Parenthood: Recent Episodes
Leonie Akhidenor
Parenthood, is a podcast discussing the realities of parenting focusing on taboo and humorous topics. Hosted by Leonie Akhidenor, working mother of 2 toddlers, the goal is to make parents feel less alone in the organised chaos of parenthood. Episodes are released every fortnight; typically one episode a month is Leonie interviewing another parent about their parenting journey, the other episode is Real Talk where Leonie and best friend Liv, share stories of the trials and tribulations of being working mothers, parenting 2 toddlers. Scattered throughout the season are expert guests that are interviewed about their area of parenting expertise.
Although the Parenthood community is predominately female, Leonie's guests range between couples, mothers and fathers with the goal of bringing well rounded conversations to your ears. Each episode is based on a topic, to provide the audience with not only entertainment, but tips and insights to support them through their parenthood journey.
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This is our final episode before our mini break. We are answering our audience’s top question; how is everyone juggling it all? We certainly are no experts and we drop balls all the time, but in this Real Talk episode we discuss:
🎙 Leonie’s solo trip to the US, preparing the kids and taking her mic with her
🎙 What our typical routines look like and how we fit it all in (or don’t)
🎙 Do we baby our husbands?
🎙 Meal prep ideas, hiding veggies
And so much more…
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Want to know what we were like in high school? Well Liv and I just had our 20 year reunion and are sharing all the tee, including:
🎙 Our high school personalities and yes we were as cool as you think…
🎙 What we’ve learnt from our parents way of parenting
🎙 Msn messenger, Linx Africa, passion pop reflections
🎙 Debating meetings sponsored by Woodstock
And so much more…
For more on our episode sponsor Bambi Mini Co visit:
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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This week I’m chatting with Dr Golly and he is answering your burning questions including:
🎙 Why the early years of parenting can be tough on relationships
🎙 How to navigate fussy eaters
🎙 Why screen time isn’t all that bad
🎙 How to empower toddlers when baby number 2 arrives
And so much more…
For more on our episode sponsor Bambi Mini Co visit:
Instagram @bambiminico
https://bambiminico.com.au/
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This week I’m chatting with Dr Golly and he is answering your burning questions including:
🎙 How we can best plan for kids
🎙 Overcoming mental health challenges as parents
🎙 Why my 4 year old’s tantrums were worse than the terrible 2’s and 3’s
🎙 How Dr Golly felt when he first became a dad
And so much more…
For more on our episode sponsor Bambi Mini Co visit:
Instagram @bambiminico
https://bambiminico.com.au/
Follow Dr Golly on Instagram @drgolly
To get $20 off on all Dr Golly online programs enter the discount code pp20 at checkout. Expires 30 June 2024.
https://drgolly.com/bundle-others/
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Brought to you by @elan.houseofwellness.
This week we lend our voices to the many people who are speaking up about female violence. We discuss:
🎙 Our thoughts on media reports re female violence
🎙 What more we think needs to be done and
🎙 How gender inequality as playing out in organisations
🎙 What we can do to shift the needle, as mother’s to boys
And so much more…
To tune in, click the link in our bio 🎧
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Brought to you by Elan House of Wellness.
Back by popular demand, this week it’s part 2 of our conversation with Melbourne mum and Kic co-founder Steph Claire Smith. We answer your questions including:
🎙 Low sex drive since becoming a parent
🎙 Inequality when it comes to the household
🎙 Handling endless business rejection
🎙 Hustle vs rest
And so much more…
Thank you to our episode sponsor Elan House of Wellness.
Visit Elan online for the Mother’s Day offer: https://elan.house/
IG handle: @elan.houseofwellness
About our guest:
IG handle: @stephclairesmith
Enjoy your first month FREE of Kic with our code PARENTHOOD1
Head to https://app.kicapp.com/onboarding , and sign up to their monthly subscription. Enter the code and once you’re all signed up, download the app and log in!
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Parenthood Mother's Day Special - Brought to you by Elan House of Wellness.
Back by popular demand, this week to celebrate Mother’s Day we are chatting with Melbourne mum and Kic co-founder Steph Claire Smith. We go deep and discuss:
🎙 Steph’s current focus on inner work, authenticity and blocking out other’s expectations
🎙 Thoughts on violence against woman
🎙 Lessons from starting a multi-million dollar business
🎙 Hustle vs rest
And so much more…
Thank you to our episode sponsor Elan House of Wellness:
Visit Elan online for the Mother’s Day offer: https://elan.house/
IG handle: @elan.houseofwellness
About our guest:
IG handle: @stephclairesmith
Enjoy your first month FREE of Kic with our code PARENTHOOD1
Head to https://app.kicapp.com/onboarding , and sign up to their monthly subscription. Enter the code and once you’re all signed up, download the app and log in!
To follow Parenthood on insta:
IG handle: @parenthoodpod
Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Episode 127 - This week I chat with well-known Melbourne artist Bobby and business owner Steve to discuss what their relationship looks like behind closed doors. The couple are so open and raw about some of the real challenges they’ve faced including:
🎙 A journey to conceive baby number 2
🎙 The challenges when juggling business and parenthood
🎙 How they navigate their different personality styles; the scheduler & the free spirit
🎙 Why couples counselling was a great support
And so much more…
For more on Bobby, follow @bobbyclark____ on Instagram.
For more on Parenthood Podcast, follow @parenthoodpod on Instagram.
Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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This week we’re going airing our dirty laundry, about what we disagree on behind closed door. We spill the tea on:
🎙 A 48 hour Mexican stand-off in Leonie’s household
🎙 Who waves the white flag first in an argument?
🎙 A call-in from a listener re growing apart from her husband
🎙 Why fighting means we’re communicating and passion means we care
And so much more…
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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This week I chat to Emily Stone, co-founder of BabyBee. Emily answers all of your pram questions and delves into her own personal struggles with juggling parenthood and work. We chat about:
🎙 Emily’s personal challenges with running an international business whilst being a mum
🎙 What do we look for when shopping for a new pram? What accessories do I need?
🎙 Does a more expensive pram really mean a better one?
🎙 Car seat or capsule?
🎙 How Babybee can provide higher quality at a more affordable price point
And so much more…
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This episode is a solo chat filling you in on my house move, reflections on burnout and extensive mental load and how I'm approaching the year to date.
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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After 2 years of searching for the right property, I bought a family home! During this Real Talk episode, Liv and I discuss all the tea on the house purchase, including:
🎙 The 2 year buying experience
🎙 Why I used a buyer’s advocate
🎙 The anxiety riddling auction
🎙 Home improvements and DIY curtain & blind options
And so much more…
Thank you to our episode sponsor @thecurtainandblindco
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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This is part 2 of our conversation with Amelia (@themidwifemumma) and husband Ambrose. See episode 127 for part 1. In this chat we delve into:
🎙 Navigating an unexpected death as a parent
🎙 House renovations
🎙 The most stressful year of the couple’s life
🎙 Whether they are done at 4 kids
And so much more…
Thank you to our episode sponsor Gaia.
Website gaiaskinnaturals.com
For more on Amelia, follow @themidwifemumma on Instagram.
For more on Parenthood Podcast, follow @parenthoodpod on Instagram.
Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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So excited to bring you this episode with Amelia (@themidwifemumma) and husband Ambrose. Most well known for her expertise on sleep and all things baby, Amelia is well loved across Australia for her raw and honest content. The couple don’t hold back in this exclusive interview delving into:
🎙 Sex and what keeps their relationship alive after nearly 20 years together
🎙 Juggling businesses whilst having 4 children
🎙 What nearly broke them as a couple
🎙 Resentment-ville and how we can get out of it
And so much more…
Thank you to our episode sponsor ErgoBaby.
Instagram @ergobaby_aunz
Website www.ergobaby.com.au
For more on Amelia, follow @themidwifemumma on Instagram.
For more on Parenthood Podcast, follow @parenthoodpod on Instagram.
Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Real Talk is back and our kiddos have started prep and kinder this year. So Liv & I chat about what it’s really like to be school mums, including:
🎙 Handling separation anxiety
🎙 Using roll-play to get your kids to listen to you!
🎙 School parent clicks & finding your crew
🎙 Lunch box tips + bribing with chocolate
And so much more…
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Episode 125 - This week I chat with sisters Krystal (@houseofharvee) & Steph, well known via social media for their insane fashion, vibrant personalities and always on point design aesthetic . We delve into:
🎙 How being brought up in a single parent household shaped them
🎙 Steph’s life updates on egg freezing, dating and advice to other single women in their 30’s
🎙 Krystal’s challenges around being a boy mum and how her identity has shifted
🎙 How their first ever family getaway with their mum shaped them and their life priorities
And so much more…
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Ep 124 – Bringing you part 2 of last week’s conversation and delving into Liv’s Ins and Outs for 2024, specifically:
🎙 Doom scrolling, can you relate?
🎙 Are we people pleasing again this year?
🎙 How to better navigate the work/ family juggle
🎙 Is bad wine just cheap wine?
And so much more…
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Ep 123 - Our Real Talk segment is back! Because we had SO much to discuss, this is part 1 of a 2 part conversation. We chat about:
🎙 Our summer holidays and was it really a holiday?
🎙 Burnout and the beauty in the breakdown
🎙 Am I living the way I want to, what needs to change?
🎙 A heart breaking reality check for Leonie
And so much more…
Thank you to our episode sponsor @taktiktennis
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References: The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, Let Go by Huge Van Cuylenburg
Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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We're back for season 8!
Episode 122 - Sponsored by @babybeeprams; award-winning designer prams & baby essentials.
This week I chat with Geelong Cat premiership player Gary Rohan and his wife Madi about their conceiving and pregnancy journey to date. We delve into:
🎙 Experiencing a miscarriage and the loss of a newborn
🎙 Living with a mum with Huntington’s disease
🎙 Experiencing hyperemesis gravidarum during early pregnancy
🎙 Pregnancy announcements and why then can be triggering
And so much more…
To listen to the episode the link is in our bio 🎧
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For more on Madi visit insta @madirohan_
For more on Gary visit insta @garyrohan16
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Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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I am on the Growing Podcast.
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In today’s episode of Growing, host Beth Ryan is joined by relationship and parenting coach Leonie Akhidenor to discuss the challenges couples face in their relationships after having kids. Drawing on questions and concerns submitted by their online community, they explore topics such as the mental load, communication, lack of libido, resentment, and self-care.
Leonie provides valuable insights on how to share the mental load, communicate effectively, and delegate tasks to create a more balanced partnership. They also discuss the importance of prioritizing self-care, finding ways to maintain intimacy, and addressing any underlying feelings of resentment.
Whether you're a new parent or an experienced one, this episode is full of practical tips and advice for navigating the ups and downs of relationships after kids. Tune in now to learn more!
For more on Growing visit https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/growing/id1651577229
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Bringing you an episode where I was a guest on KicBump.
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You’re exhausted from feeding all night and your partner is playing golf. If you’re currently in the depths of the newborn phase, and resenting your partner for going back to their normal life, you’re not alone. Mum of two, relationship coach, and host of the ‘Parenthood’ podcast Leonie Akhidenor has heard it all (and worse) so we asked for her help to answer your questions.
Steph & Leonie discuss the resentment that parents can feel when they’re taking on more of the load than their partner & how to manage it, what non-feeding partners can do to feel useful and how common it is to feel disconnected from your baby in the early days.
Check out: KICPOD: @kicpod on InstagramKic: @kic.app on Instagram, @kic on TikTok and kicapp.comSteph Claire Smith: @stephclairesmith on Instagram, @steph_claire_smith on TikTokLeonie: @leonie.akhidenor on Instagram, @parenthoodpod on InstagramJoin our virtual mothers' group in the the KICBUMP Facebook group. Search 'KICBUMP Community'
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Episode 119 – I caught up with to discuss all things the tween years (8-12 years old). We hash out:
🎙The puberty box; what it is and why you’d have one
🎙Social media boundaries
🎙Body image and friendship challenges
🎙Handling the trolls
And so much more…
To listen to the episode the link is in our bio 🎧
For more on Olivia White visit instagram @oliviawhite
For more on Parenthood Podcast visit instagram @parenthoodpod
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For the last episode of the season Liv and I reflect on the year that was and what’s to come in 2024. We hash out:
🎙 How we’re preparing our kids for school (prep next year)
🎙 How we’re feeling about the next chapter (I’m not crying, you’re crying)
🎙 What made us choose the schools that our kids are going to
🎙 Birthdays, end of chapters, start of new ones
And so much more…
To join in the conversation follow us on instagram @parenthoodpod
To listen to REAL TALK - Everything you need to know when choosing your child's school: see episode 81 released on 18 Apr
The Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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So many transitions happening with one kid going into prep next year and the other leaving daycare for ELC.
So I took to the podcast to reflect on the year that has been in this bonus SOLO episode. I chat (to myself) about:
🎙 School mum life; my tips and experiences
🎙 Why I burnt out this year
🎙 Why we need to be patient with our goals
🎙 Handling continuous meltdowns - they should call it the terrible 3’s and 4’s
and much more...
To join in the conversation visit us on Insta @parenthoodpod
Parenthood Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Episode 116 - This week I chat to one of my fabulous mentors, Zoe Marshall (@zoebmarshall). We discuss her existential crisis in May and how that has changed her forever. We delve into:
🎙 Feeling ‘meh’ about life and not knowing if we can go on
🎙 Being obsessed with the ‘doing’ and ‘success’ until we reach burnout
🎙 How a health crisis led to reframing what’s important in life
🎙 Is rest really lazy?
And so much more…
To listen to the episode the link is in our bio 🎧
For more on Zoe visit insta @zoebmarshall
Zoe's podcast The Deep - https://www.zoemarshall.com/thedeep
Zoe Marshall on Straight Talk podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/94-beyond-the-surface-zoe-marshalls-journey-through/id1572546872?i=1000625450914
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A solo chat to myself (and you!) on what I've learnt after 5 years of parenting.
To join the conversation follow us on Insta @parenthoodpod
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This week we had a dad DM us, about his wife saying that she does not feel he pulls his weight at home. So the Real Talk gang had a stab at providing some unsolicited advice and hash out:
🎙 How we set expectations in our own households
🎙 How we (try to) share the household tasks
🎙 What we have resentment over in our relationships
🎙 Reaching boiling point over dinner
And so much more…
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I sat down with Sam Squiers, award winning sports presenter and ambassador for the Miracle Babies Foundation to discuss her premature journey. Her daughter Immi was born at 32 weeks. We chat about:
🎙 Sam’s journey with pre-eclampsia
🎙 Sam's harrowing birth story; both Sam and Immi nearly didn’t survive
🎙 Mum guilt and the mixed emotions of being a premature parent
🎙 The greatest lessons from Sam's premature journey
and so much more…
For more on Sam visit Instagram @samsquiers
A huge shout out to our episode sponsor @waterwipes - the world's purest baby wipes.
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I’m joined by Scott Stuart and wife Mel to explore our gender bias, judgements and how we can get a handle on them. We delve into:
🎙 Our childhoods and where our bias stems from
🎙 Handling other people’s judgement and opinions
🎙 Encouraging ‘positive’ friendships for our kids
🎙 A productive approach to setting boundaries
And so much more…
For more on Scott see Instagram @scottcreates
For more on Mel see Instagram @mels_loudlife
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Brought to you by WaterWipes™ and the Miracle Babies Foundation.
On World Prematurity Day, I sat down with Megan Schutt, Australian cricketer and Miracle Babies Foundation ambassador to chat about her and her wife Jess’ experience when having their daughter Rylee. Rylee was born premature at 28 weeks. We hash out:
🎙 What it’s like to have a high risk pregnancy
🎙 What happens after you give birth to a premature baby
🎙 How to support your partner and your own mental health during tough times
🎙 The greatest lessons and regrets during Megan's premature journey
and so much more…
For more on today's sponsor WaterWipes™ - the world's purest baby wipes, visit https://www.waterwipes.com/au/en
For more on Miracle Babies Foundation visit https://www.miraclebabies.org.au/
For more on Megan Schutt see Instagram @megan_schutt3
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Real Talk is back and we’re responding to a DM that we received from a 30 year old single woman, who is panicking, because at this age she expected to be married with kids. She asks; what the hell went wrong? So Liv & I reflect on our own panic years and delve into:
🎙 How we felt massive society pressure at 30
🎙 Our journeys to getting married and having babies
🎙 The panic that can set in about career, promotions and money
🎙 The best advice Leonie ever received when dating
And so much more…
A huge shoutout to The Nappy Collective our episode partner.
To donate your unused nappies today, at one of the collection points across Australia visit https://www.thenappycollective.com/
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I’m joined by Maggie Chretien (@thepeninsulamumma) to discuss how parenting changed her relationship. As always Maggie is an open book and we delve into:
🎙 6 months without sex
🎙 What they mainly fight about; resentment, inequality and all those fun feelings
🎙 Couples counselling and what it’s really like
🎙 Differing parenting styles
🎙 Do you have a ‘splash blanket’?
And so much more…
To listen to the episode the link is in our bio 🎧
Find out more about Maggie check out her insta @thepeninsulamumma
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Real Talk is BACK! We’re coming in hot with our money hacks, because let’s face it – how is everyone affording everything?! We hash out:
🎙 Money hacks from our audience and own experiences
🎙 How we structure our bank accounts – shout out to The Bare foot Investor
🎙 Consolidating our expenses
🎙 FB budget groups
And much more…
For more on our episode sponsor TakTik Tennis visit instagram @taktiktennis or https://www.taktik-tennis.com/
Broker mentioned: Tom Nightingale at https://www.nfinance.com.au/about/
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I sat down with Ross and Jack (@rossandrewartha) before they head off to the US to meet their second baby, due in a few weeks time! We delved into:
🎙 Their journey with international surrogacy
🎙 Navigating homophobic comments
🎙 How to handle the ‘where’s your mummy’ questions
🎙 Racing to their first child Oli's birth in the US during Melbourne covid lockdown
and so much more…
Find out more about Ross + Jack on Insta @rossandrewartha
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In this last episode for the season Liv and I are chatting judgement; judgy parents, friends and basically anyone around us, we hash out:
🎙 What we judge people about (don’t judge us!)
🎙 What we feel judged about, particularly when it comes to our parenting
🎙 That guy on the plane who had SO much to say about my kids
🎙 People in the supermarket having opinions about us
and so much more…
To listen to the full episode the link is in our bio 🎧
A huge thank you to today’s sponsor Ergo Pouch. Visit https://www.ergopouch.com.au/ to receive 20% off their entire collection. Discount code: PARENTHOOD20.
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This week I’m chatting with Aliza and hubby Stuart about all things life before and after kids. Aliza was based in Sydney when she met Stuart, who was living in South Africa. Their journey to raising a family is so beautiful and unique and we delve into:
🎙 How 2 people from very different cultures and backgrounds make a relationship work
🎙 Navigating a traumatic birth
🎙 Can we make time for each other when our careers are so demanding
🎙 Parenting styles and any clashes
and so much more…
A huge thank you to today’s sponsor. Visit https://www.ergopouch.com.au/ to get 20% off their entire collection. Discount code: PARENTHOOD20.
Shout out to Bouchee Foods. Visit https://bouchee.com.au/ for delicious and healthy meals for your kiddos.
To find out more about Aliza visit @bumpnbub on Instagram
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In today’s Real Talk segment, Liv and I are chatting parenting styles, specifically:
🎙 So what are parenting styles and do we just have 1?
🎙 Is our parenting style what we had hoped it’d be?
🎙 What our hubbies parenting styles are and where we clash
🎙 Are our homes more calm when we’re not around?
and so much more…
A huge thank you to today’s sponsor @melbournemuseum
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
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Today I’m chatting to Immi and her hubby Ben about their most challenging experience of their lives. We hash out:
🎙 What life looks like when you loose a parent whilst in the newborn bubble
🎙 What they fight about and how they resolve
🎙 Traumatic births
🎙 Differing parenting styles
and so much more..
To listen to the full episode the link is in our bio 🎧
Thank you to today’s episode sponsor @stkildamums
For more on Imogen visit @goodmourningpodcast on Instagram
Today I’m chatting to Steph Claire Smith (co-founder of Kic app, model and fellow podcaster) and her hubby Josh re all things life after children, we hash out:
🎙 How our sex lives change after kids
🎙 Love languages and how to resolve conflict
🎙 Life in the public eye
🎙 Jealous moments and celebrity hall passes
and so much more..
Reference:
Find out more about Steph on Instagram @stephclairesmith
Find out more about Josh on Instagram @itsjoshmiller
Listen to Steph’s podcast KicBump and KicPod:
Apple podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/kicpod/id1457667995
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2M7qMqeBYjhvHmpFwTrYCI
Thank you to today’s episode sponsor ergoPouch - https://www.ergopouch.com.au/
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
In today’s Real Talk segment, we’re talking all things depression pre and post kids. Leonie delves into her own experiences with pregnancy and early parenting and the girls hash out:
🎙 What pre-natal depression looks like
🎙 What post-natal depression looks like
🎙 What got Leonie through it
🎙 Not crying in the therapist’s office
and so much more…
References: The Gidget Foundation - https://www.gidgetfoundation.org.au/
Today’s partner: The Nappy Collective - https://www.thenappycollective.com/
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
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We’ve made it to 100 episodes!!
Here to celebrate with me on the pod is my biggest supporter (and partner in life) my hubby Jules. Jules answers audience questions and delves into what it’s really like to be a parent and put up with me on the daily 🤪 We hash out:
🍾 How our relationship has changed since having kids
🍾 Reigniting the relationship flame
🍾 How Jules handled my darkest days; when I had pre & post-natal depression
🍾 How we run our household
and so much more…
References - https://www.gidgetfoundation.org.au/
Thank you to today’s episode sponsor The Nappy Collective - https://www.thenappycollective.com/
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
Today I’m chatting to author, content creator and media personality Sean Szeps. Sean dives into his journey as a queer parent having migrated to Australia when his twins were newborns. We hash out:
🎙 What life is like when you don’t have your village
🎙 What mental health battles look like and what to look out for
🎙 Is the mental load as big of an issue for same sex couples?
🎙 Poo-namis and a plan to escape to Mexico
and so much more..
Reference:
Book: Not like other dads by Sean Szeps
Post natal support: Tresillian
Find out more about Sean on Instagram @seanszeps
Thank you to today’s episode sponsor The Nappy Collective - https://www.thenappycollective.com/
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
We’re back with our first Real Talk episode for the season! Liv and I catchup on our holiday break and has out what keeps a relationship alive including:
🔥 The reality of how your relationship changes after kids
🔥 How appreciation can go a looong way
🔥 How relationships navigate transitions
🔥 Storming home after a nightmare dinner party
and so much more..
Thank you to today’s episode sponsor The Art Factory - https://www.theartfactory.com.au/
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
We’re baaaaack…
Starting season 6 with a bang and bringing you the challenge of all life challenges. Mel found herself a solo parent looking after 2 young children, when her husband Patrick was sentenced to jail. Mel is now the author of ‘In sickness, in health… and in Jail’ and we discuss:
🎙 What jail is really like on the inside
🎙 How Mel navigated her time as a solo parent
🎙 How their relationship survived
🎙 What impact jail time had on the kids
and so much more…
More on Mel Jacob: Insta @melgjacob
‘In sickness, in health… and in Jail’ the book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Sickness-Health-Jail-happened-unexpectedly-ebook/dp/B01G2TS180
To watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
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24 hours until our season commences.
If you've just joined us this is a quick ep to let you know; who we are, what we talk about, what is coming up in season 6.
The countdown is on...
This week, we're bringing you some snippets from epic episodes in season 5 to give you a flavour for the pod to date.
Set your alarms, as season 6 commences next Tuesday!
Bringing you an episode from Amy Gerard's podcast - Beyond the likes...
This weeks episode is like a therapy session without the price tag. Amy is joined by Leonie Akhidenor - relationship coach, successful businesswoman and mother of two - and they get straight to the gritty stuff. If you're feeling resentment towards your partner, not sure how to reignite the passion in your relationship, or just need to be seen - this episode is for you.
To find out more about Amy Gerard - see insta @amy.gerard
To listen to Beyond the likes podcast:
Apple podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-normal-stuff-that-happens-in-a-relationship/id1588662655?i=1000620802810
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4qghh2aPBYmi2lEYzUsfYv
Does it feel like you’re the only one NOT on holidays? If it does, I feel you. This week in this bonus solo ep I bring you hot tips on how I’m handling this holiday period, specifically:
🏝 I joined a gym for the first time in 5 years!
🏝 How to stay productive when we’re working from home
🏝 My childhood triggers about holiday programs
🏝 Snapping at an innocent random at the library
and so much more...
To enquire about coaching with me:
DM me on Insta @parenthoodpod or email me on leonie@parenthoodpodcast.com.au
This is an episode from Baby Baking and Kid Raising with Aliza Carr and Dr Jo Sgroi.
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Leonie wears many hats, including mum of two toddlers, property developer by day, podcaster by night, hosting her own show the Parenthood Podcast. Leonie is also a relationship coach and part-time model, so she is undoubtedly well well-versed in juggling it all 🤹♀️
Joe, Aliza and Leonie chat all things relationships in this episode 💓 We dive into how they change once a baby enters the picture, and how we have all experienced this first hand. We chat about topics like parental burnout, lack of intimacy and exhaustion + resentment towards each other and more.
For more on BBKR visit @babybakingandkidraising
In this solo ep I delve into insights from friends and coaching clients about juggling it all including:
🤯 How others are tackling life and career ambition
🤯 How we can better structure our day to feel grounded and in control
🤯 'Over night success stories'; do they exist?
🤯 Feeling triggered by an insta post
and so much more...
For more on the Parenthood Podcast visit: https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
This week I give the down low on how I felt when I heard that my kid experienced his first speed bump in his friendship. In this solo ep I delve into:
🤯 Why I got triggered by my kid's friendship woes
🤯 My major friendship challenges as a child
🤯 Being called a lesbian at an all girl's school
🤯 My need to people please
and so much more..
For more on the Parenthood Podcast visit: https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
This episode aired on the KicBump podcst hosted by Steph Claire Smith. Leonie was a guest and discussed:
🔥 Sex life after birth
🔥 Why we point score/ tit-for-tat with our partners
🔥 How to juggle mental load
🔥 Self care
and much more...
For more on KicBump see:
Insta @kicpod
Apple iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/kicpod/id1457667995
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2M7qMqeBYjhvHmpFwTrYCI
All season we’ve asked listeners what has been keeping them up at night during our Vault episodes. Now it’s MY turn to be raw and honest about this. In this solo (uncut) episode I discuss:
🤯 How I deal with burnout, comparison and envy
🤯 Strategies to tune out that critical voice inside us and inner child
🤯 Stories and lessons from the Gabby Bernstein workshop
🤯 Crying in a room of thousands of people
and so much more…
Note: This is an unedited episode, we don't sound as sexy as usual, but we are still as raw as ever
This week we let you take charge. Liv & I answer burning questions from our audience about our relationship and hash out:
🔥 What we mainly fight about in our relationships
🔥 How are we maintaining intimacy
🔥 What our parent’s relationships have taught us
🔥 Point scoring
and so much more..
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
This week we had a mum call in asking if loosing the spark with your partner after kids is normal and can we get the ’spark' back? So I brought on Aleeya Hachem (sexologist) to discuss all things ’spark’, including:
🔥 Why do we loose the spark in our relationships?
🔥 How can we get the spark back?
🔥 How important is physical intimacy in maintaining a strong connection?
🔥 Does technology play a role in breaking intimacy?
and so much more…
More on Aleeya Hachem: Insta - @great.sexpectations
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
This week we had a dad call-in frustrated about feeling as though his partner undermines him in front of the kids. So I spoke with Dr Katie Stirling, clinical psychologist and relationship therapist for some guidance. We hash out:
🤯 Why we undermine our partners and why they do it to us
🤯 Is it harmful to fight in front of the kids?
🤯 How can we better manage conflict in our relationships?
🤯 How we can stop loosing our sh*t when we feel frustrated
and so much more…
More on Dr Katie Stirling: @drkatiestirling
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
This week we let you take charge. Liv & I answer burning questions from our audience and hash out:
🎙 What we don't want anyone to know about us
🎙 What we've learnt from parent's parenting styles
🎙 Insecurities, jealousy, envy
🎙 How to handle police station pick-ups
and so much more..
Reference: @taktiktennis on Instagram
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
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This is a juicy one. We had a caller confess to feeling unsettled about their partner attending a topless waitress event. So I brought on Phil Walker coach and counsellor to delve into this further, we discuss:
🔥 Why are some people ok with their partner attending raunchy events and others not?
🔥 What’s the best way to communicate to our partner when we’re not ok?
🔥 How can we compromise and should we?
🔥 When I attended a Magic Mike event in Las Vegas
and so much more…
More on Paul Walker: @philwalkercounselling
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
This week a mum has called in describing her guilt around feeling disappointed about finding out the sex of her child. So I brought on Gemma Smith who is supporting mums across Australia and mother of 2 who also experienced gender disappointment and is an advocate for speaking up about it, to hash out:
🤯 Why we can experience gender disappointment
🤯 Why being disappointed about our child's gender doesn't make us ungrateful parents
🤯 Where gender disappointment stems from
🤯 Crying at restaurants
and so much more…
More on Gemma Smith: @together.perinatal
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
Who else is feeling confused about which school to select for their child?
With Liv and my first borns starting prep next year, this topic is hot on everyone's lips. So we delve into what you need to consider, including:
🎓 What questions should I ask at open days?
🎓 What if my preferred school is outside my zone?
🎓 What are composite classes?
🎓 High school considerations
and so much more..
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
Did you know that anxiety is the greatest health burden for girls aged 5-15 years old, and second greatest for boys?
This week we had a caller call in about their 8 year old daughter facing anxiety, being very strong willed and pushing back often. So I brought on Dr Kathryn to the podcast, a medical practitioner and founder of the Courageous Kids app to provide some guidance on the topic. We delve into:
🤯 Whether we’re born with anxiety or whether it's circumstantial
🤯 What anxiety looks like in kids and how we can support our kids through it
🤯 How COVID has impacted our children
🤯 How we can look after ourselves when things are wobbly on the home front
and so much more…
More on the Courageous Kids App: https://www.courageouskidsapp.com/
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
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We have parenting guru MAGGIE DENT on the pod with Liv and I today. So we picked her brain about all things parenting challenges. Including:
How we can best support our kids without being too overbearing
How do we discipline, particularly in public
Parenting children with rooster or lamb temperaments
Using technology in a positive way
and so much more…
More on Maggie Dent: https://www.maggiedent.com/
To watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
Do you stay for the kids, when the love is gone?
This week we have a dad who’s called in asking exactly that. So I brought on Lisa Sarayeldin (@lisa.sarayeldin) a coach, author and single mother do discuss how she felt when she faced the same question. We hash out:
💔 When do you know you’ve just hit a rough spot in your relationship v when the love is gone?
💔 What things can you do to support yourself in coming to the decision whether to leave or stay?
💔 The fear of judgement from your kids, your tribe and the world
💔 Starting over (if that’s what you choose)
and so much more…
More on Alena: @lisa.sarayeldin
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
Is self-care just one of those unattainable buzz words?
Liv and I are back with our Real Talk segment, where we discuss how we carve out a lil time for ourselves. Including:
💖 Do self-care goals put more pressure on us, then support?
💖 Hands up; who feels guilty about alone time?
💖 How we balance our needs with our hubby's
💖 Crying into your rose at a winery
and so much more…
To watch the full episode and contribute to the conversation go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
Help! How do you know if you’re experiencing addiction?
That is what this week’s caller is asking. Since becoming a parent they are reaching for alcohol more and more and are unsure whether it’s just a phase, or more and how to stop. So I brought on Alena Turley to discuss all things addiction in early parenting. Alena (@soulmamahub) faced a 10 year addiction, which led to her loosing her home, her relationship, contact with her family and her own self worth. We discuss:
🎙 How do I know if you’re ‘addicted’ to something?
🎙 Why does addiction creep in?
🎙 12 step programs and other methods of support
🎙 Living in your car
and so much more…
More on Alena: https://www.instagram.com/soulmamahub/
Alena has set up: https://www.alloverhealthy.com/parenthood.
It links to a guide containing the 3 Secrets to Healing from Depletion
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
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This week, we have a raw confession from a dad who is sick of being judged for staying with his wife after she had an affair.
I've brought on life and relationship coach, Alexandra Schelling from @toolboxforlove, to discuss all things relationship judgement, including:
❤️🔥 Is once a cheater really always a cheater?
❤️🔥 How to tell other people to ’shove it’ (in the nicest possible way)
❤️🔥 Do we tell our children about an affair? If so, how?
❤️🔥 Why we can’t live our lives pleasing others…
and so much more.
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
More on Alexander via instagram @toolboxforlove
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
WE’RE BAAAACK…
It’s our first Real Talk ep of the season and Liv and I are bringing the juice on our summer break. We hash out:
🏝 Are school/ daycare holidays too long?
🏝 Is it a ‘real’ holiday with kids?
🏝 How do we get kids to listen?
🏝 Hospital visits, rewards charts and everything in between…
To listen to the episode the link is in our bio 🎧
This week, we received a raw confession from a mum in the early days of divorce. She has 70% custody and is struggling with the guilt of her family being torn apart. No one knows the challenges of divorce like Cathrine Mahoney, our expert guest. Cath had a high profile divorce with NRL star, Andrew Johns, and has now written a book called ‘Currently between husbands’.
In this insightful conversation, we chat about:
💔 The guilt that separation brings and how to ride the waves
💔 How to discuss separation with our kids
💔 Handling new partners and co-parenting
💔 Crying at the park
and a whole lot more…
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
More about Cath Mahoney @cathrinemahoney
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
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This Valentines day we’re bringing you a beautiful love story. In the midst of pain and loss, a beautiful new family unit was born.
Nick’s wife, Nicole, died in January 2020 from a rare form of cancer, leaving him a single parent to their young son, Xander. Nikki’s partner, Mike, also died from cancer in January 2018, when they were only a young couple and had their whole lives ahead of them. This discussion is about all things grief, loss, love and hope.
We discuss:
🎙 How to love again after a death of a partner
🎙 Explaining death to a child
🎙 How to get through the toughest days of your life
🎙 Why we should smile when it rains
and a whole lot more…
To find out more about our guests go to:
https://www.mymuse.com.au/ and @mymuseanz
To contribute to the conversation go to:
https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
We are kicking off the season with a confronting topic - Bullying.
We had a listener call-in to THE VAULT with a confession about their child being bullied and having no idea what to do.
Come to the rescue -> Scott Stuart, a best selling children’s author, speaker and huge in empowering kids to be who they want to be (despite society’s expectations). We chat about:
🤯 Gender stereotypes and how they impact our kids
🤯 The best way for children to handle bullies
🤯 The best way for us as parents, to handle the stress of our kids being bullied
🤯 ‘Ask dad anything’ sessions
and a whole lot more…
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
More about Scott on instagram @scottcreates
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
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WE'RE BAAAAACK...
This is a quick (raw) intro because I couldn't stay away for a minute longer.
I chat all things:
🎙 What to expect from us in season 5
🎙 Keep your juicy confessions coming, we love hearing from you!
🎙 Group therapy (aka the first episode of season 5) to kick off in just 24 hours
We always love hearing from you, so hit us up with your biggest challenges as a parent:
Record your confession here: https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
DM us via Insta: @parenthoodpod
This is an episode that Kris and I recorded for her podcast - Inside Out With Kris.
It is more 'mum heavy' (just a heads up to our dad listeners). Kris and I chat about:
🤯 Handling toddler meltdowns
🤯 Perceived public parenting judgement
🤯 Why we are so hard on ourselves
🤯 Why we shouldn't feel ashamed about child-care at any age
and so much more...
For more from Kris visit:
https://www.insideoutwithkris.com.au/
Insta: @insideoutwithkris
Note: cover up little ears for this episode, some swear words are dropped 💣
Bringing you a throwback of one of our most listened to guest episodes.
In this episode I chat with Matt & Phoebe about their experience conceiving their first child. This is a very open, raw conversation touching on:
✔️ Miscarriage and the significant impact that this has on parents
✔️ IVF; how it works and what to expect
✔️ Post-natal anxiety and insomnia; the signs to look for and how to navigate this
✔️ What to truely expect when giving birth
and so much more!
Resources:
What to expect when you're expecting by Heidi Murkoff
What to expect before you're expecting by Heidi Murkoff
Monash IVF
Trigger Warning - We discuss miscarriage in great detail during this episode.
Bringing you a throwback to our most listened to Real Talk episode.
Liv and I are talking all things 'mental load'. You know all of the invisible work that you do at home, to keep your household running; cooking dinner, childcare drop-off, packing lunches, washing clothes… the list goes on.
We discuss what the mental load looks like in our households and how we manage the great juggle that is parenthood. We also share the results from the Mental Load quiz that you all answered a few weeks back. The response was VERY insightful and a good laugh.
References:
ABC podcast: Ladies we need to talk - 'Solving the mental load'
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/ladies-we-need-to-talk/solving-the-mental-load-update/12325472
That's a wrap!
Before we head into our season break, I reflect on season 4; the highs, lows and everything in between.
Thank you to our listeners and Insta community for coming along on this wild ride with us.
We are SO excited to be back, bolder than ever in Feb for season 5!
Stay tuned 🎧
This week is a raw reflection on my parenting struggles to date, following on from our most listed to episode ‘My Imperfect Life’ (ep 1). I discuss..
🎙 Living with anxiety and how I manage it whilst parenting
🎙 The biggest challenge in my relationship
🎙 How I (try to) juggle it all
🎙 Being yelled at by the swim teacher
and a whole lot more…
For more about us or to watch the full episode, go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us support & entertain more parents. 🙏
This week Liv & I discuss the strange things our (and other people’s) toddlers get up to; can you relate?...
🎙 Drinking bottles of medicine behind our backs
🎙 Throwing shoes out the car window
🎙 Clothing obsessions
🎙 French kissing
and a whole lot more…
To listen or watch the full episode, go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us support & entertain more parents. 🙏
This week I chat with Christina & Tyge from Demo to Reno and parents of 2. We discuss:
🎙 Their juicy relationship challenges once parenthood kicked in
🎙 Why resentment can be the breeding ground for divorce
🎙 How parenthood can make or break you as a person
🎙 Why we're ok with our selfish days being behind us (sort of..)
and a whole lot more…
To listen or watch the full episode, go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
Find our guests on:
Instagram: @demo_to_reno
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@demotoreno6006
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more people.
This week on THE VAULT we have a confession from a dad who is asking why toddlers drive us crazy? PREACH. So we brought on Kysten Taprell a psychologist and author to give us some perspective, we discuss:
🎙 Whether toddlers are purposing trying to annoy us
🎙 Why toddlers tend to demand more from a specific parent
🎙 Whether fighting in front of your kids is actually bad
🎙 How to navigate the freedom of the toddler bed
and a whole lot more…
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
More about Krysten on instagram @the_therapist_parent
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us reach more parents.
This week Liv & I are have a heart to heart re kid’s parties, specifically:
🎙 Why parties are so much more next level than our parties in the 90’s
🎙 The ‘parent’ party v the ‘kid’ party
🎙 Gifting expectations, kid stress, parent stress
🎙 Invite politics
and a whole lot more…
To watch the full episode, or for more on the pod go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
We’d love it if you could rate our podcast on Apple iTunes, it helps us support & entertain more parents. 🙏
This week on THE VAULT we have a confession from a single dad who is struggling with co-parenting with his ex and her new partner. So we brought on Kris from Inside Out With Kris podcast; mum of 2, step mum of 2 to hash out the complexities of co-parenting, specifically:
🎙 What to do when you can’t stand your ex’s new partner
🎙 How we can co-parent in a way that best supports the child
🎙 How we can navigate feelings of resentment
🎙 What we can control, when we feel powerless
and a whole lot more…
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
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More about Kris from Inside Out With Kris podcast - https://www.insideoutwithkris.com.au/
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This week I chat with Rachel Sobel, a mum of 2, podcast host and instagram queen. We discuss:
🎙 Divorce; the good, bad and ugly
🎙 Why people reach the decision to part ways
🎙 The pain of seeing your child 50% of the time
🎙 Lessons on; relationships, red flags, personal sacrifice
and a whole lot more…
To listen or watch the full episode, go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
Find our guests on Instagram @whineandcheezits
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This week on THE VAULT we have confessions from several listeners struggling on the sleep front. So I’m chatting with sleep guru Jen founder of Sleep Thrive Grow to get advice on:
🎙 How we manage toddlers escaping their toddler beds
🎙 How we manage our own anxiety around sleep
🎙 Food intolerances and how to identify them
🎙 Kids escaping car seats
and a whole lot more…
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To listen or watch the full episode - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
More about Jen from Sleep Thrive Grow - https://www.sleepthrivegrow.com/
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This week we had a dad call in talking about how the addition of their first baby changed his and his wife's career motivations. Liv & I reflect on this and try to work out whether your careers are on hold when we have children. We hash out:
🎙 How we juggle careers and the fam bam
🎙 Whether we think careers take the back seat
🎙 Boundaries we put in place so we don’t become basket cases
🎙 Whether we can have it all
and a whole lot more…
To listen or watch the full episode, go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
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This week we had a confession from a mother who (like all of us) feels weighed down by the mental load; the endless to-do lists. Kris from Inside Out With Kris podcast, joins me to hash out:
🤯 Do we all feel the weight of the mental load?
🤯 How does the mental load impact our wellbeing and relationships?
🤯 How can we keep up with all the crap and still stay sane?
🤯 Moving home, extra curricular activities, self-judgement, boycotting the park
and so much more...
Watch the episode on youtube - https://youtu.be/l9pR0A8gUes
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
Find out more about us - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
More about Kris - https://www.insideoutwithkris.com.au/home
This week I chat with Jah Bella and husband Oliver about how they juggle life as OnlyFan stars and parents. We discuss:
🎙 What the hell OnlyFans is
🎙 Finding time + energy to create sexy content
🎙 Past traumatic relationships and how they shape us
🎙 Living without giving a f* what anyone else thinks of you
and a whole lot more…
To listen or watch the full episode, go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
Find our guests on Instagram @jahbellareal
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This week we have a confession from a dad listener who is struggling in a sexless marriage. Naomi Hutchings (sexologist) and I explore:
❤️🔥 How important is sex in a relationship?
❤️🔥 Is it 'normal' to loose your sex drive as young parents?
❤️🔥 How can we spice up our sex lives?
❤️🔥 Do open relationships work?
and so much more...
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
Find out more about us - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
More about Naomi Hutchings - https://www.naomihutchings.com.au/
This week we have a dad caller, calling in about how his social life has changed since having kids. Liv and I FEEL THAT! So we’re chatting all things friendship...
🎙 How friendships change when you have bubs
🎙 Babysitters and how do we navigate this beast?!
🎙 Friendships lost and mourned along the way
🎙 Friends for a reason, season and lifetime
and a whole lot more…
To listen to the full episode, go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
This week's confession on the podcast is from a dad listener who is currently looking for a family home but is overwhelmed by the increasing prices and interest rates. So I brought property guru; Bryce Holdaway onto the podcast to give us some guidance on how the hell we can afford a home in this market. Bryce is the co-host of Australia's number 1 property show The Property Couch. We discuss
🏡 How to out-smart the realestate agent
🏡 The best way to save for a home
🏡 How to structure our bank accounts
🏡 How to get the power back in this market
and so much more...
Record your confession - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
Watch the episode on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl9j5vWjr_I
Find out more about us - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
More about Bryce Holdaway - http://bryceholdaway.com/
The Property Couch podcast - https://thepropertycouch.com.au/
This week I’m chatting with Ebony, a blind mum of 4 and a complete inspiration in her own right. We discuss
🎙 How Ebony navigates parenthood as a blind mum
🎙 Complex childhood trauma and how it shapes us
🎙 How to deal with family judgement
🎙 The power of couples therapy
and a whole lot more…
To listen to the full episode, go to - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
Find out more about Ebony on Instagram @ebonyuamaki
This week Jake Maddock, relationship coach and I are providing discussing some key themes from a dad's confession –
“How do I tell my wife I don’t want any more kids?”
We discuss:
❤️ How to best communicate with our partners, particularly on sensitive topics
❤️ What relationship behaviour to avoid
❤️ The fundamentals of attraction
❤️ Why nurturing our relationships is so important, despite our busy lives
and a whole lot more…
To record your confession click - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
To find out more about us click - https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
For our first REAL TALK episode of the season, Liv & Leonie are coming in hot with screen chat and what everyone is doing behind closed doors, specifically:
📺 Winter holiday chat on Liv's recent virus spell & Lee braving Greece w toddlers
📺 How much screen time we're all allowing and how we feel about it
📺 What the research recommends
📺 Screen time guilt
and so much more
We've kicked off The Vault segment. Where callers call in with their confessions about what's keeping them up at night. Recordings are anonymous, they stay in the vault.
This week, in this solo ep, we're talking parental anxiety, specifically:
🤯 Do we all freak out about leaving our kids for a night?!
🤯 Do you believe anxiety is your intuition telling you something?
🤯 Does it get any easier as the kids get older?
🤯 Has anyone else crashed into a pole?
and so much more...
The Vault Hotline - To record your confession and for your chance to be featured on the pod, click this link: https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
For more on the parenthood pod find us at: https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
I'm chatting with Megan & Peter from The FitMum Method about how bouncing back fast after birth led to the toughest time of their lives. We chat about:
🤯 The dangers & pressures with bouncing back quickly
🤯 Being back in the gym 3 weeks postpartum
🤯 Feeling like a fraud
🤯 Low sex drive
🤯 How to best communicate with your partner during tough times
🤯 The importance of a repair ritual
and so much more...
How to find out more about The FitMum Method:
Website: https://www.thefitmummethod.com/
Instagram: @mumlete
Want to contribute to the conversation?
The Vault Hotline - https://www.speakpipe.com/parenthoodpodcast
Find out more about the Parenthood Podcast
https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
BONUS EP - Throwback: My Imperfect Life
Bringing you a throwback to our most listened to episode - episode 1.
I speak openly about my experiences with past relationships, pre and post-natal depression and why I started the pod. This podcast healed me, during a really dark period and empowered me to build something that may help others too.
Now our mission is: To smash the stigma on struggles experienced by parents.
To find out more about the podcast visit: https://linktr.ee/parenthoodpodcast
BONUS Ep - Hubby Jules is on the pod! Sharing our hot travel tips.
In this Parenthood Uncut episode (unedited and you'll have to forgive us for the inconsistent audio at times), we reflect on our trip to Greece with our 2 toddlers as we live out our final days of our holiday. We discuss:
🤯 Anxiety in transit
🤯 Fewer locations, longer stays
🤯 Travelling pre v post kids
🤯 What we regret not bringing
🤯 What we lost along the way
and so much more...
Items referenced:
- Chromecast
- Baby Bjorn Travel Cot
- Yo-yo Travel Stroller
BONUS EP - Parenthood Uncut - Solo ep
Bringing you the juice from Greece, where I am on holiday with my 2 & 3 year old. Today I'm discussing my experiences with leaving our children with a local babysitter, I reflect on:
- What made me feel I could trust the babysitter
- The challenges I experienced when using a foreign babysitter
- Other people's judgements re leaving kids w a babysitter
- How I prepared my children
- Scary moments like keeping my kids from falling off a cliff
and so much more...
BONUS EP - Parenthood Uncut - Solo ep
Bring you home truths from Greece, where I am on holiday with my 2 & 3 year old. Discussing the challenges of travelling with toddlers and ultimately is it worth it?
I discuss:
- The impacts of jet-lag
- Missing pre-kid travel
- Impacts of 24/7 family time
- Adjusting holiday expectations
- Mosquito infestation
and so much more.
Bringing you raw audio from Greece. Due to a heap of travel questions from our tribe, we are spilling all of our travel tips, specifically re the flight. We chat about:
✈️ What to pack and what I couldn't live without
✈️ How to keep toddlers entertained on a 24 hour journey
✈️ Navigating the airport with toddlers
✈️ What to bring on the flight
✈️ How to manage public tantrums and so much more.
Resources:
Baby Bjorn Travel Cot
Folding bed rail from Kmart
Yoyo stroller
In this weeks episode I chat with sexologist Aleeya Hachem, about all things sex, including:
🔥 How many times a week people are having sex
🔥 How soon people have sex after conceiving
🔥 Sex during infertility
🔥 The pressures can we feel to have sex
🔥 Sex toy, role play, how to spice things up
and so much more
References
Book: Come as you are by Emily Nagoski
Insta: @great.sexpectations
In this real talk episode we're talking all things; juggling it all, specifically:
🤯 How we feel about travelling for work
🤯 Solo parenting stints
🤯 Relationship resentment
🤯 The mad juggle of parent life
🤯 Mum & toddler meltdowns and so much more.
Resources:
https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/cancelled-podcast/
In this episode I chat with Chris and Filly from Chris & Filly Functional Medicine about all kinds of burnout and how to overcome it. We delve into:
🤯 Why the hell are we so burnt out?
🤯 Burnout signs
🤯 The demise of a relationship
🤯 Low sex drive
🤯 The mental health fall out
🤯 What we can do to turn things around
Resources:
www.chrisandfilly.fm
The 5 love languages by Garry Chapman
In our latest episode, Liv & Leonie are chatting to parenting guru Sarah Ockwell Smith about her new book 'How to be a calm parent'. We delve into:
🤯 The 'busy' culture we live in
🤯 Burnout & how to see the signs
🤯 The mental load & how we can better manage it
🤯 Single parents & how they can feel more supported
🤯 Social media comparison
🤯 Why our parents can drive us crazy and so much more
Where you can find more of Sarah's work
https://sarahockwell-smith.com/ and
Instagram @sarahockwellsmith
In this episode I chat with Joel Hines, father and teenage boy guru about all things raising our boys. We delve into:
The 'protector, provider' role many dad's switch to when they first become parents
What teenage boys need from their fathers/ father figures
How being absent at home can be a trap that dad's can fall into
Technology & porn, and how they are influencing young men
Encouraging positive masculinity and so much more.
Reference links
The Man Cave
Website: themancave.life
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themancave_aus
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/55A6naaciKesZLj6e75SN0?si=Sq76VUvwREGbDZBGrwM4uQ
Joel Hines
Website: beinghuman.net.au
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-hines-22a1121b/
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In this Real Talk segment we reflect on our time during lockdown (as Melbourne mum's we were in lockdown for over 200 days) and what we said we'd do differently. We discuss:
Changes in working arrangements due to covid
Watching our partners in action - at work
How our relationships changed and what we want to do more of
How to find a babysitter
The promises we made to ourselves during lockdown and are we fulfilling them?
And so much more..
Resources
Website: findababysitter.com
In this episode I chat with Kris, podcast host of Inside Out with Kris, about blended families. Kris was a child of divorce and now has a blended family; with 2 children of her own and 2 step-children. In this open and raw conversation we delve into:
What it feels like to be a child of divorce
The qualities of a supportive step-parent
Challenges of being a step-parent
Navigating co-parenting with the ex
Push back from step-children and so much more.
Find out more about Kris here -> https://linktr.ee/insideoutwithkris
In this week's Real Talk segment we discuss our experiences with transitioning our boys into kinder & early learning. We chat about:
✔️ Separation anxiety - and how we manage it
✔️ Social story - to best prepare our little ones ahead of a big transition
✔️ Lunch box game
✔️ Kinder committee
✔️ Peanut butter mishaps and so much more
Resources:
Children's book: The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
Episode referenced: Episode 5 Toddler Behaviour with Giulett Moran (psychologist and mother of 3 boys)
In this episode I chat with Jen, about her motherhood journey. Originally a full time mama to her 3 children, with a husband who was fly-in fly-out (FIFO) for work. Jen has transitioned to full time business owner (sleep consulting; Sleep Thrive Grow), mama and like a lot of us is juggling it all. We discuss:
🎧 The challenges of having a partner who is FIFO and away a lot
🎧 The 'perfection' trap
🎧 The realities of starting a business and the impact that has on the family
🎧 Navigating challenges in our relationship with our partners
🎧 Feeling helpless in an emergency room in South Korea
and so much more.
References:
For sleep training support visit Jen at https://www.sleepthrivegrow.com/about-us/ or @sleep_thrive_grow
We have Elaine Benson mindset coach and guru on the podcast. Liv & I ask our burning questions including:
How to combat imposter syndrome
How to minimise the pressure we put on ourselves
How to love your body
How to combat mum guilt
and so much more
Using science backed techniques Elaine talks us through how to navigate the cocktail of emotions we feel as parents. A coaching session not to be missed!
References:
Instagram/ Tik Tok: @iamelainebenson
Website: https://www.iamelainebenson.com/
In this episode I chat with Lisa about her experience with surrogacy. Lisa has a heart condition and carrying a child would drastically impact her life span. Given this Lisa's sister-in-law generously offered to carry their child. In this conversation we dive into:
How surrogacy works in Australia
The IVF process and handling failed attempts
Emotional resilience when the chips are down
What to expect when your baby arrives
and so much more.
BONUS EP
Now that we're heading into the Christmas period, we wanted to bring you our experiences re travelling overseas with our little ones; when they were 6 months. In this ep we talk about:
✔️ What to bring
✔️ What we couldn't live without
✔️ Our travel woes
✔️ Managing sleep in a new environment
✔️ Pick pocketing
✔️ Nerves re changing nappies on planes
and so much more
We have parenting guru Midwife Cath on the podcast. Liv & I ask all of our burning questions including:
✔️Why are induction rates in Aus so high?
✔️Hot tips to make breast feeding easier?
✔️How to navigate baby sleep?
✔️Why we put so much pressure on ourselves as parents?
and so-much-more...
Resources:
Midwife Cath - The first six weeks
Midwife Cath - After the first six weeks
In this week's Real Talk ep, Liv and I chat all things life after lockdown. From:
✔️2 weeks quarantine and no childcare
✔️Sleep regressions
✔️Missing out on an auction
✔️Toilet training mishaps and tips...
Resources:
Book: 'Oh Crap Potty Training’ - Jamie Glowacki
Raising children network: https://raisingchildren.net.au/preschoolers/health-daily-care/toileting/toilet-training-guide
In this week's Real Talk ep Liv and I chat about all things birth. From:
🐣 Our own gory birth stories
🐣 What really happens during birth
🐣 Emergency c-sections, planned c-sections
🐣 Inductions
🐣 Pre-birth resources
🐣 Happy gas
🐣 To our biggest lessons and advice from our audience...
This is episode is a good laugh and a helpful resource to parents out there, re birth in all it's glory.
Resources:
Birth Skills Book by Juju Sundins
The First 6 Weeks by Midwife Cath
Core Floor and Restore
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/
https://raisingchildren.net.au/
In this episode I chat with Matt & Phoebe about their experience conceiving their first child. This is a very open, raw conversation touching on
✔️ Miscarriage and the significant impact that this has on parents
✔️ IVF; how it works and what to expect
✔️ Post-natal anxiety and insomnia; the signs to look for and how to navigate this
✔️ What to truely expect when giving birth
and so much more!
Resources:
What to expect when you're expecting by Heidi Murkoff
What to expect before you're expecting by Heidi Murkoff
Monash IVF
Trigger Warning - We discuss miscarriage in great detail during this episode.
In this week’s Real Talk ep Liv and I chat about whether; your toddler does this too? We talk all things:
👉🏽 OCD behaviour and cleanliness obsessions
👉🏽 Pocket fetishes
👉🏽 Toddler meltdowns
👉🏽 Supermarket fiascos
👉🏽 Poo intrigue
👉🏽 Lambs v roosters – a Maggie Dent philosophy
👉🏽 How we’re all going about discipline
👉🏽 Fussy eaters…
…and so much more. The crux of it? You’re not alone in witnessing the quirky habits of your toddlers.
In this episode, I chat with the incredible Jo Betz; the founder of Ivory Tribe and Grief (a guided journal to explore your grief), a wedding celebrant, brand ambassador and a mother who tragically lost her husband 4 years ago. Her daughter was 4 years old.
We discuss Jo’s parenting journey and in particular talk through:
✨ How to best parent when you’re in the depths of despair
✨ How to navigate tough times and channel your energy into something positive
✨ Challenges experienced by single parents
✨ How through great adversity, you can learn what you’re made of
Have you been feeling the struggle lately? This conversation is a great one for perspective, inspiration and nuggets of wisdom on how to turn things around.
References:
Wombat's Wish - https://wombatswish.org.au/
https://www.jobetz.com.au/
@jo.betz
Single parenting payment through Centrelink
BONUS EP
With childcare now closed to Victorians, we are bringing you this extra Real Talk ep. Recorded minutes after it was announced that daycare would be shut. In this ep we’re sharing life hacks and a few chuckles to help take the edge off this challenging time. We hash out:
✔️ All our ‘feels’ when it comes to current lockdown restrictions
✔️ Feeling on the edge of burnout
✔️ What burnout looks like
✔️ How to stay sane during these chaotic times
✔️ Liv’s one liners – not to be missed
✔️ Audience advice on how you’re handling life and
SO MUCH MORE..
Book recommendations:
Days Like These by Pip Lincolne
The Postnatal Depletion Cure by Dr Oscar Serrallach
This week is our Real Talk segment with my bestie Liv. We’re talking all things ‘the unexpected’ when it parenthood. We delve into:
✔️ Our identity crisis once becoming mums
✔️ Judgement, guilt, overwhelm, burnout and all the motherhood feels
✔️ Our cheeky childhood pasts
✔️ Unrealistic expectations we place on ourselves as mothers
✔️ Handling supermarket meltdowns and so much more
Some lockdown entertainment for us all.
This week’s episode is one of pure strength, resilience and the importance of having a rad attitude. I bring on friends of the podcast, Nat & Nate, and we discuss:
· Life in San Francisco during the Coronavirus pandemic
· Giving birth and raising twins, with no support
· Juggling work commitments
· Trying to relocate back to Australia
This beautiful couple bare it all, the crazy journey that was their first year of parenthood. Through insomnia, overwhelm and uncertainty, they found they were tougher cookies than they ever could have imagined. Living by the mantra ‘it’s all about attitude’.
This week I have my bestie Liv back on the podcast to talk all things 'mental load'. You know all of the invisible work that you do at home, to keep your household running; cooking dinner, childcare drop-off, packing lunches, washing clothes… the list goes on.
We discuss what the mental load looks like in our households and how we manage the great juggle of parenthood. We also share the results from the Mental Load quiz that you all answered a few weeks back. The response was VERY insightful and really just a good laugh.
References:
ABC podcast: Ladies we need to talk - 'Solving the mental load'
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/ladies-we-need-to-talk/solving-the-mental-load-update/12325472
We hear a lot about 'mum guilt', but have you ever wondered if dad guilt is a thing? I am so excited to announce that this week we have our first dad on the podcast, and we will be asking him ALL of the questions you've been wanting to know!
In this episode, I speak with couple; Toneya and Lochie, about their parenthood journey so far, raising 2 under 3.
Having been faced with sleepless nights, reflux and everything in between, we discuss the realities of being new parents, as well as:
🍼 The initial moments of being a dad
🍼 Dad guilt - is it a thing?
🍼 Common relationship challenges faced by new parents
🍼 How we can better support each other as a couple
...and so much more!
This week I speak to the brilliant Imogen Carn from the Good Mourning Podcast , about her motherhood journey.
Imogen's mum tragically died when Im's daughter was just 9 months old. In this convo we cover...
🍼 Emotions felt when we experience an unexpected pregnancy
🍼 Traumatic birth experiences
🍼 Navigating being a new mum, after losing your own
🍼 Channeling pain into something positive
...and so much more!
Please note, we do talk about suicide loss in this episode, so if you or someone you know is going through a difficult time, just know that there is help available, and the number for Lifeline is 13 11 14.
References:
@goodmorningpodcast
www,goodmourning.com.au
This week I speak to my dear friend and business mentor Justine about her motherhood journey.
Justine went from career woman, to stay at home mum, to CEO of her own business. Join us as we flesh out her journey and cover...
*What it's like to be a stay at home mum for 7 years
*How to navigate those tricky conversations with your child
*From 'parenting' to 'consulting' in the teenage years
*How to keep it real with our kids
...and so much more!
This week I have my bestie Liv on the podcast to discuss our experiences of life in Melbourne lockdown with 2 under 3 and we answer questions from our audience re how we're surviving. We talk all things working from home with kids in tow, the impact on our relationships, the 'mental load', 'languishing', nannies v childcare, mastitis and so much more. Melbourne mums we feel you and you've got this!
Resources:
NY Times 'There's a name for the blah you're feeling: It's called Languishing
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html
In this conversation I speak with Dr Louise Metcalf, a psychologist for the past 30 years. We discuss all things anxiety; including how to best manage our own anxiety as parents and the anxiety of our children.
5 years ago, Louise had her son and after talking with early childhood educators, realised just how many children in Australia experience childhood anxiety. Once Louise conducted research and realised that Australia can’t create psychologists fast enough to support the anxious kids who need help, she came up with the idea to create an app so kids would always have someone to support them. And so Gheorg was born. Gheorg [pronounced “George”] is a friendly robot app that supports kids to build resilience and understand their mental wellbeing. Co-designed with kids, the app allows kids to perform a daily check-in as well as breathing exercises to calm themselves, and parents can see on overview of how much their kids are engaging with the app and how they're feeling.
Gheorg has been designed to be used for only a few minutes a day so kids experience long term positive brain benefits without being addicted to a screen. Louise has been awarded places in startup accelerator programs, government grants and additional support from leading medical institutions to develop Gheorg, but it’s still only the beginning of the journey. After a few years of development, the Gheorg app finally launched in September 2020 and now almost 3,000 families have already downloaded the app.
References
Website: https://www.gheorg.com/
Instagram: @gheorgtherobot
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In this conversation with Kate we're talking all things mum juggle. Juggling demanding careers with young children. How we navigated maternity leave, starting back at work and our relationship with our partners with equally demanding jobs. The mum juggle is real!
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In this conversation we discuss Sonya's journey in conceiving her 2 children. We talk about miscarriage and struggling to fall pregnant.
I’m bringing you this conversation today as I think it’s so important to talk about how different our journey’s can look like when we’re trying to conceive. Even though progress is being made around talking more about miscarriage and struggling to fall pregnant it still seems to carry immense shame in our society and is still considered relatively taboo. In this conversation with Sonya today we discuss how she felt when both of these things happened to her; when she miscarried and also struggled to fall pregnant for 2 years. We talk about how she managed this tough time, what supported her and how we can best support each other during these difficult times.
Warning: This content may be triggering to some people.
In this conversation with Nataly; the CEO of The Nappy Collective (TNC), we discuss her motherhood journey. Nataly underwent numerous rounds of IVF in order to conceive her first child. Nataly is so honest and open about her IVF journey and the very challenging time she experienced. We also discuss why she felt compelled to join TNC as CEO and support families across Australia in reducing nappy stress.
Nappy stress is not having enough nappies to change your child, to ensure that they stay clean and healthy. TNC aims to reduce this stress for families across Australia by requesting that the community donate unused nappies at nappy bins. Those nappies are then distributed to community partners who distribute the nappies to families experiencing disadvantage. 1 in 5 Australian children don’t have enough nappies and 1 in 10 mums can’t afford nappies. Can you imagine making decisions like ‘do I have enough nappies to keep my child clean today? If not, then I may have to sacrifice buying dinner for myself in order to pay for nappies for my child.’ This is unfortunately a very real scenario for many families.
You can support by:
Donating clean unused nappies at a nappy collection point near you. Visit: https://www.thenappycollective.com/nappy-collection-points
Donating funds to enable TNC to stay in operation. Visit: https://thenappycollective.raisely.com/donate
References
https://www.thenappycollective.com/
@thenappycollective
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In this conversation I chat with Shae; a sexual wellness coach who supports women in finding a deeper connection to their body and sexuality. We’re talking all things sex including how we can claim our sexuality as new mothers and how we navigate our sexual relationship with our partners. We also talk about sex positive parenting; how we as parents can best support our children to feel grounded in their bodies and not placing shame around feeling pleasure in the body. What I love about this conversation with Shae are the tips she provides. It’s a reminder that although the early years of motherhood demand so much from us, we can still find ways to be sexy mamas one act of self love at a time.
References
IG: @shaeeliseallen
FB: https://www.facebook.com/shae.elise
Webpage: https://www.motherofdesire.com/
In this conversation Toneya and I discuss our experiences at sleep school. We discuss our journey's as first time mums navigating things like colic, sleepless nights and complete uncertainty when it came to how to best navigate sleep. For parents out there who want to know what options they have re educating themselves around sleep, this one is for you.
References
@toneyatangas
In this conversation Kat discusses how she navigated the incredibly taxing first 6 weeks of motherhood, as her newborn had a congenital heart disorder. Kat talks us through her journey from pregnancy; experiencing pelvic girdle pain through to having a very medicalised birth and watching her newborn endure a number of life saving procedures during his first few weeks. We discuss how Kat stayed grounded during this time, what strategies helped with her mental mindset, how to best support a friend who may be experiencing similar challenges and tools that can help us all during traumatic experiences. This is an open, raw and honest conversation that we hope may help others experiencing similar challenges, feel that little less alone.
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In this conversation with Dee (nutritionist and founder of Cell to Soul) we discuss how mothers can find easy ways to keep a balanced diet whilst juggling all things mum life. Dee opens up about how winning multiple titles in the beauty pageant world, being a PT and then dealing with polycystic ovarian syndrome led to her quest in supporting people with their health via nutrition. Dee's hope is that we can all learn to understand our bodies and form a positive routine around wholistic health so that we can live our best lives.
Resources:
https://www.celltosoul.com.au/
@celltosoul
Briony Kennedy (Founder & CEO of Adorn Cosmetics) joins me for today's discussion. We talk about her experiences during the early years of parenthood when she was navigating life with her twins whilst starting Adorn Cosmetics. We discuss everything from Briony's pregnancy where she suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), the impact that pregnancy had on her mental health, her struggles to stay grounded when her twins were newborns which was compounded by premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and Adorn Cosmetics in the early years. There are so many great takeaways from this conversation, including how to learn to stay present as parents, as we juggle all of life's priorities.
Resources:
Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/beauty-business-babies/id1494558229
@brionyakennedy
@adorncosmetics
Today I'm chatting with Giulett Moran; a psychologist for 10 years and a proud mum to three little boys. We talk about key challenges we experience with toddlers and how to navigate their wild emotions. Specifically how to handle tantrums, transitioning to childcare, fussy eaters, why positive affirmation results in positive behaviour and so much more.
Resources:
https://www.empoweringparents.com.au/
@empoweringparentsau
Lauren Oliver the founder of Mums Who Wine joins me for today's discussion. We talk about her motherhood journey; feeling mum guilt, feeling as though she wasn't a good enough mum and her transition from corporate life to founding Mums Who Wine. We also discuss how as parents we need to prioritise our relationships, why community and self care is vital for our mental health, why we compare ourselves with others and how being authentic about our journey's is so important particularly in this day and age where 'the highlight reel' of social media seems to dominate.
Resources:
https://www.mumswhowine.com.au/
@lauren_mumswhowine
@mumswhowine_au
Dr Amber and I discuss key challenges that new parents face within their relationships and how to best navigate these. We talk about the changes in roles and responsibilities when the first child is born, the importance of open communication, feelings of envy and being misunderstood. We tackle how to navigate financial pressure in a partnership, the need to invest in your relationship, why as mum's we tend to put so much pressure on ourselves to meet a standard of perfection that doesn't exist and so much more.
Dr Amber has been working with couples as a clinical psychologist for over 10 years. Her doctoral research focused on attachment theory and conflict patterns in couples. Amber works from her own private practice called Next Wave Psychology in St Kilda.
Resources:
Next Wave Psychology - https://nextwavepsychology.com.au/
Chelsea and I discuss her journey as a new mum, experiencing severe post-natal depression. Her story is a powerful example of how through great adversity you can transform yourself and your life. Chelsea is now a key note speaker, the Founder and Director of EQ Minds, an ambassador for The Gidget Foundation and supports many mental health initiatives. She is passionate about retelling her story in the hope that it may resonate with even just one other mum and save a life. We discuss the signs and symptoms of post-natal depression, how dark depression can get and where to turn to for help. Note this episode has a trigger warning as we discuss suicide.
Resources:
The Gidget Foundation - https://gidgetfoundation.org.au/
EQ Minds - Insta handle @eqminds
In this episode I take off my 'mask' and discuss my journey prior to and after becoming a mum. I give it to you straight, no sugar coating. We discuss vulnerabilities, why we push ourselves to the limit, the implications of a work hard play hard lifestyle, prenatal depression and why I decided to launch Mum Life. Maybe you see some of your journey in the retelling of mine. Maybe my lessons resonate and maybe this episode will make you realise that you're not alone in the ups and downs of motherhood... of life. Enjoy x
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This is a snapshot of the Mum Life podcast where we talk all things motherhood. We share stories from mums and parenting experts so that we can prepare mothers-to-be about the challenges of motherhood and also normalise the experience for current mums. In this trailer I share why I started this podcast and provide snippets from conversations to come.
Stay tuned, this podcast launches in Feb 2021!
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