Pregnancy, Birth And Beyond

Oni Blecher interviews dynamic couple Laura and Russell Brand on the importance of play, creativity and making a fun mess while also discussing the deeper topics of birth politics, making conscious informed decisions for birth, parenting philosophy and teamwork within the pregnancy, birth and postnatal periods.

Oni Blecher interviews Dr. Greg Emerson on his wealth of experience as an emergency medicine specialist come integrative doctor. He discusses building immunity, viral combative measures and how these measures affect healthy fetal growth, birth and resilient postnatal outcomes. Greg looks to a brighter social and integrative healthy future.

Jane Hardwicke Collings is fiercely rallying the birth community, as well as the community at large, to come together during this time of crisis to enact real and radical change in the care birthing women are receiving during the Coronavirus pandemic. Jane speaks of the impact the crisis is having on birthing women and mother-babies, and how we must come together now to provide better birthing options in response to what women are seeking at this time. Together with a group of women, Jane has founded Hygieia Health, a not for profit dedicated to making such changes. They recently surveyed over 800 women and found that 80% are re-assessing their birth and maternity care options in the middle of this pandemic. Jane shares how we as a community must come together to adapt to meet the needs of women and babies, and the impact that this pandemic will have if we don't - particularly on mothers mental health.Jane is the founder of The School of Shamanic Womancraft, has been a home birth midwife for over thirty years

Oni Blecher speaks to Helena Norberg-Hodge about her work in bringing Ancient wisdom into our future projections by moving away from globalised capital into more localised economies and how this effects mothering, family and village living

As the reality of the extent of the impact of COVID-19 is sinking in, we’re seeing our lives change in ways we never thought would happen. Many schools are closing down their campuses and reverting to online learning, or preparing to do so. So almost overnight we have seen a massive shift of our school age children to homeschooling. There’s a lot for the kids and especially their parents to navigate in this terrain while parents work out how they can continue their own work/study commitments while having the kids at home.In this show Sally talks with a very experienced homeschooling mum who has always worked at home as well.Avalon Darnesh is a mother in a blended family with her partner Brett and together they have five children aged 7 to 17. Avalon also has a free offering she created five years ago about how parents can get their own goals met while your kids are at home: https://www.blossomingwoman.com.au/blog/get-shit-done Also mentioned is Motherhood Mentor, Marion Rose: www.marionrose.net.First aire

Circus aerialist and mother Moira Campbell shares with Sally her unique life journey full of vital lessons, from joining the circus, to meeting her husband Alex, packing up their life in London and moving to Byron Bay, healing from chronic illness and raising her 11 year old daughter. Moira's biggest lesson yet: that her body has an innate ability to heal itself.So much in this conversation! Enjoy.Moira can be found at: ascensionbyronbay.com.auProduced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2020www.pbbmedia.orgFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 30 January 2019.Produced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2020www.pbbmedia.org

In this episode of Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, we are speaking with Farah Cleret, mother of two, Functional Nutritionist and recently diagnosed with cervical cancer. Post treatment, Farah went into medically induced menopause. Farah has a Degree and honours from Manchester University in Philosophy and Psychology and trained in Nutrition at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition in London, UK qualifying in 2002. She spent many years in private clinics and also at Higher Nature, a well known and highly respected UK supplement company advising clients on Nutritional Protocols, designing Practitioner Education Modules and contributing to the development of new products and formulas.You can find out more about Farah and her work on www.farahcleret.netYou are tuned to Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond - Contemporary Conversations where Stories, Science, Traditions & New Ideas meet. Our show is coming to you from the studios of BayFM in Byron Bay and is broadcasting across Australia on the Community Radio Network, you

Sheree Stewart is an Aboriginal speaker, midwife, doula, published author, transpersonal art therapist and now a hot air balloon pilot! She is also a mother to six children and is the manager of the Koori Maternity Service at Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne. Sally was lucky enough to speak with her recently about her work advocating for the best possible maternity care for Aboriginal families, in the lead up to her appearance at the Doula Conference in Melbourne later this month.References:Galingera Maternity Service, Sunshine Hospital, Melbourne Vic:http://www.westernhealth.org.au/Services/Womens_and_Children/MaternityServices/Pages/Options-for-pregnancy-care.aspxwww.shereestewart.com.auMe and White Supremacy www.laylafsaad.comProduced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2020www.pbbmedia.orgFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 09/03/2020.+++++++++++This episode is sponsored by MooGoo Skin Care. www.moogoo.com.au.For a limited time our listeners can get a 15% discoun

Sean Tonnet, Psychologist, father and contributor for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond speaks to his experience as a father so far with deep psychological insight. Sean was once the prime ministers bodyguard before moving from the city to the Northern Rivers twenty years ago. This move offered him a journey of self discovery and an introduction to mindful relationship with self and eventually with children. Sean has an 11 year old and a 13 year old.Produced and presented by Oni BlecherCopyright PBB Media and Oni Blecher 2020www.pbbmedia.orgFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia in December 2019.+++++++++++This episode is sponsored by MooGoo Skin Care. www.moogoo.com.au.For a limited time our listeners can get a 15% discount on online purchases by quoting the code PBBPODCAST.

For more than two decades Dr Robin DiAngelo, a white mother, childbirth educator turned racial and social justice educator and author of White Fragility from Seattle, Washington in the US has been examining how from her birth onwards, she subconsciously played a role in perpetuating racial inequality in her society. When she stepped into a new job in the mid ‘90’s she embarked on a massive learning journey to discover that she, as a vegetarian, yoga practising, liberal minded femininist, had a lot to learn. In this show we will be examining the most fundamental of our social fractures, racism, racial inequality, your role in it, and what you can do as a parent or someone who spends time with children can do about it.Note: Robin participated in this interview from her home in Seattle, Washington and acknowledged the traditional owners of that land, the Duwamish people. She pays rent to the Duwamish people under this scheme: https://www.realrentduwamish.org/References:www.robindiangelo.comMe and White Suprema

Zenith Virago is a woman grounded in the gifts of understanding the nuances of humanity and the basic need for people to mark important times in their lives with sacredness. Zenith serves those traveling through birth, marriage and death. Highly respected for her guidance and presence in the Byron Shire and beyond, Zenith is a jewel, a wealth of embodied knowledge and deep reverence for the human experience. Zenith is the founder, EO and Deathwalker Trainer for the Natural Death Care Centre, a Byron Bay based charity. Zenith is also the creator of The Vagina Conversations, a performance of local women expressing empowered vagina stories. 
Today, I look forward to speaking with Zenith about the relationship between birth and death. With one of her roles as a deathwalker, Zenith is attuned to the transition between living in this physical body and ‘the other side’. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we speak and listen on particularly on the 26th and 27th of January, a day of mourning.Inte

Dr Danielle Arabena is a mother, General Practitioner, Shamanic Healer and Doula of Torres Strait Islander descent. In this interview with Kirilly Dawn, Dr Danielle speaks about her journey as a Healer, from navigating the medical field, to ultimately reclaiming her magic and becoming a Doula. Danielle also speaks about her long career working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care, and shares her advice on how we can all reclaim our magic, bringing our whole selves with us into the workplace and world around us.Produced and presented by Kirilly DawnCopyright PBB Media and Kirilly Dawn 2020www.pbbmedia.orgFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 20/01/2020.+++++++++++This episode is sponsored by MooGoo Skin Care. www.moogoo.com.au.For a limited time our listeners can get a 15% discount on online purchases by quoting the code PBBPODCAST.

If we raise two genetically identical individuals in exactly the same way will they turn out to have similar personalities? Craig Jones speaks with Sally about his experiences as a father of twin girls and a third daughter and what he's learned about "nature vs nurture". He also shares some of his family's dynamics, the challenges, how they cope, and what insights he would share, if he could, with his pre-father self.In the last part of the show midwife Dr Robyn Thompson explains how best to support mothers immediately after birth and in the weeks after.Our thanks to Craig Jones (www.moogoo.com.au) and Dr Robyn Thompson (www.thethompsonmethod.com)Produced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2020www.pbbmedia.orgFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 6 January 2020.+++++++++++This episode is sponsored by MooGoo Skin Care. www.moogoo.com.au.For a limited time our listeners can get a 15% discount on online purchases by quoting the code PBBPODCAST.

Oni Blecher interviews Mason and Tahnee from tonic and medicinal mushroom company Superfeast speak to reproductive and preconception health as well as their own enlightenments and lessons from their journeys in parenthood. With their wealth of knowledge from Taoist, yogic and TCM streams, Mason and Tahnee generously give us their advice on how to be in optimal reproductive health.

In this episode of Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, we are speaking with Dr Melanie Jackson, also lovingly known as Melanie the Midwife. We're discussing the latest in Australian Homebirth Research, Continuity of Maternity Care and also, why women choose to birth outside the system. Find out more about Dr Jackson's work at www.melaniethemidwife.com and on YouTube under - Melanie The Midwife. The Maternal and perinatal outcomes by planned place of birth in Australia 2000 – 2012: a linked population data study can be found here https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/10/e029192You are tuned to Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond. Contemporary Conversations where Stories, Science, Traditions & New Ideas meet. Our show is coming to you from the studios of BayFM in Byron Bay and is broadcasting across Australia on the Community Radio Network, you can find us on iTunes and Spreaker and through your favourite podcast providers. First aired live on 99.9BayFM in Byron Bay, Australia on November 4th, 2019.Produced and hosted by An

Very excited to have super dad and wellness guru Horst Tomsan from Knox and Aya join our presenter Sean Tonnet on this podcast. With summer on our doorstep, there is never a better time to think about our health and well-being. Obesity now impacts around 25% of adults and children adversely affecting so many areas of our lives. This program will be packed with ideas for granddads, dads and dads-to-be to keep themselves active and vital - envigorating their roles as parents, partners and carers - modeling health and wellbeing to kids. Download or stream now!

Oni Blecher speaks with Moana Pearl, a multi modal transformational facilitator who and has been involved in sacred women’s business and women’s spirituality for more than 25 years. Moana helps us understand the individual and collective rite of peri menopausal, menopausal and post menopausal stages of life.Find Moana on https://sacredwisewoman.com.au/about-moana-pearl/First aired on 99.9 BayFM, Byron Bay Australia on 28 October 2019.++++++Copyright PBB Media 2019Produced and presented by Oni Blecher

Jessie Harrold is a doula, coach, women’s mentor, author of the recent book Project Body Love and her upcoming title, MotherSHIFT. Jessie’s work centres around supporting women to connect with themselves, their community and the earth during radical life transformation and modern-day rites of passage. She serves women and mothers one-to-one as a doula and life coach, teaches two online programs, reWILD and MotherSHIFT, and leads wilderness quests and pregnancy retreats. She lives in a tiny oceanside cottage in Atlantic Canada, where she writes, works, mothers her two children, and tends to her many gardens.Oni Blecher presents this episode in which Jessie speaks with PBB presenter Kirilly Dawn. Jessie discusses the immense transition that is motherhood, what it takes to ease that transition and the support required for it. She also covers the themes of matrescence and patrescence.www.jessieharrold.comFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 14 October 2019.Produced and presented by Oni BlecherCop

In this episode of Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, we are speaking with Jane Hanckel, a long standing passionate social entrepreneur. Jane has had a passion for childhood education and supporting the health of families and communities that started early on in her own life and that has evolved with her as she traveled the world, studied, worked and raised a family of her own.You are tuned to Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond. Contemporary Conversations where Stories, Science, Traditions & New Ideas meet. Our show is coming to you from the studios of BayFM in Byron Bay and is broadcasting across Australia on the Community Radio Network, you can find us on iTunes and Spreaker and through your favourite podcast providers. First aired live on 99.9BayFM in Byron Bay, Australia in 2019.Produced and hosted by Annalee Atia for PBB Media Guest: Jane HanckelAll rights reserved. www.inspirededucation.com.auhttps://www.pozible.com/project/meaningful-values-the-inspired-appwww.pbbmedia.org

The transition to fatherhood is a physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual journey. It has the capacity to transform men and have an impact on their lives and their future in many ways. It challenges men to redefine themselves as individuals, partners, lovers and friends and define themselves, for the first time, as fathers. There is no doubt that the The role of fathers has changed over the years and continues to evolve. On this show PBB special guest Simon Hall, a highly experienced and regarded Child and Family worker, brings his specialised work with dads and dads-to-be onto the airwaves​, sharing his wisdom and experience with presenter Sean Tonnet.