In this episode Zoe speaks to Jade from the Instagram account @notyour_averagefamily.
Jade and her partner Adam are special guardians to their niece and nephew after the sudden and devastating death of their mother, Adam’s sister, when the children were just 4 and 5 years old.
5 years on and with the addition of their biological daughter Harper, Jade talks through her beautiful, loving but definitely not average family.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
“It’s important that is not something that splits you up but builds you as a couple”
“They were really, really close as siblings”
“They don’t have those titles but they are those people”
“Grief doesn’t just happen when that person dies”
“We just seem to love the chaos!”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
IG @notyour_averagefamily
https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/services-children-families/life-story-work
Life Story Work | NSPCC Learning
The evidence base. Life story work is not unique to the NSPCC. But there is little research evidence about the value of this form of support and, as a result, it is not always prioritised by children’s services.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Jade
@notyour_averagefamily
ABOUT THE HOST
Zoe Cresswell
Devoted mother of two (and a big hairy dog), UK trained midwife, doula and personal trainer, specialising in pre and postnatal fitness.
Zoe was born in the UK and before moving to Dubai in 2013 and worked as a midwife in central London, both in a birth centre and a very busy NHS hospital.
Although late to the scene, Zoe is an aspiring athlete having won numerous triathlons and representing Great Britain where she placed within the top 10 on the world stage.
With her husband James, the couple will soon be launching their cloth nappy company, Bop & Bee, where they hope to inspire families to swap a few disposable nappies a day for the more planet friendly option of cloth.
Zoe’s goal is to share her knowledge and experience, tell real life stories, manage expectations and open up those often difficult conversations.
Zoe’s own motherhood journey has been full of twists and turns as she put everything on hold and went through numerous miscarriages and rounds of IVF.
CONTACT DETAILS
Instagram : @zoecresswell_me
Facebook: Zoe Cresswell
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-cresswell
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