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The More Than Mothering Podcast is hosted by Crystal Hardstaff from The Gentle Counsellor discussing all things parenting, motherhood, and mental health. This podcast is going to explore your identity as an individual, who you are beyond motherhood, and women empowerment. Episodes will share parenting education and reflect on how our experience is more than that by looking at the bigger picture and the full story of mothering. Topics may include parenting, identity, passions, and trauma.
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Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Join Gemma, a Perinatal Counsellor, and me as we talk about discovering the empowering journey of motherhood beyond the picture-perfect façade. We explore the real challenges, how to seek professional support, the importance of connecting authentically with fellow mums, and how to navigate the dynamics of social media. Embrace the 'sh*t-show' moments and find strength in the collective experience of motherhood.
Gemma's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/postpartumlikeaboss/
Read the Blog Post https://thegentlecounsellor.com/acknowledging-the-sh1t-show/
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Website https://thegentlecounsellor.com/
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Read the Blog Post 'Parenting From a Place of Fear'
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TikTok http://tiktok.com/@thegentlecounsellor
Website https://thegentlecounsellor.com/
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Read the Blog Post 'Finding Your Calling During Early Postpartum'
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thegentlecounsellor/
TikTok http://tiktok.com/@thegentlecounsellor
Website https://thegentlecounsellor.com/
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Read the Blog Post: 'Postpartum Insomnia: Causes, Warning Signs, and Effective Solutions for New Mothers'
Allison shares her experience of motherhood and insomnia, and how she found sleep again. She is a 39-year-old mother of a two-year-old and a four-week-old and works as a clinical pharmacist.
Book a Counselling session with me https://thegentlecounsellor.com/counselling-services/
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TikTok http://tiktok.com/@thegentlecounsellor
Website https://thegentlecounsellor.com/
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Read the Blog Post: 'Why Emotional Regulation Can be Challenging for Some Children Despite Gentle Parenting: Tips and Strategies for Parents'
Yvette Knights works with families who have children with a range of delays in their foundational skills. These delays impact their behaviour and attention, social skills, emotional regulation, motor skills, balance and neurological readiness for learning. She is a neuro developmental therapist and has a degree in early childhood education. This means she has good knowledge about how we grow and develop and how our development impacts our brain and its development. Yvette uses this information to fill in any gaps in our brain's development helping people to overcome many challenges they are facing.
Here is the link to the Play Ideas handout https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I23HUMfhK1wBBV8f-dlUiyMHAOGENcIb/view?usp=sharing
https://www.facebook.com/MoveLearnConnect
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thegentlecounsellor/
TikTok http://tiktok.com/@thegentlecounsellor
Website https://thegentlecounsellor.com/
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Common struggles for parents, childhood experiences and family dynamics, insecure avoidant and anxious attachment styles, and effective communication.
To book a Counselling session with Crystal click here.
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Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
What is real self-care? It is real and radical. Real – truly deep to your soul-nourishing. Life-changing and life-giving. Radical – unapologetic, and without guilt or shame. Quite literally taking care of yourself. Examples of real – seeing a mental health professional, setting and maintaining boundaries, learning self-regulation strategies. Examples of radical – learning from triggers instead of avoiding them, saying ‘no’, monitoring your energy levels each day.
The self-care cup analogy. When you fill your own cup then you can pour from the overflow into people and activities around you and other areas of your life i.e. relationships, creative projects, and exercise. However, your cup may have holes in it. Your environment is either strengthening or weakening your ability to self-care.
Some examples are: Lack of support network, missing ‘the village’, stress, relationship issues, mental health struggles, homelessness, experiencing racism or discrimination, and living through a crisis.
Different Types of Rest – Physical, mental, sensory, creative, and social rest are often overlooked as individual types of rest that we all need.
Dynamics between partnered parents to give each other enough time for self-care.
Click Here for the Free Self-Care Workshop
To book a Counselling session with Crystal click here.
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Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
The clash between what we thought parenting would be like vs. the reality. Societal pressures and expectations on parents especially mothers and the imbalance of expectations between mums and dads. How those following gentle parenting can feel the pressure to ‘get it right’ all the time.
To book a Counselling session with Crystal click here.
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Saturday May 07, 2022
Saturday May 07, 2022
I am hosting the annual Mums’ Mental Health Summit which is a 2-day event of Guest Speakers and Workshops with mums sharing all about mental health and motherhood. If you’ve been feeling the pull to do something for yourself, then this is the event for you. Its happening over October 8th-9th at the Mantra Legends Hotel in Surfers Paradise, in QLD. It’s the ultimate self-care for mums event. There are VIP and General admission options for you to check out, but be quick to grab your ticket and make plans as tickets are very limited. I cannot wait to meet you all!
Tickets for the Mums' Mental Health Summit https://thegentlecounsellor.com/mums-mental-health-summit/
In today's podcast episode, I wanted to share with you a bit about my thoughts and my personal and professional experience around psychology and spirituality. This is something that I have been on my own journey with. So of course, I've got my degrees that are very psychology based. But in my personal life, I've also felt this shift to explore my spirituality. I find this to be perhaps a more common thing that occurs for us as we get older, I really am curious about what it stems from for a lot of people, whether that's religious trauma, or just feeling the sense of there's something more, or you're trying to find ways to support yourself. Join me in this conversation, I would love to hear from you.
To book a Counselling session with Crystal click here.
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If you work with mothers and families you may be interested in my upcoming Gentle Motherhood Professionals Training. It consists of educational content and modules learning the Gentle Motherhood™ Framework alongside individual and group sessions over 8-weeks.
In this training, you will receive a combination of:
- The Gentle Motherhood™ Framework
- 6-weeks of education content and modules
- Business coaching and personal counselling
- 12-months Business plan and an offering
- A certificate upon completion
- A listing in my business directory network (only available for those who complete this training)
Gentle Motherhood™ Professionals Training https://thegentlecounsellor.teachable.com/p/gentle-motherhood-professionals-training
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
I am joined by De from Mama Nourished Co who is a Postpartum Doula passionate about mothers deserving postpartum support. In this episode De shares some of her practical tips for how we can receive and ask for support during this vulnerable and important time. After this chat, we decided to make a Facebook group for those who are looking to create their own or be a part of someone else's postpartum community. Search Practical Postpartum Village Australia or click here to join.
De @mamanourishedco
https://www.mamanourishedco.com/
The annual Mums' Mental Health Summit is coming to you October 8-9! Tickets are available now, click here. I can't wait to meet you!
To book a Counselling session with Crystal click here.
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