Helen Thorn - Affair, Divorce, Big Change and Back Stronger
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Hello, I'm Sinead O'Moore and this is Stretchworks Podcast. And it has been a while, a long while, to be honest, and I wasn't quite sure when or where I'd be back with the pod. I need to get my hands on a new sponsor so I can stay regular again. But two incredible women that I admire and adore immensely reached out to me separately and asked if they could be guests. And honestly, I nearly died. This episode is with the first of them. It's Helen Thorne, one half of comedy duo Scummy Mummies, and she got me through some pretty dark days on my first mat leave. And, by the by, Scummy Mummies are coming to Ireland in November, and I may have floated the idea with Helen that I gather some Stretchmark listeners and we go together.
So I don't know. Please send me a little DM if this is something that sounds good. But today's episode, it's not about Scummy Mummies, it's about Helen. Her life, her husband's affair, her new book, How to Face Big Change and Come Back Stronger. I listened to the audiobook in about two days. Couldn't get enough. The affair was a catalyst for change, but this book is for everyone, regardless of the reason. This pod has always been about life changes, the things that arrive and stretch us. And this book is a remedy for how to go through it all and meet yourself on the other side with a whole lot of solidarity and in Helen's case, a giant sense of humour. Basically, your husband doesn't need to have an epic affair for this book to be a must read.
Being a woman navigating life is reason alone so thank you for sticking around while I get my shit together I promise you this conversation is worth it also Helen Thorne wanted to come on my podcast and honestly I'm not over it okay much love
Helen Thorne, thank you so much for joining me on Stretch Mark's podcast.
Delighted, delighted. I feel very excited that we're meeting online, but I can't wait to meet in person one day.
A little full circle for me. So in 2018, when I was on my first mat leave, incredibly lonely, incredibly shook, very in love, but abandoned. It's like life just kind of fell apart. Scummy Mummy's podcast is Like a lifesaver. Like therapy. Like taking the pills. Like it just got me through what I thought was supposed to be perfect. Yeah. So thank you for that.
That is just such a joy because, like, for me, like, you know, Ellie and I sat in Ellie's lounge, as you know, and banged on, had a few wines and talked about the chaos, the mess, the unbelievable frustration that was motherhood, but also the total, as you said, love, joy and all those sorts of, all the extremes. So for me to know that I was in your ears, I was in your life, that's a lovely thing.
I just needed to laugh. I needed to make it be made feel ridiculous because it was. What we were going through was ridiculous. And I was working for a brand over here called Everymum.ie, a website, a parenting website. And I'm walking around with my baby being like, why do we not have any podcasts? And then I was like, oh shit, I'm in charge of Everymum.ie. That's me. That's my fault. So I went back after maternity leave and I was like, okay, so we need a podcast. And it was never to be me. It was, you know, it was my baby to grow. The brand was my responsibility. It was never my podcast until all of a sudden it was. And now it's 2026. Oh, how beautiful. That makes me so happy.
That's lovely. And now we're meeting. It's beautiful.
What inspired Helen Thorn to write her book on facing big change?
And I tell this story to any podcaster that I listen to in the depths that pulled me through. But I think the laughter of Scummy Mummies was just so desperately necessary. Yeah. So you've done us a service. You really have. And you continue to because I have listened to How to Face Big Change and Come Back Stronger. I messaged you. I was still on the intro and I was crying in my kitchen. Now, I did get my period later that day. So that explains some things.
Yeah. Yeah. Which I did.
Yeah.
I was like, oh, okay. Aha, aha, yeah. A little bit of heightened emotions, hormones, that's fine. But actually, sometimes you need that push to cry.
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