Category: Nourishing The Mother

We all get sick of motherhood! But it’s what do with these emotions, ruts, and difficulties that define how we move forward, and transform what’s going on from us. Blame, shame, guilt and ‘should-ing’ all serve a purpose, and in this episode we seek to dive into what these feelings are seeking to reveal to… Continue reading NTM 102: When you’re sick of motherhood

Argh! We’ve both been here and its a regular discussion in our members only group! In this episode we discuss what’s underlying this dynamic, what it’s revealing to us, the power it has to create change within our relationship and how to manage this dynamic both personally and within a parenting relationship. Nourishing The Mother… Continue reading NTM 101: Why won’t my partner parent the way I do?

In this episode Bridget shares “being in the trenches” with a baby that won’t sleep for long stretches. We discuss whats going on underneath it all, what this dynamic is trying to reveal and our own personal thoughts on infant sleep from our own journeys with our children. Nourishing The Mother – www.nourishingthemother.com.au Suburban Sandcastles… Continue reading NTM 100: When your baby won’t sleep

Can you love your mother for everything she did, and didn’t give you? Is your heart open, or judgemental of how she parented you? If you’re seeking a more conscious path of parenting, it’s likely you perceive that something was missing in your own childhood. In this episode we discuss how you can both find… Continue reading NTM 99: Mining for gold in your mother wound

We’re busy, we’re exhausted, we’re co-sleeping, breastfeeding and baby-wearing but what about our sex lives?  Where has the intimacy gone in your relationship? In this episode we discuss with boldness the story we carry to protect ourselves from deep vulnerability, awakening and allowing of pleasure both into our lives and into our relationships.  What does… Continue reading NTM 98: Sex in 15 minutes

We bow at the feet of the parent-child dynamic and what awareness of this most intricate and insightful healing dyad can offer us, if we are willing to become aware, and meet both ourselves and our children in this place. In this week’s episode Bridget shares an experience of being told “I don’t like you… Continue reading NTM 97: “I don’t like you as much as daddy”

Whether as a conscious choice or perhaps you find yourself preparing to welcome another into your tribe, it can bring up a lot of questions and big feelings about your beliefs, values and sense of self as a woman.  In this deeply personal episode, Julie opens up about where she’s at with baby number 4.… Continue reading NTM 96: Preparing to expand your family

What purpose does mother guilt serve?  The chains of mother guilt can threaten to overwhelm us, so the question is, how can we unlock the confines of this paradigm?  Can we motivate ourselves outside of self-flagellation towards what our subconscious is trying to reveal to us?  In this episode we provide a different perspective and… Continue reading NTM 95: Do we want to eliminate mother guilt?

…”And I just thought, argh!  I get it now, I can see how my kid’s an asshole…” reveals Bridget in this week’s podcast and we take it from there!   What to do with ourselves and our kids when they’re displaying angry, aggressive or disrespectful behaviour. Nourishing The Mother – www.nourishingthemother.com.au Suburban Sandcastles www.suburbansandcastles.com The Pleasure… Continue reading NTM 94: Dealing with a bad attitude in our kids

Overwhelm is a state of mind, but can become a fairly common story in motherhood. How do we transcend our story to find the magic of childhood that’s right in front of us? In this episode Julie and Bridget speak from personal story around how they themselves move from overwhelm to spaciousness.