This week is National Fertility Awareness week in the UK and in recognition of that I wanted to put out this double episode of a long conversation I had with Jessica Hepburn.  Jessica Hepburn is the author of 2 books: The Pursuit of Motherhood and 21 Miles: Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood. Jessica is also the founder, in 2016, of Fertility Fest, the world's first arts festival dedicated to fertility, infertility, modern families and the science of making babies, having previously held the role of Executive Director at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.

Jessica is an extraordinary woman for many reasons, she went through 11 rounds of ultimately unsuccessful IVF over 9 years and then decided to swim the English Channel and is now training to make an attempt to climb Everest.  Jessica’s book “21 Miles” made me realise that we need to have a broader conversation of what motherhood means and that I want to be part of a more responsible, diverse and inclusive message.

You can find out about Jessica’s work here:

https://www.jessicahepburn.com

And Fertility Fest here: https://www.fertilityfest.com

You can find her books on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2pdqqFa

You can also follow Jessica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicapursuit?lang=en

Please do rate and review this episode on your podcast platform and hold on to listen to Part 2

This week I am sitting down with Clare Bourne and chatting all about pelvic health and postnatal return to strength.  Clare is a Women’s health physio at Six Physio in London, the resident physio at the Mummy Tribe retreats and is the referral point for Bumps and Babies.  She is Mum to a nearly 3 year old and is also 29 weeks pregnant when we recorded.

I love chatting to Clare about how important women’s health physio is, how much difference it can make to get this essential check in done at whatever point you are at and the language we use for ourselves and our kids around pelvic health.

You can connect with Clare here: https://www.instagram.com/clarebournephysio/

You can download the booklets, which Clare mentions, that the Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynae Physiotherapy (POGP) produce here: https://pogp.csp.org.uk/booklets

And you can find a Women’s Health Physio here: https://www.squeezyapp.com/directory/

Please do take the time to rate and review this episode and subscribe so you can receive new episodes every week.

Series 3 - Episode 40

In this week’s episode I chat to Sara Johnson who is a Yoga Nidra teacher and Reiki practitioner among other things.  Sara and I met through the Nourish app to which she contributes and I wanted to share her story with you because she really exemplifies how getting a physical diagnosis doesn’t have to mean the end of our movement journey, there is so much we can do to help reduce pain, calm anxiety around pain and strengthen our minds at the same time.

I hope you get some real insight into the alternative ways we can move through this chat.

Do let us know what you think and if you have any feedback, I’d love to hear any comments, questions or remarks you have about this episode and any others.  My instagram is: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Sara has kindly shared a download with us, you can access it by going onto her website and filling in your info very quickly on the homepage:

https://www.connecttocalm.co.uk

You can also find out more about Sara and her work at: https://www.instagram.com/connect_to_calm/

If you are interested in the Nourish App you can see that here: https://www.instagram.com/thenourishapp/

Or here: https://www.thenourishapp.com

Finally I mentioned my retreat at the beginning, please find out more about that on my website here:

www.everydaystrong.co.uk/home

or email me: [email protected]

Hi, long time no speak!!

At long last the MOAM podcast is back and I am really looking forward to chatting to some brilliant guests over the next few months.  Episode 40 starts with Sara Johnson a Yoga Nidra teacher and we go on from there via adventurers, swimmers, psychotherapists, physios, personal trainers and a whole host of other wonderful women in between.

Come and say hi over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/ and let’s have a chat about all the stuff we need to talk about.

Also I want to mention my new website: https://www.everydaystrong.co.uk which is all my online and remote work with online courses for “How to Rebuild Strength After Having Kids” and “How to get back into Running After Having Kids” as well as “Pilates For Runners” and “Posture for Mums”. 

I also support women one on one remotely so that you can get back to feeling confident in your body in order to go on and do whatever you want to do in life without niggling pain and aches, or a lack of trust or confidence in a fully functioning body: https://www.everydaystrong.co.uk/workwithme .  If this is you, you can also always email me and chat about this to find out if it’s for you: [email protected]

Retreat News: I will be holding a wellbeing retreat on March 7&8th, 2020 in the beautiful rolling Sussex hills so if you’d like more info about that just go to this page: https://www.lovemovementsussex.com/wellbeing-retreat

Subscribe, like, review and share away all the episodes you’ve loved and why you’ve loved them and I look forward to spending the next few months in your ears having great chats.

See you next time movement fans!

In this final part of my series on Training Women I am speaking to Gráinne Donnelly, is an advanced physio and team lead for pelvic health physiotherapy in both the NHS and private sector in Northern Ireland, and she also co-wrote the new guidelines on return to running in the post-natal period along with 2 other UK physios.

You can download the guidelines here: https://mailchi.mp/38feb9423b2d/returning-to-running-postnatal-guideline

I do hope you enjoy listening, please do come back to instagram to chat about what you think and give some feedback and ask questions, you can find me on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

In this part 2 of my “Training Women ...” series I am speaking to Sophia Cooper from national group exercise programme One Fit Mama.  We chat about her motivation behind starting the classes and what that has led to for both her and the One Fit Mama brand.  We also talked about the various issues surrounding post-natal recovery and physical influences on women in those fragile years.

You can find out more about One Fit Mama here: https://www.onefitmama.co.uk

Thanks again for listening, please do leave a review with comments 

This is part 2 of my chat with the wonderful Elizabeth Davies of The Mummy Coach, please do listen to part 1 first!

In this section we talk about Elizabeth’s top 3 tips for advocating for your self when it comes to choosing appropriate movement types postpartum and her inspirations and recommendations for great books.

I hope you have enjoyed both of these parts, do let me know what you think, as always I’d love to hear your feedback.

NEW Mini Series: Training Women through post-natal recovery and helping them find their power - I’ll be speaking to 3 wonderful women about their experiences and the important factors and considerations when they train or coach women back into sport or to achieve their goals in the post-natal years. In week 3 of the series I’ll be speaking to Grainne Donnelly of Absolute Physio about returning to running and next week I’ll be speaking to Sophia Copper of One Fit Mama, but up first:

In this week’s episode I am speaking to Elizabeth Davies of The Mummy Coach which I have had to split  into 2 episodes because it was so awesome I couldn’t chop anything out - Part 2 will be out on Thursday so you won’t have to wait long to find out what we talk about after “vagina” in Part 1.

In this chat we talk about everything from training in a relevant way to the demands on your body to why we focus on the aesthetic in relation to women so much to what we should all be asking of our trainers and coaches when it comes to post-natal qualifications.

I love Elizabeth’s calm and focussed manner alongside her clearly extremely caring approach to helping women get the best, I hope you enjoy the episode too, I’d love to hear what you think and if you have any comments or feedback on what we talk about.

As always please do leave a review to give some comments that others will see when they’re searching for the podcast and if you leave a comment I’ll read it out to thank you in the next episode.

Thanks as always for listening, I’m hugely grateful and appreciate every moment taken to listen in to these brilliant conversations with incredible women.

In the 3rd episode of this "Women in the Water" mini series I am chatting to Sally Kettle who is the first woman to row the Atlantic Ocean twice from East to West.  Ultimately this is a conversation not just about how awesome Sally is - although she undoubtedly is - but actually how traumatic situations can help us grow, the lessons we can learn from failing, how sometimes we do totally the wrong thing and why it’s OK to talk about it so it doesn’t chew us up inside.  Sally is clearly highly self motivated with a great sense of humour and has learnt a lot from her experiences so it was great to hear her stories and receive some of that experience.

Do enjoy this episode and the other two in the series, and please come back and let me know with a review on your podcast platform - if you review it I will give you a shout out and thanks on the next episode.  I always love hearing feedback and any comments.

Find out more about Sally here: https://www.sallykettle.com

Hear her TED talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=m6nvMoV2mLA

Thanks for listening!

As part 2 of this Women in the Water series I am talking to Sally McGee from Surf Yonder, a surf school based in Northumberland who is on a mission to encourage women to get in the water, learn to surf with support and confidence and to improve their surfing beyond riding the white water on the beach.  Sally has a 17 month old baby and left her teaching job when she had him as she couldn’t work out the childcare costs and earning,  she now also works closely with her husband who is a photographer and formed a work life that fulfils her in many ways.

In this chat I think you can hear how passionate Sally is about her sport and how understanding she is about the challenges women have in surfing to men.  Listen in if you’re interested in surfing, if you’ve wondered about surfing or you wonder how to turn your hobby you’re passionate about into a job to work around your new baby.

Sally’s company is: https://www.surfyonder.com

We mention Leah Dawson: https://www.instagram.com/leahloves/

Easkey Britton: https://www.instagram.com/easkeysurf/

Sophie Hellyer: https://www.instagram.com/sophiehellyer/

Do let us know what you think by coming back to me on Instagram and having a chat, we’d love to hear feedback on the episode and any questions you may have: https://www.instagram.com/motherofallmovement/

Please also rate and review the episode now! x