On Mumbelievable, the podcast about mothers, Sonia Beldom speaks with broadcaster, singer and author Janie Lee Grace (From Wham to Woo), whose career spans touring with Wham, working with George Michael and Boy George, and radio success including launching the Steve Wright afternoon show, plus her wellbeing work and The Sober Club. Janie describes growing up anxious and insecure with a mother, Norma, who had bipolar disorder and was repeatedly sectioned and hospitalised, while her father also struggled, leaving her without stability. She explains how family constellations and therapy transformed her perspective by revealing her mother’s childhood trauma—her own mother died when she was nine and she wasn’t told—allowing Janie to make peace in Norma’s later years. They discuss parenting fears, Janie’s later-in-life accidental pregnancy and four children, her alcohol-free advocacy, and Norma’s vibrant, kind, no-filter personality.
00:00 Welcome to Mumbelievable
00:39 Meet Janie Lee Grace
01:54 Ambition vs upbringing
04:15 Mum's mental illness
07:17 Making peace at last
08:05 Family constellations breakthrough
13:25 Reframing motherhood fears
15:27 Painting a picture of Norma
17:17 When illness becomes identity
18:28 Parents Meet Pop Stars
19:23 Mum With No Filter
20:12 Wig Crash At Work
22:20 Why I Avoided Motherhood
23:48 Pregnancy Mistaken For Cyst
24:55 Kids Discover My Pop Past
26:02 Sober Club And Family
27:46 Alcohol Myths And Choice
29:06 Mum’s Late-Life Drinking
31:32 New Projects And Awards
32:21 Julie Walters Casting Pick
32:59 Wig Holiday And Tooth Fairy
34:40 Daffodils Sea And Farewell
35:17 Why Mum Was Unbelievable
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