The Bizzy Mama Podcast

In a world full of synthetic toys and clothing, the hunt for natural fibres for her baby boy with eczema was the original journey Bec set out on that now sees Miann & Co to be what it is today. Still staying true to its roots 12 years later!

This is the story of Rebecca Meyer. Creator of the brand Miann & Co. Mother of Seb, Oliver & Coco.

In this episode Bec shares:

• Coming from a small country town and wanting to pursue fashion
• Working for brands like Myer and Cotton On
• Starting her first brand ‘Lahdedah Kids’ selling natural fibre crochet toys
• How finding solutions for her first childs eczema was the initial reason set out on her business journey
• The re-brand to ‘Miann & Co’ after running into trademarking issues
• Navigating colicy babies and business!
• Comparing the availability of health information and motherhood support readily available now compared to 15 years ago
• Running a sustainable business
• Miann & Co’s ‘timelessness’ and ‘child-to-child’ strong ethos
• Being an adaptable business owner and building their incredible team!
• The effects of the bush fires, Instagram algorithm change, covid and interest rate rises
• Her recent focus on health
• Sharing her cholestasis experiences in pregnancy
• Navigating the overall motherhood business life juggle!

This is such a goldmine of an episode! So grateful to have you Bec - thanks for sharing your story!

INSTAGRAM:

@miannandco

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For the stories this woman can tell, you wouldn’t believe she is only 23. A highschool dropout, Kayla ran off with her creativity and determination to succeed and achieved more than most would by the time she turned 20. A beautiful story of highschool sweethearts, who grew up together and are now raising a gorgeous daughter and family business Chaii Living. It’s such a pleasure to bring this story to your ears!!

This is the story of Kayla Gane. Content Creator and lady behind Chaii Living and Odeya Film. Mother of Vera.

In this episode Kayla shares:

• Her young relationship with Conner starting at 14, engaged at 18 and pregnant at 20!
• Navigating her negative experience of high school
• Starting ‘Thrifty Threads’ which blew up allowing her to dropout of school and work full time, open a store and employee her first staff member by 16 (Yep 16. I know right… INCREDIBLE!)
• Experiencing bad endometriosis at 16, loosing her period, a PCOS diagnosis, and then feeling nervous about future infertility.
• Starting and building her second business baby, ‘Chaii’
• Two successful businesses under the age of 20!!
• Details on her special relationship with her late grandma
• Falling pregnant while grieving, pregnancy nausea and navigating the stresses of pregnancy during the pandemic
• How the pandemic impacted her businesses
• Vera’s birth story, 3 failed epidurals, positive emergency c-section, than a difficult c-section recovery
• Unplanned mini business venture with Era Studio and then selling up for a more manageable lifestyle
• The intense juggle that has been parenthood and running businesses
• Coming home to her family 10 acre property and hiring a nanny
• Her really beautiful perspectives on motherhood as a whole

So grateful to have you Kayla - thanks for sharing your story!

INSTAGRAM:

@kaylaaaellieee @chaii.living @odeyafilm

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From an incredible background in retail management to being in the trenches of Hyperemesis Gravidarum. Too sick to shop, she wished her baby prep shopping list was all in the same place. And that was when Biglittlethings was born.

This is the story of Yanika Flynn. Creator of the brand Biglittlethings. Mother of Alia & Amara.

In this episode Yanika shares:

• How her impressive career in retail started with shadowing a visual merchandiser for work experience
• Working her way up in Kikki K seeing her managing stores in Singapore at the age of 19
• Falling pregnant and being struck with Hyperemesis Gravidarum
• Navigating retail work while suffering HG
• How preparing for her new baby lead her to the idea of creating Biglittlethings
• Her first beautiful unplanned home birth
• How she got to 6 months and hit postpartum depletion
• Investing in a brand designer, website designer and photographer from the beginning
• How Biglittlethings was one of the first of its kind and was the first to bring some beautiful baby brands to Australia
• How she ran Biglittlethings in nap times and at night packing orders till 2am
• When the pandemic sent online sales for Biglittlethings crazy!
• Moving her business from their family home to its very own space
• Fearing the loss of her business while being in the trenches of HG in her second pregnancy
• How she planned for postpartum the second time and had much more of a positive experience
• Bringing the all new Biglittlegifting to life recently!
• Being a co-host of her own podcast for HG awareness
• Chats about social media, creating original ideas and industry competition comparison
• Raising her children knowing their privilege

INSTAGRAM:

@biglittlethings.store

WEBSITE:

www.biglittlethings.store

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I’m calling it… ‘She is’ the pioneer of zodiac giftware. From creating a print for her own bedside table to a post gone viral, she quit her job, started a brand and unexpectedly fell pregnant a month later. What a wildly beautiful, chaotic, challenging and incredible story this women has.

This is the story of Caitlyn Everett. Creator of the brand Sunday Lane. Mother of Morgan and Rosie.

In this episode Caitlyn shares:

• How the very first zodiac print came to be
• What followed after her photo of her art went viral
• Quitting her job, starting her business in 2017, unexpectedly falling pregnant and a wedding all within months of each other
• The constant irritation and challenge that is having many copycats rip off her original creative work
• Being in survival mode throughout pregnancy and newborn life while in the mama/business juggle
• Her entry into motherhood with a traumatic birth and difficult newborn experience
• How she’s never reached out to a single stockist yet currently have 90+ stocking her work
• Creative flow, coming up with collections and growth of Sunday Lane
• Maintaining an authentic, achievable, beautiful and strong brand
• All corners of her current mum / business life juggle she is in!

So incredibly grateful to have you Caitlyn - thanks for sharing your story!

INSTAGRAM:

@sundaylane @caitlyneverett

WEBSITE:

 www.sundaylane.com.au

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@thebizzymama.podcast

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Creating her own retail store after years of incredible experience in the fashion industry, riding the rollercoaster of the pandemic, an unexpected yet very welcomed pregnancy and navigating HG.

This is the story of Tiffany Cooper. Creator of the retail brand Nikkou Store. Mother of Ted.

In this episode Tiff shares:

• entering the working world just under 13 years old at good old Video Ezy!
• her time at Melbourne School of Fashion, Uni, Country Road, Zara and Zulu+Zepher.
• how she went all in to bring to life her own retail store, Nikkou Store
• the many learnings made from the first few years of business
• navigating the unknown of the pandemic, negotiation and introducing drop shipping
• her big, bold, exciting move to open her second store in Brisbane
• experiencing more snap lockdowns, border closures and a call to lifeline
• having endometriosis, discovering a low egg count and being told that they have 1-2% chance of conceiving
• falling pregnant unexpectedly waiting to begin the IVF process
• navigating being sick since 4 weeks with HG
• her planned c-section and welcoming Ted to the world!
• how her maternity leave plans didn’t go to plan
• overall perspectives on motherhood and business!

It was a long one but SUCH a good one. Absolute wealth of information this girl is.

So grateful to have you Tiff - thanks for sharing your story!

I’d like to thank Amitė Music for giving me the opportunity to use their gorgeous song ‘Letting Go’ within this podcast. Check them out here: https://amitemusic.com

INSTAGRAM:

@tiffanyellecooper @nikkoustore

WEBSITE: 

www.nikkoustore.com

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@thebizzymama.podcast

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Building an iconic stay, co-founding a pilates studio and welcoming a baby! Oh and that’s not all on this girl's plate. She’s my bestie and I think she’s fabulous!

This is the story of Morgan Pfitzner. Creator of The River Vista. Mother of Harmonie.

In this episode Morgs shares:

• How she built various skills from working a range of jobs
• The Minor Morgs era! What it’s like working down the hole
• Discovering her desire to craft the experience that is now The River Vista
• Insight on building her airbnb to be more than just accomodation
• Becoming a pilates trainer in the midst of preparing for the launch of the Vista
• Co-launching a pilates studio withins weeks of having her first baby
• Working with a baby in tow
• How she’s now thrown in studying into the juggle
• Being a close friend of mine, we overall do a lot of reminiscing of the years just gone too!

So grateful to have you Morgy - thanks for sharing your story!

I’d like to thank Amitė Music for giving me the opportunity to use their gorgeous song ‘Letting Go’ within this podcast. Check them out here: https://amitemusic.com

INSTAGRAM:

@therivervista @morganpfitzner

WEBSITE:

 www.therivervista.co

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Eight years of building a gorgeous, successful brand, to then sell up after the arrival of her first baby. Kate has set her self up to enjoy the best most precious years of her babies life, putting motherhood first and living off the fruits of her labour. Queen!

This is the story of Katie Hodolic. Creator of the gift giving brand Afternoon Pick Me Up. Mother of Heidi.

In this episode Kate shares:

• the humble beginnings of APMU when wanting to send a gift to a sick friend
• going from fresh flowers and juice to postable giftwares
• her priorities for business start up with $5k
• getting to pay herself a wage for the first time
• growing out of the home office into her studio and managing staff
• the effects the pandemic had on APMU
• how she lost connection with her biz as it grew
• pregnancy and planning for her maternity leave
• managing a business with baby in tow
• how ‘promoting nourishing downtime’ has always led the brands decision making
• how she decided it was time to sell APMU
• her honest feelings about letting go of her business baby
• going ‘all-in’ on motherhood
• how selling her business set her up for Heidi’s most precious years

So grateful to have you Kate - thank you for sharing your story!

I’d like to thank Amitė Music for giving me the opportunity to use their gorgeous song ‘Letting Go’ within this podcast. Check them out here: https://amitemusic.com

KATE’S INSTAGRAM:

@khodolic

BUSINESS INSTAGRAM:

@afternoonpickmeup

BUSINESS WEBSITE: 

https://afternoonpickmeup.com.au

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Content creating her way around the country with her family. Tent living, sunset chasing, homeschooling and living a blissful, un-conventional, memorable life. This is the story of Bohannah Gerritsen. Creator of the IG account @thesimplefolk_ . Mother of Indiana, Archer and Olive.

In this episode Bo shares:

• Where her passion started for creative play using technology
• The early days of building a presence on Instagram
• Her surprise first pregnancy at 22
• Her home births with Archer and Olive
• Building her content creation business to point to where her husband could quit his job.
• Travelling Australia and home-schooling with kids (or more like travel-schooling?!)
• The truths of having ‘influence’ as a creative on social media
• Her perspectives on curating an authentic yet aesthetic feed
• What authentic content creation looks like for her
• Creating memories and crafting a beautiful childhood for her children
• The families team effort that is their ‘content creating lifestyle’
• What the ‘work’ of content creation actually looks like?

So grateful to have you Bo - thank you for sharing your story!

I’d like to thank Amitė Music for giving me the opportunity to use their gorgeous song ‘Letting Go’ within this podcast. Check them out here: https://amitemusic.com

INSTAGRAM:

@thesimplefolk_

WEBSITE:

 www.thesimplefolk.com (coming soon!)

Mayde Tea is an organic boutique tea and accessories brand by Naturopath, Kate Dalton from Byron Bay. This is the story of Kate Dalton. Creator of Mayde Tea. Mother of Alfie and Ovie.

In this episode Kate shares:

• How her unhealthy habits in her late teens led her to pursuing naturopathy and nutrition
• Falling in love with plants after dealing with loosing her cycle, IBS, insomnia and anxiety
• Falling into the business of herbal tea without intention, just passion
• Having a baby 6 months after meeting her partner
• Having a high risk pregnancy: minor bicornuate uterus
• A traumatic first birth with postnatal depression, and the role her work played in that
• Having no planned maternity leave and navigating work with a newborn
• The power of a rebrand, and new unique packaging design
• The flexibility of owning her own business
• The effects of the pandemic had on Mayde Tea
• Trusting her gut and sticking strong to the roots of her brand when experiencing growth
• Separating mum life and work life - being fully present when in mum mode

So grateful to have you Kate - thank you for sharing your story!

I’d like to thank Amitė Music for giving me the opportunity to use their gorgeous song ‘Letting Go’ within this podcast. Check them out here: https://amitemusic.com

INSTAGRAM:

@maydetea

WEBSITE: 

www.maydetea.com

The very first TBMP episode has arrived and is ready for your ears. I'm starting off with giving you all the details on what to expect from this podcast as well as an in depth story time session about my business and motherhood journey. Just like the guest episodes to come, I’ve left no stone unturned and talk openly and vulnerably about my experiences, good and bad, that have brought me to where I am today. Hoping it’ll give you a good understanding about this podcast as well as my past and present, to give context for future episodes.

I’m so incredibly grateful to have you here and for your support!

I’d like to thank Amitė Music for giving me the opportunity to use their gorgeous song ‘Letting Go’ within this podcast. Check them out here: https://amitemusic.com

INSTAGRAM:

@thebizzymama.podcast

@ebony.forsyth

WEBSITE: 

www.thebizzymama.co 

www.ebby.studio

Also, does anyone read show notes? Haha!!