Adoption Stories

In this special festive episode of Motherboard, Avril is joined by Laura Doyle from Love, Life and Little Ones, Tracey Quinn from Love of Living and Child Psychotherapist and author Joanna Fortune. The panel chat about navigating the Christmas period, while keeping your sanity in tact!  Find out more about our guests: Laura Doyle (@lovelifeandlittleones) Tracey Quinn (@traceysblog) Joanna Fortune (@joannafortune)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Dove, author of 'My Father Wasn't French', joins Avril to discuss her incredible adoption story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Motherboard, Avril is joined in studio by Laura Doyle of Love, Life & Little One, Tracey Quinn from Love of Living and Child Psychotherapist and author Joanna Fortune. The panel chat about how best to approach difficult behaviour in children and explore the possible underlying causes of changed behaviour.  Find out more on our panelists here: Laura Doyle - @lovelifeandlittleones Tracey Quinn - @traceysblog Joanna Fortune - @joannafortuneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Avril Flynn is joined by Christine Riordan and Ann-Marie Gaynor, two mothers who have been through separations and are making co-parenting work for their families. Also on the panel is Fiona McAuslan from Legal Aid Board; Fiona is the Director of the Board's Family Mediation Services. Our guests will be talking about their experiences of separation and co-parenting and offer some advice to anyone going through it. If you would like to find out more on the topics discussed in this episode please visit:   legalaidboard.ie onefamily.ie barnardos.ieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unfortunately, death is a part of life. We’ve all be affected by the death of a loved one and experienced bereavement. But what a lot of us haven’t experience is the loss of a romantic partner or the loss of a parent. Venetia Quick (presenter/producer) and Colette Byrne (founder of Widow.ie) lost their husbands and were left to continue raising young children on their own. They discuss with Avril and Dr Elizabeth Nixon about their own difficult experiences and how they managed to overcome grief while having the difficult job of being a parent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's not easy being a parent & trying to juggle a full-time job with a family life. So what can be done to make life easier for working parents ? In this episode we meet Avril O'Hehir Director of Administration at Lidl and Samantha Kelly CEO of The Women's Inspire Network who share how they make both their career & family flourish .   Our sponsor LIDL is giving Motherboard listeners 20% off their award winning Lupilu baby range. All you have to do is visit familyfriendlyhq.com/motherboard to redeem your coupon. T&C's apply and this offer is limited, so redeem yours before time runs out!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's Motherboard deals with prejudices that young mothers face all the time. With incredible insight from Cara Doyle, Katie Morgan and Laura Doyle joining our host Avril Flynn.   Our sponsor LIDL is giving Motherboard listeners 20% off their award winning Lupilu baby range. All you have to do is visit familyfriendlyhq.com/motherboard to redeem your coupon. T&C's apply and this offer is limited, so redeem yours before time runs out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's encourage a more positive conversation around parenting children who are on the autistic spectrum. Lisa Curran is a proud parent of autism and an inspiration for positive thinking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back to school time is just around the corner and we want to help you be fully prepared! Avril Flynn is joined by Aoife Lee, the founder of Parent Support and Laura Doyle of Love, Life and Little Ones.  Find out more about Aoife Lee at www.parentsupport.ie Find out more about Laura Doyle at www.lovelifeandlittleones.com Our sponsor LIDL is giving Motherboard listeners 20% off their award winning Lupilu baby range. All you have to do is visit familyfriendlyhq.com/motherboard to redeem your coupon. T&C's apply and this offer is limited, so redeem yours before time runs out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Avril Flynn is joined in studio by mum of two Lynn O'Connell and mum of one Karina Fee. Both of these women share their stories of their difficult pregnancies, where Lynns suffered from pre-eclampsia and Karina with hyperemesis gravidarum. In this episode, the panel shed a light on these conditions, which are unfortunately a lot more common than we think.  If you would like to find out more on the topics discussed in this episode please visit:  https://www.hyperemesis.ie/ http://www.inha.ie/ Our sponsor LIDL is giving Motherboard listeners 20% off their award winning Lupilu baby range. All you have to do is visit familyfriendlyhq.com/motherboard to redeem your coupon. T&C's apply and this offer is limited, so redeem yours before time runs out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.