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Meet my experts….
To achieve some level of sanity and to breakthrough from the breakdown, I surrounded myself with woman who would be able to help me through the four main areas of my life:
1. Confidence
2. Spiritually
3. Physically
4. Mentally
These experts are now your friends to help you through your circumstance. Let me introduce:
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Jodie Bruce Clarke - Rise International "Bring Back Your Confidence"
Jodie has a true passion for redeveloping confidence in women from all walks of life. One of her tips is to wear a red bra to boost your confidence! From helping corporate women to the women who are in a crisis, Jodie works closely with finding the confidence that has been hidden through fear, pain, trauma, circumstance or from years of losing yourself. Jodie is mother to Lyla 20 months and about to have her second baby, as well as juggling career and business.
For me personally, Jodie helped me find my confidence again. I had lost myself in the circumstance of having difficult births and through post natal depression. Through her tips and coaching, we slowly rebuilt the person I wanted to be. I still wear my red bra on the days that I need a little reminder....
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Phillipa Lowe - Teaching us why Meditation and Yoga are the key to our SANITY!
Amongst her many roles, Philippa Lowe is mother to Sebastian and Grace, wife to Tony, yoga teacher and Chief Ideas Officer (CIO) of Public Relations Agency Just Go Write. She juggles running her own business with motherhood and credits her husband for his unstinting support and a mind, body, spirit balance for her energy and success. Her favourite saying is by the Dalai Lama: "I have so much to do today I must meditate for twice as long."
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Catherine Moore - Spiritual Healing Therapist
Catherine Moore works from her home studio as a qualified spiritual healer, spirit channel, yoga and meditation teacher. Mother to three young teenagers, she resides with her partner Hugh, in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney; and is also employed fulltime as a senior business manager.
Over the last 15 years, Catherine has studied and pursued her passion for ancient wisdoms, timeless practices, metaphysics, spirituality, healing therapies, feng shui, yoga and natural wellbeing. She has enjoyed good fortune in meeting and learning from some remarkable people in the fields of spiritual awareness, health & fitness, nutritional biochemistry, alternate healing therapies, positive psychology and more.
Catherine confides it is both an honour and a pleasure assisting others to experience self fulfilment and joyful living. “In particular, it’s a privilege being invited and entrusted to help women of all ages to heal and move beyond hardship into happiness; as they rediscover their authenticity, reconnect with their feminine energy and learn to rekindle self love, self care and appreciation. There exists real power, pleasure, creativity and excitement when exploring oneself from the heart and mind of conscious, spirited, self re-creation and realisation.”
For many of her clients the most difficult part is in answering the question of when. When to begin? The good news is, it’s never too late and the journey can commence in any moment.
Catherine graciously joins Miracle Beginnings as a consulting spiritual healing therapist, providing monthly articles and tips on spirituality, self healing, empowerment for ‘brilliant being’.
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Colleen Mieni - Fitness Trainer
Colleen Mieni has been in the Fitness Industry since she was 20. She currently runs her own PT Studio incorporating Wellness Coaching, Seminars and Personal Training. She is also a Group Fitness Instructor in her 'spare' time.
She has been addicted to drugs, suffered an eating disorder and had an abusive marriage which lasted 12years. Colleen was diagnosed with chronic depression at the age of 28, when her only son was just 7 months old. It took her 10 years to beat this disease and to do so, she needed to change her attitude, her way of thinking and perhaps 'remove' certain things and people out of her life. Colleen's love of keeping fit helped her mentally and emotionally through those 10 years and helped her regain her life and her freedom to live it!
She is now an extremely happy 40 yr old single mum, is fit and healthy and takes on every day in life with energy, enthusiasm and the determination to 'infect' other people with her love of life in a fitter, healthier and happier way.
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Quick Tips from Colleen:
Can I exercise while I am breastfeeding?
Avoid exercises that make your breasts sore or tender, and always try to exercise after feeding your baby. Your breasts won't feel uncomfortably full, and your baby will appreciate it, too. Any distaste of breast milk should pass within 60 mins after the workout. Provided the exercise is not too strenuous. Make sure your wear a supportie bra, as you will find the feeding bras are not supportive enough. Also wear breast pads!
How soon after giving birth can I start to exercise?
You can begin exercising your pelvic floor and lower tummy muscles as soon as you feel ready. Gettng out and about is good for your physical and mental health. Going for regular walks with the baby in the pram is ideal, just don't go overboard! Generally, if you exercised right up until the end of your pregnancy, you can probably safely perform your pregnancy workout or at least light exercise and stretching. Unless you are advised otherwise, it is is a good idea to avoid swimming for the first six weeks to minimise the risk of infection.
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Lisa Bianco - Yoga Teacher
Lisa Bianco has a passion for wellbeing, her many searches and varieties of exercise led her to Iyengar yoga. She has been teaching Iyengar yoga – a highly disciplined and worldwide practised yoga, for 10 years and practising for 12. She used her yoga to overcome many injuries and disparities in her body from years of hard physical training. However the big tests came when she became a mother to Aiden, now 4 and shortly after the breakdown of her first marriage. She says: “Yoga was the glue that helped keep me together on all levels, spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically”. Now she is happily married a second time and runs a successful yoga centre in Caringbah along with another Iyengar yoga teacher with 4 children of her own.
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Annie Kellett - BA Communications, Dip Somatic Psychotherapy, PACFA Registered.
Annie works as counsellor, psychotherapist and educator, having trained in humanistic, body-oriented, and psychodynamic therapeutic orientations. She has trained Doulas (birthing helpers) in the area of personal development and facilitated their supervision sessions. Annie has also had extensive experience in the corporate arena working in human resource management and corporate development and training. She brings to her practice the knowledge and understanding of the importance of combining and integrating mind, brain and body experiences. Being a mother of two children and from having a full life she understands the daily pressures on parents and families. Her experiences and training means she also understands connections between metabolic, immununolgic, neurologic and digestive conditions that often affect the mind. Her desire is for people to be the best they can be and in doing so she creates a therapeutic and nurturing space and a deep caring that provides emotional and physical support.
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Raquel - creator and vison behind Miracle Beginnings
She has experienced two premature births and a full term birth. Hanna is now 6years old, Kye is 3 years old and Lukas has just turned 2 years old. Her focus and mission is to help women who have had a difficult experience with childbirth to reclaim their lives by finding themselves again. When Raquel went through her own experiences, she was in search for a forum of positive,honest, inspiring and real women to help her get back on track. She then decided to create her own forum, which is how Miracle Beginnings was developed.
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Additional Support
For the mothers who have a new born prem or require support for your baby, we also highly recommend contacting the following organisations to help you through your day:
www.lifeslittletreasures.com.au
Lifes Little Treasures is a charity run by volunteer parents who themselves have had a premature baby.They provide support and assistance to families of premature babies. They arethe founding member of the National Premmie Foundation.
www.aapec.org.au
Australian Actionon Pre-eclampsia Inc. (AAPEC) is a voluntary organisation set up to provide support and information to families who have suffered from pre- eclampsia. They provide support to women who have suffered from pre-eclampsia. Their mission is to campaign for greater awareness and action to improve detection and treatment. As well as promote research into the causes of the disease.
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