Flourishing Families

Flourishing Families


Latest Episodes

Prenatal yoga with Sarah Newling
March 04, 2024

Sarah is a specialised yoga teacher and experienced birth doula. She offers weekly prenatal and postnatal yoga classes at Family Chiropractic Charlestown. Sarah speaks about how pregnancy yoga can be a form of birth preparation as well as a foundation for

'Homebirths' with midwife Helen Young
February 05, 2024

Helen has years and years experience with childbirth. She has worked as a nurse and midwife in a hospital setting and more recently as a private midwife supporting families who want to have their baby at home. In this podcast she shares with us important

Pelvic floor health with Core Restore Co
November 28, 2023

Heather Foord is passionate about educating women about the health of their pelvic floor. There is an important dynamic relationship between the abdominal muscles, our breath and the pelvic floor. She shares with ussome valuable pointers on how we can

Doula support for the complicated birth with Jess Hastings
November 06, 2023

Jess Hastings is an actuary risk analyst, and has been juggling and assessing risks for a living for many years. Since having a challenging pregnancy and birth with her first child, she has been passionate about helping pregnant couples making sense of th

Pregnancy massage with Joanne Macintosh
October 02, 2023

Joanne Macintosh is a pregnancy and post-partum massage therapist, doula and yoga instructor. She shares with us about the healing that happens at both physical and emotional levels throughout pregnancy and how intuitive massage can help. Joanne can be co

Pilates for pregnancy and new mamas
September 04, 2023

Ellesse Hawkins from Fleur Pilates in Charlestown talks us through safe exercising during pregnancy and those delicate early months of motherhood.

Introduction to Kinesiology with Erin Dube`
July 31, 2023

Erin Dube` is a kinesiologist with a background in occupational therapy and hypnobirthing. She takes us through what kinesiology is and how it can help a wide range of health issues.

Switched-on Kids
July 12, 2023

In this episode the tables have turned and Dani from NewyFitness interviews Dorte Bladt from Family Chiropractic Centre Charlestown about her Switched-on Kids program.

Sleep and Settle Babies
June 06, 2023

The baby whisperer Natalie Ebrill from Sleep and Settle shares with us her favorite tips to help baby have a good night’s sleep. She reminds us of the importance of feeding well, playing well and sleeping well through the day as the secret to a bet

Exercising again after the birth of your baby
May 12, 2023

In this episode I have a chat to the lovely and knowledgeable Dani from NewyFitness.  She shares about the importance of being patient and kind to ourselves as we safely return to exercise.  Her advice is to gently build the pelvic floor and co