Nourishing The Mother

How does a mother of “this many” children relate to her changing body and intimate relationship when she finds herself hung-up on the parts she finds hard to love? In this episode we discuss: • the double-whammy of having kids and grappling with our body aging • comparing ourselves to narrow, learned and curated definitions Listen InThe post NTM 350: Moving past body shame and intimacy struggles after kids appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

When a social media post about the war in Ukraine goes viral, what does that tell us about the collective heart and struggle, present in the world at the moment? In this episode we discuss Bridget’s post and the overwhelming nature of the juxtaposition of privilege against tragedies of war, and how we hold both Listen InThe post NTM 349: You don’t have to have the answers, you just have to be willing to feel into it appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

What’s your relationship with the dance floor? Do you relish the experience, or recoil at all the ways your inner judgements prevent you taking up space? Susana welcomes it all and through her prolific sacred dance journeys, women are called to invoke a more expansive and loving relationship with themselves. Fresh from Bridget’s recent experience, Listen InThe post NTM 348: Sacred dance as medicine for the heart, body and soul with Susana Frioni appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

When we’re feeling out of sync with life, we can begin to spiral into focusing on all of the challenges and all of the ways life is not working, rather than being able to see the bigger picture. When in a challenging cycle, remember you’re likely growing beyond your current identity and reality and into what you’ve been dreaming Listen InThe post NTM 347: when you’re feeling stuck, stagnant and stressed – what transition are you being asked to move through? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Our values (the things we think are most important) will always create how we see the world and how we think our children should be raised. And while we’re in an infatuation phase, our parenting decisions feel the most aligned and ‘right’. But what happens when that void has been filled, that karma has been Listen InThe post NTM 346: Where have you created your own cage in mothering? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this episode, we gently and lovingly nudge you to look at this story in other ways…what might be going on underneath for you? From abandonment wounds to filling our day so completely there’s no time left for feeling, we go to a lot of deep places in this conversation! In this episode we discuss: Listen InThe post NTM 345: Tapped out and touched out; when you’ve got nothing left for relationship appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Big change results in big behaviors – your child’s and yours! In this episode we take you through our three main pillars (with an additional fourth!) for thriving through your child’s transitions. You don’t throw a pancake across the room unless you need to – as we’ll hear from Bridget’s story with her daughter. In Listen InThe post NTM 344: Tears, tantrums and school transitions appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

We back up last week’s podcast with 8 more potent points on starting your business right…based on how we’d do it differently if we had our time over! Don’t learn the hard way, learn from our mistakes and growth and fast-track your growth to building the life and work you crave. In this episode we Listen InThe post NTM 343: The things we’d do differently if we were starting our businesses again – PART TWO appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this episode we share 8 key learnings we wish we’d known about or done earlier in our business journey. We talk about personal experiences, mindset changes, valuing ourselves, our work and holding our vision, especially when no-one else could. In this episode we discuss: 1. Getting a coach / joining a mastermind – do’s, Listen InThe post NTM 342: The things we’d do differently if we were starting our businesses again – PART ONE appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In case you didn’t know it, ‘the New Year slump’, IS a ‘thing’. After the emotional highs and lows of Christmas, we arrive to a New Year where we’re supposed to have all our inspired dreams and desires locked in and ready to go…but what if you don’t?! What if you’re in a slump and Listen InThe post NTM 341: What to do about your New year slump appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

We’ve stitched together our 3 top podcasts for the year, to invigorate your holiday listening and bring you all manifest vibes! In this one episode, you will hear: The 3 keys to manifesting The 3 keys to manifesting your family vision Make manifest the space that liberates you! Enjoy your ride into 2021! Love us Listen InThe post NTM 340: Holiday Listening – Our top 3 podcasts on Manifesting! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Are you heading into Christmas feeling the burn of exhaustion, demand, ungrateful and bratty children? Then this is the episode for you! We want to best support you with our top tips and personal stories to create willingness, nourishment and quality experiences for you and your children at Christmas time. In this episode we discuss; Listen InThe post NTM 339: Big feelings in little people at Christmas appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Grab your pen and paper for this one, we’re guiding you through an ative review of 2021 and anchoring your manifestations for 2022! This is your must-have process to propel yourself forward in all the ways you desire in 2022. Let’s look at stagnation, glass ceilings and self sabotage, acknowledging our fears and emotional blocks Listen InThe post NTM 338: Manifest what you seek, with us appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Instead of “F*^k this year, I don’t’ want to”, how do we offer both ourselves and our loved ones acceptance, without needing them, us, or the situation to change? In this episode we discuss making the most out of a really difficult year with difficult choices that can divide families and fracture relationships both for Listen InThe post NTM 337: Navigating a Covid Christmas appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Some years you’re ‘all over it’ and others, less so. Let’s make more space for being less perfect and honour the slowness our heart craves. Our beliefs about Christmas become our children’s stories, so let’s get intentional and aligned with the type of experience we want for them and us. If you would love our Listen InThe post NTM 336: What does a nourishing Christmas look like for you? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Following on from a listener’s request, we explore navigating yourself and your child through social dynamics that include teasing, meanness and isolation. We centre our conversation around maintaining connection with your child as you lead them toward greater social literacy. In this podcast we discuss: – Moving beyond anxiety in meanness – Being clear is Listen InThe post NTM 335: Parenting in connection when your child is the bully appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

As you and your child face a transition, either returning to school, beginning school, kinder or facing any other phase of change, how do you create certainty and safety for yourself and your child to have the best transitional experience possible? In this episode we discuss gentle resilience-building strategies that help you to work with Listen InThe post NTM 334: School transitions in an era of uncertainty appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

From Albert Einstein to understanding self, in this episode we talk with storyweaver Gill Howarth on how you can use story to amplify your conscious parenting journey. If imagination comes before reality, then story is an essential ingredient – in order to manifest something, someone has to imagine it, so how are we developing our Listen InThe post NTM 333: Developing your inner storyteller to let your wisdom guide your child with Gill Howarth appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

When is resting and femme energy maladaptive and actually costing you? Overwhelm can be part of a normal human experience AND it can also be an unconscious strategy to get our needs met. So lets chat with X Sharon Joy on how to understand, deprogram and move beyond your cycles of overwhelm. In this episode we Listen InThe post NTM 332: How to know your overwhelm is a problem and what to do about it with Sharon Joy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this episode Bridget interviews Julie and Nick on their 20-year journey of relationship, parenting and sexuality. We discuss how it changed, the key differences, hurtful ruptures, healing beyond trauma and what it looks like to tend the garden of your own sexual fulfillment.