Work.Mama.Life with Dr Ali Young

In episode 4 of this 5 Pillars series, I have a quick chat about sleep. Yes I know, it's pretty laughable, but sleep can tell us so much about our health, our sense of inner stress, and our handle that we currently have on 'all the things'. You can access my sleep support download at https://www.draliyoung.com/mamasleep And if you are interested in the Work. Mama. Life. Lounge, the doors are now o...

This bite sized episode is all about how to integrate small elements of calm into your day. As I recovered from my burnout journey, one of the greatest learnings was that I didn't need hours of meditation, I just needed to get regular calm into my system.  These are my hot tips, and also... I open the doors to Work. Mama. Life. Lounge today. You can go and check it out here www.draliyoung.com/loun...

Day 2 of our 5 Pillars week, and I am chatting all things movement. This bite-sized episode chats about listening to the season of life that you are in, not 'over-exercising' if you are in high stress or burnout, and making sure that you do exercise that supports your system. Tomorrow I open the doors to the Work. Mama. Life. Lounge - an online community full of amazing working mum's. You can get...

Welcome to the week of 5 Pillars. This week I will be dropping a short and sharp episode each day for all of those new listeners that are here from my book, Work. Mama. Life.   Today I am having a brief chat all about Nourish. The first pillar focuses on wholefoods, real food, and finding some balance. It's not about taking all the small things away, but is about having the balance and awareness t...

This weeks episode is a beaut. I first met this vivacious human 12 months ago, and my life is better for it. Victoria is all about supporting families to be their best, and it really shows. This episode we laugh, we chat and we have a hoot.  The last ten years of Victoria's life have been spent doing what she loves – working in early childhood education. She has worked across multiple disciplines...

Welcome gorgeous mama to this week's episode of Work. Mama. Life. And in celebration for the launch of the book on Friday, I thought we would have a chance to listen to chapter 1 of the book.   In this podcast you will here a whole lot of the why behind how I came to write the book, why it mattered, and the burnout that created the shift in my body and soul that drove me on this new passion. If yo...

This week I am joined by the amazing Kelly Carthy. The freshness and reality she is bringing to her connected leadership, her spot-on values, and the way she is navigating motherhood and work is great. Of course she's had some challenges, and some really great moments too. This episode discusses how as mothers, honouring what we need, what works for us and our values systems is vital to have that...

Welcome to the newly invented podcast, Work. Mama. Life.   In this podcast I will be chatting all things working mum life. How to navigate it, how to thrive through it, how to find some health and your self again. I will be joined by some amazing guests, but welcome to this new podcast adventure! 

In this final epsidoe of the podcast as we currently know it... don't worry there is a new episode next week... I'm chatting all about how as mum's, we have coices... and being able to choose our own adventure is critical to a 'sustainable' motherhood. Join me for a quick chat about how we can do this, and how you can make an easy small change today begin your own adventure!

How amazing is this woman. Come on a discovery of Danielle's life work into breaking down the gender code that is so entrenched in our society.  Danielle Dobson is an author, speaker and corporate coach, on a mission to break the Gender Code - that code of beliefs we hold as a society that says women are carers, and men are providers, and we are intrinsically different.   Danielle's research into...

Have you ever wondered what burnout feels and presents like as a mum? And how in the hell a health practitioner got there without even realising? In this episode I share my story of burnout, and how I learnt so many new tools and tricks as I navigated my way out it... Working Mama Style. If this episode inspires you to check out Mama Reset course go to draliyoung.com/mamareset to find more informa...

Welcome back to 2022! I am so excited to be here with you on this journey of motherhood health. This week I have a quick chat about what's happening in our world, a chat about holidays and why we might all be starting our year off that little bit more exhausted than we anticipated, and how going slow can really help us to speed up. This week is my Slow Down Mama Challenge, so I also chat about tha...

Have you ever wondered what happened to those amazing wedding florists during the pandemic, when their entire industry shut down... well the amazing Sarah and Kat did one of the biggest pivots I've seen and brought resin flower preservation to Australia. These Sydney based florists and mum's, did things like set up in their garages, have a baby, and create an entire new product. The warmth and pas...

Christmas is known as one of 6 most stressful life events - and we do it every year. I mean seriously, how have we got here as a human race.  I remember the magic of christmas as a kid, but I didn't see all the behind the scenes that went into it. With the increased stress and decreased resilience we are seeing over the last 2 years, these are my top tips to arm yourself for a low stress christmas...

Milina Opsenica brings a freshness to the conversations around the beginning of our menstruation, and as a mum facing this sometime in the next few years, it was refreshing to have some tools to navigate it with! Milina is a mother of three, living in a small coastal town on the east coast of Australia. As a menstrual cycle educator she works with mothers and their preteen daughters, educating and...

Sleep is one of the biggest struggles of mum life. We stay up to have that precious alone time, or we get woken up what feels like at least a million times every night. In this episode, I dive into our sleep. Why it's important for our health, and some hot tips to make it better... even when it feels like it never will get any improvement.  I've also created a download for you, just for sleep. You...

Jen Dugard is a Fitness Professional who trains fitness professionals through her Mum Safe training programs. In this episode we chat about: - body confidence - "back to pre-baby bodies" - the good mother myth - pelvic floor function and poo - the signs to look for in a fitness professional if you are a post-partum mum    This is a great chat we had on all things exercise, fitness, self image and...

In this episode I chat about our dreams of what our motherhood would look like before we have kids... and then how we don't really give ourselves the opportunity to dream afterwards. Who are we in the lens of mothering, and who are we outside of that? What would we dream for ourself now, knowing what we do? This quick chat is designed to make you ponder, become curious and explore the shift's that...

Lisa Corduff joins me today to discuss her motherhood journey. How leaning into her motherhood, and the journey as a solo mum of three has led her to self-discovery and now helping 1000's of women around the world with her Ready for Change program (it's open now, www.lisacorduff.com  ) Lisa Corduff helps women upgrade their mindset, get unstuck, and change the stuff that's not working in their lif...

Hey Mama! This episode is for you if you've been feeling overwhelmed, tired, fatigued and on the precipice of the Term 4 crazies. As mum's, our light source can be stretched thin easily, and what we need to do is focus on stoking our own flames. In this weeks episode I will have a chat all about how we can burn bright, without burning ourselves out. How as mum's, it's really important for us to be...

Sammi Jaeger joins us today to chat about the elephant in the room, dating your spouse when you have kids. I remember the days where we were struggling through the early years, not a babysitter in sight, and the thought of going on a date was mind-blowing to us. Sammi runs the Fuel Collective with her husband Nath and is the co-host of the Date Forever Podcast . She is borderline obsessed with the...

In this episode I'll be sharing with you my 9 ways to overcome exhaustion. As a working mum, there are often days where we have to drag ourselves out of bed, look for the 6 cups of coffee, and hope to hell that all of our ducks line up in a row. Today I take you on a bit of a journey. A journey to look at 9 simple tools that you can choose 1 or 2 of to turn your day around, and to reset that exhau...

Tara Solberg is the most #humble woman I know. She has created a multi-million dollar lifestyle and homewares store, Few & Far, and also runs a wholesale homewares business too. I had the pleasure of interviewing Tara all about her journey of motherhood combined with business, and how she manages the juggle. Yes there's the tough days and the easy days. Her combination of family support and commit...

In this weeks episode, I welcome the amazing Donna Hann from She's In Business in to chat about her motherhood journey, her business journey, and how she had to get really accountable and attuned to herself in order to allow her true passion to thrive. Whilst she navigated a tough time in her relationship, living on the other side of the country to a lot of her family, and a burgeoning desire to d...

Sharon Collon chats with us today about her exceptional journey into motherhood as the wife of an ADHD man and the mother to three boys with ADHD. She felt incredibly lost at the beginning of her motherhood journey as she navigated these challenges, which led her to create The Functional Family. Sharon is passionate about helping parents have functional and fun lives when they have children with b...