Mum's The Word

It was so great to have Dr Ali on the show sharing her wisdom. We’ve know each other since the ’90’s so we go way back and the episode flowed so easily. We thought it wold be good to discuss the “comparison epidemic” and so here it is.

Enjoy the episode.

X Kaz

Dr Alison Young: Bio

Dr. Alison Young is a mum and Chiropractor. She began practicing in 2003 in a family practice, and her desire to help her children patients more, especially those with special needs, drove her to complete her Masters in Chiropractic Pediatrics. Along her journey she went from being an associate chiropractor to being an owner of a practice in Palmyra (Western Australia), and in that time having a predominantly kids and family focused practice. She eventually sold this practice to move overseas with her husband, and in this time became a mum for the first time. Since then she has had a second child, and is currently residing in South Korea. She has a strong passion to help chiropractors be their best when working with families, which prompted her to create INNATE Child, a coaching and webinar based learning program that helps chiropractors to learn more about working with children, and to set up their practices and develop their teams to be more family focused.

Alison has been a board member of the Western Australian Chiropractors Registration Board (until it joined with AHPRA), and executive member of the Chiropractors Association of Australia (WA Branch). She has spoken at conferences around Australia and has run her own conference “Empowering Chiropractic Families” for Chiropractors and their teams in 2016.

On her journey as a mum, both as an expat and in Australia, she has become increasingly aware of the role that mum’s can play as supporters and nourishers of other mums. There is nothing like a good cup of tea, and a chat to help another mum feel that she isn’t too alone. All too many times she has seen the ‘comparison’ of one child to another lead to greater stress and anxiety for the mums and families concerned. She strongly feels that we need to compare less, and use our motherly intuition, quality healthcare providers and develop strong ‘village-like’ support circles to help each other on our journey.

Alison’s Quote

“Be yourself, everybody else is taken”  Oscar Wilde

Alison’s Resources

Website : A labour of love with hypnobirthing cd’s and child education classes

Book : Jennifer Barham- Floreani Well Adjusted Babies

Alison’s Deets

You can view her chiropractic focused website(aimed at chiropractors) at www.innatechild.com.au

Facebook:  The Innate Child

Instagram : @innatechild

Email : [email protected]

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Wow so much wisdom on mothering from this wonderful soul. This was a true interview with heart and it was a real honour to have fellow Wellness Couch Podcaster Bridget Wood. You can find more of her gold on Nourishing The Mother with her co-host Julie Tenner who was also on Mum’s the Word recently  – a highly recommended interview also.

Enjoy!

X Kaz

Bridget Wood – Bio

Bridget Wood is a writer, speaker, event manager and coach with a vision to raise our collective consciousness through her businesses Suburban Sandcastles and Nourishing The Mother. With studies in media, communications and human behaviour, and ten years spent in the Corporate world, Bridget has an insatiable appetite for knowledge and a desire to understand the bigger picture of how we, and the world, are the way we are, and to empower people to connect to themselves and realise their potential. A mother of two, Bridget reflects that many women feel they lose themselves in early motherhood, but ultimately it’s been where she has found herself. She has a particular interest ‘raising our children to raise ourselves’, recognising how our children’s behaviour, values and needs can trigger feelings in us – our own ‘inner child’. Bridget advocates for children and awakening motherhood to see the gifts of healing our children are offering us, and how our relationships and the world around us offer us a mirror to grow and nurture our authentic selves.

Bridget’s Affiremations/Quotes:

“I’m willing and open to seeing and owing to all that I am” Brodget Wood

“The conventional opinion of the ruin of ourselves”  Rumi

Bridget’s Recommendations

Book : The Aware Baby by Aletha Solter

Book : The Conscious Parent by Dr Shefali Tsabury

Book : You Are Your Child’s First Teacher by Rahima Baldwin Dancy

Website : Hand in Hand Parenting

Bridget’s Links

Published recently : https://rockstarbirthmagazine.com/homebirth-hospital-birth-sylvie-bridget/

Facebook Suburban Sandcastles

Instagram @suburbansandcastles

Facebook Nourishing the Mother

Instagram @nourishingthemother

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Happy 1st Birthday to us, Episode 53 here we are!

And such an important topic being discussed here by the fabulous Jules Galloway. It was loads of fun and I’m sure you can relate to so much of what Jules sees in her clients and here she is givein us some strategies and tips to combat the fatigue.

Enjoy!

x Kaz

Jules Galloway Bio:

Jules Galloway is a passionate naturopath, speaker, podcaster, and recipe creator.

Health wasn’t always Jules’ priority. After a challenging youth, she lived a party lifestyle for over a decade. But when it began to take its toll on her mind and body, she ditched the busy inner city life for a fresh start in the Byron Bay hinterland.

Diagnosed with pyrrole disorder, adrenal fatigue and a pesky gene mutation thrown in for good measure, Jules has learned the importance of nourishing herself – using wholefoods, supplements, happiness, gratitude and a good dose of humour.

Now with over 10 years of clinical experience, Jules has made it her mission to help women find their shine again. She’s guided hundreds of women through her eCourse, “Shiny Healthy You – Fatigued to Fabulous in 12 Weeks,” and also sees clients individually. Her podcast gets thousands of downloads every month.

When she’s not helping her tribe to become healthy, Jules can be found surfing, hanging out with her husband and their elderly rescue dogs, or walking the famous Byron Bay lighthouse track.

Jules’ Resources

Website : Dr Libby

Book : Dr Libby Weaver  “Rushing Women’s Syndrome”

Dr Libby’s Ted Talk

Website: Dr Josh Axe

Jules’ Deets

Website:  http://julesgalloway.com

Facebook julesgallowayhealth

Instagram @julesgallowayhealth

Podcast on  iTunes –  Shiny Healthy You.

12 Week Program website: http://shinyhealthyyou.com

Free Guide to Healing Your Adrenals: http://julesgalloway.com/free-guide-adrenal-fatigue/

A blog post about the common signs of adrenal fatigue: http://julesgalloway.com/do-you-have-adrenal-fatigue/

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This week we have our first interview with a guest on the show for a 2nd time.

I just had to get Damian back on the show again to share his teachings around stress and how when ongoing, it can lead to anxiety, insomnia and even depression and more importantly also how we can get out of it.

It’s once again a high energy episode with a bit of humor between us seeing as we have known each other for 16 years and if you didn’t hear the first (Episode 49) it can be found here which has already had a crazy huge number of downloads and needs to be shared with all mums.

Enjoy this episode!

X Kaz

Dr Damian Kristof Bio:

I’ve been in the health industry now for more than 20 years in many different capacities. As a Naturopath, Nutritionist and Chiropractor I have enjoyed helping thousands of people regain health and vitality through natural approaches. I am continually excited and delighted by the life changes that people experience when they start to trust in their own ability to heal without excessive intervention.

My path through health has been exciting and varied, and at the same time very challenging and rewarding. I love the ability to interact on a one on one basis daily with my practice members and at the same time, I love the ability to educate and inspire people to change through multi media including Radio (Melbourne’s Triple M), TV (Downsize Me, Inside New Zealand, Brian and Bobby, The Exchange) Podcasting (The Wellness Guys and 100 Not Out) and of course in a seminar setting with The Power Of Food and Crack Your Stress Code events. My belief is that both the nervous system and the gastro-intestinal system are both equally influential in the health and longevity of the individual, this is why I love chiropractic (as it deals with the nervous system) and I developed Forage Cereal (to assist the restoration of impeccable health to the gastrointestinal system).

Having combined the philosophies of both Naturopathic and Chiropractic approaches to healing and well-being – I believe that people learn and achieve the most when there is no interference and there is appropriate supply of goodness to allow the body to thrive.

Dr Damian Kristof’s links

Website : www.damiankristof.com

facebook : daminakristofpage

Twitter : @damiankristof

Instagram  : @damiankristof

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Kinta Gitshams’ Bio:

Kinta Gitsham an ordinary mum who has had an EXTRA ordinary journey through motherhood. A stay at home mother of 3 gorgeous children; Archie (8), Josie (6) and George (3). She is currently separated from her husband of 10 years Rick since March this year, however they are still an incredible team for the kids, and with time feel things will mend just beautifully. She has pushed through and survived severe PNDA for all three children, recovered from a minor breakdown, helped recover their son Archie, diagnosed from ASD (AUTISM – PDD-NOS), ADHD, ANXIETY, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER and suspected but not diagnosed ODD. It’s been quite the journey, through heavy medication for both Kinta and Archie and with Kinta almost giving up on life. Through years of searching and never giving up on hope, she has now found many answers through gut health, which consists of living a chemical free life where we eat real whole nutritious food. Through following her ‘gut intuition’ and addressing the families extensive gut issues and inflammation, they have successfully began a massive recovery and are both off all medication and are really beginning to thrive!! She is now super passionate about spreading this awareness to help as many people as she can to know they are not alone and where to find the help and support so that they too can also begin to thrive.

Kinta’s Quotes :

“Don’t Judge me, You can’t handle half of what I’ve dealt with. There is a reason I do the things I do, There is a reason I am who I am” (author unknown)

A friend once told Kinta who was further down the road than she was “Keep going forward, this time will pass, it will get easier”

Kinta’s Resources:

The Mindd Foundation https://mindd.org

Bubbayumyum (Charlotte Carr) http://www.bubbayumyum.com

Helen Padarin http://helenpadarin.com (and) http://www.nourish-ed.com

Kirsty Wirth – Kultured Wellness http://kulturedwellness.com

Fed Up – Sue Dengate (Elimination Diet)  http://www.fedup.com.au

Kinta Recommends these books:

Autistic to Artistic by Leah Follett

Welcome to Holland Poem –

Kinta’s Deets/Links

Website: kintagitsham.com 

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/amummasgut/

Instagram: kintagitsham

(all these guys also have FB and Instagram)

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Dr Andrea Huddleston Bio:

Dr Andrea Huddleston is an integrative chiropractor, women’s health and natural fertility specialist. With extensive postgraduate studies in women’s health, reproductive medicine, natural fertility, nutritional medicine and wellness coaching and as the co-founder and co-host of The Wellness Women, Dr Andrea is passionate about spreading the message of optimal health and leading the community to make health choices based in wellness and vitality, rather than sickness and disease.

Affectionately referred to as ‘The Period Whisperer’ by her patients and a strong advocate of women’s health, Andrea educates and empowers women to make the best health and lifestyle choices, with easy to understand information, to take control of their hormones and boost their fertility, often when other methods have failed.

Dr Andrea practices from Open Space Healing in Fremantle, Perth and works with women with PMS, amenorrhea, cycle irregularities as well as medically diagnosed polycystic ovarian syndrome, fibroids, ovarian cysts and endometriosis, as well as couples experiencing fertility challenges. Or, simple, women wanting to regain their health and feel balanced and vital!

“My mission is to help women get back in touch with their bodies and help them to understand that the signs, symptoms and imbalances they’re experiencing are not normal or something that should just have to ‘put up with’. The best part of my day is helping them heal and balance their body and witnessing how their optimal health transforms their lives and allows them to live with passion and purpose.”

Dr Andrea’s Recommended Resources:

Book : Christiane Northrup‎ – Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom –

Book : Francesca Naish – Natural Fertility The Complete Guide to Avoiding or Achieving Conception

The Billings Method

Dr Andrea’s Links:

Co-Founder The Wellness Women, Host Wellness Women Radio

e: [email protected]

p: (08) 9336 1180 for personal consultations

w: www.thewellnesswomen.com.au

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Hi All,

It was truly fab to have my dear friend and coolague on the show sharing his wisdom on preconception nutrition and all mums- to be can do before pregnancy to ensure optimal health for themselves and their future baby.

Enjoy!!

Kaz x

Dr Damian Kristof Bio:

I’ve been in the health industry now for more than 20 years in many different capacities. As a Naturopath, Nutritionist and Chiropractor I have enjoyed helping thousands of people regain health and vitality through natural approaches. I am continually excited and delighted by the life changes that people experience when they start to trust in their own ability to heal without excessive intervention.

My path through health has been exciting and varied, and at the same time very challenging and rewarding. I love the ability to interact on a one on one basis daily with my practice members and at the same time, I love the ability to educate and inspire people to change through multi media including Radio (Melbourne’s Triple M), TV (Downsize Me, Inside New Zealand, Brian and Bobby, The Exchange) Podcasting (The Wellness Guys and 100 Not Out) and of course in a seminar setting with The Power Of Food and Crack Your Stress Code events. My belief is that both the nervous system and the gastro-intestinal system are both equally influential in the health and longevity of the individual, this is why I love chiropractic (as it deals with the nervous system) and I developed Forage Cereal (to assist the restoration of impeccable health to the gastrointestinal system).

Having combined the philosophies of both Naturopathic and Chiropractic approaches to healing and well-being – I believe that people learn and achieve the most when there is no interference and there is appropriate supply of goodness to allow the body to thrive.

Dr Damian’s Tips / Resources

Book : Dr Jennifer Barham Floreani  – Well Adjusted Babies

Book : Steve Biddulph  – Raising Boys

Dr Damian Kristof’s links

Website : www.damiankristof.com

facebook : daminakristofpage

Twitter : @damiankristof

Instagram  : @damiankristof

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I absolutely loved this episode! Super relaxed and it was my first time interviewing my guest in person, sitting relaxed on the couch and having a chat. I could get used to it!

Not only do Karen and I have the same name (ok well you all know me as Kaz , true, which is my preferred name but Karen is the name my mum gave me) but we also speak the same language and I am not referring  to the English language if you get what I mean.

We sepak all things birth, natural parenting and loads about what to expect for new mums.

Enjoy!

Kaz  x

Karen Tham Bio:

Karen Tham is a mother of 2 beautiful children – Kaia who is 8 and Christian who is 5.  She is a stay at home mom, chauffeur for 2 and a very talented juggler who manages to co-ordinate her children and husband’s busy schedules while trying to find time to bake cookies and read teen fiction.

Karen has 2 University degrees, a Bachelor of Commerce in Psychology and Marketing and a Bachelor of Science in Chiropractic.  She’s spent most of her life moving and travelling, she has a passion for Interior decor and design and is the Co-host of Inside the Champions Mind.  A podcast she shares with her husband where they discuss mindset and their stories and challenges in Life, Love and Legacy.

Karen’s Deets:

http://thewellnesscouch.com// where She co-hosts the podcast “Inside the Champion’s” mind with her husband Laurence Tham.

[email protected]

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Healing with GAPS (Gut And Psychology Syndrome)

Wow!! Mamas are amazing. You will love this share. Amanda is certainly a mama on a mission and I have so much respect for all the work that both her and her partner do in keeping their son halthy and in healing him and restoring his health. What a journey and waht commitment.

This episode is eye opening and educational and also uplifting and inspirational. You will love hearing all about Amamda’d journeya dnshe does it with hunour, grounded-ness and so so much love!!

Enjoy the episode and please do share it around as it is intended to help others who are possibly in need of the same healing protocol.

Enjoy!!

X Kaz

Amanda Gowland Bio

Amanda lives in Amsterdam with her husband and 3-year-old son. She’s from Canada and has been living the Dutch dream for the past twelve years. She has a background in journalism and works in communications for a not-for-profit organisation. Amanda is passionate about many things but her focus for the past two years has been healing her son’s chronic health issues. Her son has been battling with leaky gut (gut dysbiosis) and painful eczema since he began eating solid foods. When no specialist or treatment could offer relief, Amanda turned to the GAPS diet and that’s when the road to healing began.

Amanda’s Tips/Resources

Book : Natasha Campbell McBride : Gut And Psychology Syndrome

FB Group  – GAPS kids

FB Group  – GAPS adults

Certified GAPS consultants

Website Nourishingplot.com

Website : Gaps.me

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We often forget that our parenting skills are constantly a work in progress. Our own cultures  or our childhood experiences and those of our partner all have an impact on how we will raise our children. Whilst there is no one way for everyone, there are certainly some methods that honour the child and the child’s needs more than others. This was a fabulous episode where Chris and I discus the aware parent, based on principles from Aletha Solter’s famous book “the aware baby”.  She certainly has the wisdom and experience to help many parents and offers so much sounds advice on the interview.

Enjoy

X Kaz

Chris Muller Bio:

Chris Muller, MSc, is a passionate Psychologist and Aware Parenting instructor in The Netherlands.  From a young age Chris was interested in the dynamics between parents and children. So what started as a hobby, later became her studies and finally her job. She has helped hundreds of parents gain a deeper understanding of their children through her workshops, course, articles and through 1-on-1 support.

Its her passion to help parents and other caretakers experience more joy and connection with their children and with themselves. Therefore she offers alternatives for time-outs, rewards or sleep training.

Instead she offers a deeper understanding of why our children and babies behave a certain way and offers tools on how we can truly connect with them, so we are able to lighten our parenting struggles.

The methods she uses are practical and light, as well as profound. She helps parents change their struggles into joy, by teaching communication tools and playfulness, but also at times by a transformation in ourselves.

Chris’ Resource Tips

Book : Aletha Solter  “The Aware Baby”

Book : Alice Miller  “The Drama of the Gifted Child”

Chris’ Links and Deets

Dutch Website :www.chrismuller.nl

English Website : www.chrismuller.nl/english

Free Book Guide

Free Book Guide Dutch: http://chrismuller.nl/freeresourceguideforyou/

Free Book Guide English http://chrismuller.nl/contact/boek

Free Intro Consult

English: http://chrismuller.nl/freeconsult

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