so many women still feel unsupported after birth.
▶Mimi Ikonn
The Courage to Choose Yourself
Motherhood, ambition, marriage, reinvention and choosing yourself when success no longer feels like alignment.
Season 2
15 conversations
▶Simona Deifta
The Truth About Natural Birth Nobody Tells You
Preparation, fear, motherhood and what women are rarely told before childbirth.
▶Catherine Rose-Bloom
Birth Without Fear: Preparing for Natural Childbirth
Understanding fear, trusting the body and navigating birth with confidence.
▶Mariana Shafro
From Vogue Shoots to Bomb Shelters
Displacement, resilience and the life behind the image.
▶Danni Menzies
The Brutal Truth About Finding Love After 30
Dating, self-worth and rebuilding a modern idea of partnership.
▶Arina Schneitter
I Gave Up Everything to Be a Mum
Motherhood, identity and the cost of choosing family on your own terms.
▶Natalie Costa
How to Raise Resilient, Emotionally Smart Kids
Emotional resilience, parenting and the inner work adults bring into family life.
▶Tiffanie Darke
Fashion Is Broken: The Rule of Five
Consumption, style and the personal systems behind a more considered life.
▶Zoe Blaskey
The Truth About Maternal Burnout
Invisible pressure and the support mothers are rarely given.
▶Kate Moyle
Why We’re All Doing Sex Wrong
Intimacy, desire, communication and rebuilding connection in modern relationships.
▶Mandy Hickson
From “Never” to the RAF’s First Female Tornado Pilot
Ambition, courage and what women are told they cannot become.
▶Julie Menanno
The #1 Relationship Killer—and How to Stop It
Attachment, intimacy and the patterns that quietly shape relationships.
▶Anna Mathur
Why So Many Mums Secretly Feel Like They’re Failing
Motherhood, guilt and the private emotional load so many women carry.
▶Tova Leigh
Why Midlife Women Are More Powerful
Midlife, freedom and the point where old definitions of success stop fitting.
▶Cat Sims
Breaking Cycles, Boundaries and Motherhood
Family patterns and the reality beneath modern motherhood.
▶Hermione Olivia
Miscarriage, Motherhood and Starting Over
Loss, motherhood and rebuilding after life changes shape.
Season 1
10 conversations
▶Gona Saed
From Escaping Violence to Empowering Thousands
Survival, advocacy and turning lived experience into protection for others.
▶Milena Sanchez
What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Mum
The realities of becoming a mother that rarely make it into the public story.
▶Chai Cohen
Juggling Seven Children, Faith and Purpose
Faith, family scale and the daily architecture behind purpose.
▶Natalie Chassay
Building a Business and Fighting Mum Guilt
Business, ambition and the guilt that follows women through work and home.
▶Dr Marcia Inhorn
The Truth About Egg Freezing
Fertility, timing and the systems shaping women’s reproductive choices.
▶Sasha Vara
The Brutal Reality Nobody Talks About Motherhood
Expectation and the truths that are still difficult to say aloud.
▶Sarah Corbett-Winder
Desire, Identity and Female Confidence
How women relate to themselves beyond performance.
▶Lisa Ing Marinelli
The Hidden Cost of Being a High-Achieving Mum
Achievement, motherhood and the unseen cost of holding everything together.
▶Mimi Ikonn
Divorce, Family and Building Intelligent Change
Divorce, family and rebuilding identity after a public life changes.
▶Roxie Nafousi
Manifestation, Addiction, Motherhood and Rebuilding
The work of rebuilding from the inside out.
Meet the guests.
The data behind modern motherhood
Which parenting decisions need more evidence, and which can we stop worrying about?
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The courage to choose yourself
Mimi on leaving her marriage and business, and deciding what came next.
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Roxie on recovery, confidence and motherhood
Roxie on addiction, becoming a mother and learning to trust herself.
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Building Bold Bean Co
Amelia on building Bold Bean Co while raising a family.
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Why mums secretly feel like they’re failing
Motherhood, guilt and the private emotional load women carry.
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Motherhood and starting over
Loss, motherhood and rebuilding when life changes shape.
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