Best Kelly & Bree Podcasts (2024)

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#45 Supporting Your Family Through the Death of a Loved One With Death Doula Amanda 1:27:53

2y ago1:27:53

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,Content warning: Death, miscarriage, domestic violence In this week’s episode we chat to mum of 3 and death doula, Amanda. Amanda became a mum earlier in life than expected. While she breezed through conception and pregnancy, Amanda’s first birth was not what she had planned for, hoped for, or expected. Despite wanting a natural birth, Amanda agre…

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#44 Our Story: Insights on The Mental Load, Working Motherhood and the Supermum Myth. 1:06:00

2y ago1:06:00

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8 years ago on a Sunday afternoon, Bree walked down Kel's long drive way for an interview. After the news that their neurdiverse son was no longer welcome at Before and After School Care, Kel and her husband had been forced to explore other care options. While the first nanny was okay, the fit wasn't quite right. 18 and with minimal experience with…

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#43 Is She A Good Baby? With Dr Alix Vann. 1:15:31

2y ago1:15:31

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In this week's episode we chat to Alix. Alix is an eldest daughter, a mother to a 4-year-old daughter, a clinical psychologist, and a recovering ‘good girl’. Through both her post-graduate training and clinical experience, and her own lived experiences of being parented and raised in the pursuit of perfect, Alix has become intimately acquainted wit…

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#42 Navigating The Transition From Professional Woman To Mother (And Back Again) with Dr. Lisa. 1:30:02

2y ago1:30:02

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Content warning: This conversation involves mild discussion of abusive relationships and the lasting affects this experience can have on our motherhood journey. In this week’s episode we chat to Dr. Lisa about the transition from professional woman to mother (and back again). Lisa is a doctor of public health and has spent her career conducting lar…

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#40 Matrescence as a Catalyst For Professional Rebirth with Rachael Rose 1:00:21

2y ago1:00:21

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In this week’s episode we chat to Rachael Rose. Rachael is a women's circle facilitator, teacher, doula and business woman. While her business is multifaceted, it is connected by a common thread of wanting to build communities, connect women and offer spaces where mothers feel less alone and more loved. As her business has evolved, she has moved in…

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#39. Life update: Returning to work, parenting teens, pulling kids out of daycare + more. 1:12:14

2y ago1:12:14

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Hello beauties. Welcome back! In this week’s episode Bree and Kel get you up to speed on what has been going on behind the scenes. What Bree is doing for work and how she is feeling about it, how Kel is navigating this new stage of parenting teens, some updates on the kids, the podcast, and so much more. This is a vulnerable and imperfect conversat…

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#38 Low Libido and Finding Your Way Back to Intimacy With Sex Therapist Jo. 1:05:52

2y ago1:05:52

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For many couples, the return to sex after having a baby is slow, bumpy and sometimes even a little bit awkward. Between hormones, fatigue, contraception, changing bodies, unpredictable schedules and feeling touched out, there is a lot to contend with. So whether you are 12 weeks or 12 months postpartum, if you're not having much sex, you're certain…

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#37 Postpartum Planning and the Parts of Motherhood That We Don’t Talk About With Kathryn Millhouse 1:31:53

2+ y ago1:31:53

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Slowly but surely, we are seeing an increased awareness of the need to prepare for birth. More and more couples are investing their time and money into hiring doulas, reading books, writing a birth plan and accessing independent birth education. We love to see it. But the truth is, that birth is just one (very very) important day in your motherhood…

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#36 Birth, Death and Naviagting These Powerful Rites of Passage With Keely Costello 1:24:01

2+ y ago1:24:01

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In this week's episode, we chat to Keely. Keely is a New Zealand, born Australian raised expert, currently living in the U S as you will, hear, Keely is a bit of a Jack of all trades. She's a military wife, a mother of two, a yoga instructor health coach, and is currently working towards both her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counselling…

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#35 Patrescence: The Transition to Parenthood- With Regular Dad Will 1:13:33

2+ y ago1:13:33

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While progress is slow, more and more we are seeing a growing awareness of the term matrescence - What it means, why it matters and how it shapes our experience of motherhood. We now have a handful of experts, books, blogs, podcasts and social media accounts dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of this powerful rite of passage. As th…

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# 34 Finances, Solo Parenting, Traveling the World With Kids, and Not Losing Yourself to Motherhood- Megan’s Story 1:08:25

2+ y ago1:08:25

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After traveling the world for 8 years straight, Megan returned to Australia single, homeless, unemployed and pregnant. Despite her circumstances, Megan felt calm, confident and optimistic about the journey that lay ahead. After the birth of her son, Megan returned to TAFE to complete her senior years of high school. This allowed her to gain entry i…

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#33 Loneliness, Mums Groups, and Making Friends Throughout Matrescence 56:54

2+ y ago56:54

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Regardless of how you enter into motherhood, the experience of matrescence is universal. Matrescence is powerful, irreversible and will change you to your core. So the fact that your friendships might also change, should come as no surprise. And yet, it often does. The fact is, that the vast majority of women, becoming a mother changes their friend…

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#32 Bree and Kel Christmas Special 50:02

2+ y ago50:02

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Christmas is the most magical time of the year. Or is it? Every year it feels like Christmas costs more. This year, Australians are set to fork out $23.9 billion on everything from presents to pina coladas. But there is another cost that is rarely talked about. The cost of women’s time, energy and sanity. As Christmas draws near, women are busy wor…

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#31 Kel and Bree - Real Talk Life Update - November 2021 1:09:40

2+ y ago1:09:40

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In this week’s episode Kel and Bree sit down together to check in, and chat about some big life changes; Building a house, moving, supporting a child with chronic unexplained illness, updates on both Kel’s doula studies and Bree’s midwifery studies, a career change.. or not, how Bree is adapting to life as a mum of two and so much more. As they wra…

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#30 Maintaining Intimacy through Matrescence: Insights from married couple Brad and Tabitha 1:20:21

2+ y ago1:20:21

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In this episode, we talk to Brad and Tabitha Fennel. Brad and Tabitha are acupuncturists with a thriving clinic on the Gold Coast in QLD, but as you will hear, their work extends far beyond this. In their day to day work, Brad and Tabitha work with couples and individuals, helping them to reconnect with themselves and reconnect with their life. One…

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#29 Breastfeeding Q&A with Sam Foster IBCLC 1:24:41

2+ y ago1:24:41

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In this week’s episode we chat to Sam Foster. Sam is a Midwife and Lactation Consultant experienced in all areas of pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period including lactation and infant feeding. She qualified as a Midwife in the UK in 1997 and worked in the community and the hospital until she emigrated to Brisbane in 2011. Throughout the episod…

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#28 Supporting Your Little One’s Innate Desire to Learn with Unschooling Mama Laura. 1:14:15

2+ y ago1:14:15

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In today’s episode we chat to Laura, an unschooling mama to 3 beautifully wild children. Throughout the episode we talk about homeschooling and unschooling, including the logistics, the legalities and what the day to day looks like when children are in charge of their own learning. From here we dive into, what the average parent can learn from the …

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#27 When Breast Feeding Doesn't go to Plan with IBCLC Kate Visser 1:16:38

2+ y ago1:16:38

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All throughout pregnancy, midwives, GP’s, friends and strangers alike, remind us of the importance of breastfeeding. By the time women give birth, they have well and truly internalized the message that “breast is best.” However, while our society promotes breastfeeding, it does not protect it. Medical interventions, mother-baby separation, inadequa…

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#26 Supporting Men Through Their Trasition to Parenthood w/ Steven Kennedy from Birthing Dads 1:14:40

2+ y ago1:14:40

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In this week's episode we chat to Steven Kennedy who is the founder of Birthing Dad's and the PREPARE Foundation. In his past life, Steven was a sparky, an engineer and an actor. In 2017 Steven welcomed his little boy into the world. Despite having invested heavily in birth preparation, Steven recalls this experience as being traumatic for both par…

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#25 Gathering your Village for a nourished 4th Trimester with Leila from Village for Mama 1:26:00

2+ y ago1:26:00

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When you are pregnant, it feels as though the whole world wants to weigh in on what you can eat. Or more specifically, what you can’t eat. No coffee, no alcohol, no sushi, no fun. However, once a woman gives birth there is a not so subtle shift from focusing on the mother's wellbeing, to focusing on the baby. New mother's are sleep deprived, healin…

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#24 Matrescence - Navigating the Identity Shift with Yara Heary 56:33

3y ago56:33

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In this episode, we sit down with Yara Heary, to talk about the identity shift that accompanies matrescence. Yara is a Perth Based psychologist who works exclusively with women throughout conception, pregnancy, and motherhood. Yara started Life After Birth Psychology following the birth of her first son which started her on yet another journey of s…

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#23 Gentle Parenting with Rebecca Cefai 1:04:14

3y ago1:04:14

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In this week’s episode we talk to Rebecca Cefai from Growing Gently Psychology about all things parenting. As a registered psychologist with many years of experience working in the childhood development and parenting space, Rebecca was perfectly positioned for a smooth transition to motherhood. However, like everyone else, motherhood turned her wor…

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#22 Your Pelvic Floor in Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond with Caitlin Dunsford 1:05:16

3y ago1:05:16

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In this weeks episode we chat to Caitlin Dunsford who is a women’s health physio working across both the public and private sectors in Sydney. Throughout this episode we chat to Caitlin about some of the normal changes that your core and pelvic floor undergo in order to grow and bring a baby into this world, how to take care of your pelvic floor in…

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#21 Rediscovering what normal sleep looks like with kids 1:21:01

3y ago1:21:01

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As a new mum, your baby's sleep habits can easily dominate conversations. Is she sleeping through the night? How often does she wake over night? Does she self soothe? Does she sleep in the cot, my baby will only sleep on me. You will ask each other overe coffee. We search the internet, books, social media and chat to other mum's in order to gage wh…

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#20 The Role of the Birth Partner with Andrea Hausheer 50:30

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In this week’s episode we speak to Andrea. Andrea is a doula and birth educator who works with couples all over the globe to prepare them for birth. Andrea’s birth courses are unique in that they pay particular attention to the role of the partner- both in birth and in the months that follow. Throughout the episode we explore the role of the birth …

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#19 Kirby Hood Birth Photographer- Infertility, Loss, IVF, Step Parenting, Weight Discrimination 1:02:50

3y ago1:02:50

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In this weeks episode we talk to a beloved member of our Brisbane birth community, Kirby Hood. @olivejuicelifestyle Kirby is a birth photographer, videographer, Doula and more and was responsible for capturing Emmy’s birth. While Kirby is well known in the birth community, few know her story. Kirby’s introduction to motherhood began when she became…

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#18 Preparing For A Positive Postpartum 46:40

3y ago46:40

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In this episode, we catch up with Bree at 1 week post partum to talk about how she prepared for her postpartum journey and reflect on how it's going so far one week in. She talks in detail about what she did to prepare for postpartum and how it has played out. She reflects on the impact on her mental health and the things we put in place. What work…

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#17 Birthing Outside the System with Emily The Authentic Birthkeeper 55:21

3y ago55:21

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In today’s episode Kel and I sit down to chat to Emily about birthing outside of the system. Emily is a mother of 2 who lives in Melbourne and works as an authentic birth keeper. Like so many birth workers, Emily had given very little thought to pregnancy and childbirth until she embarked on her own journey to fall pregnant. Following 14 months of …

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#16 Becoming a Grandma through Teen Pregnancy - Tanya Shares her story 1:03:06

3y ago1:03:06

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This episode is an absolute spine tingler. Tanya is a 47 year old middle class professional and single parent. Mum of two boys, Tanya knows first hand how intense the experience of matrescence can be. Last year Tanya’s matrescence journey took a unique turn when she found out her son, a child himself at just 15, was expecting a baby with his girlfr…

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#15 Recovering from a severe (third degree) tear after homebirth 55:32

3y ago55:32

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In this episode Bree sits down with Kel to discuss her experience sustaining a third degree (3B) tear during the homebirth of her second child, Emmy. Bree's homebirth was positive, empowering and everything she had hoped for. However despite having had an undisturbed physiological birth, Bree was surprised to realize that she wasn't experiencing th…

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#14 Bree's birth story: homebirth, precipitous birth, 3rd degree tear, hospital transfer 44:36

3y ago44:36

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In this episode Bree sits down with her husband Matt to recount her birth story with their second child Emmy. After the positive but disempowering birth of her first child (See Episode 10), Bree knew that should they have more children she would want to have a homebirth. Long before she fell pregnant, Bree began assembling her team and planning her…

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#13 Talking to Kids about their body, consent and sex with Bridie Allan 48:51

3y ago48:51

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Today we are joined by Bridie Allan. Bridie has a Bachelor of Psychology, a Masters Degree in Mental Health and is about to complete her Masters in Sexology. Bridie has been working with adults and children in a sexual health/ sexual education space for many years now including working in a prison setting with child sex offenders, victims, perpetra…

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#12 Returning to work during motherhood 40:02

3y ago40:02

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In this episode Bree interviews Kelly about her experiences as a working mum. This story begins when at 30 years old, recently engaged and waiting for her visa to be approved, Kel found out that she was unexpectedly pregnant. Having already packed up their home and committed to an across the globe move to her company's London office, she and her hu…

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#11 Birth Story - Kelly and Anthony 55:14

3y ago55:14

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In this episode, Kelly sits down with her husband Anthony to walk through the birth of their two boys, born in 2008 and 2010. It's an exploration of a couple well into their relationship and parenting journey as they recount the stories, emotions and very different births, one in Australia and the other overseas. It's a rare opportunity to hear a d…

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#10 Birth Story - Bree and Matt 35:54

3y ago35:54

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In this episode Bree sits down with her husband Matt to discuss the birth of their first child in 2018. Falling pregnant at 21, Bree decided to give birth through her local public hospital as part of their Midwifery Group Practice program. Together Bree and Matt discuss the lead up to their birth which included some major life changes and growth as…

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#9 What is the Perfect Age Gap? 36:19

3y ago36:19

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At some stage, every parent has asked themself: What is the perfect age gap? Back to back? Two under two? Wait until one is off to school? If you have found yourself on Pintrest late at night reading about the perfect age gap, this episode is for you. Throughout this conversation Bree and Kel share their experiences with their with two different ag…

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#8 Informed Consent in Birth with Danielle Rhodes 55:47

3y ago55:47

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In this episode we explore the topic of informed consent with Danielle Rhodes. Danielle is a certified Hypnobirthing Australia practitioner and founder of Your Sacred Space Hypnobirthing and Hypnotherapy. Danielle regularly teaches couples about informed consent as part of the Positive Birth Program. Her passion for this topic is rivalled only be h…

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#7 Choosing the Right Birth Education Course for You 38:26

3y ago38:26

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In this episode Bree and Kel sit down to discuss their experiences with antenatal education. Kel does her best to recall her experience taking Lamaze classes in the UK before the birth of her first child in 2008. Bree discusses her experience taking her local hospital's antenatal classes before the birth of her first child in 2018 and how she felt …

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#6 Returning to Study during Motherhood 49:58

3y ago49:58

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In this episode Bree and Kel talk about their experiences studying during motherhood. Originally recorded in late 2020 Bree reflects on her first year as a student midwife and highlights some of the unique challenges of juggling university, work and motherhood. Kel discusses her experience studying to be a doula and how she is utilizing the self-pa…

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#5 Reframing Busyness in Motherhood 56:49

3y ago56:49

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During this discussion Kelly and Bree analyze what "busy" means to them. Together they explore the difference between "time" and "capacity," and how to figure out if you are operating over capacity. This is not an episode with quick snappy suggestions about "how to have more time in your day" or "how to be more productive." It is a thoughtful discu…

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#4 Why Bree Chose a Private Midwife 29:51

3y ago29:51

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In this episode Bree talks about her decision to hire a private midwife. We discuss what a private midwife does, how this experience differs to other models of care and whether it is worth the cost. Bree shares how she found and chose her private midwife and Kel shares some exciting news. Key themes: Private midwife, midwifery-led care, MGP, Doula,…

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#3 Breastfeeding: Anecdotes and True Stories 58:11

3y ago58:11

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Join Kelly and Bree as they remember and share their breastfeeding journeys as Bree contemplates doing it all again with her second child on the way. Among the funny stories and personal accounts are nuggets of knowledge to help prospective and new mothers with what no-one really tell you about breastfeeding, especially when you just don’t know wha…

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#2 Birth Choices: Why the choices we make matter 42:43

3y ago42:43

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As Bree announces she is pregnant with her second child we talk about processing her first birth and the options she are looking at for this birth. We touch on midwife led care, versus OBGYN and how to choose a care provider to meet your needs. There are key decisions to be made early in this pregnancy to ensure she gets the birth she wants. Key th…

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#1 What is Matrescence and what is the Matrescence Podcast? 34:05

3y ago34:05

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Matrescence describes the process of becoming a mother. It encompasses the complete physical, psychological, social and emotional changes that come with this major right of passage. While 77% of Australian women have experienced matrescence, few have ever heard of the term. Have you? In this episode we attempt to answer the question; "What is Matre…

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Tea on Drea Kelly✨ 10:08

6y ago10:08

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This episode I talk about Drea Kellys Remix (R. Kelly Ez Wife) to his song and sharing her story using her social platform .. Was she wrong for giving her side of the story!? Why shouldn’t she speak up and out against her abuser!?