I chat with Newborn Mothers educator Antonia Anderson from Peaceful Postnatal, who teaches two modules on Breastfeeding in our Postpartum Education and Care Professional training. Together we discuss the social, historical and cultural structures impacting women's ability to breastfeed. At the core of this conversation, we challenge the belief that women are responsible for their own breastfeeding success. Instead, we explore the social and systemic change required to support mothers' breastfeeding journey.

Ashley believes that women are born with the strength, wisdom and confidence to birth and become the mothers they want to be.

She works intimately with pregnant women who plan to freebirth by working through fear and challenges while providing emotional support so that they feel heard, seen & validated while taking the steps to intuitively birth their baby their way.

Tzaddi is a mother, artist, yoga teacher, spiritual guide and founder of Bija Garden of Wellbeing, an initiative that seeks to reclaim our indigenous wellness as well as ease current suffering. Considering herself a Universal Soul, her Caribbean origins spring forth from Africa and India and she has lived in the UK, the US and India. Tzaddi specialises in Restorative practices with a focus on Pre and Postnatal care. She is delighted to share tools and jewels and techniques that will help reassure, restore and rejuvenate women at different stages of their pregnancy and postpartum journey.

Nutritionista is an online nutrition clinic and postpartum care provider, established by Megyn Hayes. Megyn is a mother to 4 children, living in regional Victoria, Australia, and is a university qualified Nutritional Biochemist, Clinical Nutritionist, Personal Trainer, Postpartum Doula & Public Health Educator. After an extensive university education complete with a dual Master’s degree in Women’s Health Medicine and Reproductive Medicine, Megyn is a passionate advocate for women’s health, nutrition, postpartum care & repletion with ongoing support.

Pinky McKay is one of Australia’s most recognised and respected breastfeeding experts. She’s an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), and best-selling author of 4 titles including Parenting By Heart and Sleeping Like a Baby, (Penguin Random House). Pinky specializes in gentle parenting styles that honour mothers’ natural instincts to respond to their babies.

Corina Fitch is a Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, and Registered NICU Nurse with 20 years of experience in the field of maternity and newborn care. She is also a Certified Feminine Power Facilitator and mother of 3 daughters. Each one has brought deeper meaning to her work. After her first daughter was born, she became intensely focused on helping her clients bond with their babies in utero and cultivate self-care practices that would serve them well into their mothering.

Leonie Dawson is an internationally best-selling author of her yearly goal planner workbooks, which have helped over 400,000 people worldwide set & achieve their life & business goals.

Leonie has generated over $10 million in revenue while only working 10 hours a week. She spends her time dreaming big dreams, painting everything in sight with her two daughters, perving on her husband, and reading 400 books a year.

Emmeline is a mother of one who lives in Canberra with her partner. She graduated from Newborn Mothers Collective in November 2019 and started her business, Project Village, with the intention of becoming a local doula service.

I chat with postpartum doula, chef and Newborn Mothers graduate, Rachael Hollinger. Together we discuss overcoming the fear of working as a postpartum professional and the gift of vulnerability. At the core of this conversation is the significance of this work and the impact it has on women, communities and generations.

Jaime has worked for over 20 years as a community development practitioner facilitating cultural change around social justice, environmental concerns and climate change.

Debra Pascali-Bonaro is a world-renowned inspirational speaker, filmmaker, doula trainer, childbirth educator, and author. Debra’s latest book The Ultimate Guide to Sex After Baby brings together her passion for pleasure in every aspect of life with her Jersey-Girl attitude of talking about what no one is talking about!  Debra is a mother, grandmother and featured expert in parenting journals and media around the world. 

Allison Davies is a multi-award-winning Registered Music Therapist using music to support brain function and reduce anxiety (for you AND your children) and teaching you how it’s done! She is the creator of Brains = Behaviours and The Brain Care Café. A Tassie girl and storyteller, she shares her lived experience of autism and sensory processing disorder.

Nisha Gill of Feminine Instincts is a Melbourne-based Somatic Experiencing (Trauma Resolution) Practitioner with a background in counselling, bodywork, birth education, doula support, feminine embodiment yoga and birth hypnosis. She is passionate about supporting families to thrive in their perinatal journeys so that emerging generations of babies can benefit from the imprints of safety and loving connection.

Jo Davidson has worked for Beyond Empathy (BE) as an artist on the Mubali / Sea of Bellies Maternal and Early Childhood Strategy since it began in 2004 in Moree NSW. During this time Jo has developed and seeded this strategy in other places including Narrabri, Illawarra, Derby WA, Mid North Coast - Nambucca, Bowraville, Coffs, Forster, Logan, Capalaba, Strathpine, Deception Bay and Sydney’s Rozelle and Redfern.

As director of the HelpMe Feed Foundation, Maddy envisions a world where every baby is happy, healthy and flourishing. HelpMe Feed's mission is to enable parents and their communities to support breastfeeding using smart, modern, scalable technologies. Leading the HelpMe Feed app design, Maddy is an integral part of the founding team. She has presented in the media, give workshops and has been at the forefront of healthcare innovation for the past 10 years, focusing on using technology to improve lives.

I chat with Newborn Mothers graduate Naomi Chrisoulakis from Cocoon by Naomi. Together we discuss self-doubt, rest and momentum in business. At the core of this conversation, we explore how we can sell people what they want and give them what they need. The way Naomi does this is by offering food and adding on postpartum education and care.

Kate Harrison is a Naturopath and Postpartum Doula with a passion for supporting new mothers with herbal medicine and nutrition. Originally from Melbourne, Kate now lives with her husband and two sons in Northern NSW and enjoys supporting women during pregnancy and postpartum in both her online and in clinic sessions.

Samantha Nolan-Smith is the founder and CEO of The School of Visibility. Through its classes, short courses, and programs the School supports women to speak up, and really be seen and heard in the world.

I had a great chat with Claudia about running luxurious retreats for mothers in Bali, Spain and Morocco. We spoke about the logistics of running retreats, the power of women coming together in circles and how mothers can take this feeling of connection home to their everyday lives.

I chat with Jenny Allison, acupuncturist and author of 'Golden Month, Caring for the World's Mothers after Childbirth'. Together we discuss the universal themes of postpartum care we have learnt through interviewing women all over the world. At the core of this conversation, we explore how community support in postpartum gifts mothers' empowerment, healing and transformation.