Mothers talking podcast

Natalie and Jenna are chatting birth in this month's episode of mothers talking.  We look at the current landscape of birth preparation and explore how we feel about it.  We discuss what we think is more helpful when preparing for birth and how listening and tuning into yourself is much more important than listening to others.  Come with us on this journey to uncover the deep needs of pregnancy and find your way to birth with curiosity and calm.
Natalie's website is below where you can order her book, How to Have a Baby and the walk talk, Gathering your forces.
www.nataliemeddings.com
Jenna's website
www.theminimalistdoula.com
If you would like to get in touch with us please email us at
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
Thanks as always for listening
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In this month's episode of mothers talking, Jenna chats to Suzie Vaughan, psychotherapist and breath work practitioner, about our mum rage and what we can do about it.  We discuss the shame and guilt around anger that especially women can feel, we chat about how giving ourselves permission to feel it can help us work with our anger and not suppress it.  Suzie offers great tools and tips to help you process your anger in a healthy way and opens up about her own journey with anger in raising her son.  A brilliant episode to remind us to always be kind to ourselves.
If you would like to contact Suzie her details are below - 
Suzie Vaughan - Breathe in Peace on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/breatheinpeacewithsuzie?locale=en_GB
And instagram
https://www.instagram.com/breathe_in_peace_/
Facebook community group -
Lose your sh!t less as a Mum with Suzie Vaughan
https://www.facebook.com/groups/loseitless?locale=en_GB
As always, thanks so much for listening.
Jenna & Natalie
www.theminimalistdoula.com
www.nataliemeddings.com
 

It's very easy as a new mum to be thrown off your beautiful instinct by well meaning but misplaced comments about your baby...in this month's episode of mothers talking, Natalie chats to lovely Laura Hubbard, new mum to baby Bobby, about how she is feeling during these sensitive early days.  As a second time mum, Laura trusts herself more in knowing her baby and is working hard to drown out the voices that make her feel like she doesn't.  
Laura also featured in an earlier episode if you would like to hear more from her.
https://motherstalking.podbean.com/e/laura-lonne-s-story-trust-yourself/
If you would like to get in touch with Natalie and Jenna please email us at
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
Natalie's website is
www.nataliemeddings.com
Jenna's website is
www.theminimalistdoula.com
Thank you as always for listening
 

In this rather unique episode of mothers talking, Jenna and Natalie get personal.  As we both go through big changes in our lives, we talk candidly about where we are and how we are feeling during this period of transition.  As usual, we are unfiltered and unscripted and it's interesting the twists and twirls this conversation takes.  Grab a cuppa and join in the chat.
If you would like to get in touch about anything, please email us at
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
Natalie's website
www.nataliemeddings.com
Jenna's website
www.theminimalistdoula.com
Thanks as always for listening.

Natalie and Jenna are back in the first mothers talking episode of 2025.  Malikah Almaghrabi chats to us about how she enjoys motherhood with her beautiful daughter, Rumi and how allowing the duality of the experience helps her to be present and find the joy.  We share how we each enjoy motherhood and what it means to us and how it isn't necessarily what you think.  Thank you so much for joining us Malikah, we feel your joy.
To get in touch with Natalie and Jenna, please email
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
Natalie's website
www.nataliemeddings.com
Jenna's website
www.theminimalistdoula.com
Thanks so much for listening

In our last episode of the year, Jenna and Natalie are delighted to welcome back the wonderful Peter Walker.  Peter oozes compassion and warmth in his third episode with us as he chats about how fathers can help support their partners through pregnancy and birth but explores so much more than that.  Peter talks about how babies are our teachers, not the other way round, how breathing out is one of the most important things you can do and gives us a real dose of what father love can feel like.  Thanks so much Peter for this special episode.
We do discuss some sensitive topics in this episode so please be mindful when listening.
For more information and to contact Peter please visit
http://www.thebabieswebsite.com/
To contact Jenna and Natalie please email us at
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
Thanks so much for listening.
 

Natalie and Jenna are back together in this month's episode of mothers talking.  Natalie joins Jenna in her thoughts on how often we are interrupted as mothers and the impact this has on our minds and bodies.  As two mums at different stages in our journeys we discuss the challenges and the gifts of our kids' interruptions and how Natalie reframes this for us all as a super power.
If you would like to visit Natalie's new website for all her offerings including her new audio book for How to Have a Baby, please go to -             
www.nataliemeddings.com
And if you'd like to get in touch with us please email
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
Thanks for listening
                                             

In this thought provoking episode of mothers talking, Jenna chats to Saumeel Patel about how acupuncture can support your fertility journey.  Saumeel is an incredible acupuncturist and holistic practitioner who explains how simple it can be to prepare the body for pregnancy.  Jenna and Saum also discuss how important acupuncture is in treating the whole person and how brilliant it can be for the grey areas in health especially when you're finding it hard to get the answers you need.
Please be aware that we do discuss some sensitive issues including miscarriage.
If you'd like to contact Saumeel please follow this link 
https://www.acupunctureinsurrey.co.uk/
If you'd like to contact Jenna or Natalie please email us at  
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
Thanks for listening
 
 
 

Mothers talking is delighted to chat to Alex Heath, a perinatal trauma therapist and founder of The Birth Republic, in this much needed episode.  Alex who is so down to earth and honest about her own journey with anxiety, which inspired her to retrain as a therapist, chats to Jenna about birth trauma, perinatal struggles and what we can do to help ourselves through it.
Please be aware of the sensitive subject matter and go gently when listening.
If you are struggling with anything we discuss in this episode, please do seek help, you are not alone.
If you would like to reach out to Alex Heath, please follow her links below:
https://thebirthrepublic.com/
https://traumaticbirthrecovery.com/services/
The book Alex mentions - 
Depressive Illness:  The Curse of the Strong by Tim Cantopher
If you would like to contact Jenna & Natalie at mothers talking, please email us at motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
Thank you

Natalie and Jenna are back after the summer break with this honest episode of mothers talking.  We are chatting openly about our own experiences with anxiety and sharing our thoughts about this difficult yet common feeling.  Do you suffer from anxiety?  Is it running your life? Is it even something to cure?  We do our best to explore what living with anxiety is like on a personal and wider level.
If you are struggling at the moment, know that you are not alone and please do seek help.  Your GP can be a good place to start and you can also contact
www.mind.org.uk
www.anxietyuk.org.uk
We'd also love to hear from you if you have a story to share or feelings to air, feel free to reach out to us at
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com