Are you busy making a resolution? Have you decided to start a new exercise regime? Drop the carbs? Cut your screentime? When was the last time you decided to make a change and stuck to it for longer than a few weeks?
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How do you feel once Christmas is over? What's your usual thought process when January rolls around? Do you end Christmas feeling shameful and guilty? Do you promise you'll 'get back on the bandwagon' in January? What if you could end December with a joyful look back on the month you've had - the food you've enjoyed, the people you've spent time with, the memories you've made?
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In this week's second episode in my Christmas Quickies Series, I'm diving into one of the top tips I give to clients - Stick to a consistent eating and sleeping routine.
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How do you feel once Christmas is over? What's your usual thought process when January rolls around? Do you end Christmas feeling shameful and guilty? Do you promise you'll 'get back on the bandwagon' in January? What if you could end December with a joyful look back on the month you've had - the food you've enjoyed, the people you've spent time with, the memories you've made?
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In this episode I'm sharing how my phone usage slowly crept up since becoming a mother, and the 9 steps I’ve been taking to reduce it to a more manageable amount.
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In this episode I'm sharing my experience and top tips on how I managed a 13 hour flight to Malaysia with a 3-year-old and a baby.
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This week I’m talking about recommendations around screentime, and opening up about my son’s screentime - how much he was watching, why we reduced it, how we did it, and reflections on what we’d do in the future.
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This week I'm diving deep into the aversion and agitation I experienced way back in early pregnancy with my second, and what I did to manage the intense emotions that brings.
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When my son was 2.5 I started becoming really smug that I’d done all the right things and avoided any fussy eating. 3 months later his baby sister was born and BAM fussy eating! In this episode I talk about navigating my son’s fussy eating using one basic foundation and three consistent strategies, plus some ideas to make the food you already buy and cook as nutrient dense as possible so you can be confident knowing your child is getting the best he can from a limited palate.
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Do you co-sleep? Or have you ever considered it and wondering how to do it safely? Maybe you're pregnant for the first time and are thinking 'no way, I'll never sleep with my baby, that's too dangerous! In this episode I discuss the safety of co-sleeping with a toddler and a baby.
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In today's episode I'm delving into my story of how I gently nightweaned my toddler - while still co-sleeping.
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In today's episode on Raising Healthy Mothers I talk about tandem feeding during pregnancy and when you have a newborn.
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In today’s episode I talk about how my eldest coped with becoming an older brother and how we helped him along.
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Today on Raising Healthy Mothers I'm giving you my 9 top survival tips for the first few months of two. A raw, vulnerable episode!
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In today's episode I talk about how I prepared my toddler fora home birth - why I wanted a home birth again, why I wanted him there, how I prepared him and whether I would have done things differently!
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In today's episode I talk about how I prepared my toddler for his new baby sibling throughout my pregnancy - what I did and what I would have done differently!
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This week on Raising Healthy Mothers I'm taking a deep dive into Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols, a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist and author of two bestselling books, Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes.
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This week on Raising Health Mothers I'm talking to Arianna Radji Lee of Pachamama, a digital platform connecting mums and providing a modern, mother-focused, democratised approach to postnatal care. In the episode we talked about what Pachamama aims to do, how Arianna pivoted to take it entirely online during the pandemic and how the business has changed and developed over the past two years, as well as perinatal mental health and coping as a business owner during pregnancy and motherhood.
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This week on Raising Healthy Mothers I'm speaking to Stephanie Gruenke about Matrescence - the transition to motherhood that we all go through - and discuss what this means for effective postpartum recovery in a world where mums are often left to their own recovery after giving birth.
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In today's episode I'm discussing postnatal weight loss. This is a difficult topic because there's such an enormous pressure from society to 'snap back' or fit into your pre-pregnancy jeans soon after giving birth. But that's so unrealistic! And also - so unnecessary, at least for a few months after giving birth. Because your body has done a wonderful thing by growing, birthing and feeding your baby.
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