There's honest. And then there's Parul Kakad honest.

Mumbai Mummy. Mum of four. Parenting guide. And someone who has lived through 9 pregnancies, 5 miscarriages, postpartum depression, hormonal chaos, and years of unlearning — and come out the other side with more warmth, wisdom and humour than most people we know.

In this episode of Mumma Approved, Parul goes all the way there.

She talks about the postpartum depression that blindsided her after her fourth child. The therapy she found in a culture that still treats it like a taboo. The NLP practice that completely rewired how she communicates with her kids, her husband, and herself. And the parenting philosophy she lives by — attachment with detachment — loving your children fully while letting them fall, fail, and figure life out on their own.

She also gets into managing a husband she calls ”the fifth child,” raising teenage daughters in the social media era, what ”snatched” means and why it worries her, and the school-grade mix-up story that perfectly captures the mental load every mum carries alone.

This is one of the most honest, funny, and genuinely eye opening conversations we've had on this podcast.

Every mother needs to hear this one. 💛

In this episode:

9 pregnancies and 5 miscarriages — her story

Postpartum depression after her fourth child

Why therapy changed everything for her

Discovering NLP and how it transformed her parenting

Managing ”the fifth child” — aka her husband 😂

Raising teenage girls in the age of Instagram

Attachment with detachment — her core parenting philosophy

Healing her daughter's inner child at age 12

What she hopes her children remember about their childhood

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