Mothers at Midnight Podcast

A special offering from our hearts to yours. This season’s mini episodes are a 5-part collaboration with Marlies Verschoor, a self-care guide from the Netherlands whose mission is to support people on their path to self-love and connection. Each week Marlies and Indigo will explore how mothers can better care for themselves through loving self-connection. Each mini episode will offer a heart point...

Our chat this week is all about relationships as we are joined by Tracy Proud, founder and Principal Psychotherapist at Nest Psychotherapy and Counselling. Tracy is a warm, connected and experienced therapist with a special interest in relationships and promoting gender and sexuality diverse affirming practices. As part of her practice, Tracy runs the Relationship Retreat, intensive therapy based...

A special offering from our hearts to yours. This season’s mini episodes are a 5-part collaboration with Marlies Verschoor, a self-care guide from the Netherlands whose mission is to support people on their path to self-love and connection. Each week Marlies and Indigo will explore how mothers can better care for themselves through loving self-connection. Each mini episode will offer a heart point...

In this week’s episode, we are honoured to share a deep yet uplifting conversation about navigating big life transitions and challenges with the warm and wise Petrea King. Petrea is often described as a leading light in the field of holistic health in Australia. She is the CEO of the Quest for Life Foundation and a well-known author, inspirational speaker, teacher and facilitator. She is also qual...

A special offering from our hearts to yours. This season’s mini episodes are a 5-part collaboration with Marlies Verschoor, a self-care guide from the Netherlands whose mission is to support people on their path to self-love and connection. Each week Marlies and Indigo will explore how mothers can better care for themselves through loving self-connection. Each mini episode will offer a heart point...

Join us for a tender, raw, and honest conversation about the ups and downs of welcoming a second child into the family. In this episode, Indigo shares her journey as a mother travelling through her second pregnancy. Although Indigo feels deep love for her baby, we also make space for the more taboo and rejected aspects of her pregnancy journey including facing loss of the family unit, gender grief...

A special offering from our hearts to yours. This season’s mini episodes are a 5-part collaboration with Marlies Verschoor, a self-care guide from the Netherlands whose mission is to support people on their path to self-love and connection. Each week Marlies and Indigo will explore how mothers can better care for themselves through loving self-connection. Each mini episode will offer a heart point...

In this week’s episode, we have a mind and heart expanding conversation with Tara Behr covering childhood trauma, psychedelics and Christianity. Tara is a psychotherapist, poet, writer, and singer-songwriter based in Colorado Springs. In addition to working with men, women, and couples who are experiencing anxiety, depression, and trauma, Tara writes poetry and essays on radical feminism, interper...

A special offering from our hearts to yours. This season’s mini episodes are a 5-part collaboration with Marlies Verschoor, a self-care guide from the Netherlands whose mission is to support people on their path to self-love and connection. Each week Marlies and Indigo will explore how mothers can better care for themselves through loving self-connection. Each mini episode will offer a heart point...

Join us as we explore matrescence, mum guilt, and more with Jacqueline Kelly from Our Brave Hearts. Jacqueline is a fully certified Life Coach dedicated to supporting mums who feel lost in the transition from being the woman they used to be to the mother they are now. With a deep understanding of the matrescence journey, Jacqueline uses results-based coaching to guide others through this transform...

Today we are joined by a very special guest. Alicia Melrose is a Natural Health Consultant, Medical Herbalist, a truly wise woman and Indigo’s beloved mamma.  Alicia developed her enthusiasm for herbal medicine when she lived in Indonesia with a Sumatran Shaman. She went on to become a registered medical herbalist and has now been in practice for over 33 years and offers a multidisciplinary practi...

How do you cope when you’re feeling anxious, depressed or overwhelmed? What if there was a place you could go to whenever you needed support or guidance? A place that allowed you to experience a feeling of well-being and a connection to a deeper, more sentient wisdom. The good news is that place DOES exist and is available to you at any time. It’s called an earth spot and you don’t necessarily nee...

Although we often fear anger, at its core, anger is actually an ally here to help you better access your truth and your boundaries. Join us as we chat to Juna Mustad about the power of healthy anger and how to make anger an ally. Along the way, we’ll discuss the relationship between anger and intuition and how befriending our anger can support us to live a more soulful life.  Whether you’re an ang...

Our breath is an important anchor in life. It guides us and supports us through life’s experiences. The more conscious we are of our breath, the more we are able to consciously respond to our inner and outer world.  In today’s episode we chat to Josh Alexander, a qualified breathing coach and breathwork practitioner, who has personally experienced the profound transformative effect breathwork has...

Are you navigating a time of transition? Perhaps you’re ending a relationship or are in a new one, perhaps you’re coming to terms with a life changing diagnosis, preparing for motherhood, or starting a new career… You might find your sense of self is shifting and things suddenly feel uncertain and overwhelming. Whatever the circumstances, transition is something we all know intimately and must dan...

“Motherhood is the true hero’s journey―which is to say that it can be as harrowing as it is joyful, and enlightening as it is exhausting. For Jungian psychoanalyst Lisa Marchiano , this journey is not just an adventure of diaper bags and parent-teacher conferences, but one of intense self-discovery.” Drawing on Jungian analysis, fairy tales, myths, folklore, client case studies and personal storie...

How can we maintain a sense of equanimity in today’s world? With so many pressures and increasing polarisation, how can we, both individually and collectively, contribute to healthy change? How can we as mothers balance the demands of the material world with caring for our soul life and the soul life of our children? Join us as we explore how to face the challenges of our times with Jane Gilmer. J...

“Motherhood is the true hero’s journey―which is to say that it can be as harrowing as it is joyful, and enlightening as it is exhausting. For Jungian psychoanalyst Lisa Marchiano , this journey is not just an adventure of diaper bags and parent-teacher conferences, but one of intense self-discovery.” Drawing on Jungian analysis, fairy tales, myths, folklore, client case studies and personal storie...

Gather in community with us as we discuss death and dying with Natalie Roset. Nat has been a palliative care nurse who has been supporting people through the dying process for over 20 years. Conversations about death and dying can be challenging, but we invite you to open your heart and mind as we travel with Nat into a realm many of us prefer to avoid or tip toe around in our day to day lives.  N...

“Motherhood is the true hero’s journey―which is to say that it can be as harrowing as it is joyful, and enlightening as it is exhausting. For Jungian psychoanalyst Lisa Marchiano , this journey is not just an adventure of diaper bags and parent-teacher conferences, but one of intense self-discovery.” Drawing on Jungian analysis, fairy tales, myths, folklore, client case studies and personal storie...

Burnout, the feeling of complete mental, physical and emotional exhaustion, is often associated with work stress. Yet in our experience it’s all connected - an overwhelming state that impacts every aspect of our lives.  Often, we don’t recognise the red flags or early warning signs of burnout and instead try to push ourselves to keep going. We might feel like we’re failing or not coping and try to...

“Motherhood is the true hero’s journey―which is to say that it can be as harrowing as it is joyful, and enlightening as it is exhausting. For Jungian psychoanalyst Lisa Marchiano , this journey is not just an adventure of diaper bags and parent-teacher conferences, but one of intense self-discovery.” Drawing on Jungian analysis, fairy tales, myths, folklore, client case studies and personal storie...

Join us as we explore the journey of initiation that is motherhood with Lisa Marchiano. Lisa is a clinical social worker, a certified Jungian analyst, and a nationally certified psychoanalyst. She also co-hosts This Jungian Life, (one of our favourite podcasts) and is the author of Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself .  We have been exploring this wonderful book as part of our Mothers at Midni...