Hello hello. For anyone that doesn't know Sarah, she's our sister in law - our brothers wife - and among other things, a Move it Mama trainer. She has a love of books (not just reading them but discussing them post-workout, too), a real creative flair, a sense of humour like no other and is a busy ass working mum to Stan and angel girl Sophia. Sarah lost Sophia nearly five years ago and discusses this quite a bit in today's episode (TW: baby loss). She talks candidly about life at the minute (lo...
May 01, 2024•53 min•Ep. 144
This episode comes with a warning - it feels necessary because we feel we fall a bit flat. Not that every episode needs to be lol worthy, but this one is a bit like two old ducks having a tough old time on the parenting front who very much needed to fester somewhat into their issues. So join us if you dare (lol) for the debrief on life - the current trials and tribulations involving the kids and husbands, social media and kids with phones in general (*quivering in our boots as to how to handle*)...
Apr 29, 2024•59 min•Ep. 145
Hello guys. Our fun new guest today is Fraser Grut - the man with a dream. His dream? To film the dreams of 10,000 people before he 'croaks it'. We found Fraser on Instagram a while ago and have really loved watching his work and his story come to life. His passion is in dreams and now, he's travelling the world meeting with all sorts of people from the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Jackasses Stevo, Terry Crews, Stan Walker, Mick Fanning, Elmo and plenty more - from all walks of life, all across the ...
Apr 24, 2024•53 min•Ep. 142
Hey guys! Well if you're not interested in marathon chat then this podcast isn't for you. In today's chat we are day one post Jess's marathon and so naturally, the marathon debrief is what's taking place. Leece hosts Jess as if she's a special guest lol and we dissect everything surrounding the race. The week leading up to it, the shoe debacle, the outfit, sleep drama, the ins and outs of the run and how that panned out, the support and by default the peaks and pits. A big thank you from Jess to...
Apr 22, 2024•46 min•Ep. 143
It's been nearly three years since we last had Kelly Coe on the podcast and what a total THRILL it was to have her back. On both occasions we've sat down to chat to Kelly, we have both been left thinking, 'hmm, must relax and be more like Kelly'. Kelly is so many things - driven, charismatic, creative, intelligent, inspiring and motivated - and it is an absolute privilege to have her back on the podcast. Augustine and all that the brand encompasses is much more than just clothing. In this episod...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 141
The weekend debrief is a fun way for us to start the week and we know you guys are enjoying it too, so thank you for your downloads, listens and DMs! A bit to catch up on today from a Monday morning strengths assessment (Jess doesn't like self-reflection), to pre-marathon nerves, whether Leece will have the fifth baby and more. There isn't much more to say except we'll once again be back on Wednesday with a very special guest.
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 140
Hello guys, welcome back! This week we're joined by our dear friend Kirst. For anyone that doesn't know, Kirst takes a couple of workouts every week in Move it Mama and has done for some time now. We have been friends for a fairly long while and it's our pleasure to bring her back to the pod! In this episode we start off with the nitty gritty, mulling over the most important stuff, including being STANDING for the morning coffee (shook) and what the average day in Kirst's world looks like. We an...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 139
Happy day-of-the-waffly-pod Monday! We're here for a vulnerable time not a lol time. That's the phrase, right? It is today :p In this episode we are just riding the waves of all things Move it Mama. We are extremely blessed in our lives - across our family life, personal life, work life and beyond - but every now and then we have a wobble. We're hopeful that in sharing this we are okay to do so, and that perhaps it can just serve as a reminder that no matter someone's situation, there can still ...
Apr 08, 2024•44 min•Ep. 138
It sure is a good day when sissy Char comes to play! Today we welcome Char back to the podcast for the first time in a long time. Weirdly our podcast artwork has Char's mug on it and while that was the intention, in listening to our conversation you'll find out more as to why Char is a no-show and what it is that takes up her days. In this episode we chat all things mom life; the juggling of balls as a working mom, the hard parts of that, the good parts, and a bit about what it is Char actually ...
Apr 03, 2024•49 min•Ep. 136
We thought we had nothing to chat about and started this podcast like two flat pancakes. Turns out, talking to our mics from the Sunny Coast and the '03 of NZ - knowing we've got you at the other end - perks us up, and what do you know? An hour of chat later. Today we go from dance monkey, to booze and Easter plans, to the power of exercise (AGAIN) particularly when it comes to confidence; chip and chocolate chat, and little pockets of waffle in between. We recorded this pre-Easter (which will b...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 135
We are so proud to introduce Sonja Courtis to The Sparkle Pod. Sonja is a local Christchurch woman working as an empowerment coach. Having been to Sonja for a number of appointments, Leece can confirm - Sonja can be a bit of a miracle worker. With the loss of her 15 year old brother to suicide when she was 17, Sonja was propelled into the world of psychology and learning about everything in and around the subject. Whilst studying and working with a life coach herself, Sonja discovered the practi...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 134
Hey pals, welcome to your sparkly pod. In recent weeks, this episode has become a post-weekend debrief however, our confession from the start is that while this is a debrief it is not post-weekend (lol). With Leece away for a few days with the family to the Gold Coast, we recorded this a few days prior to its release. We thought it would be a bit of fun to answer some haphazard, random questions and see where they took us. Well, they take us to a few places. We tell stories of unusual jobs we've...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 133
It's funny the way you grow up side by side with your 'baby cousin' who suddenly also becomes an adult and is very much no longer a 'baby'. Arguably perhaps an adult before us, when she became a mother at 21 - considered quite a young age some 15 years ago. Our cousin Amanda - born when Leece was 6 and Jess 2 and a bit - was the third (of 4) born to our dearest aunty and uncle, and who's family played a huge role in our childhoods. Every holiday, birthday and even menial celebration was an excus...
Mar 20, 2024•56 min•Ep. 132
Hey guys! Another bonus ep! Who are we :) welcome to the week and hello Monday (for those of you listening fresh!). In today's episode we're dissecting the weekend that was and can you believe it involves NO tidying - kinda taxi'ing kids instead so same same. Leece's weekend was busy, Jess's less so, but to summarise today - lots of chat; from being a people pleaser, to the husbands birthday and a bad dream, to kids sport and running, lessens in gratitude, and how wonderfully complex the flavour...
Mar 18, 2024•56 min•Ep. 131
We bring you a guest this week and a very special one at that. Joining us on The Sparkle Pod today is Jana - a long time Move it Mama member and friend. The Jana we chat to on the podcast today is a changed version to the Jana that joined Move it Mama back in 2018. With two kids, at the time aged 2 and 4, Jana was diagnosed with an aggressive form of nodular melanoma (skin cancer). Today she tells her story; getting her skin checked, pushing and questioning specialists for further assessment (so...
Mar 13, 2024•53 min•Ep. 129
SURPRISE! What do we have here then, you say! Well, on this weeks Wednesday episode of the Sparkle Pod we're bringing you a very special guest, so before that, here we are. Settle in for your waffly, all over the place, slightly emotional, post weekend debrief. To sum it up - running, kids, TIDYING, parenting, TIDYING, live workout confessions, TIDYING, social media, Dr Chatterjee, food, FOMO and more. We look forward to bringing you our guest this Wednesday. For now, settle in with your cuppa a...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 130
In today's episode we haphazardly take a tangent to discussing GLOVES. Fortunately that's not actual gloves but an acronym (not a mnemonic?) for some health and wellness measures and one that we think works really well. Gloves stands for: gratitude, love, outside, vegetables, exercise and sleep. Nothing new, but reassuring and helpful nonetheless. Amongst this chat we discuss a few bits, including what happened over the weekend, kid and husband quirks and this week's Open Week. We talk about exe...
Mar 06, 2024•57 min•Ep. 128
Last weeks episode created quite a bit of chat, particularly in Leece's DMs. Thank you for your support to the podcast and specifically for your feedback on that episode. Quite honestly we feel a need to tread very carefully when it comes to these sorts of topics - they're sensitive, for many reasons - and we don't want anyone to listen to our chat and think they're doing it all wrong (or anything along those lines). Regardless, thank you, we're grateful... even IF, we moan a lot today :p lots o...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 127
We're a day late, did you notice?! Were we missed? :) Today's episode has been inspired by the Facebook post Leece did on Friday 16th February. In this post she talked about a few of the strategies she's recently adopted, in a bid to sort her hormones. While you guys will more or less know Leece has been on this journey (if you've ever listened to us, whether on social media, the podcast or in workouts), however over the past six months or so Leece has been on a bigger mission, very invested in ...
Feb 22, 2024•57 min•Ep. 126
It's fair to say that after we get together with a room full of Move it Mama members our energy is renewed. It is just something else, to be in a room surrounded by people who workout with us - who are there on the other side of the screen each and every day. On the flip side, we know that such events aren't for everyone, but even still, we appreciate you ALL - whether you come or not, whether you're a member or not. Thank you to everyone who supports this amazing platform - without you, it simp...
Feb 14, 2024•44 min•Ep. 125
For today's episode Leece has recently returned from a few days in Wellington with family. Naturally we discuss what this encompassed and how it is that we remember people. Clue: we remember people for how they make us feel and for who they are - our memories don't seem to be based around someone's looks. Somehow we then take this story of loss to our musings on diet culture and other motivation for exercise and movement. Movement doesn't have to be high intensity and extreme muscle soreness - w...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 124
So when we put it out to social media for topics to discuss on the podcast, this one stuck out. It went something like this - 'mum rage, and why do we feel like housekeepers and maids for our family?'. When this hit the inbox we knew we had to talk about it because quite frankly depending on the time of the month, this is an issue for us too (perhaps Jess more than zen-like-Leece these days!). We know we mention ebbs and flows a lot but when it comes to mum rage AND those feelings of being the h...
Jan 31, 2024•48 min•Ep. 123
Happy podcast day! Excited to be here. In today's episode we answer a few questions from the DMs. We had a tricky one come through which was: how do I ignore diet culture when I really need to lose weight? In answering this question we somehow find ourselves talking simultaneously about habits to help cement regular exercise, but also swing back to diet culture and what we can do to silence it (can we even? I don't think so). While we certainly don't have the answers and our chat takes a lot of ...
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 122
We're back!! And what fun it is to be back on the mics for 2024! Two thousand and twenty four, or is it, twenty twenty four - which side are you on!? We start the podcast year by sitting side by side at our parents place recording our first episode of 2024. It was so fun to be together in the flesh after what has been nearly a year working apart. We were so lucky to have Leece in Christchurch in the New Year and so privileged to, as a result, see many of our community in person - what a total th...
Jan 17, 2024•46 min•Ep. 121
The Sparkle Pod often ends up almost resembling some kind of big rocket fuel concoction, made up of all sorts that leaves you feeling, hmm... with a spring in your step? With sore cheeks from lolling? Feeling squeamish or perhaps better about yourself? Haha. However it leaves you, we are so grateful for your downloads, comments, DMs and love. I feel we say it often but it *really* does mean the absolute world to us that this podcast does something for you. That you keep coming back to us and tha...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 120
Hello guys! You're in for an assortment today with Leece hosting sissy Hobbs on the pod (for those that don't know, that's our sister in law/our brother's wife, Sarah). In today's episode they cover off an array of subjects, from Sarah's fertility journey and parenting one child, to schooling, oat milk coffee rigmaroles, supermarket trolley debate, book reviews and more. How fun to get Sarah back on the podcast - we hope you enjoy it. Hobbsy, thanks for your time - always a hoot.
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 119
Many of you enjoyed (or squirmed) your way through our shower chat and also got a laugh out of the six fish 'ick' chat. Today, we continue in the same vein. We're already into school holidays for Leece so we begin with some insight into what she's termed her 'systems in place' for the next little while. Today, we otherwise hit a bit of everything - from six fish and safe to the current icks between ourselves and our partners - both from our side and theirs - (does anyone know the penis 'helicopt...
Dec 06, 2023•44 min•Ep. 118
Last weeks chat had some of you shook. Messages such as, 'nothing that goes on the bottom goes near the face', and so on. In short, MUCH of our listenership fronting up and feeding back some very divided routines and habits when it comes to shower etiquette. Isn't life funny? We connect with each other on so many levels (connection being one of the greatest feelings in the world), yet beneath the surface, particularly in the confines of our own homes, many of us are doing things very differently...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 117
Another Wednesday, another Sparkly Pod - you sure can count on the Move it Mama podcast to hit the big topics hard. In today's episode Leece has a moment in bed moaning to Dan about her hormone fluctuations, that have her pose the question: what do I do to look after you? What do we do to look after each other (i.e., our partners), given life can be tough for all of us, hormones or no hormones!? After dissecting this a little and Jess being somewhat unconvinced about the entire subject (lol), we...
Nov 22, 2023•58 min•Ep. 116
A bit on this week, from why Santa is already present in the shopping malls of the Sunshine Coast, what's giving Leece the ick and what kind of assumptions Jess is putting upon random strangers just trying to take a romantic stroll. As always, it's great to be here. Today's theme is a bit like the story of the grinch that stole Christmas - there's lots we might feel we need or want in this life but at the end of the day what we really need and what matters most - is each other (and our health wo...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 115
