Carly Rowena - Raising kids in the jungle, death, sex, body image, age gaps, siblings & a dream birth vs a difficult birth
Description
What an episode to kick off this first series of More than Mama! In this episode I chat to the lovely Carly Rowena, one of the OG instagram fitness influencers, personal trainer, entrepreneur, app founder, 1:1 mentor, retreat host and more, known for her raw honesty from fitness + body image to pregnancy + parenting, birth + babies, relationships + sex… and to top it off, she’s just the nicest human being.
*trigger warning here as we have a free and open discussion which includes difficult birth experiences
In this episode we talk about SO many things, including:
- Life in the jungle and raising children there
- Handling siblings
- Consent
- Different generations’ parenting
- Repair when you lose it in front of kids & healthy arguing
- Educating parents
- Moving to Costa Rica
- Motherhood in different cultures
- Loneliness and isolation in UK motherhood vs community
- Post partum bodies, body image, body confidence, self love
- Being attacked on social media for having a positive pregnancy
- 2 very different pregnancy experiences
- Having a bump with visible abs
- Hating her 6 pack
- Losing 2,000 followers when she stopped sharing images of Jax’s face online
- Banning Peppa Pig
- Eating vegetables
- Carly’s book on death for children
- Carly and Jax’s beliefs around death
- Body safety
- Talking about sex and birth with kids
- The #1 super simple miracle product Carly recommends that helped her beautiful, positive, ‘dream’ home birth
Where to find Carly Rowena
IG: @carlyrowena
TikTok: @carlyrowena
Youtube: Carly Rowena
Website: https://www.carlyrowena.com/
App: www.moodment.com
‘My Beautiful Body’ available on Amazon worldwide here
‘Butterflies Live for 30 Days’ available on Amazon worldwide here
Carly’s 2024/2025 Costa Rica retreat dates and booking
Trial Carly’s App, as featured in Glamour, Stylist & Women's Health
Carly Rowena’s FREE workout + meditation
Reminder
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