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Ready or Not

The podcast for and about mums who make work, work, brought to you by two sort of cousins Loz (mum of three) and Lu (mum of two).Each Monday, we banter on all things motherhood, feminism, career, ambition, and pop culture.Thursdays, we answer three listener questions on all things motherhood and career. As an extension of the motherhood/career conversation, each month, you"ll also find an interviewwith a real mum that"s definitely not doing it all, but rather, doing her best to navigate it all.Find

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64:17

Gabrielle Nancarrow on why motherhood needn't be a...

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2023/10/31

Our first ever Ready or Not guest - author, doula, and small business owner Gabrielle Nancarrow - is back!Nearly 10 years ago, when her first daughter was just a little baby, Gabrielle Nancarrow was working 60 to 70 hour weeks in New York City.Today, she’s a mother of three, an author, a birth doula, and a small business owner. And in her newly released book, The Motherhood Space, Gabrielle weaves an incredible collection of diverse motherhood stories with her own reflections and expert insights on

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52:37

Michelle Andrews and Laura Henshaw open up about...

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2023/10/29

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:Medibank are preparing to trial a four-day work weekShameless Media's Michelle Andrews and KIC's Laura Henshaw open up about whether they’re ready to have children or notIceland’s prime minister joins thousands of women on strikeYour advice on

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66:28

Haylee Collins on integrating our ever evolving...

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2023/10/24

For over a decade, Haylee Collins has worked across book, magazine, and digital publishing, but it was through the birth of her son that she began to explore the intersection of creativity and motherhood through her own writing.As she struggled to reconcile the new and renewed aspects of her identity, she found herself considering conundrums commonly faced by mothers who are creatives, and so Howl magazine was born.Within its pages, Haylee and her subjects explore what it means to be a mother and a

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41:45

An argy bargy on how we should talk about money and...

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2023/10/22

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:Is it wrong to admit how much you earn? Respectfully, we disagree with each other, inspired by this Farrah Storr piece.The strange but effective way Minna Dubin relieved her mom rage.Goodbye 'girl boss', hello 'snail girl.' Are people really

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47:54

Christina McKay on the power of a positive birth...

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2023/10/17

Christina McKay has been cutting her teeth in the beauty industry for over 20 years, working at some of the biggest brands both in Australia and the UK.Outside of her corporate 9-5, she's also a hypnobirth educator and a makeup artist. Add two kids to the mix, and you can see she has a lot on her plate.From an effortless first pregnancy to recurrent miscarriage, from a traumatic first birth to an empowering second birth, from losing to rediscovering herself in motherhood, Christina's parenting

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35:26

Childcare educators are earning so little while...

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2023/10/15

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:How corporate jargon can obscure reality and confuse colleagues.Competition watchdog finds childcare less affordable than most OECD countries.Is working from home is a disaster waiting to happen for feminism?Your answers to our questions on

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47:16

Penny Moodie on OCD in motherhood, writing The Joy...

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2023/10/10

When Penny Moodie appeared on her husband Hugh Van Cuylenburg's podcast to talk about the mental load of parenting, the response was huge.Penny shared an experience that so many mothers can relate to: the rage and frustration that comes with feeling like everything at home is falling on you.And on the other side of the coin, Hugh - the founder of the Resilience Project - shared an experience that many fathers will relate to: feeling like he was doing everything that he could and that it still wasn't

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30:55

Does having a clean home make you a successful person...

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2023/10/08

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:These are the phrases working mums want to stop hearing.Does having a clean home make you a successful person?Why women are opting out of marriage.Your answers to our questions on how you cope with shitty daycare drop offsAnd as always, we round

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49:29

Lauren Trend on the constant whiplash of navigating...

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2023/10/03

There’s a lot to love about mother, Self-Practice founder, creative director, and consultant, Lauren Trend.She’s incredibly relatable, but as a queer mother, she has a lot to teach us about inclusive language and what it’s like to navigate a system that’s not entirely built for you.Here, we talk the constant whiplash of navigating working and parenthood, surrendering to being at the whim of a tiny person’s schedule, navigating a patriarchal system as a queer mother, and all the good bits, because as

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36:57

Friendship shifts after kids and what's our problem...

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2023/10/01

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:Beers and Braids is the best thing we've ever heard of.What does sport have to do with career success for women?“As a mother”: the worst three words in the English language by Bibi Lynch for The Independent.I’m in My 40s, Child-Free and Happy

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47:14

Bronwyn McCahon on the golden era of magazines,...

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2023/09/26

From deciding on a whim to pack up her little Mitsubishi and leave Brisbane for the glossy magazines of Sydney, to the stone she received from a magic healing man in India that remained taped to her body throughout an entire pregnancy, Bronwyn McCahon has tales to tell, so it's no wonder she's spent the good part of her career in magazines and media.She's edited some of the biggest titles in the country, she's rubbed shoulders with the likes of Beyonce and Tommy Hilfiger, and in amongst it all,

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26:26

The UK women over 65 combatting loneliness and the...

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2023/09/21

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Friday.In today's episode, we cover:The kindness that actually pays off at work (and it's not what you think) and how to give and receive feedback.The UK women over 65 combatting loneliness at New Ground Village and the trend that we hope to see continue to rise.What workplace

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33:15

How to navigate work alongside the emotional load of...

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2023/09/19

When Ceci Jeffries and her husband received their infertility diagnosis, she hit rock bottom. She resigned from her job, withdrew from her friends and she was living what she describes as a quietly miserable existence. But then she learned how to set boundaries, prio ritise her mental health, and focus on what she could control.Now through Fertility Collective, she's helping others do just that: as a qualified fertility coach, she helps hundreds of people around the world to restore their emotional

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28:12

We're not buying what Joe Jonas' publicity team is...

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2023/09/14

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Friday.In today's episode, we cover:How a construction industry giant tripled the number of men taking parental leave.Recent research indicates that Millennial fathers dedicate three times as much time to their children compared to their own fathers, but if you're Joe Jonas,

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56:08

Rachel Maksimovic on solo motherhood, letting go of...

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2023/09/12

Picture yourself living the good life in Bali. You pee on a stick thinking you'll quickly quash any fears that you might be pregnant, but those two lines appear. The test is positive and you're keeping the baby. Only, you're doing it solo.You work for yourself, you don't tell your clients that you're pregnant for fear of losing the work and the much needed income, and maternity leave isn't a thing.But you make it work, and every day, your beautiful boy serves as a reminder of everything you've

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22:31

Having it all sounds exhausting and leaning out is...

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2023/09/07

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting.In today's episode, we cover:Michelle Wolf's having it all analogy has us re-thinking our affinity for the breakfast buffet.The professional women who are leaning out, and why the term itself needs a rebrand.Can't we all just get along? Inspired by this brilliant post from The Midwife Mumma, we take a look at some research into the often

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51:01

How do you return to work after pregnancy loss when...

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2023/09/05

How do you return to work after a pregnancy loss when you support pregnancy, mothers, and babies for a living?This is the situation that Lactation Consultant, Midwife, Naturopath & Educator Joelleen Winduss Paye found herself in when she lost her baby girl 16 weeks into pregnancy. She experienced labour, her milk came in, and she somehow got through what she didn't think she could.Here, Joelleen intimately walks us through it all: how she navigated it, how she returned to work after a postpartum

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27:51

Girl math is more fun than mum math and why we're...

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2023/08/31

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we navigate making work, work alongside parenting.In today's episode, we cover:Are you my momager? The burnout that millennial managers - particularly women and mothers - are experiencing in managing their team's emotional wellbeing, not just their workload. Plus, where do we draw the line between the personal and the professional and what should we expect from our bosses? (Find the

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55:23

Amy Pearson on finding something you love outside of...

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2023/08/29

An hour in conversation with Amy Pearson feels a lot like a session with a business coach, which comes as no surprise given she splits her professional time between brand design, education, and mentoring. She's incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to her work, but more than that, she's generous and honest when it comes to making work, work alongside parenting.She's a mother of two, She's the founder of Sun Mother Studio and Birth My Business and she's deeply passionate about helping mothers make

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26:02

Charlotte York Goldenblatt returns to work and how do...

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2023/08/24

[Just a heads up, there's a few swear words in this ep] Welcome to the first episode of Witching Hour, coming to your ears every Friday.Think of Witching Hour as Ready or Not's loose little sister: a place to share what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us in the world of parenting and career.She might be Lucinda on Ready or Not, but she's probably more likely to be Lu or Luce here, because on this podcast, we have a new co-host: Lucy's cousin who feels more like her sister,

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