{13.4} Ask Me Anything: Eating meat, breastfeeding and calories, weight loss, feeding children

This week, I’m answering your burning questions in an AMA-style episode! Including eating meat when breastfeeding, eating enough food when breastfeeding, weight loss in motherhood, fussy eating and allergies.

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{13.3} How My Fussy Eater Started Eating Broccoli Again (No bribing, pleading or threats involved)

If you’ve got a fussy eater in your family, you know the struggle: endless refusals, creative sneaking tactics and a constant feeling of guilt that it's somehow your fault. In this episode, I share how my son went from a firm “no” to broccoli for four years to finally enjoying it again – without a battle.

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{13.2} 8 Ways to Get Ahead of Your Energy and Health in 2025

In this episode I dive into why New Year's resolutions often fail to stick and why I approach things differently. I’m sharing 8 practical, achievable ways to get ahead of your energy and health in 2025 – without the pressure of perfection or an all-or-nothing mindset.

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{13.1} How to Cut the Clutter in 15 Minutes a Day with Elisabeth Beam of Balancing Beams

Discover how decluttering can transform your home and mind. In this episode, I chat with Elisabeth Beam about overcoming clutter roadblocks, reclaiming energy, and finding joy in motherhood.

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{12.12} Stress-Free Dinners When You’re Running on Empty

In this episode, I’m sharing the secret to stress-free dinners when life feels chaotic – that doesn't involve spending hours cooking elaborate meals with the clearup that entails.

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{12.11} Why Not? Talking Identity, Mindset and Horses with Chrissy Hawkins, Strength Coach for Equestrians

In this week's episode of Raising Healthy Mothers I talk to Chrissy Hawkins, an online strength coach for equestrians, discussing the sticky question of 'Why Not?', when the world around us insists on asking 'Why?'

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{12.10} Why I Hate 'Family-Friendly' Meals

Have you ever felt like “family-friendly” meals are anything but friendly for your family? In this episode, I dig into the pressure mums face around feeding kids, especially when typical family foods don’t fit with our reality.

{12.9} Using Instagram to Build Freedom in Motherhood with Kimberly Espinel of The Little Plantation

This week on Raising Healthy Mothers, I talk to Kimberly Espinel, an award-winning food photographer, best selling author, Instagram influencer and podcaster about building her business through Instagram and how she fits it into family life, and the lessons she has learnt along the way.

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{12.8} The Empowered Menopause: Talking HRT, Perimenopause and Nutrition with Keris Marsden, Nutritional Therapist

This week I welcome Keris Marsden onto the show to talk about perimenopause and her Empowered Menopause Hub after she experienced early menopause in her late 30s and went on a journey of discovery around her health and wellbeing to uncover the best way to manage her symptoms so she could thrive instead of just surviving.

{12.7} How to Feed a Fussy Toddler and a Hungry Baby

Today I answer a question from a mum who feels guilty and worries that her younger baby is not getting a good exposure and variety to food at mealtimes because of her toddler's fussy eating.

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{12.6} How to Support Loved Ones Recover from an Eating Disorder with Deirdre Reddan of SupportED Families

In today's episode, I talk to Deirdre Reddan of SupportED Families about supporting loved ones through eating disorders.

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{12.5} When Gentle Parenting Is Far From Gentle on Mums: My Honest Experience

In today's episode, I bare my soul on my experience on gentle parenting after nearly six years of being a mum. I explore the wonderful aspects of this approach but also the immense pressure it can place on mums.

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{12.4} How to Grow a Human and Build a Business with Amy Crumpton of Social Cactus Coaching

This week I talk to Amy Crumpton of Social Cactus Coaching, currently pregnant for the first time, about pivoting her business as a new mum and planning for maternity leave as a business owner.

{12.3} Gut Health 101: The Key to Immunity, Mood, and Wellbeing

Today I discuss the basics of gut health, including the cephalic phase of digestion and how to help it work properly, why chewing is important, what to eat for good digestion and gut health, akkermansia and how it helps the gut lining to avoid leaky gut and what a healthy poop looks like.

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{12.2} Stuck in a Cooking Rut? Here’s How to Get Out of It

In this episode of Raising Healthy Mothers I discuss getting yourself out of your cooking rut. I cover the 4 reasons you've found yourself in a cooking rut, 4 ways to help you find your way out of it and the secret sauce to meal planning that will save you time and energy... and remove decision fatigue

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{12.1} How to (Finally) Get Healthy: 7 Steps to Transform Your Habits

In this episode I am bringing you everything I've learnt from reading the book How to Change by Katy Milkman. I summarise the 7 steps laid out in the book and illuminate it using my personal example of breaking a bad habit of using my phone around my children.

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{11.12} What to Eat to Recover from a C-Section

In this final episode of Season 11 of Raising Healthy Mothers I discuss the key things you need to know about recovering after a c-section.

{11.11} Making Motherhood Matter with Marci Carroll, Psychotherapist

I talk to Marci Carroll, psychotherapist specialising in motherhood about how talking therapy can help mothers cope with the overwhelm and find joy, confidence and ease.

{11.10} Breastfeeding and Returning to Work with Sally Rickard, IBCLC

Today I interview Sally Rickard, IBCLC and discuss how to manage breastfeeding and returning to work.

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{11.9} 3 Things I No Longer Believe About Healthy Eating

This week on Raising Healthy Mothers I discuss the three things I no longer believe about healthy eating.

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