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If you've ever hit that 4pm wall, snapped at your kids, and then felt terrible about it this episode is for you. Spoiler: you're not a bad mum. It could be your biochemistry.
This week I'm talking about blood sugar stability, and why it's one of the most important and most overlooked things mothers can pay attention to fairly easily. This isn't a diabetes conversation. This is about the unglamorous, practical stuff that actually makes a huge difference to how you feel day to day.
I talk through why sleep deprivation does more damage than just making you tired, what's actually happening to your blood sugar when you're breastfeeding, and why skipping breakfast is the thing that makes everything harder.
Plus this week's question comes from my sister Ally, my recco is a Newcastle local I think you need to know about, and as always practical things you can actually do starting today.
In this episode:
Why the 4pm witching hour might be your blood sugars, not your kidsHow sleep deprivation creates a metabolic state that looks a lot like pre-diabetesThe cortisol-glucose-progesterone triangle and why it matters for your hormonesWhat breastfeeding does to your blood sugar (and why hunger signals can't be trusted postpartum)No naked carbohydrates, what that means and why it is importantTwo supplements worth knowing aboutLinks mentioned:
Book a one-on-one appointmentIn My Clinical OpinionArtefact Jewellery (and the gold recycling program)Some overnight oats recipes:
Baked brown butter oatsApple pie bircherHigh protein oats with flavour combinationsNew here? Find me on Instagram (@kate__holm) or at kateholm.com. Thanks for listening!
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Welcome to episode one. We're really diving straight in with this one.
I'm Kate Holm, naturopath, nutritionist, and mum of three, and this podcast is about the parts of motherhood that taste amazing, the parts that make a mess, and the parts you keep hearing are good for you but have no idea what to do with.
This week I'm talking about something that comes up in almost every appointment I have with my patients - stress and the nervous system during motherhood. Not in a "just meditate more" way. In a real, physiological, "this is what's happening in your body" way.
A lot of women come to me chasing a diagnosis, whether that's perimenopause, IBS, food sensitivities, thyroid issues, and a lot of the time, the nervous system is sitting underneath all of it. Sometimes causing it. Sometimes just making everything worse.
I also answer a deeply personal question from my friend Liz about how my own experience of being raised has shaped the mother I'm trying to be. We go there on episode one.
Plus a recco this week that I did not expect to love as much as I do.
In this episode:
Why your body can't tell the difference between a stressful email and actual dangerHow chronic stress quietly depletes progesterone and starts to look like other conditionsThe gut-nervous system connection and why it matters more than most people realiseThree things you can start doing today that don't require extra time or childcareA conversation about estrangement, re-parenting yourself, and the repair that matters mostLinks:
Book a one on one appointment with meIn My Clinical Opinion - the consult without the consultSubmit a question or topic for the podcastHiild (my sister's handknitted clothing label)This YouTube channel for knitting tutorialsBoob to Food podcast episode about Immy's birth!New here? Find me on Instagram at @kate__holm or at kateholm.com
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Welcome to To Make a Mother. I'm Kate Holm, naturopath, nutritionist, and mum of three.
This is a show about motherhood - the clinical, the personal, and everything in between. New episodes every Thursday starting July 2nd.
Find me at kateholm.com or on Instagram at @kate__holm
