Mama Chatters

By Fiona Weaver

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Episodes: 40

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Flip the bird to the mainstream sleep paradigm and join the Mama Chatters gal gang for honest stories and expert advice that honours your maternal wisdom. Through honest chats with experts and each other, we will help you to cut through the noise of all of the conflicting advice and information, and feel confident and relaxed around sleep and parenting.

Episode Date
My (raw and vulnerable) birth debrief with B from Core and Floor Restore
Oct 18, 2023
Liv Davis on parenting in a same sex relationship, IVF & sperm donor processes and 'coming out' every day
Jun 18, 2023
Dr Kyla, Paediatric Dietitian on starting solids, picky eating and the language we use around food
Jun 09, 2023
Heather Johnston (@cradlednz) Medical Doctor on Unsettled Babies: Busting Myths on Reflux, Colic, Tongue Ties, Alcohol & Breastfeeding and more
May 10, 2023
Melanie Nolan, The Natal Naturopath on Raising Twins
May 03, 2023
Laura Rafferty, Author of Rebel Mama on redefining motherhood norms
Apr 26, 2023
Postpartum Planning with Monique, Postpartum Doula and co-founder of Maia Mothers Collective
Apr 20, 2023
Ep 32: The Vagus Nerve for mums and babies - How we can support our families' nervous systems with Dr Carrie Rigoni
Apr 12, 2023
Cath Counihan (@psychotherapy_mum) on perfectionism in motherhood and shifting the narrative
Mar 21, 2023
Siobhan Kennedy-Constanti (@science_minded) on her postpartum experience: parenting an unsettled baby, PPD & PPA, relationship, traumatic birth and her support plan for her second baby
Mar 03, 2023
Ep 29: Sleep regressions/ progressions/ developmental leaps - what does it all mean? How to ditch the anxiety about the 'dreaded sleep regressions'
Feb 23, 2023
Ep 28. What's your resilience level today? A nervous system check-in you can use daily.
Feb 20, 2023
Ep 27: Busting the BS on breastfeeding, home births, tongue ties and more with Kate Visser, Milky Business Lactation
Feb 15, 2023
Ep 26: Honest chatter: Our decision (or indecision) to have a third child when our kids are 6 & 3
Feb 13, 2023
Ep 25: The unseen mental labour of motherhood: Inviting your partner to share the load with Dr Elyse McNeill, PhD
Feb 08, 2023
Honest Chatter about maternal mental health: my experience and how I have accessed support
Feb 06, 2023
Ep. 23: Real life Mama Amy on ovarian cancer, IVF, birth trauma and her downfall brought on by the sleep training industry
Nov 22, 2022
Ep. 22: Dr Kristyn Sommer on science of babies, screens and her own motherhood journey feat. postpartum anxiety, autism and an unsettled baby
Nov 15, 2022
Ep. 21: Alissa Boyer, Mentor for Highly Sensitive People on being highly sensitive in motherhood, postpartum anxiety and perfecting sleep
Nov 08, 2022
Ep. 20: Tracy Gillett, Raised Good on finding joy in motherhood without the shoulds, expectations and white noise of society
Nov 01, 2022
Ep 19: My family's sleep circus: how we have navigated the messiness of sleep in our home over the past six years
Oct 25, 2022
Ep 18: Jessica Donovan, Natural Super Kids on gut health in babies and kids, impact on sleep and development
Oct 21, 2022
Ep 17: Emma Morris, Clinical Nutritionist on Postnatal Depletion and advocating for our health
Sep 19, 2022
Ep 16: Yara Heary on maternal anger, relationships and identity after baby, the good mum & good girl syndrome, the anger iceberg, and nervous system regulation
Sep 13, 2022
Ep 15: Honest Chats: Rachael Shepard-Ohta (Hey Sleepy Baby) and Mariana Castaman on where we are going so wrong with sleep
Sep 06, 2022
Ep 14: P2: Health anxiety, OCD and Panic Attacks: Fiona and husband Ross' raw chat about living with (and living with someone with) health anxiety
Aug 30, 2022
Ep. 14: P1: Health anxiety, OCD and Panic Attacks: Fiona and husband Ross' raw chat about living with (and living with someone with) health anxiety
Aug 22, 2022
Ep. 13: Hannah on the sleep obsession, when 'gentle' sleep approaches is anything but, the need to know all of the things and coming out the other side
Aug 15, 2022
Ep. 12: Georgie Stephen, naturopath for tired mums and their babies on nourishing ourselves in a season of tired; exploring underlying causes of wakefulness or unsettledness in babies
Aug 01, 2022
Ep. 10: Alita Blanchard on Honest, Messy Motherhood, Parenting through Grief and Loss and Raising Boys
Jul 25, 2022
Ep. 11: Short and Shiny: "If not sleep training, then what?" How we can support and optimise sleep without controlled crying or separation-based methods.
Jul 24, 2022
Ep. 9: Fiona on Dr Sophie Brock's podcast chatting about parent-child relationships, getting to know our children and why behavioural parenting strategies aren't ideal
Jul 18, 2022
Ep. 8: Nicole Pates Kids Physio on milestone anxiety, patting and shushing in a dark room, and role reversals in the home
Jul 11, 2022
Ep. 7: Jess Urlichs on Messy Motherhood, Creative Writing and Parenting a Highly Sensitive Child
Jul 04, 2022
Ep. 6: Elise Disher on Perfectionism in Parenting - and the Freedom in Lowering Expectations
Jun 27, 2022
Ep. 5: Sarah Ashton OT on Sensory Overwhelm in Motherhood
Jun 20, 2022
Ep. 4: Dr Sophie Brock on Intensive Mothering Ideology and the Perfect Mother Myth
Jun 13, 2022
Ep. 2: Beth Ryan (Birth With Beth): First Time Motherhood + How Pressure Around Sleep Sneaks In and Consumes You
Jun 06, 2022
Ep. 3: Navigating Information Overload and Conflicting Advice in Motherhood
Jun 06, 2022
#1 Welcome!
May 31, 2022