In this episode, we discuss what to do when your child slams the brakes on; from “I’m not going to school” to daily battles over getting dressed or leaving the house. We explore how to stay grounded when their storms threaten to pull you in, how to use play and connection to move through resistance, and why your regulation is the most powerful parenting tool you have. We unpack what happens in your body when you feel backed into a corner, how to find your anchor, and the small moments of humour, affection, and attunement that can shift even the hardest days.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What’s really happening when your child resists…and why matching their frustration only fuels the fire
• How to stay anchored and calm when their emotions feel overwhelming
• Using playfulness to shift tension, reconnect, and move through sticky moments
• Finding micro-moments of humour and connection when you’re tired or touched-out
• Reframing play as a mindset, not another task on your list
• How your regulation invites theirs and makes co-regulation possible
• Holding the bigger vision for how you want moments like these to end, even when it’s hard
• Why there’s no “magic trick” to fix behaviour - but there is a way to lead with steadiness, warmth, and presence

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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What really turns mothers on isn’t roses or lingerie….it’s partnership. It’s not having to carry everything alone, not having to think about one more thing, not feeling swallowed up by kids and needs with no solo time left. In this episode we explore why sharing the load is the ultimate aphrodisiac, how appreciation and acknowledgement fuel intimacy, and why true partnership is so much sexier than performative help. When you feel like it’s not all on you, when you’re a team doing it together, when you trust in each other’s best intentions - that’s where turn on lives.

In this episode we discuss:

- Defining invisible labour: remembering birthdays, meal-planning, emotional holding

- How doing the dishes or handling school emails is foreplay because it reduces resentment and creates space for turn-on

- Why true partnership is hotter than performative help

- The intimacy of “thank you” and “I see what you did”

- How acknowledgement turns everyday tasks into moments of being valued

- Why feeling seen is often the gateway to wanting to be touched

- The difference between “checking the box” sex and “I want you” intimacy

- How nervous system safety and emotional connection unlock desire

- Practical shifts like flirting in the day, slowing down, making sex about connection rather than performance

- Not having to think about something as a turn-on in itself

- The idea of being a team and doing it together as sexy

- Protecting each other’s solo time so you’re not swallowed up by kids and constant needs

- The turn-on of feeling it’s not all on you

- Running with the assumption of your partner’s best notions and intentions as a foundation for intimacy

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Bridget is a full-time working mother navigating the reality of decreased time and increased pressure — which demands a new level of discernment about what can and can’t be held. In this episode, we explore how to protect your energy, bring more equity into your relationship, and create room for your dreams without over-functioning to keep the peace. We talk about holding your partner accountable, building flexible rhythms that support the whole family, and why truth-telling, shared responsibility, and protecting your wellbeing are non-negotiables for long-term love and fulfilment.

In this episode we discuss:

- The inherited belief that “good mothers sacrifice everything” and how desire is actually sacred life force
- Guilt as a compass pointing to your conditioning, not your truth
- Why you don’t need hours of time to move forward, and how micro-actions compound into big results
- Using presence, not perfection, so that what you do carries more impact
- Boundaries that protect your energy; with time, tech, and the mental load
- Support systems and nervous system practices that let your dreams breathe even when life is full
- Moving from “I’ll do it when life is easier” to “I’m doing it in the cracks because it matters now”
- Increasing discernment on what gives you energy versus what drains you
- Holding your partner accountable so you’re not the default parent, and why equity is essential in relationships
- Truth-telling and shared responsibility as foundations for long-term connection
- Protecting what matters most between you and your partner so you feel respected and connected
- Balancing guilt with congruence in the give and take of relationships so complaints don’t hold resonance
- Letting tolerance of what you don’t like exist alongside protecting your dreams and wellbeing
- Knowing this season is about compounding effort, not single moments, and feeling proud of showing up meaningfully

Bare-Bones to Booked
3-day FREE workshop series for Solo Practitioners and Service-Based Businesses.
https://www.julietenner.love/booked


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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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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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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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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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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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