In this episode of The Mum Poster Syndrome Podcast, Dr Natasha Wallace is joined by Kanika Vasudeva, an energy expansion coach who supports high-functioning women and mothers to create income, visibility, and impact without burning out.

Together, they explore what it really means to live and work from energetic alignment, and why so many women feel disconnected from success, money, and visibility despite doing "all the right things." Kanika shares her deeply personal journey of transformation following loss, and how this became a catalyst for profound self-discovery, boundary setting, and authenticity.

This conversation unpacks how societal conditioning shapes women's beliefs about success, self-worth, and money, and why reconnecting with your energy, values, and truth is essential for sustainable growth. Natasha and Kanika also discuss the link between energy work and abundance, the importance of examining money shame, and how visibility can become an act of self-expression rather than pressure or performance.

This episode is a powerful invitation for women to stop pushing, start aligning, and build lives and businesses that feel expansive rather than exhausting.

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Website: www.drnatashawallace.co.uk
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Website: https://artoflifecenter.com
Email: kanika@artoflifecenter.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kanikaenergycoach

🔑 Key Takeaways

• Kanika supports women to rebalance themselves through energy alignment.

• Operating from alignment allows creativity and abundance to flow more naturally.

• Success often feels misaligned due to societal and cultural conditioning.

• Women are conditioned to prioritise others over themselves, leading to burnout.

• Personal transformation often begins with clear boundaries.

• Loss can act as a catalyst for deep growth and self-discovery.

• Visibility is essential for authentic self-expression, not just business growth.

• Energy work can expand capacity for joy, creativity, and abundance.

• Unpacking money beliefs and shame is key to women's empowerment.

• Investing in yourself creates a ripple effect across life and work.

00:46 — Introduction to Energy Expansion Coaching
03:53 — Finding Aligned Action as a Woman
06:53 — Success, Conditioning & Soul Alignment
09:40 — Authenticity and Self-Discovery
12:31 — Loss as a Catalyst for Transformation
15:47 — Growth, Visibility & Reframing Beliefs
18:15 — Understanding Energy Work
21:22 — Visibility as Self-Expression
29:22 — Boundaries, Saying No & Alignment
36:13 — Money Beliefs, Shame & Empowerment
49:10 — Messages of Love, Worth & Acceptance

In this episode of The Mum Poster Syndrome Podcast, Dr Natasha Wallace challenges the idea that working mums should be striving for "balance", and explains why this pursuit so often leads to burnout, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy.

Natasha explores how the pressure to be perfectly balanced across work, motherhood, relationships, and self-care is unrealistic and emotionally draining. Instead, she introduces a more sustainable and compassionate alternative: freedom over balance, and progress over perfection.

Through practical examples and reflective questions, Natasha shares how managing your energy, rather than your time, can help you feel calmer, more in control, and more aligned with what truly matters in your life. This episode encourages working mums to embrace flexibility, self-compassion, and small intentional changes, without trying to do everything at once.

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In this episode Dr Natasha Wallace is joined by Ralu Atomei for an honest conversation about why so many working mums feel like they're failing, both at work and at home.

Together, they explore how imposter syndrome, societal expectations, and deeply ingrained beliefs about job security and success shape women's experiences in employment, entrepreneurship, and motherhood. Ralu shares insights from her work supporting women in business, while Natasha brings a psychological lens to how an "employee mindset" can intensify fear, self-doubt, and pressure, particularly when women are juggling parenting responsibilities.

They also discuss the low representation of women in leadership and business, and how systemic barriers often get internalised as personal failure. This conversation invites working mums to question who current definitions of success are designed for, and what it might look like to redefine success in a way that supports both mental health and family life.

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Website: www.drnatashawallace.co.uk
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Website: https://rebelhealing.net
Email: ralu@mentalwellbeingcompany.com
Instagram: @rebelhealing

For many women, becoming a mother during the pandemic wasn't the experience they expected — it was one of isolation, grief, and survival.

In this deeply moving episode, Dr. Natasha Wallace speaks with Lauren Van Dyne, creator of Momdemic Diaries, about the emotional rollercoaster of navigating motherhood in the midst of a global crisis. Lauren shares her raw and powerful story of postpartum depression, therapy, and rediscovering herself through one of the hardest years of her life.

Together, they explore:

• The impact of isolation on new mothers' mental health

• The grief of losing the "ideal" birth and postpartum experience

• How therapy and self-reflection can support healing and resilience

• The importance of open conversations about maternal mental health

• Why every mother's experience is valid — and deserves to be heard

This honest conversation reminds every mum that resilience isn't about doing it all — it's about allowing yourself to be supported, seen, and human.

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✨ Connect with Guest: Lauren Van Dyne

Podcast: Momdemic Diaries on Spotify
Email: momdemic.diaries@gmail.com
Instagram: @momdemic_diaries

In this episode Dr Natasha Wallace is joined by Katherine Wilkinson, a mother of two, entrepreneur, and founder of The Online English Teachers. Katherine supports families with limited English to help their children learn through stories, play, and everyday routines, without pressure or expensive tuition.

Katherine shares her journey into home education (not "homeschooling"), explaining why she and her family chose a different educational path for their children and how home education allows learning to be child-centred, flexible, and rooted in real life. Together, Natasha and Katherine explore the realities of balancing motherhood, work, neurodiversity, and mental health, including sensory overload, exhaustion, and the constant juggle of priorities.

This honest, relatable conversation highlights that work–life balance isn't fixed, it shifts over time, and that there is no "right" way to parent, educate children, or build a career. Instead, it's about finding what works for your family, your capacity, and your season of life.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

• The difference between home education and homeschooling in the UK

• Why traditional schooling doesn't suit every child or family

• How learning through play and real-life experiences supports confidence and life skills

• Navigating work and motherhood without school hours or childcare breaks

• Parenting neurodiverse children and managing sensory overload

• Why flexibility, not perfection, is key to work–life balance

• Modelling emotional honesty and boundaries for your children

• How ambition, work, and motherhood can coexist in healthy ways

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✨ Connect with Guest: Katherine Wilkinson

Instagram: @theonlineenglishteachers
Website: https://theoet.com/
Email: Info@theonlineeslteacher.com

Motherhood changes everything - your identity, your priorities, and sometimes even your voice.

In this inspiring and deeply personal episode, Dr. Natasha Wallace sits down with Lucy Wylde, a self-advocacy coach who helps women reclaim their power and speak their truth. Lucy shares her own journey through matrescence (the transition to motherhood), how she learned to set boundaries, and how movement and burlesque became tools for healing, self-expression, and confidence.

Together, they explore:

• Why self-advocacy is essential for emotional wellbeing and empowerment

• The link between people-pleasing and losing your sense of self in motherhood

• How to navigate grief for your pre-motherhood identity

• The healing power of movement, expression, and community

• What it really means to embrace matrescence as a journey of growth

This episode is a powerful reminder that you are allowed to take up space, speak your truth, and prioritise yourself, not just as a mum, but as a woman.

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✨ Connect with Guest: Lucy Wylde

Website: www.lucywyldecoaching.com
Email: lucy@lucywyldecoaching.com
Instagram: @lucywyldecoaching
Facebook: facebook.com/lucywyldecoaching

🔑 Takeaways:

• December often feels overwhelming due to extra pressures and emotional labour.

• Setting boundaries helps protect your time, energy, and mental health.

• Decide what matters before the holiday rush begins.

• Your capacity is a boundary — and it's okay to say no.

• Using a pause phrase can help prevent automatic yeses.

• A "good enough Christmas" reduces pressure and guilt.

• Children remember connection, not perfection.

• Modelling boundaries teaches your children about self-care.

• Small boundaries create big changes in well-being.

• A free Christmas Boundaries Guide is available for extra support.

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👉 Holiday Boundaries Guide

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Instagram: @drtasha_psychologist
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Email: support@drnatashawallace.co.uk

We've all heard it, the idea that women can "have it all." But what if that very expectation is what's leaving so many mothers feeling like they're failing?

In this honest and thought-provoking episode, Dr. Natasha Wallace sits down with Dr. Rachel Evans, psychologist and hypnotherapist, to talk about the messy, beautiful, and often exhausting intersection of motherhood and career. Together, they explore what it really means to balance work, parenting, and self-care, and why it's time to let go of perfection and redefine what "having it all" looks like.

You'll hear insights on:

• How societal expectations fuel stress, guilt, and self-doubt for working mums

• Why self-care isn't one-size-fits-all, and how to make it work for you

• Navigating mental health challenges like anxiety and identity loss after motherhood

• The importance of flexibility and validating your own emotions

• Why it's okay to change direction and find balance on your own terms

This conversation is a heartfelt reminder that you don't need to do it all, you just need to do what's right for you.

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👉 The 12-Minute Reset Every Working Mum Needs
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Ready to create lasting calm and balance?
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🌿 Connect with Dr. Natasha Wallace

Instagram: @drtasha_psychologist
Website: www.drnatashawallace.co.uk
Email: support@drnatashawallace.co.uk

✨ Connect with Guest: Dr. Rachel Evans

Website: eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk
Email: rachel@rachelevansphd.co.uk

Instagram: @rachel.evans.phd
Facebook: facebook.com/rachel.evans.phd
LinkedIn: Dr. Rachel Evans