The Conscious Project

Have you ever wondered how police deal with trauma? Deal with seeing traumatic event, after traumatic event and then just eating their lunch like nothing had happened? Meet Tash, a woman brave enough to talk about how PTSD changed her life, her career and how she moved forward into the next stage of her life.

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Content Warning: This episode discusses adult content relating to traumas witnessed by Police, including a police shooting, and mental health issues including suicide.

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The Conscious Project is produced by Joanne Helder.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Colours and clothes are for everyone. Scott Stuart is a best selling Children's book author, but he is firstly Dad to 8yr old Colin. An 8yr old who loves Queen Elsa, to paint his nails and to twirl in a dress. He reminds me a lot of my son who, for as long as I can remember, loves things that society yells are not for boys; pink, princess costumes, flamingos, things society tells us boys aren’t allowed to enjoy.

Scott is paving the way for change. He is a leading voice on fully accepting and empowering our children, exactly as they are.

This episode talks on redefining masculinity, discussing what it means to be a man and crushing gender stereotypes.

His book ‘My Shadow is Pink’ created the most touching moment for me this week, and I shared this with Scott today.

I learnt so much, and I know you will all take something from this ep.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Kendall Whyte is the founder of The Blue Tree Project- a project that was created after losing her brother Jayden to suicide, that has people all over the world painting dead trees blue. Kendall is courageous in her work, and in her vulnerability as she spreads the message, it's ok not to be ok.

Content warning: this episode discusses suicide and self harm. If you need further support after the podcast, please see the show notes for services.

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The Conscious Project is produced by Joanne Helder.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Postnatal Depression, we’ve all heard the term. But do you know what it looks like? What those diagnosed with PND experience on a day to day basis?

By having these conversations, I’m hoping we can support those suffering to speak up, get help and find ways to make their day to day that little bit easier.

Meet Jess, a brave and loving mum to her 18mth old, Thomas, and a survivor of postnatal depression.

Content warning: this episode discusses mental health, pregnancy loss and self harm.

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The Conscious Project is produced by Joanne Helder.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Content warning: this episode discusses child sexual abuse.

Chanel Contos is educated, articulate and determined, and I am so inspired and proud her courage and success in creating a national movement, “Teach Us Consent” at only 23 years old. Chanel was sexually assaulted at 13 years old. She didn’t realise what her perpetrator did constituted a sexual assault until later in life.

Chanel is demanding change from the Australian Government. Demanding they improve sexual education to cover toxic masculinity, enthusiastic consent, rape culture, slut shaming and queer sex education.

We discuss school yard culture, how girls are sexualised at a young age, and how, as parents, we need to raise our boys and girls moving forward.

Watch the governments consent videos here.

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This episode discusses sexual assault and child sexual assault. It is not suitable for little ears.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

This episode is a solo episode on our families childhood anxiety journey with Finn.

At 3yrs old, we just thought he was really hard work. I had no idea that he was struggling with anxiety, had no idea that’s why he had outbursts, horrible separations from me and would cry in anticipation of activities such as swimming lessons. But when you know, you know. And I hope that sharing our experience and the tools we implemented will help other families support their little ones with anxiety, separation anxiety (daycare/ school drop offs) or big emotions.

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The Conscious Project is produced by Joanne Helder.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

On this episode, I’m joined by Kathryn Halcyon, a sex and relationship therapist, a personal coach for women and the host of her own podcast, Soul & Sex. She radiates kindness and safety, and you cant help but be drawn to her and her energy.

We discuss all things sex and relationships; including low libido, sex and mental health, sex after trauma, body shame, self pleasure and rediscovering your sexual orientation. Kathryn even answers the most common question that came in from my followers on IG- how much sex is everyone else having?

This episode isn’t suitable for little ears, so pop those AirPods in and enjoy!

About Kathryn:

Kathryn is within her final stages of her BA in Counselling and beginning her Masters of Sexology, and has been studying and practising the Sexual Arts for ten years. Between soulful chats with her beloved coaching clients, Kathryn hosts the Soul & Sex Podcast, and spends her open time in nature, painting and dancing. Kathryn has her own range of crystal pleasure wands, her e-books, Pleasure Mapping and Cycle Mapping (use discount code: sarah) along with developing the School of the Sexual Arts portal- a modern and beautiful sex education community.

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The Conscious Project is produced by Joanne Helder.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

We live in a world that is constantly telling women, we can have it all. The career, the kids, the house, the relationship; but a lot of us are left wondering- how?

I know I often feel like I’m doing all of the things, but none of them well. When one aspect of my life is succeeding, I’ve dropped the ball in other areas. When my career is blooming, I’m not as present with my kids; when I’m really in tune with my kids, I’m touched out and distant with my husband.

How can we have it all? And what are the tolls on women to have and to do it all?

Low libido, irregular menstrual cycles, headaches, fatigue, turning into a rage mum- are these things we can fix by having conversations about the tolls on modern mothers?

Meet Katie, we’ve been friends since we were little, and we are so aligned in our passion to help women finding the calm in the chaos and the joy in the everyday. Katie is a nutritionist, naturopath and a womens mentor, helping women to uncover their optimum health and emotional freedom.

Today we break down and offer advice and tips around:

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The Conscious Project is produced by Joanne Helder.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Experts are telling us we are in Child Sexual Abuse epidemic in Australia. None of us want to believe that someone close to us, or our child would ever sexually abuse them, but the statistics tell us that abusers are generally people who are trusted by the child’s family and who are given access to the child.

In this episode I'm joined by Kayelene Kerr, a former police officer with 24 years experience in law enforcement investigating sexual crimes. Kayelene is highly experience, educated and is recognised as one of Western Australia’s most experienced providers of Child Protection workshops.

Through her company, eSafe Kids, Kayelene provides national and international workshops and webinars to children. She also educates parents, teachers and other professionals on how to talk with children, young people and vulnerable adults about protective behaviours and body safety.

This conversation may not be for little ears. It is full of hard truths and terrifying statistics, but it’s a conversation that parents and carers of children need to be apart of. It is also full of simple and practical tips to help educate and empower our kids, and protect them from abuse.

Find out more about Kayelene at www.esafekids.com.au and here's a list of books and resources she recommends.

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The Conscious Project is produced by Joanne Helder.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

What do you think of when you hear the terms ‘gentle parenting’ or ‘conscious parenting’? That it is just a bunch of parents too scared to say “no” to their child, and letting their kids do what they want, whenever they want, regardless of consequence?

In this episode, I wanted to give you my thoughts behind conscious and gentle parenting. These opinions are my own, and I’m sure they differ from many who follow a similar parenting approach, however I receive countless messages across my social media daily centred around sibling rivalry, tantrums and discipline. How do I actually discipline my three boys, not just theories behind why I do what I do, but what do I actually do in the moment, and how do I handle their rough play, fighting and emotions.

We’ve all had the nights that we look at our sleeping child and think, “I wasn’t the parent I wanted to be today”, and that’s ok. We aren’t supposed to be perfect. Our kids don’t need perfect parents. We are all learning, all improving and we are here to do the work.

I hope some of these thoughts and techniques help you return some calm to the chaos.

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The Conscious Project is produced by Joanne Helder.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.