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Flourishing Families Podcast

Thoughts, tips and advice from professionals about family health and wellness in Newcastle & beyond.

Dorte Bladt from Family Chiropractic Centre Charlestown talks to our local professionals to help you make the best choices for you and your family.

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Dr Dorte Bladt, Chiropractor

Thoughts, tips and advice from professionals about family health and wellness. Dorte Bladt from Family Chiropractic Centre Charlestown talks to our local professionals to help you make the best choices for you and your family.

Empowered Lactation with Emma Maher


Emma Maher is a wonderful lady with lots of valuable knowledge about breast feeding. She is an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) who also has a background in nursing and…

Your doula – the birth-angel


Doula Sarah Newling shares with us how she supports growing families through pregnancy and birth.  By providing sensible research-based information as well as centering yoga practice, she…

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FF 21: Best Parenting Advice


To raise our children to be happy and successful is every parent's goal and dream.  Deb Arthurs is an ex-teacher and educational board advisor and she is passionate about children's learning. On this…

FF 20: School shoes


FF 19: Two eyes- no spares – Behavioural optometry


Susan Walton, a Newcastle behavioural optometrist, talks us through the importance of our eyes working as a team. We are all aware that 20/20 vision is essential for health and learning.  However,…

FF 18: Tongue ties


Breast feeding is recommended by WHO for the first 12 months of a baby's life, but it can be heart-breakingly hard work for some mum's and babies.  Tethering of the tissues in the mouth may affect…

FF 17: Baby wearing


Carrying your baby in a carrier or a sling on your body has many benefits to both of you.  For the carrier it allows you to have both hands free to do other things especially important with siblings.…

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FF 16: Develop the best breathing habits for a healthy life


Dean O'Rourke lets us in on the secret of breathing properly to promote health and well-being for the whole family.   Dorte Bladt: I'm so excited to have this next speaker with us today. I saw…

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FF 15: Balanced with Meg Linton


Meg Linton from MegHQ talks about how to meet life's challenges with a present and balanced mind and body. Typically, in our feverish goal to get fit and healthy, we rush around madly working hard to…

FF 14: ‘Mindfulness for families’ with Charlotte Thaarup


Children's chiropractor, Dr. Dorte Bladt, discusses the practice of mindfulness with Charlotte Thaarup of The Mindfulness Clinic. Intro: Flourishing Families with Dorte Bladt, the Switched-On Kids…