Welcome to first episode of TONTS Season 5 Matrescence Festival edition, join us as we look back through our Melbourne festival from March 2025.

In this episode you’ll hear all about what it was like at the festival, how it was laid out and from two wonderful speakers from the morning of day one.

Amy Taylor-Kabbaz is a Best-Selling Author of ‘Mama Rising’, Speaker, Journalist, Matrescence Activist and Mama of three. Along with hosting ‘The Happy Mama Movement’ podcast, in 2019, she launched her world first Matrescence Facilitator Training – Mama Rising – sharing her unique formula of coaching and support into mother’s transition through matrescence. In 2022, Mama Rising was recognised by the ICF and currently has more than 200 accredited Mama Rising coaches globally.

For more from Amy, you can visit https://amytaylorkabbaz.com/

Vicki Chan is the mother of four children, and one very happy grandmother. She has been a midwife since 1983, working in hospitals, birth centre, and 25 years in homebirth practice. Presently she is working in a private hospital facilitating normal birth and has private practice rights at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. She leads (radical) preparation for birth for parents-to-be and, with midwife Lynne Staff, is co-presenter for the Better Birth Workshops for birth-workers. She loves to write poetry, make pottery, and has published her first children’s book.

For more from Claire you can head to: https://www.clairetonti.com/ or her instagram @clairetonti

For more from Lizzy you can head to: https://www.lizzyhumber.com/ or her instagram @lizzyhumber

And to keep up to date with past and upcoming Matrescence festivals you can follow @matrescencefestival on instagram or go to https://www.lizzyhumber.com/matrescencefestival

Original theme music: Free by Claire Tonti

Editing: Maisie JG

Social Media: Surabhi Pradhan

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