Bridget Wood & Julie Tenner

Nourishing the Mother

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Mothering can be an inspired journey to our most glittering, authentic, passionate, creative and connected selves. Through the mirror offered to us by our children, we are taken to every hurt, unmet need, and also every joy and excitement we’ve ever experienced. We want every woman and mother to give themselves and those around them the compassion, love and healing they so readily offer their children, but rarely allow themselves. Journey with us as we discuss the many layers of being a mother today, where we have come from and where we want to go. Learn tools to connect with yourself, offer c...

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Bridget Wood & Julie Tenner

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Health

Latest episode

Jun 19, 2026

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NTM 436: Freeing yourself from the motherhood/work conflict trap 01.11.2023

Believing that your motherhood and work are in conflict keeps you cut off from your own power and prevents you from creating a deeply fulfilling life. It’s time to change that; let’s talk about how! In this episode we discuss: - Feeling controlled by your work and kids - Increasing your response-ability - Sometimes it’s not a parenting issue or upskill need - Getting self-boundaried with your time...

NTM 435: The do’s and don’t’s of pitching a business like ours 23.10.2023

How you WRITE a pitch will make or break your business success with collaborations and sponsorships. We receive hundreds of pitches every year and we say ‘no’ to the majority of them, because they’re just no good!   Conversely, whenever we as a brand have pitched, we’ve had a 99% success rate. Why? Because we’ve learn how to pitch perfectly. Come learn how with us! To explore feminine embodiment,...

NTM 434: Is striving to be a “good mother” running you into the ground? 16.10.2023

Motherhood can be synonymous with exhaustion, depletion, and ignoring your own needs. But have you ever stopped to ponder why? What if this isn’t ‘just how it is’ but something a little deeper? In this episode we explore four key points you’ll want to explore if you’re finding yourself here! To explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenn...

NTM 433: Healing the Seductress: Reconnect with your sovereign sexuality and heal your relationship with your body 10.10.2023

No woman is born a sex goddess! It is a process of gentle learning, unlearning and holding a willingness and curiosity to explore beyond what you currently know to be true about you, your body and your relationship. In this episode Julie leads an exploration of healing your relationship with your body and your seductive, sexual self, by taking your safety, your boundaries and your guiding intuitio...

NTM 432: Allowing space for your feelings on birthdays 03.10.2023

Do you feel weepy and sad with no understanding of why on birthdays? Do you wrestle with ‘Is this day for me?’ versus meeting the needs of others? Then this podcast is for you. Birthdays can hold echoes of how we ourselves were birthed, and birthed our own children. When we pause and take a moment to honour what we traversed and ask ourselves a couple of insightful questions, we can find ourselves...

NTM 431: What conscious parenting of teens really looks like 25.09.2023

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, we share in Julie’s latest trauma-to-healing evolution in parenting her teens. Through rich storytelling, we explore three key themes all mothers are wise to consider when parenting teens: Leadership in a family system is fluid Safety for your child means the right to say no and be able to rally against you Healing looks like excavation and deconstruction, too...

NTM 430: Anger, rage and getting wild in your motherhood 18.09.2023

Feeling wild feelings like rage and explosive anger often happen when we’re caught in the tension between fully supporting ourselves, and supporting our child. Triggers, like school refusal, can have us not even recognising ourselves. Through storytelling and rich conversation, we toss around the experience of feeling like love has turned upside down, and what’s left is visceral rage, hate and the...

NTM 429: Ways to self nourish on any budget 11.09.2023

In motherhood it’s easy to be pulled into what the world, and your kids, need from you. It’s a fast road to withering, and resentment if you don’t take the time to put back into you. In this podcast, we’re moving past any financial blocks and barriers, to make it so doable, you can action it right away! We give you ideas across four budgets from 0 to $1000+ so you can go get your self-nourishment....

NTM 428: Parenting gets hard when you take their behaviour personally…3 steps to liberate yourself from the emotional tension 04.09.2023

Do you ever go ‘0-100’ but you don’t know what happened?! Well, we kind of think you always burn your first pancake (first child/first moment you meet anything new), so let’s talk about how you grow beyond burning your batch of pancakes. In this episode we discuss: Holding compassion for yourself the first time you meet anything Holding grace for growth; yours and your child’s ‘The more I hold on,...

NTM 427: 3 mantras to save you from the sting of taking things personally 01.09.2023

Taking things personally looks like a disproportionate emotional reaction to a fairly innocuous situation, where you feel very emotionally activated, and your thoughts around it are all-consuming, and exhausting! Mantras are a pathway to choice, power and re-programming your habitual reaction, so let’s give you three to get you going. In this episode we discuss: - Our response and responsibility i...

NTM 426: How to lead yourself out of a funk 21.08.2023

Sick of negotiating your life like some sort of tetris game? Going through the motions but not really “feeling it”? In this episode we give you three super tangible steps to lead yourself out of a funk and back into enjoying your life again. In this episode we discuss: Breaking down the chains of patriarchy and colonialism Recognising where we’re gaslighting ourselves Noticing where we’re stagnati...

NTM 425: How do you help your partner change *anything* that you know would be good for them? 14.08.2023

It’s difficult to be with the parts of our partner we want to change. We can get caught up in turn-off, disinterest, and resentment…so how do we find our way out, and back towards love and desire? In this episode we discuss: How to decrease the emotional charge, and need to change them Recognising when you’re running in masculine energy and perceptions Why we will project our values onto each othe...

NTM 424: When your child doesn’t want to go to school/kinder/care, what can you do for them? (Part 2) 07.08.2023

The parental struggle in school refusal is real. But you can only help them as much as you can come at it from a regulated place (see Part 1 podcast). In this conversation we focus on how you can help your child, and why you don’t have to do it alone. In this episode we discuss: - Getting super clear on what they’re struggling with underneath their behaviour - Helping your kids build connections b...

NTM 423: When your child doesn’t want to go to school/kinder/care, what can you do for *you*? (Part 1) 31.07.2023

The purpose of this podcast is to return you to your own wellbeing and find the meaning in your current struggle and challenge. Some days you can flow and ‘play it out’ and other days you have a reduced capacity “to hold” and you end up hitting big edges of anger. That’s really normal! Let’s dig into how you can meet yourself here. In this episode we discuss: - When their defiance is felt as a thr...

NTM 422: Navigating screen use with confidence 24.07.2023

Setting up your family rules and boundaries around screen use can feel like a minefield. You can bounce from feeling overpowered by the lure of screens, to resenting them entirely. So in this episode we help you create solid and grounded foundations to build a healthy family culture around screens. In this episode we discuss: Rules can be nuanced different kids can have different rules Forgetting...

NTM 421: “Help! My husband doesn’t seem interested in sex and I’m struggling with shame” - Part 2 17.07.2023

So you’re in hurt, shame and self-protection? In this episode we take you from here, to finding permission, freedom and awakened desire. In this episode we discuss: The benefits you’re getting from your current dynamic Directing you life towards your greatest alignment Taking responsibility for where your sexuality energy is Your internalised and subconscious beliefs that are driving your behaviou...

NTM 420: “Help! My husband doesn’t seem interested in sex and I’m struggling with shame” - Part 1 10.07.2023

Following a listener’s question, part 1 of our answer centres around self-reflection, compassion and the power you have to radically change how you think and feel about it. In this episode we discuss: It’s not all them, it’s not all you, it’s a dynamic you’re participating in Your unconscious beliefs that are keeping you stuck in this dynamic Stop fitting your sexuality into binaries outside of yo...

NTM 419: Going into biz with your bestie? Here’s our top 6 tips 03.07.2023

It sounds like a good idea, right - you love her, she loves you, you love the same things, why would business be any different?! Well…the more touchpoints you have on each other, the more trigger points you also have. In this episode we get real about our own story of intertwining relationship and business and we bring you along with six hot tips for your own journey. In this episode we discuss: W...

NTM 418: How are you meeting your own needs in school holidays? 27.06.2023

We want you to set yourself up so that everyone has a great time, not just your kids! But to make that work, you’re going to have to tweak your week, to create a win:win. In this conversation we share our personal tips and experiences in creating school holidays that work for everyone (by also sharing the ones that haven’t!).  In this episode we discuss:  - You HAVE needs; getting clear on what yo...

NTM 417: Healing the stigma and conflict so blended families can thrive 19.06.2023

How do you move from high-conflict and separation grief, to wonderful relationships between four parents, and shared care of all the kids?  In this episode we talk to Jess on how she’s created her modern-day village, with powerful insight on traversing separation, re-coupling, boundaries, needs and co-parenting in a blended family.  If there’s any threads in Jess’ story that pull on your own life...

NTM 416: Disconnected, yelling and feeling on edge? Let’s create some breathing room for you. 12.06.2023

We are socialised and conditioned to leave ourselves in order to be loved and accepted by others. If regulation is connection to self, and dysregulation is feedback that we’re out of alignment, then how do we find our way back? In this episode we encourage you to be deeply self-curious and awaken some answers that lead you back home to yourself. To explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relatio...

NTM 415: Regulation does not mean ‘calm’ 05.06.2023

Sick of striving for the ‘regulated self’ above all else? If you’re done with self-resentment and the projection and judgement that creates a lot of pain in your world, then this podcast is for you. In this 30-minute conversation we’ll get you to love the other side of yourself, and feel safer in your dysregulation, so you can go beyond ‘calm at all costs’. In this episode we discuss: Dysregulatio...

NTM 414: Making peace with friendship and losses in motherhood 29.05.2023

Friendships in motherhood can feel so intense, intimate and important that when they begin to fade away, we can feel and immense amount of grief and loss. This episode is designed to fill that hole in your heart with love and a calm, quiet appreciation for what was, and a blooming possibility for what might be. In this episode we discuss: Considering friendship as more of a carousel, where differe...

NTM 413: Letting go with tweens and teens: When to trust and when to guide - PART 2 22.05.2023

Following on from last week’s podcast, we continue the conversation around social media, screens, education, sex and alcohol and all the glorious boundary setting and conversations in between. In this episode we discuss: The importance of staying in relationship while negotiating boundaries The value of evolving conversations rather than hard and fast rules Having your family values as an active c...

NTM 412: Letting go with tweens and teens - when to trust and when to guide - PART 1 16.05.2023

Following on from a flurry of responses on our socials, this podcast is a round-table honest mum-wisdom discussion about the realities and lessons learnt on the tween/teen journey. In this Part 1 we discuss: ⁃How to recognise when you’re ‘in this phase’ of parenting ⁃Holding relationship as the key fundamental to successful parenting in the teenage years ⁃Knowing when to step back or lean in ⁃Teac...

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