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Motherness is a podcast dedicated to sharing mindful and empowering interviews with modern mothers and professional experts, brought to you by Skye Ross. Together, we’re shining a light on the realness of raising babies and life postpartum, from the first newborn moments to the months following and the years beyond. Motherness is an honest and empowering resource to help educate and inform parents through these diverse stories of motherhood.
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This mini-series is proudly brought to you in partnership with Haven A2 Protein Toddler Milk Drink. In this episode, I speak with clinical nutritionist and mother of four, Gina Urlich about her own feeding journeys with her babies, as well as how she thinks about formula and breast milk from an expert standpoint. We discuss the differences between the two types of milk, how you can best support your baby’s gut health in their first year of life, and how we can continue to make headway on br...
This mini-series is proudly brought to you in partnership with Haven A2 Protein Toddler Milk Drink. Content Warning: This episode discusses anxiety. If this theme is triggering for you, please take care while you’re listening. In this episode, I speak with mother of one, Haley Hall about her motherhood journey with her daughter, Cerys. During her pregnancy, Haley was told that Cerys had a cleft lip and palate so today we discuss what it was like receiving that diagnosis, how their first ye...
This mini-series is proudly brought to you in partnership with Haven A2 Protein Toddler Milk Drink. Content Warning: This episode discusses pregnancy loss. If this theme is triggering for you, please take care while you’re listening. In this episode, I speak with mother of one, Lee-Anne Murray about her first year of motherhood with her son, Hugo. At 31 weeks pregnant with her rainbow baby, after multiple miscarriages, Lee-Anne was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Today, she bravely s...
This Māmā & Milk mini-series is proudly brought to you in partnership with Haven A2 Protein Toddler Milk Drink. Content Warning: This episode discusses pregnancy loss and stillbirth. If these themes are triggering for you, please take care while you’re listening. In this episode, I speak with mother, stylist and writer Erena Te Paa about her motherhood journey with her three children. She lost her daughter Penny during pregnancy and went on two have her two sons, Costa and Sol. Today, ...
Content warning: This episode discusses childhood trauma and mentions sexual abuse. If any of these themes are triggering for you, please take care while you're listening. This is the final episode of season two and I’m so proud that it’s this one because I feel like this is the kind of conversation that sets the tone for what’s to come for Motherness. Conversations that are deeper and more evolutionary than before. Today’s guest is Annaliese Erin, a peaceful parenting coaching and mum to he...
In today's episode I'm joined by my Vedic Meditation teacher, Georgia Vavasour. We discuss how the practice works, the science behind this technique, and exactly why it’s so restorative, healing and calming for mums especially. Adaptation energy up, reactivity down. If you’re craving more calm, listening to this episode may be exactly what you need. You’re exactly where you’re meant to be. For a list of upcoming intro talks and Vedic Meditation courses, visit Georgia's website. Follow Geor...
Welcome back to another episode of Motherness. I'm sorry it's been a while between episodes but I'm so excited to bring you this interview with writer and mum of two, Jess Urlichs. In this episode, we discuss the transition from one to two after she and her husband had their children, Harry and Holly one year apart. Jess also talks about her experience with postnatal anxiety and intrusive thoughts during her first Fourth Trimester. We talk about what it has been like raising a Highly Sensiti...
This episode is brought to you by our first Motherness community event, a screening of the documentary Birth Time. This exclusive screening is on April 29 2021 at 8pm at Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, Auckland. Buy your tickets here. Today’s guest is Julia Matthews, a mum of one and a proud business owner of Two Islands. She never really switched off after having her baby, Lenny, but she officially went back to work at two months postpartum and we explore that in detail today. Through the lens of...
Today's guest is Bree Hutchieson, a māmā of two girls who takes us through her deeply spiritual home birth experience of her second daughter Saffie, after the cascade of interventions in hospital for her first birth of daughter Beau. We discuss her journey of stepping into her power, all that has come her way throughout her journey since her first birth, the emotional landscape of motherhood, the intersection of western medicine and ancestral healing, breastfeeding through pregnan...
This week's episode of Motherness is proudly sponsored by Little Bambinos, a lovingly curated online store for minis and their mamas. Little Bambinos is offering all Motherness listeners 10% off storewide - enter the code MOTHERNESS at checkout to receive your discount. Content warning: this episode discusses pregnancy loss and infertility. If either of these themes are triggering for you, please take care while you’re listening. Just a reminder that this episode is a personal st...
This episode of Motherness is proudly sponsored by Just’nCase nursing pads. Just’nCase pads are super-absorbent and leakproof, so they won’t let you down when you let down. Just’nCase is offering all Motherness listeners 15% off storewide. Visit justncase.com and enter the code MOTHERNESS at checkout to receive your discount. Content warning: this episode discusses depression, anxiety, panic attacks, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. There’s also a mention about sexual abuse in the context of...
This week's episode of Motherness is proudly sponsored by Little Bambinos, a lovingly curated online store for minis and their mamas. Little Bambinos is offering all Motherness listeners 10% off storewide - enter the code MOTHERNESS at checkout to receive your discount. Today's episode is with mum of two, Gemma Sanders. she takes us through what it was like to have no complications naturally conceiving her first son, Max, but then she and her husband, Ev experienced unexplained secondar...
This week's episode of Motherness is proudly sponsored by Edwards & Co. Edwards & Co is a Kiwi owned and operated family business producing a range of strollers and other incredible baby products. At some point, we’ve all known a mum who when we find out what she’s experienced, we say ‘I had no idea’. Today’s story is a little bit like that – and a fitting reminder that you never truly know what another person might be going through. In this episode, I speak with mum of three daught...
Content warning: today’s episode discusses depression, anxiety, and suicide so if any of these topics are triggering for you, please take care while you’re listening. If you’re worried about your own mental health or that of someone you love, visit mentalhealth.org.nz or call 0800 LIFELIFE to seek support. It’s never too late to ask for help. Today‘s episode is with mum of one, Lucy Ross who bravely shares she and her husband’s story where they were both affected by mental health challe...
Today’s guest is counsellor, mindfulness trainer and parent coach, Shirley Pastiroff. I went into this interview with Shirley thinking that mindful parenting was about everything that I’m not as a mother, and I left realising that it’s also about everything that I am. I left knowing that not only are my feelings are valid but they’re healthy. That my triggers are valid but my child hasn’t caused them, the responsibility of managing them is mine and mine alone. And that I am everything I...
In this episode, I speak with mum-of-one, Kate Holland about her journey to becoming a mother to her daughter, Rylee. She and her husband, Jon had a fertility journey through IVF that spanned over eight years before they pursued adoption, first domestically and then internationally. The process of adoption took four years before they brought Rylee home from Thailand. Today, we discuss the details of their story, including how they coped emotionally going through IVF, their first adopti...
Welcome to this bonus episode of Motherness. If you’re part of my private Facebook group for the podcast then you’ll know that season two is coming in January but given it’s been slightly longer between seasons than I’d initially planned, I wanted to drop a new episode so you can get a little Motherness fix while you wait! In today’s episode, I speak with midwife and mum of one Tash Porter about her entry to motherhood with her daughter Milly. If you’re a mum, like me, who had a baby wh...
This episode of Motherness is proudly sponsored by Mildred&Co. Mildred&Co is a lovingly curated baby and wedding gift registry and everyday gift store. Trigger warning: this episode details bipolar disorder, mania, depression, anxiety, and other topics around mental illness. If any of these themes are triggering for you, please take care while you're listening. If you're worried about your own mental health or that of someone you love, call 0800 LIFELINE (0800 543 354). Today’s gues...
This episode of Motherness is proudly sponsored by Your Birth Project. Your Birth Project is a New Zealand based online birthing class that encompasses Hypnobirthing and Calmbirthing practices, created by Jordyn Gregory who is the host of the Kiwi Birth Tales podcast. I’m a firm believer that what’s best for you as a māmā is what’s best for your baby. Your needs and your child’s needs aren’t mutually exclusive and today’s guest shares a story that is a perfect illustration of that. Today,...
This week's episode of Motherness is proudly sponsored by Noopii, a New Zealand and women-owned Social Enterprise company making premium eco-luxe nappies and pants that are non-toxic, chemical-free and made with Manuka Hydrosol - a world first. Use the code MOTHERNESS10 to receive 10% off Noopii storewide By now you’ve hopefully realised that on Motherness we keep it super real, but real doesn’t always have to mean difficult. In fact, today’s guest, the Ariana Bell is proof that you truly ca...
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