Podcast Episodes

Jonathan Haidt: “All of these things are designed to take over your child's life”

Season 1 Episode 10

🌸Cressida and Isabella are joined by social psychologist, bestselling author, and cultural commentator Jonathan Haidt. Known for his powerful insights into the modern world, Jonathan reveals how smar…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Camila Alves McConaughey: “Finding the balance of giving them everything I think they deserve and also what I think I deserve, is a challenge”

Season 1 Episode 9

🌸This week, Cressida Bonas and Isabella Branson are joined by Brazilian-American model, designer, and entrepreneur Camila Alves McConaughey. Camila opens up about the complexities of her relationship…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mishal Husain: “She really liberated me - she said, your life is completely different from mine, you've got to pursue the talents God's given you”

Season 1 Episode 8

🌸This week, Cressida Bonas and Isabella Branson are joined by award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author Mishal Husain. Known for her work with the BBC and now Bloomberg, Mishal reflects on th…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Alain de Botton: “Children will smell their parents' compromises, neuroses - to force the parent towards maturity"

Season 1 Episode 7

🌸This week, Cressida Bonas and Isabella Branson are joined by  philosopher, bestselling author and founder of The School of Life, Alain de Botton. In this episode, Alain explores the complexity of a …

Published on 6 months ago

Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice: “We'd have to do 10 of these recordings to really get into the many different things she's done for us”

Season 1 Episode 6

🌸This week, Cressida Bonas and Isabella Branson are joined by two very special guests: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie.

👑In this deeply personal and heartw…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Giovanna Fletcher: “I don't remember my mum playing with us…you might not be the one chasing kids around, but you are creating their safe spaces”

Season 1 Episode 5

🌸This week on Lessons From Our Mothers, Cressida Bonas and Isabella Branson are joined by Giovanna Fletcher - bestselling author, actress, presenter, podcast host and founder of the Happy Mum Happy B…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Dr Shefali: “Allow your child to be who it is they are”

Season 1 Episode 4

🌸This week, Cressida and Isabella are joined by psychologist and wisdom teacher Dr Shefali, who has been hailed by Oprah as ‘revolutionary’. She’s the best-selling author of Conscious Parenting and h…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mary Berry: “ She died at 105, and how lucky was I that she still had her mind?”

Season 1 Episode 3

🌸This week, Cressida and Isabella are joined by the iconic food writer, chef, baker, and television presenter, Mary Berry. Mary opens up about her childhood, sharing fond memories of her mother and r…

Published on 7 months ago

Karl Lokko: “I started to understand the mother I had the first time I got arrested”

Season 1 Episode 2

🌸 In this episode, hosts Cressida Bonas and Isabella Branson are joined by Karl Lokko, a former gang leader turned activist and public speaker. Karl shares some of his earliest memories of his mother…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Clover Stroud: "Motherhood destroys who you are, yet completely makes you"

Season 1 Episode 1

🌸 Cressida and Isabella are joined by author Clover Stroud whose teenage years were shattered when her mum was left severely brain-damaged after a riding accident. Clover talks about the pain of losi…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago