Jelena Blajer has spent 25 years working with bodies (babies, children, pregnant women, whole families) and what she has learned is this: when the parent's nervous system is dysregulated, the child's is too. Presence is not a nice-to-have. It is the medicine.
In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Jelena about cranial osteopathy, conscious parenting, the mind-body connection, and what it looks like to take a leap of faith before the net has appeared.
Jelena is a cranial osteopath, founder of Happy Hearts, and co-founder and director of Sports and Spinal Group in Melbourne. She works with babies, children, and families, and has spent the last decade deepening her understanding of how emotional patterning, nervous system health, and early childhood experience shape everything that follows. She is now building a platform and app to scale what she has learned beyond the one-on-one room.
This conversation is warm, honest, and full of lived wisdom. Jelena speaks about the moment she stopped protecting her heart, the four weeks of creative crack that unlocked a new chapter, and why, for a migrant child who barely spoke English, having a voice and using it has been a lifelong journey.
This episode explores:
- The nervous system of the family and why the parent's regulation shapes the child's
- Cranial osteopathy, the mind-body connection, and where health actually lives
- Collaborative health care: working in real time with a dentist and two other osteopaths
- Happy Hearts and building a platform to help parents connect with children more deeply
- Building an app as a non-techy person and what AI has made possible in three weeks
- Peter Crone, deep inner work, and what it means for survival patterns to finally dissolve
- An open heart as its own protection
- Parenting teenagers, a five-year-old force of nature, and the sisterhood that holds it all
Important note: this conversation includes references to energy medicine, quantum health concepts, and emotional healing modalities. It is provided for general informational purposes only and is not medical or psychological advice. Please consult qualified health professionals for any health concerns.
Thank you to Adriana Basile for introducing Jelena to Natural Genius.
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Jelena Blajer
01:01 A leap of faith before the net appears
02:12 Peter Crone and patterns dissolving
05:01 How osteopathy found Jelena
08:23 The parent is the nervous system of the family
13:04 Collaborative care and the cranio-dental partnership
15:28 Creative crack: the app and what AI has made possible
20:16 How Jelena stays present: morning practice and movement
23:44 An open heart is its own protection
35:16 Family, the beach, and what matters most
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Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Kiama and Sandringham, 14 May, 2026. Produced at the Kiama office, 14 - 28 May, 2026.
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