Anyone with children will know that the biggest topic of conversation anyone’s having is about one thing and one thing only - sleep. 

“The main issues I come across are parents who come to me are usually pretty exhausted, they're in the depths of sleep deprivation, and they've usually tried pretty much everything.”

Rebecca Hill is a certified Sleep Sense™ Consultant with a Postgraduate clinical background as an Anesthesia Associate for the NHS, and founder and owner of Sleepytime - Sleep Solution Consultancy, giving parents the competence and tools they need to help their little one fall asleep and stay asleep.

“I think in most cases, [parents] realise that 99% of the time their baby can't settle by themselves and they've just got into a bit of a cycle with trying to help them fall asleep but in doing that, it just kind of roller coasters the problem along so it compounds things.”

In this insightful episode, Rebecca shares her sage sleep advice with listeners to help anyone struggling with a lack of sleep. Because it’s not just babies who suffer when they don’t sleep. Sleep deprivation plays a huge role in postnatal depression and in mental health in general. 

So if you’re not getting the requisite sleep you need because a tiny terrorist is stealing the wee small hours from you, then download and listen to Rebecca and discover a good night’s sleep. 

On today’s podcast:

• Difference between genders for sleep 
• Infant sleep vs childhood sleep
• The importance of day naps 
• The science of crying 
• The truth about solid food before bed

Links:

• https://sleepytimesleep.com/
• https://sleepsense.net/our-team/rebecca-hill/

Why are people not breathing as well as they could? From sitting hunched over in front of a computer, to not knowing how to breathe properly, to living with stress and anxiety, over 90% of us are using less than 50% of our breathing capacity.

“Some people think breath work or meditation, they're just not for me, I'm not a calm person, I'm not chilled out, I have a lot of energy, my mind is always racing, I can't sit still. What they miss is understanding that these practices help you learn to do those things.”

In today’s incredibly beneficial episode we discuss the power of breath work and talk about how it can really change your life for the better with the founder of The Freedom School, and Baby2Body expert, Amrita Das. 

Amrita is a well being expert who helps people thrive through resilience and mindset coaching programmes. She's trained in breath work, meditation, yoga, and currently training in somatic stress release.

We all know that stress and fertility don’t go well together - a study in 2017 found that people who completed a 20 breathwork training session over 8 weeks had significantly lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol than those who didn’t do the breath work. 

Download and listen to this episode and learn to breathe better. 

On today’s podcast:

• How breathing can help reduce stress
• Stress and fertility don’t go together
• The breathing techniques that everyone can do
• Breathing techniques for pregnancy
• Breath work and pain management
• The positive impact of breath work on mental health

Links:

• The Freedom School

A woman's diet and nutrition before, during and after pregnancy is extremely important. It plays a critical role in the baby's overall development - not getting enough essential vitamins and minerals can sometimes have devastating effects on the mother and the baby. 

But just what is good nutrition and what are the essential nutrients women need at these keys stages in life? And do we really need to be taking supplements?

Melissa Snover is founder and CEO of Nourished, a customised nutrition product - a personalised 3D printed nutritional vitamin gummy which delivers a bespoke combination of supplements to each consumer. 

“Instead of trying to make a million different product combinations [I wanted] to allow the consumer to create their very own product.”

As an avid believer in supplementation and nutrition as medicine, Melissa realised that this space was badly in need of a shake up, and so created Nourished.

“[We] combine up to seven different elements that are completely unique for any individual person and create a unique product every five minutes.”

On today’s podcast:

• The bespoke nature of Nourished
• Why one prenatal vitamin doesn’t suit everybody
• The importance of B vitamins when trying to conceive
• The impact of Vitamin D on fertility
• Best practice for taking supplements

Links:

• https://get-nourished.com/