Ready or Not

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show: Should you show your kids’ faces online, or not? What started as a simple privacy decision has become a full-blown cultural divide. Plus, we chat about women’s rights that are more recent than you thought. — In this episode we cover: kids’ privacy online, share-enting a...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday. This week, Loz talks about why you shouldn't discount applying for full time roles even if you're after part-time work or non full time hours. — 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....

Last time I interviewed Clare Stephens for Ready or Not (and just as a side note… if you haven't listened, I highly recommend you go back and listen to that one before this, which is here ) she was just under a year into motherhood, she was working at Mamamia, and she'd just completed the manuscript for her now-published book, The Worst Thing I've Ever Done, which through the lens of fiction, exam...

Welcome back to Witching Hour, the show where two mums and sort-of cousins figure out how to make work work. This week, we talk about: • What really hits harder: going from one to two kids or zero to one • How to prepare emotionally and practically for two under two • The fear of telling work you’re pregnant again • Whether your promotion dreams are still alive after maternity leave • How to study...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not ! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday. This week, Loz talks about work life ‘balance’ and if there’s such a thing. She also candidly chats about her own experience and what she’s doing to make work, and life, that little bit smoother.  — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or wri...

Sarah Pound is a force. She’s a mum of three, she’s currently writing her third cookbook, she has a range in Australia's leading supermarkets and one million people follow her on Instagram for her simple and healthyish approach to cooking.  And while she doesn’t have any whimsy stories of cooking with her nonna from the age she could walk, she did always dream of writing a cook book one day,...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show: The new wave of women selling money manifestation and abundance mindset courses - is it empowerment or exploitation?  Plus, new research shows young Australian women are becoming more supportive of traditional gender roles than they were 14 years ago. What’s drivin...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday. Today, Loz chats with psychologist, author and mum Jacquie Ward about raising sensitive kids -  the ones who feel things deeply, notice everything and can get overwhelmed by the big emotions that come with everyday life. Jacqui breaks down what sensitivity actually is (spoiler: it’s a b...

 Using Gen's full name, which is Genevieve La Hunt feels a bit weird, and it's not just because she's a good friend of Loz's, my Witching Hour co-host, of course, and the host of Ask Ready or Not. It's because when I jumped off this recording, I felt like I had just  chatted with a friend myself.   Gen is the founder of Sunday Agency. She works in publicity and PR she's had a really...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show: When she earns more: what Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce reveal about modern relationships, power, and money. Are we as progressive as we think, or do we still quietly expect men to earn more? And are mums more worried about dads enjoying parenthood than dads are about m...

Welcome back to The Low Battery Book Club, a bonus monthly three-parter in collaboration with Charley from Book Smut, where we consume way too much culture and talk way too much trash. If you need to play catch up on the first episode of this series, you can find it here. On the show today: We share our favourite recs of the month (something old, something new, something high, something low) We de...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday. If your hormones have felt completely out of whack since having kids, think mood swings, brain fog, low energy or irregular cycles, this one’s for you. Loz chats with Mel, founder of The Seed Cycle , about the science behind seed cycling and why this ancient ‘woo woo’ practice actually works...

Because my Witching Hour co-host and the host of Ask Ready or Not Loz is the yin to my yang, she always thinks of things that I don't. Take, the other week, for example. My entire family had been sick for over a month and it had left me completely dry of new interviews. When I was fretting about this, Loz said, Lu, there's so many old brilliant episodes that so many of our listeners have never hea...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show: Why mums hide their ambition: are we still expected to apologise for loving our jobs, or has ambition become the new taboo for mothers? The trad wife trend:  why a growing corner of social media is telling women to ditch their friends and find everything they need...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not ! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday. This week, Loz chats with Nicole Gleeman , emergency nurse and founder of Rhythm First Aid and Bumpies , about what to actually do when your child gets sick, injured, or starts solids. Nicole has spent over a decade in emergency departments, and she’s on a mission to make parents feel calm...

Rebecca Jarvie-Gibbs has learnt a lot about life; as a boss, a mum, and a daughter. She’s someone that worked hard to build a career for herself. That work led her to London and from The Rolling Stones to the Royal Wedding to the Olympics, it’s fair to say it was a heady time of big adventures and a fast pace.  But, while her early career was characterised by being the first to her desk and t...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show: Parents fined $11,000 for school refusal: why the system is punishing families instead of supporting them and why it’s always mums who cop the blame. Alex Cooper’s viral “stop mothering your partner” take: where’s the line between caring and carrying the mental load? —...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday. This week, Loz chats with Frances Cook, financial journalist, author, and host of New Zealand’s number one business podcast, Making Sense , about practical money hacks that actually work for busy mums. Frances breaks down how to budget through maternity leave, what the 50-30-20 rule really l...

Whenever we work with a brand that we love, I immediately want to know the founder’s story. And when our manager relayed Poonami founder Ella Salera’s motherhood and career journey back to me, I knew we had to interview her, because in so many ways, her story captures so many of the common challenges and experiences that our listeners face: working corporate while launching a side project, redunda...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show we answer some listener questions and share how to:  Hold your ground when your workplace pressures you to return early. Explain the brain fog of sleep deprivation to a new boss. Decide whether to take on leadership when you’re still in the thick of baby life. Cope...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday. If you’ve ever found yourself whisper-yelling at a toddler in Coles, this one’s for you. Loz chats with Charlotte Wilson, teacher, mindfulness coach and founder of The Happinest, about what to actually do when your child has a meltdown (and how to keep your cool while it’s happening). Charlo...

Melissa Reader’s youngest baby was just nine months old when her husband was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. Just 15 months later, he died, leaving behind three children, a wife, and no will in place. Melissa became a single, self-employed mother and in amongst the agonising grief, she felt angry. Angry that they didn’t plan for the worst and overwhelmed by the death admin that comes with los...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show: It’s not your hormones, your diet or your exercise routine. It’s your husband: why mums aren’t broken, it’s the unequal load that’s breaking us. The working mum conundrum: Lu unpacks the logistics of daycare waitlists, kinder half-days, and how any of it is supposed to...

Wowee we really did consume culture and talk trash. We also apologise for the slight internet delay we run into at times, as well as Lu’s screaming children towards the end. BUT! For the first time ever, welcome to The Low Battery Book Club, a bonus monthly three-parter in collaboration with Charley from Book Smut, where we consume way too much culture and talk way too much trash.  On the sho...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday. If you’re burnt out from cooking, sick of dinner battles, or dealing with kids who only want white foods, this episode is for you. Ashleigh from Ashleigh Cooks joins Loz to share real-life, guilt-free food hacks for busy families. From the genius “no thank you bowl” to freezer tricks, fussy...