Out The Gate Parenting

Welcome to the last episode of season 1, and man it's a goodie!! In this week's episode, I sit down with Storm, The Cottage Naturopath. Storm is a herbalist, naturopath, and cacao facilitator passionate about guiding others to reconnect with themselves and nature. Her approach blends folk herbalism, natural health remedies, and hands-on herbal medicine, all while incorporating her love for cooking...

After the birth of her first son in a birthing unit, Sara dove head first into self-responsibility and understanding physiological birth making the choice that any future babies would be Freebirth babies. Sara shares the journey she goes on with her partner in making these decisions and how it all unfolds from a place of Trust in the body and trust in birth. IG @fertilelivingnz If you like what yo...

In this week's episode, I sit down with the Founder of Conscious Early Learning, Sarah Findlay. Sarah is driven by her mission to empower parents and early childhood educators to cultivate calm, mindful, and connected environments for the next generation. After experiencing burnout and embarking on her own holistic healing journey and life coaching career, Sarah blended her professional expertise...

In this week's episode, I sit down with Rose Videler from The Well Mama. After experiencing a challenging postpartum with her first baby and feeling ill-equipped to care for herself, Rose became hell-bent on finding the root cause of her struggles so she could begin to heal physically and emotionally. After confiding in other mothers Rose realised she wasn’t alone in her struggles and that they we...

In this week's episode, I sit down with the barefoot pelvic floor queen Georgiana Fitzpatrick. Georgiana is a movement teacher with a whole-body approach to core and pelvic floor health with an insatiable drive to support women in the way they birth, move, cycle, have sex, and connect to themselves and their bodies. Georgi tells us about her journey navigating prolapse and incontinence, how disemp...

In this week's episode, I sit down with powerhouse Carla Sargent. Carla trained as a midwife in her early 20s, she left the field after falling pregnant with her firstborn vowing never to return and be witness to the abuse and sabotage she witnessed as a student midwife in the hospital. Carla went on to publish a book, Where The Heart Is: Stories Of Home Birth In New Zealand, and became a birth tr...

In this week's episode I have the pleasure of sitting back and listening to Marie Brandon recount her Two births, her first in the hospital during crazy C-vid times and her second, a free birth at home with just her husband present. Marie is a real-life Fairy with such joyful energy and explains that while birth is the most magical thing EVER, it can also be so simple. Trigger warning- Marie tells...

In this week's episode, I'm joined by Jess Anderson. Jess is a certified nutrition consultant for mothers and babies who take an ancestral, real-food approach to nourishment. After the birth of her first child, she traversed through an awakening that led Jess to rediscover her voice and life's passion for supporting other mothers with real food and holistic nourishment. As a mother, you know your...

In this week's episode, I'm joined by Jess Anderson. Jess is a certified nutrition consultant for mothers and babies who take an ancestral, real-food approach to nourishment. After the birth of her first child, she traversed through an awakening that led Jess to rediscover her voice and life's passion for supporting other mothers with real food and holistic nourishment. Jess is at home full-time w...

In this week's episode, I sit down with the beautiful Sarah Morrison. Sarah is a mother and passionate advocate of homeschooling. Since 2020, she has been homeschooling her three children and helping others to find more ease and peace on their homeschooling journey. This community collaboration is flourishing and continues to grow as more and more people leave the school system to homeschool their...

In this week's episode, I have the pleasure of talking with Toyah Hicks. Toyah Hicks is a Vaginal Steaming Practitioner, Healing Birth Practitioner, and Innate Traditions Postpartum Care provider. She is deeply committed to the path of the Feminine and the Reclamation of our sacred Rites of Passage, specifically those woven through the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum continuum. Her business Rose...

Birth story week!!! In this week's episode, I have the honour of hearing Carissa's story of how she freebirthed her third son after not one, but TWO c-sections. Carissa lays out a very confronting and very real look into the world of obstetrics describing the gaslighting and trauma women face daily in the name of modern, industrialized birth. Carissa has SO much wisdom to offer and now works with...

In this week's episode, I sit down with Sara Dwyer who is a STM educator and badass free-birthing mum of 3 boys living in the far north of New Zealand. Sara is open and vulnerable about her journey to finding the sympotherma mathod after being gaslit by doctors and nurses when voicing her concerns about how the synthetic hormones being pumped through her body by the Dajelle were affecting her. An...

In this week's episode, I sit down with relationship coach Juliana Dessy, and man what a juicy episode this is! We dive into how we can create simple and practical ways to increase intimacy and connection with our partners when there are children around and why the "Honeymoon period" can be so short-lived, spoilers- IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE! Juliana offers 1 on 1 couples coaching, coaching packages,...

It's birth story week!! I welcome Alexa Pedersen back to Out The Gate Parenting to tell us about her EPIC free birth, outside, under a beautiful old oak tree in a hot tub, I mean.. cummon...... Alexa explains how her choice to free birth her first baby was a simple one as it fits best with her "do not disturb" approach to birth and that it was this experience that spurred her on to become a doula...

In this week's episode, I sit down with Leisa Masters, a force in the birth space with 10+ years of experience, creating courses and offering 1 on 1 coaching to guide birth workers through the necessary work of what it means to take full self-responsibility. Together we unpack the deep conditioning we women are exposed to throughout our lives that impacts how and why we make the decisions we do in...

In this week's episode, I am joined by the beautiful Alexa Pedersen. Alexa is a multi award-winning photographer and practicing doula and together we unpack some of the controversial topics surrounding Freebirth, Alexa touches on her own freebirth and how that was the start of her journey to the work she does now supporting the enormous energy that is birth. What you'll hear- *Alexa's initiation i...

In this week's episode, I sit down with Jessica White and together we dive into Nonviolent communication. We unpack the realities of knowing how we want to parent versus being able to apply it at 2 in the morning! It's a raw and real conversation that I think will offer tools and insight into being able to harness Nonviolent communication in the modern world. What you'll hear- *Simple skills to st...

In this episode, I sit down with Danielle James as she takes us through not 1, not 2, but 6 births! She walks us through her incredible journey as a mother so far and how her previous birthing experiences ultimately led her to free birth her last two babies. Danielle is a clear example of how her intuition was there even at a young age and how, more often than not, it's everyone else's discomfort...

In today's episode I speak with Rachel Garbary. Together we talk about diving into EC with our young ones, the realities of finding community when becoming a mother and how reclaiming our motherhood is one of the biggest gifts we can pass on to our own children. This was a rich and juicy conversation and I hope you like it as much as I did! What you'll hear - * EC * We touch on Rachel's birth stor...