Loading...

PODCAST

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer

Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer

SarahWright Olsen (American Made, Parks and Recreation) and Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies, Hacksaw Ridge) are two moms, from opposite ends of the world, meeting for an hour every week to discuss the mayhem, magic and madness of raising their 8 children between them. Motherhood can feel overwhelming, exhausting and isolating but you don’t have to do it alone! Follow along as they attempt to navigate, ask questions, share stories, break down the everyday challenges and hopefully keep you from googling

kids & family parenting

All Episodes

38:54

Bare Faces, Beauty Finds & Big Shifts!

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/10/08

This week on The Mother Daze, Teresa is getting ready to return to God of War with a freshly dyed head of hair and a heaping dose of self-care! The girls chat new beauty finds, Teresa’s new at-home facial friend from Shark Beauty, and Sarah shares some of the trusty everyday serums she keeps coming back to.We chat about how too much makeup can make us feel less like ourselves, and those glossy, retouched magazine shoots that look beautiful… but also have us wondering, “Wait, is that actually

en

46:41

Mom Fog, Mum Guilt & the Overload Season

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/10/01

This week, Sarah’s book is officially OUT and she’s hitting the press tour! Weeeee! Tez talks licking back up on God of War and the separation anxiety that comes with the idea of saying goodbye to her older kids even just for a week.Sarah shares a scary mom-fog moment that sent her into a shame spiral, and Tez shares her own similar story. We unpack the Motherload, how a simple break in routine can trip up an overloaded brain, and importantly, the preventative methods and systems we can all put in

en

50:19

Raising Teens!! Connection over Correction with...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/09/24

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re joined by a repeat guest, our friend, Daniel Ahearn! Dan is the author of The Way Back Home, a father of two and an attachment-focused family therapist. Daniel’s work is all about helping parents and teens stay connected through the beautiful, messy and sometimes completely bewildering years of adolescence.And you better believe we came armed with ALL our burning questions about raising teenagers!!! At the heart of Daniel’s book is an attachment-based approach

en

42:30

Parallel Lives, Unhinged Algorithms & Christian Bale

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/09/17

This week it’s just the gals and we’re realizing that despite living on opposite sides of the world, we are somehow living PARALLEL LIVES. Oldest kids starting high school? Check. Dreaming up new homes? Check. Small beach-town days where you can’t leave the house without bumping into someone you know? Check. Youngest babies taking their first steps at exactly the same time? CHECK.Both families are deep in one of those wildly busy seasons where everything seems to be happening at once, so we’re

en

44:14

Book Tours, Baby Steps & Big Kids

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/09/10

Sarah has a BOOK coming out!!! We’re officially two weeks out from the release of When I’m Not With You, and Sarah has been BUSY. Between the promotional tour, book signings and launching a book while also, you know… mothering, we’re catching up on all things BOOK BABY.Speaking of babies… BOTH of ours started walking in the exact same week. Just a couple of babies coordinating milestones from opposite sides of the world. Meanwhile, Wyatt has started HIGH SCHOOL (!!), sending us down a rabbit hole

en

51:06

Dropping balls, brain farts & are these our last...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/09/03

Are these babies our last?! This week we’re sitting in that very weird space between babies growing up and big kids flying the nest, with Isaac heading off to college, Wyatt officially becoming a teenager and Esme hitting double digits. Meanwhile, the toddlers are TODDLERING, and somehow no matter how many children you’ve had, a full-blown tantrum can still make you feel like a first-time parent. We chat about communicating with little ones before they have the words for their giant feelings, some

en

42:55

Toddlers, Teens and a Damn Stingray!!!

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/08/27

This week on The Mother Daze, the fires in Canada bring up some big feelings for Sarah’s kids, stirring memories of losing their home, smoke-filled skies, masks and even Covid.Then it’s straight into the chaos: Esme gets stung by a stingray, Sarah mistakes Eric’s sunscreen-covered face for a jellyfish attack, Esme turns 10 and Sarah is about to be mothering a teen… watch this space!! Meanwhile, Lotus and Ocean have suddenly turned into toddlers, eating sand, shoving everything into their mouths,

en

55:07

Own or Be Owned: Motherhood, Money & Making Yourself...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/08/20

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re joined by powerhouse entrepreneur, contrarian thinker and author Codie Sanchez for a conversation about ambition, motherhood, money and the sneaky ways we can become the biggest obstacle to our own freedom. Ahead of the release of her new book, Own or Be Owned, Codie shares what it really means to build a business so good it doesn’t need you.We also talk Codie’s incredibly exciting news, she’s pregnant with her first child! She opens up about sharing her

en

48:57

Losing Our Marbles, The Mother Load & Meltdowns!

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/08/13

This week on The Mother Daze we’re solo-ing it and Tez is too… solo parenting coming up on WEEK FIVE! Wahooooo!The Palmer kids are back in school, there’s explosive baby diarrhea, sore booties, diaper-free disasters and multiple kid meltdowns happening AT THE SAME TIME. Just another relaxing week in motherhood! We chat the absolute beast that is the mental load, the 900 tabs permanently open in a mother’s brain, and how sometimes even delegating feels like another bloody thing to do. Tez shares

en

46:45

Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Us This?! Perimenopause with...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/08/06

This week we’re joined by Dr. Sarah Oreck, a Columbia University-trained reproductive psychiatrist and co-founder of Mavida Health, to unpack one of the most misunderstood stages of a woman’s life: perimenopauseWhen does it actually start? Can you be postpartum and in perimenopause at the same time? (Yep.) Why does it feel like nobody prepared us for this?! We’re talking brain fog, anxiety, rage, sleep, heart palpitations, yes… even itchy ears, why estrogen impacts almost every system in the

en

47:23

Un-Botoxed, TikTok & Screen Time!

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/07/30

This week on The Mother Daze, it’s smart phone fears, dumb phone cheers… ? but when do we finally bite the bullet?We dive into screen time, devices, kids growing older, the fear surrounding social media, and raising tweens in an increasingly online world. Is an Apple Watch the perfect first step? Or do you hold off altogether? We pick each other’s brains on our plans, fears, all the research we’ve done, and where we’ve landed so far. We also get into fits of giggles over inappropriate humour

en

50:44

Pivots, Perimenopause & Plot Twists!

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/07/23

This week on The Mother Daze, Sarah and Teresa are talking all about change… because wow, life has been LIFE-ing lately. The Palmer household has had a few unexpected plot twists, and Teresa shares the silver linings that have come with them. She celebrates the beautiful togetherness Vancouver brought their family, chats about their time there wrapping up sooner than expected, and all the excitement of their giddy return to Byron for the time being. They also chat solo parenting, finding the

en

61:36

The Four Clairs: Which one are you? With Christina...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/07/16

Christina Prokos is back on the podcast! Our go-to intuitive, spiritual teacher and medium returns for one of our favourite kinds of conversations. This week we’re diving headfirst into all the woo woo, wow wow, universe-y, matrix-y, magic-weeeee shiz that we can’t get enough of here at The Mother Daze. This episode is all about the four Clairs. If you’ve ever wondered why some people just know things, others feel them deeply, see vivid images or receive messages through sounds, this one’s for

en

53:27

YOLO! Ocean Turns 1 & RV Round Two

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/07/09

Teresa’s back with RV trip round two, proving once again that life is always better when it’s packed to the brim with adventure. From laughing through the chaos to Mark somehow ending up captaining a boat in Idaho with absolutely zero boating experience, it’s a classic Palmer family YOLO adventure. Throw in theme park thrills, Teresa living her best waterslide life, plus plenty of belly laughs, and you’ve got yourself some weeeeeeee living! The girls’ Clairs are working overtime this week. Sarah’s

en

64:57

Spiritual Hygiene, Spell Work & Soul Magic! With...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/07/02

This week we’re joined by our resident witch and long-time Dazey, Devyn Goss, for a conversation that wanders through magic, motherhood and everything in between. We chat about her journey into pagan witchcraft, practicing in a coven, studying under baby medium Emily, and why she believes we’re all spiritual beings having a very human experience. As a special education teacher and mama who had her first (of six!) babies at just 20, Devyn shares how raising her autistic children transformed the way

en

50:01

Transitions, Trust & Tarot!

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/06/25

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re feeling all the things. With Wyatt graduating and our kids somehow growing up right before our eyes, we found ourselves reflecting on this wild season of life. From starting over after the fires to moving cities (and even countries), we chat about what it’s been like watching our kids navigate change, find their people, build friendships, and create a sense of home wherever they land. We talk about the very real parenting urge to swoop in and fix everything for

en

50:36

Healthy with a Side of Happy! With Sabrina Rudin

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/06/18

This week on The Mother Daze, we have a brilliant guest: Sabrina Rudin. Mama, restaurateur, cookbook author and multi-hyphenate do-er of very cool things. She’s chatting with us about the winding road that led her to a healthier, happier relationship with food, and the path she’s taken to share her recipes with the world through her book, “Healthy with a Side of Happy: 100 Plant Based Recipes To Feed Your Family” Sabrina shares how learning to listen to her body transformed the way she eats, cooks

en

53:10

The Great RV Escape: The Mayhem, the Madness, the Magic!

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/06/11

This week on the podcast, Sarah and Teresa debrief their epic double-family hangout and all the beautiful chaos that came with it. From the sight of Tez and Mark’s 30ft RV parked right out front of Sarah and Eric’s house for two days straight, a glimpse of full-on family commune living of our dreams, to skate park adventures, evening walks, ATV rides, Bodhi & Wyatt’s budding band career, the girls dive into the kids’ dynamics, the dreamy days in Santa Barbara, Sarah’s nanny Sonya’s chef-level

en

52:23

Human Design for Relationships, Parenting &...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/06/04

Sarah and Tez are joined this week by Erin Claire Jones, one of the world’s leading experts on Human Design, and wow… this conversation gave us plenty of “that explains so much” moments.We chat with Erin about how she first discovered Human Design, the path that led her to this work, and what Human Design actually is. She breaks down the foundations in a way that feels practical, accessible, and surprisingly validating, whether you’re completely new to it or already deep in the Human Design rabbit

en

58:00

Signs, Spirals & Staying Present

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2026/05/28

Sarah and Tez are riding solo this week and covering everything from baby crawling styles, Wyatt’s special new role, and Teresa’s latest board game obsession, to teachable moments with our kids when feelings of comparison and insecurity begin creeping in. We chat about why planting those emotional seeds early feels so important, especially while raising tiny humans in a world that constantly tells them to measure themselves against everyone else.We also dive into our new YouTube community, the

en

219 results

Similar Podcasts

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

Atomic Audio

Storytime for Kids

Storytime for Kids

Doxology Go

Matt Doan

Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

Focus on the Family