
The Motherkind Café Podcast
This is a podcast where three mums talk honestly about motherhood, mental health and everything in between. Podcast hosts Emily Malden, Katherine Crawford and Kats Handel run The Motherkind Café, which is a perinatal peer support group in Oxford. They have all experienced mental illness either before or after becoming parents and on the podcast they talk candidly about how motherhood affected their mental health, and speak to other mums about the emotional challenges they faced as a parent. They also discuss mental health with healthcare professionals and explore how to support women better in the transition to motherhood and beyond.
Episodes
13 episodes
Domestic Abuse with Thames Valley Police
For this special edition of the podcast, Motherkind Café coordinator Katherine Crawford spoke to 2 Thames Valley Police officers, Detective Superintendent Kelly Gardener and Detective Sergeant Graeme Allen who specialise in domestic abuse. They...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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58:12

Loneliness in motherhood
In this episode of the podcast, Motherkind Café coordinators Katherine Crawford, Emily Malden and Jules Pidgeon are joined by local mum Heather, who gave birth to her second baby in May 2021, to discuss loneliness in motherhood and how th...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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49:06

The Mental Load at Christmas!
Happy Christmas from The Motherkind Café! In this episode the four Motherkind Café coordinators Emily Malden, Katherine Crawford, Kats Handel and Julia Pidgeon talk about all the extra pressures on mums at Christmas, and how we all manage those...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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50:24

The power of words - breastfeeding loss and poetry with Kate Thirlwall
For episode 9 of the podcast, Motherkind Café coordinators Katherine Crawford and Emily Malden are joined by Kate Thirlwall, a local mum and poet, who has written 4 poetry collections reflecting on her experience of the highs and lows of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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38:37

The Motherkind Café Podcast - SLEEP
Hello! This is the Motherkind Café podcast, a podcast where we talk honestly about motherhood, mental health, and everything in between. We are three mums, Emily Malden, Katherine Crawford and Kats Handel, and we run a postnatal peer support gr...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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51:18

The transition to motherhood with psychologist Dr Guin Webster
Emily & Katherine are joined by Dr Guin Webster for this episode of The Motherkind Café podcast. Guin is a clinical psychologist and mindfulness teacher, and one of the original founders of The Motherkind Café, she has also worked in ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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54:51

Dealing with a traumatic birth - Jules' Story
TW: Please note in this podcast, our peer supporter Jules talks about the traumatic experience she had in hospital giving birth to her son Archer. Please proceed with care if you think you may find it upsetting to listen to. J...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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55:03

The Motherkind Cafe Podcast - CHRISTMAS
Happy Christmas from Motherkind HQ! This is episode 5 of The Motherkind Cafe Podcast, recorded a few days before Christmas in 2020, a year none of us will ever forget. [WARNING: We do several swears, so probably not ideal listeni...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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43:10

The Motherkind Café Podcast - MUMGUILT
Hello! This is episode four of The Motherkind Café Podcast, the podcast where we talk honestly about motherhood, mental health and everything in between. This week we talked about that unwanted visitor that arrives when you suddenl...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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38:13

The Motherkind Cafe Podcast - Kats' Story
Hello! This is episode 3 of The Motherkind Café Podcast. The podcast where we talk honestly about motherhood, mental health and everything in between. We are Emily, Katherine and Kats and we are three mums who run The Motherkind Café, a postnat...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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52:38

The Motherkind Cafe Podcast - Katherine's Story
Hello! This is episode two of The Motherkind Café Podcast. The podcast where we talk honestly about motherhood, mental health and everything in between. We are Emily, Katherine and Kats and we are three mums who run The Motherkind Café, a postn...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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42:22

The Motherkind Cafe Podcast - Emily's Story
Hello! This is the very first episode of The Motherkind Café Podcast. The podcast where we talk honestly about motherhood, mental health and everything in between. We are Emily, Katherine and Kats and we are three mums who run The Motherkind Ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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41:05

The Motherkind Café Podcast - TRAILER
This is The Motherkind Café Podcast! We are Emily, Katherine and Kats and we currently run The Motherkind Café, which is a postnatal peer support group for women in Oxford who would like to come and talk honestly about motherhood and mental hea...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:46
