Nourishing The Mother

We all get here; the mother of all bad moods, the funk you just can’t get yourself out of… The question is not, “How do I get out of it?” Or, “How do I prevent getting here?” The question is; “What is this trying to reveal to me?” Our feelings are feedback and our darker Listen InThe post NTM 152: When you’re in the mother of all funks appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In answer to a listener’s question, this week we expand on the ‘sex talks’ with our kids. What it looks like, sounds like, and how to approach it. It’s tricky, we have to raise our own inner selves in order to forge a different path for our children. Relevant links: Nourishing the Mother http://www.nourishingthemother.com.au/ Suburban Listen InThe post NTM 151: How much do you talk about sex with your kids? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Why do we want you to honour your cycles? Why is it important? And how on earth are you supposed to do it with kids??! In this episode we answer a listener’s question on parenting with your period. We explore our inner ‘seasons’ and the spiritual dimensions they open us up to, how to honour Listen InThe post NTM 150: Parenting with your period appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

There’s a lot in this discussion! We move from being IN our body, to the edges of our comfort zone, to improv and the purpose of it in maintaining presence. Sarah has a flare for the dramatic arts and a huge ‘why’ behind helping kids develop and expand who they are and how they show Listen InThe post NTM 149: Interview with Sarah Chapman from Drama Rama Factory on improv and body movement appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

What does that mean? Do you believe it or do you joke about it? What does it mean to be conscious about health and how do we tap into the wisdom that is innate within our body? In this episode, we expand the conversation around what health is, what drives our health, how we influence Listen InThe post NTM 148: Your body is a temple appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Loss. Grief. Shame. Pain. All experiences many women, and couples, bury in their journey to children. In this intimate and vulnerable interview with Megan and Regan from Aila and Lior, we discuss their own journey of immense pain in losing two babies during pregnancy and how they have shaped this into a movement of opening Listen InThe post NTM 147: Miscarriage and baby loss with Megan and Regan from Aila and Lior appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Well, are you? And what does that even MEAN? This motherhood gig brings us to our edges of pride, self-depreciation, shame and guilt and often these drive our experience of motherhood itself. What if there was another way to be? Another way to explore who YOU are when you’re alive and lit up by your Listen InThe post NTM 146: Are you getting it ‘right’? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this week’s episode we interview Catherine Middlebrooks who loves to help women get the confidence back in their bodies to live a life of “yes!”. We bust open the myth of the 6-week postpartum “okay to go” tick of approval, to really begin to listen to the whispers of our post-baby body and bring Listen InThe post NTM 145: Post-baby core & pelvic floor with Catherine Middlebrooks, postpartum yoga specialist appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

What is ‘good’? What does it mean to you? In this episode we listen deeply to the wisdom that is Bree Downes as she talks us through her journey of her three births, what insights and understandings she gained about herself, birth and the climate in which we are birthing. We discuss what you need Listen InThe post NTM 144: The secret to a ‘good’ birth with Bree Downes, doula and birth photographer appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Using play as a tool in parenting to build connection and create cooperation is a profound way to bring joy and ease to mothering, and heal our own inner child discomforts and wounding stories. How can we ‘bring in the play’ even when it feels hard? Is there anything that is ‘off limits’? In this Listen InThe post NTM 143: Leading the way through play MASTERCLASS appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Connection with our children is relatively easy when we’re feeling relaxed, calm and supported, but what about when we’re under pressure, in a rush, or overwhelmed? What does it look like to manage ourselves so we can create smooth transitions with our kids? In this episode Bridget and Julie explore through story, some laughter, reflection Listen InThe post NTM 142: Effortless transitions with our kids MASTERCLASS appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Is yelling really that bad? Is this ‘no yelling, non-punitive discipline’ thing all a bit idealistic, or actually possible? Why would we value it at all? In this frank episode we share why we parent ourselves in order to cultivate a respectful dynamic with our children and deal with our own triggers. Connect with us: Listen InThe post NTM 141: Why we choose not to yell at our children appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

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When we’re parenting so consciously and looking for an opportunity to hold our children’s space, we can forget honouring our own needs. What’s going on when this happens? What does it mean for you? How do you handle it in the now and in the future? In this episode we share a mix of personal Listen InThe post NTM 139: When the mothership falters, what do you do? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Have you ever wondered how ‘behind the scenes’ we mange a friendship and a working relationship? Well in this weeks episode we discuss what happens when our relationship gets a little rocky, when we’re emotionally triggered by each other and how we resolve this conflict within ourselves, our lives and within our relationship so we Listen InThe post NTM 138: I’m triggered by you but we still have to work together appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

It’s a contentious topic, but one thing is for certain, baby sleep can define how confident we feel and how able to cope we are within our Motherhood. In this week’s episode we share stories of our own journeys with 6 kids; what happened with their sleep, what choices we made and the blurred line Listen InThe post NTM 137: The Baby Sleep Talk appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

The constant fatigue, the night waking, the being in service to everyone but ourselves, can easily have us running a story on why we can’t…… In this episode we want you to have a toolkit to start breaking apart the story you’re running on why you’re life isn’t working and mining the wisdom within that Listen InThe post NTM 136: Don’t get pulled into the “its hard” story appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In 2.5 years we’ve covered a lot, explored so much and grown so much. In this episode we reflect on the teachings and learnings over this time and what we’d say to a listener beginning now on this journey with us. Relevant links: Nourishing the Mother http://www.nourishingthemother.com.au/ Suburban Sandcastles – Bridget http://www.suburbansandcastles.com The Pleasure Nutritionist Listen InThe post NTM 135: Beginning Again – how we’ve changed in 2 years appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

One of the biggest farces of this generation is that both sex and relationship ‘should’ come naturally! Both require time and up-skilling. Reflection AND connection. Affirmation AND humility. It is these seemingly paradoxical elements that force us to grow and inspire connection within our loving relationships and spark within our intimate relationships. In this episode Listen InThe post NTM 134: Are you Investing in Your Relationship? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Bridget and I have both said this sentence and for very different reasons, so we’re wondering if you have too? When we try-on different ways of being, when we expect ourselves to live like “so and so”, or in accordance with other peoples version of success we can find ourselves numbed to who we are, Listen InThe post NTM 133: I’ve spent all my life trying to “be” something appeared first on The Wellness Couch.