Michelle Kennedy on the lonely mum epidemic
Made by Mammas: The Podcast
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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Zoe & Georgia are joined by a returning guest, Michelle Kennedy, who is taking on the issue of isolated and lonely mums head-on with her app Peanut!
Peanut is one of the fastest growing social networking apps for women and created by Michelle when she found out first-hand just how disconnected and alone she was after the birth of her first child.
Listening to this episode you will quickly see that you are not alone, and it only takes one other friend to create a 'village' to help support you in raising your child.
Michelle's new book It Takes A Village: And Other Essential Truths For New Mothers is out now!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a paid advertisement from BetterHelp. |
| 0:02.5 | Georgia, bit of a silly question, but do you ever find yourself oversharing? I mean, completely. Just look at this podcast. But I do love a good parenting rant with other moms and dads when, you know, like we're waiting to pick up the kids, or like with the hairdresser or when you're in the nail salon. It does feel like a wait off, knowing you're not alone. Yeah, completely. |
| 0:21.6 | Although I do feel sometimes it's often with random strangers, you know, like something funny |
| 0:26.8 | happens with the kids, you get chatting and before you know it, you're taking advice from them. |
| 0:31.1 | It's so lovely to have a moan with each other, but I do wonder if there might be better people |
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| 1:19.8 | This episode of Made by Mommas is brought to you by Cynch, Cars Without the Fath. |
| 1:24.0 | Now, you know us, we love finding those time-saving hacks when it comes to being a mum. |
| 1:28.2 | Ooh, we love a good parenting hack. Well, today, we're going to talk about buying cars for the family. |
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