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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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52:20

Working and parenting from a motorhome in California...

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2023/08/22

If you're an avid consumer of lifestyle and travel media in Australia, there's a fair chance you've pored over the intelligent words of Caroline Clements.As one of the first editorial leaders in the very early days of Broadsheet, Caroline helped shape the publication into the authority on Australian city culture that it is today.Since then, she's worked in editorial and production roles with some of the country's biggest magazines and brands, before taking her passion for storytelling to a new

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52:11

Aboriginal and South Sea Islander mother Jemmason...

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2023/08/15

Jemmason Power is an Aboriginal & South Sea Islander mother who lives in Meanjin Brisbane with her husband and her son. She works full time as a consultant & facilitator in indigenous cultural responsiveness, she was a lead actor in Stan's recent original series Black Snow, she's a model, and in a former life, she was also a professional netball player. She was born into a Pentecostal church, she played elite netball until she was 18 weeks pregnant while hiding her bump under baggy jumpers,

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57:24

Ultra Violette co-founder Ava Chandler Matthews on...

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2023/08/08

You might not find a more honest conversation on motherhood and career than the one you're about to hear.Ava Chandler Matthews is a mother and the co-founder of Ultra Violette, a skincare brand stocked at some of the biggest retailers in the world.She went back to Ultra Violette at three months postpartum, she travels a lot, and while she loves her son to no end, she's open about missing her old life and not considering herself a particularly maternal person.Here, we talk about some of the struggles

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65:38

Writer and postpartum doula Naomi Chrisoulakis on the...

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2023/08/01

Naomi Chrisoulakis is a freelance writer, postpartum doula, and a mother of two.In the early days of her career, she cut her teeth in the magazine industry, working for the likes of Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan before a move to Los Angeles would lead her down the freelance route.Moving home a year earlier than her husband to take an editor role at Women’s Health, it was during a four-day trip back to LA that Naomi fell pregnant, and her two births and postpartum periods couldn’t have been more

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61:28

We're back! With a daycare Q&A, a new pregnancy, and...

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2023/07/26

That daycare Q&A episode I've been rudely promising for three weeks now is finally here, and I am finally back from my holiday.Given this episode is a bit different in nature, I also share a reflection on the first trimester of pregnancy number two and a recap on travelling to Bali with a toddler.I mention sex, the perhaps naive surprise of this pregnancy, my disenchantment with pregnancy this time around (that essay that I mention can be found here), and more - so keep that in mind if you have

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38:06

Manon Pietra on changing the corporate narrative,...

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2023/06/27

Manon Pietra is a diversity, equity and inclusion partner at Canva.She's also the "other mum" as she puts it. That is, the non-birthing person in a two-mum family.What I love most about this conversation is the reflections around what we assume to be a gendered experience, because while Manon and her wife may be similar when it comes to biology, that doesn't mean that Manon would go on to understand what her wife would go through in pregnancy, birth, and beyond.Here, we talk about what she's learned

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60:31

Lawyer and mother of four Silje Andersen-Cooke on...

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2023/06/20

Picture this: you're a mother of one, you're newly pregnant and you're at your dating scan. The sonographer goes a little quiet. There's not one baby in your tummy, there's not even just the two. You're pregnant with triplets.This is what happened to now mother of four and litigation lawyer Silje Andersen-Cooke.I can physically feel the shock and worry of it all: wondering what this means for your babies, what this means for your body, what recovery might look like, and how on earth you return to

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53:21

Alison Rice on leaving her glossy career for more...

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2023/06/13

Alison Rice is a mother and a journalist turned career and business mentor. She cut her teeth at The Walkley Foundation for Excellence in Journalism before going on to lead and launch some of the world's largest digital women's media titles into the Australian market.To some, she had it all.But, a realisation that her work was perpetuating a kind of desire culture and leading women to question themselves would ultimately change the course of her career.It was then during those early days of

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45:52

Alpha-H Chief Commercial Officer Tina Randello is on...

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2023/06/06

Tina Randello is the Chief Commercial Officer of global skincare brand Alpha-H. She’s also a mother of two and the founder of The Encoreship — a return-to-work program providing opportunities for women and mothers who have been out of the workforce for an extended period.She’s held down massive roles, she’s worked both full time and part time alongside her parenting journey, and she’s learned a lot from navigating it all for thirteen years.What seems to make her a great leader is that she believes

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44:51

The perfect motherhood myth and redefining our sense...

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2023/05/30

Elise Addlem is a feminism and philosophy educator for mothers and parents.She's also a mother herself, and through her work, she breaks down complex topics into digestible bites. She makes the daunting interesting and she is deeply passionate about educating others on the intersection of motherhood, feminism, patriarchal parenting, and neoliberal capitalism.Here, we talk about the perfect motherhood myth, how our sense of self can change for the better in motherhood, the power of knowledge, and

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54:33

Public triumphs and private heartbreaks: Collective...

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2023/05/09

Publicly, a burgeoning business that led her to New York for a meeting with Anna Wintour and to sharing the stage with Richard Branson on multiple occasions.And privately: eight years, 18 rounds of IVF, and a friend willing to carry her baby, all in pursuit of becoming a mother.This is an incredible story of how Collective Hub founder Lisa Messenger has made work alongside her challenging journey to parenthood work.Here, we talk staying open, how she got through sixteen phone calls telling her the

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37:26

Australian Birth Stories host and mother Sophie...

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2023/05/02

Sophie Walker is the host of hit podcast, Australian Birth Stories. She's also a published author, the creator of the birth class, and a mother of three boys.It was Sophie's traumatic first birth that inspired the podcast, which at the time of the interview had over 11 million downloads, but at the time of publishing, she's up to 12 million. That's nearly half of Australia.The expansion of her business has led to some really exciting projects such as her new book, and it's also led to her becoming

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68:50

Navigating hyperemesis, working with a newborn, her...

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2023/04/26

Vomiting 30 times a day while trying to run a shop. No parental leave after the birth of her son Remy. Owning a retail business in Melbourne during a pandemic. Navigating her husband’s cancer diagnosis and treatment.And then, after falling pregnant with the baby that the doctors said would be nearly impossible to conceive without assistance, a pregnancy loss.Navigating motherhood and career for Think Thornbury owner Maggie May Moshe has not been linear.Here, she walks us through it all: from

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66:22

Author and journalist Melanie Dimmitt’s life changed...

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2023/04/16

When I tell you that journalist and mother of two Melanie Dimmitt’s son has cerebral palsy, what kind of life do you imagine? Do you imagine someone that’s a bit angry at the world, do you picture their life at home to be a little sad?If your answer is a shameful yes that you don't really want to admit to, you're not alone. Melanie would've said the same once upon a time. But, her life is actually pretty sweet.You're about to hear her incredible story: how she found out about her son Arlo's

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49:18

Midwife and mother of four Erin Phibbs on birth...

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2023/04/11

Erin Phibbs is a midwife, childbirth educator, and mother of four. She has a twin sister who seemed to fall pregnant at the drop of a hat while it took her years, and she's had some very different births and maternity leave experiences.From a traumatic first birth and an intense and lonely first postpartum, to a healing second birth and her husband taking six months of parental leave, she's experienced it all.Here, she shares what her husband learned from becoming the primary caregiver for a period,

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58:47

Writer Alexandra Collier woke up with a ravenous...

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2023/04/02

Alexandra Collier is a writer, mother, and the author of Inconceivable: a newly released memoir about her journey into solo parenthood.In a former life, she lived in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved. But when she woke up to a ravenous hunger to have a baby that her partner didn't share, her life took a sharp turn.She found herself back home in Melbourne at 37, single, heartbroken and living with her parents. Her reproductive timeline was rapidly outpacing her

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56:53

Pumping on the streets of New York and Chilli Heeler...

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2023/03/26

Justine Cullen is the editor in chief of InStyle. If, like me, you’ve been a devoted consumer of Australian magazines some time over the past three decades, there’s a good chance you’ve pored over some of her stories, for the likes of Girlfriend, Marie Claire, Dolly, Shop Til You Drop, and Elle.Her formative magazine years were during those heady days of long lunches, fabulous parties, and luxurious travel, and she’s seen it all; the move to digital, the closure of countless iconic titles, and the

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Daycare Diaries 2.0: A good week, an average week,...

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2023/03/21

We planned to release a special episode with InStyle editor Justine Cullen today, but daycare sickness had other plans. From gastro under two weeks ago, to fresh colds for my son and I this week, we are a bit behind and this low production episode is the best we can do for this Tuesday's release.My favourite part of this episode is a tip from a very good friend of mine. It's made my day much more enjoyable after the guilt of cancelling two meetings and developing a cold overnight myself, and I

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28:51

Max Jahufer on always being the different kid, his...

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2023/03/13

Max Jahufer is the founder of creative agency, Future Studio. He’s also a proud trans father who will make his film debut in an upcoming comedy drama about a trans woman returning home for Christmas, and all the tension, secrets and lies that come with it.Having always felt like the different kid, Max is open about the extra layer of what it means to bring up a child in a family that is perceived as different, and as the first dad on this show, I learn what it’s like returning to work just two weeks

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Daycare Diaries: The dreaded first drop off, colds,...

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2023/03/09

[Warning: I swore in this episode] A bonus episode looking at the first month of daycare. I slapped this together very quickly, so expect absolutely no production brilliance or good advice, because I am figuring out the whole daycare thing as I go. This is simply how the first month or so of daycare played out for us so you can feel a little less alone or a little more prepared.Spoiler alert: daycare sickness really is a thing.I feel really lucky to be able to send my son to daycare, and I want to

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