You've read the books. You understand attachment. You know what you should do.

And your body still reacts before your values can get online.

This is the gap most parenting conversations skip over. The space between intellectual understanding and actual regulation. And it's where most mothers are living, knowing better but still dysregulating, understanding the concepts but unable to access them under pressure.

In this episode, we're talking about what's actually standing between you and real change: the stories your nervous system believes.

Not the stories in your head. The stories in your body.

We'll explore why the "compassion trap" keeps smart, self-aware parents stuck. What your dysregulation is actually protecting you from. And where the real work of change actually begins with gentle witnessing, not willpower.

If you're tired of feeling like you're failing at something you already understand, this episode is for you.

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What happens when a self-described “blokey tradie” finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about birth?

In this powerful episode, we hear from Matt Taylor, husband to Nic Taylor (Ep 22 + 23) as he reflects on the path from hospital trauma to the deep trust, surrender, and sovereignty of their homebirth journey.

Matt shares what it took to unlearn, get curious, and show up differently for the birth of their third baby, not just as a support person, but as a man willing to evolve for the safety and empowerment of his partner.

✨ In this episode: • His experience of two hospital births; and the trauma of being sidelined • The moment everything changed after Nic’s injury • What it took to go from sceptical to supportive of homebirth • His reflections on doing the inner work, as a father and a partner • Learning to advocate, trust, and let go • Why presence, respect, and partnership matter more than any birth plan

This is a must-listen for any partner who wants to support from a place of strength, and for any mother who’s ever wondered if her partner could truly get it.

Because birth doesn’t just change women, it calls men forward, too.

If you haven’t listened to Episode 22 & 23, start there first. This birth story lands most deeply when you know the healing journey that came before it.

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After doing the deep work to release guilt, betrayal, and self-doubt (Episode 22), Nic didn’t go looking for a “healing birth” to fix everything. She arrived at this third birth as a different woman — more regulated, more resourced, and finally supported by a team who saw her as a person, not a patient.

In this second part of Nic’s story, we step into the birth that her healing made possible: a sovereign home birth with George, guided by intuition, nervous system safety, and deep trust.

In this episode, Nic shares:

• How her healing journey changed the way she approached labour

• Choosing a homebirth midwife whose philosophy truly aligned with hers

• Letting go of control without abandoning safety

• Stop–start labour as wisdom, not failure

• What it felt like to breathe her baby out at home

• Being the first hands to touch her baby

• Why being held, respected, and unhurried changed everything

• The difference between chasing a “healing birth” and arriving healed

This episode is not about chasing the perfect experience.

It’s about what becomes possible when a woman feels safe in her body, heard in her choices, and supported in her instincts.

👉 If you haven’t listened to Episode 22, start there first. This birth story lands most deeply when you know the healing journey that came before it.

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