Ho Ho Ho! Join Rachel, Sarah and Lucy for this festive edition of 'The Skies We’re Under' podcast.

The trio reflect on the Christmases you imagine, and the reality of the surprises our stockings bring.

Whilst Lucy thinks it's impossible to not lose your shit at Christmas, Sarah thinks you just need to lower your expectations… like, really lower your expectations.

We’ve got a literal story about losing your sh*t from a listener, and there’s a blast from the past for Lucy.

Content Warning - This Episode contains Santa Spoilers…

We’d love to hear from you – we love sharing stories, we love hearing how things are going, the good, the bad, the snotty-crying ugly.

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• Firstly you can leave a message using speakpipe here: SpeakpipeTSWU

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Thanks for listening and being a part of our podcast community -It would make our day if you could like, follow and review the podcast wherever you listen.

We’re so happy that The Skies We’re Under is a free, independent podcast. Any sponsorship received is used to cover the costs of the production of episodes and compensate our valuable guests for their time. The hosts provide their time and efforts for free. They do, however, appreciate any offers of caffeination to keep them going – you can buy them a cuppa here…

Follow us on Instagram @BornatRightTime. Head to www.bornattherighttime.com to find a parent workshop or CPD-certified training for practitioners in communication, collaboration and personalised care with parents/carers.

Following on from the awesome conversation with Sharon Foxwell and Leisa Miller, Sarah and Lucy reflect on how working (and not working) has impacted on them personally.

We discuss how work can provide a sense of identity, and how that can be lost for parent carers and stay at home parents. We identify the barriers for primary care givers to enter the workplace and how the workplace, and the world is losing out by not utilising the skill sets we have.

We’d love to hear from you – we love sharing stories, we love hearing how things are going, the good, the bad, the snotty-crying ugly.

You can leave a message with us in a number of ways:

• Firstly you can leave a message using Speakpipe here: SpeakpipeTSWU

(Please note calls need to be limited to 90 seconds)

• You can send us a voice note from your phone to our email address at tswupodcast@gmail.com
• Or, if the thought of hearing your own voice gives you ‘the ick’, then send us an email to tswupodcast@gmail.com

Whatever way you choose to get in touch, we really want to hear your thoughts, views, musings, rants and confessions (we love a confession!) .

Thanks for listening and being a part of our podcast community -It would make our day if you could like, follow and review the podcast wherever you listen.

We’re so happy that The Skies We’re Under is a free, independent podcast. Any sponsorship received is used to cover the costs of the production of episodes and compensate our valuable guests for their time. The hosts provide their time and efforts for free. They do, however, appreciate any offers of caffeination to keep them going – you can buy them a cuppa here…

Follow us on Instagram @BornatRightTime. Head to www.bornattherighttime.com to find a parent workshop or CPD-certified training for practitioners in communication, collaboration and personalised care with parents/carers.

The data on female parent carers, shows paid work becomes an unattainable privilege as many have to leave the workforce. Today Rachel, Sarah and Lucy for Episode 15 of The Skies We’re Under are Sharon Foxwell and Leisa Miller, talking about the role that paid work plays in our wellbeing and how often women and workplaces are missing out.

They chat about:

• the benefits of working
• how work shapes the way we see ourselves and others see us
• how work helps to preserve another version of ourselves beyond the ‘every-day Job-ness’ of being a parent
• barriers that parents (especially mothers) face in the workplace
• and the systems Sharon and Leisa to maintain the juggle

In addition, Lucy has had the world’s worst ‘pizza’, and Sarah is still reeling from ‘shouty corridor-conversations’.

You can hear more from Leisa on the SEN Mums Career Club.

For more information on your legal rights as a carer (including in the workplace) please click here.

We’d love to hear from you – we love sharing stories, we love hearing how things are going, the good, the bad, the snotty-crying ugly.

You can leave a message with us in a number of ways:

• Firstly you can leave a message using speakpipe here: SpeakpipeTSWU

(Please note calls need to be limited to 90 seconds)

• You can send us a voice note from your phone to our email address at tswupodcast@gmail.com
• Or, if the thought of hearing your own voice gives you ‘the ick’, then send us an email to tswupodcast@gmail.com

Whatever way you choose to get in touch, we really want to hear your thoughts, views, musings, rants and confessions (we love a confession!) .

Thanks for listening and being a part of our podcast community -It would make our day if you could like, follow and review the podcast wherever you listen.

We’re so happy that The Skies We’re Under is a free, independent podcast. Any sponsorship received is used to cover the costs of the production of episodes and compensate our valuable guests for their time. The hosts provide their time and efforts for free. They do, however, appreciate any offers of caffeination to keep them going – you can buy them a cuppa here…

Follow us on Instagram @BornatRightTime. Head to www.bornattherighttime.com to find a parent workshop or CPD-certified training for practitioners in communication, collaboration and personalised care with parents/carers.

Join Rachel, Sarah and Lucy who are catching up on life, meeting all the new members of the family and talking to the fantastic Lucy Garland and Amber Onat Gregory from Frozen Light Theatre.

As part of the Health and Wellbeing theme, Rachel explores how we move from not just surviving but thriving, and providing moments of joy and excitement for our children and ourselves.

You can find more about Lucy and Amber and Frozen Light here.

The Orpheus Centre is also mentioned, and you can find out more about them here.

The Fun Activities Catalogue can be found here.

We’d love to hear from you – we love sharing stories, we love hearing how things are going, the good, the bad, the snotty-crying ugly.

You can leave a message with us in a number of ways:

• Firstly you can leave a message using speakpipe here: SpeakpipeTSWU

(Please note calls need to be limited to 90 seconds)

• You can send us a voice note from your phone to our email address at tswupodcast@gmail.com
• Or, if the thought of hearing your own voice gives you ‘the ick’, then send us an email to tswupodcast@gmail.com

Whatever way you choose to get in touch, we really want to hear your thoughts, views, musings, rants and confessions (we love a confession!) .

Thanks for listening and being a part of our podcast community -It would make our day if you could like, follow and review the podcast wherever you listen.

We’re so happy that The Skies We’re Under is a free, independent podcast. Any sponsorship received is used to cover the costs of the production of episodes and compensate our valuable guests for their time. The hosts provide their time and efforts for free. They do, however, appreciate any offers of caffeination to keep them going – you can buy them a cuppa here…

Follow us on Instagram @BornatRightTime. Head to www.bornattherighttime.com to find a parent workshop or CPD-certified training for practitioners in communication, collaboration and personalised care with parents/carers.

Join Rachel and Sarah who are talking all things Sensory Well-being with Joyful Joanna Grace;

Joanna talks about herself, gives us the fundamentals of sensory development, and shares a wealth of tips for providing a rich sensory landscape for your child and equally importantly, for yourself.

You can find out more about Joanna’s work here and details of her Birthday Present to herself - the Sensory Lexicon Event can be found here.

The Hosts also reflect on parenting wins, and the complex emotions that birthdays bring. Rachel also discusses the auditory environment of her home, and the sensory experiences that bring her son joy - including The Music Man Project.

We’d love to hear from you – we love sharing stories, we love hearing how things are going, the good, the bad, the snotty-crying ugly.

You can leave a message with us in a number of ways:

• Firstly you can leave a message using speakpipe here: SpeakpipeTSWU

(Please note calls need to be limited to 90 seconds)

• You can send us a voice note from your phone to our email address at tswupodcast@gmail.com
• Or, if the thought of hearing your own voice gives you ‘the ick’, then send us an email to tswupodcast@gmail.com

Whatever way you choose to get in touch, we really want to hear your thoughts, views, musings, rants and confessions (we love a confession!) .

Thanks for listening and being a part of our podcast community -It would make our day if you could like, follow and review the podcast wherever you listen.

We’re so happy that The Skies We’re Under is a free, independent podcast. Any sponsorship received is used to cover the costs of the production of episodes and compensate our valuable guests for their time. The hosts provide their time and efforts for free. They do, however, appreciate any offers of caffeination to keep them going – you can buy them a cuppa here…

Follow us on Instagram @BornatRightTime. Head to www.bornattherighttime.com to find a parent workshop or CPD-certified training for practitioners in communication, collaboration and personalised care with parents/carers.

Rachel and Sarah are joined by the fan-blooming-tastic Jess Thom to talk all things Inclusive Play.

Jess talks about her life, and how she has turned her tics into a source of imaginative creativity by founding Tourettes Hero and starting the Rebel Play movement.

A brilliant, funny, reflective conversation, where Rachel and Jess consider how we ensure we don’t let ableist ideas shrink our world and impact the self-image and well-being of our disabled children. As parents of disabled children, listening to disabled adults is a vital part to our own learning and evolution.

We’re so lucky to have been able to talk to Jess, not least because she tells us her actual favourite biscuits (not just her ‘show’ favourite biscuits!)

Sarah also has the sniffles, and for once it’s Rachel sharing laundry tips…

Thanks to the lovely folk at Trevassack Holidays for sponsoring this week's episode. You can find more about them and their work here.

If you'd be interested in sponsoring an episode of The Skies We're Under, please contact us at TSWUpodcast@gmail.com.

We’d love to hear from you – we love sharing stories, we love hearing how things are going, the good, the bad, the snotty-crying ugly.

You can leave a message with us in a number of ways:

• Firstly you can leave a message using Speakpipe here: SpeakpipeTSWU

(Please note calls need to be limited to 90 seconds)

• You can send us a voice note from your phone to our email address at tswupodcast@gmail.com
• Or, if the thought of hearing your own voice gives you ‘the ick’, then send us an email to tswupodcast@gmail.com

Whatever way you choose to get in touch, we really want to hear your thoughts, views, musings, rants and confessions (we love a confession!) .

Thanks for listening and being a part of our podcast community -It would make our day if you could like, follow and review the podcast wherever you listen.

We’re so happy that The Skies We’re Under is a free, independent podcast. Any sponsorship received is used to cover the costs of the production of episodes and compensate our valuable guests for their time. The hosts provide their time and efforts for free. They do, however, appreciate any offers of caffeination to keep them going – you can buy them a cuppa here…

Follow us on Instagram @BornatRightTime. Head to www.bornattherighttime.com to find a parent workshop or CPD-certified training for practitioners in communication, collaboration and personalised care with parents/carers.

Content warning - this episode includes discussions around birth trauma, if this won’t be helpful for you to listen to, please choose another episode to listen to.

Join Rachel and Lucy, in conversation with Hayley Charlesworth from Harry’s Pals.

They think back to the moment you get life changing news about your child: when all the focus is on all the things that are wrong or broken, and what they’ll need to do for your child as a result, and stop there. In a world where there is no emotional support provided for parents to navigate the rollercoaster that they’ve just got onto, Hayley has established Harry’s Pals to help fill this gap.

We also discuss, ‘Is there a good way to break bad news?’ and we meet Lucy’s Resident Rat friend.

You can find out more about Harry’s Pals here.

Thanks to the lovely folk at Holistic Thinking Holidays for sponsoring this week's episode. You can find more about them and their work here.

If you'd be interested in sponsoring an episode of The Skies We're Under, please contact us at TSWUpodcast@gmail.com.

We’d love to hear from you – what do you do for your mental health? Has anyone broken news to you in a good way? We love sharing stories, we love hearing how things are going, the good, the bad, the snotty-crying ugly.

You can leave a message with us in a number of ways:

• Firstly you can leave a message using Speakpipe here: SpeakpipeTSWU

(Please note calls need to be limited to 90 seconds)

• You can send us a voice note from your phone to our email address at tswupodcast@gmail.com
• Or, if the thought of hearing your own voice gives you ‘the ick’, then send us an email to tswupodcast@gmail.com

Whatever way you choose to get in touch, we really want to hear your thoughts, views, musings, rants and confessions (we love a confession!) .

Thanks for listening and being a part of our podcast community -It would make our day if you could like, follow and review the podcast wherever you listen.

We’re so happy that The Skies We’re Under is a free, independent podcast. Any sponsorship received is used to cover the costs of the production of episodes and compensate our valuable guests for their time. The hosts provide their time and efforts for free. They do, however, appreciate any offers of caffeination to keep them going – you can buy them a cuppa here…

Follow us on Instagram @BornatRightTime. Head to www.bornattherighttime.com to find a parent workshop or CPD-certified training for practitioners in communication, collaboration and personalised care with parents/carers.

It is so easy, as a parent, to get lost in the therapies, to-do lists (and as we’ve said before) become a nodding dog to the system. This week on the podcast we talk to Lucy Charles and Arul Hamill, therapists from New Zealand who are helping parents to focus on what matters most to them and their family’s using the f-words wheel of life.

Rather than stander, walker, lying support and sensory therapy, what about fun, fitness, family, future and function - at home and in the community?

From celebrating the small wins and throwing a birthday party for a poo, this episode is everything a parent needs to hear when they are swimming in the sea of performance, professionals and prior expectations. You can find the f-words and wheel of life here, and more about Lucy and Arul here and here.

Thanks to the lovely folk at Widgit for sponsoring this week's episode. You can find more about them and their work here.

If you'd be interested in sponsoring an episode of The Skies We're Under, please contact us at TSWUpodcast@gmail.com.

We’d love to hear from you – we love sharing stories, we love hearing how things are going, the good, the bad, the snotty-crying ugly.

You can leave a message with us in a number of ways:

• Firstly you can leave a message using speakpipe here: SpeakpipeTSWU

(Please note calls need to be limited to 90 seconds)

• You can send us a voice note from your phone to our email address at tswupodcast@gmail.com
• Or, if the thought of hearing your own voice gives you ‘the ick’, then send us an email to tswupodcast@gmail.com

Whatever way you choose to get in touch, we really want to hear your thoughts, views, musings, rants and confessions (we love a confession!) .

Thanks for listening and being a part of our podcast community -It would make our day if you could like, follow and review the podcast wherever you listen.

We’re so happy that The Skies We’re Under is a free, independent podcast. Any sponsorship received is used to cover the costs of the production of episodes and compensate our valuable guests for their time. The hosts provide their time and efforts for free. They do, however, appreciate any offers of caffeination to keep them going – you can buy them a cuppa here…

Follow us on Instagram @BornatRightTime. Head to www.bornattherighttime.com to find a parent workshop or CPD-certified training for practitioners in communication, collaboration and personalised care with parents/carers.