The Mum Academy

Today we sit down with an amazing woman and mother Simone as she shares her personal story of transitioning into parenthood.

Join us as we delve into her unique journey as she not only navigates her personal transition from woman to mother but also works through the challenges that come with being a single parent.

From pre-baby to postpartum and everything in between, Simone opens up about the feelings behind the loss of independence, balancing work and baby, co-parenting, and her post-partum physical challenges.

Listen as we open up about some tough topics and share some beautiful moments over this incredible journey.

Tune in to this empowering series where we share real stories to support, uplift and validate mothers throughout their transformative journeys.

Today, we sit down with the incredible Ellie as she shares her personal journey into motherhood.

Join us as we delve into the challenges she encountered along the way, including navigating postpartum friendships, coping with hormonal changes, and overcoming mental struggles. From pre-baby to the postpartum period, Ellie opens up about how her life has transformed and the emotional and mental challenges she experienced. Get ready for a raw and authentic conversation as we strive to normalise the rollercoaster ride of emotions and challenges faced by all mothers. Tune in to this empowering series where real stories are shared to support and uplift mothers throughout their transformative journeys.

As Mums, your plate constantly feels full and it's a full-time job to juggle everything.

It can be very easy to let our time and energy be taken up by the things that we "feel" are important but quite often this is to the detriment of our own goals and priorities. If you are feeling like you don't have enough time to prioritise yourself since becoming a Mum or are having a hard time trying to uncover what you want to achieve this episode has some great information to get you started.

In this episode, we explore the 4 crucial steps to gaining clarity on your priorities and goals, focusing your energy on them, and creating an easy action plan to make sure you achieve them. We discuss uncovering your values, triggers and patterns, identifying your top priorities, and then we go through an effective way to implement action steps towards your goals. 

By the end of this episode, you'll have some really great tools to help you to understand yourself better, achieve your goals and live a more purposeful life.

If you enjoyed it and want to join our community come and connect with us @themumacademy.podcast on Instagram.

Until next time look after yourself and look after each other.

Today's episode is part 2 of a two-part series where we talk about overstimulation or sensory overload in Mums. 

In this episode, we go through three areas you can improve to give you a head start on preventing overstimulation from happening regularly and break each area down into some practical suggestions to help you implement easily into your busy lifestyle. 

If you want to know more about overstimulation and how to manage it, in the moment, make sure you check out Part 1 of the series in Episode 6.

If you enjoy the episodes please come join our community at themumacademy.podcast on Instagram and drop me a message to say hello. 

Today's episode is Part 1 of a two-part series where we talk about overstimulation and sensory overload.

In this episode, we break down what overstimulation is, what it looks like and how we can build awareness to be able to recognise overstimulation before we reach breaking point.

We go through some ways we can manage overstimulation energy in moments of overwhelm and set ourselves up for a more manageable day.

Part 2 will be released in a few days and in the second episode, we touch on some things we can do to prevent ourselves from getting overstimulated regularly.

If you enjoy the episodes please come join our community at themumacademy.podcast on Instagram and please make sure you drop me a message to say hello :).

Christmas is upon us and it is a time of giving but sometimes we forget to give ourselves the love and self-care that we deserve.

In the last episode for 2022, we are chatting about our self-love and self-care. We challenge the conditioned beliefs around our bodies, TMA host Rebecca shares some of her own journey around self-love and acceptance through pregnancy and post-partum and we challenge ourselves to change our inner dialogue and create healthy self-care habits.

Self-love is a beautiful relationship that you get to have with your soul and self-care is how you show yourself that love. Tune in to get some tips for increasing your love through the festive season and if you want to join our insta community you can find us at themumacademy.podcast.

My fiance Sam joins us today to chat about his POV being the secondary carer. 

We chat about some of the changes he’s experienced since becoming a Dad and how he is coping, we go through some of the challenges that he has come across and some of the impacts on our relationship. 

Love it or hate it, I want to hear your thoughts so make sure to drop a comment on the episode post at The Mum Academy on Instagram. If you connected with Sam and want to follow his journey please go check out his Instagram.

For any Dads that are interested in the group that Sam talks about it is called Blokes Advice and you can request to join at this link on Facebook.

This episode delves into one of the most important factors in your positive transition into parenthood. 

We chat about the hierarchy of human needs, how they link in with the 5 types of support, and how each type of support can help to build a solid support network for new parents. 

Links to some support services resources on the links below:

Australian Support Resources COPE  & Australian Support Resources RAISING CHILDREN

Remember if you are struggling and need help now Lifeline is here for you: Lifeline Get Help

Details are below for all of the information used in today's episode:

Rediscovering the Later Version of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Self-Transcendence and Opportunities for Theory, Research, and Unification - Mark E. Koltko-Rivera

Social support and stress in the transition to parenthood - Carolyn E. Cutrona

Controllability of stressful events and satisfaction with spouse support behaviours - Carolyn E. Cutrona and Julie A. Suhr

Mothers’ group participation: associations with social capital, social support and mental well-being  - Cecily Strange, Alexandra Bremner, Colleen Fisher, Peter Howat, and Lisa Wood.

The importance of first-time parent groups for new parents - Barbara A Hanna, Gay Edgecombe, Carol A Jackson, and Susan Newman

New Parents’ Facebook Use at the Transition to Parenthood - Mitchell K. Bartholomew, corresponding author Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Michael Glassman, Claire M. Kamp Dush, and Jason M. Sullivan

Self-care and Well-being in Mental Health Professionals: The Mediating Effects of Self-awareness and Mindfulness - Kelly Richards, C. Campenni, Janet Muse-Burke

Raising Children - Where to get support