Nourishing The Mother

What does it mean to be at ‘capacity’? What are the biggest challenges, integrations and inspirations in Julie’s world as baby Gwen turns 3 months old? In this episode we have an honest and vulnerable conversation about intimate relationship and early motherhood, dismantling stories and beliefs, and softening into the flow and joy of motherhood Listen InThe post Reflections on being a mother of four – Julie’s insights appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

What’s it like to take a 2,000km roadtrip with another businesswoman, your two babies, and a film crew? In this week’s episode Bridget shares her perspective after the premiere of the RISE Documentary; the inspiration, the challenges, and honouring everyone’s needs and desires in order to ‘show up’ in the world.The post NTM 123: Bridget’s doco & showing up in the world appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

We’ve all been here at one or many points in our motherhood journey, whether from the idealised fantasy around what life would look like as a new mother, or self-righteous in our beliefs – when we subscribe to a fantasy, we’re unconsciously building a nightmare, and that nightmare can be treacherous in our lives, wreaking Listen InThe post When the fantasy of motherhood comes crashing down around you appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Let your inner critic, perfectionist and ‘perfect parent’ take a backseat as we flip the cards on our ‘not so perfect’ parenting moments; what they reveal, what they heal and how they benefit everyone involved…including our children.  Even our most painful events have wisdom and if you’ll take the leap with us, we’ll help you Listen InThe post Why our parenting f*** up’s still serve appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Argh!  When children start to develop their own autonomy, it can send us into an emotional spin that has us feeling angry, powerless and confused.  What begins as story of Bridget and her 4 year old son, ends with incredible insight, understanding and tangible toolkits with real-life examples for you to take and use at Listen InThe post NTM 120: What to do when our kids don’t do what we want appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In parenting consciously, we can often find ourselves solely child-focussed, and relationships wither in this phase, but what if it doesn’t have to be this way? In this episode we explore how to interpret our family dynamics, our relationship problems, and our children’s behaviour through quality questions that lead us to greater connection.The post NTM 119: Navigating relationship and parenting MASTERCLASS appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Intentionally shifting energy through laugher can be a powerful tool to develop with our children, and let’s face it we could all use a little more playfulness! When our children have stored and stuck feelings we want to offer you another way to help them process, lean in, learn and grow with a toolkit that Listen InThe post NTM 118: Laughter as a Release MASTERCLASS appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

What do your child’s tears bring up in you? Do you see them as something to move through quickly, too overwhelming to ‘hold’, and so triggering that you fear them? This masterclass is designed to begin to get you more comfortable with crying, with witnessing your child in ‘pain’ and equip you with a toolkit Listen InThe post NTM 117: How to get okay with tears MASTERCLASS appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This is the first of 4 Masterclasses in parenting!  This week we discuss the role of secure attachment in our developing children, why they need it, how we can support it and what happens if we give too much.  The profound nature of the mother-child dynamic is explored, as we bring awareness to the mutual Listen InThe post NTM 116: Secure Attachment Masterclass appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

So this week is a little different! In response to a listeners request, in this week’s episode Julie interviews her husband, Nick, on his experience of birth. We delve into what birth was like for him to witness, how to be a great support partner, what was empowering or overwhelming for him, advice he has Listen InThe post NTM 115: Interview with Julie’s husband: A male’s perspective of birth and intimacy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this week’s episode, Julie and Bridget explore the concept of instilling feminist values in our sons, what it means to be a feminist man, and how do we support our sons through the surges of the masculine, without dishonouring the feminine? In a ‘fight for equality’ culture, we discuss what it looks like to Listen InThe post NTM 114: Do we want to raise a feminist son? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this week’s episode, we chat with best-selling author and award-winning Chiropractor Dr Jennifer Barham-Floreani on the philosophy and science of chiropractic, intentional parenting, instilling values of health and wellness in our families, and motherhood and relationships as a portal to consciousness. Connect with Dr Jen: http://welladjusted.co/ Books and resources mentioned: Well Adjusted Babies by Listen InThe post NTM 113: Chiropractic, Wellness and Motherhood with Dr Jennifer Barham-Floreani appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

It’s been an epic lead up full of emotion and in this episode we get to listen to the unfolding of Julie’s birth story with number four.  From anger and tears to overwhelming love and gratitude, there’s something in this story for all of us.  A completely natural, intervention free hospital water birth at 41 Listen InThe post NTM 112: Julie’s Birth Story appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

It’s rare we hear the stories of women in challenge and transformation as its happening, often we only hear the wisdom and edited story afterwards. In this conversational episode Julie opens up on where she’s at as she approaches 41 weeks of pregnancy and the internal conflicts that being ‘overdue’ create.The post NTM 111: Going ‘Overdue” and the challenges we face appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this episode we look at the age-old conundrum of sibling rivalry. We explore the dynamics between siblings, triggered feelings within ourselves, and emotional toolkits to help our children learn to connect head and heart when dealing with conflict. Nourishing the Mother: http://www.nourishingthemother.com.au/ Suburban Sandcastles – Bridget: http://www.suburbansandcastles.com/ The Pleasure Nutritionist – Jules: http://www.thepleasurenutritionist.com/The post NTM 110: Finding your way in sibling rivalry appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

On the precipice of birth we’re called more deeply, and with more heightened emotion, into facing what birth and new motherhood brings up for us. In this episode, we giggle and we sigh about our own experiences, and challenge the idea of ‘irrational pregnancy hormones’ to instead look for the message our emotions are revealing Listen InThe post NTM 109: In between worlds: Waiting for baby appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this week’s episode we answer a listener’s question around introducing food; the practical steps, philosophies, approaches and challenges that arise within these dynamics. We touch on food as a pleasurable experience, expectations and connection during this phase. We interweave our own experiences along the way.The post NTM 108: Babies, toddlers and introducing food appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In answer to a listener’s question, we dive into what we personally consider when approaching health, wellness and nourishment in pregnancy. We discuss practitioners, nourishment and nutrition in pregnancy, in preparation for birth and new motherhood. Relevant links: Nourishing the Mother http://www.nourishingthemother.com.au/ Suburban Sandcastles – Bridget http://www.suburbansandcastles.com/ The Pleasure Nutritionist – Jules http://www.thepleasurenutritionist.com/ Mornington Chinese Listen InThe post NTM 107: Nourishment and Health through pregnancy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

What is a Blessingway and how do you hold one? What is the purpose and intention?  How do you facilitate one and what do you consider?  In this conversational episode we discuss both our Blessingway experiences and what to consider in creating your own. Relevant links: Nourishing the Mother http://www.nourishingthemother.com.au/ Suburban Sandcastles – Bridget http://www.suburbansandcastles.com/ Listen InThe post NTM 106: Blessing the Way in birth and motherhood appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

How do we get our relationships to improve or our partners to change without expecting them to change? In this episode we discuss why our intimate relationships are our most potent for our own growth and how to approach what a situation is revealing to us so we can take ownership, mine the gold its Listen InThe post NTM 105: Relationship as a mirror, what’s yours revealing to you? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.