Welcome to this week’s episode where I have another beautiful guest, Jenna Smith, from Naturally Empowered Living, joining us chatting all about self love, self trust and self connection in motherhood.

It’s always so amazing to connect with like minded Mamas who share a journey, so I know you will love all that Jenna has to share… I loved our convo on how we can start to lean more into our own wisdom and intuition as women and use this as fuel to how we show up in motherhood despite all the ‘noise’ that is out there, especially on social media.

Watch the full episode over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CKtMmeOFFvA

About Jenna:

Jenna Smith is an instinctive meditation life mentor and intuitive energy healer, guiding moms on how to wake up from autopilot to be unapologetically themselves. Founder of Naturally Empowered Living and creator of The Balanced Mom Method, she is also a wife, mom, empath, habit fanatic, stillness seeker, lover of love, and homebody with her coffee in hand just trying to normalize the natural beauty of a messy bun and sweatpants.

It is her mission to be a guiding light in motherhood, leading a transformative path centered around helping moms reconnect with their inner selves, embody self-love, and trust their inner guidance. By nurturing the alignment with one's true essence, she helps moms break free from their strongholds like overwhelm, anxiety, lack of self worth, and unrealistic expectations, ultimately empowering them to be unapologetically and confidently themselves. She leverages years of experience in energetics, meditation, and sciences to formulate her intuitive approach, incorporating techniques such as conversational energy work, instinctive meditations, nervous system regulation, and emotional clearings to guide clients toward learning their own energy of alignment, and to live a balanced, intentional life filled with peace, presence, confidence, clarity, belief, joy, and love.

To learn more about how to embrace your worth, trust your inner guidance, and feel connected to yourself on a love rooted level, she would love to help you discover the power within you!

Ways to connect with Jenna:

www.naturallyempoweredliving.com/products

www.naturallyempoweredliving.com

Podcast: The Balanced Mom Method

IG: @naturallyempoweredliving

And as a thank you for having me in your space, for your listeners I added a 22% off coupon for a 1:1 Meditative Energy Healing Session with me.

Use Coupon Code at checkout: SHARETHELOVE

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Hello beautiful Mamas. This week’s episode is a little special. My eldest turned 10 a week and a half ago and it got me all emo and reflective. It’s crazy that I have been a Mama for a DECADE! It’s still hard to believe. So, I am sharing with you what this past 10 years of being a Mama has taught me about life, motherhood and being human… enjoy!

Watch the full episode over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dlpe41QVKnE

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Welcome to this week’s episode! I got to chat with Functional Nutritionist, Jenna Poole, all around how we, as motherhos, can support ourselves a little better with the food we use to fuel our (and our children’s) bodies every day, so we can start to feel more energised and less drained.

Jenna drops some nuggets of wisdom and has definitely given me some food for thought (pun intended).

Be sure to check out Jenna’s free family friendly recipes on her website - details below!

About Jenna:

Jenna is a Qualified Nutritional Medicine practitioner, helping women to know how good they can really feel.

Jenna uses a holistic, food as medicine and individualised approach to achieving optimal health.

Guiding her clients to understand what makes them feel vibrantly healthy, clear and energetic in their body and mind.

It's her goal to empower women with the knowledge of how their body works, how nutrition fuels and nourishes the body in order to create an empowered and liberated life.

Watch the full episode over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PzGHoHzOsBc

Connect with Jenna:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/jennapoole

Website: https://www.jennapoole.com/

CCC ball recipe: https://www.jennapoole.com/post/ccc-balls

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I LOVED this week’s episode with special guest and trauma informed parent coach, Emma Hopper. We spoke about all things:

- Embodied parenting

- Mum rage and and the postpartum journey

- Healing our own wounds through parenting

- How we can foster better relationships with our kids and family

- And so much more!

About Emma:

Emma is a mom to two cheeky, energetic little monkeys, and a trauma informed coach who helps parents create safe & deeply connected relationships with their children by cultivating emotional intelligence within their family.

Emma developed a passion for supporting other parents as a result of the struggles she faced in her own parenting journey. Becoming a mom brought overwhelming emotions, reactivity, rage & mental health issues that not only impacted her, but the entire family. She has since undertaken extensive training in trauma, mind-body connection, nervous system regulation & emotional intelligence as she found support and resources hard to come by.

Emma’s life mission is to bring about a new parenting paradigm that takes a proactive & preventative approach to emotional and mental wellbeing by helping parents learn how to manage their frustrations, stress and emotions so they can be calmer, happier and more present with their children. Resulting in raising children who are more self aware, regulated and able to manage their emotions and behaviour in a more positive way.

Watch the full episode over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WHPccocZpgs

Connect with Emma:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/emmahoppercoaching

Website: https://www.emmahoppercoaching.com/

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Motherhood can be all consuming and of course, it makes up a huge part of who we are… but it is not the ONLY role we play. And, underneath all the labels, we have an essence as a woman AND a human being. This week episode shares 3 ways to start to embrace and come back home to yourself, reclaiming your identity outside of ‘Mum’.

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Hey beautifuls! This week’s episode I welcome guest, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, and we are speaking on birth trauma (please use discernment when listening for anyone who may potentially be triggered by this topic). Kirstin and I dive into the impact of unprocessed birth trauma, misconceptions surrounding birth trauma, how we can support mothers postpartum and we both speak to our own stories of birth trauma as well.

About Kirstin:

Dr Kirstin Lauritzen is a mindset coach for high achieving women and mom's. She supports women in creating the motherhood they want by ending the negative mental spirals, parenting from overflow, transforming your relationship with YOU while cultivating resilience, joy, love and wellbeing. She earned her doctorate in chiropractic and continued with her passion for health getting her master's in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine. She believes taking a truly holistic approach to the body is vital for creating optimal health and we have the power to create anything we want in our life. She is the founder and owner of Northwest Functional Medicine and Drkirstin.com.

Watch the full episode over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pgKWYNbVfxI

Connect with Kirstin:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/drkirstin

Website: www.drkirstin.com

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Hey beautifuls! I thought it time to share a little more about myself and the mission I have for mothers across the globe. How having my second son and going through a separation have been defining moments for me in more recent times and lead me onto the path of self discovery and reconnecting with my creativity and passions.This is only part of my story, but I hope it resonates with you today.

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Welcome to this week’s episode, where I got to chat to one of my friends, Maya Morell. We spoke around how being in our fullest expression as women impacts our mothering and the journey to self-acceptance and living in authenticity. This woman inspires me all the time and I am so grateful our paths crossed - enjoy!

About Maya:

Maya is a dedicated mum to two amazing kids and a loving stepmom to two wonderful teenagers, family is her everything. Embracing her ADHD & Diabetes diagnosis has been a journey of self-discovery, leading Maya to self-acceptance and growth. In a deep partnership with her loving partner, they navigate life's ups and downs together, finding strength in each other. Balancing business at a dance company, work as a support worker, family, a social life, and self-care, Maya strives to spread kindness and inspire others to embrace their true selves by living in her authenticity and genuine nature.

Watch the full episode over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dJXfEeuz9_o

Connect with Maya:

Instagram: www.instragram.com/mayamorell_official

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On this week’s episode, I share with you a short, 5 minute meditation for the busy mum. Often as Mamas, the idea to sit and meditate and just “be” can seem daunting and put in the “too hard basket”.

So I wanted to create a meditation for you to plug into that was not only short enough that it didn’t feel like another “chore”, but would also have you feeling more grounded, at peace and rejuvenated to carry on with your day.

I hope you enjoy it and plug in to it whenever you need.

Watch the meditation on YouTube here:

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On this week’s episode I was lucky enough to speak with perinatal psychologist, Katie Lazaris, who shared with me her wisdom on supporting mothers through matrescence, the importance of a mother’s mental health and wellness, and how we can better support mothers, especially in those early years after having a baby.

About Katie:

With a special interest in perinatal mental health, Katie Lazaris is an experienced psychologist and a mum to two cheeky young boys. Originally working with children and families as a school psychologist, Katie has undertaken further extensive training in perinatal psychology, integrating knowledge of maternal mental health, infant mental health, developmental psychology, family dynamics and systemic issues to guide women through the challenges that come with navigating matrescence.

Although based in Sydney, Katie provides support for mamas Australia wide from pre-conception, pregnancy, birth and three years postpartum through her virtual clinic, and also provides service to the Gidget Foundation Australia.

Watch the full episode over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tAdyt78G4gg

Connect with Katie:

Website: https://www.themummypsychologist.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themummypsychologist/

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