Parenthood

Do you ever feel like you’re giving 70% everywhere… and 100% nowhere?

When I’m at work, I’m thinking about the kids.

When I’m with the kids, I’m thinking about work.

When I finally sit down at night, I’m thinking about what I didn’t do.

It’s this constant, quiet guilt of:

“I could have done more.”

This week’s solo episode is about the myth of giving everything 100%.

Because maybe the goal isn’t perfection.

Maybe it’s being intentional in the season you’re in.

If you’ve ever felt split in a thousand directions… you’re not alone.

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After talking about mental health before birth, we’re now unpacking what can happen after the baby arrives.

Postnatal depression.

Postnatal anxiety.

Rage.

Intrusive thoughts.

Feeling disconnected.

Feeling like you should be happier.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr Nicole to talk honestly about:

• Why postnatal depression doesn’t always look like sadness

• The anxiety no one prepares you for

• When baby blues cross into something more

• And where to seek support

Motherhood can be beautiful…and brutally overwhelming.

If you’ve ever thought, “Why am I not coping the way I thought I would?”

This conversation is for you 🤍

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This week I sit down with Tayla Broad to chat all things life after motherhood.

We delve into body dysmorphia, how we can teach our children to treasure their bodies and value. We discuss why Tayla feels it’s so important to maintain privacy when it comes to sharing her daughter online, what building a new village can look like, feeling touched out and so much more.

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This episode is all about the fight my husband and I had over a container, during the highest pressure cooker time of the day – dinner time.

But we all know it’s never just about the container.

I hope that this episode makes you feel a little less alone in the chaotic randomness that is life with kids.

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Before the baby arrives… there’s often a whole invisible chapter no one talks about.

In this episode, I sit down with a psychologist to unpack the mental health challenges that can show up before birth — infertility, prenatal anxiety, depression during pregnancy… and the quiet shame that can sit alongside it all.

Because you can be deeply grateful…

and deeply struggling.

We talk about:

• The emotional toll of trying to conceive

• Anxiety that doesn’t magically disappear once you’re pregnant

• Why prenatal depression is more common than we realise

• How to get support early (without feeling dramatic)

If this season of life felt heavier than it “should have”, this conversation is for you 🤍

You are not failing. You are human.

A big thank you to our episode sponsors Tommee Tippee.

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In this week’s Real Talk episode we’re chatting all things intimacy and sex.

We asked you how often you’re having sex, when you’re having it and we’re ready to share.

We chat, bedtime routine sex handbrakes, feeling touched out, erotic novels, guilt around lack of sex and getting our heads in the clouds.

If you’ve ever wondered about other people’s sex lives, this one is for you. 

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At a recent school event, I felt like – was I too much?

Too high energy, too loud, too bubbly. Should I have been more reserved? Would I polarise people being too 'Leonie'?

In this episode, I delve into my social insecurities and whether what people think of us is really any of our business.

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Giving birth to twins and then getting back to training for the Olympics.

It’s not something you see everyday, but Morgan Mitchell is living proof that goals are to be chased.

In this chat with Australia’s very own Olympic sprinter Morgan Mitchell (and my ultimate girl crush) we discuss everything from how we can resilience to our children. Balancing our dreams, commitments and parenthood. Why we should always give back. Voms, poonamies and everything in between.

A big thank you to our episode sponsors Tommee Tippee and HelloFresh

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Nothing tests a marriage, a sibling relationship and your nervous system like homework.

One child finishes in 6 minutes.

The other is suddenly illiterate.

If you’ve ever said “just focus” while questioning your life choices… this episode is for you.

We’re unpacking:

✨ Why homework hits so hard

✨ Why snack + decompression matters

✨ When it’s okay to just… skip it

Because we’re not raising perfect students. We’re raising emotionally regulated humans.

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In this week’s Real Talk episode we’re chatting all things working full time and parenting.

How do we (try to) juggle it all?

We have some hot tips including shared calendars, Sunday admin, getting into a routine, outsourcing, sharing the load, finding your village and more.

If you’re keen to improve the juggle (and your sanity), this one is for you.

and so much more…

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