The Mother First by Reviving Motherhood

'After starting a family, I felt overwhelmed and lost. But it turns out I was just in unfamiliar territory. Life got busier, but my world got smaller.Through the discovery of slow living I realised what makes life fulfilled and intentional.' Rachelle When you become a mother you can feel a shift in and a reprioritising of what's important to you. And this can be sometimes referred to as a matrescence spiritual awakening - as you transform from a woman into a mother you start ...

There is so much stigma, shame, guilt and ‘I’m not good enough', around Postnatal Depression (PND) and when I work with mamas-to-be a lot of fear too.So I wanted to bring you this raw and authentic podcast with the lovely Josie from Smiling After PND to help normalise asking for help, to help YOU the mamas-to-be to further understand the clues and signs of PND and of course to simply have a conversation about a topic that is often taboo and an afterthought, put it the ‘I’ll deal with it...

‘I noticed a huge shift in my identity and I was trying to work out who I was now as a mum...’Trina, from Mindset Mama (who now since recording you can find at @trina_m_pettersen) and I have been linked in through our businesses for almost two years now and I am a big fan of her approach to life and business - and what a chat this was. Raw, honest and exposing.‘Who am I now that I am a mum…What is my purpose…What am I truly here for...?’In this latest podcast, Trina has a beautiful way o...

We can’t ignore that physical changes are a major part of our transformation into motherhood, that it plays a big role in our matrescence.We can’t ignore how our bodies shift and change, but also how we see our bodies, how we identify who we are through our bodies and of course how our society and culture talks about both pregnant and postpartum bodies.So you can imagine I loved this chat with Kimmy from the Empowered Motherhood Program (EMP). Kimmy is one part of this amazing duo and Lyz the...

I’ve been following Kate from Milky Business for some time now, and as soon as I read this statement on her website I knew we were on the same page in the same book...“I love working with babies. While this is true, I’m really in it for the mothers. I am passionate about supporting women to have the best experience possible as they transform into a mother, whether it be for the first or fifth time. I want every woman to have the knowledge and skills she needs to have a journey that she is pro...

So often we hear ‘we’ve lost the village’; the nurturing by our wise ‘been there before’ elders, the connection to other mamas and even more simply the unconditional support of someone who just wants to hold the mama - to look after her, nourish her and take a load off for her.So I’m so excited to bring you this second episode where I am joined by two divine mamas Bec and Freya from Your Village.Through Bec’s experience of becoming a mother and with Freya, one of her besties, there ever...

This very first podcast episode I chat to Jenna from Meals4Mummas. Jenna is one part of this team of two, and Jemma is the other amazing mama. In this episode we get to hear about Jenna’s journey into motherhood and why both herself and Jemma started Meals4Mummas. Today modern mothers go into pregnancy already depleted and it isn’t surprising that through pregnancy and those early postpartum months deeply nourishing our bodys isn’t a priority. We ‘get by’.With a strong interest in making it e...

Welcome to The Mother First podcast, I’m Laura Coote Founder of Reviving Motherhood - and motherhood has left me raw and exposed in many ways. And this very first episode is an introduction that explains with you my purpose and intention for this podcast - to empower YOU the first time mama-to-be so you can be more confident, feel prepared and to further understand the changes that motherhood may bring.I share with you my personal motherhood experience and how that led to starting my bus...