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  • NTM 533: Getting Your Business Up and Running as an Intentional Mother
    Sep 29 2025

    So many of us step into business with huge hearts and deep skills, then crash into the reality of motherhood — where hustle culture doesn’t work and “balance” is a myth. In this episode we explore what it really takes to grow your business as an intentional mother: creating rhythms that fit your season of life, using small windows of time to move the needle, building in alignment with your values (not someone else’s), and letting business become something that not only sustains you, but actually gives you love, energy, and connection back.

    In this episode we discuss:
    - Why chasing balance sets us up to fail, and why the word ‘seasons’ is so much more supportive
    - How to honour the ebb and flow of motherhood and business (some days are big moves, some days are maintenance, some days are just survival…and that’s okay)
    - What “enough” looks like when your business has to fit alongside family life
    - Balance is a myth: life is constant cycles of challenge, problem, and growth: which can feel deeply meaningful when aligned with your values
    - The trap of waiting until you “have more time” (spoiler: you never do)
    - Why mothers are mofos of productivity: clarity on daily micro-goals, plus giving kids invitations to play that don’t require you
    - How micro-moves (those 10–15 minute bursts) add up to real growth
    - Busywork vs. high-yield actions: where to spend energy when you only have scraps of time
    - Simple rhythms that keep momentum going when everything feels chaotic
    - Redefining success for your values and current season of life (and stopping the guilt cycles when you can’t do it all)
    - Why your motherhood values (empathy, presence, intuition, boundaries) are actually your business superpower
    - Being selective about who you allow to lead you…because you borrow their priority system, and that can pull you out of alignment
    - Building a business as a training ground: website skills, communication, marketing, pivoting, resilience; all of which make you highly employable and more disciplined
    - Letting go of guilt around investing in yourself and your business, because what nourishes you, nourishes your whole family
    - Redefining success: a business that supports your nervous system and actually gives you more energy than it takes


    Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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    41 min
  • NTM 532: The Brave Season: Parenting, Letting Go & Redefining Yourself
    Sep 18 2025

    This episode is raw, tear-filled, and honest as Julie shares what it was actually like to say goodbye to Heath as he left for the United States — the pride, the ache, and the messy middle. We walk through the good, the bad, the ugly, the learning, and the letting go. It’s matrescence at the other end of parenting, when identity is cleaved and you gather the pieces to remake yourself, and when love and intimacy are invited to mature.


    In this episode we discuss:
    - Letting go of a son to the world and the real sensations of a stretched nervous system without pathologising it
    - The grief-swell and pride-swell cycle, and allowing both to belong
    - Identity beyond roles: who am I when the house is quieter and the calendar opens
    - Micro-choices that rebuild selfhood: choosing your own rhythm, protecting small desires, giving yourself room to want
    - Loving without clinging: holding freedom for those we love and for ourselves
    - How eroticism returns when pressure drops and sovereignty rises
    - Partnership in transition: inviting support, naming needs, staying tender when you miss each other


    Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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    54 min
  • NTM 531: Solo Mumming: Why Sometimes Relationship Feels Harder Than Parenting
    Sep 8 2025

    Sometimes, being in relationship feels heavier than doing it all on your own.

    In this episode, Julie shares a raw revelation: while solo parenting her girls, managing sport schedules, interstate travel, and two national award wins — she realised that, in some ways, it actually felt easier than being in partnership.

    We unpack why long-term relationships can feel harder than parenting solo, what this means for intimacy, and the practical ways couples can shift from tension and resentment into connection and play again.

    In this episode we discuss:
    - Solo time and the deep relishing of quiet space on your own.

    - Balancing the perception that relationship should feel easier with the reality that partnership carries a cost and a toll.

    - Navigating the constant negotiation of another person’s needs, parenting style, and household preferences.

    - How different attachment styles can surface in different seasons of life and impact intimacy, closeness, and connection.

    - Giving yourself permission to be brutally honest about your lived experience without guilt or shame.

    - The power of sharing your truth with other women and normalising the nuance of different relationship structures.

    - Exploring the impact of time apart — energetically, physically, and emotionally — and how it can shift dynamics inside partnership.

    - Julie’s three award wins, including both national and international recognition, and how she managed to achieve them while solo-mumming.


    Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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    42 min
  • NTM 530: Love on Purpose: Conscious Relationship Tools That Actually Work
    Aug 25 2025

    Your relationship is a living mirror — not just of your partner, but of the parts of yourself you’ve hidden, avoided, or outgrown. In this episode, we explore the conscious relational tools that don’t just keep your love alive, but help you grow as an individual within it. Because love isn’t something that just happens — it’s something we do, on purpose.

    We’ll unpack how high-functioning burnout, stress, and survival mode quietly kill intimacy, why polarity and independence are essential for long-term desire, and how nervous system safety makes or breaks connection. You’ll learn how to meet your less-than-shiny parts with grace, soften into your body, and use repair and micro-moments to create real intimacy — not just surface communication.

    This episode is a beautiful reminder that relationship is a practice, not a destination; and when you show up for it on purpose, it can be the most transformational path you ever walk.

    In this episode, we explore:
    - How conflict reveals your shadow…and what to do when it hurts
    - The difference between a new wound and an old one that's just been triggered
    - How to meet your ego with humility instead of defensiveness
    - Why boundaries are an expression of self-respect, not punishment
    - The link between the mother wound and burnout patterns in women
    - Why arousal goes offline in survival, and how to know if it’s trauma or just your nervous system in overdrive
    - The danger of “talking about” intimacy vs actually feeling it
    - How micro-moments of touch, eye contact, or softening build more intimacy than long conversations
    - Replacing blame with repair — how to rewire conflict into connection
    - Understanding that most fights are a cry for closeness, not just logistics battles
    - Why sameness kills desire, and how to reclaim the magnetic tension of your differences
    - How to intentionally separate in order to reconnect (hint: space invites spark)
    - Masculine and feminine energies as dynamics, not gender roles — and how to shift between them
    - The beauty of solo time, soft embodiment, and surrender in building feminine energy
    - Making peace with wanting to be cherished, protected, and desired — it doesn’t make you “too much”


    Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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    31 min
  • NTM 529: How to Stop Becoming Roommates: 3 Keys That Matter Most
    Aug 18 2025

    Everything you have right now was once a dream — the relationship, the home, the family, the love. But when life becomes a checklist and connection becomes transactional, we forget what we once longed for.

    In this episode, we take you inside the three relationship habits we see drop off the most in long-term love — and why they’re the very glue that keeps desire, appreciation, and intimacy alive. This is your reminder that disconnection doesn’t mean you’re broken — it means the relationship is asking to evolve. And it starts with these three simple but powerful shifts.

    In this episode we explore:
    - Why appreciation is the gateway to desire…and what happens when admiration dies
    - How to rewire resentment as a signal you're ready to share the load (instead of shouldering it all)
    - Why prioritised time is the oxygen of intimacy; and how to stop waiting for it to appear
    - The sneaky way we outsource validation when our partners stop seeing us
    - How stagnation in your body becomes stagnation in your relationship
    - Why "it's just easier to do it myself" becomes a prophecy of loneliness
    - The real reason sex and intimacy start to feel like pressure


    Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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    19 min
  • NTM 528: Celebration - A Practice in Worthiness, Receiving & Belonging
    Aug 11 2025

    In this episode, we explore celebration as a radical act of receiving; not just balloons and bubbly, but a mirror for how safe you feel to be seen, acknowledged, and loved.

    We unpack why so many of us deflect recognition or wait for others to validate what we struggle to honour in ourselves, and how that can leave us quietly starving for emotional nourishment.

    We talk about how to host gatherings that feel like love (not performance), how to work with social anxiety (yours or your guests’), and how celebration becomes a practice of nervous system repair, self-validation, and joy.
    Whether you’re planning a party, a milestone, or just learning to let love land — this episode will help you create and receive celebration in a way that feels true, intentional, and nourishing.


    In this episode, we discuss:
    * Why celebration can stir up unworthiness and the fear of being fully seen
    * How it mirrors your ability to receive love, attention, and generosity from the community you've built
    * The hidden hunger many of us carry: to be seen, acknowledged, validated — and how unmet celebration turns into resentment when others don’t reflect what we won’t give ourselves
    * How learning to celebrate yourself can rewire old wounds around visibility, belonging, and emotional nourishment
    * The joy of hosting as a creative act: designing an experience for others to feel love, safety, connection, and beauty
    * Why the process of celebration matters: setting your intention, knowing how you want to feel, and layering in sensory cues for a beautiful vibe
    * Tips for designing gatherings that feel cosy, connective, and authentic, including invitations, intros, shared activities, and emotional tone-setting
    * How to support socially anxious guests (and yourself) with gentle structure, grounding rituals, and sanctuary spaces
    * Why a simple follow-up message after the event can deeply affirm those who find celebration challenging
    * Celebration as nervous system work, relational repair, and an act of radical self-permission


    Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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    23 min
  • NTM 527: What happens when you feel like you’re drowning in their need for closeness…and all you want is space to breathe?
    Aug 4 2025

    In this episode, we unpack the complex, emotionally loaded space where your child’s bids for connection meet your very real, very human need for separation.

    Whether it's bedtime, the end of a long day, or another moment when you feel like they’re clawing at your leg and you just have to get away, we go deep into the internal and external pressures that make this one of the most painful tensions in motherhood.

    We explore how unmet needs, maternal conditioning, nervous system dysregulation, and identity structures shaped in survival can all feed a sense of powerlessness and depletion. But we also explore what’s possible when we stop seeing this as a binary — them or us — and begin creating safety, spaciousness, and mutual respect in the way we separate and reconnect.


    Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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    37 min
  • NTM 526: Breathe It In - How Presence Creates a Life Worth Remembering
    Jul 28 2025

    Life moves fast…and if you’re not careful, it’ll pass by in a blur. In this deeply heartfelt episode, we share how presence is what makes a moment last, and how the simple act of breathing it in can transform the ordinary into the unforgettable.

    Drawing on a powerful message from a Honey Club member, this episode is a call back to what truly matters; not the roles we play, but the memories we feel.
    This one is for the part of you that craves slowness, sacredness, and the kind of life you’ll actually remember when you’re old and grey.

    In this episode, we discuss:
    * Why life becomes a blur when we’re not present
    * How presence transforms ordinary moments into lasting memories
    * A collective pause to feel it, honour it, and let it imprint
    * How the weight of responsibility can pull us out of living
    * Why you don’t need to do more — just be in it


    Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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    21 min