How to Live Slow

Today I'm reflecting on the year that was and how things have changed over the first 12 months of How To Live Slow. A Huge thank you to all of my lovely guests, listeners and subscribers for being here over this time. It's truly a privilege and an honour to be here with you, supporting each other in learning How To Live Slow. It's been so beautiful to see that we are all the same - the circumstanc...

The Perfect Mother Myth - it's a construct of patriarchal motherhood that keeps us in martyrdom. That's why, I'm really excited about today's episode as it's going to be so helpful to so many mums. My guest today is Louise East a certified Mindset and Life Coach and fellow Matrescence Facilitator. She works with overwhelmed mums who are ready to release guilt and perfectionism and live a calmer, m...

My guest today is Bec Ellison, who lives in Darwin in Australia's Tropical North and is the mother of three beautiful children. She works with women as a motherhood mentor and is particularly passionate about keeping things as simple, joyful and connected as possible for families. She aims to lead by example in her parenting and life and totally acknowledges that we are all perfectly imperfect and...

In todays episode, I answer some of your slow living questions! How to explain slow living to others When you can't say no, do the YES TEST instead How to stop being so overcommitted Ways to feel more time abundant Dealing with FOMO and what it really means First steps to sharing the mental load Want more slow living inspo? If you're ready for a slower life, join us on Facebook in the How To Live...

My guest today is Rachel Roberts, a relationship and family mentor who works with individuals, couples, and families focusing on self-discovery, communicating our needs and boundaries with grace, translating the masculine and feminine for loving and meaningful connections, and tuning into What Your Soul Holds. It's a deep conversation about the elements of getting to know yourself before you try t...

There's a quote I've seen that goes something like "Your body whispers to you but if you don't listen, it will shout". My guest today, Cerenity Incze, has earned the wisdom from this lesson in huge ways. After receiving a diagnosis of Hashimoto's, an autoimmune thyroid disease, she and her family made a drastic move to declutter their lives, move countries and create a lifestyle that promoted heal...

My guest today is psychologist and hypnobirthing practitioner Rebecca Black who I invited on the show to talk about maternal rage. If you've felt that simmering feeling of anger like you're on the edge, a sense of frustration and a tinge of resentment, you're likely experiencing the completely normal feeling we lovingly call mum rage. The problem with mum rage is that we hold this story that a "go...

What is a matriarch? And what has that got to do with slow living? In this episode we define the matriarch and learn how we can become more of the matriarch of our family, develop our self worth so that we don't fall into the energy of martyrdom. Martyrdom is when we get stuck in the negative emotions and experiences of motherhood like resentment, overwhelm, exhaustion and sacrifice. Let's change...

Erin Bourke is the founder of The Parents Hub, a space in Melbourne for parents and carers who want to be part of a community and feel supported in their parenting journey. I invited her on the podcast to talk about the importance of in-person connection and how to reconnect after the socially distanced year that was 2020. Many of us, even the most socially extroverted, have found ourselves feelin...

Dr Zali Yager is a body image researcher and an Associate Professor in the Institute for Health and Sport at VU.  Zali has three kids, aged 7, 5, and 5 who have forced her to slow down, refocus priorities, and look within for validation instead of seeking it from external sources. Zali joins us today to talk about how to develop self-compassion and be kind to yourself even when you experience chan...

This episode takes a slight detour from the usual mum life topics I talk about but I think you'll agree that it's related. I worry about our future. What will life be like for our kids? Not just their mental health, job prospects or freedom of movement but also what kind of climate will they live in? Have we done enough to mitigate climate change? And what can we do now to help slow it further? To...

There are some times in life that I believe slow living is more important than others. Early motherhood is one of those times. We are naturally called into the bubble of family life, the bubble is where we rest, transform and connect. A few years later, with one or multiple kids in tow, we emerge anew, ready to get back into society in a wider way. The problem is, it rarely goes that way. Instead,...

Something that's coming up a lot lately in conversations I've been having with mamas is about learning to listen to your body, tune into your cycles and develop your intuition. So I asked my lovely friend Kate Manley to have a chat about how to get started. Kate shares from the perspective of getting started but even if you've been tracking your cycles for a while, this chat will take things furth...

This week, it's time to kick it up a gear and start the new year with a deeeeep conversation about relationships. My guest is Nicole Mathieson, a relationship coach who helps couples create the loving intimate relationships they've always wanted. Nicole has been married for 24 years and her kids are school aged so I wanted to ask her on the show to share her wisdom as a coach but also her lived ex...

It's that time of year when we're all tempted to set unachievable New Years' resolutions. If there's one thing I could encourage you to do, it would be to please reconsider this option and instead, choose a guiding word for the year. I share more about why in this easy listening episode - let's just say, you grow where your intention goes! In this episode: The story of how I started choosing a wor...

Merry Christmas to you! I hope you are now finalising all those stressful last details for your Christmas gatherings and beginning to wind down into that precious time of year where the days flow differently and blur into one. I have a special solo episode for you today, just to say thanks for a great year! Despite all that's gone on in 2020, it's been one filled with connection, community and new...

Today's guest is Ilana Kosakiewicz from Ilana K Kinesiology and we're talking all things energy. As with all my podcast guests we go on many tangents and this one is no different! Ilana shares just some of her infinite wisdom on shifting your own energy, how to get grounded and how to interact more effectively with people who normally drain your energy. Knowing how to protect your energy is the ba...

Last week I shared how I set a longer term goal of changing my core beliefs around the capabilities of my body after having kids. This week I've invited Nikki Knieriem from Mum Me Fit Time to talk about how to change the way you see fitness or weight loss goals from the perspective of a personal trainer. Nikki does things a little differently from a lot of PT's in that she helps her clients from a...

This year I've been doing some personal experiments. I've honed in on my priorities and set long term goals in alignment with those. But I've also broken those goals down into individual steps that are enjoyable in their own right. One of my core priorities is personal growth but before this is possible, I needed to change my subconscious beliefs and choose a new one: I can become better. Years of...

One of the core tenets of slow living is to prioritise rest, which as mums with young kids know is often hard to come by! Today on the podcast I have Narelle King from Simple Happy Wellness and we talk about how to rest more, calm the nervous system to sleep better and the wide-ranging benefits of two yoga practices that she teaches: yin and nidra yoga. If you feel that "tired but wired" feeling f...

Recently I've been searching for some lovely things to include in our Christmas box, which is a family tradition we do on 1st December where we give the kids a little box of Christmas goodies, including an pjs, books and of course an advent calendar. I stumbled across this gorgeous advent calendar from a company Sharing Kindness, which has kindness prompts and a sticker scene instead of chocolates...

Today I have a very special guest on the show, Dr Robyn Miller from The Mental Load Project. Robyn and I talk about what the mental load is, how it affects families and what to do about it. In this episode: What the mental load is Why the mental load falls to mums first How to change this and share the mental load, gracefully Robyns process to start the conversation in your family Want more slow l...

Today I share what my four pillars of slow living are and how they can benefit mums specifically. In this episode: The four pillars of a slow life Why slow living is so important for families How slowing down benefits mums specifically Want more slow living inspo? Download your copy of the essential guide on How To Live Slow.  Get started living slow. Need community support? Join my Facebook group...

This episode is an activation. A call to look at how you and I can be better global citizens. Today we focus on slow, responsible fashion choices and how to get started with making the switch to a sustainable wardrobe for you and your family. My guest is Joanna from Caravan Creative. Joanna is a social media strategist for responsible fashion brands and she shares with us her ideas to get started...

To celebrate World Mental Health Day, I was invited to speak as part of an online summit created by Crystal from The Gentle Counsellor. Today I share the recording of that interview, which is on how slow living can help create mental calm. We talk about what slow living is, how we lived in a rigged consumer system and how to disengage, the importance of rest, and where to start. So all of my favou...