Hello and welcome to another episode of our sister circle season. If this is your first time joining us – welcome and if you are a regular listener – welcome back 😊 

Today we are talking about our sisterhood, the enrichment that female relationships can add to our lives and the reasons why they can sometimes prove so challenging. 

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Referenced in this episode:  

The twisted sisterhood - Kelly Valen

Music credit: Intro 'snowing butterflies' Artist: Mark Purpose

Hello and welcome to another episode of our sister circle season. If this is your first time joining us – welcome and if you are a regular listener – welcome back 😊

Today we are talking about a topic that still seems to be high on the taboo and hush hush list for no good reason…..menopause. We are joined by a special guest; Candice Harewood (our mum) to talk about the impacts of this change that every woman will go through at some point in her life but with an alarming amount of difference as well as similarity. There are a number of factors that can influence how a woman experiences menopause and this will in turn determine the impact it has on her and how debilitating the symptoms will be.

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Contact Candice for more information on any of the supplements she referenced or to purchase products  - www.mih4you.myforever.biz/store

Referenced in this episode:

Menopause Rhapsody - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcVFtu-ZmmM

The Newson Health Clinic – https://www.newsonhealth.co.uk

Menopause While Black - https://www.reddskin.co.uk/menopausewhilstblack

Henpicked – (Menopause in the workplace) https://menopauseintheworkplace.co.uk/about-us

Menopause NICE Guidelines - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23

Music credit: Intro 'snowing butterflies' Artist: Mark Purpose

Hello and welcome to another episode of our sister circle season. If this is your first time joining us – welcome and if you are a regular listener – welcome back 😊

In this episode it's a very special honour for us to be in conversation with our first male guest - our daddy!!  We continue the conversation from episode 11 on breastfeeding from the male perspective across a timeline that spans a timeline from his childhood in Barbados to the trauma of making the transition of emigrating to the UK and ending up in the present day as a father of four women and grandfather of seven.  A true joy to be sharing this bonus reel conversation with you.

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Music credit: Intro 'snowing butterflies' Artist: Mark Purpose

Hello and welcome to another episode of our sister circle season. If this is your first time joining us – welcome and if you are a regular listener – welcome back 😊

In this episode we are joined by two wonderful guests; Michelle Elliott who honestly shares her struggle to breastfeed and Elaine Kindred-Spalding, Midwife and lactation specialist for our conversation on breastfeeding. We are going to be talking about the highs and lows and everything in between when it comes to this weeks miraculous thing that women's bodies can do.

There’s a reason why it’s called “liquid gold” – breast milk is truly amazing in what it can do for your baby

Breast milk provides the ideal nutrition for infants. It has a nearly perfect mix of vitamins, protein, and fat -- everything your baby needs to grow. Breast milk contains antibodies that help your baby fight off viruses and bacteria. What's more, the physical closeness, skin-to-skin touching, and eye contact all help your baby bond with you and feel secure.  

But it is not always a simple or successful journey for every woman.

Content warning:  Please be mindful that we do talk about the psychological trauma of inability to breastfeed so some may of this may be triggering and upsetting for listeners personally impacted by this issue.

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Contact Elaine Kindred-Spalding on Facebook - solihullinfantfeedteam and IG - @elainebates40

Referenced in this episode:

Fascinating Facts - https://www.medela.us/breastfeeding/articles/14-fascinating-facts-about-breastfeeding

https://www.health-foundations.com/blog/2013/11/19/15-cool-facts-about-breastfeeding

How Milk is made - https://wicbreastfeeding.fns.usda.gov/how-breast-milk-made

Advantages and Disadvantages of breatfeeding - https://www.healthline.com/health/parenting/breastfeeding-pros-and-cons

Breastfeeding Stats for the UK - https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/about/breastfeeding-in-the-uk/

Music credit: Intro 'snowing butterflies' Artist: Mark Purpose

Hello lovely listeners! If this is your first time joining us on Be on Purpose – Welcome, if you are a regular listener, welcome back.

For the past few weeks we have been talking about the female cycle, fertility, pregnancy and birth and as vast as those topics have been and as varied as the stories we have heard are – there is something that plays an integral part in each and every one of those scenarios. The uterus. This hollow, pear-shaped muscular organ that sits in a woman's pelvis is where a fetus develops and grows and it's function is to nourish and house the fertilised egg until the unborn baby is ready to be delivered.

There are however a number of medical conditions that can affect the uterus such as cysts/polyps, endometriosis, fibroids, adenomyosis and cancer.

This week we are going to be talking about uterine health.

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Referenced in this episode:

Endometriosis information - www.endometriosis-uk.org/information

Black Women's Health Study - www.theamberproject.org/black-womens-health-study

Relaxers and Fibroids - www.essence.com/new/hair-beat-can-hair-relaxers-cause-uterine-fibroids

The delay to treatment - www.lablog.uofmhealth.org

Music credit: Intro “snowing butterflies" Artist : Mark Purpose

In this episode we have a full TEAK contingency again, sharing our experiences of pregnancy.  We discuss being a geriatric mother, a teen mum, navigating a home birth and the many things we wish we had known before we started on the miraculous journey of bringing life into the world. 

Music credit: Intro “snowing butterflies" Artist : Mark Purpose

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In this episode we are joined by two guests; Judi Scott who authentically shares her fertility story and the journey through IVF and Gillian Holmes - Birth and Postnatal Doula, Pregnancy and postnatal yoga and antenatal teacher.  Content warning: Please be mindful that we do talk about maternal mortality and the psychological trauma of infertility so some of this may be upsetting for some listeners personally impacted by these issues.  

Music credit: Intro “snowing butterflies" Artist : Mark Purpose   

Referenced in the episode:  

You can connect with Gillian on Instagram and Facebook @gilliantenatal and on her website www.gilliantenatal.org

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The TEAK sisters discussing all things menstrual.    

Music credit: Intro “snowing butterflies" Artist : Mark Purpose   

Referenced in the episode:  www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2019/jul/10/how-period-tracking-can-give-all-female-athletes-an-edge  Cycle tracking Apps:    Clue - https://helloclue.com  Hormone Horoscope - https://www.myhormonology.com  Jennis CycleMapping - www.jennisfitness.com/programmes/jennis-cyclemapping  FitrWoman - https://www.fitrwoman.com    

You can connect with our guests:  Toni on Instagram @justanurseuk, Karen on Instagram @cudbycubs_home_ed   

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