Medicine Mother

I don’t often share much about my life before coaching, not because I don't want to, but more because it has never felt overly relevant. But today felt like a great time to share with you what my transition into coaching looked like, and what was occurring for me at the same time.

It was a transformational experience, and a case of following my intuition and I have most certainly reaped the benefits of that.

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In this solo episode of the Awakened Pregnancy Podcast I share the concept of Aquarian exchange and how it invites us to be energetically responsible for our consumption of content. 

I recently discovered this concept and the intention behind it, and it immediately felt like an incredible way to honour our own energy, and respect the energy of others in the process. 

Join me as I unpack my thoughts and understanding of Aquarian pricing and what the future could look like if we were to embrace it. 

For more on this episode you can access the show notes here 
To circulate an exchange with me, you can buy me a coffee here.

Find more on this episode and connect with Kate here. 

I’m incredibly excited and grateful to be bringing this episode to you today.

Today's guest is also a past client of mine, a friend, and someone whose story has always been so close to my heart. It truly feels like a monumental occasion to be at this point where she is ready to share her story here on the Awakened Pregnancy Podcast.

Elisa Henry Morton is a certified integrative nutrition health and life coach, helping women to thrive from preconception to postpartum. After experiencing three pregnancy losses and an almost four-year fertility journey to conceive her rainbow baby, Elisa was called to support women experiencing the same heartache and isolation that comes from navigating infertility. Through daily rituals, self-care practices, whole food nutrition, and mindfulness tools Elisa supports her clients in discovering their innate strength and divine feminine power so that they feel confident and empowered in their transition from maiden to mother, and beyond.

We cover so much in this episode, here’s a taster of what’s included…

+ Elisa’s experience of easy conception, and recurrent miscarriage

+ Fertility treatment, IVF, Covid and living through it all in New York City

+ Pregnancy after loss

+ The value in taking a pause from conception

+ Navigating IVF with ‘advanced age’ as a factor IE + 35 years of age

+ Falling pregnant and doing IVF amidst Covid in New York City

+ How 4 years of trying to conceive, and pregnancy Awakened Elisa

+ How she is preparing for birth and postpartum

+ The gender of her little one

+ What she is most looking forward to as a mother

And so much more

Find Elisa on Instagram
Elisa’s Website
To circulate an exchange with me, you can buy me a coffee here.

Find more on this episode and connect with Kate here. 

In this week's episode I speak with Sam Dhu.

Sam Dhu is a Positive Psychology Life Coach and psychotherapist with six years of university qualifications, mama to a beautiful five-year-old, Amelie, and passionate advocate for living an inspired life.

With over 15 years’ experience supporting women from all walks of life (thousands, in fact), it’s Sam’s mission to support modern-day women to experience fulfilment, self-acceptance and unbridled joy.

As the Queen of Permission, Sam supports womxn to give themselves the permission they are craving.

Permission to STOP:

- People-pleasing

- Drowning under a mountain of pressure and guilt

- Saying yes when we want to say NO

Permission to START:

- Experiencing more joy + rest

- Living from a place of courage

- Being unapologetically, unabashedly, wholly you

In this episode we talk about…

• How Sam’s personal experience and career intersected to lead her to this work
• What to do if you find yourself disconnected from your worthiness postpartum
• Why worthiness shows up as an issue after we give birth, and not often before
• How perfectionism plays a role in how we see ourselves
• A simple way to prevent a self worth crash after birth
• What to do when you find yourself deep in motherhood, and also disconnected from yourself as a woman
• Why making space for ourselves when we’re in the trenches of motherhood is important for us and our children
• Lots more

Find Sam Online 

Join Sam’s Facebook Group ‘The Pathway to Permission’ 

For more on this episode take a look at the show notes
To circulate an exchange with me, you can buy me a coffee here.

Find more on this episode and connect with Kate here. 

This episode has been a long time coming, and I’m honestly a little nervous sharing it because it’s vulnerable. It’s never easy to share about our own personal struggles, but I know that I have such a beautiful community and that it will be landing with you with compassion.

I want to add a disclaimer here that whatever your challenges are, that if they are real to you, then that is enough. We don’t need to be validated in our struggle. Whether it's harder or easier than someone else's is irrelevant. What matters is how we feel, and how we’re moving through it.

In this episode I cover…

• My story with intermittent fasting
• Weight gain, mindset issues and changes to diet and how I’ve been healing that
• What people said to me when I expressed my issues with my weight and energy
• What we need to ask instead as a society
• What I discovered after I had my hormones tested (it surprised me)
• The protocol I’m on now and how it’s helping me heal
• Other healing modalities that I’m using
• What I’m focusing on for part two of 2021

And lots more

For more and the links mentioned in this episode, go to the show notes
To circulate an exchange with me, you can buy me a coffee here.

Find more on this episode and connect with Kate here. 

Matrescence is the term used to describe the transition that a woman goes through from the time she decides she wants to conceive and it continues through to motherhood. With an undefined beginning and end, and as a vastly different experience for all women, it can feel lonely, confusing and isolating to learn who we are on the other side of the birth of our child.

In this week's episode I speak with Chelsea Robinson. Chelsea is a motherhood therapist, a postpartum doula, a wife and a mother. Like so many other women called to work with women on their journey of motherhood, it wasn't until Chelsea experienced the profound change within herself as she transitioned from woman to mother. Spending several years digging more deeply into her own "becoming Mama", she came across the concept of "matrescence" which unlocked so many doors for her and greatly empowered her in her motherhood transition.

Throughout her work with women and mothers, she has continued to see a theme around how much influence society has on what women believe about themselves. She enjoys working with women + mamas to "de-socialize" themselves, taking what works for them while creating themselves as they grow to trust their own beautiful intuition. She now offers matrescence coaching, therapy to women anywhere along their journey of becoming "Mama", couple counseling to expecting/new parents, mama circles and blessings and a variety of other workshops throughout the year.

Chelsea believes that not only does it take a village to raise a child, but that it also takes a village to raise a Mama.

In this week's episode we cover…

+ What is matrescence

+ Where Chelsea's passion came from to nurture women through this time in their life

+ The rebirth of the women into motherhood

+ What does the matrescence experience look like and how can we care for ourselves when we are also learning to nurture our new little babies?

+ The role of self care, and the importance of self respect

+ How to prepare for matrescence before the baby arrives. IE While conceiving or pregnant

+ The one thing she wishes that every woman knew before she embarked on this time

+ How Chelsea can support you now if you’re in need of a deeper level of guidance

Head to the show notes for this episode to download the worksheet we mention, and to also find Chelsea online.

For more on this episode take a look at the show notes
To circulate an exchange with me, you can buy me a coffee here.

Find more on this episode and connect with Kate here. 

The first trimester of pregnancy is synonymous with a change on all levels. In this week's episode I’m walking you through some of my tried and tested tips (thank you to my beautiful clients) to support yourself through this special, but often challenging time in your life.

It is a deeply layered time, but it is my hope that this episode offers you some practical tools that you can use to help you get through each day with as much ease as possible.

I cover…

+ Why this time in your life could be challenging you

+ Why I believe mindset is important right now

• How you can create more mental space, and essentially allow more mental rest
• Why self kindness is so important right now
• How to approach self care for the first trimester
• The power of an evening gratitude practice
• Sleep hygiene
• Mindset shifts to help you create more calm, stillness and surrender in you day
• What you can do to expand deeper into this work in a first trimester specific way
• And lots more

To download my free First Trimester Survival Guide, visit this link. 

To download the upgrade, do the above first, or sneak through to this link to grab it at the discounted rate. 

If you know someone else who is currently moving through their first trimester, be sure to link them to this episode, it might have that one thing inside that shifts everything for them in the most powerful way.

And if you’re loving the podcast, don’t forget to subscribe so that you don’t miss an episode!

For more on this episode take a look at the show notes
To circulate an exchange with me, you can buy me a coffee here.

Find more on this episode and connect with Kate here. 

A few weeks ago I put a call out to my Instagram community to share their Q’s with me, and today I’m bringing you all my answers.

Everything from children's toys to how I knew it was time to stop IVF, I cover a broad range of topics both fun and lighthearted, and also big and layered.

If you are looking for an easy listen with lots of little nuggets of wisdom, in relation to intimacy, IVF, conception, pregnancy, birth preparation, miscarriage, motherhood and lots more, this episode is for you.

I didn’t quite get to all of the Q’s, but if this is a well loved episode I would love to do it again in the future. 

Which reminds me, if you’re loving the podcast, be sure to hit subscribe!

I reference a lot of different companies in this episode. 

Follow the link to the show notes to find them all 

To circulate an exchange with me, you can buy me a coffee here.

Find more on this episode and connect with Kate here. 

Ahhh, it feels so good to be back! Over the past few months since I was last here, a lot has changed in my life and for my little family. In this week's episode I dive into exactly what that has been, and how I’ve been navigating a bumpy time in my life.

While it has been filled with so much beautiful growth, expansion and upleveling both individually and as a family, it’s also been filled with a lot of challenges. 
I’ve come to learn that these two tend to go hand in hand!

From moving house, to starting a new business, health and conception, this is a really 
meaty
 episode, once I got started to record I realised just how much had unfolded, so grab yourself a hot drink or head out for a walk, I hope you enjoy it.

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To circulate an exchange with me, you can buy me a coffee here.

Find more on this episode and connect with Kate here.