Nourishing the Mother

In a culture that continues to perpetuate the Madonna-Whore split, how do we self-actualise our sexuality and motherhood at the same time? How do we intermingle the lactating, bed-sharing, touched-out mother with the sovereign, sexual woman? In this episode we talk about actively prioritising your sexual self, rather than waiting for it to ‘happen when Listen In The post NTM 319: Relationship tabo...

In this conversational insight into one woman’s story on opening her relationship and navigating the highs and lows of that journey, we explore what open relating can be and bring you and your partner. Discussions include: what it can look like changing the relationship structure with kids sharing desires and authenticity navigating heartbreak and disconnection Listen In The post NTM 318: Open and...

When we become parents, we learn to raise not only our children, but parts of ourselves…which can get tricky! We can end up playing the ‘who’s doing it tougher’ game, projecting anger and resentment towards our partner and generally missing each other on this parenting journey. So what does it look like to open a Listen In The post NTM 317: Parenting together through imprints and wounds with Lael...

What do you do once you find out infidelity is now part of your relationship? In this rich, raw and vulnerable conversation, we speak with Rachel Mckenzie on her experience of infidelity in a long term relationship, navigating the deep hurt, confusion, depression and heart ache that is understanding, healing and moving beyond infidelity. We Listen In The post NTM 316: Relationship Taboos series –...

In this episode we explore the reality of what isolation and loneliness can look like in motherhood, the importance of being seen where we’re at and in choosing how we nourish ourselves. In a society that doesn’t validate motherhood or see mothers in the daily grind and mental load that is modern motherhood, it’s important Listen In The post NTM 315: The isolation and loneliness of motherhood is r...

In this episode we explore the reality of what isolation and loneliness can look like in motherhood, the importance of being seen where we’re at and in choosing how we nourish ourselves. In a society that doesn’t validate motherhood or see mothers in the daily grind and mental load that is modern motherhood, it’s important Listen In The post NTM 314: The isolation and loneliness of motherhood is r...

How is your relationship with your body, after our 6 week Body Love series? In this episode we recap with our own personal takeaways from each of the 6 episodes, including: Bodyimage in the bedroom with Bonnie Bliss Rewriting our relationship with food with Charmaine Newmark Training the postpartum bodywith Chloe Anne BodyPositive parenting with Cliona Burn Lovingthe skin you’re in with Listen In...

The fertility journey can be a deeply emotional rollercoaster of heartache and longing. In this episode, Fertility Psychologist Cath Corcoran opens up the discussion on what it is to build hope and trust amidst an experience of resentment, betrayal, disconnection and struggle. Topics we discuss include: Anger at your body not working Building gratitude for where Listen In The post NTM 312: Loving...

What we repress, our skin tends to express, so what are the stories your skin is revealing? How can we better understand and care for this, the largest organ of our body? In this episode, through honest conversation and expert insight, we learn about problem skin, hormone levels, environmental pollutants and our skin, and how Listen In The post NTM 311: Loving the skin you’re in with Naturopathic...

Body confident kids are raised by parents who have a strong sense of body image and body-positive language…but how do you do this in a social, media and family culture with such strong body-shame messaging? In this episode, we talk with Body Positive parenting coach Cliona Byrne on how you can create a body-positive environment Listen In The post NTM 310: Body positive parenting with Cliona Byrne...

When our cultural message is so deeply ingrained, how do we step out of that and be what our body really needs? In this episode, we interview postpartum specialist and personal trainer, Chloe Anne, on rehabilitation and restoration post-birth and how we can shift the paradigm from disconnected external measures of body-image to connected, nourishing and Listen In The post NTM 309: Defying the boun...

How much is the relationship you have with food, reflective of the relationship you have with life? And if you extrapolate out the conditional love you offer yourself when it comes to your body and/or food, where else might this conditional love be appearing? In this juicy conversation with The Nourished Naturopath, Charmaine Newmark, we Listen In The post NTM 308: Rewriting our relationship with...

How do we love and feel sexually alive in our body, when it’s very different to how it used to be? What do we do with the stories and shame we may find ourselves circling through? What if your body could be an instrument of worthiness? What if instead of looking at our bodies and Listen In The post NTM 307: Body image in the bedroom with Somatic sexologist Bonnie Bliss appeared first on The Wellne...

We desire to love more of our body as a result of the voids we have on loving it. What does that look like, and what have been the paths charted on loving more of our bodies for Bridget and Julie? Let’s dive in to all the rich conversations and vulnerable places on body image, Listen In The post NTM 306: The stories our bodies could tell appeared first on The Wellness Couch .

It’s the modern mothers’ affliction; yelling. How do we find ourselves here and what can we put in place to create more ease and flow? How do we find our gentle and early with our boundaries self vs feeling resentful and protective of what’s been overtrodden? It’s a great conversation that could just change your Listen In The post NTM 305: Finding my boundaries early and gently vs late and angry a...

The topic we’re emailed about the most! ‘How do I find my community?’…what if you’re projections are what’s in the way and moving towards your hearts yearning is the answer? In this episode we discuss what it means to create your community and find the people who light you up and bring you alive in Listen In The post NTM 304: Creating community and finding your peeps appeared first on The Wellness...

We can find ourselves addicted to support when in the face or challenge and addicted to drama when it brings us connection. So what do you do to ‘conscious yourself’ out of these conundrums? In this episode we explore through story what it means to expand your thinking beyond what’s habituated and how you can Listen In The post NTM 303: Do I shrink + stay safe or do I expand and speak my truth? ap...

“These parents are parenting in intense situations where dysregulation reigns and the child is largely over-stimulated and overwhelmed, for a far more extended period of time”. In part two of this powerful and practical interview with neuro-diversity parent-coach experts Tara and Meg, we seek to shed light on the invisibilised experience of parents to additional needs children and the Listen In Th...

“Every family has ingredients of challenge and wonder” says Tara “and we need to reframe self-care into family-care – because it is”. In this powerful and practical interview with neuro-diversity parent-coach experts Tara and Meg, we ask the deeply meaningful questions from parents within our community who experience challenges in parenting their own neuro-diverse children. Listen In The post NTM...

Feed a fantasy and you breed a nightmare. What ideals or fantasies have consumed you and your identity in motherhood? What has the fallout from previously held ‘truths’ or beliefs been? What if you could mitigate the level of suffering you experience as you fall from grace, by simply bringing awareness and asking a few Listen In The post NTM 300: Exploring the fantasies in motherhood appeared firs...

How do you handle conflict? Can you move toward it or do you shrink? How do you handle greatness? Can you move toward it or do you shrink? These could be two of the most powerful and impactful questions you will ever ask yourself and it is where we navigate this week’s conversation, through the Listen In The post NTM 299: Finding strength in Conflict appeared first on The Wellness Couch .

If everything that is currently conscious for you, is a manifestation of what has previously been unconscious…where does that leave you? The master of your fate or too scared to think?! Through conversation and story, we break down the synchronicity of our past week and how you really are the most powerful being in this Listen In The post NTM 298: How your life is revealing yourself to you appeare...

In this episode we explore the law of transparency and reflection and see through story how we can create more freedom by moving beyond our perceptions of how the world is and who we are within it. We talk science, spirituality, relationship and family dynamics in this fascinating episode. You can join us in Soul Listen In The post NTM 297: You see the world as you are, not as it is appeared first...

Do I belong here anymore? When the moments and transitions of your children’s growth and development call you into mourning and letting go of what has always been up and until now, how do you meet and reform your identity from this tender place? If you stay too attached to the identity you’ve developed up Listen In The post NTM 296: The holding on and letting go of identity in motherhood appeared...

What does it look like to show up for intimate love during the ‘sameness’ that lockdowns can cultivate? How do you practice ‘loving well’ during these often stress-filled times? In this episode we explore our experiences in 2020, and muse on our current reality in another lockdown, this time for Valentine’s Day. Nourishing the Mother Listen In The post NTM 295: Love in the time of Corona appeared...