Episodes

  • #45 Supporting Your Family Through the Death of a Loved One With Death Doula Amanda

    #45 Supporting Your Family Through the Death of a Loved One With Death Doula Amanda
    Aug 29 2022
    ,Content warning: Death, miscarriage, domestic violence In this week’s episode we chat to mum of 3 and death doula, Amanda. Amanda became a mum earlier in life than expected. While she breezed through conception and pregnancy, Amanda’s first birth was not what she had planned for, hoped for, or expected. Despite wanting a natural birth, Amanda agreed to have her first birth induced. After 17 long hours of back to back contractions, she was taken for an emergency c-section. She gave ...
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • #43 Is She A Good Baby? With Dr Alix Vann.

    #43 Is She A Good Baby? With Dr Alix Vann.
    Aug 1 2022
    In this week's episode we chat to Alix. Alix is an eldest daughter, a mother to a 4-year-old daughter, a clinical psychologist, and a recovering ‘good girl’. Through both her post-graduate training and clinical experience, and her own lived experiences of being parented and raised in the pursuit of perfect, Alix has become intimately acquainted with the notion of "the good child” and how this presents in the mothering experience. Alix’s own introduction to motherhood was fraught, with he...
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • #44 Our Story: Insights on The Mental Load, Working Motherhood and the Supermum Myth.

    #44 Our Story: Insights on The Mental Load, Working Motherhood and the Supermum Myth.
    Aug 1 2022
    8 years ago on a Sunday afternoon, Bree walked down Kel's long drive way for an interview. After the news that their neurdiverse son was no longer welcome at Before and After School Care, Kel and her husband had been forced to explore other care options. While the first nanny was okay, the fit wasn't quite right. 18 and with minimal experience with children, on paper Bree was probably not an ideal candidate. In fact, on her first day she had to call her mum to walk her through ...
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • #42 Navigating The Transition From Professional Woman To Mother (And Back Again) with Dr. Lisa.

    #42 Navigating The Transition From Professional Woman To Mother (And Back Again) with Dr. Lisa.
    Jul 19 2022
    Content warning: This conversation involves mild discussion of abusive relationships and the lasting affects this experience can have on our motherhood journey. In this week’s episode we chat to Dr. Lisa about the transition from professional woman to mother (and back again). Lisa is a doctor of public health and has spent her career conducting large scale randomised control studies, publishing in top ranking journals, supervising students up to PhD level, and more. These...
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • #40 Matrescence as a Catalyst For Professional Rebirth with Rachael Rose

    #40 Matrescence as a Catalyst For Professional Rebirth with Rachael Rose
    Jun 27 2022
    In this week’s episode we chat to Rachael Rose. Rachael is a women's circle facilitator, teacher, doula and business woman. While her business is multifaceted, it is connected by a common thread of wanting to build communities, connect women and offer spaces where mothers feel less alone and more loved.As her business has evolved, she has moved into the business coaching space as well. In her words: “There is no village to return to, we must create the world we want to see.” Ra...
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    1 hr
  • #39. Life update: Returning to work, parenting teens, pulling kids out of daycare + more.

    #39. Life update: Returning to work, parenting teens, pulling kids out of daycare + more.
    Jun 21 2022
    Hello beauties. Welcome back!In this week’s episode Bree and Kel get you up to speed on what has been going on behind the scenes. What Bree is doing for work and how she is feeling about it, how Kel is navigating this new stage of parenting teens, some updates on the kids, the podcast, and so much more. This is a vulnerable and imperfect conversation between friends. We hope it will keep you company and offer some belly laughs when you need it most. We can’t wait to bring ...
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • #38 Low Libido and Finding Your Way Back to Intimacy With Sex Therapist Jo.

    #38 Low Libido and Finding Your Way Back to Intimacy With Sex Therapist Jo.
    Apr 4 2022
    For many couples, the return to sex after having a baby is slow, bumpy and sometimes even a little bit awkward.Between hormones, fatigue, contraception, changing bodies, unpredictable schedules and feeling touched out, there is a lot to contend with. So whether you are 12 weeks or 12 months postpartum, if you're not having much sex, you're certainly not alone. In this week's episode we chat to Jo Robertson about sex and intimacy in the postpartum period.Jo has a Master’s of Science in Me...
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • #37 Postpartum Planning and the Parts of Motherhood That We Don’t Talk About With Kathryn Millhouse

    #37 Postpartum Planning and the Parts of Motherhood That We Don’t Talk About With Kathryn Millhouse
    Mar 19 2022
    Slowly but surely, we are seeing an increased awareness of the need to prepare for birth. More and more couples are investing their time and money into hiring doulas, reading books, writing a birth plan and accessing independent birth education. We love to see it. But the truth is, that birth is just one (very very) important day in your motherhood journey. Once your little one is earthside, the hard work really begins. And yet we are not seeing the same investment in prep...
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    1 hr and 32 mins