Nourishing the Mother

We all run a story, the question is not if you are, but WHAT IS IT? Bridget’s is ‘I can’t work more and be the mum I want to be’, Julie’s is ‘toddlers are hard, I don’t have time for anything else…including what I really want to be doing’….but when we choose to believe our Listen In The post NTM 187: What is the story you’re letting become you? appeared first on The Wellness Couch .

This episode is a little different! Today we’ve put together some gold nuggets from our most popular episodes of 2018. There’s wisdom we’d forgotten about, moments we’d love to jump back to, and a whole lot of love for what it is to nourish the mother (yourself) at the centre of all the crazy happenings Listen In The post NTM 186: The Best of 2018 appeared first on The Wellness Couch .

In this episode we get real about how we started Nourishing the Mother, where we wanted it to take us and you, and what’s evolved into a thriving business four years later. You CAN monetise your motherhood, or whatever YOUR top value is…you just have to SEE it first, appreciate it second and be willing Listen In The post NTM 185: Monetising Motherhood appeared first on The Wellness Couch .

It’s on everyone’s mind this time of year – ‘What do I want for this year?’ – yet how many of us actually carve out the time to consciously work on manifesting what we desire? How many of us are too scared to really ‘go there’? In this episode we share Julie’s recent experiences of Listen In The post NTM 184: Manifesting your 2019 appeared first on The Wellness Couch .

How do you decide to grow your family? What do these conversations look like in a relationship where one partner is a ‘no’? In this episode we explore the challenging conversations that take place as we seek to listen to our heart’s yearning, while respecting and honouring our partner’s desires…and Merry Christmas! Relevant links: Nourishing Listen In The post NTM 183: Getting to a place of ‘yes’...

Do you feel creeping anxiety at the amount of money shelled out this time of year? Do you condemn and ridicule the culture of consumerism? In this episode we revisit our financial stories from two years ago, the growth and changes that have occurred for us personally in that time, and how we can move Listen In The post NTM 182: Flip Your Finances – stories from anxiety to empowerment appeared firs...

This week we share stories of our own from moments in our week where we’ve been ‘tool-less’ and required to ‘up-skill’, stepping bravely where we never have before! Sometimes this journey of parenting takes us places we never thought we’d go and in reflection we have the opportunity to gain the wisdom, see the growth Listen In The post NTM 181: When your parenting toolkit is asking you for more ap...

In today’s episode we seek to explore this age-old question through story, anecdote and thought-provoking questions about the meaning of magic.  No matter where you sit on this topic, we hope you’ll be inspired to enter into this festive season with your children in a congruent and meaningful way. Relevant links: Nourishing the Mother http://www.nourishingthemother.com.au Listen In The post NTM 18...

When motherhood is something you deeply value, or thought you did, what does it mean when it gets so hard you begin to resent it?  Who are you if you are not the compassionate, empathetic, gentle communicator you hold on a pedestal?….The pain we face here as conscious parents can be immense, but what is Listen In The post NTM 179: If I hate motherhood right now, how good of a mother am I? appeared...

How do you cope when your child is going through behavioural challenges associated with a big transition? Can you ‘dig deep’ when the moment calls, or do you find yourself wanting to ‘run’? Often, there’s a bit of both at play. In this episode we explore through our recent stories, and practical tips, various ways Listen In The post NTM 178: Oh for f*ck’s sake…when transitions get hard appeared fi...

Do you consider how much public policy shapes your personal choices? How much do you think your vote counts towards the world you want to see? In this episode Bridget interviews Andrew Hicks of the Health Australia Party, and Candidate Pippa Campbell, to explore why the ‘personal is political’. Through honest conversation on some of Listen In The post NTM 177: When the personal is political – An i...

In your relationship, how do you deal with your edges; do you run? hide? peacemake? Fire up? What would it look like if you were to remain ‘open’ instead? To stay receptive? How would that change your reality? In this episode we discuss, through story and practical tools, how to stay open even when you’re Listen In The post NTM 176: How to stay open in the face of discomfort appeared first on The...

Feeling burnt out by love can look like anger, tears, exhaustion, resentment, feeling touched out, and like you’re holding yourself together by a thread. So what do you do when you find yourself here? What does it call you towards? How can you love this phase and find your way out? Here’s where we take Listen In The post NTM 175: Burnt out by love – when being in service runs you into the ground a...

In this episode we explore the ways in which we can get in the habit of projecting onto our partner all of the things we want, or want to become, by thinking they need to be everything for us. The truth is to retain our sovereignty, there needs to be enough ‘sameness’ and enough ‘different-ness’ Listen In The post NTM 174: The desire for our relationship to fulfil everything for us appeared first...

Our greatest gift as mothers is raising little humans designed to bring out our most authentic self…it’s just really painful!  What if there was no ‘wrong’ or ‘right’ behaviour, but your children asking you to get more and more congruent and authentic with what you feel and what you say?  What if our greatest offering Listen In The post NTM 173: Being Fearlessly authentic and connected in your mot...

In response to a listener’s question, this week we expand upon the concept that whatever you condemn or judge, you will breed into your life and relationship in order to balance your perceptions and love more parts of yourself and those around you. When you become aware of this principle, you can see your feelings, Listen In The post NTM 172: Whatever you condemn, you breed, attract or become appe...

It’s so easy to judge our partner for ‘not measuring up’, not meeting our needs or just, being too feminine.  But what if its not them at all?  What if you’re taking up ALL the space of the masculine and there’s none left for them to step up and into?  What happens when we find Listen In The post NTM 171: He can’t be in his masculine if I am appeared first on The Wellness Couch .

The parent-child dynamic is one of the most profound cornerstones of our vision of Aligned Parenting; to be able to parent from a place of recognition – what is them and what is us?  What is happening below the surface behaviour?  Why is it here?  What is it healing?  What is it seeking to empower?  Listen In The post NTM 170: When we’re coaching our children, we’re coaching ourselves appeared fir...

In this episode we dive into the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine and fertility with Kirsten Wolfe, Acupuncturist and Director of Mornington Chinese Medicine. We weave in personal story, touching on our own experiences working with Kirsten through miscarriage, while asking the big questions about fertility, IVF, natural conception, and the places they take a Listen In The post NTM 169: The F...

Do you hear yourself saying things to your children and recognise it might be a bit unreasonable?  Or ponder where you yourself ‘lose your shit’ or don’t speak respectfully, or fire up instead of play nice?  In this weeks episode we get honest about all the ways in which we tend to hold our children Listen In The post NTM 168: When we hold our kids to higher standards than we hold ourselves appear...

This week is a little different!  In this episode Julie interviews her two eldest children on their experience of being consciously parented.  The conversation moves from their individual values, to what influence our family has had on their unique way of showing up in their world, to emotions and how they experience big feelings and Listen In The post NTM 167: A conversation with my Tweens appear...

In response to so many discussions within our tribe around the ‘pain’ of swimming lesson, we discuss what’s at play behind our children bursting into tears, rage, defiance, or meltdown when faced with needing to do an activity or lesson we’ve planned for them.  What soft spots does it hit within us?  What do you Listen In The post NTM 166: Tears and tantrums at a lesson or activity appeared first...

When your kids fight, how do you feel?  Do you jump in?  Do you let them sort it out?  Who are you trying to protect? In this episode we talk openly about dynamics, triggers and how our children call us to feel our own inner child in a moment.  How do we respond?  Is there Listen In The post NTM 165: When siblings attack each other appeared first on The Wellness Couch .

What?! Sex and parenting?!  How taboo…..but here’s where we take the conversation today.  We’re both endlessly fascinated by the role our partners, our sexuality and our parenting plays in calling us to ever greater authenticity; showing up as we truly are, not feeling one thing and ‘pretending’ we’re feeling something else.  When you’re able to Listen In The post NTM 164: What sex teaches us abou...

In this episode we explore the profound nature of the patterns that get laid down in early childhood and how often we continue to run into those in our relationships. We look at perception, triggers and growth THROUGH your relationship. Relationships are not about happiness and peace, but are a vehicle for growth…we just don’t Listen In The post NTM 163: When you choose a partner like your parents...