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Nourishing the MotherNTM 513: From Full-Time Mothering to Full-Time WorkWhat happens when the parts of you that once felt so whole now feel split between boardrooms and bedtime stories?In this episode, we walk alongside Bridget’s raw and revealing journey — from leaving corporate to raise her children, to now returning to full-time work… and all the identity unraveling that’s come with it. The ache of being enamoured with your child, while also craving the fulfilment of purposeful work. The disorientation of feeling siloed — one version of yourself at work, another at home — never fully authentic in either space. The grief of realising you’ve outgrown one v...2025-04-2138 minNourishing the MotherNTM 509: Inside Our Bedroom & Beyond: A Candid Conversation With My Husband – Part OneWhat really holds a relationship together when the mental load is heavy, emotions are high, and life keeps pulling you in different directions? In this raw and intimate conversation, Julie and her husband, Nick, reflect on their journey as a couple — where they’ve struggled, where they’ve grown, and what’s helped them stay connected through it all.Julie wants you to know: We don’t have all the answers, but we’ve learnt some powerful lessons (often the hard way) about communication, conflict, and creating a partnership that holds space for evolution, difference, and deep love.2025-03-2455 minNourishing the MotherNTM 502: When a Huge Part of You Walks Out the Door: The Ache, The Relief & Who Am I Now?There’s a moment in motherhood that hits like a freight train—the day your youngest walks out the door and into school. It’s a seismic shift, a transition that carries both grief and relief, a moment where you feel like a huge part of you just left, but also like you’re finally coming up for air. You’ve spent years in the most important (and invisible) role in the world, and yet, society doesn’t validate the weight of that devotion.So now what?This episode is for every mother who has ever felt th...2025-02-0537 minNourishing the MotherNTM 501: The journey to 500 - What we’ve forgotten, evolved and learned to love - Part 2500 episodes. A journey of conversations, revelations, and transformations. In this milestone episode, we’re peeling back the layers of the last ten years, reflecting on the titles that captured moments of insight and evolution, and revisiting the topics that challenged, shaped, and sometimes made us cringe. Together, we’ll explore how this podcast has profoundly influenced our lives—pushing us to confront our conditioning, expand our perspectives, and pursue a deeper, more aligned version of who we are.This is a celebration of growth: where our societal and personal conditioning met our desire for more—for connection, freedom...2025-01-301h 00Nourishing the MotherNTM 500: The journey to 500 - What we’ve forgotten, evolved and learned to love - Part 1500 episodes. A journey of conversations, revelations, and transformations. In this milestone episode, we’re peeling back the layers of the last ten years, reflecting on the titles that captured moments of insight and evolution, and revisiting the topics that challenged, shaped, and sometimes made us cringe. Together, we’ll explore how this podcast has profoundly influenced our lives—pushing us to confront our conditioning, expand our perspectives, and pursue a deeper, more aligned version of who we are.This is a celebration of growth: where our societal and personal conditioning met our desire for more—for connection, freedom...2025-01-201h 18Nourishing the MotherNTM 499: The gift of tension - why growth comes with a little discomfortTension—it’s that uncomfortable pull we all feel, especially at this time of year. But what if tension wasn’t something to dread? What if it’s exactly what we need to grow? In this episode, we dive into why tension is a sign you’re pushing boundaries and tackling challenges, which is the birthplace of growth. We’ll also explore how the holiday season can amplify that tension into a snowball effect, highlighting the places where you’re already feeling wobbly—whether that’s in your career, body, relationships, or parenting. Together, we’ll reframe tension as a tool for self-awar...2025-01-1335 minNourishing the MotherNTM 498: Less pressure, more purpose: Why you need a word of the yearFeeling overwhelmed by resolutions that fizzle out before February? In this episode, we explore a simpler, more purposeful way to guide your year: choosing one word. But what about the fear of locking in a word and experiencing the fallout if it doesn’t live up to your hopes? We’ll unpack why this fear holds us back from creating what we truly want and how to shift it. Discover how a single, intentional word can help you stay focused, aligned, and inspired—without the pressure of rigid goals. Find out how to choose your word, embody it daily, and le...2025-01-0631 minNourishing the MotherNTM 497: “We’re so busy—we have no time to talk, let alone connect.”Sound familiar? In this episode, we unpack how busyness becomes a sneaky barrier to intimacy, creating disconnection, silence, and resentment—even when you’re sharing a life together. You’ll learn why this happens, how to break the cycle, and the small, intentional actions that can bring you back to each other amidst the chaos of life. Because connection doesn’t need more time—it needs more intention.In this episode, we discuss:• How busyness acts as a coping mechanism to avoid feeling• Why “keeping busy” feels easier than addressing feelings of disconnection or resentment2024-12-3037 minNourishing the MotherNTM 496: I’m not organised enough to sit with your emotions right nowHow do we forget, every single year, what December is like as mums? We somehow expect ourselves to 10X the events, organisation, and emotional load — without creating any extra space for it.Sound familiar? Us too.But as conscious mums, we’re always asking: How can we realign, embody, ground, and anchor ourselves in the chaos?Let's explore how to hold it all — without losing ourselves in the process.In the episode we discuss:- When you’re already full, how do you fit more in?- Berating ourselves for not being more pat...2024-12-2333 minNourishing the MotherNTM 485: Lowering your parenting bar as a conscious parent“But hang on Bridget and Julie, don’t we want to get better, more conscious, and more attuned with our kids?” We know! This episode might seem counterintuitive, but what we’re leading you into, is instead of a rulebook in your head, we want you to drop into your experience, and parent from there. In this episode we discuss:- The dynamic of always trying to find ‘more’ spaciousness when you haven’t got anything left- Holding pride in being the ‘perfect, conscious parent’- Dynamics that balance your psyche to create connection...2024-10-0731 minNourishing the MotherNTM 464: The moment you realise you did it: The 18th birthday partyWe all hope on a wing and a prayer that it will all turn out okay. That all our agonising over conscious parenting, pays off. In the euphoric aftermath of Julie’s son’s 18th, she shares the lead-up, the hot tips, and the unexpected jelly shots that brought family together. Check out Julie’s kids business, Inflatable Nights here: http://www.inflatablenights.au (http://www.inflatablenights.au)To explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimag...2024-05-1345 minNourishing the MotherNTM 463: Building the capacity to mother the way we WEREN’T mothered - Part 2, Julie’s lensWhen we’re trying so hard to mother in ways that we were not mothered, we can find we exhaust ourselves at the altar of ‘perfection’. What would it look like to stop parenting from a place of lack or fear, and start parenting from a place of love and wellbeing. Let’s find out… In this episode we discuss: - The need to overperform to feel okay - Parenting from a place of lack, fear and anxiety - Being socialised into intensive mothering, with an endless capacity - Venomous blame...2024-05-0634 minNourishing the MotherNTM 462: Building the capacity to mother the way we WEREN’T mothered - Part 1, Bridget’s lensIn deciding the type of mother that we want to be, often that’s informed by our experience with our own mother. The view we have of our mother will shape the view we have of ourselves, and therefore, the fuel we draw on in our own mothering, can be created by what was missing or not met by our own mother. In this episode we discuss: - Constantly ‘conscious’ and centering your child is outside the realms of what’s possible for any single human - The deep shame we feel when we perceive...2024-04-2941 minNourishing the MotherNTM 443: Healing from pelvic surgery - what’s it like, one year on?As a woman who lived her life from her womb and honoured the changes in her female body and vagina, who could never imagine never having a period…how is Julie after major pelvic surgery?In this honest and open conversation, we ask all the questions and go all the places so you can make your own informed journey.To explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit https://www.bridgetwood.life/2023-12-1856 minNourishing the MotherNTM 433: Healing the Seductress: Reconnect with your sovereign sexuality and heal your relationship with your bodyNo woman is born a sex goddess! It is a process of gentle learning, unlearning and holding a willingness and curiosity to explore beyond what you currently know to be true about you, your body and your relationship.In this episode Julie leads an exploration of healing your relationship with your body and your seductive, sexual self, by taking your safety, your boundaries and your guiding intuition with you. We share some story medicine and look at the places we close with more love and light.If you’d like to join HEALING THE SEDUCTRESS co...2023-10-101h 01Nourishing the MotherNTM 431: What conscious parenting of teens really looks likeLike a phoenix rising from the ashes, we share in Julie’s latest trauma-to-healing evolution in parenting her teens. Through rich storytelling, we explore three key themes all mothers are wise to consider when parenting teens:Leadership in a family system is fluidSafety for your child means the right to say no and be able to rally against youHealing looks like excavation and deconstruction, tooTo explore feminine embodiment, intimacy and relationship in Honey Club with Julie, visit https://julietenner.love/To explore conscious parenting and inspiring motherhood in Reimagining Motherhood with Bridget, visit ht...2023-09-2542 minNourishing the MotherNTM 408: You don’t have to ‘fix’ everything: Your fallback patterns can be beautifulThrough Julie’s share of a traumatic weekend, which started with a broken arm and ended in ICU, we discuss the beauty of our old and new coping strategies. We explore getting off the treadmill of always ‘being better’ to bring instant relief and lightness. We hope you give yourself the deepest compassion and permission from this podcast. In this podcast we discuss:- Holding deep self-compassion alongside our self-growth- The self-created punishment cycles when old habits arise- Moving beyond the ‘fixing’ of ‘I’m not functioning’ - Not giving your...2023-04-171h 01Nourishing the MotherNTM 406: Scared of having another child, but really want to? Let’s workshop it.This episode is inspired by a listener’s question on whether to have another child. We delve into her blocks, and open up the conversation on our old stories, balancing our perceptions and the potential relationship toll. In this episode we discuss:- Knowing the stories you bring to this decision- Digging deeper into ‘what’s wrong’ with your childhood- Understanding how the brain works during stress, and that you’ll regress to the stories you come with- Setting yourself and your partner up for success through these tricky times - Bein...2023-04-0337 min