Medicine Mother

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In this week's episode I speak with Shari Lyon. Shari is one of Australia’s leading and most sought after Hypnobirthing Practitioners and Childbirth Educators. Shari’s passion is to support women and birth partners through pregnancy to help them prepare for a positive birth.

Hypnobirthing is an independent childbirth education program and aims to provide you with knowledge, support, tools and techniques to help you prepare for a positive birth, no matter how your baby comes into the world.

This conversation was so empowering. I love the topic of birth, and being able to dive into the power of hypnobirthing with this wonderful educator was such an honour.

We talk about…

• What hypnobirthing is and why it’s growing in popularity
• Why you need to be knowledgeable on birth, no matter who your care provider is or where you plan to birth
• A snapshot into the birthing system in Australia
• How Shari’s own experience of surprise pregnancy led her to her life work and what she’s learned along the way
• Misconceptions about hypnobirthing
• Why educating yourself will support you no matter how you birth
• Taking self responsibility
• Rates of birth trauma in Australia (this will shock you)
• How the birthing systems will change and why you are an integral part of that

And lots more!

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Today I am speaking with Jenna Agius. Jenna is a photographer and independent mother to her son Ollie. I wanted to bring Jenna onto the podcast because she is such a vibrant soul, and I know that anyone who is in her presence would agree with me.

Motherhood is never an easy transition, but navigating it as a young independent mother certainly adds another layer to that.

Jenna has gone on to follow her creative passion after birthing her son, and is most certainly living her truth as a result.

I know you’re going to love Jenna, enjoy!

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Pregnancy loss and challenges in conception are incredibly common, but somehow when we’re navigating them, we feel so deeply alone.

In this raw and heart opening episode I speak with three women from my community at varying stages of their miscarriage journey.

I want to honour their bravery and vulnerability in sharing their stories with us, and I know that every single human that hears this episode will have their hearts opened, their empathy deepened and their compassion expanded.

If you have or are navigating loss, it is my hope that this episode helps you to feel seen.

If you know someone navigating loss, I hope that this episode helps you to support your loved ones.

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I’ve been sharing more on social media into what my day to day life looks like, and I’ve really been enjoying it.

It’s been a natural progression for me as I’ve fallen back into alignment.

But I have been asked how I have the space for solo bike rides, beach meditations and all of the other self care, with a toddler and a business.

During 2020, this wasn’t the case.

I started the year in alignment, but when the world was turned upside down with the pandemic, I slipped into a reactive state.

Rather than creating the life I desired, I was completely reactive to what was happening around me.

I put my goals to the side, and made a couple of choices that snowballed.

12 months on and I was completely depleted and not all feeling like myself.

If this is you too, then this episode is for you!

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Growing up in one of Australia’s largest chiropractic families, Dr. Jennifer witnessed from an early age the impact that this style of healthcare has had on countless families. She feels incredibly blessed that her life’s journey has been entwined with such a remarkable profession.

As a mother of four, Dr Barham-Floreani is extremely passionate about preserving and promoting chiropractic and helping parents improve their ‘health literacy’ and define their family’s health culture. Dr Jen is the author of the incredible book Well Adjusted Babies which has been read by over 500,000 people worldwide.

As a huge fan girl, and lover of Jen and her book, I’m delighted to introduce her to you today!

For context, this episode was recorded in late 2020 when Dr Jen was in lockdown in Melbourne.

In this episode we cover… 

• How Dr Jen came to be a passionate advocate for wellness.
• How her childhood influenced who she became
• How Well Adjusted Babies came to be
• How her choices have influenced her son’s choices
• How Well Adjusted babies impacted my journey into motherhood
• How the uncertainty of the world is affecting us on a physiological level
• How is it that mothers can support their immune systems?
• Why do we need to be thinking about our immune health and how is it impacting our children?
• Why we need to switch from the disease based health model we currently fall under
• What is exciting about our generation of mothers
• Why we need to be thinking about immune health now
• Epigenetic load
• The three factors affecting our health today
• Why you need to know what glutathione is
• How to fuel brain development
• Chiropractics and pregnancy
• How to give your baby more space when it’s in utero
• The two biggest factors that influence chronic disease in children today
• Microseeding
• What choices you have, and why you need a game plan
• How the immune system learns
• Build a health framework
• Why we need to advocate for our children's health and our own
• Why we need to create a supportive village

And lots more!

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One of the most common conversations that I have with my clients and women in my community is around their internal nasty voice, and what I’ve come to know is that we ALL have it in varying degrees. But it’s not so much the voice itself, but rather what we do with it, that matters.

In this episode I walk you through two techniques to quieten that voice in your head, so that you can go about living your life.

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It’s so beautiful to be back in your ears for 2021!

In this episode I share with you why I’ve thrown personal goals out the window and what I’m focusing on instead.

If you’ve felt like creating with intention, and calling in what you desire has been more challenging than ever amongst the current global climate, then I want you to know that you’re not alone.

This episode will help you to create a new focus and still move forward aligned and centred, even living in such unpredictable times.

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Jolinda Johnson is a Wellness Mentor (M.S.Ed., CHHC) and Priestess who’s passionate about helping her clients break up with burnout and return to the wild: whole, healthy, and free.

As a result of working together, her clients begin living in harmony with their hormones and menstrual cycles, build trust in their bodies and their inner wisdom, and rebuild the spiritual connection they've been missing to surrender into what feels good (not just what makes sense). They then have the courage to move forward and experience vibrant health from a place of wholeness, worthiness, and wellness on their own terms.

She's originally from Detroit, Michigan but has lived in Barcelona, Spain for the last twelve years. Once upon a time she was married, but is now a single mom to a six-year-old son named Leonard (Lay-o-nard) who was sent to teach her how to live in the present and finally go with the flow.

In this episode we speak about burnout and how we can pick up on the early signs on our journey to and through motherhood.

Jolinda is wise, articulate and practiced in this work, and the way she shares brings a deep level of resonance that you I know you too will feel.

More specifically, in this episode talk about…

• How to reprogram from stress
• The mind and the body and how they rule
• Why you need to check in with your body as your guide
• How and why you need to body scan
• How to truly tell if you’re currently under stress
• Your markers for stress
• Managing pregnancy in the workplace
• Early signs that you’re headed for burnout
• What it can mean if you’re craving sugar
• Why you need to look at your relationship with rest and what it’s telling you
• How to course correct if you see that you’re headed for burnout
• The role that your hormones have in burnout
• The role of exercise in stress management
• Why you might need to move before you meditate
• Sleep and why it is key
• How to avoid burnout with a newborn
• Ataptagens and postpartum

I want to scream this episode from the rooftops because this information is vital for women of our generation.

Listen to it, share it with you girlfriends and embody the practices.

Then, let me know what you thought via review on iTunes.

I’m deeply grateful for your kind words, and LOVE hearing how the podcast is supporting you.

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In this week's episode I speak with Amy about bringing magic into our everyday lives, and how we truly can make a shift for a more aligned, grounded and on purpose life when we learn to work with the magic of these practices.

Amy Sinclair is a heart centred, hug dealing Yoga & Meditation Teacher, first time Mama to her son Ocean, & full-time student of the Universe.

She lives to embody her passion for the mind-body-spirit connection & is driven by her insatiable hunger for spiritual awakening, personal growth & making the simple sacred.

She lets love lead the way in all that she does & believes that true change begins within.

Through her work, Amy seeks to remind us of the power of our own presence & reconnect us to the deep well of wisdom that she believes exists within each & every one of us.

Be sure to stick around until the end when Amy shares with us a beautiful guided meditation to ground us back in our bodies and into the present, it’s such a treat!

We cover…

+ Amy’s journey from childhood into her life's work

+ How to make the simple tasks of life, sacred

+ How supportive this magic can be throughout the container of motherhood

+ Why perception is everything and how you can influence that

+ No matter where you are on your journey to or through motherhood, how you can start working with these practices

+ What to do when motivation wanes

+A beautiful guided meditation by Amy to wrap up the episode

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In this week's episode I speak with Reproductive Health Massage Therapist Kimberley Peters.

Kimberly has over 15 years experience in the health industry with a focused interest in Women's Health, fertility, reproductive and menstrual health imbalances.

She dives deep into her work with passion, sensitivity and empathy, walking with women on their fertility and reproductive health journeys.

She understands that to ready our bodies for healing, healthy cycles and hormones, conscious conception and pregnancy, we need to connect into our womb wisdom and nurture our heart to womb connection.

Kimberley's work centres around the guiding principle that in order for women to flourish with optimal fertility and menstrual harmony, Womb Medicine needs to play an integral role and is the missing link to the holistic framework of women’s health. Kimberley practices Reproductive Health Massage & Bodywork in Hampton, Melbourne and is completing her studies in Acupuncture and Herbal Chinese Medicine.

There was so much about this conversation that felt like a coming home for me, and I’m certain that as women, these messages have a deep resonance for us, essentially a soul remembering.

In this episode we cover…

• What is womb medicine?
• The sacred space of the womb
• What happens in a womb medicine session and how it can support conception
• The cause of disease in the body
• How your sacrum could be influencing your fertility
• What a sensitive belly button might mean
• The connection between the abdomen and femininity
• Inner seasons
• What your midline could be trying to tell you
• The psoas muscle and what it could be storing
• The maiden, mother and crone archetypes
• Thresholds
• Menopause
• 7 year cycles
• Why fertility challenges can be the perfect storm to disconnect from the body
• The one thing to focus on if you are trying to conceive

I know you’re going to appreciate Kimberley's wisdom and passion, enjoy!

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