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MOMENT | We need to listen to our inner guidance in motherhood - here's how. With Maxine Nwaneri

The Motherkind Podcast

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8837 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Motherkind Moment is your place for calm and connection and a shift in perspective before the week ahead. ** Trigger Warning - Post Birth Trauma ** This week we hear from business consultant and executive coach Maxine Nwaneri, as she shares her amazing experience of listening to her inner voice, and talks about the power of slowing down, journaling, and asking yourself important questions. Click here to pre-order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of endless expectations' This show is proudly sponsored by Stokke This episode is supported by Wild Nutrition. Visit wildnutrition.com and use code Motherkind for 15% off your first order. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/Motherkind for £100 sponsored credit. With thanks to MATCH Hospitality at Silverstone Circuit for supporting this episode. To discover more visit The Racing Green and use code MOTHERKIND10 for a 10% discount.  This episode is sponsored by GDEFY. Visit gdefy.com and use code MOTHERKIND to receive USD $30 off orders of $130 or more. Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

How did you get to these insights?

0:10.0

Oh, it's been such a long journey.

0:12.0

Like, literally, I, my life has spanned.

0:15.0

Most people that have read the book so far, I think, woman, you're crazy.

0:18.0

It's spanned from homelessness, addiction, all kinds of crazy stuff,

0:21.6

literally on the streets with nowhere to go, three pounds in my pocket through to...

0:25.7

How did you get there? Wow. So interestingly, I was, you know, I grew up in a family,

0:30.3

you know, lovely people. However, I was a child who was very quiet, very shy, I never shared

0:36.6

really what I was feeling.

0:38.1

I bottled up emotions.

0:39.7

And literally, after years and years of bottling up emotions, bottling up emotions,

0:43.0

one day I just snapped after a row about something completely, you know, when you compare it,

0:48.2

it wasn't really, it didn't really warrant run away.

0:50.7

I ran away from home.

0:52.0

And literally, it was one stupid decision after another.

0:54.4

You date the wrong guy. You make falling with the wrong crowd. And literally, I found myself,

0:59.2

and I shared this in the book, down to my last three pound coins. And someone said to me,

1:02.9

literally, you might as well become a prostitute because that's all you're good for. And it

1:06.0

sounds so insulting, but that person was right. I was a mess. And literally from that point, I began, that was the

1:12.9

first time actually. I shared this in the book I heard. I tapped into the powerful intuition we all

1:17.0

had because I stood there literally with three pound coins thinking, I'm going to follow this advice

1:20.5

because what else can I do? I heard within me, this is not who you're meant to be. You're meant

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