• School mums special: WTF is a PTA and a million more questions
    Aug 14 2025
    A special episode of Stylist's Baby On The Brain series; this one-off is a deepdive into parenting as a school mum hosted by soon-to-be school mum Felicity Thistlethwaite. This episode features the ever-requested 'how do they do it?' question about holding down a career and managing school timetables, why it's so important to fill in the forms in a certain order, and where Stylist mums buy their school shoes.

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    56 mins
  • Discover Stylist's New Parenting Podcast
    Aug 19 2024

    Calling all Baby on the Brain fans, Stylist's new parenting podcast, Mother Lovers Club is launching soon. Be the first to find out all about it.


    Life as a working mum is not without its highs, lows and all-round ridiculous moments. Join Stylist’s Lisa Smosarski and Alix Walker as they swap stories – and share your candid voice notes - about the reality of the juggle, in a bid to ease the load for working mums everywhere. They’ll also be joined by a host of celebrity friends as they share their own parenting pearls of wisdom.

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    2 mins
  • The Returners: 10. Myth busting "doing it all"
    Oct 11 2023

    This week, Stylist's Fliss Thistlethwaite is joined by former BOTB special episode guest - and this time she's back at co-host - Shakira Akabusi.

    Together they will be chatting to founder of Little Omo Desriee Asomuyide about juggling life as a working mother, the highs, the lows and the challenges they experienced along the way.


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    51 mins
  • The Returners: 9. Money, Money, Money!
    Sep 27 2023

    This week, Stylist's Fliss Thistlethwaite is joined by founder of My Bump Pay Tobi Asare.

    Together they will be chatting to author of 'The Blend: How To Successfully Manage A Career And A Family' Davinia Tomlinson about the the financial impact mothers face when they are making decisions about whether or not to return to work.

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    1 hr
  • The Returners: 8. Mental health (and how to ask for help)
    Sep 20 2023

    This week, Stylist's Fliss Thistlethwaite is joined by Motherkind founder Zoe Blaskey.

    Together they will be chatting to Enough About the Baby author and Instagram influencer Becky Vieira about mental health of mums returning to work after maternity leave.

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    54 mins
  • The Returners: 7. Sleep, Sleep, Sleep
    Sep 13 2023

    This week, Stylist's Fliss Thistlethwaite is joined by founder of PR Dispatch Rosie Davies-Smith.


    Together they'll be chatting to parenting expert and a highly regarded popular childcare author Sarah Ockwell-Smith about sleep, and how a lack of it (or a huge shake up to the norm) can have a huge impact on a woman's return to work.

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    44 mins
  • The Returners: 6. Identity (who TF am I?)
    Sep 6 2023

    This week, Stylist's Fliss Thistlethwaite is joined by The SEN Mums' Careers Club host Leisa Millar.

    Together they'll be chatting to author of Raising A Happier Mother Anna Mathur about identity, and how that changes (if it does!) after having a baby and returning to work.

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    46 mins
  • The Returners: 5. Stylist Staff Special
    Apr 6 2023

    This week, Stylist's Fliss Thistlethwaite is joined by Stylist's very own Editor-In-Chief - and her boss - Lisa Smosarski.

    Together they'll be chatting to two Stylist staffers about their returns to work: How it made them feel, the highs, the lows, the best advice they ever received, and the worst.


    Joining Fliss and Lisa this week are Stylist Editor and mum-of-four Alix Walker, and Head of Digital Marketing and mum-of-one Tash.

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    55 mins