The Honesty Policy Hour

Stacey McCaa, a mother of two gorgeous babies 5-year-old Nelson and 3yr old Abigail who has been diagnosed with a form of uncontrollable epilepsy called Dravet syndrome.

Stacey is a home schooling mama, entrepreneur, wife, lover of life and a fierce advocate. 

Stacey’s daughter started having uncontrollable seizures from the age of 3 months, where her world began to seize as she knew it. So much anxiety, so much fear about the future, so much grief to deal with left her riddled with nausea and a shell of her old vibrant self. 

Stacey has worked tirelessly to come to a place of acceptance and peace.

This is a little insight into what it looks like to have to advocate so fiercely for your children and what Epilepsy families go through on a daily basis. 

Over 12,000 people per year in Australia are diagnosed with epilepsy and it doesn’t just affect them, but their entire family.

Her story is definitely a shape shifter. Where life transformed her and her family. Just one of those monumental defining moments where you chose to sink or swim, and Stacey definitely swam.

The purpose of this episode is to shine light on the strength and determination Stacey had to help her daughter. She tapped into her intuition and listened to her mama instincts every step of the way. When it comes to your child's illness whatever it may be small or big, it's important to remember that knowledge is power and when you can control your mind frame using the tools that work for you, you are able to think clearly and allow the intuitive voice to speak loudly.

Let’s shine a spotlight on epilepsy as it is so underfunded and so in need of a cure.

Stacey IG: smilewith.stace
Stephanie IG stephmarieholistichealing
Work with Stephanie: www.holistichealingwithstephaniemarie.com

In this episode we dive into the struggles of exercising as a mother and its importance during pregnancy and postpartum.

This episode holds so much truth and very close to home. It is a really important message for of us mothers to hear. 

Joining me on this episode is Lauren Cardamone.

Lauren is a gym business owner & coach with an extensive background in Exercise Science and Nutrition, she’s a CrossFit athlete, runner & new mama to her beautiful 4-month-old Daughter Alba. Lauren primarily working with athletes and mums (& some familiar faces on tv!). 

Lauren believes that when out bodies are healthy so are our mind.

She is constantly reminded in her day to day at the gym and at home of the power that us women are capable of

And knows when we there’s a connection between a healthy body and mind, we are in the best state to support ourselves and our babies. 

Lauren sees pregnancy and labour and post birth as running the longest marathon yet as growing another human entails our bodies to be pushed, tested and stretched to it limits and our job is to be kind to ourselves but also accountable.

Needing a coach to help you dive deep into all the important aspect of your life. Helping you find your purpose and what makes you glow inside out?

Work With Me – www.holistichealingwithstephaniemarie.com

Episode 7 – TRUST THE PROCESS With Connie Rose

Introducing spiritual empowerment coach; Connie Rose.

Connie guides her clients by using several very powerful modalities like 

 EFT (emotional Freedom technique- otherwise known as 'tapping) , Reiki & Seichim Healing

Her main drive in life is finding her clients magic and reminding them of it as well as showing them how to find all the glory and loving moments we are constantly creating.

Connie has found her strength on the other side of loss and trauma. This where she found her purpose, through the love of guiding others that have experienced life changing events, from abusive relationships to miscarriages, betrayal, divorce and years of debilitating anxiety. 

Connie is guided by spirit to not only move her clients out of this space but also teaching them to forgive and release them this a negative frame of mind. 

She has created trusting and confidential relationships with her clients allowing them to be completely raw, real and discover who they truly are and aspire to be. 

She is intuitively guided and holds space for people to heal and re-invent themselves to the happiest and healthiest versions of themselves. 

I have worked with Connie for almost 2 years and have had some incredibly life changing experiences through her modalities especially EFT. 

She holds space like no other practitioner iv seen and can truly connect to her and trust in the process. Connie has been my soul mama and I am so excited to share her with you all.

This conversation shows that Connie is truly living her life’s purpose with her wisdom cup very full, and heart opened for all people that enter her world.

This beautiful, honest chat about how to use spirituality modalities as a tool to develop further individually so we can know more about our body’s secrets and traumas that are stored away in the body with a lock and key. 

We talk about how most people want to change specific parts of their lives however Connie reveals it is just a symptom and reaction of a deep routed experience that can be tapped into through her modalities. We also dive into relationships and the differences in the way we express ourselves as the male energy verses the female energy. 

Where you can Find Connie 

IG: thehealingacademyaustralia

And for more information on her upcoming retreat visit:

THE CONSCIOUS COUPLE WEEKEND RETREAT — The Healing Academy

https://fb.me/e/1cs7oLY2T

More information from this episode: 

FIND OUT YOUR LOVE LANGUAGE: https://5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language

TW // SIDS, MISCARRIAGES.
This episode comes with a trigger warning. 
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS COVERSATION AROUND SIDS AND MISCARRIAGES

Courtney Spiteri is a recently proclaimed Sunshine Coast mama to two beautiful earth boys, who has traded the busy city life for country peace.

She has a background in health sciences, including Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychology, and has been using her research skills to explore the new world of motherhood in order to give her children the healthiest, grounded and most natural start to life.

Courtney believes that motherhood is a sacred rite of passage and an ever-evolving journey.  

"Motherhood gives us a different lens to life, it allows us to zoom out, look in, and reassess everything we thought we knew in order to give our little people what’s best and most important for them to thrive. We have access to endless information now, so much so that following the status quo is no longer the only option. As uncomfortable, confronting and scary as it might be, it’s important as mothers that we tune in to our own intuition and use it to guide us in raising our children in the most authentic way possible."

This episode is all about an incredibly controversial subject.

Vaccinations and the children's schedules.  

This is a seriously raw, honest and open conversation about our journey and why we decided to decline the schedule.  

This is NOT medical advice!

This is NOT a time to convince you to steer away from them.

This is just our story.

I hold utmost respect for every parent doing what's best for their child/children.  

Buckle up and get ready for this emotional rollercoaster where we laugh, cry and celebrate woman and all that we endure.

This heart felt episode is another raw one. I am so excited for you to meet Michelle and hear her words her perspective her vulnerability. 

Michelle Mallia, a new mama, Kinesiologist business owner and wellness advocate. 

Life changed for Michelle when she started her healing journey 10 years ago, leading me to quitting her job as a Hairdresser to start her Kinesiology practice 3 year ago. 

Moving from hustle culture and burnout into the slow lane with way more balance and connection. 

Helping many others achieve this for themselves along the way.

Newly on the journey of motherhood and all the bliss and challenges it brings. Diving head fist into devotion to motherhood, raising an empowered well adjust young women at the same time as continuing to embody that myself.

"My mission is to call all parts of me home and find the joy in the often-challenging journey, being the embodied example, my daughter can follow and helping others do the same."

June is Men’s Mental Health Month, where we shed light on the mental health struggles faced by men, dismantle deeply ingrained societal stigmas and encourage open conversations about men’s mental well-being, as well.

Joining me on this week’s episode to talk about he’s journey with mental health is John Malaki.

John openly and vulnerably talks about how he battled with depression and anxiety and how he created a community for men to heal while focusing on their physical.

John Malaki, father of 3 beautiful children (8,4 and 2) and full time stay at home dad.
 
John quit his corporate job 1.5 years ago to be a full-time intentional stay at home dad while his wife works full time.
 
 John is extremely passionate about mens fitness & overall health with a big focus on the connection between your health & how it can improve your mental & spiritual health.
 
 His mission is to guide & support other men in his community to break generational habits & create new positive ones for themselves, their children & those around them.
 
 A strong faith filled man, John believes that everyone has a plan & a purpose over their lives & he is determined to speak wisdom & life into the men around him to see their full potential

When 2 Natural mamas chat, everything comes up!! And I mean EVERYTHING!!! We reveal our home birth stories and how avoiding grief can come up in the birth of our children.

Joining me on this week’s episode is Amelia Gangitano 

This super mum is a mama to 3 beautiful little souls.
Amelia is stay at home mum who runs an online beauty business and mentors’ others to do the same. 

She mentors woman on the online space to build a sustainable income online for their family and working towards, time and financial freedom. Her mission in life is to be of service to others while empowering those around her.
Her life journey has bought her to be incredibly passionate about low tox living and reducing the toxic load in her household. 

In this episode we share our interests of living a holistic life and how we protect our families from environmental toxins.  Amelia also homeschools her children, we talk about her reasons behind her decisions and how. 

Joining me on the second Episode of the Honesty Policy Hour is the lovely Katherine Tsagaris. 

Kat is a highly respected and decorated educator, having won Secondary Teacher of the Year in 2014 and Victoria’s Inspiration Medal in the same year. With a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Instructional Leadership (UoM) and a ton of trauma informed training under her belt.

Katherine has taught in London, Finland, the US, Melbourne (including almost a decade in Victoria's only school within the juvenile justice system), and Byron Bay. She has explored all facets of education! She has been a passionate tutor, teacher, teacher coach, campus principal and senior director, with specialties in trauma informed education, positive student-teacher relationships, and culturally responsive curriculum. In 2020 she chose to leave the 4 walls of the boardroom and explore the learning happening in broader spaces. 

Today she delivers one on one teacher coaching and support, provides consulting for schools, delivers speaking at events, supports homeschooling for families leaving the education system, and both supports and facilitates workshop spaces at retreats that have focused on personal growth, rites of passage for teens, as well as the monumentally important relationship between mothers and their daughters.

In this Episode we unpack the messy life experiences we have been through and  
how our teenage years have shaped us.
 
Kat also touches on how she has witnessed her teenage students in the school environment and how hormonal shifts impact their behaviors.

To get in touch with Katherine and discuss ways that she could support you, send her an email at [email protected] or a message on Linkedin; just search for Katherine Tsagaris. 

I hope you enjoy the episode as we dive deep into vulnerability and honesty. 


 

Welcome to the very first episode of The Honesty Policy Hour! Joining me on this episode we have Hayley Lamanna where we put food on the table. Diving deep into why we chose to live a life following a vegan diet, why we stopped and everything in between. 

I am so excited to be launching my brand-new podcast.
In this introduction I talk about how I got here and my why for this podcast.

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