Hello and welcome to Breathing Open Motherhood, I am your host, Charmaine Newmark and I am here to rewrite the narratives on what it gets to be like, to live as modern mothers, who are deeply connected to our instinctual truths. Who thrive as Mothers and who look back upon this time of our lives, with wonder and awe on the absolute magic that it is.
It is my hope, that these episodes help us rewrite the narratives together, from a conversation of challenge and lack, to a one of openness, inspiration and liberation of our minds, bodies and spirits. I am so grateful to be able to do this with you all.
Enjoy the show.
Burnout hits so many of us in motherhood, and often more than once! So here I am, showing up, as I move through my current season of burnout version 3.0!
In todays episode of Breathing Open Motherhood, I am sharing with you, what behind the scenes burnout recovery looks like for a conscious Naturopath!
- Surrendering to the process and my perceptions of burnout.
- What im doing (or not doing)
- What im eating, taking and drinking.
Todays podcast dives in to how I contribute to the conversation around Trauma. Trauma is a big part of many of my clients lives, and mine too, and I believe through my lived experience, and the hundreds of people I have worked with, that navigating Trauma is really important to allow us to live the lives we really desire. I cant talk trauma without please giving a TRIGGER WARNING. In this conversation I will talk about abuse and origins of trauma. It isn't in any graphic detail but it is there.
We will also cover;
- Herbal medicine and minerals that may help support trauma and how they help.
- How we can support the body to let go of trauma.
- What is trauma and how does it begin?
- My process of navigating trauma recovery with a mind, body and spirit approach.
- The team that surrounds you and how impactful this can be to your journey.
As always, my inbox is open to you, especially if you need any help in taking the first step to looking at this work. You can reach out at bewell@ecomumma.com.
If you are needing immediate support or this conversation has bought up any concerning feelings, please reach out to Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Episode Twenty Seven - A Healthy Hormone Cycle
Today's conversation is all around a Healthy Hormone Cycle and how to work with it, not against!
We will unpack;
- What a healthy hormone cycle should look like.
- The hormones at play.
- The benefits of each part of our cycle.
- How to work with nature to help balance hormones.
- How stress can impact your cycle.
- What to do when there is dysfunction or imbalances.
Sitting in deep gratitude for todays conversation with the incredible Dr Philip Morphew!
A man that has had profound impact on my own life, and was the inspiration behind the Camden Wellness Expo establishing!
We don't do surface level here, this is a deep dive in to all things trauma. Heres just a snippet;
- Generational trauma, how the body keeps score.
- How Spiritual Chiropractic works in supporting trauma moving out of the body.
- How you can use your triggers to move through difficult times and grow stronger through them.
- How trauma can compound and stack in the body, through our lineage and through utero.
On this weeks podcast, I am blessed to be joined by Jeff Fricot, from SynerQi Wellness Centre to discuss fertility and acupuncture. I have the privilege of supporting many clients on a fertility journey and adore to work alongside traditional chinese medicine! So I am humbled to have Jeffs support for the Camden Wellness Expo for the 5th year in a row!
In todays podcast we will dive in to;
- How acupuncture can support fertility.
- When to begin seeing an Acupuncturist.
- What a Fertility journey can look like for you and your partner.
Join our founder Charmaine Newmark and the very knowledgeable Susan Jones, as we unpack todays dive in to the Metabolism.
Metabolic health is so important for many areas of the body, and a key influence on our weight management. Today we covered;
What is the metabolism and how can we support it.
How does blood sugar management effect so much of our health.
Foods that can help heal and some that may contribute to disease.
How to maintain metabolic balance and still live your life.
Join our founder Charmaine Newmark and the beautiful Cheryl from Semprose Pilates and Fitness Studio to talk about all things movement through the ages as a woman.
In this heart guided conversation, we will cover;
Core strength as the foundations to strength.
Movement to support mental wellbeing and trauma.
Post partum and supporting the pelvic floor and prolapse recovery.
Optimising skeletal health and wellbeing through menopause.
Welcome to the first episode in our Camden Wellness Expo Series with the beautiful Karl from One Big Heart Yoga.
We take a deep dive into all things Movement as Medicine. I adore Karl's philosophy around movement and how to find deep medicine in movement again.
In todays episode we riffed on;
When to begin moving after burnout and injury.
How movement works to help with recovery from injury.
Creating balance in our modern world on and off the mat.
Cultivating a new meaning of discipline and honoring our bodies.
We all have things we want to change and evolve, but it can feel so hard to actually commit to and change right!
In todays podcast, ill be talking through the process of understanding;
Why is it so hard to change?
How can we actually change?
This will be an inspiring and practical conversation with tangible steps to help you actually create the change you desire in your life.
Good morning beautiful Mumma,
This meditation was created for you, inspired by you. A gentle reminder to drop back in to your heart and soften.
You may listen to this any time you desire but it was recorded just after school drop off, to anchor the energy I wished to hold for my day.
I hope you enjoy its gifts.
Welcome to this weeks podcast all around Baby Gut Health.
This podcast is actually a workshop I created for the beautiful Tay at Sleepy Squish Co for her Newborn Foundations course and it got such beautiful feedback, I thought it would be worthwhile sharing with you all!
Welcome to the first podcast for 2023! Todays podcast is all around nutrition and emotions! 2 of the main things on my radar and many of my mumma clients radars currently!
We will unpack;
- Building resilience and capacity within your self to be with big emotions.
- Building nutrition in your childs lunch box and what to focus on.
- Things I try and avoid in their diets to support mood and behaviours.
- The logistics of how I balance their lunch boxes.
Christmas is somehow just around the corner and im starting to think about how I want it to feel this year.
So often, we are consumed with what to buy everyone that we dip so far in to disconnect, burnout and brokeville!
So im sharing my top gift ideas for a connected Christmas that feels joyful;
1. Gift giving in their love language and top values.
2. Low waste, planet friendly gift ideas.
3. Connection and experience giving.
Todays conversation is a podcast version of my Seminar from the Camden Wellness Expo where I riffed on my top 5 Pillars of Great Gut Health!
This is real deal stuff, not fancy probiotics, gut cleanses, special broths of juices. Before that. The foundations of great gut health.
#1: Chew Well
#2: Only eat when your actually hungry
#3: Mindful eating
#4: Avoid over eating
#5: Eat a variety of Fruit and Veg, atleast 5 serves per day
Also, the Gut Club details are here for those of you that want to join us! Gut Reset Programs — Charmaine Newmark - The Nourished Naturopath
Today's inspiring conversation was with the beautiful Cheryl from Semprose Pilates as part of our Expo Edition Series! I adore Cheryl's philosophy around movement and alignment and how to find deep medicine in movement again.
In today chat we talk about;
- What is Pilates and how is it so powerful for so many people?
- Exercising when you are injured or burnt out.
- Why we can be prone to injury when we are out of alignment.
- Where to begin with moving again.
Todays empowering conversation is with the beautiful Jeff Fricott, from Synerqi in South West Sydney. Jeff has been a part of the wellness community for over 20 years and has an incredible passion, and inspiring level of wisdom on how to nourish and support our physical and emotional body.
In todays chat, we talk about;
- What is acupuncture and how do tiny little needles in the skin impact the body!
- How acupuncture can be helpful in Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood.
- Supporting Mumma in early post partum.
- Using acupressure points in Labor and Jeffs busy day ahead of supporting a home birthing Mumma.
- How our partners can support in Labor.
I hope you find this conversation as empowering as I did!
I so hope you enjoy todays session on my top 5 practical tips for supporting anxiety!
This is part 2 which talks about all the hows and things that I use myself and teach my clients in clinic when anxiety is stuck in a loop!
If you need any extra support or this podcast triggers or inspires anything within you, please reach out to myself, your health care provider or to lifeline on 13 11 14! You so dont need to go it alone Mumma!
Ready to work on your anxiety? Book in here at www.charmainenewmark.com/consultations
Or my 'Anxious to Alive' mini course is available for $22 to dip your toes in Programs — Charmaine Newmark - The Nourished Naturopath
Today's podcast is PART 1 of a deep dive in to Anxiety in Motherhood, how we got here and my own personal journey through its waves.
When we are plugged in to the way we 'should' be living, and ticking all of the societal boxes, we are largely disconnected from our truest nature. The nature that connects us as women, as mothers, to the hum of the earths song.
I hope that this podcast lifts a veil of shame and judgement around our super hero sensitivities as Mothers and helps your wound up nervous system, exhale, just that little bit more.
If this podcast brings up any thing for you that you need support with, my inbox is open to you at bewell@ecomumma.com
If you need real time support right now, please reach out to your support crew or lifeline on 131114.
I truly hope you enjoy the show and I'll see you for tangible steps on the next podcast!
Who's feeling the inflation pinch? MEEEEE!
Todays conversation hopes to normalise the stressors of navigating inflation and share my top tips to be able to do healthy, on a budget!
What we riff on;
- Normalising week to week living in early motherhood.
- My 5 top tips to eat healthy, on a budget.
- Choosing a grocery budget that feels really good for you.
After 3 weeks of back to back sick kids and navigating influenza for myself, I felt inspired to share a few things on navigating illness in my family, as a Naturopath Mumma.
In todays episode, you will hear;
- My top tips for supporting the immune system of your family.
- A holistic way of managing fevers and why fevers exist.
- How to navigate kids who dont want to do things you suggest, to help them get better. (without going insane with frustration)
- The innate design of our immune system
If you need some extra love, reach out xx
Todays beautiful conversation was with the gorgeous Tara Lee, a friend, mentor, incredible space holder and Mumma bear.
We dove in to the rabbit hole and entanglement of;
- Worthiness and power in Motherhood
- The perfect mother myth and the roots of martyrdom motherhood
- Where we are living as modern mothers, and where we desire to BE
- Where to begin in finding your worth as a woman and mother
And this is just the beginning!
Gut Health for Families can be confusing territory to navigate right! The 'gut' is so complex and fascinating and in todays podcast, I hope to simplify where to begin with getting your families gut health right. What we cover;
- What is the gut and the microbiome.
- What are common symptoms and conditions I work with in clinic.
- When do we need to test the gut?
- What could be contributing to gut health
- Where to begin with supporting gut health for your family.
Todays beautiful conversation was with the beautiful Erin Bailey! A friend, fellow Naturopath and Breastfeeding Coach.
We really tried to not go down too many rabbit holes but you know what im like! We riffed on;
- The rollercoaster of emotions with breastfeeding
- The social support for breastfeeding mummas (or lack thereof)
- My experience with 'Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex and Insufficient Glandular Tissue'
- The most common concerns Erin supports
- When to seek professional support for your breastfeeding journey and what that support may look like.
So. Much. Gold!
Todays podcast is my own internal musings on a huge question I have been pondering since Hugo was born... Where is the village?
- What is the village? What did it look like?
- Where has the village gone? Is it missing or have we outsourced it to companies?
- What happens to us as women when we have no support.
- How can we reclaim a village in our communities for ourselves and our children.
Please enjoy the annoying bumps of the microphone on my mala beads as we go! haha! No but seriously, I would never be able to recreate what I just said and it was gold! SO im running with the bumps and I hope its not too distracting!
On this weeks podcast we dive into unpacking the many systems we uncover in motherhood.
I loved hearing Tash's personal story of how birthing her last baby changed her thinking, saw her make changes within her family and how this completely changed her experience of motherhood.
I love that we get to talk through how she made the changes, how she worked hard to have the lifestyle she thought she wanted and then let it all go.
We get to hear the questions she asked herself and the conversations she had and continues to have so she can experience motherhood the way she wants.
On this weeks podcast we dive in to the current realities of navigating motherhood amongst the peak of the pandemic in Australia.
We dive in to the depths of;
- Finding your support crew, doulas, midwives, pregnancy advocates and mentors.
- My personal grief of moving through my last pregnancy amongst a very long lockdown and how I transformed it.
- Supplements, herbs and dietary support to a vital body.
- Reminders on how to find your sovereign truths to guide you and the health of your family.
Todays episode is a little bit different! I ran a beautiful workshop in my memebership this week and it was begging me to be released to the world.
So today, you have behind the scenes access to this workshop where I dive in to;
- Our relationship with food.
- How neural pathways are formed.
- Why we keep choosing the same behaviours and how to change them.
- COVID-19 lockdowns and spiritual hunger.
- Feeding your body and rejuvenating your feminine.
- Real life musings from my own current post partum relationship with sugar.
I just adoreeeee this conversation and the intricacies between our life, soul, bodies and how we nourish it all.
In todays episode we unpacked the often heavy conversation around body love after having babies.
I loved hearing Chloes unique perspective on movement after childbirth and how to magnetize what you desire in your life.
Lets begin the journey to loving our bodies with showing them self respect as a bridge to love and choosing movement that fuels us respectfully, instead of depletes us and feeds societal shame stories of a womans body! BOOM!
Enjoy the show.
Hello and welcome to Breathing Open Motherhood, I am your host, Charmaine Newmark and I am here to rewrite the narratives on what it gets to be like, to live as modern mothers, who are deeply connected to our instinctual truths. Who thrive as Mothers and who look back upon this time of our lives, with wonder and awe on the absolute magic that it is.
It is my hope, that these episodes help us rewrite the narratives together, from a conversation of challenge and lack, to a one of openness, inspiration and liberation of our minds, bodies and spirits. I am so grateful to be able to do this with you all.
Enjoy the show.