Nurture Hub Pregnancy and Birth Podcast - With Shari Lyon

Shari & I love hearing & sharing women's Birth Story's and over the remainder of this year we will be welcoming beautiful women all wanting to share their experiences along the journey of pregnancy into birth. Todays beautiful guest is Akasha, 28 years old Mum to Freya who arrived into water on 22 November 2022 on the Gold Coast. Akasha is a registered Nurse and we talked about the moments of pregnancy with a physically demanding profession. There are so many amazing parts to Akasha's journey that will be so helpful to you if your planning your birth or want to feel inspired. Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. We would love it if you subscribed to our podcast and left a review as this will help us get in front of more pregnant women to share the word of positive birthing. To book into an upcoming Live Online Hypnobirthing course with Shari Lyon CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Lay through Breathwork in pregnancy or post birth CLICK HERE

We meet beautiful Kirryn in todays episode.  Kirryn is an Energy Coach, Matrescence Mentor, co-parent to two little gals and recovering people pleaser. Kirryn is on a mission to support other mothers to stop living to please others and start living for their magnificent selves. Matrescence throws us into a whirlwind of self doubt, grief, disconnect, loneliness and a whole bunch of other toughness no one tells us about! This transition is begging mothers to pay attention and Kirryn believes this time is a spiritual awakening for all. Kirryn supports Mama’s to become their own healers through the bigness of this transition.  Kirryn used to hold judgemental opinions on spirituality; and also used to hold herself high on the mothering pedestal well before she had actual human children; she knows firsthand the power of leaning into the unknown, releasing perfectionism and surrendering to the messiness of it all.  You can connect with Kirryn on www.kirrynlee.com or send a DM via instagram @kirryn_lee Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. We would love it if you subscribed to our podcast and left a review as this will help us get in front of more pregnant women to share the word of positive birthing. To book into an upcoming Live Online Hypno-birthing course with Shari Lyon CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Laye through Breathwork & Coaching in pregnancy into postpartum  CLICK HERE

We recently held our first Nurture Hub Pregnancy Retreat and we wanted to share our reflections from this day.. We would love to bring this experience online... Its coming soon :) Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. We would love it if you subscribed to our podcast and left a review as this will help us get in front of more pregnant women to share the word of positive birthing. To book into an upcoming Live Online Hypno-birthing course with Shari Lyon CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Laye through Breathwork & Coaching in pregnancy into postpartum  CLICK HERE

Nicole is a mama a midwife. Having worked in both the public and private hospital environments, Nicole recently made the move into private practice. She now works in a continuity model of care, across all aspects of pregnancy and postpartum care, including home birth and supporting women who choose to birth in hospital. Nicole believes in family centred holistic midwifery which places women as the leaders in their care and supports them to connect with their baby, their body and awaken their intuition.  She supports women to blossom into mothers and it’s blooming wonderful.  Nicole's Instagram is @bloomingmidwiferygc

Meet the founder of Fitnest Mama, Katherine Baquie, a proud mama of 3, perinatal physiotherapist and podcast host. She has over 16 years of professional experience guiding mamas through their pregnancy fitness journeys and postnatal rehab, and she specialises in pelvic floor rehabilitation. With these credentials, it’s not hard to see why mamas are flocking to Kath for pre and postnatal fitness help! We wanted to really nut out some deep conversations about pelvic floor during pregnancy, during birth and post partum, the conversation could have been a 3 hour podcast so we are definitely having Kat back for Part 2 .. We are going to open up a Q&A for all our listeners who a question for Part 2.. So please send us all you questions about Pregnancy / Postpartum - Fitness Pelvic Floor Birth Recovery Your pelvic floor questions around your own recovery Please submit all questions into Info@nicolalaye.com To find Kat and her amazing online programs please visit https://www.fitnestmama.com or via Instagram Fitnestmama Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. We are so excited to offering online Pregnancy Circles and soon to be running in person Half Day Retreats on the Gold Coast..  Jump in and sign up for all the future dates CLICK HERE www.nurturehubpodcast.com We would love it if you subscribed to our podcast and left a review as this will help us get in front of more pregnant women to share the word of positive birthing. To book into an upcoming Live Online Hypnobirthing course with Shari Lyon CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Lay through Breathwork in pregnancy or post birth CLICK HERE So sit back and grab your tea and enjoy this podcast with us. Love Nicola & Shari xx

We are excited to share this beautiful Pregnancy & Birth journey with Amanda Jane Mckay. Amanda is a Destiny Mapping Facilitator, a Mumma to Artemis & Phoenix, wife to Rhys. I loved every moment supporting Amanda through this journey of pregnancy into x2 births both completely different, I feel that we often overlook the simple in birth... your breath and using your innate birthing wisdom. I really wanted to interview Amanda and for this to offer some curiosity around home birth and the use of breath in your birth.. Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team We would love it if you subscribed to our podcast and left a review as this will help us get in front of more pregnant women to share the word of positive birthing. To book into an upcoming Live Online Hypnobirthing course with Shari Lyon CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Lay through Breathwork in pregnancy or post birth CLICK HERE

We have been really wanting to talk to the journey of IVF and Conception and we feel this topic gets hidden away and not enough exposure and so many women who listen here will have been on the IVF journey or experienced difficulties with fertility in some way… So we wanted to bring in a light, someone who has tried a different way.. We are excited to introduce Jen a Pilates Instructor & Yoga Teacher, specialising in women’s health. The work Jen does is the product of years of professional & personal experience.  As a mother, and Jen has been through a long journey of fertility challenges & hormonal issues too. Over time, Jen has partnered with physiotherapists, nutritionists, naturopaths & mindset coaches to understand the best tools to help her clients through their journeys to motherhood. While personal understanding is a great reference tool, Jen doesnt believe it’s enough to give you the knowledge to help others. So Jen spent many years studying exercise & health for women at all different stages. In many ways & many times over, Pilates & Yoga changed her life. I can’t promise this will be the case for everyone, but she has seen it happen. More times than she can count. Jen has some amazing ways to support you online so jump in and say hello to her CLICK HERE  Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. We are so excited to offering online Pregnancy Circles and soon to be running in person Half Day Retreats on the Gold Coast.. Jump in and sign up for all the future dates CLICK HERE www.nurturehubpodcast.com We would love it if you subscribed to our podcast and left a review as this will help us get in front of more pregnant women to share the word of positive birthing. To book into an upcoming Live Online Hypnobirthing course with Shari Lyon CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Lay through Breathwork in pregnancy or post birth CLICK HERE

Pregnancy is an exciting and overwhelming time, putting in the practice before birth will help ensure that you are well-prepared and ready to welcome your little one into the world. We meet many women who come to us looking for support through their 2nd pregnancies and are wanting to change how they approach the birth through more education and learning how to relax and feel more empowered. In Practicing different breathing techniques, positions, and relaxation methods can help you to stay calm and relaxed during your birth. Knowing what to expect can also help you to make informed decisions about your care during the birth and delivery. Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. We are so excited to offering online Pregnancy Circles and soon to be running in person Half Day Retreats on the Gold Coast.. Jump in and sign up for all the future dates CLICK HERE  We would love it if you subscribed to our podcast and left a review as this will help us get in front of more pregnant women to share the word of positive birthing. To book into an upcoming Live Online Hypnobirthing course with Shari Lyon CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Lay through Breathwork in pregnancy or post birth CLICK HERE

This is one episode that we hope all women who are pregnant listen to... because this is such an ear-opening discussion about how we as women & birthing people protect ourselves through pregnancy, labour, and birth. In this episode, we invited Dr. Erin Bowe back onto the podcast. Dr. Erin Bowe is a Clinical & Perinatal Psychologist, Course Creator, Business Mentor, and Author. Host of the Mum as You Are podcast. She teaches over 2700 students from 42 countries. As seen in the Sydney Morning Herald, Kidspot & more. To work with Dr. Erin CLICK HERE The topic for this episode is an important one because we talk about how we are wired to protect ourselves through the Fight, Flight, Freeze or FAWN (Appease) response) and we wanted to specifically speak to the 'Fawn or Appease' response because we believe that many of us as women and birthing people don't realise that this is a protective response we go into. Please share this with anyone you may know who is expecting a baby as this is such an important topic to be aware of. To work with Nicola or Shari please see the links below to their programs To work with Shari visit www.belly2birth.com.au To work with Nicola visit www.nicolalaye.com

We are so pleased to welcome Katie to the podcast, sit back and soak up this amazing conversation.. (its mind opening)  Katie is an experienced doula and hypnobirthing educator, she consciously conceived and hypnobirthed her two boys into the world with tremendous love, focus and strength and it was their transformational births that inspired her to follow the call to become a Birthkeeper. Katie is also a trained Natural Therapist, Hypnotherapist, Birth Doula, Energetic Healer, Flower Essence specialist, Angelic Reiki Master Teacher, Conscious conception facilitator, Sacred Wombkeeper and Earthkeeper. Katie’s why as an holistic birthing expert through her offerings at Harmonic Hypnobirthing is to inspire women and their birthing companions to achieve a truly sacred and intentional experience of conception, pregnancy and birth. The metaphysical and spiritual dimensions of this journey to birth are her special area of interest and expertise and she connects with mothers and their partners who desire to create a conscious experience of calling in their soul babies, nurturing their babies and mindset through quantum pregnancy practices and rituals, and offering the tools and practical wisdom to prepare for their birth in a sovereign and sacred way. The Hypnobirthing philosophy is at the core of her work which sees each family as unique and whole and provides the knowledge, tools and wisdom for each woman to vision and achieve the birth she truly deserves. Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. Love Nicola & Shari We will be running Nurture Hub Events for 2023 if your interested in being informed please follow our new website and join our list for up and coming events online and in person https://www.nurturehubpodcast.com If you are looking to work with Nicola and gain more support, understand how to move and breathe in pregnancy / birth and beyond,  please visit her on www.nicolalaye.com If you want to learn more about Hypnobirthing and how to breath with your partner in birth, contact Shari www.belly2birth.com.au

We are really back, ready to make some amazing podcasts for you this year Welcome 2023!!! We have missed you and we are ready to open great conversations around the clients we are coaching and connecting with in real time and by opening these conversations we hope it brings empowerment, reassurance, questions and actions you can take so you’re not feeling alone. Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. Love Nicola & Shari We will be running Nurture Hub Events for 2023 if your interested in being informed please follow our new website and join our list for up and coming events online and in person https://www.nurturehubpodcast.com If you are looking to work with Nicola and gain more support, understand how to move and breathe in pregnancy / birth and beyond,  please visit her on www.nicolalaye.com If you want to learn more about Hypnobirthing and how to breath with your partner in birth, contact Shari www.belly2birth.com.au

In this episode we have a couple Kerri & Tom come onto the podcast to share their journey of pregnancy & birth. It was so beautiful to listen to them both and how they were very conscious of the decisions they made every step of the way from getting their mind and bodies ready to call in their daughter to the journey of pregnancy and how they supported each other. Doing Hypnobirthing with Shari and how that helped them feel confident in the decisions they made to have a home birth and how now Kerri is supporting mums herself now through their journeys. Kerry is a mindset coach, conscious parent educator, hypnosis, and NLP master practitioner and her mission is to support women and mamas to create sustainable connect with themselves and within their families. To work with Kerri CLICK HERE If you would like to join one of Shari's face-to-face or live online Childbirth Education courses CLICK HERE To work with Nicola and be supported on your journey through breathwork and working through fears, anxieties or past experiences CLICK HERE

This episode we interview new mama Monique. Monique is mama to beautiful baby boy who is 4 months old. Through chatting with Monique we talk about her experience about early miscarriage and we too share our own experiences off loss and how different each experience is. Monique shared that from the loss of her first baby which happened the week she was due to get married it then lead her to feel quite anxious about her second pregnancy and the potential to loose this baby so she felt that she wasn’t able to enjoy the pregnancy as much as what she wanted. Monique shares how she gathered her ‘Positive Birth’ team and felt so supported by them all in the lead up to and also during her birth where they were with her every step of the way. Through Hypnobirthing she was able to create a beautiful practice routine where she visualised her perfect birth and really prepared her mind and body through birth with the support of her team. Her birth story had us on the edge of our seats because at one stage we through this story was leading to having her baby in the car… We won’t spoil it for you though and highly recommend you listen to this AMAZING birth story. We also shared that our next pregnancy retreat on the Gold Coast is coming up soon on Saturday the 2nd of September in the beautiful Gold Coast Hinterland. Tickets are only $147 plus GST and we highly recommend that you book in advance as our last retreat did sell out. For more information and to book into the retreat visit: https://www.belly2birth.com.au/nurture-hub-events To work with Nicola Laye to learn how to use your Breath in your Birth, have support for during your pregnancy and beyond, learn life coping techniques that help you to connect with yourself and your partner contact Nicola www.nicolalaye.com To book into a Hypnobirthing Course with Shari Lyon visit www.belly2birth.com.au

This journey into motherhood is a transformational experience and the people who we choose to support us on this journey should make us feel amazing and support and uplift us each step of the way. Choosing a medical caregiver is one of the most important decisions you will make when preparing for your birth we have even shared a whole podcast interview on 'How to choose a medical caregiver' and so when you leave each antenatal appointment you should leave feeling excited and empowered not scared and threatened. In this episode Shari & Nicola want to share some tips on how to communicate with medical caregivers and how to see the 'Red Flags 🚩" if you are leaving your appointments not feeling great. Please share this episode with any pregnant mamas to help them on their journey. Follow Shari on Instagram @belly2birth and Nicola @nicola_laye To work with Shari or book into one of her Childbirth Education classes then CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Laye through your pregnancy journey CLICK HERE

In our western culture, we grow constantly hearing how 'Painful' birth is and so many women even before they are pregnant have a huge fear of birth. If we only were taught from a young age just how powerful we are as women and that contractions are a purposeful and powerful sensation then our whole perception of birth could change. In this solo episode, Nicola & Shari talk about how you can change your perception of birth through the thoughts and language you use. We hope you enjoy this episode and please share this with any pregnant mamas you may feel this may help. To book a Hypnobirthing Course with Shari CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Laye through breathwork CLICK HERE

Welcome back beautiful mama to another episode of the Nurture Hub Podcast. In this episode, we invite Dr.Elise Flipo, A Holistic Chiropractor who is the founder of Wellness Within Studio. Elise supports your family from fertility into birth & beyond. The Wellness Within Studio believe that chiropractic care is for everyone from babies to boomers. They understand each person is unique and their goal is to allow your nervous system to thrive! They see babies, children and pregnant women at Wellness Within Studio, combining chiropractic experience with specific gentle techniques. Their Philosophy is that your body is inherently healthy and their aim is to ensure that the part that keeps it healthy, your nervous system in your spine, is functioning as nature intended. Your brain is the control centre for every function of your body and delivers messages via the nerves in your spine back to the cells, organs, muscles and joints. This is how your body is able to heal itself. They focus on restoring health by removing any interference in this system that may arise from the different types of stress experienced in our busy day to day lives. They are passionate about your body’s ability to heal and thrive and believe that the health of a generation can be restored with chiropractic care, as your body heals well from the inside out. To work with Elise at Wellness Within Studio CLICK HERE to go to her website or follow her on Instagram @wellnesswithin.studio We hope you enjoy this episode and we would love for you to leave us a review. To work with Shari Lyon from Belly2Birth and join one of her Hypnobirthing Courses CLICK HERE or follow Shari @belly2birth To work with Nicola Laye in the breath or to help reduce anxiety through pregnancy or post-birth CLICK HERE or follow Nicola @nicola_laye

Welcome back beautiful mama to another episode of the Nurture Hub Podcast.  In this episode, we invite Melissa Hays from Cocoon & Cradle to share with us some insight into a holistic approach to Sleep.  Melissa is a Gold Coast-based Midwife, Lactation Consultant and Sleep Specialist who provides services for mums & mums-to-be who want holistic and evidence-based breastfeeding, sleep and early parenting support. As you may have guessed, Cocoon & Cradle is not your average early parenting support service.  Most consultants have training in only one area; lactation or sleep. Whereas Melissa is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and holistic sleep coach, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a paediatric nurse and midwife. This is how she is able to offer truly holistic care. By pulling together all the pieces of the puzzle from feeding, sleep and development, Melissa is able to identify the root cause of the issue and work together with you to come up with a creative solution.  On top of her professional experience, She is also a mum to two very energetic but beautiful toddlers. So believe her when she says, She gets what it’s like for new mamas.  Melissa launched Cocoon & Cradle in 2020 because she felt there was not enough support and too much confusing and conflicting information regarding early parenthood. To be honest, She was sick of seeing incorrect and sometimes harmful advice being given out to unknowing mums and mums-to-be. Why? Because you deserve better. Since launching she has been able to support hundreds of mums all while focusing on responsive feeding and parenting, and biologically normal sleep.  To work with Melissa CLICK HERE to go to her website or follow her on Instagram @cocoonandcradle  We hope you enjoy this episode and we would love for you to leave us a review.  To work with Shari Lyon from Belly2Birth and join one of her Hypnobirthing Courses CLICK HERE or follow Shari @belly2birth  To work with Nicola Laye in the breath or to help reduce anxiety through pregnancy or post-birth CLICK HERE or follow Nicola @nicola_laye

Welcome back beautiful mama to another episode of the Nurture Hub Podcast. In this episode, we invite Melissa Hays from Cocoon & Cradle to share with us some insight into a holistic approach to breastfeeding. Melissa is a Gold Coast-based Midwife, Lactation Consultant and Sleep Specialist who provides services for mums & mums-to-be who want holistic and evidence-based breastfeeding, sleep and early parenting support. As you may have guessed, Cocoon & Cradle is not your average early parenting support service. Most consultants have training in only one area; lactation or sleep. Whereas Melissa is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and holistic sleep coach, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a paediatric nurse and midwife. This is how she is able to offer truly holistic care. By pulling together all the pieces of the puzzle from feeding, sleep and development, Melissa is able to identify the root cause of the issue and work together with you to come up with a creative solution. On top of her professional experience, She is also a mum to two very energetic but beautiful toddlers. So believe her when she says, She gets what it’s like for new mamas. Melissa launched Cocoon & Cradle in 2020 because she felt there was not enough support and too much confusing and conflicting information regarding early parenthood. To be honest, She was sick of seeing incorrect and sometimes harmful advice being given out to unknowing mums and mums-to-be. Why? Because you deserve better. Since launching she has been able to support hundreds of mums all while focusing on responsive feeding and parenting, and biologically normal sleep. To work with Melissa CLICK HERE to go to her website  or follow her on Instagram @cocoonandcradle We hope you enjoy this episode and we would love for you to leave us a review. To work with Shari Lyon from Belly2Birth and join one of her Hypnobirthing Courses CLICK HERE or follow Shari @belly2birth To work with Nicola Laye in the breath or to help reduce anxiety through pregnancy or post-birth CLICK HERE or follow Nicola @nicola_laye

Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. We would love it if you subscribed to our podcast and left a review as this will help us get in front of more pregnant women to share the word of positive birthing. To book into an upcoming Live Online Hypno-birthing course with Shari Lyon CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Laye through Breathwork & Coaching in pregnancy into postpartum CLICK HERE

We welcome Kate Caddle Kate is a conception and pregnancy coach, podcast host, mama and life lover. Kate supports women so you can expand through conception, birth and beyond, so that you can land in motherhood feeling grounded, connected and supported. After 5 years of trying to conceive, multiple unsuccessful IVF attempts, miscarriage, all of Kate’s doctors were advising that their chances of success were on the decline, their little rainbow-babe found his way to Kate’s womb. This time, without intervention. This is such an inspiring conversation one that we feel needs to be talked through much more than it presently is, to help women feel supported at this stage of life, in all its uncertainty. Kate is an amazing award winning coach with so much love to give, education, support and openness in this cycle of women’s lives. Kate is about to launch her new online conception programme see below:- https://expandalignconceive.com/ Please reach out to her via the following links Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/kate_caddle/ Website:- https://www.katecaddle.com Please know we are sharing from our own knowledge not with medical advice, we hope this helps you to have confident conversations with your care givers, we are not medical professionals and we really support you to communicate with your medical care team. We would love it if you subscribed to our podcast and left a review as this will help us get in front of more pregnant women to share the word of positive birthing. To book into an upcoming Live Online Hypno-birthing course with Shari Lyon CLICK HERE To work with Nicola Laye through Breathwork & Coaching in pregnancy into postpartum CLICK HERE