Again today we feel so grateful to our other sister in law, Sarah, for very bravely sharing her journey with infant loss and miscarriage. We must preface this podcast to alert you of the fact this conversation may be triggering for some of our audience, as Sarah very courageously opens up about her experience to date; as mother of Stanley, earth side, and sweet Sophia, who flies high up amongst the stars. Sarah is passionate about speaking up and normalising these difficult conversations. We thank you so much sissy, for sharing this with us as well as our listeners. Please remember to be kind, and please remember if you need help, there are many pathways to help available. From our respective wardrobes to you, our dear listener, with love.

Interrupting Lockdown Lowdown Listening with a VERY SPECIAL GUEST to The Sparkle Pod. Leece, Jess and Char are joined by Olympic Gold medallist and (quite conveniently) Char's phenomenal wifey, Emma Twigg. What a total honour. We feel nothing short of blessed to have had Emma open up to us; sharing stories from the many, many ups and downs of her ~20 years in rowing, her journey through four Olympic campaigns and what she believes contributed to her gold medal success aka burning that ****** forest down in Tokyo. Please note: the excitement levels from the lockdown wardrobes were high and therefore, this episode contains some swearing. Sorry about that - blame the naively confident guests. We hope you enjoy this episode and we want to thank Emma for opening up to us in such a candid manner.

Cindy dropping bombs at 3pm with NZ's Lockdown 2.0 set to continue. Therefore, we shall continue. Coming to you with hunched backs and tootsie pins and needles straight from the wardrobe, with some Friday arvo bants. Leece and Jess talk about some favourite, meaningful quotes; both their interpretations of them and also how they can be applied to daily life right now, in the midst of some pretty crazy times for everyone. Again, our hearts go out to everyone affected by these unsettling and pretty stressful times. Move it Mama is here; an amazingly inspiring and uplifting community connected through exercise.

And we're back. Day 2 of NZ Lockdown (or day whatever, wherever you may be). We promised a daily chinwag, so here we deliver. Join Leece, Jess and Char (yay!) for quite possibly 30 very boring minutes. Or, y'know... maybe our daydreaming of tropical holiday destinations and other nostalgic chat will get you inspired. Or asleep. Either which way, a day nap is always a good idea. And, we're in Lockdown, why wouldn't you get us in your ears? Today's theme: Cold Hard Facts (such as, sweet or SOUR? Lol).

Do we need an excuse to get waffling? No. But a NZ Lockdown is bound to do it. In this episode Leece and Jess ask each other a few off-the-cuff, not-very-important questions you definitely don't need to know the answer to, at the off chance the banter might gift you a lol. Especially for those looking for a way to very carefully invest their time! Our love goes out to everyone in NZ affected by this lockdown, but also our friends overseas, too. We'll hope to bring you more of these low-key-lockdown chats over the next few days.

It's been a big few weeks at Move it Mama "HQ" so Leece and Jess sat down for a bit of a debrief. Join them for some very lighthearted waffle (think chic-lit... possibly!?) about all sorts. From current daily challenges to what's happening in the inboxes and how many cycles the washing goes through before it's hung out. Also some musings about what we do to stay committed to exercise (reminder: your scales need to be taken to the dump). And remember you've been warned: welcome to waffle city.

An episode dedicated to Char! It's been a wild few months in the lead up to her wife's olympic campaign (she's coming home with gold, baby!). While we had Char in Christchurch for a 48 hour stint (in an attempt to spy her wife through the MIQ fence) we decided to chat to her about her 'journey' in life to date (for want of a better word). From being mistaken for boy and girl twins to finding her wife, tune in for more on Char.

Welcome to our first ever episode of The Sparkle Pod! Today we start From The Beginning (sorry if you’ve heard this before!!). Leece dives into the Move it Mama story; how it began and why it is what it is today!