Postpartum Is Forever - with Keturah Stoltenberg

Today, I have a conversation with Jessica Zallums, a mother of three who plays a leading role in the Wildly Empowered Collective, a group of motivated women who are driven to be the best version of themselves. She is the host of the podcast named Wildly Empowered Women with so much sass and value for the modern woman. Jess is passionate about mentoring women to live a more energised and fulfilling...

In this solo episode, I explore the following themes. Love at first sight and when do you actually become a mother Perfectionism in motherhood and what our children are asking of us The myths and expectations of what it means to be a good mother Examples of the unrealistic expectations and how mothers internalise them Guilt and shame Living in our whole humanness and how this benefits our children...

In this episode, I have the privilege of speaking with Leonie, a pregnancy loss, bereavement and end- of-life doula. Leonie offers support to families who have experienced the loss of a child, however young, due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or at any time of life. Leonie's own experience of loss inspires her compassionate and intuitive manner to offer families 'permission to feel' in their own way,...

Today, I have the privilege of welcoming three beautiful Postpartum Doulas onto the podcast who are going to share with us wisdom & understanding around Postpartum and their very own special offerings in Postpartum care.  As Postpartum Doulas, we understand the importance & value of care and education, but we also know that Postpartum is a personal and intimate experience and that a w...

Today I chat with Elisha & Louise from Not Another Onesie. Not another onesie is an online destination for new mamas, families and friends to find their support crew. It offers a thoughtfully curated directory of postpartum experts and service providers with the aim of making it easy for new and expectant parents to seek and find professional and valuable local, national and online services th...

Today, I speak with Elke, a certified pregnancy and postnatal fitness coach dedicated to guiding women through their own movement & fitness goals. In this episode, we cover the topics: When to rest and when to move Pelvic floor exercises How to ease back into an exercise routine Elke is also a mother of two, and at the time of recording this conversation, is well & truly in the thick of he...

Today, I chat with Ana Robinson, a Certified Health and Wellness Coach with a huge passion for supporting mamas at all stages of their health journey. Ana shares with us her personal experience of Postnatal Depletion and burnout which resulted in an auto-immune condition and a lot of unanswered questions. This led her on a path of research, nutritional studies and desire to help mamas achieve opti...

This episode brings you an exhilarating conversation with Amy Taylor Kabbaz. Amy began her career as a dedicated ABC Journalist and Producer and was driven by her work for 15 years. She honestly believed that becoming a mother would not impact her profession...until it did. In 2015, having brought herself to the edge of overwhelm and burnout trying to prove that she could “do it all”, she stepped...

In this week's solo episode, I open the conversation on the Postpartum Pillars of Care for a newborn mother. This episode is the first of a four-part series, and it discusses one pillar, being the Postpartum Diet. It offers education and awareness on the foods that are beneficial for the mother and her baby, and the foods that are not beneficial. I share practical tips and actionable ways to plan,...

Today I speak with Julia Jones, the founding director and lead educator at Newborn Mothers, which is a global postpartum education business. Julia has worked in postpartum care for 15 years and has trained thousands of postpartum professionals in over 60 countries. Julia has written a best-selling book called, 'Newborn Mothers : When a Baby is Born, So is a Mother.' She provides postnatal educatio...

Today I speak with Ysaline, mother of two, life coach and doula. Ysaline recounts her own very different postpartum experiences, in part due to her father passing just two months after her baby was born, and one baby being born during the time of the Covid 19 pandemic, a period when there was no clear vision of the future and so much uncertainty as to when she could hug her overseas family again....

WELCOME TO THE 'POSTPARTUM IS FOREVER' PODCAST. Every month we will look back at a previous episode to highlight the pearls of wisdom often missed or forgotten in the long-form episodes. The reflective essence of the episode's message will be clear and concise for those of us with little time to spare, perhaps prompting some to go back and listen to the entire episode. This extract is from our fir...

Today I speak with the lovely Sophie Burch AKA, the Mamma Coach. Sophie is on a mission to put mental and emotional wellbeing more on the map in pregnancy, birth, postpartum and parenting. Sophie has been a mother for 18 years to 4 boys (including twins). She is also a perinatal therapist coach, a birth trauma and PND survivor. Her experience has shaped who she is and awakened her to a life of com...

Welcome back, everyone. This week on the Podcast I will continue with our in-depth exploration of MATRESCENCE. If you haven't yet absorbed the 2 previous episodes in the Matrescence series, please listen to those first as this is a continuation of those themes and will make much more sense if you have done so. For part 3 we will discuss how the various stages and experiences within Matrescence sha...

** Warning - this episode shares an experience of Stillbirth. Please use discretion when deciding if this episode is right for you. ** Today, a mother named Fatima shares her experience of birthing three children, whereby one of them, her daughter, was born still. Whilst this is understandably a sensitive and painful topic, Fatima speaks so gracefully about her beautiful, serene and intimate...

Today I speak with Jess, a Registered Nurse, an International Board Lactation Consultant and a Children's & Family Health Nurse. Jess provides quality care in the form of home visits to families in the postpartum period and beyond. Her expertise in the public system as an Early Childhood family nurse and now as an IBCLC means she can approach her work in a holistic personalised and family-cent...

This week I have the honour of speaking with Ali. Ali is a mother, circle facilitator, postpartum doula, motherhood studies practitioner and matrescence educator. During this episode, Ali gracefully shares with us her experience of losing her own mother to cancer and the impact that this deeply hurtful loss had on the way she mothered without the support of her own mother. She shares that despite...

 Today I chat with a mother of one named Mirjana. Mirjana talks about the ambivalence of motherhood, how she stepped into the role of mother despite not previously feeling like a "maternal person". She shares how having a straightforward pregnancy does not always lead to a straightforward birth, and the feelings of isolation after the honeymoon period is over. When the hormonal shifts and sleep d...

In this solo episode, I discuss Baby Brain and how a woman’s brain changes when she becomes a mother. We explore two broad ways her brain changes and what that means for her motherhood, what are the benefits of these changes and how they can become her superpower. If you have any questions, or this information has raised curiosity, and the desire to share this education with new mothers, or start...

Today I chat with Britt. A mother of two young boys. Britt shares her experiences in birth, postpartum and motherhood. And then openly about the challenges she faced when going from one child to two, and how it grieved her to watch the disruption and adjustments that this had on her relationship with her first-born son. And how it made her feel sad to witness the felt impact this had on him during...

[Note: This episode shares information on delicate topics, such as postnatal mood disorders, postnatal psychosis & suicide. Please use discretion when deciding if this conversation is right for you. ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today, I speak with Lisiane Latouche, a Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Clinician with over 30 years exper...

Today, I'm having a very important conversation with a mum named Kate.  Kate shares very openly and candidly about her personal journey into motherhood, which involves the loss and grief around two miscarriages and one medical termination within the space of one year. This is not an easy topic and I ask that you use discretion when deciding if the content is right for you at present, dependin...

Today I chat with Courtney who is a mother of three children under 7.  Courtney shares about her initiation into becoming a mother, her three very different postpartum experiences, one of which included her husband taking a year of paternity leave and how this benefited their relationship She also shares her insights on what motherhood has taught her, things like slowing down a...

In this episode, I explore the term Matrescence. You 'may' have heard of it, but what does it mean? Where did it come from? How does it benefit us to understand our Matrescence.  I'd love to hear your thoughts.  Shownotes https://www.matrescence.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Raphael https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Being_Female.html?id=FhzWeyghGTIC&redir_esc=y h...

Today I speak with a mother named Ashleigh. In this episode, we speak in detail about what it means to have pregnancy pre-eclampsia, and how to manage this pregnancy-induced condition. Ashleigh also shares very openly and honestly the challenges that come after she brought her baby home, including postpartum anxiety, depression, and the intensity of triple-feeding, and why this is a time that you...