True Family Vibes
*True* coz its honest. *Family* coz thats what we talk about. *Vibes* coz we choose to turns life's challenges into positives....Get a cuppa, listen, reflect and smile. I began recording on my phone some of the many random days and thoughts whilst looking after my children and I decided to upload them into a podcast. 🤣 Im sure there will be experiences and feelings that you have had too.I’ve had a baby in a pandemic, been a homeschooling parent, multitasking as a lived experience key worker for children and families with housing needs. Now when you mix all that with my multicultural background then you will definitely get a concoction of family issues to discuss! Season 1 is about the random pandemic memories for parents. I’m sure you will smile, reflect and chew on some of the issues that have knocked us all. The True family vibes podcast is about being honest with our family and parenting experiences, making choices to get the positive out of life’s stuff even the tough stuff coz our kids need us too. Season 2 launches in 2023 where we discuss the post-pandemic parent whose facing a cost of living crisis and doesnt wanna go cray cray crazzyyy
Episodes
55 episodes
Laugh, Learn, Love: My Top 10 Episodes of the Crazy Final Voyage of True Family Vibes
On behalf of Diversifying Podcast platforms... we wrap up the True Family Vibes podcast with a hilarious trip down memory lane where we examine the ups, downs, and unexpected poos of parenting. Remember that Disney movie you loved as a ki...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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51:49
Oh Life do do do do
Here is it is the final episode of True Family vibes podcast. I know I can’t sing in tune but this song I’ve written just sums up looking after a 2 year old right now. 🎶 Thanks for sharing this journey with me, you’ve all bee...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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4:43
DJ mumma radio mixtape 📻
Do you have a list of songs that bring you through the memories of childhood and bringing up children? Here are just some classics that I’ve dedicated to each child for seasons in their lives. Listen to my attempt to be a Dj mumma.. my dr...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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17:58
It’s tiring but it’s blessed spoken word
So here it is, a day in the life of motherhood… in spoken word I attempt to showcase what it’s like for mothers on some days when you gotta do it all.. it’s tiring but it’s blessed.Shout out to all the single parents!
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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21:48
In A & E with a toddler! Bare stress.
The UK is marking 75 years of the NHS, as much as I appreciate free healthcare.. A and E with a toddler is so stressful! Unfortunately my son had a febrile seizure… it’s very scary experience and I thought I would share the experie...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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31:40
MY well-being matters!!!
Always looking after people and then you look around to check whose looking after you? Well.. you need to do that too and you don’t.. we’ll you just don’t do it enough because you don’t have time. Whether is be running, plucking, brushing or sl...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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16:26
Don’t flip my switch
You know that flip button that you can’t control? Yep.. the kids doing or saying stuff and you keep saying in a calm manner what they need to do..like “put your shoes on, go to bed, brush your teeth, come downstairs..” Then the kid respon...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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25:00
Anxiety 😭 ⚽️
For mental health awareness week we will be looking at some of the issues that make parents anxious. Like when your child is learning how to talk and you have to work out what they need, how they feel and what happened…and all they...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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15:14
Kids Takeover
So the three musketeers are featured in this weeks episode. They have taken over the podcast to be both wonderful and very random too. Note to self - don’t record a podcast when the kids are off school…
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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4:12
Allergy Awareness Interview
For Allergy Awareness Week, I interview my 9 year old daughter on what it feels like to have food allergies and we share what we can all do to help other people with allergies feel more included and reduce anxiety.Join us as we talk abo...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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16:21
Gaslighting in maternal care
Don’t even get me started, how many mothers have been gaslighted by a healthcare professional? At a smear test? at a baby scan? in labour? or when feeding your baby? It’s not just me right? And…No it’s not your hormones making...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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32:32
10 Money saving tips for families
We knew it was coming didn’t we, they did say the cost of living would go up in April but oh my life- this much is too much oh! This episode gives some fresh practical family tips to help you save.. from checking which toothpaste gives yo...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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26:59
Life is a bunch of chicken pox
Life is not a bunch of chocolates- most chocolates are tasty and sweet, only a few do you have to spit out, your much more likely to eat chocolate and enjoy it even if it’s not your flavour.So for me, life is more like chicken pox.. its...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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19:50
Diarrhea bath
Isn’t it so humbling when your toddler diarrhea’s on you. Then as you clear it up.. it continues in the bath tub. I mean seriously what are you trying to teach me... is it multitasking? How to handle shock? How to communicate in com...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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8:41
Bad Habits of Motherhood
Mothers -No matter what country you are from there will be some weird things that come naturally to you.It may be sniffing nappies, regurgitating food... picking off cradle cap... picking your child's nose, spitting on your thumb ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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17:56
The truth about C-sections
Having a C-section? Caring for a C-sectioned mother? No idea what having a C-section is like? Listen in.. The truth about C-sections.. the reality of the emotions, operation and healing process, plus some random self care tip...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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29:01
The truth about breastfeeding
So I’ve breastfed three children and I’ve had every type of experience with it, like the good, the bad and the toe curling ugly. I’ve learnt a multiple range of skills from being a breastfeeding peer supporter and a friend to many who have need...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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46:44
Cinderellas messed up
How messed up is this story, tell me you can see it too? This story is starting up conversations on mental health, forced marriage, child slavery and ju ju…Seriously Disney.. #happy childrens mental health week
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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25:07
We all get a kid who probes our weakness
Just continuing the reflections on parenting whilst I’m putting my 1 year old to sleep (you will hear him)… I’m thinking about how much I have always loved sleep, somehow it feels like my children have been designed specifically to train me out...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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10:17
How you cook is how you parent?
Are you organised? Do you plan ahead? Do you make it up as you go along? Are you willing to learn new skills ? Do you prefer to follow a recipe? If your willing to become better at cooking you can apply those skills to also becomin...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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11:18
Even the tooth fairies striking
UK frontline workers are all striking over pay and cost of living crisis.. Unfortunately, the tooth fairy is also on strike and is not dishing out the money she used too.. tough times ⚠️ Striking rant ⚠️
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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15:33
Hamster Maze
Ever stuck of what to watch on TV with the kids? Well, just found a new gem on YouTube. Who knew that watching a rodent being chased by a police man in a maze made out of cardboard could be so entertaining. 😂
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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12:47
Mummy... whats up with Prince Harry and Megan?
So its 2023, Prince Harry has patiently waited for his nan to be buried before his plan to knock down the establishment can go to the next level... Literally, even the UK primary school playgrounds are discussing this royal drama f...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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20:29
My Cost of Living Tops Tips
Be thrifty mate.. here’s some top tips to help you save money in 2023 from buying bar soap, investing in a flask to cooking with a slow cooker. Hope at least one of these is helpful 😆
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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25:43
Have time vs make time 🎈 2023
Happy new year listeners! Can you believe it’s the end of 2022 and there is a list in our minds of all the things we need to do in 2023. We got to stop saying we don’t have time to do stuff, let’s change that phrase this year and instead have a...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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13:53