Nourishing The Mother

Do you ever think “If I can just get this done…I’ll feel worthy” only you never quite feel enough? What would it be like to separate your list, from your worth? Let’s go there in this conversation.In this episode we discuss:When we look outside for our value, we devalue our workYou can make not getting to your list mean something negative, or you can make it mean an investment in your valuesMotherhood invariably holds the paradox of one foot in ‘fun’ and one foot in ‘responsibility’Where are you feeling weighed down and resentful and what are you choosing to believe about that?There’s some truth in ‘clear space, clear mind’And the inverse is equally true, where we’re using cleaning as a control strategyRigidity creates the punishmentBeing in conversation with your kids’ valuesThe lower your self-worth, the more the list will feel like your worthTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherh

Let’s talk about the swing of resentment and infatuation with our children - which is completely normal! Let this conversation and tools unlock you so you can gain capacity, gratitude and heart-bursting love back again. In this episode we discuss:- What spacious, attuned and respectful communication with our children really looks like - Denying the value of your authentic expression - Acknowledging your anger where it’s authentic- The power of self-acknowledgment for the impact that your child’s behaviours have on you - Regulated means connected to yourself - Authentic communication means connected to you truth; not shutting it down or vomiting it over - It’s hard living with the expressions of your repressions- The natural in-breath and out-breath of love and parenting - The goal is to embrace the synthesis of infatuation and resentment, because that is loveTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and ins

Let us walk you through a practical process of connecting and holding your power physically, mentally and spiritually so that you can feel deeply connected, authentic and powerful in your own life, irrespective of outside circumstances or people. In this episode we discuss:- How to stay connected with yourself within the pressure of motherhood- The governance you have over your body, rather than shutting down - Your perceived responsibility to ‘hold it all’ creates a stress response- Learning the language of your body - Changing attachments and perceptions to change how you feel - The ‘reset’ so you can come back to yourself - What’s your bigger picture and vision?- Being the woman who lives up to that 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/

Most of our listeners are fairly in touch with their own experience of being mothered, and based on that, will lead themselves with one of two choices: 1. Replicate the experience. 2. Do the opposite. Through heartfelt story and potent wisdom, in this episode we give you the insights to lead yourself in heart-connected mothering and grand parenting by opening yourself up to different experiences so you can create a mothering experience that is aligned and inspired, not obligated or in reaction. In this episode we discuss:- Grandparent goals- Letting your children lead themselves, and your parenting meeting them where they’re at- Allowing for a child’s normal developmental struggle, not seeking to remove it- Infatuation with your provision - Easing burden versus taking away valuable struggle - The mother archetype that gives permission to rest and return to herself - Appreciation deactivates expectation - Our responsibility is to the relationship we’re creating - Holding yourself in what’s uncomfortable so you

In this episode we give you 10 easily accessible, easy-to-do ideas on how to break the BS cycles of disconnection and resentment and get back on the connection train that’s taking you to destination ‘the relationship’ you want to live. In this episode we discuss:- What are you an energetic match for?- What do you feel worthy of?- What are you available for?- Asking for what you want - Halting disappointment cycles - Growing who you are to grow your relationship - It takes way more energy to ‘hold back’ than it does to give love - The part of you that’s not dialled into your intimacy needs- Ten easy, cool ideas to get back on track!To 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/

The point of this podcast is to leap before you’re ready, and do the thing that makes no sense, even though it’s hard. We want you to have the courage to back your dreams instead of staying in the excruciating agony that is ‘the waiting place’.Don’t focus on perfect, and move forwards with us, through our lessons and learnings that you can implement straight away.In this episode we discuss:- Just fucking starting!- Embracing the peaks of the experience, and the valleys when it all feels too hard.- There’s medicine and service in your pain and wobble- Holding yourself in the valleys, be reconnecting to why you’re here, that’s not dependent on outcomes- Waiting to ‘have space’ after you tidy ‘this mess’ is folly- Life doesn’t get easier, you just get more accountable- All parts of you need a creative pursuit- If you wait for perfect you’ll wait forever- The scared part within us is there to listen to, and check in with, so you can move into greater alignment- Stop waiting for people to agree with you- Moving be

How do you allow for more choice and more freedom, whilst also balancing family rules and boundaries? From sleepovers to language use, to the individual freedoms kids want as they grow, how do you hand over responsibility to your children, whilst navigating with a compass that feels safe and nurturing for you.In this episode we discuss:Holding on or handing over responsilbity to your children as they growParenting the same or the opposite of your own personal experienceBringing clarity to where your rules come from and discerning if they’re still true for youAttuning to the bigger vision you have for your familyRealising we look to a rule to make us feel safe when we’re stressedChoosing your rules mindfully so they’re more likely to be adhered toTransparency when it’s challenging, so you have more space to ‘stay with it’The self-checkin checklistBorrowing other people’s perspectivesGetting clarity on what you’re willing to negotiate and what you’re notInviting in co-parents and kids to the negotiations and di

You’ve learnt into acceptance through part 1, which creates more spaciousness, so let’s go deeper into how *not* to burn your energy through fighting or collapsing into your current shitshow.In this episode we explore:Acceptance is a mindset shiftAcceptance is a perception shiftHow to shift your perception and mindsetThe fruits of abundance are often heralded by intensityHow to shift your perception to find nervous system safetyFinding small gifts within the struggleAsking yourself what you need to be able to rise to this next level situationKnowing what you need to be able to sustain yourself and your energy through a trialling periodMoving beyond gritting your teeth to ‘get it done’Accessing more capacity through acceptanceMove your body to move your mindLinking your physical strength to your mental strengthKnowing when a strategy is supportive, or when it’s destructiveTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious pare

Whether you’re 3 months postpartum and your world is upside down, or you don’t know how you’ll do more intensity with more children, ‘life’ just feels hard and chaotic alongside self-growth, relationship, work and kids…this episode is for you!Fighting or collapsing in a period of intensity just burns your energy - so how do you move towards acceptance so you can find moments of peace and pockets of spaciousness?In this episode we explore:This is not bigger than you…tapping into your strengthDrawing on where you’ve done this before so you can trust you can do it againOur feelings need a stage, but if we stay there, we just get stuckComparing your shitshow to someone else’s masteryStopping the ‘comparisonitis’ that takes you down for daysMoving one step at a time is enoughOffering yourself ‘reset’ momentsTapping into the wisdom of birth to inform how you move forwards in lifeTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious pa

What do our kids need to feel connected to themselves, and easeful in different environment…and what do we need? We have to reconcile that we are inaccurate interpreters of our child, and the situation we find tricky, due to our own wounds. So how do we cultivate flexibility in our parenting, build connection with caregivers and foster secure attachment? Let’s explore together.In this episode we discuss:Don’t label your kids…look for where they’re the oppositeGet curious about your children’s behaviours and what they’re revealing about their inner experienceSeparation anxiety as normal and healthy from an attachment point of viewFacilitating and replication moments that ‘do’ work, to create more easeKnowing what you need to feel less anxious and more supportedHow you can help your child bond with caregivers and feel comfortable in new environmentsThe ‘good child’ is entangled with the ‘good mother’If we don’t care for ourselves, we rely on our world to be okay, in order for us to be okayDon’t collapse when yo

We want you to enjoy your January, versus having a consistent, low-level activation & focus on what’s looming. It’s possible to set yourself up for back to school not to feel ‘too much’ and like you’ve confidently got this. You’re just a few steps away, so let’s get started.In this episode we discuss:Identifying where your anxiety is coming fromAuditing where you got flustered this year, and it didn’t work for anyoneGetting specific so you can get solution-focussedKnowing what you need to be more supportedNot having to recover from drop-offDiscerning what’s yours and what’s your child’sAcknowledging where you’re not ready and avoidingWorking out how to set yourself up for successAllowing grace as you go through a practice phaseTo 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/

The sting, stings, when there’s something in it for you, but gosh it hurts, doesn’t it?! How do we hold our space bubble as our children’s vocabulary grows and their complaints feel deeply personal? Let’s kit you up through practical steps and personal story. In this episode we discuss:- The sting doesn’t leave unless we enter it- Recognising when your ego is in a bruised state- Our triggers are personal and entangled with our inner child/teen- Our children as potent mirrors - Practicing staying connected to yourself rather than leaving yourself - Perspective shifts to make it sting less - Holding the goal of living in authentic relationship with our children - Knowing how to get yourself into your own space bubble versus holding it 24/7- Don’t throw away the whole batter when you get one burnt pancake!To 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,

As a woman who lived her life from her womb and honoured the changes in her female body and vagina, who could never imagine never having a period…how is Julie after major pelvic surgery?In this honest and open conversation, we ask all the questions and go all the places so you can make your own informed journey.To 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/

The wobble is really normal…and it happens over and over again. You’re not wrong, you’re not doing anything wrong when you feel wobbly and uncertain in your parenting. Now let’s give you three steps for creating a sense of peace within you!In this episode we discuss:Finding your own plan for holding yourself steady within a wobbleIf you don’t make your wobble okay, you spin in anxietyOverfunctioning when you “don’t know”, to the point of crashingThere’s an expiration point on your stress-strategiesSeparating ‘who you are’ versus ‘an experience you’re having’The wobble is harder for you if you were punished for ‘not knowing’ and rewarded for ‘knowing’The wobble delivering an ‘upgrade’ in your life and relationshipsSelf-compassion when you’re doing the best you canFeeling more solid and certain makes the wobble safeYour child will always stretch beyond you…how do you learn to trust their direction?Being the hammock underneath your child rather than leading them from the frontTo explore feminine embodiment, inti

Five years on from our first episode on this topic (episode 180) we revisit where our families are at and how we view the concept of lying and Santa. We hope this conversation closes some loops, opens some others, and gives you great conversation starters to decide how you want to do this with your family.In this this episode we discuss:Being the keeper of the magicThe responsibility that comes with knowingOur children moving to being *part* of the creation of magicConversations on sharing this knowledge with siblingsEventually the lie comes undoneAllowing kids to make their own narrativeAsking ‘what do you think?’Weaponising Santa and the ElfSanta threats coming from a place of desperation when you’re feeling threatenedThe defining factor on whether your child learning the truth is shattering or hurtful, rests on the degree to which you’ve used Santa as a tool for control and coercion.Considering the transition to knowing the truth, as a growth point in their relationship skills, by considering the needs and

It’s a season when increasing intensity in your outer world can have you feeling increasing intensity in your inner world, and you can quickly become overstimulated and overwhelmed. How do you create a calm and spacious Christmas without saying ’No’ to everything? It starts with being really kind to yourself and your nervous system, so let us walk you through it.In this episode we discuss:Recognising your limits and your needsKnowing your capacity and how to support yourself during your dayBeing quieter, gentler and softer with yourselfRecognising what social boundaries you need so you don’t feel wiped out and resentfulHolding a level of attunement to your kids social batteriesKnowing how to navigate your day so that everyone’s social batteries are includedRecognising the ‘not in your body, sped up’ feelingHaving foresight that creates your calmFlexible and nourishing schedulesLiteracy of the needs of the family unitLet go the Hallmark ‘perfect family’ together at Christmas eventsSay ‘Yes’ to lightnessThe tem

Parenting neurodivergent children is a constant process of acknowledging ourselves and learning to see ourselves within a culture that fusses solely on that child. We can find ourselves cycling in grief, despair, despondency and complete exhaustion, so this podcast is more a conversation highlighting that your struggle is real AND you need supporting too.In this episode we discuss:The collective undervaluing of care workThe patriarchal motherhood construct that you should meet your child and have a never-ending wellspring of capacityInternalising the idea that you’re supposed to show up regardless of the cost to your own wellbeingFeeling undermined, judged, minimised and isolated as a motherThe unseen and invisible work of how parenting neurodivergent children can impact your careerMoving beyond ‘I’ve just got to parent better’Services that cancel out the experience of the mother and the coupleFeeling like you don’t get to be who you are because of the huge needs of your childFearing the railroading of your d

Sibling conflict can feel really hard to hold, which it is - until you learn to move beyond the victim/perpetrator mindset. Understanding how to create harmony with something that feels intense in your body, begins with understanding why it’s hard.In this episode we discuss:Our first experiences of growing up with someone like usLearning through siblings; sameness, difference, pain and connectionHow you relate to your sibling as an adult, and your parent’s input into thatKnow your story and your expectationsGet curious about how *you* are with conflictKnow what immediately activates you and consider why it’s hard for youKnow what it’s like to feel connected to the truest youRecalibrating from the intensity of your nervous system responseCreating an environment where everyone gets heard and tension dissolvesTo 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 Brid

Mother guilt is often synonymous with motherhood. But have you ever stopped to wonder why it’s here, and why it has such a grip on you?  In this episode we’re going to walk you through getting self-curious on why you’re doing it, and what you’re using it for. In this episode we discuss:- The eternal game of ‘whack-a-mole’ with guilt- Getting curious with why you carry guilt- Getting curious with what you do with guilt as a strategy - Recognising your guilt patterns - Measuring yourself to a fantasy- Using guilt as a strategy to avoid anger- Using guilt as a punishment strategy to keep you ‘toeing a line’ - Using guilt as a way to stay in control- Looking for a more solid self that maybe doesn’t want to be doing ‘the thing’ anymore - Giving yourself permission to claim more space - Restructuring family life when you change your identity - Healthy escapism for regulation vs escapism for avoidance - Recognising if you have a skill gap versus not wanting to do that anymoreTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy

Believing that your motherhood and work are in conflict keeps you cut off from your own power and prevents you from creating a deeply fulfilling life. It’s time to change that; let’s talk about how!In this episode we discuss:- Feeling controlled by your work and kids - Increasing your response-ability - Sometimes it’s not a parenting issue or upskill need- Getting self-boundaried with your time and capacity across your life - Having a vision that’s bigger than you - We don’t want the daily needs/demands to become us - Creating meaningful and inspiring links in your day to day life - Getting quick hits of inspiration - Creating the most fulfilling life you can in any season of motherhood - Recognising how your motherhood feeds your work and your work feeds your motherhoodTo 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.li