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The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & MotherhoodMUSINGS + MAGICK: Matrescence & the Nervous System (JULY FULL MOON WITH LAUREN AND NICOLE)Concepts like matrescence and the nervous system are getting more attention, FINALLY! But as they become buzzwords, they’re often watered down, overgeneralized, and stripped of the nuance they deserve. In this episode, we are sooooooo excited to talk about our new upcoming training centered on the maternal nervous system.This training will explore why the maternal nervous system is the missing link in most matrescence conversations, and how the information we’re sharing with you will completely change the way you serve mothers. You’ll leave with new knowledge, perspectives, and connections that yo...2025-07-1019 min
The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & MotherhoodMUSINGS & MAGICK: Evolving Out Loud: Messy Creation, People Pleasing & Business as a Living Ecosystem (JUNE FULL MOON with Lauren & Nicole)Nicole and Lauren gather just ahead of the full moon to share honest updates and reflections on life, business, and the ever-changing seasons of motherhood. Our biggest intention for this episode is to give you a big behind the scenes peek into our process behind launching and refining our latest offering, Held—a community designed for mother-serving professionals. We openly discuss the little pivots and “course corrections” we’ve made, the importance of play and spaciousness in the creative process, and how responding to YOUR feedback and our own needs has shaped our business in a deeply em...2025-06-0946 min
The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood23. What Actually Happens During a Postpartum Doula Shift?This is probably my number one question I get asked right now as a doula... What does a postpartum doula shift look like? What kind of support of you offer?And while it can be hard to fully articulate what it feeeeeels like to be cared for by a doula in this vulnerable season of life, I attempt to give you a peak into the flavour of postpartum doula support that I currently offer. Because that's the beauty of doula care... it's as unique as the doula you hire. This short and sweet e...2025-05-2114 minThe Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood22. How to "Prune & Nourish" Your Way Through MotherhoodWhat does it mean to "prune" and "nourish" in your current season of motherhood? Why does it matter?!In this short and sweet episode I'm sharing some of the wisdom I find myself sharing on repeat with my current doula clients. Come explore why it’s important to let go of non-essential tasks, delegate, and intentionally seek support, especially for high-achieving women adjusting to the demands of new motherhood. I also offer real-life nourishment tips—for body, mind and heart—including making time for breakfast and embracing community help. Join me as I reflect...2025-05-1512 min
The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & MotherhoodMUSINGS + MAGICK: Embodiment Made Easy, Desire Made Holy, and Business Made to Nourish (MAY FULL MOON WITH LAUREN AND NICOLE)Buckle up. This one’s a ride.We honestly joked that the whole thing could’ve just been a blooper reel LOL but buried inside the Moana 2 quotes, pizza-cupcake metaphors, fat cat analogies, and all the giggles…There’s something real here. Something tender. Something we both needed to say out loud, and maybe you needed to hear?? We hold our usual nuance and throughout this episode of Musings & Magick, we tumble through:The guilt and shame around wanting “too much”The difference between curated echo chambers and real, messy communityThe tug-of-war between honor...2025-05-121h 18
The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & MotherhoodMUSINGS + MAGICK: Shedding the “Shoulds” and Illuminating the “Coulds” as Mother Entrepreneurs (APRIL FULL MOON WITH LAUREN AND NICOLE)We all know about the “shoulds”, but what about the “coulds”? In this episode we reflect on this sneaky feeling of always feeling “behind” despite logically knowing that time is just a construct. We realize what’s actually happening is this feeling of lost potential and disappointment of not getting as much done as we wanted to. Which leads us to explore how we are already shedding the “shoulds” but what about the “coulds”? The “I could be doing more”, “I could be working on this”, “I could’ve spent my time getting this done” etc. As always we weave...2025-04-0945 min
The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & MotherhoodMUSINGS + MAGICK: Unlearning Patriarchal Ways of Business And Prioritizing Embodied Mother Care (MARCH FULL MOON WITH LAUREN AND NICOLE)Join us as we muse on a little bit of everything EXCEPT the full moon (LOL).In this episode, we dive into a heartfelt discussion about redefining consistency, embodying our values, and navigating life's many moving parts. We reflect on the privilege of consistency, discuss some inspiring insights from Shirin Eskandini, founder of Wholehearted Coaching, and share personal stories of being misunderstood on social media. We also share a teaser about our exciting new program, 'Embodied Mother Care,' tailored for mother-serving professionals. This six-month container focuses on internal self mastery, trauma-informed principles and practices, a...2025-03-1335 min
The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & MotherhoodMUSINGS + MAGICK: Shifting Identity, Celebrating Neurodivergence, and Navigating Chaos (JANUARY FULL MOON WITH LAUREN AND NICOLE)We’re back!!! Nicole and Lauren finally press record after a six-month break from recording together. In this episode, we share updates on our lives, including meeting in person for the first time, camping adventures, and Lauren’s transition back into nursing. Nicole delves deep into her family's discovery and acceptance of autism, discussing her daughter's diagnosis for the first time publicly, and the subsequent journey of self-exploration and dismantling ableism. The conversation touches on the challenges and beauty of having neurodivergent traits, the personal development that comes with it, and the pow...2025-01-151h 09The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood21. Exploring a Map for Your Matrescence with Jessie HarroldMatrescence—the identity transition into motherhood—is gaining recognition, but even though many now understand what it is, most mothers still lack a roadmap for how to navigate it. Enter, Jessie Harrold. Jessie has written a beautiful book based on her many years of work supporting women and mothers through radical transformation, which offers practical tools for navigating the complex and sometimes uncomfortable experience of matrescence. It's quite literally a map for your matrescence.Jessie Harrold is a coach and doula who has been...2025-01-091h 06The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood20. Born Through Movement: The Biomechanics of Birth with Adelaide MeadowWhat do biomechanics have to do with birth?!Everything.And yet, it's often left out of the birth conversation and pre-natal education entirely. ********************************************“You’ll never hear me say I trust birth.”Those are the words that caught my attention last week on social media and ignited my fascinating conversation with this week’s guest Adelaide Meadow, but the conversation goes much deeper than this.Adelaide is a physiologist, yoga teacher, bodyworker, and homebirth attendant who is passionate about the radical feminist reclamation of the body. He...2024-09-121h 13The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood19. Reconnect, Rekindle, and Realign: Prioritizing Your Relationship Through Challenging Seasons of Parenthood with Autumn FowlerHaving a baby changes everything. Especially your relationship. It can throw you off guard, but with the right tools, open and honest communication, and a commitment to prioritizing the changing needs of your relationship, you can feel like a rock solid team riding the waves of parenthood, together. In this episode I'm chatting with Autumn Fowler, a clinical counsellor, relationship expert, business owner, wife, and boy mama to two littles. She specializes in helping folks who are preparing for parenthood, or in the trenches of the early years, better their relationships with themselves and others. S...2024-06-211h 17