Jess Quinn was one of our very first KICPOD guests way back in 2019. This week Jess returns, but this time for KICBUMP, after welcoming her first daughter Marla into the world last November. In our first conversation with Jess she shared her story of childhood cancer and having one of her legs amputated when she was nine years old. In this episode, Steph and Jess talk about Marla and the reality of parenting as an amputee. Jess shares how she gained confidence in her body through pregnancy, her ...
Jun 18, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 347
If you’re going away by yourself, do you take the family toothpaste or do you buy a spare toothpaste and leave the family toothpaste at home? Steph and Laura have been doing a lot of traveling recently and this week we find out who buys a spare and who takes the family toothpaste (leaving their partner without). Plus we always suggest calling 1800 RESPECT if you or someone you know is experiencing violence…but what actually happens when you call? Who do you talk to, what will they ask, is it rec...
Jun 16, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 346
Ashani Dante and Fi Sanford are the Founder and CEO of The Flourish Journey, an organisation committed to supporting teenage girls to become empowered, resilient and connected adults. They help young girls to cultivate their own self-awareness and self-confidence, but this doesn’t mean that Ashani & Fi feel confident at all times. In this episode Ashani & Fi share their own self-confidence journeys and how self-doubt can still creep in to their lives. They discuss what self-confidence lo...
Jun 11, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 345
Steph’s been seeing a therapist for the past few months and in today’s episode she shares how it’s been going, what she’s learned from it, and she and Laura reflect on how valuable it’s been for both of them to speak to someone unbiased who you can be totally truthful with. Then Laura reflects on completing the Kic Run 10 - 21km program and completing her first half marathon in a few years, including overcoming injury, showing up for every rehab session, and fuelling her workouts, rather than us...
Jun 09, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 344
For the final episode of the miniseries Laura sits down with her husband Dalton. How does he feel about Laura doing this miniseries? What are his own fears around having children? Is it selfish if they never have children? And finally…do Laura & Dalton want kids? Then we hear from you about what the series has taught you. And Laura reflects on what she’s learned from creating the miniseries. FOLLOW US Laura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on Tiktok KICPOD @kicpod on ...
Jun 04, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 343
Sydney Fashion Week was a few weeks ago and it raised important conversations about who gets invited, who gets photographed, and how the event leaves people feeling afterwards, so this week we reflect on our own experiences of attending Melbourne and Sydney Fashion Weeks both as guests and walking in shows. Then we take a trip down memory lane to reflect on some of the dorky and rebellious things we did when were teenagers, like wearing rainbow toe socks but ONLY on Thursdays (Steph) and creatin...
Jun 02, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 342
The decision to have children is a personal one but if you’re in a relationship, the decision is one that you can’t make on your own. So what do you do if you find yourself in a situation where your partner wants kids but you’re not ready…or you want kids and your partner isn’t ready? Or what if you want children…but you don’t have anyone to have them with? In this episode Laura speaks with a KICPOD community member Madi who asked, “what if all the good partners are taken?” Then Laura sits down ...
May 30, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 341
For many women in their 20’s and 30’s, the tick of the biological clock can be deafening. We’re told our fertility falls off a cliff at 35 years old, so if we want children, we’d better get moving. When you add on messaging around the desire to be a “young” mum to keep up with your children, this only adds to the pressure that many women feel to make a decision that they don’t feel ready to make. But what if women’s fertility didn’t fall off a cliff at 35? What if it was a gradual decline rather...
May 28, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 340
It’s a mixed bag this week! Steph has a raspy voice (the sick kind…not the sexy kind) and Laura has a story about a dryer gone wrong and she wants to know what you would do if you were in the same situation. Then Steph shares the decision she recently made to get her IUD removed. And we call relationship coach (and friend of the podcast) Megan Luscombe to ask for her advice on the question: “how do I start a conversation with my partner that I don’t want to have?” SPECIAL SHARES Steph: The Idea ...
May 26, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 339
The most common fear we heard from you while planning this series, was what children would do to your career. Progression, relevancy, loss of superannuation, loss of identity, and comments like "why would you have kids if you're going to go back to work," all contribute to women making the decision to have children. And with increased rates of homelessness among women in Australia, and women retiring with 28% less superannuation than men, these fears are not baseless. But having children doesn’t...
May 23, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 338
If you're talking to people about the decision to have children it’s likely you’ve heard a version of this - “parenting is really hard so if you’re not 100% sure that you want children…don’t do it”. This episode is here to challenge that idea. The reasons people say not to have children are very convincing - you’ll never sleep again, your relationship will never be the same, you’ll never have sex again, you’ll lose your weekends. Basically your life as you know it will be over. But it's also the...
May 21, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 337
Laura came in with a rant this week! So the next time you think about commenting “stay in your lane”...think again. And one of you asked a tricky question about splitting the bill when you go out for dinner. You asked: “Is it stingy to ask to not to pay for alcohol I haven’t drunk it? So Laura & Steph take it to the Kic Court to decide! Do you agree? How do you navigate this in your friendship group? Have your say in the KICPOD Facebook group. SPECIAL SHARES Steph: Rebel Wilson on The Diary ...
May 19, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 336
Whether it’s biological, circumstantial, financial, environmental, a result of trauma, or simply because you don’t want to, the reasons why people decide to be childfree are as diverse as the reasons why people decide to be parents. For many people, the decision to be childfree is met with comments like “you’ll change your mind,” or “you won’t know real love until you have a child,” or “what if you regret it?”. And with so few childfree role models showing us what a childfree life could look lik...
May 16, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 335
You meet someone, you get married, you have children. Right? That’s been the status quo for so long that it can be hard to imagine an alternative. For so many people who don’t feel called to be a parent, that path doesn’t feel right. But if you’ve grown up in a world where everyone you know, and everyone you follow, and every character in every movie and every TV show is getting married and having children, how do you distinguish what you want versus what society wants you to want? And if you do...
May 14, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 334
Having children is one of the biggest decisions we'll ever make. And for many people between the ages of 20 - 40, who don't feel called to be a parent, this question can be all-consuming. It was for Laura. Last year Laura opened up on the podcast for the first time about her anxieties about having children. Your messages of support, encouragement, and "I feel exactly the same as you," are what inspired this miniseries. 'Do I Want Kids' is for everyone who is sitting with the decision. Over 7 epi...
May 13, 2024•6 min•Season 1Ep. 333
We talk a lot about rebuilding our relationship to food but we don’t talk as much about our relationship to exercise. Off the back of Laura’s HIIT classes in the Kic app, and the D&M we responded to last week about listening to your body, we wanted to talk about it. And just like our relationship to food - even when you’re in a good spot with exercise - past behaviours can sneak up on you when you least expect it. And this is your reminder that if you haven’t had a house party or a sleepover...
May 12, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 332
Jess Sanders is a social worker and children’s author. Her latest book ‘ You Can Do Hard Things - A Little One’s Guide For Not Giving Up’ helps children see disappointments as opportunities. A growth mindset empowers children to believe in themselves and reach their full potential. From building blocks, to learning times tables, children are constantly faced with difficulties, and a growth mindset helps children believe they are capable of overcoming these difficulties, if not today, then one da...
May 07, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 331
Our stories of overthinking and overexplaining! Laura shares what happened when she spent the day rubbing her eyes and tried to buy three bottles of wine on a Friday night (without looking in the mirror) and Steph reveals a recent email fail. Then we hear your stories of overthinking. Overthinkers, hypochondriacs, anxious girlies…you’re all welcome here. Plus we open the mailbox to answer one of your DMs about running: “how do you know the difference between listening to your body vs breaking th...
May 05, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 330
When Ash Paraskevas was in her early 20’s she was in a longterm relationship, studying law (as the first person in her family to attend uni) and competing in Miss World. From the outside - it looked like she had it all. But inside she was struggling with severe anxiety, depression, domestic abuse and changing everything about herself to try and fit in and be loved. In this episode Ash generously shares how she built herself back from rock bottom to a place where she’s now living fully and authen...
Apr 30, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 329
We saw a TikTok about "food noise" and we want to talk about it. "Food noise" is the relentless thoughts about food and eating that unfortunately so many of us have experienced or still do experience. We reflect on how food noise still shows up for us regardless of how much effort we put into combating these thoughts, and what we can do to try and break the cycle. If you experience food noise, disordered eating or an eating disorder, support is available at the Butterfly Foundation on 1800 33 46...
Apr 28, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 328
This episode is tough but a really important conversation for every parent and person with young people in their lives. Grooming refers to an older child or adult establishing a trusting relationship with a child or their family to sexually abuse or exploit the child. The average age that a child is abused is 6.8 years old and 90% of children who are abused know their abuser. To help make sense of it all, Steph speaks with Jayneen Sanders. Jayneen is a mum of three, author and educator who write...
Apr 23, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 327
It feels like only yesterday that we were sitting in our cars recording this podcast on our iPhones and now you’ve downloaded us over 14 MILLION (!) times in places as far and wide as Greeland and Jamaica. For KICPOD’s 5th birthday we take a trip down memory lane from them to now, reflect on what making this podcast means to us and hear what the podcast means to you. Plus! We think five years is a good time to give you guys a nickname. Tell us in our Facebook group what you want to be called ;) ...
Apr 21, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 326
If you’ve ever questioned if you’re on the right path and wished you could ask someone who’s no longer alive what they think, a psychic medium could help connect you. Jessica Lynne is a psychic medium who’s dedicated herself to connecting the living with their departed loved ones. Steph & Laura both received a reading from Jess, and in this episode, they unpack it together. Find out: how Jess actually connects with departed loved ones, what you should do with the information you get from a m...
Apr 16, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 325
People are commenting on Laura's TikTok telling her she should divorce her husband Dalton. And you know what? Laura couldn't care less. Plus! Steph had a moment when she realised something she was doing to “save time” actually ended up worse off than if she’d put in effort to begin with. So we asked you…what do you to “save” time that ends up taking you longer? If you hate putting away your washing or taking out the recycling, we see you. And hi Alice! You guys love seeing Alice on the Kic Insta...
Apr 14, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 324
If you haven’t been to kinder since you were IN kinder, you’ve probably forgotten what it’s all about and what the big deal is. So as Harvey gets closer to kindergarten age, Steph speaks with early childhood consultant Catharine Hydon about all things kindergarten. They talk the big things, like: what do our kids actually learn at kinder, how does it help them transition to school, and how is my kid developing emotionally and social at that age? And the little things, like: how early do I have t...
Apr 09, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 323
What do you do to feel safe while running or walking alone? We saw this video on Instagram where a woman lists everything she does to feel safe while running outside alone and we wanted to talk about it. Plus Steph & Laura share their own experiences of feeling unsafe while running and walking by themselves. Then we talk getting over a breakup. A community member asked for tips to help get over a breakup and we asked you for your advice, from dropping 20k on a horse, to moving interstate, to...
Apr 07, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 322
In January, one of our Kic community members, Ellie, messaged us on Instagram asking to share her story of being diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer diagnosis at just 31 years old. Ellie noticed a lump in one of her breasts last August. When it didn’t go away, Ellie made an appointment to get it checked out by her GP. Within days, Ellie underwent an ultrasound and biopsy to find out it was breast cancer, which led to more biopsies, an egg retrieval and chemotherapy. Ellie’s plans for a ...
Apr 02, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 321
We asked for your wild Aussie wildlife stories and in this episode we hear about your run ins with spiders, possums, and emus, and find out what happened when Steph and her friends were riding bikes in high school and came face-to-face with an emu. And you loved our episode with relationship coach Megan Luscombe so much that we invited her back to answer a question from the community. You asked: “O n paper he is perfect. He’s the ‘settle down with kind of guy’. Why do I have doubts? ” We put thi...
Mar 31, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 320
Katie Lolas is beloved by her online community who she shares her life with. When Katie’s sister, Nadia passed away unexpectedly in 2021 at 31 years old, Katie’s community grieved alongside her. But Katie had another job to do: she was 35 weeks pregnant and in three weeks’ time, she was due to deliver her first child, Harper, via C-section. When Katie was trying to grieve one life changing event, she was also trying to celebrate another life changing event, and trying not to feel guilty for doin...
Mar 26, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 319
Can a kiss ever just be a kiss…or does it always have to lead to sex? Laura was scrolling Instagram where she saw this clip with Psychosexologist Karen Gurney and Diary of a CEO host Steven Barlett discussing the idea of “sexual currency” aka everything you do with your partner *except* sex. Steph and Laura share how this plays out in their own relationships…and why Laura has to have her wits about her when she’s naked and she knows Dalton is home. Plus Steph shares a story of a recent encounter...
Mar 24, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 318
