Welcome to a special episode of our podcast, in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, which falls on August 1 - August 7, 2023. Joining us on the podcast is Amberley Harris of Maternal Instincts. Amberley Harris is a certified and endorsed midwife working in private practice, offering breastfeeding support in Melbourne's eastern suburbs and through virtual consultations.In today’s episode, Amberley and I will talk about:Some eye-opening statistics about breastfeeding rates in Australia and...

Episode 126: Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week with Amberley Harris

Ideas and inspiration to boost the health and nutrition of your kids with Naturopath Jessica Donovan

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If you missed last weeks podcast, Jess spoke to relationship coach Aston Simmonds about how to recreate your relationship after kids. Here is the link to listen to this episode. This week on the podcast we have Nate Kemp, best-selling author of the book '80/80 Marriage' and formally trained philosopher.  Nate and his wife Kaley, developed the idea of 'The 80/80 Marriage', a relationship model for balancing career, family and love. Their 80/80 model of marriage provides practical, powerfu...

Episode 166: The 80/80 Marriage with Nate Kemp

Today we have relationship coach Aston Simmonds on the podcast to discuss recreating your relationship after kids and keeping the spark alive. Aston is not only a relationship coach, but a retreat facilitator, podcast host, writer and married mum of two. Aston helps women and couples to communicate, connect and recreate their relationship after having kids. In this episode, Aston and I go over: Astons journey and how she began working in this role;Understanding what your relationshi...

Episode 165: Recreating your relationship after kids with Aston Simmonds

Our guest on the podcast this week is Emily Lo, who is a Paediatric Occupational Therapist and Sensory Expert, a mother, and a caregiver to her autistic brother.  Emily has worked for the Department of Education, in International Schools, for Not For Profit Organisations, and in private practice. Emily has a private practice in Sydney, called 'Child-Led Therapies'. Emily is certified in AYRES Sensory Integration, DIRFloor time, SOS feeding, Handwriting Without Tears and Therapeutic Liste...

Episode 164: Sensory challenges in children with Occupational Therapist Emily Lo

Last week on the podcast, Jess spoke about the importance of building a healthy winter immune system in autumn. If you have not checked this episode yet, click here to listen. Today, on the podcast Jess is talking about the antibiotic cycle, how to break this cycle and help your child's immune system recover this winter. Nearly every child we see with immune issues or recurrent infections has had either a heavy use of antibiotics overall or exposure to antibiotics when very young. Althou...

Episode 163: How to Avoid the Antibiotic Cycle This Winter

Today Jess is talking about immunity, and why it is important to support your child's immune system before winter.Parents generally focus on building their children's immunity during winter. However, focusing on supporting your children's (and your) immune system in autumn gives you the best chance of fighting off colds, and flu when winter time approaches. In this episode, Jess will discuss:How the immune system develops as a child ages; The different parts of the immune system;&nb...

Episode 126: Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week with Amberley Harris

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