Mama Chatters

Mama Chatters

Hosted by: Fiona Weaver

Flip the bird to the mainstream sleep paradigm and join the Mama Chatters gal gang for honest stories and expert advice that honours your maternal wisdom. Through honest chats with experts and each other, we will help...

Episodes

Ep. 23: Real life Mama Amy on ovarian cancer, IVF, birth trauma and her downfall brought on by the sleep training industry

Season #2

Amy is a mama from my Mama Matters Academy who has a helluva story to share with us. Please reach out if her story resonates with you. Follow on Insta @mamamatters.au I'll love you forever if you leave a review and...
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Ep. 22: Dr Kristyn Sommer on science of babies, screens and her own motherhood journey feat. postpartum anxiety, autism and an unsettled baby

Season #2

This chat was so fun! Dr Kristyn Sommer has a PhD in developmental psychology where she explored how young children learn from social robots and screen media. She is now a Griffith University Postdoctoral Research...
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Ep. 21: Alissa Boyer, Mentor for Highly Sensitive People on being highly sensitive in motherhood, postpartum anxiety and perfecting sleep

Season #2

Alissa Boyer is a Mentor for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) with a passion for helping fellow HSPs learn how to unapologetically embrace their sensitivity and use it as a strength in their lives. She’s the creator of...
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Ep. 20: Tracy Gillett, Raised Good on finding joy in motherhood without the shoulds, expectations and white noise of society

Season #2

Tracy Gillett is the founder, writer and advocate behind the award-winning blog, Raised Good - a guide to natural parenting in the modern world. Written from Vancouver with millions of readers worldwide, she educates...
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Ep 19: My family's sleep circus: how we have navigated the messiness of sleep in our home over the past six years

Season #2

Two kids, six years, and a whole lot of musical beds; our family's sleep sitch has looked less than perfect over the years. But, we love it! Here's to normalising messiness of childhood sleep. I chat today about: -...
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Ep 18: Jessica Donovan, Natural Super Kids on gut health in babies and kids, impact on sleep and development

Season #1

Jessica Donovan is a mama of 2 and naturopath who helps mums raise super kids with healthy food and natural medicines. She is passionate about educating parents on nourishing their children with real food, helping to...
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Ep 17: Emma Morris, Clinical Nutritionist on Postnatal Depletion and advocating for our health

Season #1

Today we chat with Emma Morris, Clinical Nutritionist about Postnatal depletion and the impact it can have on our wellbeing as mothers. Emma is mama to one, a Clinical Nutritionist and Co-founder and Director of Maia...
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Ep 16: Yara Heary on maternal anger, relationships and identity after baby, the good mum & good girl syndrome, the anger iceberg, and nervous system regulation

Season #1

Yara is a Perth psychologist who works exclusively with women throughout conception, pregnancy, and motherhood. Yara started Life After Birth Psychology following the birth of her first son which started her on yet...
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Ep 15: Honest Chats: Rachael Shepard-Ohta (Hey Sleepy Baby) and Mariana Castaman on where we are going so wrong with sleep

Season #1

Grab a cuppa and join us for our honest chat about all the things we have a problem with in the mainstream sleep industry. We chat about: - Rach and Mariana's personal experiences with sleep training - How sleep...
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Ep 14: P2: Health anxiety, OCD and Panic Attacks: Fiona and husband Ross' raw chat about living with (and living with someone with) health anxiety

Season #1

The second part to our raw, honest and open chat about living with health anxiety and how we navigate it as a family.
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Ep. 14: P1: Health anxiety, OCD and Panic Attacks: Fiona and husband Ross' raw chat about living with (and living with someone with) health anxiety

Season #1

This is a super raw, unedited and informal chat over a few wines between Fiona and husband Ross. We chat about Ross' history with health anxiety and answer some questions from the Instagram community. Frequent...
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Ep. 13: Hannah on the sleep obsession, when 'gentle' sleep approaches is anything but, the need to know all of the things and coming out the other side

Season #1

Hannah is a real-life mama who I met through my Mama Matters Academy. Today I am so grateful to her for this honest chat about her experience with a prem baby, how the sleep obsession can sneak in, and being taken for...
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