This week I am joined by Sasha Johnson, mother of 4 and survivor of her own insecurities.  She describes her painful childhood, that ultimately led her to constantly seek validation from those around her, including friends and even within her long-term relationship. From experiencing domestic violence in the home, the murder of her dad from a […]

When I would think about my future children and how I would raise them, physical discipline was almost as obvious as me sending them to school. Even the bible quotes, ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child!’.  So surely the bible cannot be wrong?  I was smacked/hit when I was growing up and I turned […]

A video went viral earlier this week of a father beating his daughter with a leather belt. The video provides no context, however, based on what he says to her, it is apparent that she has engaged in some type of sexual behaviour. In this video I ask the question as to whether we need […]

Being ‘fatherless’ is seemingly a common narrative. Whatever the reason is, you would be hard pressed to find someone who has not been affected deeply by their fathers absence. How many of us can put up our hand and say that we suffered with either having no father present at all, or had a father […]

In this weeks episode I am joined by Mark Oviri, the director of Simplify-Ed and school teacher. Every time someone reaches out to me to be a part of the platform, I try to keep an open mind. Sometimes we can make assumptions about peoples stories and past because we know them. What I will […]

This week Love Laid Bare celebrates its first birthday! What a year it has been!! If you have been on the journey with us from inception, you will know that our first four podcasts were about serious youth violence and knife crime.  Unfortunately since this time last year, not much has changed. We are still […]

In todays episode I am joined by Mumpreneur & founder of Love 2 Dance, Us Girls & Us Boys Danielle. Danielle had a near death experience after suddenly finding out that she was having an ectopic pregnancy. Listen to find out in detail how she found out she was pregnant, how she saw ‘the white […]

This weeks blog is guest written by Dionne, mother and blogger of Perfect Flaw I have gone back and forth trying to decipher whether I should post this or not. There was a time where I was too embarrassed and ashamed to admit that I had PND. But, this is the whole point of Perfect […]

Todays blog post has been written by todays guest, Rachel Webb. She is a mother and author, who tragically lost her son Kyron to a senseless knife attack in 2017. In this weeks podcast, Rachel details her early life as well as the harrowing moments following her sons murder. I’d personally like to thank Rachel […]