Mums F**king Matter

Lucy Wylde

Mums F**king Matter with Lucy Wylde is a weekly podcast aimed at helping Mums to feel more seen and validated in their experiences of motherhood and matrescence. Just because society doesn’t (yet!) respect the monumental role of Mothers, it doesn’t mean that we can’t value ourselves. As a self-advocacy and body literacy coach, burlesque teacher, yoga instructor, perinatal exercise specialist and Mum, Lucy shares her experience, passion and gentle activism for creating greater ease, pleasure and joy in body and mind, to help you adjust to one of life’s biggest transitions; Matrescence.

  1. S2 #10 Dads Supporting Mums for the Win; An Interview with Alex Trippier

    MAY 12

    S2 #10 Dads Supporting Mums for the Win; An Interview with Alex Trippier

    Alex Trippier is a writer, speaker, podcast host, husband and father. He is an emerging voice on parenting and the role of men in family life. Alex has immersed himself in the work of leading mothers and parenting experts, exploring women’s lived experiences, mental load and family life. Alex brings a compassionate, feminist perspective to a growing international audience and writes regularly for 'The i' as well as having been cited in Grazia and Marie Claire. I connected with Alex on Instagram and I LOVED this conversation — and the laughs! He is brilliant and admirably honest about himself and his journey. In this episode we speak about: Alex's reels and his activism in the parenting spacethe problem with assumptionswhy so many couples can suffer after having childrendoing the work on ourselves, midlife 'crises' and individuationwhat doing burlesque did for me (on a deeper level than people may think)enjoying life as a couple more and Eve Rodsky's book 'Unicorn Space'gender norms and how men and women are judged in societyAlex's (great) observations of matrescence and why self-advocacy mattersresponsibilities and the words we usenavigating social media, self-worth and egothe medicine that tears can hold Themes: patriarchy, matrescence, patrescence, parenting, self-advocacy, domestic abuse We mention Charlotte Warne Thomas, Lucy Jones, Martin Amis, Richard Reeves, Eve Rodsky, Carl Jung, Terry Real, Leah Ruppanner and Steve Biddulph To learn more about Alex see here on Instagram, click here for his writing for 'The i Paper' and Alex's podcast is called 'Be A Happier Parent', available on all platforms. At the end, I read a poem called 'Guest House' by Rumi. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, I would really appreciate it if you could please leave a review on the platform that you listen. For more insights and to contact me you can find me on Instagram, and/or on my website: www.lucywyldecoaching.com.

    1h 11m
  2. S2 #08 'Don't Let It Break You Honey'; An Interview with Jenny Evans

    APR 28

    S2 #08 'Don't Let It Break You Honey'; An Interview with Jenny Evans

    Jenny Evans is a Mother, investigative journalist and filmmaker. Following the investigation that became her memoir, ‘Don’t Let It Break You, Honey’ she retrained in law. Jenny has just secured her first legal position. I connected with Jenny on Instagram after hearing about her book and I am incredibly grateful for Jenny and this powerful, moving and life-affirming conversation. (Jenny has THE most wonderful laugh and is such brilliant and beautiful soul.) We cover some very tender topics so please go carefully if you may be triggered and/or pay attention to the following. TRIGGER WARNINGS: we speak about sexual abuse, the justice system, Jenny's stillborn daughterFrom 21 mins 50 secs to 22 mins 10 secs AND 23 mins to 25 mins 20 secs Jenny speaks about the death of her daughter, being stillbornFrom 25 mins 40 secs to 31 mins 20 secs Jenny talks about unexplained infertility, IVF and the death of her daughter whilst in uteroFrom 32 mins 20 secs to 36 mins 30 secs I speak about being ostracised and sexual abuse In this episode we speak about: Jenny's background, her book and why she wrote itthe courage it took to write about what I call 'nasty people'speaking our truth, finding our tribe & shedding shamehow shame is created and systems that are inherently shamingthe death of Jenny's daughter, Lula* (please see trigger warnings above)navigating the grief realm and 'passive suicidality'the desire to have more babies — and the gaslighting of our big, primal feelingsthe process of writing the book with a lawyer and getting it publishedhow the system of giving statements to the police needs to change and the horror of Jenny's story being leaked (from the police) to the presssupportive publishers like Jemima Hunt at 'The Writers' Practice' and Emma Smith at 'Little Brown'why we talk and how it keeps us safe Themes: sexual abuse, journalism, police scandal, misogyny, shame, grief, corruption We mention Nick Davies, Evan Moloney, Maya Angelou, Richard Schwartz, Ana Forrest, Jemima Hunt and Emma Smith. To learn more about Jenny see here on Instagram, her website, details of her book 'Don't Let It Break You, Honey', and her Substack. At the end, I read a poem written by W.H. Auden. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, I would really appreciate it if you could please leave a review on the platform that you listen. For more insights and to contact me you can find me on Instagram, and/or on my website: www.lucywyldecoaching.com.

    1h 8m
  3. S2 #06 20+ Years in the Fitness/Wellbeing Industry; An Interview with Fran Blechner

    APR 14

    S2 #06 20+ Years in the Fitness/Wellbeing Industry; An Interview with Fran Blechner

    Francesca Blechner has over 25 years experience in the wellness industry. She supports high-achieving, purpose-driven leaders and visionaries to decode the patterns stored in their nervous systems shaping their health, energy, business and relationships. Creator of the Nervous System Archetypes and The Body Wisdom Series, her work brings together body based coaching, nervous system alchemy, identity recalibration and business alignment. Through Fran's approach, client's have healed and broken generational patterns, restored hormonal balance and long‑standing health issues, reconciled family dynamics, deepened romantic and professional relationships, unlocked their purpose, found the confidence to change careers from corporate to follow their soul medicine led work. — I've known Fran for almost 20 years. Our relationship goes way back to being personal trainers in central London in the early 2000's and it's great to share this conversation with you. In this episode we speak about: what Fran does in her work as a 'Mind Body Alchemist'Fran's experience of burnout and how it lead to her work with the nervous systemhow capoeira practice can translate to everyday lifemuscle testing, breath and discovering the overriding compensation patternsa back injury in 2017 that was a BIG lesson for Franhow nervous system health is foundationalmy journey with burlesque and leaning more into my femininitythe shifts in awareness of/in Mothers over the last 20 yearsgetting back to basics for wellness and balanceat 1 hour 4 minutes Fran speaks a big truth about how breathwork and bodywork can be bastardised (I've witnessed this a lot)performative wellness vs. embodied leaders Themes: burnout, nervous system health, spirituality, burlesque, body literacy We mention The Third Space Health Club, Transformational Breath and Liezel Graham. To learn more about Fran see here on Instagram, LinkedIn, Youtube or here for her website. At the end, I read a poem written by Liezel Graham. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, I would really appreciate it if you could please leave a review on the platform that you listen. For more insights and to contact me you can find me on Instagram, and/or on my website: www.lucywyldecoaching.com.

    1h 9m

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Mums F**king Matter with Lucy Wylde is a weekly podcast aimed at helping Mums to feel more seen and validated in their experiences of motherhood and matrescence. Just because society doesn’t (yet!) respect the monumental role of Mothers, it doesn’t mean that we can’t value ourselves. As a self-advocacy and body literacy coach, burlesque teacher, yoga instructor, perinatal exercise specialist and Mum, Lucy shares her experience, passion and gentle activism for creating greater ease, pleasure and joy in body and mind, to help you adjust to one of life’s biggest transitions; Matrescence.

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