Full Timers Club

We're super excited to have Sera from The Reoutfitter on the podcast this week. Bec and Ellie have never been shy about how much they've struggled with what to wear as they've transitioned through the various changes in their life, from their 20's to married life and then inevitably, the biggest change they've both experienced - motherhood. In our chat with Sera, we explore the...

Hey Full Timers, we've got something special for you this week. You know how Ellie's always talking about her dad? Well, we finally got him on the mic. Ross MacDiarmid, Ellie's personal cheerleader and voice of reason, sat down with her while visiting Singapore for a conversation that's both heartwarming and eye-opening. Ever wonder how much workplaces have really changed over the...

When Bec’s mum was in town, we couldn’t help but think what a beautiful opportunity to sit down and have a chat with her - mother to daughter. From what it takes to keep the passion alive at 71 and 43 years into marriage, to reminiscing about her 18% mortgage repayments on her first flat, to the day your daughter tells you she's leaving for another country. Bec and Rhonda have a deep, poignant and...

This week on the show, we're so excited to welcome Amy Bell - mum to two beautiful girls, wife to a wildly successful franchise owner, and a formidable entrepreneur in her own right. Amy is the founder of The Meat Club, Singapore’s first online meat trade business, and her journey is nothing short of remarkable. In this heartfelt and deeply honest conversation with Ellie, Amy shares how being...

Making the decision to have a baby is already a big life decision. But what happens when it’s not as easy as it seems? When it comes with miscarriages, fertility issues, and years of struggling to get pregnant? It’s a common reality yet prior to thinking about babies, it’s not something we’re aware of nor do we have honest conversations about it. In this episode, we talk to high performing career...

Ellie & Bec are back in the studio for the first time together in 2 months, with A LOT to catch up on! It has been a busy two months for the Full Timers, with Ellie navigating her first trimester whilst travelling quite a bit for work. And Bec has started an exciting new job, just now four weeks in. The girls are experiencing quite a multitude of emotions - Ellie worried about how she is going...

Menopause. Something that happens in your 50s and 60s, right? Not exactly. While menopause itself marks the official end of our periods, the lead-up—perimenopause— starts much earlier in our 40s, and sometimes even in our 30s. It’s not that menopause is happening younger; we’re just becoming more aware of the changes our bodies go through in the years before it. So if you’re dealing with irregular...

We are so excited to announce a new segment on Full Timers club with our new resident doctor, titled Riff with Dr Biff. Dr Laura Biffin (MBBS, GDFM, B.Pharm, SCHP) is the definition of a Full Timer. Mother to 3 beautiful children, doting wife, daughter and friend, Laura has embarked on the terrifying but very rewarding journey of starting something of her own. Late last month, Laura opened her fir...

We’re back for part two of our first interview with Beata Justkowiak, ex-athlete, Psychologist and Life Coach. If you tuned into the first episode, we left on Ellie getting a little emotional with some confronting conversations. This episode you’ll hear what struck a chord and what has triggered her feelings, including the impact COVID had on family, work and personal lives. Beata also covers her...

We're really excited to introduce our first episode with Full Timer Beata Justkowiak, Ex-athlete, Psychologist and Life Coach. As a mental wellness advocate, she takes life with its ups and downs, and mixes psychology with life coaching, making it practical for her clients to improve their daily lives. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Beata from Energising Goals to chat about the differenc...

Gym memberships, pilates, trainers, facials, bio hacking, 7-step skincare regimes - we’re constantly finding ways to optimise our physical health and appearance, yet we seldom give the same amount of investment and time to our mental health. We wait until we’re in the midst of a storm, or struggling, before we seek out therapy or coaching. But what if we took a more proactive approach to our menta...

This has to be one of our favourite episodes. We discuss what is the Value of Time - a concept we all think about but rarely break down. How do we measure the value of our time? Are we spending it wisely? How do we build quality over quantity when time is poor? And does it mean something different for men and women? It's a bit longer than previous episodes but there's just too much to cove...

How many times a day do you find yourself comparing your cooking skills, parenting, careers, marriage, wrinkles, handbags and everything else in between with others? If you don't, well, you're only 10% of the female population. Over 90% of women say they compare themselves, their success (or lack of it) with others. Women are also more likely to compare what they don't have versus what...

Out with the old (year) and in with the new! So bring on 2025! We're back for Season 2 of Full Timers Club and cannot wait to get into the good, the bad, the funny. This season we have some new guests including the infamous Annette Male, coming to you in February, we’re bringing in a resident doctor to answer your questions about women’s health - such as perimenopause, ADHD, and contraception...

The craziness of Q4 and end of year. Christmas presents and gifting. Preparations for Christmas lunch, dinner and whatever else you need to do. Going away or going home and holiday planning and who sleeps where and who's hosting Christmas. Navigating family dynamics and catch ups and get togethers. As if there's not enough for Full Timers to do throughout the year, the Silly Season takes i...

<p>We are so excited to introduce our first guest on the show, financial advisor and mediator, Alexis Livanes from Eight Wealth at St James Place. It’s no surprise that when women consider their finances, they often consider the family or themselves as part of it - but rarely, do we think about ourselves.</p><p>We chat to Alexis about the need for women - even those in happy, lon...

<p>Often when you look back at the biggest lessons you’ve learned in life, or beliefs you hold, it’s not from one big grand event, it’s from small interactions, little moments that have built up over time and you’ve built upon them. Could be things like being reminded to say “we" over "I" or sending out Friday emails to staff to wrap up the week, or observing our favourite lea...

<p>As Full Timers, we are incredibly aware of the weight of all our responsibilities. But is that because we’ve been conditioned to bear the burden? </p><p> From a young age we are told, You can have it all. Be who you want to be. The sky is the limit! </p><p>And while the intention is good, have we been set up to fail? </p><p>Today we unpack three narrati...

<p>How many times a week do you look in your cupboard and think, "I have nothing to wear", and inevitably end up in the same uniform. For us, it's almost daily. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a battle even before kids, but since having our babies, with our bodies and identities changing, we've struggled with articulating in words and clothing what the new...

<p>After an overwhelming response to our episode on being made redundant, we decided to dive a little deeper into a common feeling felt post-redundancy. That without our job, our sense of self and worth came into question. We felt lost, unsure of who we are or what our value is, and after receiving many messages from listeners the thing we all had in common was a deep insecurity about our id...

<p>So, do you want more kids? Are you having any more? </p><p><br /></p><p>These are questions we get asked, and find ourselves asking each other, quite a lot at this stage of our lives; if the timing feels right to have another baby. </p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly, we want to acknowledge how privileged we are to even have an option to...

<p>As we head towards the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, we wanted to do an episode on the ever important topic of <strong>Looking After You</strong>! But when you're so busy looking after everyone else, how do you factor that time in?</p><p>It's an overused cliche, but you know the airplane safety video that tells you to fit your oxygen mask before anyone else...

<p>When you're full timer, it's easy to put your health last. But when could that cost your health, or life? For Ellie, she let insurance get in the way of checking her skin, and ended up having a melanoma. For Bec, pitches and meetings got in the way of a much needed doctors appointment that resulted in early stages cervical cancer. </p><p>This is a topic too important to ignore...

<p>Returning to work after having a baby and maternity leave, no matter how long you take, is a life-altering experience. You return to a job and a place that knows you and you know them - yet <strong>your whole world is different</strong> and <strong>YOU are different</strong>.</p><p>You have a human that depends on you, hormones raging through your body...

<p>It seems everywhere you look, family, friends and colleagues are being made redundant. And we are no different.</p><p>Both of us have experienced redundancy in the last 2 years - both having quite different experiences but ultimately feeling exactly the same. Angry and frustrated. Feelings of hopelessness and sadness followed soon after, and it was then we realised we were exp...