Breathing Open Motherhood

Welcome to the first podcast for 2023! Todays podcast is all around nutrition and emotions! 2 of the main things on my radar and many of my mumma clients radars currently!  We will unpack; - Building resilience and capacity within your self to be with big emotions.  - Building nutrition in your childs lunch box and what to focus on.  - Things I try and avoid in their diets to support mood and beha...

Christmas is somehow just around the corner and im starting to think about how I want it to feel this year.  So often, we are consumed with what to buy everyone that we dip so far in to disconnect, burnout and brokeville! So im sharing my top gift ideas for a connected Christmas that feels joyful; 1. Gift giving in their love language and top values. 2. Low waste, planet friendly gift ideas. 3. Co...

Todays conversation is a podcast version of my Seminar from the Camden Wellness Expo where I riffed on my top 5 Pillars of Great Gut Health!  This is real deal stuff, not fancy probiotics, gut cleanses, special broths of juices. Before that. The foundations of great gut health.  #1: Chew Well #2: Only eat when your actually hungry #3: Mindful eating #4: Avoid over eating #5: Eat a variety of Fruit...

Today's inspiring conversation was with the beautiful Cheryl from Semprose Pilates as part of our Expo Edition Series! I adore Cheryl's philosophy around movement and alignment and how to find deep medicine in movement again.  In today chat we talk about;  - What is Pilates and how is it so powerful for so many people?  - Exercising when you are injured or burnt out.  - Why we can be pro...

Todays empowering conversation is with the beautiful Jeff Fricott, from Synerqi in South West Sydney. Jeff has been a part of the wellness community for over 20 years and has an incredible passion, and inspiring level of wisdom on how to nourish and support our physical and emotional body.  In todays chat, we talk about;  - What is acupuncture and how do tiny little needles in the skin impact the...

I so hope you enjoy todays session on my top 5 practical tips for supporting anxiety! This is part 2 which talks about all the hows and things that I use myself and teach my clients in clinic when anxiety is stuck in a loop!  If you need any extra support or this podcast triggers or inspires anything within you, please reach out to myself, your health care provider or to lifeline on 13 11 14! You...

Today's podcast is PART 1 of a deep dive in to Anxiety in Motherhood, how we got here and my own personal journey through its waves.  When we are plugged in to the way we 'should' be living, and ticking all of the societal boxes, we are largely disconnected from our truest nature. The nature that connects us as women, as mothers, to the hum of the earths song.  I hope that this podc...

Who's feeling the inflation pinch? MEEEEE!  Todays conversation hopes to normalise the stressors of navigating inflation and share my top tips to be able to do healthy, on a budget!  What we riff on; - Normalising week to week living in early motherhood. - My 5 top tips to eat healthy, on a budget.  - Choosing a grocery budget that feels really good for you. To connect more with me;  www.char...

After 3 weeks of back to back sick kids and navigating influenza for myself, I felt inspired to share a few things on navigating illness in my family, as a Naturopath Mumma.  In todays episode, you will hear; - My top tips for supporting the immune system of your family.  - A holistic way of managing fevers and why fevers exist.  - How to navigate kids who dont want to do things you suggest, to he...

Todays beautiful conversation was with the gorgeous Tara Lee, a friend, mentor, incredible space holder and Mumma bear.  We dove in to the rabbit hole and entanglement of; - Worthiness and power in Motherhood - The perfect mother myth and the roots of martyrdom motherhood - Where we are living as modern mothers, and where we desire to BE - Where to begin in finding your worth as a woman and mother...

Gut Health for Families can be confusing territory to navigate right!  The 'gut' is so complex and fascinating and in todays podcast, I hope to simplify where to begin with getting your families gut health right.  What we cover;  - What is the gut and the microbiome.  - What are common symptoms and conditions I work with in clinic.  - When do we need to test the gut?  - What could be con...

Todays beautiful conversation was with the beautiful Erin Bailey!  A friend, fellow Naturopath and Breastfeeding Coach.  We really tried to not go down too many rabbit holes but you know what im like! We riffed on;  - The rollercoaster of emotions with breastfeeding - The social support for breastfeeding mummas (or lack thereof) - My experience with 'Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex and Insuffi...

Todays podcast is my own internal musings on a huge question I have been pondering since Hugo was born... Where is the village?  - What is the village? What did it look like?  - Where has the village gone? Is it missing or have we outsourced it to companies?  - What happens to us as women when we have no support.  - How can we reclaim a village in our communities for ourselves and our children.  P...

On this weeks podcast we dive into unpacking the many systems we uncover in motherhood. I loved hearing Tash's personal story of how birthing her last baby changed her thinking, saw her make changes within her family and how this completely changed her experience of motherhood. I love that we get to talk through how she made the changes, how she worked hard to have the lifestyle she thought s...

On this weeks podcast we dive in to the current realities of navigating motherhood amongst the peak of the pandemic in Australia.  We dive in to the depths of; - Finding your support crew, doulas, midwives, pregnancy advocates and mentors. - My personal grief of moving through my last pregnancy amongst a very long lockdown and how I transformed it.  - Supplements, herbs and dietary support to a vi...

Hello and welcome to Breathing Open Motherhood,  I am your host, Charmaine Newmark and I am here to rewrite the narratives on what it gets to be like, to live as modern mothers, who are deeply connected to our instinctual truths. Who thrive as Mothers and who look back upon this time of our lives, with wonder and awe on the absolute magic that it is.  It is my hope, that these episodes help us rew...

In todays episode we unpacked the often heavy conversation around body love after having babies.  I loved hearing Chloes unique perspective on movement after childbirth and how to magnetize what you desire in your life.  Lets begin the journey to loving our bodies with showing them self respect as a bridge to love and choosing movement that fuels us respectfully, instead of depletes us and feeds s...

Todays episode is a little bit different! I ran a beautiful workshop in my memebership this week and it was begging me to be released to the world. So today, you have behind the scenes access to this workshop where I dive in to; - Our relationship with food. - How neural pathways are formed. - Why we keep choosing the same behaviours and how to change them. - COVID-19 lockdowns and spiritual hunge...