How the hell do we get better asking for help?

This week Clare and Charlie are joined by their good friend Catherine, an Obs and Gynae Registrar. Together they discuss Cat's perspective, as a medical professional, on birth experiences and how as parents we prepare for something as unpredictable as birth!

Parental Wellbeing is hard enough. Parental wellbeing when you're married to the military is a different ball game! Clare and Charlie have a chat over a glass of wine with their friend over from the US. This episode explores the differences between the UK and US, with a special focus on her learnings as a military wife and the unique pressures that put on her own wellbeing. 

Clare shares learnings from her recent mentoring evening, exploring ways in which we can be better at setting boundaries and the importance of doing so for our own wellbeing and sanity.

Charlie and Clare explore all the reasons we find it so hard to ask for help from others, including our own internal pressure and societal expectation.

We talk to mum of 3, Britt Iversen in an uplifting conversations about her journey from grief and anger to a discovery that their life was going to be full of fun, chaos, honesty and silliness

A big decision for any family is how, who and should they go back to work after having kids. Charlie and Clare share their differing experiences; one from the perspective of returning to work, the other from continuing to be a full time mum. They chat about the pros and cons and realities of whichever path you choose. 

It's such a buzzword, but what does self care really mean, how do we do more of it and frankly have we all become a bit too obsessed by it? This episode we'll talk about our thoughts on self care and the unique challenges parents face when it comes to looking after our own wellbeing.