Strong Mamas

In this episode I chat with a long time friend & soul sista Hollie Azzopardi who is an intuitive reader, writer, speaker and all round incredible woman (and new mother) who has also written & published her first book!!

The People Pleaser’s Guide to Putting Yourself First is out now through Affirm Press. Find out more: https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/the-people-pleasers-guide-to-putting-yourself-first/.

We chat about:

• Her new book!!! "the people pleaser's guide to putting yourself yourself first" Out Now!
• Topics in the book such as a such:
  • Setting and holding boundaries (especially as a new mother) 
  • Energetic hygiene and well-being practices for everyone and anyone 
  • Knowing your values and living a life aligned with them 
• People pleasing Pre & Post motherhood
• How she went from the corporate world to wellness world 
• Her journey of returning to “work” after becoming a mother 
• How to manage with the constant hyper vigilance that comes with being a mother 
• How to actually support new mothers and why we need more conversation around this 
• her new (ever evolving) identity as a mother

Follow Hollie on instagram @hollie_azzopardi
Website: https://www.hollieazzopardi.com/ 

I'm back!!!! And so excited to share a little life update for you as I've been moving through alot lately and always so excited to share my lessons as I know it will resonate in some way!

In this episode I chat about:

• Why I am back into 1:1 online coaching in health & fitness space 
• Being SO sick and having another spiritual awakening / rock bottom during the process
• denying my desire to lose weight again
• Bella and daycare, Lucas & school - how I feel about them RIGHT NOW
• The work/life BLEND (not juggle) 
• Shifting through big money stories lately
• My journey and inspiration to start Running 
• The marathon experience and my biggest lesson was (spoiler alert - this was NOT what I thought my lesson would be one bit at all😳) 
• My current goals in all areas of life 
• Current ways to work with me and what I have planned for next 6-12 months

- Follow my on instagram @rachel_giampietro ***this is an updated username since last episode***

- To explore working with me go to www.strongfams.com.au 

This episode was such a joy to record because it was literally a chat with a good friend who I feel blessed to say I met online and we were able to connect so deeply through so many topics & points of views as mamas and "business birthers" that need to be spoken about more - so here we are!

In this podcast we chat about:

• Alex's "portal" vision (her new business) and the four pillars of trauma, birth, relationships & parenting
• Her passion for trauma healing 
• What exactly is trauma and why we can’t/shouldn’t compare our traumas to others
• Her 2 x homebirths and her wisdom & inspiration around childbirth no matter where or how you birth
• Our love for conscious parenting and what we believe our children have taught/shown us
• Parenting WITH your partner not against them
• How to navigate parenting differences in your relationship after having kids
  
  

Plus so much more juicy convo that really needs to become the norm!

Follow alex and support her @portalbyalex
www.portalbyalex.com 

Ok - this episode left me almost speechless (I know, how is that even possible with me haha) but the depths Belle goes to share her story, gifts, wisdom and in particular, her journey into being able to give the Spirit Baby Readings  gave me goosebumps from head to toes multiple times.  ⚠️ **Trigger warning below, please note**⚠️

Belle is an incredible woman, truly. She is the woman behind "Surf the Wild Woman" which is a journey of discovery into the wild nature of woman, where each encounter and experience along the way challenges these women to grow through humour and grace, whilst keeping open hearts and minds, so that they can become more of who they already are.

In this episode we discuss:

• How did Belle get into doing spirit baby readings? THIS STORY BLEW MY MIND!
• Her fertility journey ,receiving the message that her son wanted to be conceived via IVF and her incredible birth story where she literally went into another world to birth her son here
• What exactly is a spirit baby and a star-seed? 
• What are the other realms or “worlds” they come from and are these world actual worlds or just energy worlds? How many realms are there that we know of?
• What is multidimensional reality? What does it mean that we are going from 3D to 5D reality?
• Are all children born spirit babies/star-seeds? How do we know who is/isn’t?
• What kind of info and messaging can we obtain from the spirits? How they want to be conceive, birthed, treated etc 
• How specific are their goals on earth?
• Have you ever had someone who had no spirit babies?
• What happens to the sprint babies in Miscarriages and Stillborns ? ⚠️ **Trigger warning here**⚠️
• What if we choose not to act on our spirits calling ?
• Can you find out info after child is born what spirit realm?
• How are the spirit babies born after 2020 contributing to fixing the worlds status right now?
• How do we know how if spirits are trying to communicate with us?
• How to work with Belle and her amazing offerings 

Find Belle on instagram @surfthewildwoman
Website: https://surfthewildwoman.com/  

Dr. Vanessa is a registered psychologist, speaker, author, parenting educator, and a mom to two growing boys.
She's been preaching her work and messages for over 20 years now and "Discippline without Damage" is still the no.1 requested topic and in this podcast, you'll see why!

We chat about certain topics & tips in the book such as:

• What happened when her 3 half yr old son punched her in the nose at a a play centre in front of a line up of other mums and how she handled it
• How to escape the discipline vortex. 
• How important  connection between big people and children is and what that looks like
• Why and how stop using the disconnect as a disciplinary technique
• How toddlers can only hold 1 significant idea in their mind at a  time and what this means
• Discipline is not something you do, as it something you be (See it, feel it, be it ) 
• Intuitive boundaries …How to set one and how to know when to let a boundary go ? 
• Dropping a flag and why this might just be the best tool you can use  
• How to actually creating TRULY independent children 
• What she thinks about the common phrase “sharing is caring”
• How to deal with mum guilt and trying to be the perfect parent

Go to https://drvanessalapointe.com/ or follow her @dr.vanessalapointe on instagram to connect with her and her many offerings!

Jo recently did an health audit on my home and I was blown away by the report and just the wealth of knowledge she has, so had to get her on the podcast.

Jo Lia is a “healthy home specialist” and owner of “Notoxrox” based in Bondi, Syd. 

She is a qualified Building Biologist, a certified Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) consultant and an IICRC Water Damage Restoration Technician.

She specialises in creating healthy indoor environments where children can thrive (love this).

In this episode we chat all about “Creating a Healthy Home during Pregnancy and Baby’s First Years” because I feel this is so overlooked and yet so important.

We discuss:

• Why everyone should prioritise their indoor environment but especially during their pregnancy
• What to consider before painting the nursery and buying baby items/furniture and even before washing your baby
• Why it’s important to drink filtered water during pregnancy (and beyond)
• How to choose the best personal care products and why you should care about what you’re putting on your skin and body (and your babies too!)
• Why you should avoid over using anti-bacterials and hand sanitisers
• The importance of airing out your home
• How to identify and avoid mould in your home
• The harmful effects of Wifi, cordless and EMF’s and Wireless baby monitors and what to do about them
• How to carefully design your babies room environment for the maximum health
   plus much more!

So much insight & guidance in taking the right steps to the healthiest home possible which really should be a priority for all mums in my opinion.

Visit Jo’s website here: https://www.notoxrox.com/ 

Instagram: @notoxrox 

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Get a $50 discount off home audits if you mention this podcast

If you feel like you’ve “done the work” but still aren’t living your desired life, then THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU! 

You guys know I’ve been working with Julie-Anne that last 12 months and I’m low key obsessed with her HAHA. But seriously, her coaching , support and guidance has been a huge catalyst for the BIG MOVES I’ve made in my business and personal life and I just HAD to get her on the podcast to chat.

This episode will give you front row access to her energy, wisdom and magic and educate you on why kinesiology and using our emotions as guide to access unconscious stories and behaviours and patterns running our life is SO POWERFUL.

We discuss:

• What is kinesiology and what is an emotional coach?
• What does it mean to hold space? 
• How our emotions get stored and trapped in the body by certain events and then run our unconscious behaviours and patterns
• What a typical ZOOM session with Julie-Anne looks like
• The 8 week spiral process
• Normalised dread
• What happens when you’re expecting your partner to “do the work”
• The power in asking for what you want in life
• Human design the benefits of knowing it both personally and business 
• Julie-Anne’s strategy or relationship to social media and marketing for her business and how she uses human design to enhance her business strategies
• Julie-Anne’s journey into motherhood and what lessons her children have taught her so far

 She also is offering anyone who books a 60 or 90 minute session with her a 20% discount if you use the code: RACHEL at checkout!

Follow her @julieannekellywellbeing

Website: https://www.julieannekelly.com.au/ 

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Ok  - I’M BACK on the podcast after a few months off and this episode is definitely levelling it up on my ‘normal’ content.

In this episode I share all about the SPIRIT BABIES READING I had done by the incredible Belle from @surfthewildwoman . 

This is your official warning that this episode is “out of this world” literally 😂 and my only request is that you listen to this with an open mind and heart. 

I share all of the info Belle relayed to me directly from my spirit babies (yes there is two 😉 ). One is a plaedian and the other is a mantis being (stay with me haha) and they are both coming to earth to raise the consciousness and do INCREDIBLE THINGS, literally mind-blowing abilities/missions/purposes. And if you have a baby or will have a baby that is born from mid 2019 onwards chances are your baby is a starseed with a clear incredible mission too. So you’re gonna want to listen to this.

This episode is certainly for the brave hearted mamas and mamas-to-be.

Find Belle on instagram @surfthewildwoman or https://surfthewildwoman.com/ 

Ok so this episode should actually be called "THE GOSS" episode 😂  
I share ALOT this episode as I integrate some HUGE changes in my life such:

• Selling our gym 
• Moving homes
• Our homeschool decision
• Human design reading with Julie-Anne
• Rewriting freedom
• What is "Path of least resistance" and how you can apply this powerful metaphor to any area in your life
• Rebranding strong mamas website & ebooks
• Launching Strong Fams online version, 
• How I am making money work from me 
• Freeing myself from anchors holding me back from my free-est life!

Enjoy and don't forget to leave a review if you feel called to 🙏 

Ok - I think it's pretty obvious I can't get enough of hearing & sharing empowering birth stories - but this chat has to be "up there" on my list of empowering birth stories.
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Madeleine birthed her beautiful baby girl, Florence, at home in an incredibly magic "free birth" of which is where babies are born without medical assistance at home. Her previous 2 births were somewhat traumatic which inspired her to do this pregnancy & birth on her own terms. 
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This podcast is ultimately a story about the power of women trusting their bodies.
We discussed:

• how having a free birth actually "works"
• healing from past traumatic births 
• leaning into the pain & intensity of childbirth
• using birth as a transformative portal into another realm
• Being spiritually connected to your baby in the womb
• the power in the primal roar during childbirth and eliminating the shame about having a vocal birth 
• Changing your relationship to pain during childbirth 
• How to let go of being the “good girl” during your pregnancy and birth
• The power of storytelling 

PLUS SO MUCH MORE JUICY GOODNESS.

This is just a feel good episode! Enjoy x 

Follow Madeleine on instagram @madeleineallgood
Follow me @_thestrongmama