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Beauty can be a knife and beauty can be a shield. In this episode, we explore the history of embroidery from Palestine to South Africa and their shared threads in documenting and resisting apartheid, uncovering the role...

Welcome to Clothes Minded, a show about African history, identity and meaning told through the language of fashion. As the Ghanaian artist, El Anatsui put it: “Cloth is to Africans what monuments are to Westerners.”...

All You Want to Know About the Pelvic Floor with Physiotherapist Emma Jenkins What is the pelvic floor? These muscles which carry so much for us, and even more during pregnancy are essential to our health. WIthout any...

Morgen and Nicola, two women who fell in love 13 years ago, share their motherhood journey -- which wasn't an obvious one at first. From deciding who will be pregnant first, to going to a fertility clinic secretly, to...

Anna was 40 when she got pregnant with her first baby. It took a bit of time, and it turned out to be the first lesson in surrender. Both her birth went completely different. She trusted herself to have a natural birth...

Pregnancy is not alway a smooth sailing. It took a heavy toll on Elena’s body. She experienced pain, Covid and Bell’s Palsy while expecting her twins. While she wished she had trusted and listened to her body more...

How do you experience birth when you are a medical doctor practicing at a maternity ward in a hospital? In her job, most births she witnessed were not physiological. Lisa is the mother of two. She had a physiological...

How do you prepare for birth when you are a trained midwife? How do you experience your own pregnancies and becoming a mother after you've learned everything in textbooks? Victoria is a passionate midwife who has a...

How does the amount of preparation change the way a birth unfolds? Mia, who gave birth to three children is the living example of the importance of preparation. Each of her babies came at a different time of her life...

Bouncing back after a difficult birth. How do you overcome your fear of pregnancy and of giving birth? How do you handle one pregnancy after another? Olivia gave birth to her two babies 16 months apart. She thoroughly...

How do you experience birth and postpartum when you have mental health challenges? How do you address the trauma of abortion while preparinig for a first birth? Kathleen shares her journey with honesty, courage and...

How do you stay serene when you are about to give birth in the midst of a global pandemic, living far away from your loved ones and everything you are familiar with? Deborah navigated pregnancy by focusing on listening...

After having witnessed hundreds of birth as a doula, Theoni experienced her own birth journey and it truly became a lesson of surrender. As prepared as she could be, some things were out of her control and she learned...

Welcome to Becoming Mother the Podcast. On this teaser episode, you will get the chance to meet Theoni Papoutsis and Deborah Nguyen, the hosts of the podcast. The two Doulas share their reasons for starting the podcast...

A podcast hosted by Theoni Papoutsis & Deborah Nguyen. In each episode the pair are joined by a mum who shares her journey to motherhood. In a very candid conversation, each woman opens up about her doubts, her fears...