heymumma

Apr 22 2024 120 ep. 35 mins 7

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Supporting women to make soul centered and heart driven decisions in motherhood. Going back to basics, changing our stories and trusting ourselves.

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#120- The invisible thread of Motherhood

Apr 22 2024 30 mins

In this episode Annabelle and Em get into quite a heavy topic, sparked by recent events, and therefore start this episode with a trigger warning. They discuss their own responses to the Bondi stabbing attack and how they have been processing this and feeling that strong, yet invisible thread, that connects Mothers to one another. This conversation leads into the anxieties and intru

#119- Will my child be like this forever?

Apr 15 2024 24 mins

In this episode Annabelle and Em explore the feelings we go through as parents as our children move through the different ages and stages. We discuss the fears we have about where our children are at, what's "normal," our parenting styles and more. We digress to share our own stories on how our children have said hurtful things or began swearing and discuss how we have handled thes

#118: Wanting another child when your partner doesn’t

Apr 08 2024 20 mins

In this episode Annabelle & Em discuss when you have the desire or knowing that you want to have another child, but your partner is done. Annabelle talks about her knowing that she feels there is another little soul who is destined to be part of the family, but her partner, is done with 2. Em chats about her transition to 3, the joys and ease-fullness, despite not being “easy”.

#117: Labels- is our society obsessed with labelling our children?

Mar 30 2024 21 mins

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 chi

#116: Our relationship with play

Mar 17 2024 24 mins

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 o

#115- Relationships after children (2.0)

Mar 10 2024 30 mins

In this episode Annabelle and Em talk about their relationships and how they have shifted since having children but also in the last few years (since the first episode they did on this topic). They dicuss how they navigate the common problems most relationships have, including the "who has it harder" argument, how to become better communicators, the changing seasons and how it’s

#114- Building and supporting resilience in children

Mar 03 2024 23 mins

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 th

#113: The first day of Kindy

Feb 26 2024 30 mins

We are backkkkkk!!!!! We are kicking off a new season with a little bit about what has been going on in our personal lives, and for Annabelle that's becoming a kindy mumma! In this episode we talk about the feelings that have come up from having a child start kindy, dealing with school refusal, being flexible with the approach to starting school to remove the pressure, and steppin

#112: Switching from private hospital to homebirth with Bec

Jun 25 2023 37 mins

In this episode we chat with Bec, mumma to Audrey, who goes by her nickname Bug. Bec birthed Bug almost ten years ago at home after switching from the private hospital setting which didn't feel right! Bec's biggest inspiration and advocates for instinctual undisturbed birth were animals, in being a zookeeper at the time. This story is shared with so much trust in the birth process

#111: Birth Sovereignty with Karis

Jun 18 2023 37 mins

In this episode we chat with sovereign woman, Karis, mumma to two girls and all round goddess! Karis had a midwife led, textbook birth with her first daughter, but as soon as she heard about free birth she knew this was the path for her and her second daughter! Her freebirth had many events that would likely have been pathologized and become emergencies had she birthed in the syste