Drop all those parenting books Dazies and listen up for the next hour as we pick the brain of one of the worlds finest child development specialists and our own personal parenting guru Dr Siggie!! We can’t begin to tell you how many of her game changing Instagram snippets we have shared among our peeps and we feel so privileged to have had the chance to ask her all the pressing questions from ourselves and our listeners when it comes to the behavioral patterns of kids! Dr Siggie has been working...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 61
Actresses, Mothers, Besties and Broad Ideas podcast hosts Rachel Bilson and Olivia Allen are on the pod this week and boy oh boy do we take this convo to some places! Shared ex lovers, horny horse-riding, sliding doors, fan girling, WILD Hollywood stories, period pals, manifesting success, blended families, raising a child with medical complexity, relationships with our mothers, only children and tales from the sisterhood. From laughing crying to crying crying, join this bestie pile up as they t...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 60
Happy Birthday to our co-host Sarah Wright Olsen!! This week we are celebrating all things Sarah with an episode dedicated to the past 40 years of growth, adventure, connection and raising babies! Join us as we have a super candid and moving chat about moments in life that have shaped us, the places we go to find expansion, our favorite things, sayings, ways of being and finding light in the dark. You can download the Once Upon App here and use code TMD25 for 25% off! Resource links: Signs: The ...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 59
Dazies we are so excited to have Rumer Willis back with us!! A few months ago Rumer came on to talk about her pregnancy and expectations, fears, excitement and dreams about her upcoming birth. In today's episode she is back to share her gorgeous home birth story, the very vulnerable moments right after, the quiet hours when everyone leaves and the days and weeks that follow. The beautiful thing about Rumer is that she shares in such an open and vulnerable way with everything from birthing the pl...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 58
From her teenage mermaid escapades to hanging out with vampires, brewing spells with witches, channeling her inner mean girl, and enduring the wrath of a hungry shark, our guest this week is none other than Hollywood sensation Claire Holt! Her life has been a whirlwind of adventures, but none as colorful as her journey into motherhood with her third child on the way. In our conversation this week, we explore Claire's experiences with pregnancy, her candid and real presence on social media, her v...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 57
A little woo woo, a little boo hoo and a lot of Lols again this episode. We take you on a bumpy ride through suck suck boobie land, where we meet a mother suffering from the irrational middle of the night “everybody hates me, everything sucks” belief system, we have a stopover in the burbs of ‘big life questions’ asking things like “are my deceased loved ones trying to tell me to have another baby?” and “but what is the meaning of life?”, we then explore the world of ‘Depleted Mother Syndrome’ a...
Sep 07, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 56
We are back for part 2 of Nikki’s Reeds birth story along with her gorgeous midwife Abby Vidikan! In this half we discuss ‘The Vagina Whisperer’ Johanna Storey’s go-to methods of keeping your vagina tear free! How baby’s can take some time to come “online.” Abby discusses what the one minute earth side transition is (and how that looks different in a home birth!) and Nikki walks us through her final hour of power bringing her baby home. What a delightful, funny, informative and moving wrap up to...
Aug 31, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Y’all know we LOVE ourselves a birth story and better yet, one from the sisterhood! We have Nikki Reed back with our Dazeys sharing the powerful story of her recent home birth with her son. We are lucky enough to have her midwife, the incomparable Abby Vidikan giving the play by plays alongside her. This is a two part episode of what will surely become one of your favourite episodes to date. Diving in to all the bodily fluids, nervous anticipation, excitement and All👏The👏 Feels👏 of birth. A b...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 54
This week on the pod we have crazy tales from down under as Teresa’s week goes rogue, from harrowing cat rescues, disastrous mum fails to marathon birth working duties and finding moments of “one with the cosmos” among the chaos. Sarah’s daughter Esme has a birthday and reminisces on some rather mystical moments of her time from the great beyond! The gals also chat low vibes/high vibes and the magnetism at play with the law of attraction (and how subtle shifts can change everythinggg!!). Sarah t...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 53
In the deepest part of you, have you ever longed for the experience of raising a daughter? Or dreamt about what it would feel like to have a little boy about the place? There’s a reason thoughts of having a baby of a particular biological sex are shrouded in secrecy, self judgement and a profound shame. “Gender” disappointment is a real term with an unfortunate name (we all know there is a fundamental difference between sex and gender) today on The Mother Daze we dive into this taboo subject wit...
Aug 10, 2023•49 min•Ep. 52
On this week's episode of ‘winging it and winning’, we discuss the cascade of covid chaos in the Olsen household- who, until now, have been covid dodgers for three years by way of hazmat suits, goggles and boarding up all access to outside air or other people! Teresa takes us down a rabbit hole of whether to rent an RV or pull a trailer behind her Toyota mum van during her family’s upcoming #vanlife adventures- deep thoughts for Palmer as she navigates her “we are on strike, now what?” existenti...
Aug 03, 2023•56 min•Ep. 51
This episode is another Ask Us Anything - where you get to… yep you guessed it - ask us anything! Today we pick up where we left off in our last ask us anything with the question about healthy eating. We talk extended nursing, tweaking toddlers, junking our junk food habits, Sarah’s fitness frenzy, what our kiddos eat in a day (and how to extend their rather limited palettes) preggo food fiascos and more! so grab your popcorn (or kale chips if you’re feeling fancy) and join us for another TMD ep...
Jul 27, 2023•39 min•Ep. 50
***Trigger warning*** This episode discusses themes of generational trauma and sexual abuse, it may not be suitable for all listeners. This week we have an incredibly uplifting guest - Kimberly Shannon Murphy, a true force in Hollywood as a stuntwoman to some of the industry’s biggest stars, but her story goes far beyond her on-screen badassery! We chat with her about her memoir, "Glimmer," which walks readers through her path to healing from the generational trauma she faced at the hands of her...
Jul 20, 2023•59 min•Ep. 49
Helloo helloo we are back with another solo episode and take you on the last couple weeks of adventures in our lives. From disaster road trips (snails in tow) to changing diapers in a patch of grass outside Costco, to our summer in the US and winter in AUS festivities we get very candid with the partner struggles, parenting fails and all the stuff happening right now. Send us your road trip stories dazies we love to hear from you! Resource Links: Yuka.io Avocado Zinc Baeo lovewell.earth Follow ...
Jul 13, 2023•58 min•Ep. 48
This week our jaws are agape at the NEXT-LEVELNESS of Dr. Nathan Riley, a board certified OBGYN, podcast host, dad of 2 and friend of midwives globally! Dr. Nathan Riley is a trailblazing visionary in the realm of holistic midwifery care. With a groundbreaking perspective that intertwines spirituality and women's well-being, Dr. Riley boldly challenges conventional norms and redefines the boundaries of holistic birthing experiences. Upholding the art of traditional midwifery is where his heart i...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 47
Today’s “ask us anything” is packed with some of our favourite topics. This is one of our shorter episodes where you ask and we answer the most pressing questions!! Ones that we are still learning (parenting triggers) , ones that we have learned to love (our stretch marks) , ones that we know little about but Teresa is dying to try (twin birth) and a little teaser for our next Ask us Anything where we start the conversation about healthy eating habits with our kids. Follow us at @themotherdazepo...
Jun 29, 2023•37 min•Ep. 46
This week on The mother daze we have a special guest; Marriage and Family Therapist, Doctor of Psychology, bestselling author and Teresa and Mark’s couples “tune-up” therapist Dr Stan Takin. Revered globally for his expertise in attachment strategy Dr Tatkin talks to us about his unique approach to working with couples, whether it’s helping them to lovingly uncouple or to find a way back to each other again. From postpartum relationship disconnection to having each others “user manuals”, he offe...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 45
Never before have you ever heard a birth story like this. New Earth Mama’s, Emma Johnston, walks us through the remarkable moment immediately after freebirthing her fourth baby at home, when she discovered there was another one coming!! From devastating landslides, floods and illness in the first few weeks of her pregnancy, to a rapid expansion of her business halfway through, Emma Johnston anchored to her intuitive inner voice throughout the unfurling of this pregnancy. Join us as we celebrate ...
Jun 15, 2023•57 min•Ep. 44
In this week's episode of The Mother Daze we tackle sibling rivalry, sleep woes and insomnia (also known as amnesia in the Palmer household), talk pickleball championships, active participation in Reddit snail threads (along with 56,331 other snail enthusiasts), kids triggering the Fk out of you and your “zen parenting” and all the other randomness that parenting brings. A fun, fly by the seat of our pants solo episode with the dazey gals. Resource Links: lovewell. DREAM drink New Horizon | Medi...
Jun 08, 2023•58 min•Ep. 43
This week we are thrilled to have Ahimsa Home founder Dr Manasa Mantravadi with us! After months of sick kids we ask some burning questions about this year's cold season, the fear of fevers, how we can help our kids immunity and what are some of the things we should stop worrying about. We also discuss toxins in our bodies and learn about the amazing birth of Ahimsa home and Dr Manasa’s mission to bring clean dinnerware to children and schools. Resource Links: ahimsahome.com Stainless Steel Cafe...
Jun 01, 2023•52 min•Ep. 42
Nurse Nousha walks us through the most dynamic beauty trends of the year, options for a more holistic approach to injectables, her light-touch Botox approach and blending meditation, reiki and beauty. We also discuss how she prepares her celebrity clients for events like The Met Gala, the most exciting beauty developments to hit the industry, Instagram realness and the fallout of the overused (and under-discussed!) filters. What a brilliant episode, take notes folks! Her at-home must haves have ...
May 25, 2023•56 min•Ep. 41
This week on the mother daze podcast we are taking it allll the way back to Leo DiCaprios ‘the fish tank’ moment, major 90’s nostalgia, manifesting Jennifer Love Hewitts smile, smoking weed, modeling in Japan at 16, all the (innocent) rebellion, and kissing girls ?? We also get down to business with our favorite potty training tips, so slap on your teen spirit, grab your favorite pleather skirt and meet us on the pod with your cherry cola lip balm. Resource Links: Hanna Anderson | Training Under...
May 18, 2023•58 min•Ep. 40
Happy 15th anniversary to The Business of Being Born and a pinch me moment as we celebrate with this week's guests, Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein!! This film deeply impacted Teresa and Sarah and set the course for their soul searching birth journeys! We talk about the maternal mortality rate, how we desperately need this film in our lives again and how much home birth, doula and midwifery care has grown since the film’s release in 2008. We are honored and over the moon to help champion the free st...
May 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 39
Our chat this week with the wonderful Katherine Schwarzenegger takes us down numerous colourful paths like redefining our relationships with God, working through Catholic guilt, leading a spiritual life, writing children’s books, Katherine’s magical childhood, the power in forgiveness and being an accomplished author at the ripe ol age of 19! Mama of 2, Katherine is a revelation and so articulately unravels the nuances and joys of bringing up baby. Resource Links: Follow Katherine on IG: @kather...
May 04, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 38
Join the girls this week in an absolute tear jerker as they sit down with two very special mamas Sarah and Elle. When mum of 4, Sarah, first heard that Elle was looking for a surrogate, she felt this calling to reach out to her. What transpired between these two mamas is nothing short of magical and we are honored that the two of them have chosen to share their beautiful, raw, emotional and inspiring path to bringing home baby Alfie with us (He’s the bubba at the centre of this magic who you’ll ...
Apr 27, 2023•59 min•Ep. 37
The INCREDIBLE Magnetic wonder that is Lacy Phillips is blowing our minds with her witchiness and wisdom. Ya’ll know we love a little woo woo on the pod and Lacy Phillips is next level. Her vibrancy and dynamism makes you feel like you’re buzzing, we were hanging off every word she had to say, enthralled by the possibilities of all she’s uncovered in her work that is available to everyone. Join us as Lacy walks us through unlocking, relearning and engaging in our own self work to become our most...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 36
This week we are back with our special segment called “Ask us anything” Where we turn the mics back on our dazies to ask us the questions. We discuss finding core friendships, Mom rage, time management, chaotic morning school runs and the anti multitasker …. All this and loads more in this week's episode of The Mother Daze. Resource Links: Baeo Follow Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/ DISCOUNT CODES: • Go...
Apr 13, 2023•49 min•Ep. 35
Our pregnant pal Rumer Willis is our brilliant guest this week, A doula of the feminine arts, a mother-to-be, actor, singer, advocate and dear friend, she drops pearl of wisdom after pearl of wisdom this episode which is why we just couldn’t turn the mics off! What an amazing story she shares about her ‘unconventional’ path to motherhood, overcoming old narratives, her surprise pregnancy, how babies choose us and her wobbly first steps towards finding a connection with her baby in the early mont...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 34
Ask Us Anything! This week during our brand new segment where we turn the mics on YOU to ask US the questions, we explore the perils and pleasures of traveling with kids (some majorly cool mom hacks in here) postpartum fashion tips and how we handle the sleep sitch with babysitters if we are ever headed out for a rare evening date night! All this and loads more- (including deadly snake encounters and accidentally getting high 🫠) in this week's episode of The Mother Daze. Resource Links: Aerie |...
Mar 30, 2023•43 min•Ep. 33
He’s big, he’s beautiful, he’s Dr B!!! This beloved, hilarious and uplifting informed birth advocate, chiropractor, podcaster, doula, father of four and all round epic legend has graced us with his presence and knowledge this episode. From memorable birth stories, to the intricacies of the birth world, his ICU Covid nightmare and Sarah’s porno-like birth vocalizing, this episode will give you all the LOLs, the OMGs and ALL the feels. So gather up your preggo friends and focus on the next hour as...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 32
