Nourishing The Mother

What?! Sex and parenting?!  How taboo…..but here’s where we take the conversation today.  We’re both endlessly fascinated by the role our partners, our sexuality and our parenting plays in calling us to ever greater authenticity; showing up as we truly are, not feeling one thing and ‘pretending’ we’re feeling something else.  When you’re able to Listen InThe post NTM 164: What sex teaches us about parenting appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this episode we explore the profound nature of the patterns that get laid down in early childhood and how often we continue to run into those in our relationships. We look at perception, triggers and growth THROUGH your relationship. Relationships are not about happiness and peace, but are a vehicle for growth…we just don’t Listen InThe post NTM 163: When you choose a partner like your parents appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

No matter where you find your sexual relationship, there are times when it’s on fire and times when its…well…absent. In this episode we get raw and honest about our own intimate experiences of ebbs and flows in our sexual journey and hope to awaken some lightbulbs for you also. It’s so easy to look outside Listen InThe post NTM 162: When sex just isn’t happening appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today, with great pleasure, we interview Dr Anita Johnston, Ph.D., Author of Eating in the Light of the Moon – a book that has been hugely impactful for both Bridget and Julie on their journey of awakening the feminine, understanding our soul hunger and bringing compassion to our womanly body.  Dr Anita Johnston is an Listen InThe post NTM 161: Awakening the feminine and understanding our hunger with Dr Anita Johnston, Ph.D appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In response to a listeners question, we open up the discussion between us on anxiety in ourselves and our children, its manifestations in our lives and relationships, and what we’ve learned and discovered along the way to balance our perceptions and honour the path it calls us towards. Relevant links: Nourishing the Mother http://www.nourishingthemother.com.au Suburban Listen InThe post NTM 160: Dealing with Anxiety appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

As women and mothers, we crave connection, and yet on this conscious, intentional path, we often meet challenge as we can struggle to find ‘our peeps’. What is the wisdom here? How do we both appreciate the ‘values clash’ with others, while staying true to what’s important to us? In this episode we weave story Listen InThe post NTM 159: If you’re triggered, are they your tribe? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this unusual episode, the tables have turned and WE are interviewed by Lana from The Parents Village, as she asked us the questions that are on the lips and minds of many of our listeners. We are touched, humbled and inspired by the conversation that follows, we hope you are too. If you’d love Listen InThe post NTM 158: Getting up close and personal with Julie Tenner and Bridget Wood, with guest interviewer Lana Sussman from The Parents Village appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Megan is a stay at home mum to 5 children – 10, 8, and 2 years old, who is also studying her Masters in Educational and Developmental Psychology. Megan and her husband, Adam, have had an enormous journey in birthing their triplets. She wishes you to know it’s a strong message for listening to your Listen InThe post NTM 157: Interview with Megan Temby – a mum to triplets; her story of defying a 100% mortality rate to birth three healthy babies appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

When your relationship starts to get hard, what do you do? What patterns are you in? When do you withdraw and when do you show up? In this episode we discuss the key concepts on relationship as a mirror, and propose that there is nothing inherently ‘wrong’ in your relationship: what if you stopped working Listen InThe post NTM 156: Emotional Gridlock – what emotional patterns are you in? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In response to a listeners question, we explore the complex label of “Toxic Mothers”. What is a toxic mother? What do you do if you grew up with one? What if she was narcissistic too?? What if you have a dysfunctional family blueprint? Will you ever be able to parent consciously? And what about your Listen InThe post NTM 155: Toxic Mothers appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this week’s episode, we dive into the raw and vulnerable feelings associated with the end of Julie’s breastfeeding journey. We talk through the feelings, the judgements, the guilt, the shame and the lack of control. Full of triggers and emerging insight we talk through what it is to breastfeed, when it’s no longer working, Listen InThe post NTM 154: The Boob Angst appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In response to a listener’s question, we share our top 10 tips and concepts for growing and developing our own self worth and in doing so, paving the way for our children to have a strong sense of self and to know their worth. What we make safe for ourselves, we unconsciously give permission for Listen InThe post NTM 153: The top 10 ways to demonstrate self-worth to your kids appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

We all get here; the mother of all bad moods, the funk you just can’t get yourself out of… The question is not, “How do I get out of it?” Or, “How do I prevent getting here?” The question is; “What is this trying to reveal to me?” Our feelings are feedback and our darker Listen InThe post NTM 152: When you’re in the mother of all funks appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In answer to a listener’s question, this week we expand on the ‘sex talks’ with our kids. What it looks like, sounds like, and how to approach it. It’s tricky, we have to raise our own inner selves in order to forge a different path for our children. Relevant links: Nourishing the Mother http://www.nourishingthemother.com.au/ Suburban Listen InThe post NTM 151: How much do you talk about sex with your kids? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Why do we want you to honour your cycles? Why is it important? And how on earth are you supposed to do it with kids??! In this episode we answer a listener’s question on parenting with your period. We explore our inner ‘seasons’ and the spiritual dimensions they open us up to, how to honour Listen InThe post NTM 150: Parenting with your period appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

There’s a lot in this discussion! We move from being IN our body, to the edges of our comfort zone, to improv and the purpose of it in maintaining presence. Sarah has a flare for the dramatic arts and a huge ‘why’ behind helping kids develop and expand who they are and how they show Listen InThe post NTM 149: Interview with Sarah Chapman from Drama Rama Factory on improv and body movement appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

What does that mean? Do you believe it or do you joke about it? What does it mean to be conscious about health and how do we tap into the wisdom that is innate within our body? In this episode, we expand the conversation around what health is, what drives our health, how we influence Listen InThe post NTM 148: Your body is a temple appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Loss. Grief. Shame. Pain. All experiences many women, and couples, bury in their journey to children. In this intimate and vulnerable interview with Megan and Regan from Aila and Lior, we discuss their own journey of immense pain in losing two babies during pregnancy and how they have shaped this into a movement of opening Listen InThe post NTM 147: Miscarriage and baby loss with Megan and Regan from Aila and Lior appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Well, are you? And what does that even MEAN? This motherhood gig brings us to our edges of pride, self-depreciation, shame and guilt and often these drive our experience of motherhood itself. What if there was another way to be? Another way to explore who YOU are when you’re alive and lit up by your Listen InThe post NTM 146: Are you getting it ‘right’? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this week’s episode we interview Catherine Middlebrooks who loves to help women get the confidence back in their bodies to live a life of “yes!”. We bust open the myth of the 6-week postpartum “okay to go” tick of approval, to really begin to listen to the whispers of our post-baby body and bring Listen InThe post NTM 145: Post-baby core & pelvic floor with Catherine Middlebrooks, postpartum yoga specialist appeared first on The Wellness Couch.