Nourishing The Mother

Can you love your mother for everything she did, and didn’t give you? Is your heart open, or judgemental of how she parented you? If you’re seeking a more conscious path of parenting, it’s likely you perceive that something was missing in your own childhood. In this episode we discuss how you can both find Listen InThe post NTM 99: Mining for gold in your mother wound appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

We’re busy, we’re exhausted, we’re co-sleeping, breastfeeding and baby-wearing but what about our sex lives?  Where has the intimacy gone in your relationship? In this episode we discuss with boldness the story we carry to protect ourselves from deep vulnerability, awakening and allowing of pleasure both into our lives and into our relationships.  What does Listen InThe post NTM 98: Sex in 15 minutes appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

We bow at the feet of the parent-child dynamic and what awareness of this most intricate and insightful healing dyad can offer us, if we are willing to become aware, and meet both ourselves and our children in this place. In this week’s episode Bridget shares an experience of being told “I don’t like you Listen InThe post NTM 97: “I don’t like you as much as daddy” appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Whether as a conscious choice or perhaps you find yourself preparing to welcome another into your tribe, it can bring up a lot of questions and big feelings about your beliefs, values and sense of self as a woman.  In this deeply personal episode, Julie opens up about where she’s at with baby number 4. Listen InThe post NTM 96: Preparing to expand your family appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

What purpose does mother guilt serve?  The chains of mother guilt can threaten to overwhelm us, so the question is, how can we unlock the confines of this paradigm?  Can we motivate ourselves outside of self-flagellation towards what our subconscious is trying to reveal to us?  In this episode we provide a different perspective and Listen InThe post NTM 95: Do we want to eliminate mother guilt? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

…”And I just thought, argh!  I get it now, I can see how my kid’s an asshole…” reveals Bridget in this week’s podcast and we take it from there!   What to do with ourselves and our kids when they’re displaying angry, aggressive or disrespectful behaviour. Nourishing The Mother – www.nourishingthemother.com.au Suburban Sandcastles www.suburbansandcastles.com The Pleasure Listen InThe post NTM 94: Dealing with a bad attitude in our kids appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Overwhelm is a state of mind, but can become a fairly common story in motherhood. How do we transcend our story to find the magic of childhood that’s right in front of us? In this episode Julie and Bridget speak from personal story around how they themselves move from overwhelm to spaciousness.The post NTM 93: Embracing the Chaos appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this weeks episode Julie interviews Dr Karen Jaffe of Wellbeing Chiropractic and Mums the Word Podcast on her experience as a gay mother of two.  I’m thrilled to bring this episode to you as we dive vulnerably and deeply into a motherhood experience that ‘breaks all the rules’.  We touch on her experience of Listen InThe post NTM 92: Interview with Dr Karen Jaffe on being an entrepreneurial, gay, single mother of two appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Inspired by Bridget’s screening of “Dream, Girl” we open up the discussion on feminine oppression and feminine power and our ownership of both.  Why as a culture have we lost connection to the inherent power of the feminine?  Why do we feel that the way for us to gain momentum and take on leadership roles Listen InThe post NTM 91: The Challenge of Our Gender appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Every mother is exhausted and wrung-out, right? It seems to be a common story, particularly in the early years. In this episode Bridget and Julie take a different look at it, exploring how it serves us, what we can do to change it, and the wisdom of universal laws to remind us we are all Listen InThe post NTM 90: 3 Reasons To Challenge Your Sleep Deprivation Story appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

If you’ve been listening for a while, you’ll know we’re all about consciousness and conscious parenting – but in this episode we discuss the self-built cage we can create for ourselves in setting that conscious bar SO high.  How do you balance your desire for a different upbringing for your child with your own needs? Listen InThe post NTM 89: How to find your Freedom in Motherhood appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this episode Bridget and Julie get a little cheeky as we “air the dirty laundry” and bring the shadow of motherhood out to play! We discuss the last taboos of motherhood, bringing humour, insight and a different perspective to this conscious parenting gig. We really hope you enjoy it and cut yourself some slack Listen InThe post NTM 88: The Last Taboos of Motherhood appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In the buildup to our next course, ‘Aligned Parenting’, we discuss the philosophy of what it means to raise children who are autonomous, empathetic and have a clear sense of self and their wholeness. In raising ourselves to raise our children, we discuss how to hold space for the full spectrum of emotion, create spaciousness Listen InThe post NTM 87: Aligned Parenting appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

As women our intimate friendships can be so intimate they’re more like family. So when there are clashes, or your friend challenge or triggers you, it can be hard to maintain the friendship. How do we listen to the feedback of the trigger and gain the wisdom for ourselves and what it’s teaching us, so Listen InThe post NTM 86: How To Still Love Your Friends Even When They Challenge You appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Labels are limiting – for us and our children. In this episode Bridget and Julie discuss the impact of labels, how to recognise when we’re internally dialoguing or externally expressing a label and how to crash the self-imposed glass ceiling. It could be confronting for some, but we hope you’ll dive into the challenge with Listen InThe post NTM 85: Breaking the Label appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

When life throws you a curve ball, what do you do? What are your options? How can you gleam the wisdom sooner, rather than later? In this episode Bridget opens up the conversation on some very real and intimate recent experiences of Julie’s, in the hopes we create discussion on ever deeper aspects of motherhood.The post NTM 84: Accepting the Unexpected appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This episode is a bit more conversational as Bridget and Julie continue a dialogue around teaching our kids appropriate and inappropriate touch, connecting with their body and control over their body.  We discuss our own experiences, our parenting philosophies and tickling. Links: The Pleasure Nutritionist – http://www.thepleasurenutritionist.com/#home-section Suburban Sandcastles next movie “Dream, Girl” – http://www.suburbansandcastles.com/events-1/The post NTM 83: Body Ownership and Our Children appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this revealing episode Bridget and Julie challenge the accepted story that mothering small children equals no satisfying sex life.  What if there’s another way?  When we’re willing to look at what’s really going on for us, it is the pathway for deeper connection and fulfilment in our sexual relationships – it all start with Listen InThe post NTM 82: Bringing Sexy Back appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

If you missed out on our Free 5-day Flip Your Finances Audio Series – never fear! We’ve created a podcast just for you so you can gain some insight into your self-worth and self-wealth. In this episode Bridget and Julie delve into family history and philosophy to understand our money-stories with some practical tools to Listen InThe post NTM 81: Flip Your Finances – The Overview appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this deeply vulnerable episode, Jules prompts Bridget to share her birth story of baby Sylvie, and in honouring the ancient art of storytelling and the passing down of wisdom through story, we hope you journey the waves of tears and laughter with us and feel into what this story brings up for you.The post NTM 80: Bridget’s Birth Story appeared first on The Wellness Couch.