MUMBELIEVABLE with Sonia Beldom

By: Sonia Beldom
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  • MUMBELIEVABLE is a funny and insightful podcast about our maddening, mixed up and marvellous mums. When Sonia's mum, Margaret, was sectioned at age 80 and placed in a secure care home, she finally understood her mum’s neuro diversity and their fun-filled relationship flourished for the last ten years of Margaret’s life.

    The inspiration for MUMBELIEVABLE comes from the hit blog soniasmum, which featured their hilarious conversations and back story. Inspired by hundreds of people sharing their own anecdotes, MUMBELIEVABLE was born.


    In each episode Sonia invites a famous face to talk about their relationship with their own mother, from the funny moments to the deeper stories. This is a celebration of the mumbelievable women who have made us who we are.

    ABOUT SONIA

    Curious to know more about neuro diversity, Sonia gained qualifications in NLP (neuro linguistic programming) and is trained in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). She is a media and speaking coach and regularly contributes to the national press on body language, particularly around royal events.

    Sonia's background is in broadcasting as a radio producer and TV Executive Producer working with famous faces including Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on “An Idiot Abroad”.


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Episodes
  • Danny Clarke growing to love my mum

    Danny Clarke growing to love my mum
    Sep 18 2024

    Danny Clarke is a British Garden Designer who shot to fame in 2015 as BBC’s Instant Gardener aged 58. When he branded himself “The Black Gardener” everything went crazy and he was in demand and discovered as an emerging television star. He has also graced our screens with a host of popular garden makeover shows and horticultural advice. In 2019, he joined the ITV ‘This Morning’ team presenting colourful and creative garden transformations. Danny is now a member of Alan Titchmarsh’s Love Your Garden team, the current season being televised on ITV. November 2021 saw Danny co-present a unique garden makeover show on 5Star/Channel 5, Filthy Garden SOS.


    Despite a troubled childhood with a difficult mother who used to beat him and subject him to emotional abuse, Danny is committed to help bring change and harmony to young people and disadvantaged communities by encouraging them into horticulture ana into a good relationship with our planet. His father came to England aged 20 and spent a lot of time away from his young family while on active duty and leave.

    He also runs his own bespoke garden design company, the Black Gardener and co-directs CIC Grow 2 Know, who are committed to bringing horticulture to young people and disadvantaged communities.


    His story is a bittersweet tale of a child who grew up convinced his mother didn’t love him, never having his birthdays celebrated or his parents telling him they were proud of him. But all this has shaped him into a strong, caring grandfather and business man who inspires everyone he meets.


    00.0 00.00 Introduction to Danny Clark and his gardening journey


    02.51 The Impact of gardening on mental health


    06.05 Reflection on family and dhildhood trauma


    12.13 Understanding maternal relationships and their complicated links


    17.49 The journey of forgiveness and acceptance


    24.06 Legacy and lessons from motherhood


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    34 mins
  • Martine Croxall - when your mum hits the headlines

    Martine Croxall - when your mum hits the headlines
    Aug 28 2024
    Martine Croxall is a journalist and TV news presenter, currently working for the BBC. Her tenure at the beeb has not been without incident. She was suspended for 11 days for an impartiality review after a comment she made about Boris Johnson withdrawing from the Conservative party leadership contest being "very exciting". She was reinstated but later, along with a number of other journalists, was axed from her presenting job. She sued the BBC for discrimination on a number of grounds and she's back on the air. Sonia finds out about Martine's background and the influence of her parents but particularly her mother.

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    33 mins
  • Edd China and the world's fastest sofa

    Edd China and the world's fastest sofa
    Aug 14 2024
    Edd China is the quintessential British eccentric; TV presenter, inventor, engineering product designer and Wheeler Dealers’ favourite mechanic. Fixing things, Engineering Product Design, innovation and mechanical engineering are what make him tick. Always keen to connect things that aren't normally connected, he created the World's first street legal driving sofa in 1998; the ‘Casual Lofa’, which got him his first Guinness World Record for “Fastest Furniture” at 87mph! Since then he’s gone on to set many other records, most recently; World's Fastest Electric Ice Cream Van revolutionising the industry by developing the World's first all electric ice cream van. In Mumbelievable he talks to Sonia about the influence his dynamic mother had on him and how she stopped him becoming a top sportsman instead of the career he chose. Sonia was his producer on the successful Panic Mechanic tv show.

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    36 mins

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