One of my dearest friends and herbal sister, Aspen, joins me to chat about our love for herbal medicine, her journey with herbs, herbalism in the home, family and personally. We discuss what we have been up to seasonally with herbs here in Spring in Australia. We touch on comfrey, herbal oils, herbal juices & why local herbs are sometimes the best. I hope this chat inspires you to delve into the empowering and fulfilling world of plant medicine and find a herbal sister/s. We discuss herbalism in the community and our very affordable and accessible herbal medicine making workshop coming up on the 12th November in Wingham at the Womenkind Collective bookings via the link there or here You can find Aspen's beautiful herbal products at her Website and on Instagram Aspen and Pete's family business Medijelly and amazing medicinal manuka honey products on the Website and Instagram HEART HEARTH EARTH links: Get $10 off ⁠Saturee supplements link⁠ liver and oyster capsules as well as collagen and casein powder ⁠Greener Pastures Cod Liver Oil link⁠ Social Media Links: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Facebook

Amy from Amy Armstrong Health shares with us an extremely information dense and important aspect of achieving holistic thriving health.

Bringing both personal lived experience and a wealth of knowledge and research, Amy explains the importance of mineral balance in our body and diet. Why we may actually not need more iron but a better balance of nutrients. This is important information for anyone at any life stage but especially if you've received test results from the GP or Obstetrician saying you have low ferritin (one form of iron).

Again it ties back into traditional wisdom and nutrient dense foods and whole food supplements. 

You can find Amy's services and links at her:

Website

Instagram

Facebook

The podcast episode we mention where Amy shares her journey about her daughter's and family health

The research study showing links between maternal haemoglobin and infant birth weight

Morley Robbins Podcast episode about this study

HEART HEARTH EARTH links:

Get $10 off Saturee supplements link liver and oyster capsules as well as collagen and casein powder.

Use code: HEARTH

Greener Pastures Cod Liver Oil link

Social Media Links:

Instagram

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Join me for my first solo herb podcast! This episode is about St John's Wort, my experience and story foraging it late last year. Then processing and using it for myself and clients. 

I also briefly:

- introduce the herb

- how to ID it

- process it to make oil

- the medicinal uses

- my recent client experience with it

- The fresh, small batch seasonal herbal products I offer

Nothing said or written here is medical advice. See the Heart Heart Earth links below as well as links to some of my other favourite podcast episodes about St John's Wort (SJW)

HEART HEARTH EARTH links:

Get $10 off ⁠Saturee supplements link ⁠liver and oyster capsules as well as collagen and casein powder.

Greener Pastures Cod Liver Oil link

Social Media Links:

Instagram

Facebook

Other favourite SJW podcast episodes:

Amber Magnolia Hill and Kami McBride Mythic Medicine episode

Herbs with Rosalee podcast SJW episode

Anna Axisa from Homegrown Healthy Living shares with us her huge journey, alongside her family of moving to and setting up a 10 acre homestead, farm, business and now a wonderful book. After a diagnosis of MS in 2016 Anna took hers and her family's health and wellness journey to a whole new level, the book documents and shares all of the above. Including the story, challenges, successes, learning, resilience, skills, gardening, homesteading tips, nourishing recipes, mindfulness and much more.

You can find Anna, her content and book at:

Website

Facebook

Instagram

The family Worm Farming Biz here

HEART HEARTH EARTH links:

Get $10 off ⁠Saturee supplements link ⁠liver and oyster capsules as well as collagen and casein powder.

Greener Pastures Cod Liver Oil link

Social Media Links:

Instagram

Facebook

Scott Hall joins me to share and discuss the exciting and important role Syntropic and Regenerative Agriculture plays in providing a pathway to long term resilient food producing systems and therefore thriving ecological health and human communities. 

You can find Scott at his:

Website https://www.syntropia.com.au/

Instagram

Facebook

Welcome to the Heart Hearth Earth podcast where we gather around the metaphorical hearth to share ideas and conversations on matters of the Heart, Hearth and Earth.

Cross pollinating as we span our wings connecting the threads of ancestral wisdom. I believe ancestral wisdom provides a road map to a regenerative culture, contributing to thriving communities, healing and health.

Supplement Affiliate Links for discounts:

Get $10 off ⁠Saturee supplements ⁠liver and oyster capsules as well as collagen and casein powder.

Greener Pastures Cod Liver Oil link

Heart Hearth Earth Social Media Links:

Instagram

Facebook

I’d like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land where I stand, the Biripi people and all other First Nations People across this land.

Welcome to the Heart Hearth Earth podcast where we gather around the metaphorical hearth to share ideas and conversations on matters of the Heart, Hearth and Earth.

Cross pollinating as we span our wings connecting the threads of ancestral wisdom. I believe ancestral wisdom provides a road map to a regenerative culture, contributing to thriving communities, healing and health.

This Episode is with Lydia from Internal Instinct on balanced nutrition, breaking down macros, getting calorie and energy rich food from nutrient dense foods. You can find Lydia at her website, Facebook and Instagram

Affiliate Links and blurb for show notes:

Saturee supplements link

Use code: HEARTH

Greener Pastures Cod Liver Oil link

Social Media Links:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/heart.hearth.earth/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeartHearthEarthShelleyMcClure/

I’d like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land where I stand, the Biripi people and all other First Nations People across this land.

Welcome to the Heart Hearth Earth podcast where we gather around the metaphorical hearth to share ideas and conversations on matters of the Heart, Hearth and Earth.

Cross pollinating as we span our wings connecting the threads of ancestral wisdom. I believe ancestral wisdom provides a road map to a regenerative culture, contributing to thriving communities, healing and health.

The supplements my family and I use and recommend:

Get $10 off ⁠Saturee supplements ⁠liver and oyster capsules as well as collagen and casein powder.

Greener Pastures Cod Liver Oil link 

Social Media Links:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/heart.hearth.earth/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeartHearthEarthShelleyMcClure/

I’d like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land where I stand, the Biripi people and all other First Nations People across this land.

Episode 41. Sophie Jeffreys from Bearing Wonder Pilates Instructor, Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist, Shiatsu Therapist & Postpartum Doula. Supporting women through the childbearing years with movement, nurture and wonderment. 

With a huge love and passion for working with new mothers, Sophie shares her knowledge, experience and thoughts on the importance of healthy movement, pilates, bodywork, love and awareness of our bodies, preparation, prevention and healing throughout motherhood.

Join us for an informative chat as Sophie as we explore the amazing life giving  body of a mother. Common issues such as diastasis recti, prolapse, birth recovery. Also the power of preparation and prevention in pregnancy, birth and beyond. Importantly how movement can be a vehicle to love our bodies. 

Sophie Jeffreys, Bearing Wonder Website - Facebook - Instagram

To find out more about me and Pollination Mamas Website - Instagram - Facebook

Podcast Sponsor - Olive Gap Farm ’The Littlest Birds' The gorgeous song features on the intro and outro. Performed by: The O’Luca Family Band from Olive Gap Farm; Alex (Dad) - Drums/Vocals, Tara (Mum) - Vocals/Guitar, Olive (13) - Violin/Vocals, April (11) - Cello/Vocals, Cedar (8) - Percussion/Vocals. Song: Originally performed by The Be Good Tanyas. Written by: Samantha Parton and Jolie Holland. Released 2000. Generously sponsored by Olive Gap Farm, certified organic family farm specialising in small batch native essential oils and seasonal cut flowers. Located on Bundjalang Country in the Northern Rivers of NSW Australia. Olive Gap Farm Website - Instagram

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast do not constitute medical or professional advice, do not reflect the opinions of this business, any of its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, or advertising agencies, and do not create any type of patient-physician relationship or other professional relationship between the audience and presenters. No person viewing any podcast from this website should act or refrain from acting on the basis of the content of a podcast without first seeking appropriate professional advice and/or counselling, nor shall the information be used as a substitute for professional advice and/or counselling.  Pollination Mamas expressly disclaims any and all liability relating to any actions taken or not taken based on any or all contents of this site.

Nadine O'Mara from Conscious Life Yoga, Conscious Birth on doulas and yoga for fertility, prenatal, birth and beyond. Nadine, a mother, senior yoga teacher and doula, shares her strong passion for supporting women and their families from conception to birth and beyond. Nadine is also the co-director at Bliss Baby Yoga. 

Join us for a chat about many things yoga from: 

- Prenatal, birth, postpartum and beyond - Yoga for healing, Nadine shares her personal experience of discovering a body positive life after living with an eating disorder 

- The power of doulas for providing continuity of care and assisting to create empowered birth experiences 

- The current and future vision of Bliss Baby Yoga 

Conscious Life Yoga, Conscious Birth Website - Instagram - Facebook 

Bliss Baby Yoga Website - Instagram - Facebook 

To find out more about me and Pollination Mamas Website - Instagram - Facebook

Podcast Sponsor - Olive Gap Farm ’The Littlest Birds' The gorgeous song features on the intro and outro. Performed by: The O’Luca Family Band from Olive Gap Farm; Alex (Dad) - Drums/Vocals, Tara (Mum) - Vocals/Guitar, Olive (13) - Violin/Vocals, April (11) - Cello/Vocals, Cedar (8) - Percussion/Vocals. Song: Originally performed by The Be Good Tanyas. Written by: Samantha Parton and Jolie Holland. Released 2000. Generously sponsored by Olive Gap Farm, certified organic family farm specialising in small batch native essential oils and seasonal cut flowers. Located on Bundjalang Country in the Northern Rivers of NSW Australia. Olive Gap Farm Website - Instagram

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast do not constitute medical or professional advice, do not reflect the opinions of this business, any of its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, or advertising agencies, and do not create any type of patient-physician relationship or other professional relationship between the audience and presenters. No person viewing any podcast from this website should act or refrain from acting on the basis of the content of a podcast without first seeking appropriate professional advice and/or counselling, nor shall the information be used as a substitute for professional advice and/or counselling.  Pollination Mamas expressly disclaims any and all liability relating to any actions taken or not taken based on any or all contents of this site.

Episode 39. The Valley Below, collective voices, sharing experiences of postnatal anxiety & depression through song with Oneewa McDowell from Blackbird Songwriting

For national PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia) week, this episode is a little bit different. Oneewa McDowell joins me to share how her sister Shara Hala'api'api and herself came together with 12 other women to create a song, a collective voice for others who may be experiencing or have experienced postpartum mental health challenges. 

The raw and real, yet inspiring song is woven throughout Oneewa sharing. The song goes deep and touches on the very real aspects of postpartum mental health experiences. Please reach out for support if you are feeling sad, depressed, anxious and alone, as the voices within the song did and slowly found healing and connection. See links to hotlines to call below.

For the project, Oneewa and Shara spoke with 12 women about their experiences of postnatal depression & anxiety. The aim was to honour and acknowledge the stories of these mothers, and to give a voice to their experiences through song.

A song that we hope will reach a mother who will find she is not alone in her journey;

A song that we hope will bring some comfort and understanding to a mother who is struggling;

A song that may inspire a mother to tell her own story.

Listen and let the song speak for itself.

Oneewa and Shara want to express our deepest gratitude to the 12 mothers who have been involved in the project, for sharing their story with such honesty and openness, and for making this project possible.

Also to acknowledge PANDA and the Gidget Foundation for their support in connecting us with the women involved in this project.

The song was released and shared during PANDA/Perinatal Mental Health Week, 8th-14th November, 2020.

If you would like to share the song also, that would be wonderful and you can share the link to the youtube video - website page - facebook

Song written and performed by Shara Hala'api'api on vocals and harmonies and Oneewa McDowell on piano/keys and harmonies of Blackbird Songwriting

Hotlines:

PANDA 1300 726 306

Gidget Foundation 1300 851 758

Lifeline 13 11 14

To find out more about me, Shelley McClure and Pollination Mamas Website - Instagram - Facebook

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast do not constitute medical or professional advice, do not reflect the opinions of this business, any of its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, or advertising agencies, and do not create any type of patient-physician relationship or other professional relationship between the audience and presenters. No person viewing any podcast from this website should act or refrain from acting on the basis of the content of a podcast without first seeking appropriate professional advice and/or counselling, nor shall the information be used as a substitute for professional advice and/or counselling.  Pollination Mamas expressly disclaims any and all liability relating to any actions taken or not taken based on any or all contents of this site.

Join me for a super informative and down-to-earth chat about breastfeeding and the important role of lactation consultants.

Emma Maher from Empowered Lactation with Emma and I discuss:

- What exactly an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC or LC) is, their scope and why you should know how to contact your local one

- The magic of breastfeeding and some of the common challenges

- Key elements for optimising your breastfeeding goals in those early weeks, months and even beyond

- Why breastfeeding is a unique experience each time

- Extended breastfeeding, if it's right for you and bub, why it is amazing

Find out more about Emma, her services and workshops at Website - Instagram

To find out more about me and Pollination Mamas Website - Instagram - Facebook

Podcast Sponsor - Olive Gap Farm ’The Littlest Birds' The gorgeous song features on the intro and outro. Performed by: The O’Luca Family Band from Olive Gap Farm; Alex (Dad) - Drums/Vocals, Tara (Mum) - Vocals/Guitar, Olive (13) - Violin/Vocals, April (11) - Cello/Vocals, Cedar (8) - Percussion/Vocals. Song: Originally performed by The Be Good Tanyas. Written by: Samantha Parton and Jolie Holland. Released 2000. Generously sponsored by Olive Gap Farm, certified organic family farm specialising in small batch native essential oils and seasonal cut flowers. Located on Bundjalang Country in the Northern Rivers of NSW Australia. Olive Gap Farm Website - Instagram

Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast do not constitute medical or professional advice, do not reflect the opinions of this business, any of its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, or advertising agencies, and do not create any type of patient-physician relationship or other professional relationship between the audience and presenters. No person viewing any podcast from this website should act or refrain from acting on the basis of the content of a podcast without first seeking appropriate professional advice and/or counselling, nor shall the information be used as a substitute for professional advice and/or counselling.  Pollination Mamas expressly disclaims any and all liability relating to any actions taken or not taken based on any or all contents of this site.