Mother ~ lescence

I hope you enjoy this super informative episode with Kim Vopni AKA The vagina coach. She wants you to keep your pelvic health top of mind! She is on a mission to break through taboos and redefine how we think about women’s health. Light Bladder Leakage is NOT 'just part of being a woman'.! She wants women to know how to connect to their pelvic floor so they can overcome challenges like incontinence and organ prolapse and regain a sense of control and power in their lives. Enjoy! Really helpful shownotes on my website: Amy Ilic

This is a special bonus summer episode! I was asked to be a guest speaker on Emily Carsons, Fourth Trimester Education series on the topic of postpartum vaginal steaming. I was so honoured as I respect Emily's work greatly. Emily is a postpartum educator, an acupuncturist, cranio sacral practitioner and a birth story listener. She asks beautiful questions and has a very informed background and you will love hearing her talk in between questions! If you are interested in getting a personalised steam and herb plan from me after listening to this. I am selling them for €30 online. HERE In this episode I go into a few personal vulnerable subjects. We talk about: My background and How I got to steaming and postpartum care work History and culture of steaming Postpartum cleansing Postpartum steam plans Maintenance Plan What is lochia and when to know when to start steaming Haemorrhoids Prolapse Uterine fatigue Herbs Return of the period Different ways of steaming of you do not have a steam sauna How to work with me Sleep and steaming Labour Preparations Steaming How steaming improves sex

It was such a pleasure to speak with Aine Homer, AKA The Baby Reflux Lady all about Reflux! Aine goes into vulnerable personal moments and gives so so much information to help mothers with reflux their babies to get to the root of the cause. Aine is a fountain of knowledge and so passionate about helping mother identify and support them and their babies with reflux. We speak about: -Her method of trial and error of getting to the bottom of the reason why your baby is suffering. -Her book and how motherhood set her up on her path. -Formula brands that Aine recommends -how birth effects reflux -how reflux effects couple relationship  -mothers diet and how it effect reflux and so so much more! Lots of helpful shownotes including the brands of formula on the website.

This episode I speak with Emma Ross from the blog Mamalina. She has a very successful blog about sustainable parenting, family life, yoga, food, relationships and so much more. In this episode we talk about: her transition into motherhood at an early age and then from one child to two and two to three How it looks for her to have support as a mother Relationships and navigating the dynamic shifts Sustainable parenting making cloth nappies simple simple actions to be more sustainable as a family age appropriate ways of modelling and talking about living sustainably and lots more in between! Show notes www.amyilic.com

Kate is a herbalist, naturopath and a postpartum doula. She helps women in their second trimester to plan for their fourth trimester. This podcast is filled with so much information. we speak about: Kate’s transition into motherhood and her experience of her early postpartum Herbs for milk supply, engorgement, moods, energy, brain fog herbs that are contraindicated The role of Oxytocin preparation for postpartum and so much more! Go to my website for the show notes https://www.amyilic.com/podcast/2020/7/6/planning-your-fourth-trimester-with-herbal-medicine-with-kate-harrison

I am so excited to be releasing this podcast with Kaitlin! Kaitlin Klimmer is a self-proclaimed child-development nerd, geeking out on all things early years. She has a degree in psychology, a diploma in early childhood education, a certificate in forest school education and most recently, a baby-led sleep and well being specialisation. She worked with children and families for over a decade before becoming a mother herself. It was then that she truly realised how hard it can be to reconcile peaceful parenting with parental self-care. She works to bring more ease and closeness to the parent child relationship. Her practice is rooted in respect and connection-centered approaches. We speak about respectful, peaceful parenting, reparenting ourselves, techniques to calm the mind through calming the body first, sleep training and the alternative, sleep regressions, praise and rewards and the alternatives, highly sensitive children,  supporting emotions, independent play, communicating Covid to young children and more! Show Notes https://www.amyilic.com/podcast

Charlotte Dupont is a new mother of Birdie, a human design and life purpose readings. In this episode we went in depth into Charlottes journey of pregnancy, birth and postpartum and her journey into motherhood. She is in the first 6 months of matrescence and it is great hearing her experiences and perspective. We talk about human design and how it can support parenting and understanding your child. show notes Amy Ilic.

In this podcast I speak with Samsara Tanner  about what a doula’s role is for birth and postpartum. We speak in depth about what kind of care women can get postpartum, supporting women after birth into motherhood. We also speak about village building, kg hypnobirthing, placenta encapsulation, the role of the mother and so many more stories and knowledge.  Samsara has some beautiful stories to tell. I felt shivers throughout this while conversation. She is such an empowering woman and I can’t wait for her to be nourishing your souls through your ears. Samsara  is a Birth-keeper. With a passion for supporting women birthing their babies and helping to care and nurture them as a newborn Mother. She co-facilitates Mother and Daughter camps and workshops. And circles for women. Samsara is a  Mother to four  adult children and has been a doula for her own three Grandchildren. She is a trained childbirth educator, and KG Hypnobirthing teacher , a Birth Doula, Postnatal/partum doula and counsellor. She also delivers courses for both doulas and postnatal/partum doulas with Conscious Birthing doula Training. She runs the Village Birth-keepers midwife and doula practice with independent midwife Kemi Johnson. Show Notes on my website. www.amyilic.com

In this episode I speak with Anne- Marie Pereira about Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT™) which  is a complete solution-based treatment, which combines the most beneficial principles of Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy, NLP, CBT and Neuroscience, to offer unparalleled fast, effective and long lasting results. Every baby comes onto the planet with an inner cheerleader that boosts them with phenomenal self-belief, but for many of us, the cheerleader goes aways and is replaced by a critical voice that starts to shut us down and make us believe that we are not good enough as a woman, a mum and a partner. When a baby is born so is a mother. We are getting to know ourselves just as we are getting to know our baby. This interview was part of one of my mothers’ circles. I interviewed Anne-Marie and then she took us on a journey. For the bonus extras and meditation go to full show notes on my website.

In this episode I speak to Jack about the Emmi Pikler approach, the tree from which stems, amongst others, the RIE movement. We talk about becoming a mother, building her village (this one inspired me), respectful care of babies and children, Steiner education and so much more. Jack is a calm wise soul and she was one of the first to support me through matrescence. Enjoy! You can find Jack on instagram @the_family_cabin You can find the show notes on my website with all the resources we spoke about today.  Happy Mothering! x