Glitter Hour

Mia and her friend Matilda tried a new school holiday experience and absolutely loved it! They couldn't wait to share the experience they had with Kids Giving Back. They got to make and pack meals for the homeless, help kids in hospital prepare for Mother's Day and make breakfast boxes for a local school where some kids aren't able to eat a nutritious breakfast every day due to their life circumstances. The experience really opened the girls' eyes and gave them some perspective on how they can do more than just donate money to help others and give back. Listen to this podcast and feel your heart warm with the goodness as these girls give back! 

Mia is excited to talk to you all about how important it is to foster your creativity. Without knowing it, she's been developing her creativity since a young age and is now starting to see just how important it really is to let your mind wander! 

Mia is preparing to embark on her first ever round of standardised testing in her educational career. NAPLAN (Australia's standardised testing program) begins in year 3 and Mis is feeling the nerves!! Listen to hear how she's preparing for the 4 tests, her plan to finish on time and how she's handling her nerves. Her take home message gives a good perspective so listen & enjoy! 

After a glorious beach meditation with "The Sit", Mia took time to think about a few different forms of kindness. She shares what each means to her and considers if one is more important to display than the others. Her key takeaway message is that you have to choose kindness every day. The more you choose it, the easier it will be for kindness to become a part of you and who you are. 

Life is happening so fast and sometimes we need a reminder to slow down and focus on our most important relationships. Mia and I have started making time to have Mumma Mia days where we carve out the time so that the two of us can do something meaningful together and reconnect. We wanted to share this concept with you in the hopes that you pause and take the time to reconnect with the most important people around you. 

Mia is a champ at long haul flights and wanted to share all of her tips and tricks for getting through airport security, the constant waiting in airports and managing the many hours of the flight. She has the best attitude about it and if you're flying anywhere soon, this episode is a "must listen" for you!

Mia's Grandma is the ultimate reader and lover of all book genres. Mia invites her Grandma on today to chat about how to find a genre of book that you like. It's important to try a few different types of genres - science fiction, mystery, fantasy, non-fiction (those are just a few!) to build your love of reading. You'll be running to the  Library after this episode!

Mia speaks highly of a library in this episode - she's referring to Northland Library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 

Please be patient with us on this episode as you'll hear Mia's little brother, Mason, in the background. Maybe it's time we gave him a microphone, too?

For our epic 100th episode, Mia invites her Uncle Jamie to tell us all about what it's like to be a bee keeper. Uncle Jamie has 4 apiaries and more than 40 hives. We learn all about swarming, multiple queens and how to spin honey! Bees are so important to our ecosystem so it's really important that we understand how they work and how great bee keepers like Uncle Jamie are helping to protect biodiversity by giving bees a great place to call home. 

As we approach the holidays, Mia wanted to talk about some of her favourite family traditions. We are sharing ours and would love to hear about your traditions. Happy Holidays, everyone! See you again in 2023!

Mia is loved her health class and was really interested in her class discussion around emergencies. She immediately came home and said that she had to share this with her listeners because she knows how important it is. We're hoping this prompts some good conversations in your family as it's really important that all kids know what to do in an emergency situation. Listen up and stay safe!