I chat with Newborn Mothers graduate Layla O'Mara from NuaNua. Together we discuss the system of ‘wochenbett’ in Germany - where you are cared for by a midwife in your home for 40 days, the difference this care makes in your long-term health and the contrast of its absence. At the core of this conversation, we explore how publicly funded or insurance provided postpartum care is the way of the future.

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I chat with educator, advocate and birth ambassador Dr Andrea Little Mason, also known as Dr Doula. Together we discuss the clarion call to connect with your ancestors, understand the wisdom in your culture and your part in caring for new mothers. At the core of this conversation is Dr Doula's personal journey to discovering her origins in birth and postpartum, then how she invites others to do the same.

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I chat with Ashley Winning, a Pregnancy and Birth Guide. Ashley is a wife and a mother of three girls. Motherhood has completely changed her life, and she completely loves it! She created The Motherhood Circle to provide mums with a nurturing, safe environment to talk about their fears and struggles. With over six years of experience as a qualified Postpartum Doula, Ashley supports pregnant and newborn mothers with her online programs and mentoring.

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In this episode, we are joined by Rafferty Hollows, a postpartum doula and professional organiser who is dedicated to helping young Melbourne families find their flow. Rafferty co-hosts the Facebook group Mental Mamas United which they created to help parents with mental illnesses. Rafferty also facilitates a workshop titled Language Fucking Matters. This is designed to support doulas to confidently use gender-inclusive language, create meaningful impact outside of social media and stand in integrity while resisting cancel culture and 'woke' ideology.

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I chat with Clelia Douglas, a mother of three who worked overseas for 12 years. Upon returning home to Australia, Clelia and her husband decided to build a house in a rural suburb on family land next to her parents and sisters. Being surrounded by family with similar aged children created a wonderful community to raise her family. Clelia shares some tips for people who have lost their village. She talks about things she has done abroad to create a community and the barriers she had to overcome to move back home.

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In this episode, I am joined by Entrepreneur and mother Layla B. Identifying as a soulful changemaker, Layla works as a traditional Moroccan postpartum trainer, business mentor, writer and philanthropist. Layla is dedicated to reviving, reclaiming and restoring sacred and ancient traditional Moroccan postpartum medicine. She supports heart-centred birth workers and women's wellness professionals to create impact, influence and income in a soulful business and life they love.

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I chat with Dr. Kristy Goodwin, a Digital Well-being and Productivity Researcher, Speaker, Author and Consultant. Dr Kristy is on a mission to help parents, their children, and professionals tame their toxic tech habits to stop being a slave to the screen.

Dr Goodwin provides her clients with research-based strategies to help them use technology in purposeful ways and counteract its negative consequences. Her advice is realistic to implement and doesn’t revert to phone bans or constant digital detoxes.

Dr Goodwin discusses the benefits of technology for pregnant women and new mothers, the effects of “brexting”, and guidelines around children’s screen time.

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When I announced my first pregnancy, I was hit with a barrage of advice (not all helpful), whilst my husband Dylan didn’t get any tips at all.

So I asked Dylan to share what he has learned as a father of three children and what he wished someone had told him right back at the beginning of his journey to parenthood. I asked him the question we often discuss as women, like what has he learned about fatherhood and what does he wish he'd known before becoming a father himself?

Dylan talks about the three things families can do to smooth the transition from couple to family; buying services instead of things, focusing on the birth AND the time afterwards, and sharing the physical and emotional load.
 
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This episode is part of a series of interviews to answer the question "what does a doula actually do!?" I am often asked by people who want to be doulas how it all works, so I've found some people working as doulas to tell us what a week in their life looks like. This episode features Julie-Anne Mauno, Perinatal Support Worker, Doula, Holistic Postpartum Practitioner and mother of 7.

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