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Choosing Change PodcastHonouring Women's Transitions from Menstruation to Menopause with Milina OpsenicaJoin host Lizzie Moult and guest Molina Opsencia as they discuss honouring Women's Transitions from Menstruation to Menopause. Milina's courageous tale of overcoming shame and trauma through womb healing will captivate you. Discover how she's revolutionising cycle education, breaking taboos, and offering advice on fostering open conversations with daughters and supporting partners through perimenopause. Tune in for an empowering discussion that will forever change how you view women's natural rhythms and life's transitions. CHOOSING CHANGE INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/choosingchangepodcast CHOOSING CHANGE SHOW NOTES: https://www.lizziemoult.com/blog/05-milina-opsenica2023-09-0537 min
Beyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo18 Creating an inclusive classroom for first periods with Angela LockwoodIn this episode I speak with Angela Lockwood on how we can create a more inclusive classroom for our girls when they get their first period. Going back to school after her first period is a common concern, that can lead to real worry and anxiety, particularly for our younger girls, 12 and under.
Angela Lockwood is an occupational therapist, who for the last 20 years has been working in classrooms alongside teachers providing school based OccupationalTherapy services focusing on inclusion of children with additional needs. Angela's work developing and implementing organisational and school based programs to streamline services b...2022-03-2438 min
Beyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo17 - Why we need to prepare for perimenopause in our 40'sDelving deeper into why we need to prepare for Perimenopause in our 40’s.
If you’re feeling alone, lost, insecure, or just want to go through the phase prepared and supported, Awakening With Perimenopause starts on 2nd March. Come and join me.
https://beyondthecusp.com.au/awakening-through-peri-menopause/2022-02-2231 min
Beyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo16 - Pelvic health for teens and young women with Jen DugardJen Dugard is the CEO of Body Beyond Baby PTY LTD, creator of Fitness Professional certification Safe Return to Exercise and author of the book How to Love your Body as much as your Baby.
With 15yrs industry experience Jen’s ultimate mission is to ensure all mums are looked after safely & effectively within the fitness industry. Having sold her group fitness business in 2018 Jen is educates, presents & mentors across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore & Taiwan.
As a fitness-entrepreneur Jen’s most recent creation MumSafe™️ serves both mums and fitness professionals alike; ensuring fitness professionals are properly...2022-02-0232 minBeyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo15 - Why Unschooling with Christie EdwardsIn this episode I'm talking with Christie Edwards, unschooling mother of four. We talk about the how's and why's of unschooling for those looking at stepping outside the conventional school system and into a new paradigm of unschooling.
Find Christie at:
Instagram: Christie Edwards
Instagram: Becoming Mother
Resources:
Sandra Dodd's Big book of unschooling2021-12-1355 minBeyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo14 - Perimenopause and Pelvic Health with Jacqui TooheyIn this episode we talk about the importance of looking after how pelvic health through perimenopause, what to look out for and strategies to help.
I talk to Jacqui Toohey from Mums Safe
2021-11-2929 min
Work.Mama.Life with Dr Ali YoungMilina Opsenica - Menstrual Education & MotherhoodMilina Opsenica brings a freshness to the conversations around the beginning of our menstruation, and as a mum facing this sometime in the next few years, it was refreshing to have some tools to navigate it with! Milina is a mother of three, living in a small coastal town on the east coast of Australia. As a menstrual cycle educator she works with mothers and their preteen daughters, educating and empowering girls to prepare for and embrace their period and help them understand the change their body is about to go through. It’s her mission to...2021-11-1628 min
Beyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo13 - Dr Ali YoungDr Ali Young is a Chiropractor on a mission to help mums. Her aim is to help guide mums to choose themselves, choose a journey that works for their health, their brain, and their family's health, which will ultimately help them UnFcK their motherhood journey. She was having conversations with her practice members daily about the loss of what they expected with mothering, the loss of joy, the struggle, and the lack of sisterhood. She figures if she is having these conversations every day one on one, then there must be plenty of mums who need this support too.2021-11-0929 min
Beyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo12 - Perimenopause 101Through running workshops for tweens and their mothers/carers preparing girls to be ready for their first period, I have had so many mothers say to me that they wish they knew this information before they had their first period. So did I! I've heard the same thing said regarding motherhood - "Why didn't anybody tell me this?". As we go through the mystery that is Peri-menopause, I vow to make this different! I want to be prepared and armed to not only go through this stage empowered, but also to embrace this next phase. I want the same for y...2021-10-1445 min
Distracted30: Talking to our girls about menstrual health with Milina OpsenicaIn this episode, Angela speaks with Milinia Opsenica, the Founder of Beyond the Cusp. Milina's mission is to normalise and encourage open conversations and honour the Rite of Passage as girls transition from a child to a young woman marked by getting their periods. She breaks down the simple ways to have conversations with our girls about what to expect and where they can go if they need support including how teachers can support our girls during this time. Angela shares her own story about getting her periods and how open conversations can change the relationship girls have with their...2021-10-0434 min
Beyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo11 - How to have the sex conversations with Rowena from Amazing MeIn this episode I talk with Rowena from Amazing Me. We talk about when to start having the conversations with our children about sex and what do we say. Dealing with our own shame when having those conversations and bringing in pleasure.
For more see the show notes at: https://beyondthecusp.com.au/11-2/2021-08-1646 minBeyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo10 - How to speak more openly with our children about periodsOn this weeks episode I'm talking about how we can speak more openly with our children about periods. Spoiler, it comes down to how we want our daughters to think about their period, why we want them to think that way, and healing our own trauma and shame around periods.
In notes:
Additional inner child meditation:
Reaching For The Moon by Lucy Pearce
Books to teach your daughter about her menstrual cycle2021-07-0648 min
Beyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo9 - Rachael CondonIn this weeks Episode I talk with Rachael Condon about the long term implications of the birth control pill. We discuss ways in which we can support our girls through the first few years of period irregularities without resorting to medicating with the birth control pill.
Rachael is a Period Consultant, Trained Teacher in Natural Fertility Education and a Qualified Nutritionist.
If you have fertility issues, PCOS or no period at all, then Rach can help you take a natural approach to healing your body by addressing the root cause of your health problems and s...2021-02-2242 min
The Wild Success Podcast with Lizzie Moult#101 Managing a Multi Passionate life with Milina OpsenicaOn the Wild Success Podcast today, I talk with Milina Opsenica, who is a multi-passionate business owner who works as a photographer and a menstrual cycle educator. We chat about how to manage everyday life, how to trust your intuition and work from a place of vision & passion. It's such a beautiful episode.2021-01-1125 min
Beyond The Cusp - Breaking Down TabooEp 8 - Nat KringoudisIn this episode I talk with Nat Kringoudis about ways in which we can support our girls through their first few years of their period. We talk about what we can do as mothers when our girls experience things like heavy or painful periods, and how we shouldn't accept this as something that we should just put up with.
Nat Kringoudis is a two times best selling Author, two times podcast host, and all-round women’s health and natural fertility practitioner. She founded Melbourne’s home of natural health - her clinic, The Pagoda Tree where she has h...2020-11-2348 min
Beyond The Cusp - Breaking Down TabooEp 7 - Jessica Connolly from Moon DaughtersIn this Episode I talk to Jessica Connolly from Moon Daughters. We discuss what it means to have Wise Woman Circles for our daughters and how we can establish this in our own modern day culture.
Jessica is the mother of four daughters and the leading visionary of Moon Daughters. Jessica believes that we can empower our daughters beginning at any age, and it starts with reclaiming our own story. At Moon Daughters we weave, menstrual cycle wisdom, sexuality, embodiment practices and inner awareness in with ancient wisdom and modern science to create a pathway for mamas to...2020-11-1745 minBeyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo6: Why we resist talking about periods and how we can change thatThere are many reasons why we find it hard to bring up the conversation around periods. We find resistance within ourselves and how we feel about our own periods, we find resistance from our daughters, and even resistance from our husbands or the fathers of our daughters. Regardless of this resistance, I know that we want our daughters to feel more open towards their periods and menstrual cycle, and to know they can come to us for these conversations. So, how do we move through this resistance.
On this episode I talk about the ways in which we...2020-10-2032 minBeyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo5 - Staying Connected with our children in an online world with Lael StoneIn this episode I chat with Lael Stone about how we can navigate our children through an online world, while still aligning with our values.
As a champion of connection and creating harmony in families, Lael Stone is an educator, tedx speaker, author, mother and parenting counselor who has been working with families for over 17 years. As an Aware Parenting Instructor, she facilitates workshops and support groups that empower parents to create connections and stronger relationships with their children.
She is also the co-creator of Woodline Primary School, an innovative new school based on emotional...2020-10-0142 minBeyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo4 - Raising Strong Daughters with Amanda StokesAmanda Stokes is an Educator, Presenter, Author and mother to 3 and the Founder of Raising Strong Daughters. Her new book ‘The Tween Mother’s Tool Book: Raising Strong Daughters’, is a practical, easy to use activity-based guide that covers moods, friendship, self-acceptance and so much more. For more information you can head to her website www.raisingstrongdaughters.com.au or follow her on Instagram at www.instagram.com/raisingstrongdaughters_ for daily parenting advice.
www.raisingstrongdaughters.com.au
Also mentioned in the podcast:
Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your Life2020-09-2132 minBeyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo2 - My story and why I created Beyond The CuspIn this episode I talk about my story, how I came to create the Beyond The Cusp workshops and my purpose behind having these conversations.2020-08-2744 minBeyond The Cusp - Breaking Down TabooEp 3 - Seven signs your daughter will start her period soonFor our young girls, puberty can sound scary and gross. They know their bodies are about to change, but they don’t know how or when exactly. The scariest part is WHEN will they start their period? Some girls can get their periods as young as 8 and as late as 16, and in our culture the average age is 12.
So, how do you know when your daughter will get her period? Well, we can never be sure exactly, and there is no way of speeding it up or slowing it down. However, we can get a good idea that it...2020-08-2628 minBeyond The Cusp - Breaking Down Taboo1 - Breaking the taboo.Welcome to Episode 1 of the Beyond The Cusp Podcast. In this episode I talk about the reason behind this podcast, that is to start talking about things that have been taboo and breaking it all down.2020-08-2614 min
Let's Talk, Period.Let's Talk with Milina Opsenica | Founder of Beyond the CuspHello lovely listeners and we hope you're ready for our latest ep of Let's Talk, Period with the lovely Milina Opsenica.This week Isabella sat down with Milina Opsenica. Milina is the founder of Beyond The Cusp, workshops that work to empower Mums and their daughters to be comfortable with their first period, understand their menstrual cycle, and welcome them into becoming a young woman. She is on a mission to teach girls to understand and trust their bodies, to not be ashamed of their periods, and to be comfortable with the...2020-07-2238 min
The Clare Wood PodcastUsing photography to enhance your brand with Milina OpsenicaBONUS EPISODE! In this episode, I chat to Milina from June and June photography about overcoming fear of using your face in your branding, why you should invest in professional photography for your business, and how to feel more confident in front of the camera. Full shownotes at https://clarewood.com/podcast/episode35/ 2020-02-1324 min