Yeah the Mums Podcast

IN MOTHERHOOD WE CAN ALL BE CONNECTED THROUGH A THREAD:

A RED THREAD https://www.redthread.nz/

Silver Fern and NZ Beach Volleyballer Anna Harrison has taken on the challenge of starting a Charity for Mothers to be Connected Through Movement. Breaking down the barriers movement in Postpartum and taking her understanding of loneliness and accessibility from her own Motherhood journey to support all Mum's in our community.

She talks o...

LIVING THE LIFE THAT WAS MEANT FOR HER

Anna Taylor has been dealt cards in life that many people could never imagine. From a Cancer diagnosis in her teens, to Cauda Equina in her twenties. She spent her whole life finding solace in the competitive drive of sport and it has become a space, even on the hardest of days, where she chooses to return to. 

At school she found competitive swimming, in her teens and twenties she put he...

HORMONES ALL OVER THE SHOP?? ON THE BRINK OF BURNOUT??

This episode delves into pieces of the Women's Health Puzzle thanks to Doctor Ala Farah. As an Integrative Health Doctor, she took her experience and passion and turned it into a career that works for her.

We chat on PCOS, hormones, health, burnout and Motherhood. Knowing that so many more stones can be unturned in this chat know that we covered what we could in the time we had...

CREATING HAPPINESS IN NEW SEASONS

Georgia Tong is a Netballer and Magic Stalwart as a defender. She started her career later than most and put herself in front of the right people, knowing her worth and what she was capable of. Holding down multiple jobs and commitments only shows her capacity as a High Performance Athlete... but can lead to burn out and decisions like playing netball in another country while experiencing a miscarr...

DOULA'ing in Aotearoa with 'Lily the Doula'

Take time to deep dive into planning and prepping for birth in New Zealand from a different perspective. One that wraps around you like a warm hug... guiding you towards a path where you feel empowered in your decision making come your baby's birthday.

Lily talks on when she meets with you to when she arrives on the day. What she can bring and do for you - before and after your midwife ar...

From Factory Worker to BlackFern ✨

Motherhood became the ULTIMATE perspective shifter for Awhina, helping her to realise that if she set her mind to it, she could 100% achieve it. 

Motherhood showed her what she really wanted and what she was absolutely capable of. Making her journey bigger and better after having her son and now she can take him along for the ride too! Even to places ...

BEATING THE PAST TO WIN HER FUTURE

Erena Mikaere is young Mama and New Zealand Netballer. With her baby now full sized, grown to almost match her over 6ft height. She has been in this Mum Athlete arena longer than many.

Overcoming the odds of an abusive relationship and someone telling her that "this is it for you" after she had her baby. Erena came back - in time - to be better than ever. Reaching milestones like a debut with the ...

Advice from our resident Pelvic Floor Physio - Kat Rogers.

Learn more about your body, whether you have had kids recently, long ago or not at all! This important muscle plays a lot of roles in our daily life and is connected to many other muscles.

This chat ranges from topics of posture, menopause, teenage years and bowel movements. All of the things that help us function as people, not just Mums! Giving you understanding of the ma...

FUELLING YOUR BODY WITH NUTRITIONAL BUILDING BLOCKS 

The main mission of Megs Wellness is Empower women through nutrition, mindset and movement! She is an Accredited Nutritionist with an extra interest in the Women's Health Industry.

In this episode she chats about the building blocks of nutrition, being Protein, Fats and Carbohydrates. Going into why we need these and how we can get more of these into our diets day to day. Wh...

MINDSET - MENTAL HEALTH - MAMA

Brooke Hayde, formerly Brooke Neal, picked up a hockey stick at the age of 3 and followed her brother through the ranks. Eventually finding herself as a defender in the Blacksticks. She wouldn't describe herself as the most athletic or talented player but she worked her butt off for the National position she found herself in. However, it wasn't as glamorous as it would appear to be from the outside.

T...

REST - RECOVERY - RUGBY LEAGUE

Mya Hill-Moana is 23 year old MACHINE. Showing at a young age that she is capable of putting her body on the line and making big hits in whatever team she plays for .

Whether that is for the NRLW Roosters, with a Championship win in 2021 or with the KiwiFerns or Maori Allstars and SOON to be Warriors Wahine. This impactful Mama is setting her sights on the ultimate comeback, into a team in which she h...

A MIDWIFE'S PERSPECTIVE OF PREGNANCY

Becca from My Little Kiwi Antenatal is a Mum first and a Midwife second. With years of knowledge and experience she shares the journey of pregnant women under midwifery care and all of the differences that can occur on this beautiful journey into Motherhood.

Get to know trimester to trimester what your midwife can do to support you and what you may experience along the way. It truely is an infor...

DOUBLE OLYMPIAN MEETS MOTHERHOOD

From 2 years old Rebecca Petch was on a bike. Fast forward to today, she has achieved Olympian status in BMX in Tokyo before being shoulder tapped to transition into Track Cycling and came home from the Paris Olympics with a Team Sprint Silver Medal.

In this episode we chat all about her sporting career and the decision making around starting a family. Her experience with pregnancy so far and her ep...

POSTPARTUM POWERHOUSE!

At 20 years old Mia found herself pregnant, going through the depths of impending Motherhood while pulling away from her High Performance sporting support. She worked her way back to rugby by going back to her roots and found herself the following year with a Chiefs Manawa contract and not long after, an interim Black Ferns one... It is fair to say that the strength she has found in herself since having her s...

MARATHON MAMA

Camille French, formerly Camille Buscomb had her sights set on a postpartum comeback of mammoth proportions. Knowing after her 5k and 10k races in Tokyo, that she wanted to start her family, she also set a goal of going to the Olympics in Paris for the Marathon. 

This Mama experienced what many Mama's do, the SLOG to exercise after a sudden change of pace once the baby arrives and riding on the excuses of sleep d...

LACTATION BARS BUILT BY A MIDWIFE-NURSE-MUM

Renata from Lila Jasmine Nutrition shares her extensive knowledge on the journey that is BREASTFEEDING! From colostrum collecting prenatally, and milk supply coming in, all the holds you can use for your baby to galactagogues and their supply boosting abilities. We talk about it all. I even discuss my decision to wean cold turkey (and why noone else should do this! And how doing this grad...

RUGBY PLAYER TURNED INTERNATIONAL REFEREE

When one chapter closes, this Mum opened another in a whole new province that ended opening up opportunities she took with open arms. Tiana Ngawati-Anderson is one determined Mama. Carving her way through the refereeing landscape being true to herself and her way of doing things, she found strength in the unthinkable then smashed her own glass ceiling. Now carving up on the World 7's Serie...

MAMA LED CONTRAST THERAPY

Jump in to find out how 2 ex-Police Women are using their experience and backgrounds to take the humble 'hot and cold's' to a new, mobile level.

We dive deep into the new wellness phenomenon of contrast therapy. A tool used by athletes to recover their muscles and others to practice their mindfulness and reap unreal physical benefits. If you have ANY wonders about contrast therapy and WHY people do it, thi...