Zoe & Georgia are over the moon to speak to the sensational Mel Schilling, who's been all across our screens on 'Married at First Sight'! As well as hearing an exclusive on the show (you won't want to miss it!), we hear about Mel's own motherhood journey including meeting her partner aged 40 and having their daughter soon after. Plus, we talk confidence and relationship chemistry. Mel's Favourite Products: Moodkit Moshi Lavender oil from Boots Moo Goo Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe o...
Sep 27, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 167
With the help of Consultant Dermatologist Dr. Mary, Zoe & Georgia answer all your questions on skincare! Dr. Mary talks us through using retinol around eyes, botox, cystic acne, what to look for in a dermatologist, manual extractions, food's impact on skin, pores, ageing, and so much more! Zoe & Georgia's Favourite Products: Ginseng | Erborian | - Zoe uses the day & night cream. Beauty Pie | Luxury Makeup & Skincare Products Direct - use the code MAMMASENTME for £10 off a yearly ...
Sep 23, 2021•53 min•Season 4Ep. 166
A topic we've wanted to cover for a long time, Zoe & Georgia explore sustainable parenting. Joined by returning guest Chloe Gill and her business partner Lisa Walker, the group discuss making small changes everyday, how to raise sustainably-minded children, and so much more. Visit Always Forever Green now. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast, and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a new episode every Tuesday &...
Sep 20, 2021•38 min•Season 4Ep. 165
Back by popular demand, Speech & Language therapist Emma O'Leary joins Zo & G to answer all your questions. We get into lisps, stutters, stammers, how to help grow your little one's vocabulary, raising in a bilingual househould, plus lots more! Make sure to follow Emma on Instagram for more: @therapywithtinyhumans Zoe & Georgia's Five Favourite Products: Living Proof® | Hair Products & Hair Care The Children's Furniture Company Initial Delivery Love Sleep Pillow Spray Pots For To...
Sep 16, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 164
With the brand new series of #GBBO round the corner, Zoe & Georgia catch up with one of the show's favourites and a new Mamma - Manon! We hear from Manon about her journey through The Great British Bake Off, the early days of motherhood, creating a bilingual household, the French way of parenting, and so much more. Manon's Favourite Products: SILVERETTE – The Original Silver Nursing Cups (silveretteusa.com) SnuzCloud Baby Sleep Aid | Snüz DockATot Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or fo...
Sep 13, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 163
As the weather gets colder and the evenings get darker, it's time to brush off those boots and beanies and get ready for Autumn & Winter! Zoe & Georgia answer your fashion questions, name some of their favourite brands and tackle staying sustainable. Zo & G's Favourite Brands: Raincoats Barbour Coats @ ASOS Regatta Rains Boots Dune Kurt Geiger Handbags Betsy and Floss Lulu Guiness Aspinal Michael Kors Arket Trainers LOCI Net-A-Porter (for Adidas & Nike) Golden Goose T-Shirts &...
Sep 10, 2021•29 min•Season 4Ep. 162
Zoe & Georgia speak to the incredibly enigmatic Chessie King. Chessie joins us for a no holds barred chat on birth plans not going to "plan", postpartum bodies, body confidence, the newborn bubble, feeding journeys and so (SO!) much more. Chessie's Favourite Products: Baby wraps | Comfortable, Practical & Organic Baby wraps - Coracor Baby Carrier Harmony (Baby Bjorn) Embrace Newborn Carrier | Ergobaby SNOO Smart Sleeper Baby Cot Lanolin Nipple Cream for Breastfeeding Moms | Lansinoh List...
Sep 06, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 161
Feeling overwhelmed by the amount to do for back to school? We feel you! We dive into uniform, crying at drop-off, making mum friends, packed lunches, nursery naps, and wiping bums. Zoe & Georgia's Favourite Products This Week: Easy 2 Name Debenhams (for school shoes) Kickers Ocado (for school uniform) Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast, and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a new episode every Tuesday & Fri...
Sep 02, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 160
Zo & G are delighted to sit down with a name we all know from our TVs, Laura Hamilton! Laura talks us through her Mum juggle, from filming Channel 4's 'A Place In The Sun' with a young family to guilt, to travelling with kids, and handling judgement from others. Plus, the pressures of maternity leave when self-employed and so much more. Laura's Favourite Products: Doona Car Seat & Pushchair Zinc Flyte Scooters MAC It Cosmetics Living Proof Fudge (Haircare) John Frieda for blonde hair Lis...
Aug 30, 2021•42 min•Season 4Ep. 159
One of the really important things that a lot of us forget about when expecting is what will happen once we've given birth. In this Q&A Zoe & Georgia unpack all things postpartum care and planning for that time with reflexologist, mum of two and founder of Postpartum Plan, Meg Murray Jones. They talk about why a postpartum plan is important, hair loss, placenta pills, mental health, that unrealistic 'postpartum bounce back', what you're entitled to in your 6 week check-up, intrusive thou...
Aug 27, 2021•40 min•Season 4Ep. 158
This week Zoe and Georgia get to chat to a lady they've wanted to speak to for ages, the lovely Katie Waissel. Katie chats about what she's been up to since The X Factor, becoming pregnant when she didn't know if she'd be able to, giving birth and raising a kid as a single mum, moving from the US to the UK with a baby, a dog and four suitcases, how her son propels her through life and liking a smooch. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and pleas...
Aug 24, 2021•37 min•Season 4Ep. 157
We love an Ask us Anything, so here's the August edition! Zoe & Georgia answer questions on how their relationships have changed since having children, the best double buggies, sleep training, favourite things about being a mum and how Zoe's new house is going! Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the meantime check out Made by M...
Aug 20, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 156
This week we're talking about something we've touched on on Made By Mammas, but never in depth...solo parenting, and especially the decision to become a mother alone. So this week Zo and Georgia chat to Liv Thorne a.k.a Livsalone to talk all about her experience. Liv talks about her desire to become a mum, how it affected dating, the process she went through, choosing sperm, people's opinions, the importance of talking about alternative routes to becoming a parent and the financial toll it can t...
Aug 17, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 155
It's the summer holidays and we're all dying to get away now that it's getting a bit easier to. So we thought it timely to have a travel and holidays special Q&A, and this week Gi and Zo are accompanied by a lady who knows something about travel with a family in tow, it's Rachael Lalji, otherwise known as luxefamily5. Rachael answers questions on managing jet lag with kids, what to do with car seats when heading abroad, tips on travel cots, going out to dinner with a 1 year old, being a nerv...
Aug 13, 2021•37 min•Season 4Ep. 154
Chloe Lewis joins Zoe and Georgia this week! Chloe talks really openly about her struggles with her mental health whilst on TOWIE, learning she was pregnant, dealing with the loss of one twin whilst still carrying the other, the treatment her son Beau was given for his head after birth, reflux and so much more. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a new episode every Tuesday &...
Aug 10, 2021•40 min•Season 4Ep. 153
Following Tuesday's episode around birth and trauma, we thought we'd do a Q&A around all things birth! G & Zo take this episode to answer all your questions around birth, and hear some of your birth stories, from inductions, to giving birth on the bathroom floor, advice for the early days to hospital bag essentials. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a new episode every ...
Aug 06, 2021•33 min•Season 4Ep. 152
On this week's podcast Zo and G chat to midwife, mum, birth debrief facilitator and speaker on all thing birth advocacy and birth trauma, the fabulous Illy Morrison. Illy chats to Zoe and Georgia about how she got involved in the conversation, from her own traumatic birth, how the system can change for the better, how important it is that people know that they can address their birth trauma, the systemic racism and bias in healthcare that we can help shift and calling out the bullsh*t. Listen by...
Aug 03, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 151
This week it's a Friday without a Q&A! Zoe and Georgia get reflective on a couple of moments that have made them the women they are today and how they have shaped them. Plus some of yours. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the meantime check out Made by Mammas NOW! Check out Made By Mammas Instagram: @madebymammas Facebook: @m...
Jul 30, 2021•29 min•Season 4Ep. 150
Never fear Zoe is back with G for this week's guest episode of Made By Mammas, this time with actress soon to be mum, Louisa Lytton! Louisa chats to Zo and G about her pregnancy journey, the impatience waiting for baby to come, not knowing the sex, how she's worked through pregnancy acting out a storyline surrounding miscarriage and how her body image has evolved since becoming pregnant. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and ...
Jul 27, 2021•41 min•Season 4Ep. 149
Money is a topic that is always a bit of a sticky one, but it's such a big factor when it comes to having a family. This week, Georgia chats all things managing money with Family Money Coach Charlotte Lidstone. Charlotte answers your questions around personal pensions, how to afford to go back to work, affording to feed your family well, budgeting, investment and more. You can take your own money personality quiz and check out Charlotte HERE . Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on ...
Jul 23, 2021•37 min•Season 4Ep. 148
This week on Made By Mammas, G and Zoe welcome a very timely guest, beauty journalist, diversity advocate and badass twin mama, Ateh Jewel. Ateh, Zoe and Georgia talk about the system failure that can happen between parents, finding out she was having twins, raising pre-teens, talking to her daughters about sex and puberty, and how parenting has prepared her for the hardest challenges. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and re...
Jul 20, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 147
Now that we can actually go out and celebrate weddings and christenings and hens and all of those lovely occasions, let's chat what to wear! G & Zo answer your questions about breast-feeding friendly occasionwear, what to wear when you're feeling a bit self-conscious, if you'll want to go to a wedding just before you pop and is there a strapless bra that actually works? Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help...
Jul 16, 2021•43 min•Season 4Ep. 146
This week on Made By Mammas, Zoe and Georgia welcome a mum you'll know from the telly. An ex Blue Peter presenter, Countryfile host, On the Farm presenter and mum of two, it's the brilliant Helen Skelton. Helen talks us through her manic morning meaning she's recording from her car, how she and her husband came to meet and have babies, going into labour alone and giving birth on her kitchen floor as her 19-month old hit her over the head with a toy, pelvic floor troubles, climbing children and m...
Jul 13, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 145
When Zoe and Georgia met they never dreamed they'd be where they are today, sharing a business, a podcast and building a community. In this episode we dive a bit more into what it's like setting up a business and juggling a family at the same time with Lucy Aylen, from the fabulous Never Fully Dressed. Together, they answer your questions on starting your own business, the guilt around working when you have children, using childcare, managing your work load, asking for more flexible working hour...
Jul 09, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 144
This week Zoe and Georgia welcome the brilliant Max Rogers. Max talks candidly about tag-team parenting with his wife Kimberly Wyatt, how communication is key, being called 'daddy day care', the ups and downs of taking the reins parenting wise and childcare admin. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the meantime check out Made by Ma...
Jul 05, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 143
In this week's Q&A, Zoe & Georgia answer your questions on growing your family from one little one to two little ones! They answer honestly about whether it's really that much harder with two, the decision to have more, guilt around splitting attention, age gaps, the effect on your relationship with your partner, and is there anything Zo & G would do differently? Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to hel...
Jul 01, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 142
Zoe & Georgia are delighted to chat to the gorgeous and upliftingly positive, Portia! Portia joins them to talk about preparing for No.2, motherhood surprises, worrying, induction, terrible twos, and looking towards a second birth. Plus, we throw it back to meeting Ore and Strictly! Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the meanti...
Jun 28, 2021•41 min•Season 4Ep. 141
A topic we've wanted to discuss for a while, Zoe & Georgia unpack all things menstrual health and hormones with the fantastic Dr. Harper. Together, they answer your questions on PCOS, menopause, contraception, weeing in the night, vaginal discharge and dryness, hormonal headaches, hair loss, PMT and much more. Get yourself a copy of Dr. Harper's brand new book 'The Perimenopause Solution'. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rat...
Jun 24, 2021•38 min•Season 4Ep. 140
The past year has made us all reconsider our relationship with touch, but what about when it comes to our children? Zoe & Georgia are delighted to be joined by parenting expert Anita Cleare in this special episode, in partnership with NIVEA. Together, they dive into how our children develop in relation to touch, why it's so key to our little one's physical and emotional health, and how we can safeguard our children from being affected by by the pandemic habits that have formed over the past ...
Jun 23, 2021•38 min•Season 4Ep. 139
A conversation we've wanted to have for a long time, Zo & G are joined by Molly Forbes (author of 'Body Happy Kids' ) to talk all things body image when it comes to being parents. Together, they explore the negative messages we receive from society and navigating our, and our children's, relationship to food, exercise, balance and health. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a...
Jun 21, 2021•59 min•Season 4Ep. 138
