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Saltbush Babes

by Em Armstrong

Saltbush Babes is a podcast full of high vibes and real conversations. A place where we can laugh, cry and confess how we survive the daily battles and wild ride of life! Each Tuesday, sit down with Em Armstrong, founder of Saltbush Stretch; a yoga and pilates studio that's online and in-person in Hay NSW. Saltbush Stretch is so not just about yoga and pilates - it's a family, a community of high vibing women who, yes, love to move their bodies but also want to be a part of something BIGGER and BETTER - hence the SALTBUSH BABES podcast. We can't wait for you to join us! New episodes will be dropping every Tuesday, starting 20th August. Make sure you don't miss it by following or subscribing wherever you are listening. Saltbush Stretch Instagram: @saltbushstretch (link) https://www.instagram.com/saltbushstretch/ Saltbush Stretch

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Episodes

  1. BABE #18 - When Em’s + Jess’s paths cross 10 years on…Talking, laughing all things, beef, pilates, burnout, guest speaking and more…

    When you cross paths with a bush babe 10 years on from when you first connected - The babe behind a beef stud, community legend and how this no fluff bush babe even attends her local reformer pilates studio to put time aside for herself. 4 kids with also her diagnosis of ADHD, this bush babe Jess...

  2. BABE #17 - Eggs, nuts + dairy allergies made me want to become a nutritionist

    A little summary of Em’s IVF journey, effects of QLD floors and NEW SOCIALS for Saltbush babes before we hook into the AMAZING guest today Laura Keil. Our pocket rocket mat pilates teacher via The Saltbush Squad, who has always had a love of the bush, movement and food. Finding out at 6 months of...

  3. BABE #16 - Iconic bush writer, Graziher poddy host, yogi queen, mumma and voice for women of the bush

    It was nice for Emily Herbert to be in the passenger seat for a change in the podcasting world. You might have heard Em’s eclectic nature as the host at “Life on the Land” podcast for Graziher. Or maybe you have read her beautifully articulated words from Country Style, Womens Weekly, Graziher,...

  4. BABE #15 - Em’s perimenopause + IVF journey with Jess from The Rural Women's Physio

    What a ride its been from late last year, including Em having some test results delivered and wanting to find some answers for her 4 year fertility journey 2.0. Perimenopause and IVF was definitely not what she thought at 31 years of age and she asked Jess Walker back from The Rural Women's…

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  5. BABE #14 - NOSS who stocks to over 200 retailers in Australia, bush babe + cracking legend Kirsty Hawkins (CUZ)

    What’s the name of the assorted creams with the white on the inside? My least fave but CUZ’s most fave haha. Kirsty opens up about losing her boyfriend at a young age and how she made “bucket lists” and ceramics was always on it. After finding love with ceramics at school, she always knew she’d...

  6. Babe #13 - First Ep of 2025 - Hold onto your hats cowgirls - Solo Em coming in HAWT…

    Hello 2025! I hope you are ready, because it’s going to be a BLOODY CRACKER! This is our first ep of 2025 (and hello season 3) crazy! We look back on what a amazing year 2024 was and talk about all the goodness ready to LAUGH into 2025. We ta;l about events in 2025, the poddy and some big and...

  7. Babe #12 - Queen of Heat Caz Gaston: Boarding School from age five, pilates queen, cancer survivor and all round legend: PART TWO

    WOW! What an ep, I bloody loved this yarn. Caz was the first ever employee at Saltbush Stretch and two years on she is still here (yes putting bush babes through their passes). Caz is a born and bred country gal with her town population under 99, she attended “Claughton House” which was similar…

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  8. Babe #12 - Queen of Heat Caz Gaston: Boarding School at age five, pilates queen, cancer survivor and all round legend: PART 1

    WOW! What an ep, I bloody loved this yarn. Caz was the first ever employee at Saltbush Stretch and two years on she is still here (yes putting bush babes through their passes). Caz is a born and bred country gal with her town population under 99, she attended “Claughton House” which was similar…

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  9. Babe #11: Cass Hooke

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  10. Babe #10 Molly McLean

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  11. Babe #9 - Han McGufficke leaving school at 17, being engaged at 21 + now working for Saltbush Stretch

    Show Notes: You have probably seen Han on your yoga mats online or in the studio but Has hasn’t always been a part of the Saltbush Stretch family. Leaving school at 17 to do her hairdressing apprenticeship and then setting her own business up at 19, getting engaged and then the relationship...

  12. Babe #8: Grace Cheatley - The 4th Trimester...Let's talk about it

    The first ep of season two, hold on for the ride with QUEEN Grace Cheatley OG Squad babe, from the great ocean road, now living her best life on a property in Texas, QLD. Pub owner, mumma, lover of the land and obsessed with swimming and yoga. We talk about the importance of talking about the 4th...

  13. BONUS EP: Babe #7: Sandra Ireson - Boobs + Besties (check them ladies)

    Our first ever bonus episode of season 1 is dedicated to women who have survived breast cancer with October being breast cancer awareness month. Everyday 58 people in Australia will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 1 in 7 women are diagnosed. Sandra Ireson, an amazing women of the bush, is a...

  14. Babe #6: Jessica Walker - Unpacking Em's Birth Story & The Challenges of Falling Pregnant

    Show Notes: WOW! What an episode - We talk about women's health, fannies and Em and Jess’s birth story. From Em needing to carry a cushion around for 6 months postpartum (because she thought she broke her coccyx and Jess having an undiagnosed 3rd-grade tear, there were some big yarns. Em also got...

  15. Babe #5: Sal McManus from The Homestead Pantry Box - Having a "glow down"

    Show Notes: The Pommie backpacker, turned Aussie citizen, mumma, business owner and so much more. The amazing bush babe, Sal McManus owner and founder of The Homestead Pantry Box is having a “Glow Down”. This real, raw and emotional conversation reveals the importance of not awlays having to by...

  16. Babe #4: Sophie Elliot (Part 1) Loss, Saltbush OG Babe and a Life Long Friendship

    Show Notes: The babe who made me want to start this podcast, a XXXX Gold drinking gal, an OG Saltbush Squad babe, a mumma of three and a women who has had a shitty really shitty run, with loosing her husband, but still remains so positive and lives life to the fullest. We had so much to talk…

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  17. Babe #4: Sophie Elliot (Part 2) Loss, Saltbush OG Babe and a Life Long Friendship

    Show Notes: The babe who made me want to start this podcast, a XXXX Gold drinking gal, an OG Saltbush Squad babe, a mumma of three and a women who has had a shitty really shitty run, with loosing her husband, but still remains so positive and lives life to the fullest. We had so much to talk…

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  18. Babe #3: Me (Em) and Han - Our first semi-solo episode

    Welcome to our first semi-solo episode with Em Armstrong and queen of everything at Saltbush Stretch, Han (oh and there's a few WILD hello's from Ted in here too) - as we sit down for smoko and a chat with a black coffee and coconut oil and a 'timmy' or two. Q&A section and a bigger WHY of the...

  19. Babe #2: Mads Porter is a farmer, photographer and wife - Who build her own house from old abandon shearers quarters

    Renovating shearer's quarters into your dream home, hubby who had never set foot on a farm, driving around Australia photographing rural weddings, 5am dog walks & WHAT'S IN THE FANNY PACK. Little sister, quiet achiever, a creative, woman of the land, the hardest worker I know, kindest person and...

  20. Babe #1: Kat Montgomery (Porter) is in a different season of life right now

    The Rural Trader, the only place to stop on the Mitchell Highway is FOR SALE. Hear the story behind Kat Montgomery's journey creating an iconic community hub in the bush over a Melbourne-quality cup of coffee. But now she is in a different "season" of life, recently becoming a new mum and that is...

  21. INTRODUCING The Saltbush Babes Podcast

    Hi it's Em Armstrong here, founder and head of vibes at Saltbush Stretch a place where I bring movement through yoga and pilates to amazing women of the bush, through our online and physical studio based in Hay, NSW. Saltbush Stretch is so not just about yoga and pilates - it's a family, a...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Saltbush Babes is a podcast full of high vibes and real conversations.

A place where we can laugh, cry and confess how we survive the daily battles and wild ride of life!

Each Tuesday, sit down with Em Armstrong, founder of Saltbush Stretch; a yoga and pilates studio that's online and in-person in Hay NSW.

Saltbush Stretch is so not just about yoga and pilates - it's a family, a community of high vibing women who, yes, love to move their bodies but also want to be a part of something BIGGER and BETTER - hence the SALTBUSH BABES podcast. We can't wait for you to join us!

New episodes will be dropping every Tuesday, starting 20th August.

Make sure you don't miss it by following or subscribing wherever you are listening.

Saltbush Stretch Instagram: @saltbushstretch (link) https://www.instagram.com/saltbushstretch/

Saltbush Stretch

HOSTED BY

Em Armstrong

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Saltbush Babes is a podcast full of high vibes and real conversations. A place where we can laugh, cry and confess how we survive the daily battles and wild ride of life! Each Tuesday, sit down with Em Armstrong, founder of Saltbush Stretch; a yoga and pilates studio that's online and in-person in...

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