Tag: motherhood

SLP 209: Welcoming Joy Back Into Motherhood with Naomi Jaques

‘I think one of the key things that I learned along the journey into welcoming joy back in, was that it was a step-by-step process. It wasn’t a giant leap from where I found myself to, you know, the next day being that joyful mama again at all. It was letting myself have lots of… Continue reading SLP 209: Welcoming Joy Back Into Motherhood with Naomi Jaques

NTM 354: Holding versus ‘holding on’ in motherhood

Often as conscious parents we get ‘holding space’ confused with the internal experience of ‘holding on’; sometimes for dear life, swamped in overwhelm. In this episode, following a listener’s question, we clearly discern the difference between the two inner states and outward experiences so you can walk yourself into greater spaciousness in your motherhood. In… Continue reading NTM 354: Holding versus ‘holding on’ in motherhood

NTM 319: Relationship taboos series – Integrating sex and motherhood

In a culture that continues to perpetuate the Madonna-Whore split, how do we self-actualise our sexuality and motherhood at the same time? How do we intermingle the lactating, bed-sharing, touched-out mother with the sovereign, sexual woman? In this episode we talk about actively prioritising your sexual self, rather than waiting for it to ‘happen when… Continue reading NTM 319: Relationship taboos series – Integrating sex and motherhood

SLP 81: Be Innately Guided Through Motherhood with Charmaine Newmark

“I really don’t know mum’s here that are loving and feeling amazing in early motherhood. I just felt like it was a very common discussion to talk about, ‘Far out I’m just so tired,’ ‘Where has my libido gone?’ ‘Where has my energy gone?’ ‘But I can’t sleep and why do I have anxiety now?… Continue reading SLP 81: Be Innately Guided Through Motherhood with Charmaine Newmark

NTM 275: Reimagining Motherhood

There is a dominant cultural & feminist narrative that says ‘motherhood is where women’s dreams go to die’, which leads many women to devalue themselves in who they are as mothers. In this episode we challenge the status quo by exploring all the ways that your motherhood is a place of expansion, and opportunity. We… Continue reading NTM 275: Reimagining Motherhood

NTM 272: Motherhood as a marginalised group within society

In this fascinating conversation with Dr Sophie Brock, a Sociologist specialising in Motherhood Studies, we talk about the ways in which we’re programmed to minimise or invisibilise ourselves as mothers within the broader social construct of motherhood. We explore that motherhood is rarely an individualised experience but one that is culturally mediated to benefit powers… Continue reading NTM 272: Motherhood as a marginalised group within society

AQJ 150: Supporting Your Anxious Child

In the last podcast for the year, Jo is on the other side of the microphone! Dr Natalie Challis (neuro-psychotherapist) and Leigh Shinde (neuro-nutritionist) recently interviewed Jo for their program, “Love Your Anxious Child“, on her experiences of supporting and parenting an anxious child. They discuss the importance of building connection with your children, spending… Continue reading AQJ 150: Supporting Your Anxious Child

NTM 230: You totally can mix motherhood and business

What does it look like to do business alongside intentional, conscious motherhood? We’re exploring this with 22 incredible women and sharing it with you – in this episode we delve into why creating these conversations is important to us, and the power of ‘showing up’ as your whole self…even when you’re not quite sure who… Continue reading NTM 230: You totally can mix motherhood and business

TWB 1: Thriving Through Cancer with Mel Deller

Back at The Wellness Summit in 2015 The Wellness Couch team were given some information by an incredible chiropractor – Katelyn McGregor – that a young child and his family were under stress. Young Byron Deller had cancer and Katelyn asked if we would write a card to the family to share our best wishes.… Continue reading TWB 1: Thriving Through Cancer with Mel Deller

NTM 211: Who is your motherhood ‘authority’?

When we feel lost and challenged in our motherhood, we often look outside ourselves for the answers, and in this day of information on demand and social media we can find ourselves ’subscribing’ to a person or paradigm and then comparing ourselves to this constructed ‘ideal’. We can ‘love on these gurus’ so much, that… Continue reading NTM 211: Who is your motherhood ‘authority’?