Mother Tongue

Today’s guest is an expert business mentor, positive mindset and health coach, who has built two successful businesses alongside helping other companies with their business strategy and brand. Not only is our guest a business woman, but also a mother juggling the motherhood and business balance. During our conversation, we talk about the importance of mindset, why marketing is so important and how to start the process of building a brand. We also discuss Deborah's journey to motherhood and home life. Tip: If you are considering your own business, the best thing you can do is plan in advance and don’t leave it to chance. Think about how much money you can make and how you will find your customers otherwise you’ll be trying to do that on the job. Product: Asana which is a productivity tool https://asana.com Kajabi for courses and clients https://kajabi.com Find Deborah on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deborahhenning_official?igsh=NnpiNmtzN2kyYTQw Website: https://www.deborahhenningofficial.com Keep an eye out on Deborah's website for her upcoming courses and workshops. Following Mother Tongue on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

After a week off, today we are speaking to a wonderful woman who has been helping children and their families overcome obstacles and challenges, related to learning difficulties, Autism, ADHD, challenging behaviours, and missing developmental milestone for over 20 years. Advocacy, kindness and compassion guide her practices with children, their families, and individuals, with the goal to empower them to know their worth and strengths. A co-founder of Thriving Souls, Carrie Green shares her words of wisdom and experiences on everything related to ADHD, challenging behaviours and autism. Tip: With behavioural change it’s important to give ourselves and our kids as many opportunities as possible whilst keeping with our and our kids authenticity. To give them all the social skills they need whilst listening to them about what they really need. It needs to be individualised and about what works for you and your child. Product: ADHD - writing is really hard and so teaching early on some alternatives such as using a typing app. Find Carrie on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thrivingsouls_consulting/ Find Thriving Souls online: https://www.thrivingsouls.ae Find Mother Tongue on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

In this week’s episode we have the pleasure of speaking to two lovely ladies who saw a gap in the market, and in 2020 created a company where they design, manufacture and deliver beautiful, bespoke luxury furniture. Having previously worked in the fashion industry for many years, their products ooze European minimalist, style but at affordable prices. These business owners are also mums and today we discuss everything from the mum juggle, starting your own business and how to manifest what you want! Tip: Less is more! Product: Esmae cloud chair is a firm favourite and great for feeding in nurseries. Find Palm Living on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palmlivingae?igsh=MWI2OG93d29jbDVjMQ== Find Palm Living Real Estate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palmliving_realestate?igsh=M2xuOWFqOXZ2cGFv The Palm Living Showroom is in Al Quoz and is open 7 days a week. Visit: https://palmlivingae.com/ Find Mother Tongue on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

In this episode we are speaking to an incredibly knowledgeable lady all about pelvic health and its importance. If you didnt know already, your pelvic floor is a layer of muscles joining your pelvic organs including your bladder, womb, bowel, and rectum, to your pelvis. Today we discuss issues from incontinence to postnatal tummy gaps, and injuries from the birth of your baby with the incredible knowledgable Jo Gipson, an expert pelvic health physiotherapist. Products: Vaginal lubricant for dryness called YES. Epi-no to use from 37 weeks along with perineum massage to help prepare for birth. Tip: Pelvic floor disfunction is not normal, but it’s common. Get an appointment to get on top of any issues which can usually be sorted fairly quickly. Find Jo on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jogipsonphysio/ Jo's website: https://www.jogipsonphysiotherapy.com/ Find Mother Tongue on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

In this week’s episode we speak to a multifaceted entrepreneur, mentor, investor, company director, and brand ambassador, who has made her mark on Dubai's business landscape over the past 15 years. Originally from London, Kelly Marie Hodgson's Dubai adventure began in 2008 when she was living in Glasgow and sought a change in her life, enticed by the prospect of working as a personal assistant for a property company owner. However, plans changed, and she found herself with just a month to secure a job or return home. After meeting a couple in need of someone to start a modelling agency, and despite having no prior experience, she seized the opportunity and established Sublime Agency before starting her own modelling and promotions firm, Dubai Hostesses (formerly known as Lush Group) in 2009. Kelly's entrepreneurial spirit and quick thinking turned this venture into a remarkable success. She now provides guidance, advice, and support to individuals or entrepreneurs who are starting or running their own businesses. Today’s chat covers everything from her background, the surgery which nearly cost her her life and how she became the extremely the successful businesswoman that she is today, all whilst being a mum to 3 – and soon to be 4 little ones. Business tip: Don’t put off what you can do today, and never take no for an answer. Start today. Time is too short. Products: 2024 The Yearly Organizer By: Kelly Marie Hodgkin https://amzn.eu/d/fYJQjPK Baby product: Pure born nappies as they don’t leak and have lovely patterns on them. Find Kelly on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellymariehodgkin/ Website: https://kellyhodgkin.com ‎ Find Mother Tongue on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

Today we are speaking to a new mum and reality TV star all about navigating life as a first time mum whilst living in the limelight? Joining the SW4 babes in 2014, our guest was introduced as the little sister of Lucy Watson in Made In Chelsea and after a 5 year stint on and off, she met her husband through social media which led to marriage and her first baby Jude. In this episode, we discuss pregnancy, the fourth trimester and motherhood as a first time mum. Key baby products: Baby carrier - https://najell.com/c/shop/carry/baby-carriers Totter & Tumble Mat (MT10 at checkout) - https://www.mumzworld.com/en/totter-tumble-the-blackthorn-runner-playmat-460027?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwMqvBhCtARIsAIXsZpa-HXAVtqce1WugVPnZ4NKtD_szhS6OJhyI_G5nBhOxKYHxeENy5bcaArMsEALw_wcB Tiffany's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyc_watson/ Find Mother Tongue on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

Today’s guest has been dressing the fabulous and famous for many years! With a strong female client base specializing in red carpet, event, editorial and commercial styling; her style has led her clients to appear regularly in “Best Dressed” accolades on Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Tatler, STYLIST, Grazia and Teen Vogue. Fast forward a few years and two kids later, today’s mama relocated to Dubai a year ago and has since started her own business, Carob - a mummy and me clothing brand that offers flattering, easy-to-slip-into styles that in still easy-going glamour for all women (and little ones). On this episode, we discuss pregnancy and postpartum styling, body confidence and how we can look after ourselves in those early months of motherhood. Products: SCR Health - Postpartum Recovery Shorts https://srchealth.com/ Sustainable cool maternity brand - https://www.boobdesign.com/ Find Holly on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollyelgetistyle/ Find Carob on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carobdubai/ Find Mother Tongue on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

The plant-based lifestyle has gained a huge following in recent years, however when it comes to our children, should we be encouraging them to eat a vegan diet? To answer your questions and clear up common misconceptions, today we are catching up with a paediatric dietitian called Paula Hallam who is mum to 2 girls and the founder of Plant Based Kids, a company that focuses on transitioning parents and little ones to a more plant-based diet. Product recommendation: nut butters with no palm oil Instagram: www.instagram.com/plantbasedkids.uk/ Website: https://plantbased-kids.com/ Buy Paula's book: https://www.amazon.ae/dp/191553822X

Today’s guest is a family life and leadership coach, a speaker, podcaster and writer. Her focus is on the second half of childhood, helping parents have the right tools to raise their daughters with more confidence and less fear, through the good, the great, the hard and difficult parts of childhood. Tip: Start changing the perspective of your child in your mind. Try to understand that you won’t always understand! Your children need to be guided and you are their trainer to help them grow. Products: There are lots of tools on Nellie’s website nellieharden.com including: - The Behaviour contract - The Daughter de-coder - Take the lead Find out more about Nellie: www.nellieharden.com Follow Mother Tongue on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

Today’s guest found fame appearing on Made In Chelsea and his career has gone from strength to strength since. From his early days on screen, Spencer Matthews has transcended his reality TV persona to become a successful entrepreneur, broadcaster, husband and father to 3 gorgeous children. He has also became well known for his appearances on British TV and adventure sport feats, and is also the founder CleanCo, a company has been making waves throughout the industry by offering a unique variety of “Clean” low alcohol beverages. With an entrepreneurial spirit and cracking personality, this is an episode you do not want to miss! We discuss his fatherhood journey (and whether baby number 4 is on the horizon), his passion for fitness and the reasons why he started CleanCo. Spencer will be here with his wife Vogue on 19th April - to book tickets visit: https://dubai.platinumlist.net/event-tickets/90967/spencer-and-vogue-at-dubai-opera Find Spencer on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spencermatthews/?hl=en Find Mother Tongue on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

Today’s guest is an incredibly inspiring women both in her parenting life, as well as her fitness. She is a single mum with two children – one of which has a rare genetic condition known as angelman syndrome. On this episode, we discuss her motherhood journey - the highs and the lows plus Rhian shares some insight into life with angelman syndrome, the symptoms and a possible cure. This mama is also a personal trainer - awarded PT of the year in 2018 and 2020, health coach of the year in 2022 and is no stranger to the stage for world natural body building competitions. Angelman Syndrome Awareness day is on 15th February - wear blue with us to support Rhian and Samson and raise awareness for this rare genetic condition. Find Rhian on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhian_adams_athlete/?hl=en Find us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/?hl=en

Before we launch season 12 on 13th February, we have a special bonus episode for you this week! We chatted to Nour Aljabri, a home decor specialist, to find out more on how to make the most out of your outdoor space. We hosted this as a live podcast at Suncoast. Find out more about Suncoast: https://suncoast.ae/ Nour Aljabri: https://www.instagram.com/nour.aljabrii/?hl=en

For our season finale, we are speaking to a wizard in the digital marketing world. Following furlough during Covid, Laura Haleydt pivoted and revived her dead Instagram account that was more a lifestyle account. During this time, she stumbled on the online business world and was blown away by the opportunities. From there, things rapidly changed and she quickly scaled her business to +$5k months within 2 months and even to +$10k months after 5 months. She is now a digital nomad, making money whilst she travels the world! Today we discuss growing social media accounts, what works vs what doesnt and how to become a digital nomad. Download Laura's courses: https://elsynergy.ewebinar.com/webinar/the-easiest-and-fastest-way-to-make-money-online-passively-12976?fbclid=PAAaZ0ReVJ68I9gJZeJUL5vdjWoGjL_INECdo6I1TWrTU-9qevSsjXrbEa5y8_aem_AUXiOPrbBOx1AGt6WpkxI_X4gkl9bjUdK1MDsnL2t8zVKI1wv6aGQdpHiH22mJO9ETc Find Laura on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurahaleydt/ Find MT on social media: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/ Stay tuned for Season 12 - coming soon!

Today we welcome our first mother and son duo to the podcast covering a topic that is very new to Sarah and I – online learning! I know what you might be thinking – what is online learning? You’d be correct in thinking it is school without the bricks and mortar – instead, schooling is all done online. Our guests today have been part of Kings Interhigh for the last three years and share everything you’d need to know about life at an online learning school. Theresa & Alexander - a mother and son duo - answer all your questions and share their experience at Kings Interhigh Find out more about Kings Interhigh: https://kingsinterhigh.co.uk/ Get in touch with Theresa and Alexander: https://www.instagram.com/online_parenting/ Find us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

Today we are catching up with a fellow podcast, mum and entrepreneur to share our intel and tip and tricks into how to set up a podcast. Our guest is the host of popular parenting podcast ‘It Takes A Village’, mum to two gorgeous boys and recently a published author! On this episode, we share our own personal experiences on starting a podcast - what worked vs what went wrong plus tips and tricks to others out there looking to start their own channel. Find out more about Raya: https://www.instagram.com/ittakesavillage.me/ https://www.ittakesavillage.me/ Find out more about Mother Tongue: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

Today we are speaking about egg freezing with a wonderful woman who is currently living the nomad life and travelling around the world, a life I for one am a little jealous of! A topic I am ignorantly vey uneducated on, today we over all topics relating to egg freezing from the process itself to storage options, AMH tests and more. Becky Jefferies takes us through the entire process, sharing the highs and lows of her experience. Product: https://www.ovasave.com/ Find Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jetsetbecks/ Find us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

Today we are speaking a woman who has moved to another country not once, but twice. Frankie started her expat journey when she left the UK the moved to the UAE over 10 years ago. After starting a family, she moved to Saudi Arabia where she gave birth to her second child and now lives, running a business and looking after her family. On this episode we catch up with the fabulous Frankie Hilton to discuss everything related to moving to Saudi Arabia - we will debunk fact from fiction and share an insight into her family life in KSA. Find Frankie on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frankiehiltonx/ Find Mother Tongue on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

Today’s guest Nadia Alibhai is an osteopath with over 19 years experience, practising across London and Canada. Her job includes treating and preventing health problems by moving, stretching and massaging muscles and joints. This working mum is also a gifted writer, regular guest on ITV’s This Morning and talks on BBC Radio London. Tip: For posture - lift at your chest, raising your breastbone up which brings your shoulders into place. You will look taller, more confident. It will feel better. Product: A saddle stool! It helps to ensure you sit on your sitting bones, naturally helping you to sit more upright. Reach out to Nadia at: Instagram: www.instagram.con/Nadiatheosteopath Website: www.nadiatheosteopath.com Find Mother Tongue on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue

A woman on a mission to help people around the world learn languages, today we are speaking to Lindsay Does Languages, an incredible woman who speaks 14+ languages, has a MA in Applied Linguistics and has spent the last few years creating courses and programmes that help adults and children learn languages. On this episode, we discussing everything from raising bilingual children to how we can teach languages to adults and children. Find out more about Lindsay: https://www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com/ Follow her on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindsaydoeslanguages/ Follow us on Mother Tongue: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/

Today’s guest is the ultimate mum-preneur - she has built not one, but two successful brands, all whilst raising three kids. Little IA, her covid born business, specializes in personalized baby gifts, knitwear, and keepsakes, has skyrocketed as the go to brand for a children's wear in the region and has just started to scratch the surface. As well as a savvy business woman, she's a certified dim-sum aficionado, book worm, incredible mother and lover of all things mindful and creative for kids. On this episode, Roshni shares and insight into her life building her business whilst raising three kids. She also shares an insight into her daily routine, her favourite restaurants in the city and how she likes to spend her weekends. Find Little IA: https://www.little-ia.com/ Buy the travel boxes: https://www.little-ia.com/collections/little-ia-bestsellers/products/travel-snack-kit Buy the weekly planners: https://www.little-ia.com/products/personalised-meal-planner?_pos=1&_sid=ea5c6fdae&_ss=r Feuerstein Hotels: https://www.feuerstein.info/en/ Find Little IA on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littleiaworld/ Find Mother Tongue on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemothertongue/