House of She Podcast: Recent Episodes
House of She
Join us as we connect with women around Mackay and surrounding areas across a wide range of topics from womanhood, business, birth, spirituality, mindfulness, health, wellness, personal journeys, stories and much more. Our intention is to connect, support and empower the community – expanding our listener’s circle of women.
Cait, Kat & Bec chat about all things related to our pregnancies and postpartum period. Reflecting on our experiences, what was helpful, how we were best supported post birth and our journeys into motherhood. This conversation all stemmed from our collective goal to support women, especially through this phase of life. We hope you gain something from our discussion. With love x
This episode is a comparison of my (Cait's) two pregnancies and births. Their are 3 main points of focus; accidental vs planned pregnancy, having vs not having gestational diabetes and the impact of stress, hospital vs home birth. I have been asked about my home birth many times, sharing the story here just to normalise the experience, it was just so straightforward. I hope you enjoy me telling my story.
Aligning with our Taking Care of Yourself 14 day Journey that we are currently sharing through our Instagram platform, this episode I (Kat) share with you my simple but much loved way of journaling, as well as guiding you through it with time for you to try it for yourself.
Journaling is one of the most powerful tools for me personally to clear my mind and body of stored emotions, energy and experiences that I am often unaware on the surface that I am holding onto. I hope this little guided experience opens the door for you to find a journaling practice that can do this for you too.
With Love,
Kat xx
Join Cait & I alongside my kind and caring sister Bec as she shares her journey toward truely taking care after herself.
Bec recently presented a talk at an event where she shared on 'How to take care of yourself in early post-partum & early motherhood' and in the process of preparing for this talk she gathered together her thoughts and resources into her own concise tools and tips - which then led her to feeling a real pull to share her story - her journey - the path she has walked toward learning how to really, truely take care of herself. It was our absolute privilege to have her do so through this podcast platform.
Bec leads weekly yoga classes through House of She + a monthly extended Yoga Event - I highly recommend experiencing her magic through attending when you can.
A little note from Bec...
Whilst many of these thoughts, experiences and revelations are my own, I would like to acknowledge the many wonderful friendships which have helped guide me along the way and pay credit to some podcasts and authors which have deeply impacted me on this journey.
- The Imperfects Podcast
- Lael Stone
- Dr Emily
- Gabor Matè
- Maggie Dent
- Steve Biddulph
I take you through the path I have walked through for my first, second and third birth. Now on the other side of all three I share the realisations I can see looking back, like the deeply ingrained self-doubt for what I was capable of. As I write this description for the episode I think of so many things I’d have loved to mention or explore much further like private midwifery care and my homebirth midwife, and my experience going overdue each pregnancy, but alas these topics need and deserve their own episodes to properly explore! Kat xx
Resources mentioned:
- Ten Moons by Jane Hardwicke Collings
- In your own time by Dr Sara Wickham
We dive back in for an energetic opener for 2023 as we return to the world of podcasting. There is a real buzz between Cait and I as we chat away what we have been up to the last 12 months while we were MIA from podcasting! And we chat on what’s coming up.
Join us as our friend Caitlyn shares with Cait & I about her huge journey through her ongoing physical and mental recovery after being in a head on collision car accident because of a drink-driver. Caitlyn is brave and honest as she shares her extremely emotional story, we are so proud to be her friend and have her on the podcast to share with you all.
We were super lucky to grab time with the wonderful Fallon, the founder of ‘The Just Saying Project’ - an amazing blog and home of local projects and events for our region! We chatted about all things womanhood with Fallon - including the journey into motherhood & beyond that led her into this project. Fallon shares with us about some of the amazing projects and events she has led through JSP, and some of the brilliant women she has collaborated with and we talk about an exciting event coming up in March in Mackay - The JSP Women's Awards!
In this episode we are joined by Kylie. Kylie specialises in coaching and subconscious healing, using the modalities of NLP and timeline therapy to reprogram habits/behaviours. Kylie works mainly with women, with a big focus on helping mums transform out of anxiety /overwhelm and take control of their wellbeing. Kylie outlines her own journey, discussing running an online business with a family whilst also home schooling her kids. We hope you enjoy as much as we did.
Fi has been on our podcast wishlist for a little while now, since doing a feminine yoga program with her earlier in the year and the experience we have had reconnecting with our menstrual cycles we wanted to have her share a taste of it with our community! In this episode we talk about menstruality, femininity, cyclical living, menarche (first bleed) and how to support daughters through this change.
You can follow & connect with Fi through her instagram on @lafemmeyoga__or facebook - La Femme Yoga. Or drop by her beautiful space!
We are so privileged to steal some time with Mackay local Lauren, an amazing Physio specialising in Women’s Health. As we chat with Lauren, her in depth knowledge blows us away, but its her passion to help & support women that truly knocks our socks off! Listen in, learn a thing or two and most of all - if you need any help, seek it.
On this episode we chat through Human Design (HD) - what it is, we touch on each type but talk more specifically about our types and share how you might like to dive into your own HD and bring it into your way of living.
Some resources we mention:
- Day Luna Podcast - learn about HD across a broad scope of topics
- Myhumandesign.com - to look up your chart
Our episode today is with Mel, mama to 5 children - 3 boys & twin girls. Mel shares her personal journey through postnatal depression after the birth of her second child. She grew up in Mackay and moved around over the years before landing back here. She shares from the heart her experience, which is unique and different for any woman who has postnatal depression. The insight we gained and what we learnt from her personal experience was seriously invaluable, we know our audience will have much to gain by listening in as we chat with Mel.
If you or someone you know are in need of support here are some resources below:
PANDA - Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia - www.panda.org.au - 1300 726 306
Beyond blue - www.beyondblue.org.au - 1300 2246 36
Gidget Foundation - www.gidgetfoundation.org.au
Mackay Hospital and Health Service 24 hour mental health service 1300 64 2255. Single point of entry to a mental health service, crisis support and can advise and facilitate care, support or referrals to appropriate services
Lifeline 13 11 14
Child youth and family health 4885 7750
Zenny shares with us her journey through beginning her own personal training business, to moving up into her next dream of her own Gymnasium - Athletica Mackay - our local ladies-only gym. She shares her passion for training, connecting and empowering women through her work… We cover a range of topics through this episode including anxiety, assumptions and leaning into discomfort.
Join us as the lovely Hayley takes us through her knowledge of the lay of the land when it comes to birthing babies in Mackay. Hayley is a local doula who is passionate about increasing options for woman-centred care in our region, such as expanding the current midwifery-led continuity of care models and making private and public home birth available to those who wish to access it.
Miscarriage is a vast and varied experience between women - physically and mentally looking so different for each individual woman. In today’s episode, our long-time friend Cass joins us to dive into this topic, with the idea to open up conversation around what can feel like a taboo topic.
Our friend Sophie who leads our monthly House of She New Moon Meditation joins us to talk about what spirituality and mindfulness is to her... with us also contributing our own interpretations and expressions of this broad and open topic. We share about how it can mean something different to all, but how the exploration of it can be beneficial across our lives.
Logan shares with us the details in her journey through fertility challenges, conception and birth of her beautiful daughter Addy.
Join us for this episode with business powerhouse Maddy Avery from Birdcage Marketing. Maddy shares with us what it’s like leading a team of women, mainly working with women-led businesses, while being a Mum of her two beautiful children and balancing self development and prioritising mental health.
Kiah from The Birth Circle Mackay joins us for today’s episode. Kiah is a beautiful local doula who chats with us about what a doula is, what a doula does and how she has learnt to hold space for women as they move through pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
This is a deep dive into our friendship over many many years, through many versions of ourselves, periods of living worlds apart but always being connected…
Here is a quick introduction to our Podcast… who we are, what we want to achieve and what we will be exploring in upcoming episodes.