The Matrescence Podcast

By Kelly & Bree

This is a place for you to find the information and support you need to make the transition to motherhood an empowering one.Together your hosts Kelly Wilkes and Bree Holling will combine evidence-base... more

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The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.

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August 29, 2022 #45 Supporting Your Family Through the Death of a Loved One With Death Doula Amanda
,Content warning: Death, miscarriage, domestic violence In this week’s episode we chat to mum of 3 and death doula, Amanda. Amanda became a mum earlier in life than expected. While she breezed through conception and pregnancy, Amanda’s first birth was not what she had planned for, hoped for, or expected. Despite wanting a natural birth, Amanda agreed to have her first birth induced. After 17 long hours of back to back contractions, she was taken for an emergency c-section. She gave ...
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1h 28min
August 01, 2022 #43 Is She A Good Baby? With Dr Alix Vann.
In this week's episode we chat to Alix. Alix is an eldest daughter, a mother to a 4-year-old daughter, a clinical psychologist, and a recovering ‘good girl’. Through both her post-graduate training and clinical experience, and her own lived experiences of being parented and raised in the pursuit of perfect, Alix has become intimately acquainted with the notion of "the good child” and how this presents in the mothering experience. Alix’s own introduction to motherhood was fraught, with he...
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1h 16min
August 01, 2022 #44 Our Story: Insights on The Mental Load, Working Motherhood and the Supermum Myth.
8 years ago on a Sunday afternoon, Bree walked down Kel's long drive way for an interview. After the news that their neurdiverse son was no longer welcome at Before and After School Care, Kel and her husband had been forced to explore other care options. While the first nanny was okay, the fit wasn't quite right. 18 and with minimal experience with children, on paper Bree was probably not an ideal candidate. In fact, on her first day she had to call her mum to walk her through ...
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1h 6min
July 19, 2022 #42 Navigating The Transition From Professional Woman To Mother (And Back Again) with Dr. Lisa.
Content warning: This conversation involves mild discussion of abusive relationships and the lasting affects this experience can have on our motherhood journey. In this week’s episode we chat to Dr. Lisa about the transition from professional woman to mother (and back again). Lisa is a doctor of public health and has spent her career conducting large scale randomised control studies, publishing in top ranking journals, supervising students up to PhD level, and more. These...
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1h 31min
July 11, 2022 #41 Blind Mum of 4 Ebony Uamaki Shares Her Insights on Matrescence
Content warning: Child physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
In this week’s episode we chat to Ebony Uamaki
Ebony is an mother of 4 children under 5 (including twins), an intuitive reader and a coach. She is also completely blind.
Ebony has worked with thousands of people around the world sharing her intuition, insights and wisdom. And today she shares them with us.
As you will soon hear, in many aspects of her life, Ebony’s disability has challenged her. Growing up she endured child abuse, bullying and complex trauma- at times related to her disability. But when it comes to both her work and motherhood, it has become her greatest gift. As Ebony says: her insight has become her eyesight.
Throughout the episode, Ebony discusses some of the logistics of navigating motherhood when you are blind, how matrescence was a catalyst for her personal growth, her decision to employ a support worker, how she is fostering secure attachments with her children and so much more.
This conversation was both profound and hilarious. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed chatting.

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To connect with Ebony on Instagram: @ebonyuamaki
Ebony regularly shares snippets of her life as a blind mum of 4; including videos of her cooking, doing her make-up and caring for her children. She also shares beautiful reflections related to her work as a coach and intuitive reader. To work with Ebony, please send her a DM.

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This week’s episode was sponsored by Sarah from Blossom and Snooze

To connect with Sarah on Instagram: @blossomandsnooze

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1h 11min
June 27, 2022 #40 Matrescence as a Catalyst For Professional Rebirth with Rachael Rose
In this week’s episode we chat to Rachael Rose. Rachael is a women's circle facilitator, teacher, doula and business woman. While her business is multifaceted, it is connected by a common thread of wanting to build communities, connect women and offer spaces where mothers feel less alone and more loved.As her business has evolved, she has moved into the business coaching space as well. In her words: “There is no village to return to, we must create the world we want to see.” Ra...
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1h 1min
June 21, 2022 #39. Life update: Returning to work, parenting teens, pulling kids out of daycare + more.
Hello beauties. Welcome back!In this week’s episode Bree and Kel get you up to speed on what has been going on behind the scenes. What Bree is doing for work and how she is feeling about it, how Kel is navigating this new stage of parenting teens, some updates on the kids, the podcast, and so much more. This is a vulnerable and imperfect conversation between friends. We hope it will keep you company and offer some belly laughs when you need it most. We can’t wait to bring ...
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1h 13min
April 04, 2022 #38 Low Libido and Finding Your Way Back to Intimacy With Sex Therapist Jo.
For many couples, the return to sex after having a baby is slow, bumpy and sometimes even a little bit awkward.Between hormones, fatigue, contraception, changing bodies, unpredictable schedules and feeling touched out, there is a lot to contend with. So whether you are 12 weeks or 12 months postpartum, if you're not having much sex, you're certainly not alone. In this week's episode we chat to Jo Robertson about sex and intimacy in the postpartum period.Jo has a Master’s of Science in Me...
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1h 6min
March 19, 2022 #37 Postpartum Planning and the Parts of Motherhood That We Don’t Talk About With Kathryn Millhouse
Slowly but surely, we are seeing an increased awareness of the need to prepare for birth. More and more couples are investing their time and money into hiring doulas, reading books, writing a birth plan and accessing independent birth education. We love to see it. But the truth is, that birth is just one (very very) important day in your motherhood journey. Once your little one is earthside, the hard work really begins. And yet we are not seeing the same investment in prep...
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1h 32min
March 16, 2022 #36 Birth, Death and Naviagting These Powerful Rites of Passage With Keely Costello
In this week's episode, we chat to Keely. Keely is a New Zealand, born Australian raised expert, currently living in the U S as you will, hear, Keely is a bit of a Jack of all trades. She's a military wife, a mother of two, a yoga instructor health coach, and is currently working towards both her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counselling, as well as her certification as an end of life doula. Today Keely shares with us, her two births- one quick ecstatic, very sudden birth in a birt...
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1h 25min

FAQs about The Matrescence Podcast:

How many episodes does The Matrescence Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.