Mother Glow - Meditation & Self-Care for Your Matrescence Journey

Today on the podcast, we have Christy Chadwick who is an advocate for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. Her mission as a Teacher of the Deaf and Relational Therapist is to provide quality, evidence based practices while incorporating some of her learned healing arts modalities such as mindfulness, reiki energy, and EFT-tapping. In this episode Christie shares her journey of integrating different modalities of healing arts and how she uses them to support parents and families in processing their emotions.
We talk about:

• Accepting and integrating all aspects of yourself.
• Self-sabotage and how it can be reframed as a protective mechanism for wounded parts of ourselves.
• Acceptance, allowing, and being with ourselves in order to process emotions.
• How breath-work and movement is effective in processing emotions and shifting mental and physical states.
• The benefits of integrating humming into breathing, which can transform the experience of the exhale and release tension.
• Christie shares a breathwork technique called the Ego Eradicate Breath, which involves active exhales and passive inhales through the nose and can help release mind chatter and promote a sense of balance and centeredness.
• Why it's great to have different healing tools in your toolbox and how to choose the right one for different situations.
• How vulnerability and openness can lead to deeper connections with others.

She provides stories of inner healing and education about yoga, mindfulness, and natural solutions like essential oils through her podcast, The Inward Motion Podcast. Christy is a multi-passionate person who believes in compassion and curiosity. A few of her offerings include a course about the foundations of tapping, essential oil community where 'tapping into your strengths' happen monthly, and parent support groups for hearing parents of children with a hearing loss.
www.christychadwick.com

www.hawaiihears.com

IG: @Christy.Chadwick.Healing

IG: @hawaiihears

IG: @deafnessrelations

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Topics covered in the Mother Glow Podcast: Mothering, Matrescence, Meditation, EFT, Reiki, Breath, Self-Care, Burnout, Grounding, Stress, Love & Appreciation.

Our guest for today's episode is Suzanne Lee Anderson who is a mother of four a midwife since 1995 and integrative nutritionist.
Suzan emphasises the importance of all stages of pregnancy and birth, including the period before conception, and the foundational importance of wellness for mother and baby.
We talk about...

• Creating a foundation of wellness for mother and baby before conception, and the impact it has on all stages of pregnancy and birth.
• Holistic wellness, including physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing, and the importance of practices like meditation, yoga, and tai chi.
• The benefits of conscious preparation and wellness for mother and baby before conception, including hormonal flow and releasing stress and beliefs around birthing and parenting.
• Engaging with knowledge and practices around wellbeing in the early weeks of pregnancy, including addressing gut health and anxiety.
• The power of the feminine during pregnancy and birth, and shifting the narrative around the strength of the female body.

Suzan is an Anthroposophical Midwife and integrative nutritionist and a mother to four adults. She has practiced midwifery in Aotearoa/ New Zealand since 1995 and currently resides in Mangawhai, New Zealand.
Suzan has a deep interest in ancient and traditional birth cultures and practices which has led her to Latin America on several occasions exploring birth practices in some of the oldest cultures. This also was the starting point of her current anthropological studies. Suzan has profound trust in the innate wisdom of the body, believing the passage from preconception to postpartum is directly linked to lifestyle practices and thus, promotes holistic consciousness to mind, body, and soul practices.
Suzan also knows each body has its own rhythm and does best with a slower overall pace to reduce unnecessary stress on the changing physiology and psychology during and beyond pregnancy to postpartum. Procreation is a field of passion for Suzan, being one of the significant rites of passage in the life of a woman. She knows it is a sacred journey into the mystical side of life, crossing the bridge between two worlds. In this space both mother and baby energetically transition.

Suzan now has a small practice, increasingly spending more of her time on preconception to postpartum knowledge and wisdom sharing. Her teachings follow the medicine wheel of holistic well-being and autonomy. Her greatest desire is that women experience safe and respectful care. Suzan believes that even in the most vulnerable times when women have access to facts and knowledge with good support from trusted others, they will feel secure to weave their desires and create the best pregnancy to postpartum care plan and birth location for themselves.

Find Suzan online at: https://wildbirthwisdom.com/
Instagram: wildbirthwisdom_
Facebook: Wild Birth Wisdom

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Topics covered in the Mother Glow Podcast: Mothering, Matrescence, Meditation, EFT, Reiki, Breath, Self-Care, Burnout, Grounding, Stress, Love & Appreciation.

Perimenopause is a natural phase of hormonal development in a woman's life, yet it remains a taboo topic that is often overlooked by the medical profession.
In this episode, I talk to Vandghie Badenhorst who a qualified dietitian with 14 years of clinical experience. She teaches women how to thrive through perimenopause without the prescription drugs, restrictive diets or learning to live with the symptoms.
During this conversation we talk about:

• The growing awareness of perimenopause and the lack of education and diagnosis from doctors.
• Description of the physical and mental symptoms of perimenopause, including irregular periods, fatigue, brain fog, and hormonal changes.
• The parallels with matrescence, which is also a hormonal and brain shift that occurs when we become mothers, and the importance of having language and understanding around these changes that happen in our lives.
• How hormonal imbalances during teenage years and childbirth can lead to perimenopause symptoms in women in their thirties and forties.
• The benefits of balancing hormones during perimenopause, including increased energy, libido, weight loss, and improved relationships.
• Tracking menstrual cycles to understand hormonal fluctuations and adjusting expectations and self-care during different phases of menstrual cycle to optimise productivity and confidence.
• Educating the next generation, especially daughters, to not repeat the same mistakes and to understand the differences in how women's bodies work.
• How the western lifestyle is causing a major hormonal imbalance during perimenopause and how we need to be intentional about reversing it.
• How mindfulness, yoga, and meditation can bring balance and simplicity to our lives.

Vandghie runs online coaching programs that have helped dozens of women to not only understand perimenopause but empowered them to thrive through this normal reproductive phase.
Follow her online: https://www.vandghie.com/
Podcast: Beauty in Balance
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vandghie
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vandghie/
Upcoming free mini-course training with three simple things to implement to reduce perimenopause symptoms and hormonal imbalance:
www.vandghie.com/thrive

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Topics covered in the Mother Glow Podcast: Mothering, Matrescence, Meditation, EFT, Reiki, Breath, Self-Care, Burnout, Grounding, Stress, Love & Appreciation.

Liz O'Brien is such a warm and loving light in the world, she's a good friend of mine and it was such a joy to have this conversation with her! Liz helps women bounce back from burnout and prioritise their self-care, without the guilt.
During this episode we covered:

• What burnout is and how you know if you are experiencing it.
• Why saying ‘no’ and setting boundaries can be so difficult, particularly for women.
• How to give yourself permission to recharge your batteries.
• How to teach your children to rest and fill themselves up.
• Becoming aware of your own natural pace and disconnecting from the fast pace of the world.

At the end of our conversation, Liz shares a beautiful practice that you can do right now if you are feeling burnt out. Enjoy!!

Liz O’Brien is a Belief Architect and has worked with clients for over 30 years to support their health and happiness. Her range of tools includes mindset and subconscious belief change, Traditional Chinese Medicine, tapping, PSYCH-K and mindfulness.
Liz is passionate about what’s possible for women when they stop being last on their to-do list, and recognise that when they’re mentally, emotionally and physically well, they can be their best selves and create a great life, which then flows on to those around them.
She also teaches mindfulness & wellbeing to medical students at Monash University School of Medicine, and delivers mindfulness-based wellbeing programs in organisations.
You can find her online at: https://vibrantwellbeing.me/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vibrantwellbeingcoaching

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-o-brien-26733917/

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Topics covered in the Mother Glow Podcast: Mothering, Matrescence, Meditation, EFT, Reiki, Breath, Self-Care, Burnout, Grounding, Stress, Love & Appreciation.

Are you looking for ways to align your thoughts and your actions through a morning practice, if so you'll love this episode with Aneta Ardelian Kuzma about the power of a morning practice and how it's helped her transform her life.

Aneta shares her journey of discovering yoga and meditation and how it has helped her become a better mother, wife, and how it's lead to increased productivity and flow in her work.
She emphasises the beauty of setting an agenda and aligning with ourselves before consuming someone else's agenda for the day.
We talk about:

• Setting intentions in the morning and how her morning routine includes reading, breath work, morning pages, yoga and meditation.
• Aneta explains the concept of morning pages, a tool for removing creative blocks, and how it helped her write her book.
• The mindset block and social limitations around self-care and self-love, especially for women.
• The power of taking small steps towards personal growth and how it can help us overcome limiting beliefs and shift family dynamics.
• Celebrating small wins and practicing gratitude, and how it can lead to a more fulfilling life.

Aneta is a coach and consultant and the Founder of the Ardelian Kuzma Group, LLC. She says: "My passion is helping my clients create transformational change. A former bank executive, I now work with high- achieving professionals and entrepreneurs to create mindful leadership, increase focus, creativity, and productivity, and deliver wellness programs to organizations helping teams achieve optimal health.

After a successful 25 years in the corporate world, I began a new chapter and founded my coaching and consulting business to help others live the width – not just the length – of their lives.

We all seek to become healthier versions of ourselves, spend time with people we care about, and do things we enjoy. Yet, many of us find ourselves stressed, overwhelmed, and overextended. I help my clients redefine success, reduce their stress, overcome limiting beliefs, and design lives of purpose, passion, and peace.

I am the host of the Live the Width of Your Life podcast, a book author to "Live the Width of Your Life: 365 daily meditations on living with purpose, passion and peace." I am also a contributing author to Brainz Magazine, have written for Thrive Global, and post regularly on my blog, newsletter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

When I am not working, I love to spend time with my husband and two daughters, travel, practice yoga, read, listen to podcasts, cook, and spend time in nature."
Find her online at: https://akuzmagroup.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ardeliankuzma/

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Topics covered in the Mother Glow Podcast: Mothering, Matrescence, Meditation, EFT, Reiki, Breath, Self-Care, Burnout, Grounding, Stress, Love & Appreciation.