The wisdom we think we're teaching our kids? We need to hear it ourselves.

Reading to my 2 and 4-year-old every night, I've realised these aren't just bedtime stories - they're life lessons I desperately needed to hear.

Here are four of our favourite books and what they're actually teaching me:

🐠 The Power of Belief (Tiddler) - We all need that one person who believes our story matters when everyone else dismisses us.

🦁 Courage Reveals Truth (The Lion Inside) - Sometimes the thing that terrifies you is equally afraid of you.

🐨 Comfort vs. Growth (The Koala Who Could) - Nothing interesting happens in comfort zones. Life's unexpected challenges force necessary change.

🏠 Gratitude Through Perspective (A Squash and a Squeeze) - Where you are now is where you once wanted to be.

Bottom line: The gift of motherhood is that as we're raising children, they're quietly raising us too."

Listen for the unexpected wisdom hiding in your bedtime reading routine.

What happens when my 4-year-old son believes he can fix a broken train? Or when Alex's son gets asked to design planets for his nursery?

We let them try - and discover the confidence-competence cycle in action.

In this episode we explore how these "successful" moments create evidence their ideas work, why confidence builds neural pathways for learning, and how today's pretend fixes and planet designs could spark tomorrow's real passions.

Stop seeing your childrens' wild ideas as entertainment.

When you say "yes, and..." you're building real competence.

Your job is to fuel their belief that their ideas matter.

From train repairs to planet designs - every creative moment is building future problem-solvers.

What if the random chapters of your life weren't random at all - but quietly building the exact mother your children would need?

From suing a major corporation to helping a friend escape abuse, from quitting a soul-crushing job to starting a business with just my savings and hope - I'm sharing six of mine.

Looking back I realise that every brave thing I've done became an invisible superpower that now shows up for my kids.

I explore how taking on that bully corporation built my advocacy skills, why my "you can always go back" mentality teaches my children resilience, and how they're not just watching me be their mum - they're watching me be me.

The truth I've discovered?

I am not starting from scratch as a mother.

Every time I stood up for myself, every leap I took, every moment I chose courage over comfort - it was all preparation for this role.

This episode is perfect for mothers who feel like they're winging it, anyone wondering if their past matters, and women ready to recognise their own invisible superpowers.

My story shaped me into exactly the mother my children need - and yours does too.

What if your toughest moments aren't roadblocks, but deposits in your children's emotional bank account?

Picture this: You're crying in your car after another rejection, wondering if you should just give up. But what if that breakdown is actually preparing you to sit with your teenager when their heart gets shattered?

Every struggle you face - the career pivot, the business launch, the relationship that didn't work out - isn't just something to survive. It's wisdom in the making.

This episode flips the script on how we view our hardest seasons. Instead of obstacles, we explore how they're building the exact mother your children will need - one who knows real resilience, can challenge any authority figure, and yes, might know how to bury a body if necessary!

From learning to advocate fiercely to knowing when to let them struggle instead of swooping in - every challenge you're banking today becomes tomorrow's superpower.

Perfect for: Ambitious mums in tough seasons, anyone building something while raising humans, and women ready to embrace being beautifully unhinged in their protective love.

Because the best mothers aren't the ones who had it easy - they're the ones who learned to laugh while plotting and find joy after the storm.

You know how we got to know each other during pregnancy, bonded even deeper when our children were born weeks apart, and then started talking about doing something together?

Well, that "something" became this podcast - and 80 episodes later, we're sharing how that crazy idea turned into a real friendship.

In this episode, we share the story of how we went from strangers to genuine friends - and what we learned along the way about finding the right people to build something with.

You'll hear about:

• How pregnancy timing created an instant bond that went deeper than typical "mom friends"
• Why we both said yes to podcasting together when most people would have said no
• What it actually takes to show up consistently for 80 episodes while juggling toddlers, work, and life - and how far we've come since that first awkward recording
• How supporting each other through motherhood and business created unexpected trust
• The difference between friendships built on shared circumstances vs. shared goals

If you're craving deeper connections beyond surface-level mum chat, or you've been holding back from putting yourself out there because it feels too vulnerable - this conversation will show you the magic that happens when you take that leap.

We also answer some random questions that had us laughing - including celebrity encounters and the weirdest things that have happened to us.

Sometimes the 4-year-old has the better strategy than the adult trying to fix everything!

Picture this: London Zoo playground, my son got bumped while climbing and refused to let it go - despite my attempts to brush it off with "these things happen."

Instead he insisted we find the boy to tell him it hurt!

What a lesson in trusting children's emotional intelligence instead of imposing our coping mechanisms!

From recognizing that our kids process things differently to learning that sometimes being heard matters more than being right - this episode challenges how we handle conflict resolution as parents.

Perfect reality check for anyone who's ever tried to make their child's problems disappear, or ready to trust that sometimes our kids know exactly what they need to feel okay again.

At 16 with no qualifications, someone told Alison Dunn to "be a secretary and get married." That comment lit a fire that turned her into an award-winning CEO leading 230+ employees and transforming communities across the North East.

Alison's journey from secretary to lawyer to CEO is raw fuel for anyone refusing to shrink their ambitions.

She gets brutally honest about the 15 years she spent adopting "male characteristics" to climb the legal ladder - and the moment she decided authenticity mattered more than playing someone else's game.

The real turning point? Becoming grandmother to an autistic grandson completely rewired how she sees exclusion and barriers. It shifted her from "processing people through systems" to actually understanding what they go through - and using that insight to create real change.

Now she's building the flexible workplace she wished she'd had, proving you can lead powerfully without compromising your values. From "good talker" to social justice activist, Alison shows how personal stories drive systemic change and why your voice matters more than you think.

This isn't just another success story - it's about turning every doubt, every "no," every challenge into rocket fuel for something bigger.

Children might just be the secret to unlocking the kindness we've forgotten exists in the world!!

This week I'm sharing the story behind my viral LinkedIn post about dragging a pushchair through London Underground with my 2 and 4-year-old - expecting hostile stares but getting something completely different.

I'm breaking down exactly what happened: strangers lifting pushchairs, the DLR ticket guy handing out surprise stickers, people holding my son's hand to help him onto trains, and a random dad buying ice cream for my kids. Plus exploring what it is about children that transforms how people behave around us.

From cataloging these moments of unexpected kindness to understanding why children seem to strip away people's urban armor - this episode challenges whether we've been reading city life and human nature completely wrong.

Perfect feel-good episode for anyone who's been bracing for judgment as a parent, or ready to believe that sometimes the most profound truths about humanity come disguised as everyday moments on the Tube.