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Mothers at Midnight Podcast
Discover a safe space for mothers where the challenges and triumphs of motherhood are explored with depth and understanding.
Rose Harvey and Indigo Melrose, both seasoned psychotherapists and mothers, warmly invite you to join them in candid conversations that go beyond the conventional narratives of motherhood.
As your hosts, Indigo and Rose share not just their professional insights but also their personal experiences, delving into the complexities of motherhood. Beyond the surface of unconditional love for our children, they encourage you to set aside the familiar "mother" role and embrace the full spectrum of the woman within.
Pour yourself a cup of hot cocoa or a glass of wine and immerse yourself in intimate, vulnerable, and occasionally challenging discussions about the genuine experiences of motherhood. These conversations are more than just storytelling; they form a collective exploration of the tough, confronting, and sometimes overwhelming aspects of parenting.
Find your comfortable spot, settle in, and join Indigo and Rose as they navigate the authenticity of motherhood, enriched with insights from experts around the world.
Mothers at Midnight Podcast
Mini Ep 73 Women around the world are birthing alongside me ~ Marlies Verschoor & Indigo Melrose
A special offering from our hearts to yours. This season’s mini episodes are a 5-part collaboration with Marlies Verschoor, a self-care guide from the Netherlands whose mission is to support people on their path to self-love and connection. Each week Marlies and Indigo will explore how mothers can better care for themselves through loving self-connection. Each mini episode will offer a heart point, a self-share, a world share, a self-care strategy and a meditation.
This week’s offerings: Heart Point: Women around the world are birthing alongside me
Self Share: Baby and mum are a team ~ image you’re held whilst going through birth. Birth is a natural phenomenon and at the same time a magical one! How to have connected conversations during conception/pregnancy.
World Share: Women of the community birth together AND men need to come into the field. Men have to relearn the power of birth and the baby being born vaginally as an act of magic not as something to be ‘disgusted by’.
Strategy of self-care: Record affirmations in the voice of someone you love to support you through your pregnancy/birth.
Meditation: Women around the world are birthing alongside me
Affirmations for Birth
Record these in your voice or the voice of someone you love.
- I prepare for the birth of our baby filled with confidence
- I focus upon a calm, easy birth
- I trust that my body knows what it has to do
- My mind is relaxed and my body is relaxed
- I feel confident, I feel safe, I feel secure
- My muscles work together in complete harmony to make the birth easier
- I feel a natural calm flowing through my body
- I relax, while we move swiftly and easily throughout every phase of birth
- My cervix opens and lets our baby through with ease
- I relax completely and let nature take its course
- I see our baby exit my womb softly and with ease
- The birth of our baby will go smoothly, because I am relaxed and full of confidence
- I breath and let go of any tension
- I leave the birth to my body and our baby
- I am prepared to move along with every turn this birth will take
- Our baby calmly finds its way
- Every wave of my body brings our baby closer to us
- I am completely relaxed and comfortable
- My body stays calm and relaxed
- I breathe along with every wave of my body
- I put all fear aside and welcome our baby with joy
- While my body stays relaxed, I breathe along with ever wave
Connect with Marlies:
Marlies Verschoor’s Website: https://www.marliesverschoor.nl
Follow Marlies on Instagram: marlies.verschoor
Connect with Mothers at Midnight:
You can write to us at: mothersatmidnight@gmail.com
Follow us on Instagram: Mothers_at_midnight
ROSE HARVEY
Instagram: rose_harvey_therapy
INDIGO MELROSE
W: www.indigomelrose.com
Or check out our Patreon page for bonus episodes, behind the scenes content and updates on our circles and other offerings.