The RAISE Podcast

This week we're joined by Amelia Stuart Short to explore the unconventional wellness and motherhood practices that have shaped her life and family. From a traumatic start to adulthood and a powerful journey through recovery, spirituality and personal transformation, Amelia shares how those experiences led her to question the status quo and create a life rooted in intuition, intentionality and trust. Together, we dive into some of the "unhinged" wellness practices Amelia swears by, including red light bulbs at sunset, avoiding sunglasses, fascia work, tongue-tie release, nervous system support, low-tox living and creating a home environment that works with our biology rather than against it. We also explore Amelia's deeply personal experiences with pregnancy and birth, including conscious conception, home birth, trusting the body, and learning to tune out external noise in favour of inner wisdom.

This week, it's just us having an honest conversation about the topics we find ourselves discussing most often behind closed doors! We talk about trusting your intuition as a parent, questioning systems that no longer feel aligned, navigating school with a neurodivergent child, homeschooling, birth, co-sleeping, social media, modern motherhood and learning to make decisions that feel right for your family, even when they go against the norm. We also open up about some of the personal challenges we're navigating right now, from supporting loved ones through health struggles to letting go of expectations, identities and timelines we once thought life would follow. This episode is a reminder that you don't have to do things the way everyone else does, that it's okay to question, and that sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is trust yourself!

This week we're joined by mother-daughter duo Margo and Roxy Marrone, founders of the conscious skincare brand EyeAm. Together, we explore what is really inside many of the beauty and skincare products we use every day, why ingredient awareness matters, and how stress, thoughts and lifestyle habits can impact everything from our hormones to our skin. We also dive into the fascinating connection between the nervous system and skin health, the rise of neurocosmetics, and why true wellbeing goes far beyond what we put on our skin.

This week we sit down with Nikolina Lauc, co-founder of GlycanAge, to explore the science of biological ageing and why your health is about far more than just what you eat. This conversation challenges the traditional view of wellness and dives into how your stress, relationships, hormones and lifestyle are directly shaping how your body ages at a cellular level. We explore how biological age can now be measured through inflammation markers, what accelerates ageing (often unexpectedly), and why personalised health is the future. From the impact of emotional stress and trauma, to the role of hormones, weight, gut diversity and modern lifestyles, this episode connects the dots between your internal world and your long-term health in a way that’s both eye-opening and empowering. You’ll learn why there is no one-size-fits-all approach to diet or health, how chronic inflammation develops silently and what you can start doing today to support your body, not just for how you look, but how you function and feel long term!

Gut health is something we hear about constantly, but when it comes to our children, it can feel confusing, overwhelming, and often out of our control. In this episode, we’re joined by Nora Cavani, molecular biologist and founder of Alba Health, to break it all down. After healing her own severe eczema through gut health, Nora has dedicated her work to understanding how the microbiome shapes children’s health from the very beginning. We dive into: Why gut health starts earlier than you think The connection between gut health, immunity, allergies and behaviour Why even “healthy” kids can have imbalances The importance of fibre (and why most people aren’t getting enough) Simple ways to improve your child’s gut health without overwhelm Why testing and personalisation matter This is a powerful, practical conversation that will change the way you think about your child’s health and give you tools to support it with confidence.