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The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer

Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer

Sarah Wright 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

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60:35

Sleep, Safety & Support- Navigating the Newborn...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/09/25

This week on The Mother Daze we’re diving deep into those early, hazy weeks of newborn life with Lexi Montee Busch, VP of Marketing at Happiest Baby (aka the team behind The Snoo ). We chat about everything from newborn sleep, safety, and Dr. Harvey Karp’s famous 5 S’s, to the myths, misconceptions, and judgements that swirl around modern parenting.Lexi also opens up about the mental and physical toll of postpartum recovery, and how mothers can be better supported through that transition. We talk

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48:54

The Countdown! Birth Prep, Bottles & Big Feelings

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/09/18

It’s just Sarah and Tez this week, and they’re catching you up on all things baby and birthing. You might even be listening while Tez is in the throes of labour! She shares her last-minute prep, from setting up the house in true type-A nesting mode to riding the emotional waves of the final days, wobbling between nerves and surrender, and soaking up the last moments of having this baby all to herself.Sarah talks about a breakthrough with Ocean finally taking the bottle (wooo!) and how she handled

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61:24

Motherhood, Aging, and Making a House a Home with...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/09/11

This week on The Mother Daze we sit down with mama of five Courtney Adamo to talk about her beautiful new book The Family Home: Inspiring Ideas for a Home Filled with Joy. The book features ideas like creating shared bedrooms that foster connection, displaying kids’ artwork in meaningful ways, and finding beauty in the everyday mess. Courtney shares how she curates functional, joyful spaces that actually work for a big family, drawing on her family’s journey from America to the UK and now to Byron

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54:56

Baby on Board, 2 Months of Ocean, and Mama Guilt

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/09/04

This week it’s just the girls and we’re chatting about mama guilt, anxiety, and the Groundhog Day grind of shuttling kids from A to B (and then C… and then D). Sarah shares the two-month Ocean update, Teresa is counting down the days till baby, and we take a moment to celebrate a few Palmer family highlights. We also get into our very rational (and maybe not-so-rational) fears of water, and talk about finding little ways to slow down in the middle of the never ending chaos of life-ing with so many

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56:51

Magic, Tarot & WTF moments with Polly Staniford Whimsy

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/08/28

This week on The Mother Daze we sit down with our friend Polly Staniford, a powerhouse Aussie film and TV producer who also happens to be an intuitive healer, tarot reader, psychic, reiki practitioner and mama of two. Tez and Polly have worked together plenty of times but only recently discovered their shared love of all things woo woo, whimsical and witchy.Polly chats about how she’s brought her magical side forward while still running her producing career, why more people are tuning into their

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49:22

Pandemonium, Playlists & Postpartum

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/08/21

It’s a Tez & Sarah solo this week! We’re diving into the beautiful chaos of right now: what’s on our birth playlists, the kiddo schedules that make our heads spin, and the pandemonium in the Palmer house while Mark’s away. We chat about Ocean’s tongue tie, how parenting a newborn feels now vs. when we were first-time mamas (we do things very differently!!), nursing “schedules,” dreamy but hazy postpartum days, burping tricks, Tez’s current ice obsession, and her homebirth prep. And we need your

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62:45

Motherhood, Loss and the Healing Power of Community...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/08/14

This week on the podcast, we sit down with the beautiful Kelly Zajfen, mama to twins George and Lily. Kelly takes us back to those raw early days of postpartum life with two newborns, sharing how she balanced a tight schedule with leaning on support, and how normal it is to feel lost in that early fog.She also opens up about navigating the unimaginable sudden loss of her son George in 2022, the “landmines” of everyday life, the burn book she keeps, and the grace she extends to well-meaning but

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57:21

Postpartum Bodies, Homebirth Headspace & Newborn...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/08/07

Just the gal pals this week and it’s another yummy catch up. We’re deep in convo about 6 week old baby Ocean. Sarah shares about the slow days and soft transitions, gently introducing Ocean to the big wide world, with the help of her siblings and finding their own rhythm and language together. We chat postpartum bodies, the reality of shifting dress sizes, and trying to meet ourselves with grace through it all.Tez talks about getting closer to her homebirth, prepping the space (and her head) for

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84:51

Shoulder Dystocia, Epidural & Integrated Birth...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/07/31

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re joined by two powerhouse women redefining what birth support can look like, Anastasia Stone, mother of five and deeply intuitive doula, and Dr. Melissa Drake, soulful OB-GYN. Together they co-founded ‘The Collective’ in Santa Barbara, California. As a team, they’re flipping the traditional model of care on its head, blending house calls, continuity, and deep, respectful presence to rewrite the birth experience.We dive into the story of Sarah’s birth with baby

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71:59

One’s Preggo, One’s Postpartum, and Both Are All the...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/07/24

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re diving headfirst into the wild, sweaty, beautiful mess that is postpartum. We’re chatting about real-deal community care (bring it on!), baby sprinkles, what’s actually worth buying for your newborn, and the so-called “must-haves” that end up buried in the back of a drawer.We’re getting into the nitty gritty; hormone rollercoasters, night sweats, chafing, bodily odors and aaaaall the comments about our bodies, both pregnant and postpartum. We also talk about

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60:25

Sisterhood, Growing Up & Finding Your Voice with...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/07/17

This week on the pod we welcome the one and only Phoebe Tonkin; actress, producer, fashion icon, and all-round mega babe. Tonks has captivated audiences for years; whether she’s splashing onto our screens as a mermaid in H2O, romancing the undead in The Vampire Diaries, casting spells in The Secret Circle, dominating Aussie TV with her award-winning turn in Boy Swallows Universe, or lighting up the pages of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Marie Claire. She joins her bestie Tez and our gal Sarah for

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60:58

Postpartum, baby love & fourth trimester feels

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/07/10

This week we’re deep in the postpartum bubble with some audio highlights from the two littlest ladies of our clan, Ocean & Prairie!! We check in with Sarah during her first week as a mama of four (!) and unpack it all: middle-of-the-night feeds, milky boobs, hormonal dips, a medical scare, and the sacred softness of falling in love with your newborn. We talk about the big feelings, the shifting family dynamic, the tears, the big siblings excitement, the nourishment and support (shoutout Eric &

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108:17

Birthing Ocean Rain- 4th birth story with Sarah and...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/07/03

This is the episode you’ve all been waiting for! Sarah is joined by her husband Eric to share the full, unfiltered 1 hour and 40 minute retelling of their daughter and fourth child, Ocean Rain Olsen’s birth story. And it’s a journey. This was a birth filled with unexpected turns, moments of deep fear, physical exhaustion, and emotional intensity that pushed Sarah to the very edge of what felt humanly possible. And still, she stayed in it. With radical acceptance, strength, and an unwavering ‘yes

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66:01

Sex, Spells & Sisterhood With Guest Host Rumer Willis

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/06/26

This week on The Mother Daze, Sarah’s out on bedrest with Covid (this was recorded pre-pushing out her 11lb 4oz baby girl!) so we’ve called in a guest host, the magical, mystical, and wildly multitalented Rumer Willis! Actress, singer, sexuality advocate, wellness witch, writer, mama… honestly, we’d need a second episode just to list her titles. She’s whimsical, wise, and basically a walking moonstone. Let the coven vibes commence.We dive deep into gal pal territory! We’re talkin’ sex, orgasms

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70:55

RV Tales, Rollercoasters & the Waiting Place

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/06/19

This week on The Mother Daze, Teresa’s back from the road and full of colorful stories—from random roadside water parks and stinky towns to unbelievable wonderlands of play (hello, Mall of America rollercoasters!). She shares the highs, the hilarity, the surprisingly peaceful rhythm of RV life—and a little woo-woo magic courtesy of a spontaneous reading with a witchy friend along the way. Meanwhile, Sarah is deep in the waiting place, riding out the final days before baby time. We talk about the

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67:21

Vacay Vibin, Hospital Bag Packing & Baby Ready!

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/06/12

It’s just us gals this week! Sarah’s officially on baby watch and unpacks her hospital bag while chatting all things bump, birth, and beyond. Teresa checks in from her vacay, we dive into labour prep, sprinkle in some unexpected tears, and—as always—serve up plenty of lols. It’s cozy, candid, and classic Mother Daze.Resource links: NAGHEDI Dazed but Amazed Pure Linen. Oso & Me Francis & Henry This episode is proudly sponsored by Miles and Storyworth! Follow Sarah Wright Olsen: IG:

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66:46

Spirit babies, Name Charts & Soul Contracts with...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/06/05

We’ve got a returning fan fave on the pod this week—none other than the queen of spirit babies herself, Emily the Baby Medium! This time, she’s bringing a whole new vibe: soul-aligned baby names. Yep, Emily’s now reading name charts to help parents find the perfect energetic match for their little one.In this ep, she dives into our name charts, explores the deeper meaning behind our own names, and gives us the scoop on spirit baby personalities from the other side. It’s woo-woo meets wildly

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56:09

Bumps, Bodily Fluid & Baby Biz Sneaky Peaks

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/05/29

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re two little sickies sniffling our way through the chaos.There’s some diarrhea (because of course there is), more Slim Shady dreams, Britney dance moves, and all the usual unfiltered real talk. Teresa’s hit the 25-week mark and may have tried to sneak a peek for any signs of baby bits , while Sarah—9 months pregnant and unstoppable—went to a bowling party and annihilated everyone in sight. We’re diving into old wives’ tales about gender predictions based on your

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67:54

Reclaiming Your Birth, Baby Positions & Big Feelings...

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/05/22

Uhhh yep, we’re going there—all things BIRTH with the magical Ann Marie Gilligan, creator of The Gilligan’s Guide to Optimal Birth. From shoulder dystocia and vaginal tearing to home birth transfers, cesareans, and belly mapping—we cover it all. Ann walks us through the body wisdom behind a smoother, more connected birth, including hands-on tools for achieving optimal birthing positioning for our babies in utero. Ann even walks Sarah (who’s in her third trimester) through practical prep! We also

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67:26

Sex scenes, Swingers & Blubber!

The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer ·

2025/05/15

Raunchy AF this week during our solo episode, we describe what a penis sock is, an alternate use for a deflated Pilates ball, that one time in Bali when … well let’s just let the story speak for itself, our #metoo experiences, ADR nightmares, simulated sex, awkward tv show moments with kids, growing bodies, bellies and boob sweat, nipple changes, blubber and naked women on zebras! Yes the Mother Daze gets weird & wild this ep!Resource links: Loco Love This episode is proudly sponsored by

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