Kids & family

Mum's The Word! The Parenting Podcast with Ashley James

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New mum Ashley James said she'd never get her own parenting podcast... Yet here we are! Each week she'll be chatting to celebrity friends, experts and listeners to learn more about the secre...

Episodes

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'Love for Your Child Has to Be Greater Than Hate for Their Parent' | Aaron Dale from Raising Boys 2 Men on Co-Parenting Done Right

This week Georgia Jones sits down with Aaron Dale, co-parenting advisor, author of The Co-Parent, and the man behind Raising Boys 2 Men, for...

49:04Oct 4, 2026

'Let a Child Be a Child' | Trish Abreu, Head of Early Years at Alleyn's Hampstead on School Readiness, Settling-In Tears & Why Flashcards Aren't the Answer

This week Georgia Jones sits down with Trish Abreu, Head of Early Years at Alleyn's Hampstead, for an honest chat about the early years: nur...

49:05Sep 27, 2026

'I Just Wanted Someone To Put Their Arm Around Me' | Jack Taylor & Matt Whitehouse from the Lily Mae Foundation on Baby Loss, Grief & the Dads Left to Carry It

This week Kelsey Parker sits down with two remarkable dads, Jack Taylor and Matt Whitehouse from the Lily Mae Foundation, for an honest, ten...

54:42Sep 20, 2026

'Is That Your Work, Scrolling Instagram?' | Georgia Jones is joined by her son Cooper

This week Georgia Jones hands the co-host chair to a very special guest: her one and only, Cooper, for his first ever appearance on the podc...

37:31Sep 13, 2026

'We're WORSE Than America' | Rhiannon Lambert on the crisis Poisoning Our Kids & Why Eating Healthy Costs DOUBLE

This week Kelsey Parker sits down with Nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert, founder of Rhitrition, for the conversation every parent needs to hear...

44:48Sep 6, 2026

'The Only Way Is Essex Has Nothing on My Class' | Mr P (Lee Parkinson) on Raising Triplets, School Readiness Myths & Why Boredom Is a Gift

This week Kelsey Parker sits down with Lee Parkinson MBE. Teacher, three-time Sunday Times bestselling author and one half of Two Mr Ps in a...

33:12Aug 30, 2026

'He's Had To Man Up Fast' | Georgia Jones & Kelsey Parker On First-Time Dads & Blended Family Life

Georgia & Kelsey get right into it this week. Kelsey's partner Will's about to become a dad for the first time: and he's walking into it the...

27:11Aug 23, 2026

'It Was the Greatest Honour of My Life' | Shaughna Phillips on Losing Her Dad at 22, Keeping Lucia Home & Grieving While Parenting

This week Kelsey Parker sits down with Shaughna Phillips for an honest chat about motherhood, grief and the beautiful chaos of raising two l...

42:31Aug 16, 2026

'You're Making Them Worse' | Georgia Jones & Kelsey Parker's Brutal Verdict on Gentle Parenting

Georgia & Kelsey aren't holding back this week. Gentle parenting? A generation of "snowflakes"? Kelsey thinks we're raising kids who can't s...

32:41Aug 9, 2026

'Contraception Parks & Birthing a Velociraptor' | Comedian Hannah East on Unhinged Mum Life, Going on Tour & Why Yellow Is Her Era Now

This week Georgia Jones sits down with comedian and mum-of-three Hannah East for a chat that goes so far off-piste they have to remind thems...

52:25Aug 2, 2026

'It's Not Screen Time, It's Screen Use' | Tom Le Tissier, Head of Alleyn's Regent's Park, on the 11+, iPads & Helping Children Find Their Thing

This week Georgia Jones and Kelsey Parker are joined by Tom Le Tissier, Head of Alleyn's Regent's Park, for a chat about school choices, scr...

55:34Jul 26, 2026

'Why Did They Treat Us Like That?' | Kelsey Parker opens up to Georgia Jones One Year On From Phoenix's Passing

One year on from losing Phoenix, Kelsey opens up about the paramedics, the video no one could watch, and being told she could only hold her...

42:59Jul 19, 2026

'Am I Not His Dad?' | Stevie White from Happy Hour on Stepdad Life, Losing Noah & Why They Chose to Stop at One

This week Georgia Jones sits down with Stevie White from Jaackmate's Happy Hour for a chat about stepdad life, baby loss and finding your wa...

44:44Jul 12, 2026

'This Baby Feels Like a Gift From Tom and Phoenix' | Georgia Jones & Kelsey Parker React To Kelsey's Pregnancy News

Kelsey finally shares her pregnancy news properly, opening up about why she kept it private for so long, what "rainbow baby" really means, a...

31:38Jul 5, 2026

I Nosedived Straight Into Perimenopause' | Natasha Hamilton on Five Kids, Mum Guilt & Finishing Her Story Her Own Way

This week Georgia Jones sits down with Atomic Kitten's Natasha Hamilton for a chat about motherhood across four decades, perimenopause and r...

47:37Jun 28, 2026

'My Kids Don't Have Phones... And Here's Why' Dr Charlotte Armitage & Kelsey Parker on What Screens Are Really Doing to Our Kids

This week on Mum's The Word, Kelsey Parker is joined by psychologist and author Dr Charlotte Armitage, the woman behind Generation Zombie an...

34:07Jun 21, 2026

‘It’s the Longest Relationship of Your Life’ Catherine Carr & Georgia Jones on Siblings, Favouritism & Why Birth Order Isn’t Destiny

This week on Mum’s The Word, Georgia Jones sits down with award-winning broadcaster and Relatively host Catherine Carr to talk about the rel...

49:52Jun 14, 2026

'I Just Wanted To Be A Young Mum Who Cares What People Say?' | Phoebe Tomlinson & Kelsey Parker on Trolls, Grief & Raising Olive

This week Kelsey Parker sits down with Phoebe Tomlinson for an honest, funny and emotional chat about motherhood, grief and growing up in th...

32:19Jun 7, 2026

'Why Are Women Called Geriatric at 35?!' Georgia Jones & Kelsey Parker On The Double Standards Around Older Mums

Georgia's been to Ibiza for "work," back to her mum's for buttery toast and zero phone signal, and left Cooper twice in one week, after he b...

30:44May 31, 2026

'I Stopped Taking the Pill & My Anxiety Disappeared' Georgia Jones & Claire Warren Talk Older Motherhood, Relationships & the Stuff No One Says

Claire Warren (@MyKindaMum) joins Georgia Jones for a no-filter conversation about the stuff mums think but rarely say out loud. They cover...

41:22May 24, 2026