The Nurtured Village Podcast

Join your hosts Kaitlyn Bywater and Emma Gray as they chat with Liana Quinlivan. Liana is a single mum of 3.5 year old Hazel, a loss mum after having to Terminate For Medical Reasons (TFMR) during her 1st pregnancy with a baby they named Audrey dot and a midwife. Liana worked as a bereavement midwife for 9 years and she shares all of this with us. Pack the tissues and if you don't feel up to topics such as loss and grief, you may want to leave this episode for another time. There is so much h...

At 32 and around 6 weeks ago our podcast co-host bestie Kaitlyn Bywater was diagnosed with Autism and ADHD. In this episode Kaitlyn shares her journey to diagnosis with us and how she is feeling about the diagnosis now! As always, we would love to hear what you think about the episode. Get in touch, drop us a DM and be sure to check out Spewy!Episode sponsored by Spewy - code Village15 for 15% off code valid until 11th October 2022. https://spewy.com.au Spewy instagram - ...

Join your hosts Emma Gray and Kaitlyn Bywater for a chat with Llani Hill. After suffering most of her life from mental health disorders Llani is using her lived experience to create programs and events that empower women with information and access to resources in her business ‘the intentional weekend’. Llani discusses- birth trauma- depression and mental health - suicidal ideation- motherhood- identity - expectations Find Llani here https://theintentionalweekend.com/...

50% of mothers suffer with chronic exhaustion85% of mothers report feeling unsupported90% of mothers report feeling lonely and isolatedAs a society we’ve never been busier or needed to be more ‘on’ but we are living in western culture in a village-less society.In this episode your hosts Emma Gray and Kaitlyn Bywater chat to Kate Harrison from Little Yarrow about what is postnatal depletion, how do we know what we are feeling is a normal part of motherhood or something that should be looked in...

Join us this week for a new snack episode and a really important topic we think should be on the agenda for every antenatal appointment; matrescence. We talk about what matrescence is, what it looks like for women and how we have experienced and navigated the transition to motherhood. Alexandra Sacks Ted talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/alexandra_sacks_a_new_way_to_think_about_the_transition_to_motherhood?language=en Hosts:Emma Gray - www.instagram.com/emmagray_____Kaitlyn Bywa...

Amy Hinton-Kench from Glenroy in Melbourne was devastated when her baby daughter Ayla Joy was stillborn on 2 May 2021.Amy received counselling support from Red Nose, which helped her begin to process her loss. Amy then decided to create a 38-week & 5-day fitness challenge in honour of Ayla - who was called to be an angel at 38 weeks, 5 days.We are starting this episode with a big trigger warning. We will discussing stillbirth and child loss in this episode. so if you don’t feel up to it t...

We are back baby! We apologise for the gigantic gap between seasons. We are back with season 3 of the podcast and will be launching a new episode each Tuesday for the next few months! This episode is a bite sized (or a lobster in Kaitlyn's analogy) chat about all things 'working mum'. So layered, so complex. Send us a DM if you're nailing it. We sure aren't. Find us and be sure to subscribe because we'll be in your ears every week now for the new few months. Love ya www.thenurt...

Join Emma and Kaitlyn this week as they chat with the beautiful Mandy Dante. Mandy is an ex-speech pathologist, TEDx Speaker, Model, an Australian Accredited Facilitator and last but not least, Mandy is the founder and CEO of Flourish girl. Flourish girl is Australia’s leading preventative mental health charity that works with teenage girls between the ages of 13 and 18 to build self awareness, self confidence and social connectedness within their school community and other ...

Happy Tuesday! Join Emma Gray and Kaitlyn Bywater for The Nurtured Village's final 'snack' for season 2 of the podcast. Emma and Kait chat about the season, their fave moments and an update on charity status for The Nurtured Village Hampers. Warning - Kait drops and F bomb in this episode As always, get in contact with us at [email protected]/thenurturedvillagepodcast Submit your story to our blog or to be a guest on the podcast atwww.thenurture...

Join your hosts Emma Gray and Kaitlyn Bywater this week for a special episode of The Nurtured Village Podcast. We chat with Elise and Grant Waser who are so kindly sharing their journey to becoming parents through adoption. Back in 2018, Grant and Elise began their journey to adoption after several unsuccessful rounds of IVF, and in March 2021 they were finally united with their little boy Phopthorn. International adoption during a global pandemic, hotel quarantines and language barrier...