Ready or Not

DEAR READY OR NOT: Will it ruin your career if you take a step back (or out) and re–enter later? What to do if you’re in a senior role and the amount of travel is a nightmare and whether you should tell someone that they’re being gossiped about in the office.  Got a question? Submit it here!  — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a re...

Alicia Loxley is familiar with pressure. The pressure to succeed in an industry that most of her uni lecturers told her was too hard to make a career in, the pressure of what became an intense first pregnancy, ending in bed rest and potentially life threatening consequences for both her and her son, and the pressure she feels to always being doing well both as a mum and a journalist. And where she...

Welcome back to the show! Coming up today: The state of screen time in our homes: We polled you on all things screentime and let’s just say… we felt a little guilty and gobsmacked by the results. Then,  Everyone is talking about that work from home grab from Emma Grede and we need to talk about it, and Joeli Brearley’s reaction reel. Here’s the clip we played at the top of the clip about baby...

DEAR READY OR NOT: How do you tell your partner that works from home to get the f*ck out of the house while you’re on maternity leave? Should you stay in a job you love with no flexibility?  And should you be calling recruiters before applying for roles, or is that outdated advice? Got a question? Submit it here!  — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, s...

MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL! Welcome back to a different episode of Ready or Not, where ahead of Mother’s Day, Lu and Loz sit down with journos, mums, and best mates Estelle Griepink and Lana Murphy to reflect on what we’d go back and tell ourselves about: Birth Postpartum Breastfeeding Going from one to two Returning to paid work Got a question for Dear Ready or Not? Submit it here!  — Thanks for l...

DEAR READY OR NOT: How do you know when you’re ‘done’ having kids? Is more money worth less flexibility and what to do when you don’t feel like having sex after you’ve had a baby.  Got a question? Submit it here!  — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a review. You can also find us on Instagram: @readyornot.pod @laurentreweek_ @lucind...

Welcome back! Coming up today: Would you live in a world with no men? A viral street interview video seems to have created a bigger conversation, but are we really that surprised? Women have always been 50% of the population, yet only occupy around 5% of recorded history. We need to talk about it.   — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or wri...

DEAR READY OR NOT: I covered her mat leave so why is she treating me like the problem now she’s back? Do I stick it out with a moody manager while trying to get pregnant and how do I stop carrying the mental load without losing my mind.  Got a question? Submit it here!  — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a review. You can also find...

Welcome back! Coming up today: We’ve been thinking about Botox way more than we’d like to admit. One of us has had it, the other hasn’t, and we have plenty of conflicting thoughts.  And then: Meet the women who lost their partners to the manosphere: that’s from Bustle and yes, we’re talking about the manosphere again. — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, su...

DEAR READY OR NOT: Should I extend my maternity leave if I’m not ready to go back? We’re also talking about whether to take a lower-paying but more flexible job and how to grow your career without sacrificing the kind of mum you want to be. Got a question? Submit it anonymously here!  — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a review. You can...

Frank Body and Willow & Blake co-founder, soon-to-be published author and mum of two Bree Johnson talks motherhood, career, business, and making work, work alongside parenting. — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a review. You can also find us on Instagram: @readyornot.pod @laurentreweek_ @lucindamckimm_ And join us on DOME below! YEEHAW! hom...

Welcome back to the show where two mums Loz and Lu help you make work, work. Coming up on today’s show: Why is everyone suddenly talking about 1, 2, 3, magic? Turns out it's getting Googled a lot and Loz is going to tell us why.  And then, we talk all things breastfeeding: what we knew about breastfeeding before we had babies, what we wish we knew, and what we learned.  Thank you to iL T...

DEAR READY OR NOT: How do you keep your cool when your kids won’t stop whinging? How to hold onto a five days in four arrangement when your workplace starts to pull back and how to future-proof your career with AI advancements.  Got a question? Submit it anonymously here!  — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a review. You can also f...

Welcome back to the show where two mums Loz and Lu help you make work, work. Coming up on today’s show: Your postcode might be shaping your career more than your job - it’s becoming apparent how much of where you live dictates your day to day.  I’m 42. If you’re in your 30s, read this. I find myself quite pensive around my birthday and having just turned a year older, this post that I saw on...

DEAR READY OR NOT: What’s normal for paid parental leave in a small business? We’re also talking about how to rebuild confidence after being fired and what to do if you have a crush at work. Got a question? Submit it anonymously here!  — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a review. You can also find us on Instagram: @readyornot.pod @laure...

Welcome back to Ready or Not, the show where Loz and Lu try to figure out how to make work, work alongside motherhood.  Today on the show: The Jeffrey Epstein Files: What the case reveals about power, sexual harassment and workplace culture.  Is Gen Z already subconsciously building towards a matriarchy? One creator thinks so, and her viral post suggests she’s not alone. Links for this e...

DEAR READY OR NOT: Should I stay in a toxic job after maternity leave? Plus how to ask for part-time work when you were previously full-time and ways to rebuild your confidence after redundancy. Got a question? Submit it anonymously here!  — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a review. You can also find us on Instagram: @readyornot.pod @l...

Welcome back to Ready or Not, the show where Loz and Lu try to figure out how to make work, work alongside motherhood.  Today on the show: The problem with modern parents? They fail to prioritise their children over having a good time, apparently.  I Regret Having Children & Maybe Knowing Too Much About Motherhood Has Ruined Me: These two pieces come from The Cut and we simply must deep...

Welcome back to Dear Ready or Not , our weekly Q&A where you send us your questions on work, motherhood and everything in between, and we answer them honestly. This week you’re asking us:  What to do when one partner’s career forces you to scale back yours? How do you handle a four day work week when you keep getting asked to work on your day ‘off’? I was made redundant, should I start my own...

Welcome back to Ready or Not, the show where Loz and Lu try to figure out how to make work, work alongside motherhood.  Today on the show: Why your newborn might be “sleeping better” than your toddler – Loz is in the trenches with sleep at the moment and no, it’s not from her 9 month old, it’s from her toddler who’s 3.  Nine things that genuinely make parenting better, from a parent educ...

DEAR READY OR NOT: Welcome back to Dear Ready or Not , our weekly Q&A where you send us your questions on work, motherhood and everything in between, and we answer them honestly. This week you’re asking us:  I currently work a 4 day work-week. Do I spend the day ‘off’ with my toddler or put them in care and get on top of life / house work?  How do you manage mum rage? Are parents moving...

Amy Carmody is someone that I’ve long admired from afar; for the way she’s built her business and community, for the way she talks about the light and shade of parenting with so much candour and warmth, and for my now confirmed suspicion that the person you see on the internet is the exact same person that you’ll meet in real life. She’s just real. She’s real about how much her first birth impacte...

Welcome back to Ready or Not, the show where Loz and Lu try to figure out how to make work, work alongside motherhood.  Today on the show: How important are work relationships or really relationships in general? Loz was listening to a Mel Robbins podcast episode ‘called “This One Study Will Change How You Think About Your Entire Life” and it got her thinking  Jemima Kirke Gives Her Most...

DEAR READY OR NOT: Welcome back to Dear Ready or Not , our weekly Q&A where you send us your questions on work, motherhood and everything in between, and we answer them honestly. This week you’re asking us:  How do you navigate a job that’s significantly more intense than the one you have now? How and when do you ask for 4 days or 3 days when the role was advertised for 5 days?  Is it wr...

Welcome back to Ready or Not, the show where Loz and Lu try to figure out how to make work, work alongside motherhood.  Today on the show: Is this becoming the job no one wants? Loz’s friend has noticed that children are no longer saying they want to be teachers when they grow up, so she went down a rabbit hole. And then, with International Women’s Day coming up, let’s talk about the hidden c...