The Matrescence Podcast
Kelly & Bree
This is a place for you to find the information and support you need to make the transition to motherhood an empowering one.Together your hosts Kelly Wilkes and Bree Holling will combine evidence-based information with personal insight to help you heal from past experiences, make informed and empowered decisions, grow as individuals and mothers and find solidarity in this journey that is matrescence. Whether you are a mother, a birth worker or just a woman driven to be the best version of herself, as long as you like belly laughs, heart warming stories and over sharing, this is a place for you.
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Feb 28, 2022 • 1h 8min
# 34 Finances, Solo Parenting, Traveling the World With Kids, and Not Losing Yourself to Motherhood- Megan’s Story
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 into Curtain University to complete a double degree in financial planning and accounting, and subsequently her CPA. While navigating the challen...
Feb 21, 2022 • 57min
#33 Loneliness, Mums Groups, and Making Friends Throughout Matrescence
The discussion highlights the universal experience of matrescence and its profound impact on friendships. Many mothers face loneliness as their social circles shift during this life transition. Emphasizing the importance of connection, the speakers reflect on personal stories from motherhood groups and the essential role they play in combating isolation. They tackle taboo topics like sexuality post-birth and advocate for building supportive communities, particularly for single parents, as a vital avenue for navigating the complexities of parenting.
Dec 13, 2021 • 50min
#32 Bree and Kel Christmas Special
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 working behind the scenes to pull off the work of an entire Christmas village. No Santa's little helpers. No Rudolph. Just a mum ...
Nov 30, 2021 • 1h 10min
#31 Kel and Bree - Real Talk Life Update - November 2021
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 wrap up the end of the season, Kel and Bree wanted to strip it right back. No experts, no plan, just an honest conversation, about the ups ...
Nov 22, 2021 • 1h 20min
#30 Maintaining Intimacy through Matrescence: Insights from married couple Brad and Tabitha
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 of the reasons we sought out Brad and Tabitha as guests is that we are a big fan of their own podcast: Turn On The Podcast. B...
Nov 8, 2021 • 1h 25min
#29 Breastfeeding Q&A with Sam Foster IBCLC
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 episode we chat to Sam about her journey from being a midwife in the UK, to now working exclusively as an IBCLC in Brisbane. Sam also indulge...
Nov 1, 2021 • 1h 14min
#28 Supporting Your Little One’s Innate Desire to Learn with Unschooling Mama Laura.
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 unschooling philosophy (spoiler alert, there is alot). Regardless of how or where you choose to educate your child/ren, you will pla...
Oct 25, 2021 • 1h 17min
#27 When Breast Feeding Doesn't go to Plan with IBCLC Kate Visser
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, inadequate lactation support and paid parental leave, all mean that mothers face an uphill battle in establishing and maintain breastfeeding. As a resul...
Oct 18, 2021 • 1h 15min
#26 Supporting Men Through Their Trasition to Parenthood w/ Steven Kennedy from Birthing Dads
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 parents. Born by emergency c-section with an APGAR score of 1, their little boy required extensive resuscitation and spent the fi...
Oct 11, 2021 • 1h 26min
#25 Gathering your Village for a nourished 4th Trimester with Leila from Village for Mama
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, healing from birth, recovering from 9 months of depletion and oftentimes providing 100% of a babies nutritional needs. Despite this, postpartum mothers rec...
