In the episode Annabelle and Em chat about labels! This topic came about due to the many conversations Em has had recently with parents about their children. These conversations had a similar theme of parents being told their child has a hard time following instructions, listening, staying still and so on. So we are asking the question are labels helpful or limiting? And is the child just 3 or is there something else going on? We unpack this and delve into so much more, as we go off on other interesting tangents (as always!)
In this episode Annabelle and Em talk about play! They share their own experiences and how play has helped their relationship with their children, but also with their partners and themselves. They discuss how differently boys and girls play and how this is a factor in how much they choose to play with their own children. They want to be the fun Mum, but they also want to just lay on the couch, do you relate?
In this episode Emily shares a current theme that has been present in her community over the past few months- resilience.
She talks about the two examples of where resilience has been a topic of conversation. This involves the heat wave we have had in Perth and how this has impacted the We Are Nature Network programs and has meant diving into the philosophy of programs, and how the changes in weather influences resilience building.
This discussion also involves a topic that was brough up in the VIP SEED membership, where a question was asked about competitive children. Emily shares her own experience of dealing with competitive children and how she dealt with this while tying in the topic of resilience.
In this episode we chat with Amy, wife and stay at home mama to 2 children. The birth of her daughter was a Caesarian section with a private obstetrician and on feeling a sense of loss about her first birth experience Amy went on to have a VBAC home birth with a private midwife and doula for her son. We talk about her long birth, how she didn't feel strong enough in her first pregnancy to say no to doctors and that vaginal birth felt important enough to them to really get educated and make that happen for the second birth.
In this episode we chat with Aimee, a mama of two girls. She birthed both girls at home with a private midwife and her supportive husband. We chat all things homebirth and how education really is key! Aimee shares how she prepared herself for birth and actually crowned while she was dosing on the couch! This is a really wonderful episode that covers topics such as why women choose homebirth, the importance of informing yourself and why a private midwife can be worth the investment.
In this episode we chat with Ina Timms. a mum of 3 girls and a chiropractor. Ina has for a long time been passionate about natural alternatives to health. Two of her births naturally went ‘over’ and she gave birth to perfectly healthy babies at 43 weeks at home. This is a story about normalizing babies who decide to
arrive earth side after the estimated due date, and Ina shares her personal experience navigating a system and a world that aren't used to babies arriving so "late."
In this episode Radi shares how her recent Freebirth was one of simplicity & spirituality. Radi is passionate about harnessing the power of our presence 🔥 & understands the importance of trusting our intuition & the beauty of natural birth. Her story is so inspiring and is shared with so much inner knowing, and complete trust in the process!
In this episode we chat with second guest Jodie about the birth to her first baby which was a magical water birth at the family birthing centre. Her birth story isn’t the birth itself, but the lead up, the sitting in a phase of labor for 3 weeks, and the lessons and healing that created her birth. Jodie discusses her incredible self-awareness that led her to the magical lessons her birth brought to her. All these lessons where a perfect reflection of Motherhood, and therefore a beautiful initiation for her!
In this episode we chat with Ashley, a mother to two beautiful daughters. Ashley is a teacher, a birth educator and a postpartum doula who is deeply passionate about supporting women, their families and their children to thrive. Ashley had a hands-off hospital birth with a midwife and in the episode she shares this story along with the lessons she learnt from this birth and the joy it brought her!
