Nourishing the Mother

NTM 375: The evolution of holding space as children grow

Through the stories of our lived experience, we share the wisdom gleaned on what we need as space-holders through every age and stage of our children. In this episode we discuss:- The relentless and all-consuming nature of holding space- The release from over-stimulation- Aggression is part of the way children express- What you need as a mother at each stage- What we are asked to meet and heal within the self at each stage - Meeting public meltdowns and observing the self as you navigate that - Building the capacity to hold great intensity - Understanding cognitively children’s releases and functional and healthy- Not needing to control our kids and their emotions- Being with internalised judgements- Checking in on your own expectations- Sharing care at transition phases- Teen years and listening versus problem-solvingTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 374: When intensive mothering holds YOU back

Your top values will always fill your time, so are you leading your life, or are others? If you’re regularly finding yourself feeling resentful toward your children or motherhood, it could be time to re-evaluate.In this episode we explore:- Beliefs like ’no one else can do this but me’ as forging an identity for your that’s become a straitjacket- Exiting the straitjacket of the identity you’ve grown to big for- Contemplating if my child doesn’t need me, where’s my worth- Considering intensively meeting needs as a season, rather than a lifestyle- Getting beneath our parenting challenges to see that perhaps we’re being asked to confront the fantasy we have with ourselves, how we mother, and our children- When we step back, who steps up?- When you’re not in connection, who is?- Challenging the perfect mother myth that ‘Only the biological mother can provide the best care for my child’- Healthy relationship requires an element of conflict- Allowing everybody to be whole- Lived experience and wisdom versus intellectually knowing all the toolsTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 373: Exploring different keys to your feminine energy

This week while Bridget celebrates her daughters birthday, Julie brings you some clips from her Seen, Felt, Known ~ Feminine Energy 101, free program. It’s a sensual, informative and heart-opening dive into how to access more of your feminine energy - enjoy!In this episode we explore: - Relaxation, aka receiving- Beauty- Leading with your heart- Adornment- SensualityTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 372: Body basics…our top 4 daily actions for loving your body

This episode is all about the practice of relationship with your body, not an arrival point or destination laden with expectation. In this episode we recognise that relationship with our bodies is a lifelong process and includes repulsion, indifferent and revelation. In this episode we discuss: ⁃ The drive to always want to make your body different or better ⁃ Living in a society that has a disdain for ageing ⁃ Finding ways to appreciate your body for what it can do and feel  ⁃ Holding neural pathways that reinforce pain or rigidity  ⁃ Gentle, rhythmic movement that brings connection  ⁃ Training yourself to reorient back towards your body ⁃ Taking stock of what you’re not doing for yourself that’s contributing to how you feel; ie. not having water, lunch, broth on hand in winter.  ⁃ Being intentional with how you want to meet the world ⁃ Changing the Patriarchail narrative on yourself ⁃ Universal laws that impact your mindset ⁃ Balancing appreciation and loosening the grip of wrongnessTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 371: Our top 4 go-to’s when you’re in a collapse

We all have a pattern of collapse, what’s yours? It can feel like you’re in a fight or flight response, have dropped your bundle, lost your capacity entirely or are flooded by overwhelm. You can find yourself spiralling in thoughts of self-hatred…and we ALL get here from time to time.It’s not about avoiding getting here, it’s about having the strategies and structure for when you do.In this episode we discuss:What to do when you feel like you can’t climb outFocusing on what you can anchor toRecognising you’re spiralling when all the little things trigger youBringing yourself into the present by orienting to space and timeRecognising old patterns of using blame and shame as strategiesQuestioning when your boundaries have been washed over so many times, that you’re now resentfulWhen we move our body, we move our mindRecognising fear that you’re plunging into the unknown and supporting yourself to create safety.Sharing your messiness rather than being ‘already solved’Letting yourself rejuvenate in Mother NatureIncreasing sensory play stations for your kidsBeing self-disciplined on when you’re ‘checking out’Creating a vibe in your homeTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 370: Recession proofing your family financially and emotionally with Coco, the astro-economist - Part 2

If you can’t deal with your emotions, you can’t deal with your money. So in this episode with Coco the astro economist, we talk building your intuition to build your wealth, working on your self-worth to build you net worth, busting your ‘hard work’ beliefs, and not waiting for the perfect time. We also explore how empowering ourselves as mothers, empowers our daughters so they may free themselves from a life of financial abuse. In this two-part series we cover:* The crippling effect of the fear of 'losing it all' that holds you and your family back* What a good money manager is and how to become one* Your self-worth underpins your ability to make money and build your wealth* Make love to the numbers you hate* Earning more than your partner is not a bad thing, you just usher in a new version of your partner* Choosing intuition over intellect towards financial growth* Following the small signs each day to build a strong trust in your own intuition* We can subconsciously sabotage ourselves and 'lose it all' in order to stay connected to our friends and family circles* The importance of building a network that helps you go through the ceiling - your network is your net-worth!* You first have to trust your own intuition, then you 'train' your family/partner to trust it* Everything has a gift, what is your gift right now? Especially when life has dealt you a huge challenge.* The difference between intuition and emotion and how to nuance the difference for yourself* economic cycles have synergy with astrological cycles* How to 'read the media' for where we're at in the bull or bare cycles* How to beat FOMO - everything has an 'opportunity cost' - it's only important that you're grounded and in-alignment with YOUR values, comparison is death* focusing on where you CAN monetise To connect with Coco, find her on Instagram at @iamcocodee and at https://coralinedufroux.comTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 369: Recession proofing your family financially and emotionally with Coco, the astro-economist - Part 1

If you can’t deal with your emotions, you can’t deal with your money. So in this episode with Coco the astro economist, we talk building your intuition to build your wealth, working on your self-worth to build you net worth, busting your ‘hard work’ beliefs, and not waiting for the perfect time. We also explore how empowering ourselves as mothers, empowers our daughters so they may free themselves from a life of financial abuse. In this two-part series we cover:* The crippling effect of the fear of 'losing it all' that holds you and your family back* What a good money manager is and how to become one* Your self-worth underpins your ability to make money and build your wealth* Make love to the numbers you hate* Earning more than your partner is not a bad thing, you just usher in a new version of your partner* Choosing intuition over intellect towards financial growth* Following the small signs each day to build a strong trust in your own intuition* We can subconsciously sabotage ourselves and 'lose it all' in order to stay connected to our friends and family circles* The importance of building a network that helps you go through the ceiling - your network is your net-worth!* You first have to trust your own intuition, then you 'train' your family/partner to trust it* Everything has a gift, what is your gift right now? Especially when life has dealt you a huge challenge.* The difference between intuition and emotion and how to nuance the difference for yourself* economic cycles have synergy with astrological cycles* How to 'read the media' for where we're at in the bull or bare cycles* How to beat FOMO - everything has an 'opportunity cost' - it's only important that you're grounded and in-alignment with YOUR values, comparison is death* focusing on where you CAN monetise To connect with Coco, find her on Instagram at @iamcocodee and at https://coralinedufroux.comTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 368: When you’re scared you can’t get off the merry-go-round of sick kids

It's the season for feeling hostage to sick kids and chained to frustration. So we want you to feel less alone, and more loved up as you navigate it all. We talk around three areas in this podcast, beginning with: you're not alone, normalising frustration and how to find the silver lining. In this episode we discuss:- Order and chaos as part of a healthy life- The attachments you have to what the merry go round means- The polarisations that keep you self-minimising- There is no merry-go-round to get off of- Returning to what your basic needs are- Creating spaciousness by allowing to vent and release in safe spaces- Expanding emotional capacity and flexibility- Supporting yourself to be 'sick fit' - Loving the season you're inTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 367: The real deal: what 7 years of podcasting with kids looks like

This week marks our 7 year anniversary of the launch of our podcast - Nourishing the Mother. So with sick-babe in arms, we record a podcast reflecting on what it's been like to run business alongside motherhood with freedom, flexibility and compassion front of mind.  In this episode we discuss: - Our potent memories, defining moments and deep gratitude for what this experience has given us - Running business and family as top values together - Trusting you won't know how, but you'll work it out and having the courage to leap - Being willing to pivot, fall flat and get up again, because your why is so important - Building windows of tolerance and holding yourself in the tension for longer - Weaving wisdom from a shit show day - Finding bandwidth when you thought you had none - Seeing your work in the world as part of your wellbeing - Creating and allowing imperfection - Harnessing the time you have - Choosing your hard - Giving others permission by showing upTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 366: Help! It feels like my life is run by everyone except me

In this episode we give you the three-step panacea to running your own life instead of feeling like a back-seat driver to everyone else's needs. We'll have you seeing yourself through a whole different lens and placing yourself back where you belong, in the driver's seat of your own life.In this episode we discuss:- the law of conservation and how if you don't fill your day, something or someone else will- how do you find your power when all you see is your disempowerment?- seeing where you already are powerful- seeing where you are choosing your top values in everyday life- understanding the resentment and self-minimisation cycle- understanding where the shadow-you is consuming power- empowering yourself to take back your life, even as a mother of young childrenTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 365: Softening into your ’shit show’

Julie and Bridget share the 'real life stories' of the non-highlight reel reality of parenting and the inevitable shit show it brings. Bridget illustrates the dynamic at play within the polarity between siblings via a birthday party and Julie shares the reality of meeting multiple, diverse needs in a large family. This podcast gives you our unfiltered events of weekend reality and the three-step process we employ to find our own softening within the shitshow (please note this one comes with a strong language warning!).Our three-step process is:- What's my fantasy?- Let it go- Choose youTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/

NTM 364: 10 ways motherhood is making you an exceptional entrepreneur

Motherhood as entrepreneurship...say what?! Motherhood cultivates mindset shifts that create a bigger life and fulfils a bigger vision. Let's sink into how extraordinary your everyday ordinary experience is.In this episode we discuss:- Pioneering in your lineage as a lonely path- When no one else shares your vision, how do you back yourself?- Your profound ability to adapt and triage any moment- Your skills of constantly pivoting and how they open you up to a world of opportunity- The emotional intelligence involved in adjusting your expectations- Leading yourself when you go your own way- Being willing to be misunderstood- Coming back to your own voice- How motherhood helps you to crunch time- Unlocking the passion that will sustain you- Holding a vision bigger than you and not collapsing because you don't have it right now- Your strength in goal-setting and creating small, daily actionable steps from a big visionTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/