Mum's The Word

MUM 037: Shalome Stone : Rockstar Birth

I totally loved this interview! Shalom Stone and I both speak the same language which is so evident throughout this episode. Its quite a long one and well truth be known it could have been waaaaaaaaaay longer as we were both getting high speaking about our favourite topic!! BIRTH!
You are going to truly love this interview from Shalome and its no wonder she’s got her own podcast too…. she has a lot to share and certainly has more passion than you could possible fit into one podcast interview!! Her links are below of course!
Enjoy!
Kaz xx
Shalome Stone’s Bio
Shalome Stone wants to live in a world where women approach their birth with excitement and awe.  A highly medicalised hospital birth and 2 sensational homebirths taught her that a little preparation can make ALL the difference, and that you can feel like a Rockstar when you birth, regardless of how you birth.
As the Founder and Editor of the Rockstar Birth Magazine and Rockstar Birth Radio, Shalome is dedicated to empowering pregnant mamas to replace their fear of pain with the insights and self-belief to roar their baby out by creating their own informed, empowered and amazing birth experience.
Shalome is the former Editor of the Homebirth Queensland print magazine Down To Birth, and passionate about providing birthing choices for all women in terms of optimal location, support team, and collaborative informed care, on an individual birth-by-birth basis.
She is the mother of 3 high spirited Rockstars, and bonus mother of 2 amazing teenage girls, and wants you to know that you are born to birth. Everything you need is already inside of you.
Shalome’s Quotes
“you don’t know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have” Bob Marley
“you are born to birth. Everything you need is already within you”  Shalome Stone
Shalome’s Tips
Birth Without Fear blog
Call The Midwife
Shalome’s Links
Website: rockstarbirthmagazine.com
Facebook: facebook.com/RockstarBirth
Instagram: @rockstarbirthmag
Email: shalome@rockstarbirth.com
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MUM 036: Susanne Grant : Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Childbirth

SUSANNE GRANT’S BIO
When Susanne was pregnant, her past experiences of child abuse put her on a different road of care from her team of midwives. Thanks to the hypnobirthing course she did and learning how to work with her own medical team she had her own positive birth experience in May 2014. This birth gave her a new mission in life and she is now working with women all around the world to help them to get their own positive birth experience. Having lived with her PTSD, which was diagnosed at the age of 17, she knows firsthand how challenging this can be.
Susanne Grant is a licensed Hypnobirthing Teacher, hypnobirthing mother of little Hannah and founder of Grant Method of Birthing. She has an online Hypnobirthing Course in English, and is about to launch a Dutch version as well. She also teaches group and private classes in person. To help women heal after a challenging birth experience she also developed an online workshop called ‘Healing After Birth’.
Some Quotes:
Quote I live by: “You’ll have people coming to you saying, ‘I don’t know what it is but something about your belief in me has caused me to rise to a new level and I’m so much happier and so much more productive and so much richer for my relationship with you.’ And some of them will eventually say, ‘What is your secret,’ and the simple answer is, ‘I knew who you really are and focused incessantly upon that until you became it.”
“Every time a mother comes to me with her heartbreaking birth story my soul cries out for her and her baby. I will do everything in my power for this world to change the way we treat women during birth.” Susanne Grant
“You need to understand that accepting help during birth isn’t failure, you can’t fail if you put your own child and yourself first by accepting help. How this help is given though, can make a difference in whether a mum experiences the birth positive or negative.” Susanne Grant
“If a mother doesn’t feel respected, treated with the love, care and privacy she longs for, chances are she will not experience her birth positively.” Susanne Grant
Susanne’s Tips/Resources
Penny Simkin – When Survivors Give Birth
Dr Frank Lawlis – The PTSD Breakthrough
Judith Lewis Herman – Trauma and Recovery
Mark Harris – Men love and Birth
Susanne’s Contact Details
Book Intake appointment at: [calendly.com/susannegrant/30min]
Website online courses:  susannegrant.teachable.com
Website local courses:  www.grantmethod.com (English) and www.hypnobirthing.tk (Dutch)
Facebook Page: Susanne Grant’s – Grant Method of Birthing [facebook.com/GrantMethod/]
Twitter [www.twitter.com/grantmethod]
Pinterest [uk.pinterest.com/grantmethod/]
Instagram [instagram.com/grant_susanne/]
LinkedIn [uk.linkedin.com/in/susannegrant]
YouTube [youtube.com/channel/UC8gGphCaZe5HABgFyKmB9LA]
Email: info.grantmethod@gmail.com
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MUM 035: Lisa Engle : The Gentle journey to being an Opti-Mom

Lisa Engle’s Bio:
Lisa Engle, a mother of 5, is widely known for her passion, dedication and commitment to supporting the expression of potential. She is famous for inspiring patients, especially mothers. With nearly 3 decades of service in the chiropractic profession; integrity, congruence, and “inside out health” is her first language. In turn, she has created a safe, effective, and reflective coaching model for mothers without the judgement, comparison, and crippling overwhelm that often inhibits change for families.
Quotes from Lisa“If you had to do it over, you’d just make different mistakes”
“There is no way to be a perfect mother but many many ways to be a good one”
Lisa’s Tips / Resources
Book: Sarah Van Breathnach “Simple Abundance”
Book: Ina May All her books
Book : Brené Brown Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Lisa’s Contact Details:
Lisa’ website http://www.optimomcoaching.com/
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/lisaengle
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/optiMOMcoaching
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/optimomcoac0026/optimom-coaching/
Google + https://plus.google.com/+Optimomcoaching
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mrslisaengle/
Linked Inhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaengle
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MUM 034: Carly Gallagher- Help my Hormones

Well it might have taken Carly and I quite a while to coordinate our diaries to make this interview happen (ummmm errrrr we work in the same practice!!! but in our defence we are both mum’s on serious missions which means that syncing our diaries together is not always so easy). After having just recorded this interview this week I really am so excited to get it out straight away. So I am!!
Why?
The information shared is so so important and needs to get out as its not always readily found and many women are left with questions unanswered, despair and also not knowing where to turn. I know this episode will change a lot of that and you will be taking some notes too along the way.  And I also expect a lot of downloads and for you to be sharing it with your loved ones.
ENJOY!!
X Kaz
Carly Gallagher’s Bio
Naturopath and Bayside mother, Carly Gallagher is a passionate healthcare professional and speaker in the Wellness industry. Her upbringing was surrounded by health, with the facilities primary focus being on healthy, safe, botanical and non-invasive care.  Her parent’s were exceptional athletes and her father a well-known Chiropractor. Helping and caring for people to be healthy is just part of who Carly Gallagher was destined to become.With over 20 years of experience in the corporate and health sectors, Carly is sought after for her in-depth knowledge of the body, the hormonal system, and how everyday living impacts the whole family. Her popular “Help My Hormones” and “My Essential” events across Australia, focus on helping people balance five interconnecting areas: Diet, Lifestyle, Physical, Emotional and Nutritional as key to unlocking optimal health and wellness.
Carly is an intuitive healer who consults from Vida Lifestyles in Sandringham. She specialises in Hormones, helping those suffering from:
• Menstrual irregularities: Amenorrhoea, PCOS, Endometriosis, Infertility, Hormonal Acne
• Adrenal Fatigue
• Digestive disorders: IBS, Food sensitivities, Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis, Parasites
• Weight issues
• Thyroid disorders: Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Hashimotos, Graves
Carly advocates healthy living through leading by example, sharing health tips and recipes for the whole family via her many social media platforms and newsletters.
A Quote from Carly
“The body does not quick fix, it fixes right”
Carly’s Tips/Resources
Website :  The Paleo Mom http://www.thepaleomom.com
Website : Sarah Gottfried http://www.saragottfriedmd.com
Website  :Chris Kesser https://chriskresser.com/
Book: Death By Food Pyriamid  Death-Food-Pyramid
Carly’s links
Website : www.lifessential.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lifessentialnaturopathy
Utube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFz3eea1mhhZjKfiRhcdyg?view_as=public
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carly_gallagher_lifessential/
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MUM 033: Emma Pickett : Making Breastfeeding Work, Accepting The Normal

Not so long ago I shared a post on on the Mum’s The Word facebook page that then was liked a crazy amount of times , like 5192 to be exact!! and then shared onwards 29 times from there. The post can be found here and tt was something that touched me and as a huge advocate for breastfeeding (and yes I know its not always possible and I am sensitive to that (see our Episode 26), it was something I wanted the MTW community to read and to be made aware of.  I tohught this message needs to get out and why not ask the author to be on the show.
So hereby I introduce to you Emma Pickett. So grateful that she was kind enough to say YES!!
Enjoy the Show!!
X Kaz
Emma Pickett’s Bio
Emma became a mother after a career in primary education and a Deputy Headship in central London. When she realised how many women were struggling to find breastfeeding support when they needed it, she initially trained with the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (www.abm.me.uk), qualifying as a breastfeeding counsellor with them in 2007. Since then she has taken more than 3000 calls on the National Breastfeeding Helpline, as well as volunteering at 3 breastfeeding drop-ins a week in Haringey, North London. She became an IBCLC  (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) in 2011 and recertifies this year with more than 120 hours of additional education in lactation. She is chair of the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers and this includes national strategic work in breastfeeding advocacy as well as the day to day training of new breastfeeding support volunteers and healthcare professionals. In 2015, she published her book, “You’ve got it in you: a positive guide to breastfeeding” which is available in eBook and print version. She blogs at www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com and in the last year her website has had more than 1.7 million page views. You can find her on Twitter as @makesmilk. She believes that knowledge of what’s normal, confidence and support are the keys to helping families reach their breastfeeding goals.
Quotes:
“there’s a big range of normal”
Emma recommends:
http://kellymom.com/http://www.llli.org/sweetsleepbookhttp://www.llli.org/thewomanlyartofbreastfeeding
The breastfeeding mother’s guide to making more milk by Diana West and Lisa Marasco. Details here: http://www.makingmoremilk.com/
Catherine Watson Genna’s site and details about her books:  http://www.cwgenna.com/
Dr Jack Newman and his books. http://www.breastfeedinginc.ca/content.php?pagename=drjackEmma’s Links/ Deets
Emma’s website: http://www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com/
Emma’s book: “You’ve got it in you: a positive guide to breastfeeding”.
Twitter : @makesmilk.
Email : emmapickettibclc@gmail.com
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MUM 032: Catharine Ross : Break Free with EFT

This week we have Catharine Ross sharing insight into Emotional Freedom Technique, how it can be used to let go of fears and anxieties but also be used as a clearing tool for old stress and traumas. I learnt a lot and am grateful to know there are people doing this work.
Enjoy the episode.
x Kaz
Catharine Ross’ Bio
Catharine has been running a successful business in helping clients through the use of EFT and Matrix Re-Imprinting for the past 5 years. She is also mum to a 8 month old daughter who was peacefully brought into the world last October.
EFT stands for “Emotional Freedom Technique” and some people know it as “Tapping”. It works like emotional acupuncture, but without needles! We re balance the body’s energy and nervous system by tapping with our fingertips on certain acupressure points on the face and upper body. EFT has been scientifically validated, used by the NHS in the UK for treating anxiety and depression and is applicable to just about every issue you can think of – from self-esteem issues, grief, trauma, abuse, relationships, through to physical conditions as well including weight and chronic pain.
Catahrine’s specialty is in helping people to overcome anxiety, especially around pregnancy, labour and childbirth. I have also had great success with clearing past birth trauma using Matrix Re-Imprinting which is an advanced form of EFT.
Qualifications: AAMET Certified Clinical EFT Level 1 & 2 & Matrix Re-Imprinting Practitioner.
Quote
“You know great things are coming when everything seems to be going wrong. Old energy is clearing out for new energy to enter….be patient!” – Idil Ahmed.
Catharine’s Resources:
Book: “Well-Adjusted Babies” by Dr. Jennifer Barham-Floreani
Book: Nick Ordner The Tapping Solution
Book : Louise Hay -You can Heal Your Life
Brad Yates – uTube channel – EFT wizard
Website : EFT Universe
Movie – Business of being Born
Catharine’s Links:
Website: www.breakfreelifesolutions.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breakfreelifesolutions/
Email: catharineross1@gmail.com
Phone: 0450 734 556
Practice: (By appointment only) Natural Pathways Healing Centre, 65-67 Percy St Mitcham, Vic
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MUM 31: Sophie Acott – Happy Baby Sleep

Sophie’s Bio
Sophie Acott is the Founder of Happy Baby Sleep; a Holistic Sleep Consultancy based in Melbourne, Australia. Sophie is a mother of three children, a homebirth enthusiast, and a conscious parenting advocate. Sophie ignited her passion for sleep work when her second child hit the infamous “four month sleep regression”. Having experienced first-hand the toll that lack of sleep can have on health, emotional well-being, relationships, and the entire family unit, Sophie is committed to supporting other families overcome their sleep difficulties, and restoring the overall joy into parenting.
Sophie is a qualified Life Coach, Personal Trainer, Maternity and Child Sleep Consultant, and Happiest Baby Educator. She adopts a Hand in Hand Parenting approach personally and professionally; living and breathing this philosophy with her own children, and empowering other parents to success through a deeper understanding of the synonymous relationship between the parent-child connection, and sleep and behavioural challenges.
Sophie holds an Advanced Diploma in Public Relations, and has worked in Marketing, Events and Account Management for close to a decade. She has written for various publications including Nurture Magazine, is the blog contributor for the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants, and shares her wealth of sleep experience and knowledge in her blog on Happy Baby Sleep. You can also follow Sophie’s personal journey as a mum of three via her Confessions of a Sleep Consultant; The Jett Diaries blog, where she shares her refreshingly honest and humble experience of all things parenting, motherhood, and sleep since welcoming her third child.
Sophie has recently launched her comprehensive e-book; The Happy Baby Sleep Guide, through which she aims to continue to inspire and help families all over the world on their path to better sleep.
Sophie’s Quote“Nothing’s a problem unless it’s a problem”
Sophie’s Life changing books:
Dayna Martin: Sexy Birth – The catalyst for my homebirth and natural parenting journey
The Aware Baby – by Aware Parenting Pioneer, Aletha Solter – really changed my whole approach to sleep consulting – leading me to a more holistic, emotional well-being model rather than a behavioural approach (e.g. “sleep training” such as controlled crying) to changing sleep patterns/addressing sleep difficulties. This has really started me on my life path of helping parents create change using the fundamentals of conscious parenting, with a core focus on the essential role of crying in stress relief and healing trauma.
Sophie’s Details
Website: www.happybabysleep.com.au
Email: sophie@happybabysleep.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/happybabysleep
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MUM 030: Tasha Jennings – Conceive Baby

Tasha Jennings’ Bio
Tasha Jennings is a qualified Naturopath and Nutritionist with over 15 years experience. She’s an expert contributor to media publications including the Age, the Herald Sun, New Idea, the Bub Hub, Yahoo 7, Mouths of Mum’s as well other parenting magazines, websites and medical journals. She has presented on TV shows such as the Kerry Anne Morning Show, has been a keynote speaker at the Pregnancy, Babies and Children’s Expo’s as well as running presentations and trainings for IVF specialists, nurses and other medical professionals.
Inspired by her desire to start a family Tasha has specialized in fertility and pregnancy for the past 5 years through her company Zycia, which means ‘life’ and specializes in providing premium nutrition for conception, pregnancy and breastfeeding. Tasha is the author of two books, the Vitamins Guide and The Fertility Diet and her new venture www.conceivebaby.com.au brings together an expert panel of fertility specialists to provide qualified information for couples wanting to conceive and carry healthy babies. Proudest achievement however, is as Mum to her 2 young children. Having struggled with fertility herself and come through the other side to now have the wonderful family she always dreamed of she is now passionate about helping others achieve that same dream.
Quote “Being the best mum starts well before birth”
Tasha’s Tips/ResourcesSafe Sleep Space
Nourish Baby – Online Antenatal Classes
Tasha’s Deets/ Links
Website Zycia
Facebook Page Zycia
Website Conceive baby Website
Facebook Page Conceive Baby
The Vitamins Guide
The Fertility Diet
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MUM 029 – Annika Frey : Happy Place Birthing

Happy Place Birthing
Annika Suoma Frey Bio
Annika was born and raised in Germany. After finishing school she followed her big dream, starting to study acting, singing and dancing on The Stage School in Hamburg. A severe bout of depression stopped her and after healing and coming back to herself she studied as technical draftswoman. Along the way she found and married her soul partner, Dennis. They moved to Ireland and several years went by, she got sucked into the corporate world, but never felt truly happy trading all those hours for money while the work was so dissatisfying.
So Annika quit her day job to pursue her dream of a lifestyle that suited her better. Over the last 4 years she founded several businesses, following every spark of passion, from body painting and pole dancing over creating dresses and costumes to having her own market stall, selling cake pops and chocolates. Her husband was able to quit his day job and now they run the market stall together, having lots of time with their two children and for new passion projects. While Dennis is writing fiction books in German, Annika has started a blog sharing happy birth stories and the tools that helped creating them, after having a life changing experience giving birth to her second son at home in the water. Her baby’s birth also inspired her to create a birth preparation online program, including her own relaxation technique, the “Happy Place Method”.
Annika’s Resources to Share
Movie : The Business of being born
Book – Sherri Menelli – “Journey into Motherhood: Inspirational Stories of Natural Birth
App: The wonder weeks app is fantastic to understand what’s happening for your baby.
Series “Call the midwife” on netflix
Website: http://offbeathome.com
For an easy access to meditation I recommend https://www.headspace.com
Quotes
“Never ever forget your sense of humor, try to laugh with each other every day.”
-Advice from my Dad on our wedding
“Done is better than good.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert in Big Magic
“Being here is enough.”
– Deepak Chopra
Annika’s links and the discount code
Birthing online program: http://www.happyplacebirthing.com/#!online-program/cpdf8
Direct link for buying the program and using the discount code “MTW” (197€ to 155€) : http://www.happyplacebirthing.com/#!shop-1/zvquc
Blog “Meet me at my happy place”: http://www.happyplacebirthing.com/#!happy-birth-story-blog/spqaw
General: www.happyplacebirthing.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/HappyPlaceBirthing
Group coaching “Elemental Transformation” program: https://calendly.com/annikasfrey/happy-place-session
Happy Place Living in general: http://www.happyplaceliving.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/HappyPlaceLiving
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MUM 028: Nicola Smith : Instilling The Joy Of Reading

I absolutely loved this amazingly relevant episode with Nicola.
She gave such great tips to implement easy ways to share the joy of reading with little ones.
Easy to relate to, to listen to and to take action with!
Nicola Smith – Biography
Nicola Smith is a primary school teacher, literacy specialist and mother of two. She has taught in Amsterdam as well as Melbourne. Since pausing her teaching career to be a full time mum she has continued to pursue her passion in researching children’s early literacy skills. She aims to empower parents to support their children’s early literacy development in those all-important years from birth to school age.
Nicola’s Recommended reads for parents (literacy):
‘Reading Magic’ by Mem Fox (also memfox.com)
‘The Read Aloud Handbook’ by Jim Trelease
Roald Dahl website: roalddahl.com
The Children’s Book Council of Australia: https://cbca.org.au/
Kids’ Book Review: http://www.kids-bookreview.com/
Nicola’s Favourite parenting resources:
Wonder weeks: https://web.facebook.com/WonderWeeks/
Pinky McKay: http://www.pinkymckay.com/ https://web.facebook.com/pinky.mckay.fanpage/
Connect with Nicola via:
Facebook: search ‘Literacy for kids’ (https://web.facebook.com/earlyliteracyforchildren)
Email: nic-andrews@hotmail.com
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MUM 027: Kirstin Bouse : The Conscious Mother

You will love this interview from a “parenting expert”.
It was eye opening, touching, inspiring , informative and engaging.
Thank-you Kirstin!!
Kirstin’s  Bio
Kirstin Bouse is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist with 20-years’ experience in her profession. She is the owner of Life Resolutions Psychology Practices in Morley and Wembley in WA and the creator of The Conscious Mother. Kirstin’s areas of interest include perinatal mental health, parenting, trauma, family breakdown and relationships. Kirstin has authored The Conscious Mother: A simple guide to mothering with self-awareness, authenticity, confidence and connectedness. Her program #motherhoodonline will be launched in September 2016 and she is already preparing her first mothers retreat. Both programs will help mothers prepare for, and navigate the journey of motherhood with self-awareness and confidence. Kirstin is a mother of 4 children.
Kirstin’s Links
Book : Hughes, Daniel, Baylin, Jonathan, Siegel, Daniel J Brain Based Parenting
Book : Jacinta Tynan Mother Zen
Kirstin’s Contact Details
Website: www.theconsciousmother.com.au
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theconsciousmother/
Twitter: @Ask_TCM
Instagram: The Conscious Mother
Skype: Kirstin Bouse
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MUM 026: Rachael Moses : Inability to Breastfeed. Healing the Grief.

Thankyou so much To Rachael for sharing her journey with breastfeeding when her little ones were born. A real honest raw share and I invite you to listen.
Rachael Moses
Rachael is a qualified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Personal Trainer and Spiritual Mentor. She also has a work from anywhere business, teaching people how to gain financial freedom.
She is passionate about providing a loving, open space for people to cleanse, heal and transform their lives on every level body, mind and Spirit.
Rachael is a mum of 2 beautiful girls, Isis 10 and Pixie 8, whom she homeschools. She is peacefully and happily married to her husband of 11 years Ash Moses. They live in Currumbin on the Gold Coast.
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