You Are Here Mama

Gayle Berry
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You Are Here Mama is the podcast for the modern mother who is ready to trade fear for love, performance for presence, and doing for being. This is a slower, softer, deeper conversation about motherhood in a world that has forgotten how to hold mothers. Each week, host Gayle Berry—parent and baby wellness expert of over 23 years, founder of Blossom & Berry and Here Mama, and mother of three—shares teachings, stories, and conversations rooted in her signature philosophy: Love Creates Love. Because when a mother is loved, nurtured, and supported, she has a greater capacity to love, nurture, and support her baby—and that love ripples outward to shape families, communities, and generations. This is a home for mothers who are exhausted by the noise of modern parenting culture. Who are longing for permission to slow down. Who are ready to turn down the endless advice and turn up the ancient, embodied wisdom that has always lived inside them. Expect honest conversations on co-regulation, matrescence, nervous system healing, secure attachment, the first 1,000 days, the identity shift of motherhood, and the return of the village. All delivered with warmth, evidence-based expertise, and the quiet reminder that you are not doing this wrong—you have simply been given the wrong instructions. Each episode begins the same way: "You are here. And that is enough." Because love creates love. And that is where everything begins.

  1. Sep 7

    Ep. 22 What is normal as a mother? The answer might surprise you.

    The conversation explores the transition to motherhood, the challenges of understanding what's normal, the pressure and anxiety of motherhood, the importance of supporting mothers' wellbeing, the significance of micro moments and radical responsibility, and the role of boundaries and supportive villages in motherhood. The conversation delves into the importance of setting boundaries with others, empowering motherhood, practices for grounded motherhood, embracing imperfection and creativity, expressing emotions and self-trust, and connecting with self and baby. The discussion emphasizes the significance of self-awareness, self-care, and the unique journey of motherhood. Takeaways Understanding the transition to motherhood and the emotional, spiritual, and physical changes that come with it.The importance of radical responsibility, micro moments, and setting boundaries for mothers' wellbeing and self-care. Setting boundaries is crucial for maintaining a sense of self and empowerment as a mother.Embracing imperfection, creativity, and self-trust is essential for a fulfilling and grounded experience of motherhood. Chapters 00:00 The Transition to Motherhood03:06 Understanding What's Normal07:46 The Pressure of Motherhood09:18 Supporting Mothers' Wellbeing18:09 Micro Moments and Radical Responsibility20:31 Boundaries and Supportive Villages20:59 Setting Boundaries with Others23:06 Empowering Motherhood25:11 Practices for Grounded Motherhood32:06 Embracing Imperfection and Creativity35:13 Expressing Emotions and Self-Trust36:54 Connecting with Self and Baby

  2. Aug 19

    Ep.21 How to bridge the ancient ways and individual expression peacefully when a new baby arrives

    Listen to me talking with yogi Pragna Trivedi about grandmother wisdom, ancient practices around baby massage and yoga and honouring and respecting culture whilst embracing modern freedom of expression. A great conversation about honouring and respecting motherhood from a lens of love and care

  3. Jul 17

    Ep. 20 How to be more present and HERE as a Mama and live in peace

    How to be here now and cultivate a sense of presence and peace as a Mama

  4. Jul 16

    Ep 19 Building Secure Attachment in the Smallest Moments

    Secure attachment isn't built through big gestures. It's built through thousands of small, accurately answered signals.

  5. Jul 16

    Ep 18 Supporting Your Baby's Nervous System Through Touch

    Touch isn't a nice extra. It's a direct, mechanical regulator of your baby's nervous system, and yours.

  6. Jul 16

    Ep 17 When Your Baby Won't Eat — and What Their Body Might Be Saying

    Feeding refusal can often a nervous-system signal before it's a supply or latch problem.

  7. Jul 16

    Ep 16 How Your Baby's Brain Develops in the First Year — and What It Needs From You

    Brain development isn't built by products or programmes. It's built by ordinary, responsive relationship.

  8. Jul 3

    EP 15. Why the little moments matter more right now than anything

    This is the closing episode of the Here Mama foundational arc — and it is the one mothers will return to most. In it, Gayle holds the entire body of Love Creates Love together in one place. The science, the soul, and the permission are finally saying the same thing. What emerges is not a task list. Not another should. What emerges is a mother, hearing — maybe for the first time — that she was never behind. That she was already enough. That she was doing the work all along — she simply did not have the language for it. In this conversation, Gayle explores: What "the first 1,000 days" actually are — from conception to roughly two-and-a-half years old — and why this window is the most neurologically formative period of a baby's entire lifeThe four pillars that shape these days — nutrition, sleep, touch, and co-regulation — and how mothers are already providing all four, every single day, with very little fancy equipmentThe single most important phrase in early childhood science — "the first relationship is the only relationship" — and what it means for how you hold her today, even on the hard daysWhy repetition, not perfection, is the work — showing up again and again and again is what wires her brain for trustA reframe for every mother listening: the 1,000 days are not a performance. They are a presence.And you have been present — even in the moments you thought you were notWhy the deepest gift you can give this arc is not "more information" — but softening, so that the days ahead have a field still soft enough for her to growA truth to hold today: You were enough. You were always enough. And most of the time — you were doing the work without knowing it was the work. You were simply being her mother. And that, my love, was the whole thing.

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You Are Here Mama is the podcast for the modern mother who is ready to trade fear for love, performance for presence, and doing for being. This is a slower, softer, deeper conversation about motherhood in a world that has forgotten how to hold mothers. Each week, host Gayle Berry—parent and baby wellness expert of over 23 years, founder of Blossom & Berry and Here Mama, and mother of three—shares teachings, stories, and conversations rooted in her signature philosophy: Love Creates Love. Because when a mother is loved, nurtured, and supported, she has a greater capacity to love, nurture, and support her baby—and that love ripples outward to shape families, communities, and generations. This is a home for mothers who are exhausted by the noise of modern parenting culture. Who are longing for permission to slow down. Who are ready to turn down the endless advice and turn up the ancient, embodied wisdom that has always lived inside them. Expect honest conversations on co-regulation, matrescence, nervous system healing, secure attachment, the first 1,000 days, the identity shift of motherhood, and the return of the village. All delivered with warmth, evidence-based expertise, and the quiet reminder that you are not doing this wrong—you have simply been given the wrong instructions. Each episode begins the same way: "You are here. And that is enough." Because love creates love. And that is where everything begins.

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  • Creator
    Gayle Berry
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Gayle Berry
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