Nourish & Nurture Holistic Health

14/11/2025

Waiting 24–48 hours to bathe your baby is a powerful choice, and one worth considering as part of your birth plan.

Did you notice that creamy, waxy coating on your baby’s skin at birth? It’s called vernix! Giving it time to absorb allows your baby to soak up all the benefits.

Here are 4 reasons why it’s worth waiting...

1. Bonding + Breastfeeding: Postponing the bath means more uninterrupted skin-to-skin, which strengthens bonding and promotes breastfeeding success.

2. Immune Protection: Vernix is moisturizing and contains antimicrobial proteins that help protect against infection.

3. Gut Support: It also supports the transfer of healthy bacteria during a vaginal birth, helping to establish your baby’s microbiome.

4. Better Stability: Babies who aren’t bathed right away are less likely to experience hypoglycemia or hypothermia, helping them stay warm and better regulate their body temperature. 

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13/10/2025

Soooo accurate, especially for me right now 💕

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This is happening for more and more of the mothers I work with, and most of them don’t even realize it…

09/10/2025

When we look past the commercial side, there’s something quite special about what Halloween can bring — imagination, connection, and community. Children lighting up with excitement, families walking their streets together, and neighbours who might never have spoken sharing a smile.

But if the thought of endless lollies filled with artificial colours & flavours, sugar highs, the pressure to buy fancy costumes, plastic props & decorations, and encouraging children to roam the streets after dark & accept treats from strangers sends you into an anxious spiral, you’re not alone!

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Here are my top 6 tips on how embrace Halloween in a healthier, calmer, more sustainable way so your family can still connect and join in the fun!

👻Get creative with costumes, buckets & decorations — use what you already have in your wardrobe, swap with friends or family, pick something up from your local Buy Nothing Facebook group, or use your crafty skills to make something by upcycling household bits & pieces (think old sheets for ghosts, paint your own pillowcase to collect your goodies in, painting cardboard, homemade candles etc).

🍲Eat a delicious meal packed with protein & healthy fats before you head out or get stuck into the sweets — this way, little tummies are nice & full, and will be less likely to overeat sugary treats.

🍬Rethink the treats — offer or share healthier snacks, make something homemade, or hand out small non-food surprises such as stickers or homemade playdough. You can even provide specific treats to neighbours or friends to hand out to your little ones, or maybe organise a scavenger hunt with hand painted spooky rocks!

🎃 Shift the focus from sweets to experiences — think pumpkin carving, crafts, a spooky family movie, or a Halloween-themed dinner & dessert.

👣 Walk and connect — explore your local neighbourhood, meet up with friends, and enjoy a sense of community.

🕯️Keep it calm — set gentle boundaries around treats & screen time for a smoother evening.

Focus on connection over perfection, make new family traditions, connect with your community, and make memories - after all, it’s these moments that matter most.

07/10/2025

My little man is one month old today. And I’m not okay! 😭🩵🤍💙
Words by me, Krissy Heslop © 2025.

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03/10/2025

So, what’s my story???

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🙋🏼‍♀️ Hi, I’m Krissy, a nutritional consultant, holistic health coach, & meditation teacher. I’m a mum to three - Hannah (almost 7yrs), Maddison (2.5 yrs) & my newest little one Leo (almost one month!). I’m a wife to James (a registered nurse) & we live in Googong NSW (on the ACT border, 20 mins from Canberra City).

I’ve been through my own significant health struggles with autoimmune diseases, infertility, insulin resistance, obesity, an eating disorder, depression, anxiety & PPD, and so much more. And I spent years being miserable, gaslit by medical professionals, trying every diet & cleanse under the sun, many different medications & treatments, & getting nowhere with conventional medicine, until I’d had enough! I eventually found my way into natural, nutritional, functional, & holistic medicine and studied health science & nutrition at uni, and at 42, I’m now the healthiest I’ve been in probably my entire adult life! (Don’t get me wrong - it wasn’t a simple, quick, sudden recovery - it’s taken YEARS!)

Then when my girls were born, both had health issues & food intolerances that we are continuing to navigate. And in my circle of friends and mums groups, I’ve seen more & more that mamas are given little to no info on how to address post natal nutrient depletion as well as struggling to figure out what’s best to feed their kids.

All of this has led me to my passion - pregnancy, post partum & paediatric holistic health & nutrition. If I’ve learned anything through my health journey, it’s these three takeaways:

🌸healing can never be done in isolation,
🌸healing isn’t linear, and
🌸taking the longer, often much harder road to good health by addressing the root causes is soooo worth the effort over quick bandaid fixes for symptoms that will often just re-manifest in a different way.

As I continue through my latest post partum journey & start delving back into more study with @ , I’ll continue to share our journey, & very soon I’ll be offering pregnancy, post partum & baby holistic health & nutrition programs, both 1:1 & in groups.

Thanks for being here! 🙏🏼

Love & light
𝒦𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓈𝓎 💫

03/10/2025

Attention Queanbeyan region mamas and mamas-to-be!

If you’ve been wanting to meet up with other local mums for walks, chats, and sharing in your pregnancy and parenting journeys together without the anxiety and overwhelm of meeting new people, especially in huge Canberra-based baby groups, then I have the group for you!

I was lucky enough to find an amazing group of besties in my March 2023 group with my second bub, and having recently had my third, I want that same connection again, for myself and others. So I decided to continue creating smaller, regional groups for those in Queanbeyan region including Jerra, Googong, Bungendore etc. No business spam, it’s a private group, just mums supporting mums, hanging out (online and in person), and connecting, enjoying & supporting each other through the ups and downs of pregnancy and motherhood!

If this sounds like something that speaks to you, then I’d love you to join the group relevant to you below, and I look forward to meeting some of you soon!

🍁 Mums with Bubs Due AUTUMN 2026 (Mar, Apr, May)
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☀️ Mums with Bubs Due SUMMER 2025/26 (Dec, Jan, Feb)
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🌸 Mums with Bubs Due/Born SPRING 2025 (Sep, Oct, Nov)
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❄️ Mums with Bubs Born WINTER 2025 (Jun, Jul, Aug) https://www.facebook.com/share/g/14d82joeYJ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

🍁 Mums with Bubs Born AUTUMN 2025 (Mar, Apr, May)
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☀️ Mums with Bubs Born SUMMER 2024/25(Dec/Jan/Feb)
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26/09/2025

✨ Creating a calm and grounded labour space—even in hospital—is all about intention. While you can’t control every detail, you can curate your environment to feel nurturing, safe, and supportive. Think of your labour bag as more than just “essentials”—it’s your toolkit for comfort, calm, and oxytocin flow.

As I was unable to have a home birth, when planning for my labour in hospital I had a clear intention of how I wanted the environment to feel. How I wanted to feel. And I discussed this with my midwives and birth support team in the lead up to the birth. While I couldn’t control how my birth unfolded, I was able to curate the space around me so it felt warm, safe, and supportive. And my labour felt like an absolute DREAM! 💭🌙

🌿 My top inclusions:
• battery operated flameless candles from & fairy lights from
• a speaker & earphones with a calming playlist on & meditations on + my in case I just needed more quiet
• Aromatherapy including lavender essential oil in the diffuser, a clary sage roller, & my own blend for pain management, all from
• Nourishing snacks from & + hydration in the form of water with electrolytes from .co to keep energy steady (and a drink bottle with a straw so hubby could just hold it to my mouth as needed)
• Comfort tools such as the hired from , a birth comb (no pictured), an eye mask & blue light blocking glasses from , lip balm, and my own big fluffy towel (so I didn’t have to use the teeny tiny hospital towels!)
• My quick dry swimmers/underwear from for labouring in the bath whilst still maintaining a little modesty 😝
• an extra long phone charger
• homeopathics including caulophyllum from .collective and castor oil from .

When you step into birth feeling resourced and held by your environment, you’re supporting not only your body but also your mind and spirit through this incredible transition. 💫

Big shoutout to .naturopath and for some of these supplies! 🩷

25/09/2025

✨ The Fourth Trimester: Nurturing You, Not Just Baby ✨

When we think of the postpartum period, so much focus naturally shifts to the baby. But across cultures and throughout history, deep traditions remind us that the mother also needs just as much care, nourishment, and rest in those early weeks. 🌿

Many traditional practices honour what we now call the fourth trimester — a sacred window of healing, recovery, and bonding. In China, there’s zuo yue zi (“sitting the month”), where mothers are given time to rest, eat warming foods, and be cared for by family. In India, postpartum care is rooted in ayurvedic traditions, with special foods, massage, and daily rituals to restore strength and balance. In Latin American cultures, la cuarentena offers forty days of rest, community support, and nutrient-rich foods. These practices weren’t just about survival — they were about deep nourishment, both physically and emotionally.

Yet in today’s modern world, many of us face postpartum feeling rushed to “bounce back” and do it all on our own. But the truth is: we’re not meant to. 💛 Healing from birth, establishing breastfeeding, adjusting emotionally, and finding new rhythms all take time — and they require support.

🌸 Self-care isn’t indulgent, it’s essential. Rest, nutrient-dense meals, hydration, and gentle movement are the foundations of recovery.
🌸 Your village matters. Whether it’s family, friends, doulas, or community groups, accepting help with meals, household tasks, or simply holding space for you is part of the healing journey.
🌸 When the mother is cared for, the whole family thrives.

Let’s shift the narrative: postpartum isn’t just about caring for the baby. It’s about mothering the mother, too. Because when you are nourished, supported, and held — you are better able to give that same love and care to your little one.

💫 So here’s your reminder: you are worthy of care, you are not alone, and leaning on your village is an act of strength, not weakness.

22/09/2025

Last week was my one year anniversary of being in remission!!

6 months ago I called my rheumatologist to postpone our 6 monthly check in and told her news I’d been dreading telling her…. that I’d stopped my medication and felt I no longer needed it (something I do not recommend doing without the support of a healthcare provider, which I had in .naturopath). I knew she wouldn’t really be supportive. And, in fact, her response was “oh no, you can’t do that, nutrition isn’t going to help you, you’ll have to be on medication for the rest of your life”. Literally. That was her response. We postponed the appointment and, well, today was the day to face up to her.

She reviewed my symptoms, by bloods, my joints…. and announced in awe “Wow! You’ve done amazingly well! You’re definitely in remission! I’m happy to leave medication off the table for now.”

REMISSION!

16 years of having this horrible disease hanging over me, taking my life, my mobility, my sanity at times, and so much more. I gained far too much weight, my hormones, my fertility, my gut, my mental health, everything, was a wreck.

My darling man James met me at my worst, my heaviest, my sickest, and has supported me in every way possible. I said NO to being on meds for the rest of my life. I looked my diagnosis in the eye and told myself I wasn’t going to let it win, I wanted myself back and my life back.

And today I feel better than ever, am 60kg lighter, loving life, loving my family and friends and job, studying my passion, and proving that a diagnosis doesn’t have to mean the end. The power is in your hands and nutrition and functional health have changed my life forever. Never give up hope.

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15/09/2025

Let’s be realistic - it’s not all sunshine & rainbows. REAL postpartum is a whole range of emotions, often all in one day.

Navigating my new life as a mama of three, especially when one is a newborn recovering from a frenotomy, another is a tantruming 2-yr old, and the other is a ND 6-yr old, is not easy. This photo is dinner tonight complete with tears all round, vs. my earlier photo from lunchtime today….. stark contrast.

But I’ll lean into all the emotions and struggles and know it’s perfectly okay to feel how I’m feeling. I won’t ever pretend motherhood, parenting, hell life in general, is always peachy, coz it’s not. The good times are beautiful and the hard times are hard. Anyone who pretends otherwise is not being true to themselves.

So if you feel like you’re struggling, failing at motherhood, or not where you should be, just know that I see you, mama. And it’s okay if you’re not okay right now. 🩷

15/09/2025

Absolutely lapping up these beautiful, slow, nourishing early postpartum days, but also so emotional knowing it’s the last time I’ll have this! 🥹😭

14/09/2025

He has arrived!!!

Introducing baby Leo! My littlest love arrived earthside on this day last week - Fathers Day! I had an absolute DREAM labour that ended in a flurry of panic, both for Leo and myself. After a day and a night in the NICU and another day, night and day in the SCN, Leo was doing much better and we were discharged home a few days later. A week on and we are lapping up the love of the newborn bubble as a family of five, getting breastfeeding sorted, and slowly settling and recovering.

More on my birth story to come!
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