Modern motherhood, without the gloss.
Mother Tongue treats motherhood as a whole-life subject, not a soft-focus parenting niche. Its conversations move from travel and one-pan dinners to ADHD, burnout, gut health, Dubai property, birth, reflux, and the systems that keep family life moving.
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Mother Tongue is a parenting show for the years when family life, work, health, and identity all seem to be happening at once. It treats modern motherhood as a practical, emotional, and logistical project. The show is especially interested in what sits behind the polished version of parenting: the appointments, the meals, the guilt, the fatigue, the ambition, and the quiet recalibrations that happen around children. Some episodes are built around everyday survival. Family travel becomes a conversation about hotels, kids' clubs, speedboats, ski options, room layouts, and what makes a holiday enjoyable for adults as well as children. Food is similarly grounded. A discussion with Laura Jones turns into sweet and sour chicken, leftovers, school-day cooking, and the tricks passed down through family kitchens. Other episodes widen the frame. Debra Henning's conversation brings in business, time blocking, distraction, discipline, and the systems that help mothers build without burning out. Emily Myers brings ADHD into the center of busy parenting, with attention on regulation, routines, different brains, and the strain of feeling as if ordinary systems do not fit. Health is a recurring lane too. Episodes with Dr. Sana and Precision Wellness cover gut checks, nutrient testing, stress, exhaustion, red light therapy, IVs, and the question of why mothers often feel physically depleted. The show also spends time with early parenthood, including the fourth trimester, reflux, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and weaning. Dubai is part of its world. Relocation, overseas family life, property choices, schools, commutes, resale value, and family-first neighborhoods all appear as real concerns rather than lifestyle gloss. The pace is conversational and candid. It often moves quickly, with a mix of expert framing and personal aside. That is part of the appeal. Mother Tongue does not separate the big questions from the daily ones. It lets a mother be ambitious, tired, curious, health-conscious, disorganized, strategic, and still looking for dinner ideas in the same episode. For listeners in the middle of that life stage, the show feels less like instruction and more like useful company.
Made for: Mother Tongue is for mothers and parents managing young children, careers, homes, health decisions, relocation, and the mental load of keeping everything moving. It especially suits listeners who want practical detail with candid conversation rather than tidy parenting theory.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by treating family life as both emotional and operational: a place where gut health, ADHD, property choices, recipes, travel logistics, and burnout all belong in the same conversation. Its Dubai setting and frequent mix of personal experience with guest expertise give it a specific, lived-in texture.
Mother Tongue is a podcast about modern motherhood - the ambition, the identity shifts, the invisible load, and the quiet recalibrations that happen behind the scenes.I’m Maryanne. I’m a mum of three, a founder, and someone who has spent most of her adult life building businesses while raising a family, often at the same time, usually a little exhausted, and always learning as I go. This podcast is where I have the conversations I wish I’d heard earlier - the honest ones about work, money, ambition, relationships, burnout, confidence, health, and what it really means to build...
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A practical family-travel chat with useful, specific hotel and transfer details.
Mary-Anne keeps the solo episode centered on family travel, moving from kinder hotels to a Maldives stay that lands best because it is easy to reach by speedboat.
A warm, grounded listen about home, food, and family life in Dubai.
Laura Jones joins Mother Tongue from Dubai, and the conversation settles into the ordinary pace of home, work, and children shared across the same day.
An honest, useful listen for mums trying to balance work, home, and burnout.
Mother Tongue keeps its focus on the real work of getting anything done while motherhood, burnout, and the mental load are all pulling in different directions.
Public lives, private fatherhood lessons.
Less perfection, more workable home routines.
Christian leadership for a pressured culture.
Steady support for military-connected children.
Mother Tongue host Mary-Anne interviews Dubai-based content creator Poppy Owen about confidence, motherhood, business, and identity.
Natasha Matani, a relationship strategist and financial wellbeing mentor, explains why money was the main reason women told her they stayed in relationships that were not working.
Mother Tongue host Mary-Anne interviews Dean Henry about what peptides are, why GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro brought them into mainstream wellness conversations, and how therapeutic peptides differ from hormones and steroids.
Mother Tongue host Mary-Anne, a Dubai-based mum of three, records a solo travel episode reviewing family-friendly hotels across Europe, Asia, and the Maldives.
Laura Jones describes 11 years in Dubai, three daughters aged 14, 11, and 9, and a family life shaped more by school runs and beach mornings than by "boat parties and brunches." She argues that raising kind children in Dubai means teaching gratitude, chores, and boundaries, not "a yacht party when you're 13" or constant "the next best thing." She also details a weekly system of Sunday meal planning, online grocery orders, and batch prep so lunches, dinners, and snacks stay simple and waste stays low.
This episode features an interview with Helen Farmer, an author and broadcaster, discussing how to balance motherhood, career, and personal growth while living in Dubai.
Debra Henning says discipline matters more than motivation when you build a business around motherhood.
Host Maryanne interviews Dr.
An interview with an ADHD coach about recognizing and managing ADHD in modern motherhood.
Host Maryanne interviews property expert Lewis Alsop about buying a home in Dubai, focusing on family-friendly neighborhoods and how parenthood changes housing priorities.
Host Maryanne discusses the first year of life with experts and mamas, covering the fourth trimester, weaning, and breastfeeding.
Host Maryanne discusses the first year of life with experts and mamas, covering the fourth trimester, weaning, breastfeeding, and beyond.
A podcast about modern motherhood, covering the first year of life with expert interviews and personal experiences.
Host Maryanne discusses the first year of life with experts and mamas, covering the fourth trimester, weaning, breastfeeding, and beyond.
Host Maryanne discusses the first year of life with experts and mamas, covering the fourth trimester, weaning, and breastfeeding.
Host Maryanne discusses the challenges and joys of modern motherhood, introducing a season focused on the first year of life with expert interviews and personal stories.
Host Maryanne discusses the challenges and joys of modern motherhood, introducing a season focused on the first year of life with expert interviews and personal experiences.
Host Maryanne introduces season 14 of Mother Tongue, focusing on the first year of life with expert interviews and personal experiences.