Roots & Wings

By: Amy Wilson & Danielle Brown
  • Summary

  • Welcome to Roots & Wings, a podcast about raising teens with Amy Wilson and Danielle Brown.


    The Dalai Lama said “Give the ones you love wings to fly and roots to come back..” 


    This parenting podcast will cover the big topics facing parents and teenagers today with a good dose of northern humour, honesty and integrity. 


    When a plaster, a biscuit or an early night will no longer work… what next?! The teenage years present a whole new chapter of challenges and are rarely discussed...but not anymore!


    With six children between them: one tween, four teens & one cutie pie, Amy and Danielle have lots of experience and stories to share. Every episode they get together over a cuppa in Amy's kitchen to catch up, share their tales of parenting teens and chat to other parents about how they are coping, or not coping! They'll also get expert advice too - no topic is too taboo to talk about....!


    Expect open and honest conversations, highs and lows, mum fails and plenty of LOLs


    So whether you're a teen raiser, a parent of tweens or just want to join the club, Roots and Wings is here for you.


    Find us on Instagram @rootswingsraisingteens and get intouch, we'd love to hear from you!


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  • A FESTIVE PARTY WITH TEENS - with special guests Minnie the teen & you!
    Dec 21 2023

    Welcome to our podcast Roots & Wings - raising teens is a podcast for teen-raisers and teenagers hosted by Amy Wilson & Danielle Brown.


    On today's episode Amy and Danielle get all festive and have a little Christmas party, Amy's kitchen table transforms from a podcast recording studio to a very British festive beige buffet, complete with M&S tortilla stars, bao buns & a cheeky glass of fizz. There's plenty of twinkly lights, sequins, and glitter balls of course too.


    There's plenty of chats about Christmas with teenagers and some great tips and tricks for last minute teen present ideas. They are also joined by an actual teenager too! Minnie pops along for a chat about what her favourite parts of Christmas are and what she's particularly looking forward to this year. We also hear what Amy & Danielle's answers are to our regular features, Roots & Sings - the soundtrack to your teens and What advice would you give your teenage self.


    So what are you waiting for... get your Christmas sparkle on, pop open the Baileys and join our Roots and Wings Christmas party!!


    This is the last episode of the series but we will hopefully be back in the NY with another one, with more exciting guests and big topic chats. We are so grateful for all the support, shout outs, downloads and every single person that has listened to our first ever podcast series!


    We are also especially grateful to all our special guests who've joined us to tackle some of the big discussions we've had.


    Thanks to Katie Woods who came to chat about SOCIAL MEDIA, Liv Speakman who came to chat about ANXIETY, Molly Forbes who joined us to discuss BODY IMAGE, Olga Thompson was with us to cover BULLYING and last but not least, Michelle Griffith Robinson tackled MOTIVATION. You are all wonderful humans!


    See you in 2024!! Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year



    MORE ABOUT US:


    We met at the school gates over 10 years ago and became firm friends. This parenting podcast will cover the big topics facing parents and teenagers today with a good dose of northern humour, honesty and integrity. 

    When a plaster, a biscuit or an early night will no longer work… what next?! The teenage years present a whole new chapter of challenges and are rarely discussed but not anymore!

    With six children between us, one tween, four teens & one cutie pie, we have lots of experience and stories to share.

    Every episode we get together over a cuppa in Amy's kitchen to catch up, share our tales of parenting teens and chat to other parents about how they are coping, or not coping! We’ll also get expert advice too - no topic is too tough or taboo to talk about.

    Expect open and honest conversations, highs and lows, mum fails and plenty of LOLs. So whether you're a teen raiser, a parent of tweens or just want to join the club, Roots and Wings is here for you.

    To get intouch you can email us Email: rootswingspod@gmail.com


    Find us on Instagram: 

    @rootswingsraisingteens

    @missdaniellebrown

    @amywilsonloves

    @properhomehq



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    25 mins
  • MOTIVATION with Michelle Griffith-Robinson
    Dec 15 2023

    Welcome to our podcast Roots & Wings - raising teens is a podcast for teen-raisers and teenagers hosted by Amy Wilson & Danielle Brown.


    MOTIVATION with Michelle Griffith Robinson aka @Michellegriffithrobinson.


    Michelle is an inspiring woman and her positive energy is contagious. She's a GB Olympian, life coach, mentor, personal trainer and a mum to three children.

    Ambassador for Women's Aid, Diabetes Uk & The Menopause Charity and also Patron for Menopause Mandate.


    IN THIS EPISODE:


    How to deal with CBA?

    This is a fascinating episode that touches on motivating teen-raisers as well as teenagers.

    • How can we expect our teens to feel motivated if we are struggling ourselves.
    • What does it take to motivate teenagers and should we be motivating them through money, goals or both?
    • Former Olympian Michelle Griffith-Robinson knows what it takes to self motivate and she manages to motivate Amy &
    • Danielle to do more and understand their role in motivating their own teens.
    • Michelle is not afraid to speak out and has a really interesting take on raising teens and here’s a clue – CBA is not an

    option! There are some truly golden nuggets of advice and wisdom which you will not want to miss.


    MORE ABOUT US:


    We met at the school gates over 10 years ago and became firm friends. This parenting podcast will cover the big topics facing parents and teenagers today with a good dose of northern humour, honesty and integrity. 

    When a plaster, a biscuit or an early night will no longer work… what next?! The teenage years present a whole new chapter of challenges and are rarely discussed but not anymore!

    With six children between us, one tween, four teens & one cutie pie, we have lots of experience and stories to share.

    Every episode we get together over a cuppa in Amy's kitchen to catch up, share our tales of parenting teens and chat to other parents about how they are coping, or not coping! We’ll also get expert advice too - no topic is too tough or taboo to talk about.

    Expect open and honest conversations, highs and lows, mum fails and plenty of LOLs. So whether you're a teen raiser, a parent of tweens or just want to join the club, Roots and Wings is here for you.

    To get intouch you can email us Email: rootswingspod@gmail.com


    Find us on Instagram: 

    @rootswingsraisingteens

    @missdaniellebrown

    @amywilsonloves

    @properhomehq


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    47 mins
  • BULLYING with Olga Thompson
    Dec 9 2023

    Welcome to our podcast Roots & Wings - raising teens is a podcast for teen-raisers and teenagers hosted by Amy Wilson & Danielle Brown.


    BULLYING with Olga Thompson aka @big_fat_greekmother

    Can you ever recover from being bullied?


    IN THIS EPISODE:


    TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES SUICIDE AND BULLYING


    • This is a massive subject and a really emotional episode for Amy who experienced bullying herself as

    a teenager.

    • The episode explores the differences between online bullying and IRL bullying- has it got

    worse as a result of us never being ‘off’?

    • Are we better at dealing with bullying and talking about it?
    • What can teen-raisers do to support the teenagers who are victims of bullying?
    • Regular feature Roots & Sings where we have our first guest who sings their answer..!


    Olga is a comedian, actor, singer and Anti-bullying campaigner - she is also mum to three teenage boys. She is heart-warming, honest and funny, but also happy to share her vulnerability. Olga talks about the charity Kidscape https://www.kidscape.org.uk/ in this chat and also the charity set up in honour of her niece @grace_to_restore https://gracetorestore.org/



    MORE ABOUT US:


    We met at the school gates over 10 years ago and became firm friends. This parenting podcast will cover the big topics facing parents and teenagers today with a good dose of northern humour, honesty and integrity. 

    When a plaster, a biscuit or an early night will no longer work… what next?! The teenage years present a whole new chapter of challenges and are rarely discussed but not anymore!

    With six children between us, one tween, four teens & one cutie pie, we have lots of experience and stories to share.

    Every episode we get together over a cuppa in Amy's kitchen to catch up, share our tales of parenting teens and chat to other parents about how they are coping, or not coping! We’ll also get expert advice too - no topic is too tough or taboo to talk about.

    Expect open and honest conversations, highs and lows, mum fails and plenty of LOLs. So whether you're a teen raiser, a parent of tweens or just want to join the club, Roots and Wings is here for you.

    To get intouch you can email us Email: rootswingspod@gmail.com


    Find us on Instagram: 

    @rootswingsraisingteens

    @missdaniellebrown

    @amywilsonloves

    @properhomehq





    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    55 mins

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