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Dec. 18, 2024

118: Suicide: How to talk about it with teens, and offer proper support.

Send us a text In a recent column in The Times, Caitlin Moran wrote about how five young men in her social circle have taken their lives in the past 18 months. She's not alone. My daughter has experienced this, as has Bernad…
Dec. 17, 2024

Suicide: What Drives Some To Suicide While Others Choose Life?

Steven Kariaskos PhD, lost a partner to suicide and is an activist for suicide prevention/awareness & bereavement. In this clip from our interview he explains how complex and difficult it is, even for experts.
Dec. 11, 2024

117: Community: It takes a village to raise a child... as long they do it my way.

Send us a text So many of us bemoan the loss of a village, but do we really know what we mean by that? Being in a village or community requires us to give as well as take; often not on our own terms. It also means that we ha…
Dec. 10, 2024

Do we parents really want a community, or just free help?

So many of us want a community or a village in which to raise our kids. We bemoan the loss of spaces where our kids can roam safely, and the help that seemed to come with having a 'village'. But are we really being honest …
Dec. 4, 2024

116: Girls: Beauty standards, entitlement and misogyny

Send us a text Encouraging girls to make the most of themselves is a vital job for parents, but how do we talk about the barriers they face? From the subtle expectation that girls and women be humble to the not so subtle foc…
Dec. 3, 2024

The ugly truth about beauty standards for girls

The pressure to conform to beauty standards has a damaging impact on girls, according the Jo-Ann Finkelstein PhD In her book, Sexism and Sensibility, Finkelstein highlights the need for girls to understand their worth beyo…
Nov. 29, 2024

What parents get from my audio hug about parenting teenagers

What is the point of my audio hug, Parenting Teenagers Untangled, and why would you listen to the podcast? In a completely unprompted moment at the end of our interview, Mike Nicholson from @progmasculinity did a beautiful …
Nov. 27, 2024

115: The dangers of cancel culture, and how we can help our teens use their power positively

Send us a text The suicide of a young man at Oxford University has prompted a warning letter to the UK Government about 'cancel culture' on campus. The review into his death 'identified evidence of a concerning practice of s…
Nov. 20, 2024

114: Friendships, frenemies and boy banter. Parenting our teens through the relationship pitfalls.

Send us a text Friendships, and fitting, in are everything to teenagers. You could argue that understanding the dynamics, and supporting our kids through the turmoil of the teen years, is one of the best things we parents ca…
Nov. 19, 2024

Boys, banter and masculinity #internationalmensday

Andrew Hampton FRSA thinks year seven at school is the best stage to begin having discussions that prevent rape culture setting in, and tackling the unhelpf ideas that boys can form around masculinity. In the full intervie…

Recent Blog Posts

Point to your child’s North star until they can see it for themself.

How Your Mindset Can Unlock Your Teen's Motivation It's easy for us parents to fall into the trap of believing that teenagers are inherently short-sighted, illogical, and incapable of making wise decisions. So many of things they do seem to back u…

Our ‘culture of comparison’ is a key factor in the damaging levels of stress experienced by parents

41% of parents and caregivers say they are so stressed they cannot function most days." This was in the report, Parents Under Pressure, issued by the US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy". Some of the key factors outlined in the report include things…

Moving Up and Moving Out: The empty nest and the terrible eighteen to twenty two's

One of my husband’s long standing friends moved to Florida when he graduated, but he always stays with us when he’s in the UK. His daughters were home-schooled and we’ve vaguely followed their progress all the way to the latest sta…

About the Hosts

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Rachel Richards

Host

My main career was as a BBC Correspondent, World News Anchor for CNBC Europe, BBC World New Radio, and roving reporter/newsreader on local radio.

I’ve always been fascinated by parenting so loved being a Parenting Supercoach for Parent Gym, working in the most deprived boroughs of London.

I’m now the mother of two step-daughters and two teenagers. A failed dog-trainer (you try it in a house where everyone else gives them cheese) and terrible, but enthusiastic, gardener. I’m a long time lover of Ashtanga yoga, jogging, hiking, skiing, reading, music, and all types of adventurous travel.

I was born in Zambia and lived in six different countries by the age of ten, before settling in the UK.

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Susie Asli

Co-host

https://www.amindful-life.co.uk
Susie started practising mindfulness over a decade ago, after a particularly stressful time in her life. It was so effective that she decided to train in Mindfulness with the NHS and the Mindfulness in Schools project to become a Paws b and dot b practitioner, which enables her to teach mindfulness both to primary and secondary school children.

Susie teaches adult groups, 1:1s, families, in schools (children & teachers) and students (at the Guildhall College of Music & Drama).

She's also a qualified psychotherapist (from the Psychotherapeutic Institute in Copenhagen) and a trained musician (working and playing as a freelance viola player and chamber musician, as well as teaching children and adults).

Susie is mum to three children whom she has parented alone for 12 years