Melting Mummas

Welcome to Episode 17 of Melting Mummas, and our final episode of 2024!This week we speak to the amazing Gemma Smith, a perinatal counsellor, social worker, fellow podcaster, and speaker! Gemma helps us to unpack the intense identity change that we encounter when we enter motherhood, why this happens and what we can do to better support ourselves and the people around us! From mental health care plans, to postpartum rage, and everything in-between, this chat was so valuable and we hope you love it as much as we did!Here are the links to Gemma's social media, personal website, and workplace that she speaks about in this episode:Instagram: @postpartumlikeaboss Gemma's website: https://postpartumlikeaboss.com.auGemmas clinic: https://threelittlebirdsperinatal.comWe're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to the first segment of Melting Mummas Trimester Diaries! In this mini-series we're both discussing the ups and downs of our pregnancies (which are only 3 weeks apart!) Prepare to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly in this series where we are raw and unfiltered on the realities of being pregnant with a toddler.We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to episode 16 Melting Mummas! This week we chat all about the ins and outs of starting daycare! We both speak from our own experience on things like searching for a daycare, when to apply, how to prepare for the first day and apply for the CCS!We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 15 of Melting Mummas! This week Ash reveals her exciting news, and talks about the how the past few months have REALLY been for her. We then talk about what it means to be a stay at home mum (SAHM) in this modern era and why Ash is having trouble figuring out what the best option is.We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 14 of Melting Mummas! This week we are starting our new segment MELTING MOMENTS, where we both chat together about a topic we find relevant. This week the topic is mum guilt- something we feel ALL mums struggle with and needs to be discussed more, We chat about our own personal experiences with mum guilt, why we think it's so powerful and things we can do to try to reduce it where necessary.We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 13 of Melting Mummas! This week we continue on our chat with out last guest Tash, who speaks about her son and in detail about his temperament and nature as a young boy. Tash explains how she noticed differences in her sons behaviour apart from other children from a very young age and how his more sensitive nature has changed her approach in parenting and as a person in general. This chat was beautiful in normalising behavioural differences outside what may be considered 'standard' and how this doesn't always mean something is wrong - especially at such a young age. Although this chat is by no means providing medical advice, we do hope it provides solidarity to any parents in a similar position or anyone curious about the topic in general!We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 12 of Melting Mummas! This week we speak to our gorgeous friend Tash Johns who opens up about her experience living with endometriosis, how this affected her conceiving naturally, and her journey using IVF to conceive her son Samuel. Tash is extremely real and vulnerable in this chat and we know you will love this chat as much as we did!We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 11 of Melting Mummas! The recent news drop of Tahlia's pregnancy has us going BANANAS with baby fever! She shares how they found out that they are pregnant, what she has experienced so far, and her health journey with being diagnosed with a 'prolactinoma' after years of recurrent symptoms.We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 10 of Melting Mummas! This week we discuss the journey of navigating health and fitness during pregnancy and postpartum, what this looks like for us and the many common misconceptions surrounding this topic.We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 9 of Melting Mummas! This week is all about self care - what does it look like now that we have children and why are we so often guilted as mothers to take time to fill our own cups?We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 8 of Melting Mummas! This week we speak to Sue : an ex-serving member of the Queensland Police Service. With 16 years of policing under her belt Sue brings a plethora of experience and knowledge of women working on the frontline including gender differences, role flexibility, navigating being a mother on a shift work roster, and life with PTSD.We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 7 of Melting Mummas! This week we sit with ourselves and the massive couple of weeks we have had- wedding planning, juggling life and the chaos of children, and something is bothering Ash: the concept of Mum guilt in todays society! We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 6 of Melting Mummas! This week we welcome our very first guest on the poddy - Chloe Horne! As a mum of 3 young boys and a small business owner, Chloe talks us through her journey of conceiving and birthing twins for her first pregnancy, and her decision to have a subsequent VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) with her third son. Chloe's journey has not been smooth in any direction, but her positive attitude and beautiful energy brings so much positivity to the motherhood space. Thank you for your authenticity and vulnerability Chloe!Trigger warnings : emergency caesarean, miscarriage, post-natal depression & anxiety. SUPPORT LINES:- PANDA : 1300 726 306- LIFELINE : 13 11 14- CALL FORWHEN : 1300 24 23 22We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 5 of Melting Mummas! This week we take a turn on topics and focus on parenthood and business ventures, specifically Tahlia's family business Die Trying Official. She takes us through how she and her fiancé David managed to start their business while pregnant with their first child and with zero business experience, which has now turned into a 6 figure thriving business just 12 months later!We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas 

Welcome to Episode 4 of Melting Mummas! Following the narrative of life after our birth stories in episode 2 & 3, here we explore the first 6 weeks of life after giving birth. From bringing home a newborn baby to the multitude of psychical and emotional changes that we encounter, this episode explores many perspectives of early motherhood from our own personal experiences. Trigger warnings: mentions of PPD, PPA, and mental health struggles.SUPPORT LINES:- PANDA : 1300 726 306- LIFELINE : 13 11 14- CALL FORWHEN : 1300 24 23 22We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas 

Welcome to Episode 3 of Melting Mummas! We are going into part 2 of our birth stories segment and Tahlia tells her story about conceiving, carrying and birthing her beautiful daughter Harlee through a planned caesarean section.We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas 

Welcome to episode 2 of Melting Mummas! This week we dive deep into our birth stories segment and Ash tells her story about falling pregnant and giving birth to her beautiful daughter Maiyah in the public medical system. TRIGGER WARNINGS: surprise pregnancy, labour trauma, episiotomy, vacuum delivery.We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together! #meltingmummas

Welcome to Episode 1 of Melting Mummas! We're Tahlia and Ash, two first time mums navigating the beautiful chaos of motherhood and all of life's perks! From working government jobs to the exciting plunge into small business ownership, we are juggling it all with our young babies in tow. Join us on this incredible journey as we share our stories, tips, and raw unfiltered realities of balancing work, life, motherhood and everything in-between! Join our tribe and let's melt those challenges together!