16: Live at Electric Picnic, with Paul O’Connell

In a very special episode of Aldi’s Mamia & Me podcast, Amy is joined by Paul O’Connell in front of a live audience at Electric Picnic! There’s some rugby talk to begin, where Amy displays her renowned encyclopaedic knowledge of the sport, before the chat moves to life, being a parent, and Paul’s own childhood. There is plenty of overlap between being a good sports coach and being a good parent and Paul lays out some of the many benefits of sport for kids. He discusses his work for Barnardos, his biggest parenting fail (there’s a lot of vomit involved!) and the balance between work and kids. Finally, there’s the ultimate parenting goal of being “comfortable in chaos”!