I’m A Mum Fix My Life

MTV's Catfish: The TV Show is coming to the UK and Antonia Jones Host and Founder of the I’m a Mum Fix My Life Podcast caught up with Janet Chute, Senior Casting Producer of MTV’s Catfish UK about the new show and her career, for this special bonus episode.

MTV’s Catfish has been a huge hit with viewers in the US for eight years and is currently co-hosted by Nev Schulman and Kamie Crawford, to help people who have never met in person or even seen each other on video chat, to investigate their uncertain online relationships and help uncover the truth.

As the world continues practicing social distancing, people are online more than ever looking for connections, especially Single Mums in search of love online. But with this comes the pros and cons of online dating as many have either experienced someone pretending to be who they are not, or they themselves have even been posing as someone else.

MTV’s making a UK version of the hit reality-based documentary series CATFISH to hit our screens in 2021, and Antonia and Janet chatted about how MTV’s Catfish UK can help you, including how you can protect yourself when dating online by answering some of the questions single mums really want to know about making virtual connections!

Listen to the podcast and if you want to find out more about taking part in the first UK version of Catfish: The TV Show. You can apply on the MTV website at: http://www.mtv.co.uk/catfish/apply

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*Don’t forget if you have been affected by anything discussed in this podcast, which is of a series nature such as being a victim of online identity or romance fraud you should seek further advice by getting in touch with Action Aid and other related agencies across the UK.

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Antonia Jones chats to single mum Melissa Brenyah, who is a qualified teacher and the Founder and CEO of Be Yourself 2 day. 

Melissa helps to bridge the gap between parents and teachers in this candid podcast, by letting you know you needn’t have the knowledge of a teacher to get the best out of your child, so they can excel in education in their own special way. She also answers some of the questions perhaps parents have been afraid to ask.

As a qualified Youth Worker Melissa also shares her personal journey about having postnatal depression after giving birth to her daughter as well as failing first time round to make the grade before qualifying as a teacher.

In this inspirational story about Melissa's life from teaching to mummy life we also touched on young people and mental health during the covid-19 pandemic to cyber bullying, in the hope that you have the resources you need to safeguard your children and maintain your own well-being.

This is the final episode in season 2 and we’ll be back in the new year with season 3.

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Antonia Jones caught up with mumpreneur and Award-Winning Personal Stylist Lisa Talbot, who’s also a style expert for BBC radio Berkshire, Heart Radio & Marlow FM.

If the Covid-19 pandemic has caught you off guard and out of sync with what not to wear this Autumn Winter 2020, then Lisa’s simple and easy to follow style choices from her ‘Daily Style Challenge’ to the ‘Pocket Stylist’ will help put your mind at ease. 

If this isn’t enough then Lisa’s advice to mums with questions about how to bring your wardrobe back in fashion especially if on a budget will surely help you to feel confident in your own clothes again!

From Sustainable Fashion to handbags - we discussed it all!

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Antonia Jones chats with Molly Miller, Beauty and Lifestyle Editor, who joined her once again for the I’m a Mum Fix My Life Podcast to tell us about some amazing festive gift ideas for everyone celebrating Christmas.

Molly who is a mum of two, gave a rundown on the latest beauty and grooming bargains she picked up in the run up to Christmas from some of the popular high street brands and local businesses from Aldi to Bodyshop.

With just under two months to go until the festive season why not take a listen, and get some inspiration and ideas to find out what to put into that stocking for your loved ones or even yourself! – it’s better to be prepared!

Molly has a regular monthly feature on Antonia Jones’ Saturday Breakfast Show, which airs on Phoenix FM where they get to review the latest beauty and lifestyle products.

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Antonia Jones chats to Rebecca Oxtoby, the author of the best-selling book ‘Mum’s the Word', which is rated number 5 with phenomenal reviews on Amazon and also featured in the Daily Mail Online.

In a follow up to our episode called ‘single and pregnant’, this time we hear from Rebecca who is a Speech and Language Specialist about her first year of parenthood, in this podcast on being married and pregnant, where we delve into the hidden world of New-Mum-Dom.

Mum of one Rebecca, was on maternity leave and decided to document her own experience during her first year of parenthood by picking up some hilariously funny and brutally honest stories to tell. This included how her and her partner nearly broke the baby to the shock horror experience during their antenatal class.

This podcast will be a relief to all mums - as every birth, child and experience of parenting is very unique and different!

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Antonia Jones chats with Molly Miller, who is a Beauty and Lifestyle Editor, about Mental Health to coincide with World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2020, for this special edition* of the I’m a Mum Fix My Life Podcast.

Molly who is a single parent, shared her own personal experience of mental health which follows some life changing events from kidnapping, to miscarriage, postnatal depression, and anxiety, which led to her entering the Priory Hospital in the UK.

This courageous woman bears all and offers encouragement for all mums everywhere with her own personal account of life, family and coping with mental health.

Molly also has a regular monthly feature on Antonia Jones’ Saturday Breakfast Show, which airs on Phoenix FM where they get to review the latest beauty and lifestyle products.

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*This special edition podcast was recorded earlier this year for a Phoenix FM Programme on Mental Health.

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Antonia Jones chats with Gabriella Sofia Buxton, the budding author of ‘The Single Mama’s Guide to Pregnancy’ who was left heartbroken, anxious, and full of self-doubt when she suddenly found herself single during pregnancy. 

This remarkable story is about Gabriella and her then partner who decided to go ahead with having their first child together to when he suddenly decided he couldn’t go ahead with fatherhood anymore early on during the pregnancy.

Gabriella felt like her whole world was in turmoil and without knowing what to do next, she came up with a special and unique way of coping daily with single motherhood before the birth of her child.

Gabriella felt like her whole world was in turmoil and without knowing what to do next, she came up with a special unique way of coping before the birth of her child.

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Antonia Jones chats with Kemi Amos, to talk about what life has been like for her, since she was diagnosed with epilepsy as a teenager. Kemi, who is a trained trained psychotherapist provides us with insight into her illness and offers some advice about how she has coped through two pregnancies, dealt with anxiety, nutrition, and medication to control her condition, so that she can lead a normal life.

We also set about answering a few myths about epilepsy and pregnancy from the Penn Medicine blog and chatted about Kemi's network called Happy Mum which helps to encourage other mums-to-be and mums everywhere living with epilepsy, by providing them with information to keep them informed on matters related to epilepsy together with inspirational videos and posts so they can feel uplifted and in her own words to 'Think Happy & Stay Happy'.

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Antonia Jones chats with Adelle Thompson, founder of AT Enrich who is  an expert in careers and life coaching. Adele, who is a single mum has a wealth of experience in HR/Recruitment and has excelled in her career over the past 12 years from starting her working life in childcare to Operations Director of a recruitment company. She was happy to share her experience about how to create your own destiny and create the lifestyle you want. This podcast provides mums with a range of careers advice from building confidence to staying motivated and improving your finances. We even addressed the gender pay gap!

If you want to find out whether the dream job really exists, and are looking to get hired or are even thinking about starting up your career again this podcast will provide all mums with a range of resources. Adelle also gave some top tips on CV writing and on how to prepare for virtual video calls, as well as answering some of the questions submitted by mums.

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Antonia Jones chats with Jude Clay whose single parenting and relationships story have graced the pages of many websites and magazines. Jude who is a co-parenting expert in her own right runs the blog Gluing Cheese, and has been empowering mums providing them with handy tips about motherhood from parenting, to relationships and lifestyle - this has even seen her recognised as a finalist in the 2019 Britmums Awards.

Jude shares her co-parenting story and talks about her own personal journey following the breakup of her marriage. She also takes part in a Q&A offering advice to mums who have submitted questions about how they can cope and deal with the challenges of co-parenting.

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