Strong Mamas

Hello - I'm back!!! 

Today's episode is all about our experience of our kids attending A Steiner School for their primary school the last 4 years. 

 I share a bit about our journey and:

• Why I chose A Steiner School
• What I love about it
• What I don't love about it
  *keeping in mind this is simply MY experience so far at one type of Steiner School.*

I am definitely still learning about Steiner the more we go on, so I am NOT AN EXPERT whatsoever but hopefully this episode and me sharing my story / experience so far helps any parents sitting on the fence about trying out a Steiner School too.

Like I said, any questions feel free to contact me via instagram DM @rachel_giampietro

Enjoy x 

I was so thrilled to have the epic Lael Stone on the podcast today. She is a speaker, educator and author and an incredible woman who is changing the word in so many ways through her various forms of service for children, parents, educators, schools, businesses, sports teams and so much more!

In this podcast we spoke about all the ways we can create connection & stay to connected to our children from those early years all the way to teenagers.

We spoke about:

• Children being either in balance/ out of balance 
• Importance of connection before direction 
• The importance of play for both younger and older years
• Where to start when we feel that we just a hot mess in parenting
• Why it’s not our children’s job to make us feel good about ourselves 
• The stories we bring to parenthood 
• How to deal with kids with HUGE feelings
• Looking back on the way she parterned her children - with hindsight what would she do differently, worry about less, etc
• Advice for any mums trying to "do it all" raising business & babies
• Her amazing school (yes she literally created her own school) — Why did she start it? What makes it different to “normal” schools?
• If there is anything she would DO/ NOT DO if she had your time again

I left feeling so inspired to just simplify everything in my life so I can spend more time with my kids, just playing & connecting and having fun. I really hope you enjoy this episode!

You can follow Lael Stone on instagram here
You can check her website here
You can watch her Ted Talk here

Another episode with my beautiful sister where we share our experience/relationship to food, exercise & body image during our pregnancies and now as mothers. The intention of this episode is to shed light on healthy & positive pregnancy experiences we believe all women can have in their own way when they are truly informed on what's possible, what's beneficial, and what is most likely to contribute to a positive experience from the inside out.
 
Some of what we share is:

• Our relationships with our body & food during pregnancy
• What we struggled with, what we found easier than we thought
• What we believe actually contributes to a healthy & "positive" pregnancy & post partum experience
• How easy it can be to have a fit & healthy pregnancy
• How SAFE strength training during pregnancy is - but more importantly how BENEFICIAL it is too.
• How to navigate body image and trust your bodies journey
• How to educate yourself on the important things to know about your growing and changing body
• How to approach food and understand calorie & macro requirements during pregnancy 
• How we recovered post-partum and what we learnt about our bodies during the whole process 
• Common pregnancy exercise misconceptions/myths 
• How to minimize abdominal separation  & pelvic floor weakness 
• How to train core during pregnancy 
• Pregnancy safe strength training recommendations 
• How to implement a healthy pregnancy diet 
• The importance of seeing a women’s health Physio 
• Plus so much more!

**What we share is based on our personal experiences and a combination of my professional experience has a fully certified pre & post natal coach.
**None of what is shared here intends to diagnose or treat any pregnancy/post natal health issues and does not replace medical advice.

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A follow on from ep#28 regarding my son's teeth decay and doing everyhting I could to avoid surgery - aka using "western medicine" - and why I realised you can still use both natural & western medicine for optimum health!

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A quick but potent chat about my recent emotional/dentist trip with my son (emotional for both him & me) and the lesson I was able to extract from our experience that I know is so POWERFUL.
If you are currently telling yourself "you're not ready" to make a change in your life, but you know deep down you should/need to... this is for you.

Another update on my spirit baby reading with Bella from "Surf the wild woman"  following on from episode 15 (so make sure you listen to that one first!)

Hello beautiful people.

I am back! And I've really hit the ground running with this episode (if I say so myself haha) I have so much "walked wisdom" to share right now and this episode is a true example of that.

So buckle in and enjoy the update - it's so good to be back.

Some of what I chat about:

• Calling myself out on human design self sabotage
• My goals for 2023 and how I'm committed to using my voice
• My return to music 
• Changing “the vision” of my next home 1000000 times
• The desire for simplicity vs lots of space 
• Being Mortgage free vs wanting/having a lot of expensive possessions 
• All the ways I am asking myself... What’s the next step right now? 
• Lucas losing his innocence turning 8 
• Realising every phase end in life ends and that’s both beautiful and sad 
• Business update 
• My Weight gain reveal /latest "Phoenix" offering

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My new offering "Pheonix" can be viewed here

I didn't even know what to title this podcast because it's just so diverse but it's basically a JUICY AF chat with my current client Amber about all things life and an incredible opportunity to see the behind the scenes of what it can be like to be coached by me, what I've given her the space to transcend through in her life and free herself from.

We chat about:

• How we know/found each other a brief history of us working together 
• Her experience & relationship with and to grief and what it’s been like to lose her parents and how that’s changed her life
• Her health & fitness journey/struggles/ belief systems we have identified, transcended through and continually working on
• Her previous Eating disorder body dysmorphia and how that still shows up in her health & fitness journey today ***TRIGGER  WARNING⚠️
• Her current relationship to counting calories and exercising regularly
• Biggest lessons from investing in me as her coach
• Breaking free from "All or Nothing" mindset 
• Learning to love and use exercise to express and move stagnant emotions 
• How she views me as a coach How would you describe what it is I “do”
• The masculine energy and letting go of productivity = worthiness
• Developing a new identity to integrate health & fitness habits
• What to say to someone on the fence about investing in a coach

Ok so my sister and I talk ALOT of juicy content each day/week of our normal lives and we've been meaning to actually sit down for a podcast to start sharing more of it with you guys - so here is the first episode of what we are going to call the "SISTER SERIES" episode series!!

In this podcast we dive deep into my sister's journey into becoming a mother in the last few years cause holy shit it's been a wild ride and I know so many people can learn from her story/insight/resilience.

We chat about:

• Her struggle to fall pregnant 'naturally' and the process of having to turn to and use IVF 
• Sharing more awareness around the IVF process and all the feelings / setbacks/ emotions 
• How to actually support women during their infertility struggles 
• Her pregnancy : 
  • How she felt after trying for so long, 
  • Navigating a potential “birth defect” diagnosis 
  • Trying to find a care provider issue during the pandemic and having a December due date
  • Navigated being induced because of growth concerns 
  • Her fully empowered and “on herr terms” hospital birth during Covid 2.0
• The first few months (the struggles/ comparisons/ all the things about his sleep / MATRESCENCE etc) 
• Leaning into the initiation of motherhood and what to fully SURRENDER actually means

****TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ We do discuss / mention pregnancy loss, stillborn and the raw deep traumatic depths of infertility so please know this before choosing to listen.

Also - for those women wanting to reach out to Victoria please do so here

Ok this episode left me with major whole-body goosebumps. Sophie's wisdom and insight is truly inspirational, especially if you're a mother & a business owner. I just love the way she leads in her industry and her family like a true trailblazer and I know you'll get so much out of this chat.

She chat about:

• How she has become such a fierce and respected leader in the photography industry
• Her rapid biz growth in 2020 and beyond
• How she handled the pandemic in the photog industry and what that meant for her profession, industry anad her family
• How she deals with with imposter syndrome / self doubt / limiting beliefs
• The work/mum life blend and how the hell she holds so much “success” in her life and keep continues to stretching herself despite her fears
• Asking for help, working with a team and as team with her hubby to be able to be the “breadwinner” for her family
• Advice for people in business or sitting on the fence about taking a leap of faith for taking action in their life
• plus honestly so much more juicy inspiration

Follow sophie on instagram here
Website here