On Mumbelievable, the podcast about mothers, Sonia Beldom speaks with broadcaster, singer and author Janie Lee Grace (From Wham to Woo), whose career spans touring with Wham, working with George Michael and Boy George, and radio success including launching the Steve Wright afternoon show, plus her wellbeing work and The Sober Club. Janie describes growing up anxious and insecure with a mother, Norma, who had bipolar disorder and was repeatedly sectioned and hospitalised, while her father also struggled, leaving her without stability. She explains how family constellations and therapy transformed her perspective by revealing her mother’s childhood trauma—her own mother died when she was nine and she wasn’t told—allowing Janie to make peace in Norma’s later years. They discuss parenting fears, Janie’s later-in-life accidental pregnancy and four children, her alcohol-free advocacy, and Norma’s vibrant, kind, no-filter personality.

00:00 Welcome to Mumbelievable

00:39 Meet Janie Lee Grace

01:54 Ambition vs upbringing

04:15 Mum's mental illness

07:17 Making peace at last

08:05 Family constellations breakthrough

13:25 Reframing motherhood fears

15:27 Painting a picture of Norma

17:17 When illness becomes identity

18:28 Parents Meet Pop Stars

19:23 Mum With No Filter

20:12 Wig Crash At Work

22:20 Why I Avoided Motherhood

23:48 Pregnancy Mistaken For Cyst

24:55 Kids Discover My Pop Past

26:02 Sober Club And Family

27:46 Alcohol Myths And Choice

29:06 Mum’s Late-Life Drinking

31:32 New Projects And Awards

32:21 Julie Walters Casting Pick

32:59 Wig Holiday And Tooth Fairy

34:40 Daffodils Sea And Farewell

35:17 Why Mum Was Unbelievable

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