Mothers at Midnight Podcast

“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...

Welcoming a child into a relationship is a life changing rite of passage. Navigating the transition from being a couple to becoming a family can be both joyful and extremely challenging, with research from the Gottman Institute showing that 67% of new parents report decreased relationship satisfaction. As we learn to adapt to our new roles we can find ourselves facing uncomfortable emotions as all...

“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...

Welcome to all you wonderful listeners that are on this journey with us.  In June 2023 we will be returning to share some rich and powerful conversations..here is what is to come:  - Motherhood Facing & Finding Yourself  ~ with Lisa Marchiano - Burning Out to Burn Through ~ with Indigo & Rose  - Death is Necessary ~ with Nat Roset - Transition the Messy Middle ~ with Indigo & Rose  - F...

Do you believe you matter? How might your life change if you truly valued yourself? Today’s guest wears many hats. Katie Feder is holistic psychotherapist, retreat facilitator, mentor, blossoming author and mother to two beautiful children. Katie brings a joyful authenticity to all these roles, and an unshakeable belief that she matters. Yet Katie hasn’t always felt this way, it’s been a long jour...

How your Earth Spot will support you.. 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 allows you to experience a feeling of well-being and a connection to a deeper, more sentient wisdom. The good news is that this place does exist and is available to you at any time. It’s called...

What do you know about your birth? Was your mother supported? What was her experience? Our birth stories are also origin stories and they can offer you powerful insights into your life and the stories and patterns you carry with you. Likewise, our experience of giving birth can reveal things about ourselves that were previously hidden. As Jane Hardwicke Collings says, “ We have the births we need...

This inner work exercise is adapted from an exercise known as the Freeze Frame from the HeartMath institute. The core of the HeartMath philosophy is that the heart, physically and metaphorically, is the key to tapping into an intelligence that can provide us with fulfilment. Science has shown that the heart communicates with the body and brain on various different levels. Research has found that t...

“Matrescence”—a term coined by the anthropologist Dana Raphael— is defined as the process of becoming a mother. It's a word used to describe the physical, psychological, and emotional changes people go through during the monumental transformation that is motherhood. Join us for an intimate chat about this intense, life-changing rite of passage with the lovely Elise Clement.  Elise is a coach...

The inner critic usually manifests as an inner voice and is often accompanied by a sense of anxiety, shame, low self-esteem, worthlessness or guilt. The inner critic can act as a “guardian of the threshold”, appearing when we’re at an edge or moving towards something outside of the boundaries of our familiar, everyday identity. The inner critic has all sorts of ideas and opinions about how things...

How this exercise will support you We will be focussing on releasing any habits that aren’t aligned with our intentions. Many spiritual traditions hold the view that self-reflection and awareness of our patterns is the first step in breaking habits that are no longer serving our highest intentions. Rather than thinking of habits as “bad” or “good” we invite you to reflect on which habits are servi...

Join us as we connect with our dear friend and fellow psychotherapist Tina Bramley to explore the creative energy of the mother archetype. In this episode we explore how to enliven our creative fire, connect with our inner artist and how to channel our creative energy into the world. Tina is a multi-talented being - a poet, psychotherapist and organisational development consultant who brings depth...

We love creating spaces that feel nourishing. During our time together we will be creating a space for exploration of our inner life. Part of this is getting to know what you are seeking. In other words WHY you are here.  How this exercise will support you This exercise will support you to set meaningful intentions for your Vital Journey. Intentions are guiding principles for how we want to feel,...

In today’s episode we explore the importance of incubation (or gestation) in the creative process. In creating Mothers at Midnight we’ve found that we needed space and time to allow our ideas to form, when we tried to push things along we inevitably ran into more challenges and things just didn’t feel right. Learning to slow down, follow the creative process and allow it to take shape in a way tha...

Welcome back! It’s been a while since we released an episode. We appreciate your support and patience as we’ve been in the process of transforming our much loved podcast Therapeia into Mothers at Midnight. Our new creation grew out of the final episode of season 3 of Therapeia - “ Meeting the Dark Mother”. In this welcome episode we share a little about the journey we’ve been on, why we’re now cal...

For our final Season 3 episode we invite you to make a cup of tea or pour a glass of wine and join us - the co-creators of Mothers at Midnight aka Therapeía - for an intimate, vulnerable and sometimes uncomfortable chat about motherhood.  This conversation arose out of a desire to speak more openly about the difficult, confronting and challenging aspects of motherhood. We noticed that when these t...

Today we welcome a very special guest to the show. Christina Nielson is the founder and director of Metavision Institute, a vibrant community for holistic education where we undertook our psychotherapy training (and where the idea for this podcast first began to take shape).  The Metavision Institute has grown out of the need to heal the effects of living in a fragmented world. The Metavision etho...

Today we welcome Jamie-Lee Jones to the show. Jamie is a holistic counsellor, psychotherapist, youth worker and energy healer who has been on her own profound healing journey. Jamie believes that the healing journey is one that can put us on our true path in life. Today, we’ll be talking about the challenges and difficulties that we encounter on a healing journey as well as the gifts, wisdom and i...

Today we welcome Louise Largier, our dear friend, colleague and fellow psychotherapist. Lou is a deeply insightful person who has spent many years exploring the mind body connection. In addition to being a psychotherapist, Lou has studied human bioscience, Ayurveda, herbalism, aromatherapy and yoga in her quest to gain a more holistic understanding of the human being and the connection between min...

Polly Greeks is a practitioner of Non-Violent Communication who aims to create a lifestyle that is harmonious with the earth. After numerous offshore adventures, Polly Greeks, her husband James and their children Vita and Zendo chose to put down roots in an isolated forest in New Zealand where they are slowly building a mortgage-free, off-grid home and discovering an entirely new way of life.  Non...

Join us as we explore the magic, mystery and wisdom of psychological alchemy with Jane Gilmer. Jane is a Transformational Guide, theatre artist and author whose work with psyche (or soul), is a deeply alchemical process influenced by the depth psychological work of Dr Carl. G Jung, and the spiritual scientific work of Dr Rudolf Steiner. Her work with alchemical theatre and the creative word has ev...

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...

Content warning: In this episode we talk about sex, sexual trauma and sexuality. Today we talk intimate matters with sex therapist and counsellor Anya Grichina. Anya believes that a fulfilling and vibrant sex life is an integral part of our well-being. Yet one in five people have concerns about their sex life at some time in their lives.  Sex is about so much more than what happens in the bedroom...

Content warning: Please note in this episode we discuss themes such as sexual violence and abuse that may be distressing or disturbing for some listeners.  Today we are joined by Amelia Trotter, an incredible Family Constellations therapist. Amelia weaves the soulful practice of Family Constellations together with Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing. Amelia’s embodied approach to Family Constellat...