Episode 52: Movement as Medecine in Motherhood (with Emma Deery)

Episode 52: Movement as Medecine in Motherhood (with Emma Deery)

From 'Do Your Thing' with Tamsin Williamson by Tamsin Williamson

October 22, 2025 · 1h 1m · Season 1 · Episode 52

About this episode

This episode explores how movement can serve as a form of medicine for mothers, helping them reconnect with their bodies and find healing.

What if the key to healing, balance, and joy in motherhood wasn’t about doing more - but about coming back home to your body? In this powerful episode, I’m joined by  Emma Deery  - a Movement Medicine and Empowerment Coach for Mothers whose work helps women reconnect with their bodies, release what’s been held, and rediscover their true, authentic selves. Before stepping into this work, Emma spent over a decade as a professional actress, singer, and dancer. But it was her initiation into motherhood, marked by birth trauma and postnatal depression, that cracked her open and led her to explore movement as a form of deep healing and transformation. During our conversation, we explore: Why  movement is medicine  - and how it can help mothers process emotions, regulate the nervous system, and find freedom again How  motherhood is a sacred portal of transformation one that invites us to shed old stories and re-learn who we really are What it means to  listen to your body  and use it as a guide, not just a vessel How movement and embodiment can help you release guilt, shame, and perfectionism - and come back to self-love Emma’s story and wisdom are a…

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Host: Tamsin Williamson

Guest: Emma Deery

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