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38 | The motherhood, midlife & menopause mix with Nikki Paul, Midwife, Maternal Child Health Nurse, and advocate for families and children
TURNED ON: Wild, free & sexy in your midlife
English - December 13, 2023 04:34 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MBPersonal Journals Society & Culture Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode I asked Nikki Paul, a midwife, maternal child health nurse and advocate for families and children, to join me to explore how to navigate the challenging mix of motherhood, menopause and midlife.
Tune in to hear her share:
What turns her on
About her experience and stand for parents and families.
What we need when we're parents in midlife, and going through transitions
What we’re not really talking about which we really need to, such as going through menopause.
Tips for finding connection as a parent
Everyone needs support and can find it - to keep searching until you do.
What are the challenges as a (midlife) parent
What opens up when you’re vulnerable
Tips to support your sex life when you have babies and young children
The importance of trusting your instincts and gut
How changes in society since we were children can impact us as parents.
Self care
On whether you can learn about parenting if you’ve got tweens and teens
Menopause and what to expect
Being a grandmother in your midlife
Blended and intergenerational families
Podcast info:
- Biglife journal-
- Ladies, we need to talk
- Maggie Dent parental as anything
- raising good humans -
- concious parenting
Books
- Steve Biddulph-raising girl/boys plus families
- Maggie Dent
-Janet Lansbury
-Mona Delahooke PhD
-Secrets of womens healthy aging
- Dr Sheffali
- Postnatal Depletion Oscar Seralach
-the five love languages of kids/teens/adults
Nikki also refers to Gabor Mate, Kaz Cooke
Websites
The Holly effect
Zero to three
Happy families
Intuitive mamas
+ leaders w Maria Golding
Positive parenting solutions
The renegade mama
Aware parenting
Pinky McKay
Meg Nagle-the milk Meg
Let's Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids - Stephanie Pinto
Plus there are so many more.
Connect with Nikki via her facebook page
Northern Rivers Lactation Plus https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075916189979