Lucy Loves Five Minute Mum

This week’s guest is Daisy Upton or otherwise known as the Five Minute Mum. Daisy is a mum of two and through her journey as a parent shared her tips for keeping her little ones entertained through her blog. Daisy has gone on to have three books published and has an impressive quarter of a million followers on social media. We talk about the impact lockdown had on Daisy’s book sales, her love of cocktails and she shares an incredibly moving story of how her games helped a mother and her son through a very difficult time.   Here are the highlights: (02:09) Transition back to “normal” life after lockdown (05:49) Turn off social media and listen to your child (06:58) Daisy’s golden rule (08:19) Daisy’s favourite game (10:11) Making time for a cocktail (14:54) Daisy’s proudest moments (19:54) One of Daisy’s nicest compliments (25:12) Daisy’s book recommendation   Contact Daisy: Website:  https://fiveminutemum.com/   Daisy’s book recommendation: The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene   Find out more about Lucy and listen to more episodes at http://lucygourlay.com  

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Lucy Loves is a podcast bringing a bit of light-hearted fun and humour, inspired by you for you. It is borne from Lucy’s love of listening and love of laughter. Each week our aim is to bring you a few laughs and some inspiring momentum to lift the spirits - and to find out what makes your heart smile. Lucy Gourlay is a happy, hard-working, busy single mum to two fabulous children. Lucy lives in rural Northumberland and loves baking. She also loves the idea of running! Lucy is a Time to Think coach giving unconditional space to people who don’t feel listened to. Each week Lucy chats to a different guest so they can bring their laughter and humour and we can learn about what or who inspires them to keep the feel-good moments alive. Life has its fair share of challenges and we can be affected in so many ways. But it is remembering to find or look for the humour, the heartwarming, or even the laugh out loud moments - and that’s what we aim to do each week, is to find the laughter in amongst the challenges. We really hope you enjoy this podcast and would love you to subscribe so you can keep updated with new episodes. And if you really enjoy it, it would mean a great deal if you can leave a review.