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- Megan Dalla Camina on Fighting the Inner Critic and Helping Women Rise
Megan Dalla Camina is an author, founder, PhD researcher, and guide for women ready to reclaim their power, trust their wisdom, and create lives of meaning, impact, and deep connection. In this conversation we discuss how to fight the inner critic and manage to keep writing in the messy middle of motherhood, work and life!
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth, her debut novel released on Feb 11, 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
50 min - Zeynab Gamieldien on Producing Two Novels and a Tiny Human In the Space of Three Years!
Todays interview is with the lovely Zeynab Gamieldien,whose second novel, Learned Behaviours was released in August 2025, two years after her debut novel The Scope of Permissibility came out in 2023. And in between the two, she also became a mother for the first time! This is a wonderful honest and warts and all conversation about the realities of writing while in the messsy middle of motherhood!
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth, her debut novel released on Feb 11, 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
1 hr 6 min - Jayne Tuttle on the fragile balance between motherhood and creativity. Even in Paris, it turns out, you cant have it all.
In this episode, Nadia Mahjouri welcomes the talented Jane Tuttle, a writer, performer, and bookseller, whose latest memoir, The Sea in the Metro, beautifully explores the intersection of motherhood and creativity. Jane shares her journey through a trilogy of memoirs, each revealing different facets of her life, from her time in Paris to the complexities of modern womanhood and motherhood. Together, they delve into the challenges of balancing creative aspirations with the demands of parenting, the essence of matrescence, and the profound impact of loss on identity and ambition. This heartfelt conversation is a must-listen for anyone navigating the delicate dance between creativity and motherhood.
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth, her debut novel released on Feb 11, 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
In this episode:
Introduction to Jane Tuttle and her works
Discussion of The Sea in the Metro
Exploration of motherhood and creativity
Jane's experiences of matrescence
Impact of loss on identity and ambition
Balancing creative aspirations with parenting
Conclusion and reflections
🔑 Episode Keywords
Motherhood, Writing Life, Jane Tuttle, Creativity, Memoir, The Sea In The Metro, Paris Or Die, My Sweet Guillotine, Motherhood Challenges, Creative Motherhood, Matrescence, Parenting, Australian Literature, Women Writers, Personal Narrative, Writing Process, Theatre School, Expatriate Life, Literary Community, Motherhood And Identity
1 hr 21 min - Lucinda McKimm on the Paradoxes of Motherhood and How Women with Kids Make Work Work
Lucinda McKimm is a writer, podcaster and mum of two - and one half of the fantastic parenting podcast Ready or Not. She is a beautiful writer who shares her journey of life, motherhood and creativity on her Substack The Paradox, where you will find all her beautiful writing, and also on the Ready or Not Substack. The Motherhood & Career Podcast (@readyornot.pod) • Instagram photos and videos
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth - her debut novel that was released Feb 11 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
1 hr 5 min - Saman Shad on Writing, Kids and The Sex Lives of Married Women
Todays interview is with the luminescent, wise and talented Saman Shad author of The Sex Lives of Married Women and the Matchmaker, mother of three - each born on a different continent. You will love it!!
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth - her debut novel that was released Feb 11 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
55 min - Kate Toon on Writing While Building A Business Empire, Being a Mum and Owning A Bookshop.
Todays interview is with the multitalented Kate Toon - Author of multiple business books, creator of the Tooniverse Business Empire and a self proclaimed misfit, motivator, entrepreneur and educator. And she also owns a bookshop - the incredible Umina Book Nook on the Central Coast!!!!
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth - her debut novel that was released Feb 11 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
58 min - Holly Brunnbauer Started Blogging About Motherhood and Ended Up A Published Author.
Todays conversation is with the wonderful Holly Brunnbauer - the author of What Did I Miss? - a hilarious rom-com published by Harper Collins. This is a fun and heartfelt conversation with Holly - who also works as a virtual assistant for authors. Holly started writing about crying in the aisles in Kmart and ended up starting a website to support mothers to find their community in Motherhood Melbourne - the place she discovered her love and talent for writing!
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth - her debut novel that was released Feb 11 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
57 min - Karen Wasson on Motherhood and Writing Through Tough Times
Karen Wasson is the author of Inked - the first ever Graphic novel to win the Ampersand Prize. In this conversation, Karen shares how she has managed to keep writing even through her daughters multiple surgeries and how she keeps perspective while living in the messy middle of it all.
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth - her debut novel that was released Feb 11 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
43 min - Rachael Johns on Surviving Burnout by Finding The Joy
Todays episode is with the vivacious and wonderful Rachael Johns - Australias Undisputed Queen of Women's Fiction. Author of The Bad Bridesmaid, The Other Bridget, The Patterson Girls, The Work Wives and many many other books and mother of three, Rachael Johns is an absolute delight and I hope you will enjoy this chat as much as I did!
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth - her debut novel that was released Feb 11 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
1 hr 4 min - Molly Murn on Writing So We Don't Go Mad. Telling Stories from Kangaroo Island to Morocco
Todays interview is with the wonderful Dr Molly Murn - a South Australian poet, author and manager of Matilda Bookshop in the Adelaide Hills. Her debut novel, Heart of the Grass Tree, was published in 2019 with Penguin Random House (Vintage)
WHO IS YOUR HOST??
Nadia Mahjouri is the author of Half Truth - her debut novel that was released Feb 11 2025. Available NOW!!!
Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online. Nadia works face to face in nipaluna or online everywhere.
Her website is www.nadiamahjouri.com.au and you can find her on Instagram @nadiamahjouri or sign up for her newsletter The Whole Truth: Stories of Ache and Ecstasy
Or you can email [email protected]
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About The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life
From the publisher's feed
Are you a writer trying to squeeze creativity into the spare moments between packing lunches, wiping bums and taming tantrums? Or perhaps you are driving teenagers around, navigating screentime, and writing in carparks on your notes app? Whatever stage you are in, motherhood and the writing life can be tricky bedfellows!
In this podcast, Nadia Mahjouri, mother of five, author of Half Truth and a counsellor specialising in maternal mental health interviews Australian authors, writers and creatives about how they manage to keep creating in amongst the messy middle of motherhood.