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Friendship can be a fraught topic for lots of mums, with feelings of conflict and confusion about how to form new connections and keep old friends close if your lives are now very different. 

In this episode, Laura Jackel tells us how she felt she couldn’t be herself in her mothers’ group, while Emilyeen Filradi reveals her biggest regrets when it comes to friendships and Melanie Dimmitt shares who her true support network was when her son was diagnosed with a disability. 

CREDITS
Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lama Zakharia 

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

• Veronica Milsom- @veronicamilsom
• Laura Jackel- @nareldajacobs
• Narelda Jacobs
• Melanie Dimmitt- book Special: Antidotes to Obsessions That Come With A Child’s Disability  https://bit.ly/melaniedimmittbook 
• Emilyeen Filardi
• Evie Farrell- @mumpacktravel, book Backyard To Backpack https://bit.ly/eviefarrellbook 
• Truan Terrance
• Brittany Noonan- @bybrittanynoonan