Episode 139: Multiple Sclerosis, parenting and Primark proposals

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On the day his daughter took her first steps, Christian Donlan was told he has with Multiple Sclerosis.

In this episode, he and his wife Sarah Lea discuss the issues around trying to parent while coming to terms with the diagnosis. Honestly, it's more fun than it sounds.

Christian tells us about his book, The Unmapped Mind, and how being told you have MS is a bit like being William Shatner in an episode of Columbo. We discuss whether the diagnosis affected their decision not to have a second child, and why Christian proposed in Primark after only a month.

His brilliant book is out now. You can follow Christian on Twitter @DonlanWords, and read his writing about video games on eurogamer.net.

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0:00.0	If you could go back in time, would you save the world or yourself?
0:05.0	The BAFDA winning series The Lazarus Project returns.
0:12.0	Watch this epic and action-packed sci-fy thriller to see if George and the Lazarus agents can save the world from an infinite time loop
0:19.8	starring Papa Esse Edo and Caroline Quentin alongside a stellar British cast.
0:24.8	Watch all episodes of the new series of the Lazarus Project on Sky.
0:29.2	Hello, it's Helen here from the Scummy mummies. Now I want to tell you that this
0:36.3	podcast is brought to you by Even. It's the new dating app for single parents. Now as
0:41.8	listeners will know I've been a single parent for
0:44.3	about three and a half years now and have dipped my toe into online dating so I'm
0:49.1	especially excited that even exists. It is a new dating app which was launched in early
0:55.0	2023 and it was created with single parents in mind. Now here's some fun
0:59.8	facts. Did you know that 57% of single parents have been ghosted because they have children?
1:05.0	So I want to say to my fellow single moms and dads out there,
1:09.0	check out this new dating app called Even.
1:11.0	It's just for you. You can connect with people who are on the same
1:13.9	wavelength and it'll be okay to talk about your kids or not. Being a single parent and
1:18.6	having so many things to juggle does not have to be a barrier to finding love.
1:23.0	Now, even is free to download and you can discover profiles near you
1:26.8	and start chatting in a welcoming dating environment.
1:30.0	So to my fellow single moms and dads out there, go go download even now.
1:40.0	This is the Scummy Mummies Podcast.
1:56.1	Hello and welcome to the Scummy Mummies podcast. I'm literally Ella Gibson. You are and I'm Helen Thorn. And who are these guys? I know right. We're having a foursome today Helen with Christian and Sarah Lee Dunnan.
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