Your Mummy Retreat

This is a short and sweet practical guide to tuning into yourself and finding your 3 touchstones to reach for daily to keep you at a baseline of calm and nourished.    You can connect with me on Instagram @the.mummy.retreat

A beautiful conversation with Sarah Palmer of Blossom and Snooze on infant sleep support done differently. We discuss how Sarah supports parents with responsively approaching normal biological infant sleep, we chat self care (of course!), and Sarah's own motherhood experiences. You can find Sarah on her website and Instagram @blossomandsnooze Find me @the.mummy.retreat on Instagram  

Welcome to season 2! This episode is a thought provoking conversation with the wonderful post partum doula, author and mother Anna Cusack. We chat about her personal motherhood experiences, about writing a book about motherhood whilst in the thick of motherhood and we chat social change! This is a lovely and juicy episode that will spark your fire in having the unspoken conversations. You can find Anna Cusack on her website where you can find her book Mama, You're Not Broken and you can find her on Instagram @annacusackpostpartum I acknowledge that the conversation we have in this podcast was taken place on unceded aboriginal land and that both Anna and I pay deep respects to the traditional owners of the land we reside, for me that is the Peramangk country in the Adelaide Hills.  As always I continue to build my muscles in inclusive language and I welcome all folk to this space who identify as having experienced or will experience a matrescence.   

A delicious convo with Julie Tenner on her journey and learnings in raising four children, a marriage, a successful career, and energetics and polarity. A beautiful introduction to masc and feme energy principles. We discus how it is about 'and' not this or that. Find Julie Tenner @julietenner.love and www.julietenner.love Find me @the.mummy.retreat   I acknowledge that I live and work on the land of the Peramangk people and I have deep respect for their culture, traditions and elders of the past, present and future. This podcast is created with the intention to create a safe container and community for any folk who identify as journeying a matrescence. I acknowledge that my language is not perfectly inclusive and it is something I continue to work on.

An interview with the wonderful Lael Stone who gives us a beautiful introduction into what Aware Parenting is all about and she tells us about her own personal parenting journey and her latest amazing project to create a primary school that is child centred.  Find Lael here: laelstone.com.au @laelstonehttps://instagram.com/laelstone   Fine me: @the.mummy.retreat

In this episode, I give an update on what is going on in my world as the new year begins and then I take you through a quick meditation that will soothe your nervous system and get you out of your monkey mind.  You can connect with me on Instagram @the.mummy.retreat   I acknowledge that I live and work on the land of the Peramangk people and I have deep respect for their culture, traditions and elders of the past, present and future. This podcast is created with the intention to create a safe container and community for any folk who identify as journeying a matrescence. I acknowledge that my language is not perfectly inclusive and it is something I continue to work on.  

A conversation with Kerrie Adams who is a mum to two and an IBCLC midwife. We discuss the whole lactating woman beyond just the mechanics and practicalities of breastfeeding, grief and guilt and shame when breastfeeding doesn't work the way you hoped, and self care while you are breastfeeding. We also learn about some of Kerrie's own motherhood experiences. Find Kerrie: @_kerrie_adams Find me: @the.mummy.retreat @yourmummyretreatpod www.themummyretreat.com Your Mummy Retreat FB community

A juicy episode with Jane Hardwicke Collings chatting women's mysteries, cyclical living, rites of passage and self care in motherhood.  Find Jane Hardwicke Collings: @janehardwickecollings www.janehardwickecollings.com   Find me: @the.mummy.retreat @yourmummyretreatpod www.themummyretreat.com  

This is a practical guide to the things I use on a hard day to reset and the episode finishes with a quick meditation that can be done anytime, anywhere, anyhow to reset and bring a little bit of calm in when you're feeling overwhelmed.   Find me: Instagram @the.mummy.retreat @yourmummyretreatpod www.themummyretreat.com Facebook community Your Mummy Retreat

In this episode I chat with Bridget Wood about the journey of the woman in motherhood. We hear about Bridget's own motherhood journey and discus motherhood as a self discovery or self development tool, the importance of re-learning yourself after babies and of course finding joy and self care as a woman not just a mother. You can find Bridget at www.bridgetwood.life or @_bridgetwood Or listen to Nourishing The Mother podcast   You can find me at www.themummyretreat.com  @the.mummy.retreat @yourmummyretreatpod Your Mummy Retreat Facebook community for free resources and chat following episodes!

In this episode I chat all about my two early postpartum experiences with my babies and open up about how both my different journeys were for me. I talk about my breastfeeding challenges including insufficient glandular tissue (IGT), low milk supply, triple feeding, pumping, feeding with a supply line, bottle feeding and mixed feeding. I also touch on my physical recovery from birth and pregnancy and what things I put in place to have the best postpartum experience I could my second time around. People mentioned in the podcast: The Golden Month Brooke Hilton Doula Torrens House in Adelaide run by CAFHS Sleep and bedsharing/co-sleeping resources: Le Leche League International safe sleep 7  Red Nose Aus co-sleeping with your baby My fave holistic biologically normal sleep consultant Sarah from Blossom and Snooze Fiona from Mama Matters is also a really wonderful wealth of knowledge Find me here: The Mummy Retreat Instagram Your Mummy Retreat Podcast Instagram The Mummy Retreat website Email me: themummyretreat@gmail.com

In this episode I chat to B of core n floor restore, she is mama, midwife and pelvic floor and core guru. We chat about Bernadette's work in core and floor rehab and what to do if things just aren't feeling right. And we also have a beautiful chat about B's self care practices, what boundaries she faces in reaching them and some insights into her motherhood journey with her two boys. Find B on Instagram @coreandfloorrestore and her website with her programs www.coreandfloor.com.au We also mentioned the Aware Parenting Podcast with Marion Rose and Lael Stone in this episode. You can find the podcast here. Find Malyssa @the.mummy.retreat or @yourmummyretreatpod on Instagram or www.themummyretreat.com Your Mummy Retreat Facebook Community where you can find resources to go with each episode.

A conversation with Emma Holdsworth of Roots of Motherhood where we chat about how she cares for mums and parents and families in a different way to help them to avoid burn out and overwhelm as new parents (or experienced parents). She also shares with us a little about her own motherhood experience as a mother of a 9 year old and a 2 year old.  Find Emma: www.rootsofmotherhood.com.au/ www.instagram.com/treehouse_emma/  Find The Mummy Retreat: www.themummyretreat.com/ www.instagram.com/the.mummy.retreat www.instagram.com/yourmummyretreatpod www.facebook.com/groups/yourmummyretreat  

A chat about Matrescence, journalling prompts and a meditation to find yourself amongst your journey. In this episode I discuss what Matrescence is, how it is similar to adolescence but with all the added responsibility of baby care, and the power that comes from understanding what we are experiencing. I then take you through some journaling prompts and a meditation for self-exploration amongst your transitional period. Join the Your Mummy Retreat Facebook group here to jump into a community of listeners for further discussion on podcast topics and weekly resources, including a pdf version of the journalling prompts from this episode. Connect with me on Instagram @the.mummy.retreat Find my website at www.themummyretreat.com

A conversation with Sal Carter on living low tox and her personal motherhood experiences.  Sal: @plantlifeessentials  Me: @the.mummy.retreat or @yourmummyretreatpod  and Your Mummy Retreat Facebook Group for worksheets and resources.

In this episode, I walk you through cultivating a self care practice amongst the crazy busyness of motherhood. 

In this episode, I introduce myself and talk about my experience of becoming a mother, my matrescence and the experiences that have lead me here today. I get vulnerable and discuss my postpartum journey, my second pregnancy, maternal mental health and self care. 

A trailer episode for Your Mummy Retreat Podcast, a space to explore the transitions into and through motherhood, share stories and discuss all things self care practice, wellness and mental health in motherhood.