What an episode to kick off this first series of More than Mama! In this episode I chat to the lovely Carly Rowena, one of the OG instagram fitness influencers, personal trainer, entrepreneur, app founder, 1:1 mentor, retreat host and more, known for her raw honesty from fitness + body image to pregnancy + parenting, birth + babies, relationships + sex… and to top it off, she’s just the nicest human being.

*trigger warning here as we have a free and open discussion which includes difficult birth experiences

In this episode we talk about SO many things, including:

• Life in the jungle and raising children there
• Handling siblings
• Consent
• Different generations’ parenting
• Repair when you lose it in front of kids & healthy arguing
• Educating parents
• Moving to Costa Rica
• Motherhood in different cultures
• Loneliness and isolation in UK motherhood vs community
• Post partum bodies, body image, body confidence, self love
• Being attacked on social media for having a positive pregnancy
• 2 very different pregnancy experiences  
• Having a bump with visible abs
• Hating her 6 pack
• Losing 2,000 followers when she stopped sharing images of Jax’s face online
• Banning Peppa Pig
• Eating vegetables
• Carly’s book on death for children
• Carly and Jax’s beliefs around death
• Body safety
• Talking about sex and birth with kids
• The #1 super simple miracle product Carly recommends that helped her beautiful, positive, ‘dream’ home birth

Where to find Carly Rowena

IG: @carlyrowena

TikTok: @carlyrowena

Youtube: Carly Rowena

Website: https://www.carlyrowena.com/

App: www.moodment.com

‘My Beautiful Body’ available on Amazon worldwide here

‘Butterflies Live for 30 Days’ available on Amazon worldwide here

Carly’s 2024/2025 Costa Rica retreat dates and booking

Trial Carly’s App, as featured in Glamour, Stylist & Women's Health

Carly Rowena’s FREE workout + meditation

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