MotherFood Alissa Timoshkina

My guest today needs little intro. She is a leading expert in period health, hormonal health and an advocate for women's health. Maisie Hill is the author of best selling Period Power and Perimenopause Power, she runs her own podcast Period Power, and offers health coaching via her innovative membership platform The Flow Collective. She is also a trained acupuncturist, Chinese Medicine specialist and a doula. Five years ago Maisie gave birth to her son Nelson, which inspired a new trajectory in her work - to write, and this is how she broke waves with her debut book Period Power! I was fascinated to learn more about Maisie's journey into motherhood, her career and the role of food and nourishment in her experience of mama hood. So in this episode we cover all of those topics and more! 



You can find out more about Maisie (if you haven't already) on www.maisiehill.com and join the conversation over on Instagram with us @alissatimoshkina and @_masiehill_

If you'd like to learn how to bring food into your experience of postpartum then check out my online cooking course MotherFood at www.alissatimoshkina.com & you can support my work by buying me a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/alissatim

A powerful episode that celebrates food and family! It is a moving tribute to Uyen's own family who experienced an unimaginably difficult transition from post-war Vietnam to London, but also to the very concept of Family and its power to heal, nurture and support us. Uyen's passion and genuine love for food shines through every word and will undoubtedly make you re-evaluate your own relationship to the seemingly banal daily ritual of feeding yourself and your family. We talk about Vietnamese food culture, the tradition of sharing your meals, the flavours and the deep understanding of how food nourishes your body on a deep level. Uyen share recipes and ideas for postpartum and baby weaning, and if I have another chance to experience that beautiful phase in my life, Uyen's new cookbook Vietnamese will definitely be the source of inspiration for me!



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In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking to Caroline Gladstone, a woman of many talents. She is a co-founder and creative consultant on numerous food and lifestyle projects, from Granger and Co restaurants to The Good Life Experience Festival, which she runs with her husband Charlie Gladstone. As well as their numerous creative endeavours, Caroline and Charlie are parents to 6 children! In this episode I satisfy my curiosity about what is it like to have a family of 6! Caroline shares her birth stories, her childhood food memories, and what is it like to feed a large family as well as how being a team is at the heart of a successful household! Full of laugher and fascinating insight, this episode is likely to make you wonder whether you might be up for having another child! It certainly had that effect on me! 



Join in the conversation with us over on Instagram @alissatimoshkina & @carolinegladstone



Find out more about my cooking course MotherFood over on my website alissatimoshkina.com and you can buy me a coffee over on www.buymeacoffee.com/alissatim

Welcome to this delightful episode featuring Guilia Scarpaleggia, a food blogger, cookbook author and food photographer from the heart of the Tuscan country side. Guila recently became a mama to her daughter, Livia, and in this episode recollects the recent experience of being pregnant and giving birth during the pandemic. We also talk about her childhood memories and the cultural ideas around food and womanhood in Italy. There are a lot of mouth-watering depictions of various dishes that Giulia recalls eating as a child, as well as an inspiring list of dishes and ingredients that we can all recreate in our own family kitchens. Filled with so much love for food and family, this episode is uplifting and heart-warming and will make you want to rush into your kitchen to cook up a rustic Italian meal. Speaking of which, Guilia shares a recipe for her Chickpea Cake with us on my blog and if you like what you see do visit  Giulia's gorgeous blog Jul's Kitchen for more inspiration.
Please join in the conversation with us on Instagram @alissatimoshkina and @julskitchen
To find out more about MotherFood cooking course visit my website https://www.alissatimoshkina.com/motherfood-cooking-course and you can buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AlissaTim

 

Welcome back to Part 2 of the 3rd Season of the MotherFood podcast! 

In this episode I have the absolute joy of talking to one of my food-mama heroines, Georgina Hayden. Georgina is an acclaimed food writer, author of best-selling cookbooks, food stylist and a mother of a Greek-Cypriot origin. This conversation, which I have been dreaming of since the very beginning of the podcast, is likely to move you to tears and make you laugh, and feel all the feels in-between. Georgina's story of motherhood is so powerful, moving and inspiring. While she never doubted her desire to be a mother of a big family, her journey towards that vision was all but straightforward. She experienced child loss when her first baby, Archie, died short after birth, her and her husband went through a miscarriage and IVF treatments to be able to welcome their two daughters Perspehone and Elektra, who are now 4 years old and 9 months respectively. We also talk about the role of food and sisterhood in a life of a Mother, Georgina's views on gender roles within a family and why it is essential to include men into all conversations, while she also shares some insights into a life with two under 4s during a lockdown alongside some tips on weaning and eating as a family!

Please join in the conversation with us on Instagram @alissatimoshkina and @georgiepuddingnpie

To find out more about MotherFood cooking course visit my website https://www.alissatimoshkina.com/podcast and you can buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AlissaTim

Welcome to this 2-part special episode dedicated to Her Nutrition, where I have the pleasure of talking to nutritionists behind UK's unique food-grown supplements brand, Wild Nutrition. Their supplements are ethically and sustainably sourced, and are 100% food-grown, i.e. an organic way of producing supplements without any addition of synthetic elements, solvents or bulking agents.



In this episode featuring Lorna Driver-Davies, senior nutritional therapist with Wild Nutrition, we delve into the fascinating subject of menstrual health and our overall wellbeing as women. We discuss how hormones and our cycles are the foundation of our overall health, the source of our vitality and wellbeing, regardless of wether we want or can have children. We explore essential functions and systems of the body which are tightly intertwined with our monthly rhythms such as


Mental health: mood, memory, sense of identity
Immune system
Thyroid health
Digestive health
Female microbiome
Fertility
Nervous system

And we explore just how the menstrual cycle actually works, highlighting the importance of getting familiar with your menstrual blood, and celebrate the power of cycle tracking or the fertility awareness method. To learn more about these, I highly recommend Taking Charge of Your Fertility and The Fifth Vital Sign, both books have changed my experience of my body in the most profound ways! 

If you would like to work with Lorna you can book a free consolation here and you can enjoy 20% off your first purchase with ALISSAMOTHERHOOD20

Join in the conversation with us over on Instagram @alissatimoshkina @wildnutritionltd and @lornadriverdavies

To find out more about MotherFood cooking course visit my website https://www.alissatimoshkina.com/motherfood-cooking-course and you can buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AlissaTim