Eat Sleep Repeat

It’s time to say goodbye. For now. In the final episode of  Eat Sleep Repeat , Kee and Kel are joined by their editor, Madeline, for a little behind-the-scenes goss, the episode that almost didn’t make it to air, and the tiny habits she’s been editing around for years. Then Kee and Kel ask each other the big questions - about friendship, motherhood, confidence, growth, and w...

After four years, hundreds of conversations and more than a few opinions that aged terribly, Kee and Kel are looking back at the episodes, guests and listener messages that changed them the most. In this second-last episode of Eat Sleep Repeat, they revisit the conversations that stayed with them, the advice they still use, the topics they never expected to hit so hard, and the moments that made t...

For the final Peak & Pit of the series, Kee and Kel are in a reflective mood - but still very much themselves. There’s a birthday decision that brings up more than expected, a post-holiday realisation that hits later than planned, and one of those rare weeks where life is messy but somehow… fine? Plus, comfort food, a new show, and a Sydney outing worth adding to the list.  ...

As  Eat Sleep Repeat enters its final few episodes, Kee and Kelly are looking back at where it all began - lockdown lives, new babies, no village, and the hope of becoming the kind of mother’s group they wished they’d had. But this isn’t just a farewell lap. It’s a bigger conversation about identity, friendship, failure, ageing, motherhood, and the strange realisation...

Kelly is back from Bali, barely recovered and armed with the kind of stories that only come from a very big weekend away. Meanwhile, Kee has been feeling the quiet side of freelance life and finds herself unexpectedly emotional about long weekends, little routines and the strange things that make parenting feel magic.   LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED Mobile Skips Tip Toe - BINGE 28 Summers...

New research says almost 60% of Australian parents are experiencing psychological distress. But for Kee and Kel, the most confronting part isn’t the statistic - it’s how familiar it feels. This week, they unpack the kind of burnout that doesn’t always look like falling apart. It looks like getting everyone to school, answering emails, remembering the lunchboxes, swallowing the gu...

This week, Kelly is personally victimised by a stuffed daycare kookaburra, a scrapbook full of suspiciously wholesome family activities, and the creeping fear that maybe everyone else is doing parenting better. Meanwhile, Kee is finding the magic in small domestic wins, from Facebook Marketplace chairs to the kind of cos home moment that makes you feel like you might actually be getting it right....

This week, Kee and Kelly are joined by Lem Zakharia - founder of Bedou, former executive producer of It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield, and the creator of the podcast Twice Displaced . Lem’s family story doesn’t fit the neat little boxes we’re used to. She fell in love with her wife Christina, and slowly became a parent to Christina’s two kids -— first from the si...

This week, Kee and Kelly are having one of those weeks where everything is technically fine… but also absolutely not fine. Kee has a moment in Pilates that feels bigger than Pilates, Kelly survives a truly cursed medical appointment, and a very bold preschool sickie attempt hits a little too close to home.   LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED Too Good To Go Kia Abdullah - Author Off Camp...

What if the person you chose to have a baby with didn’t have to be the person you were in love with? This week, Kee and Kelly are deep-diving platonic co-parenting - from friends having babies together, to co-parenting apps, to the families choosing to raise children outside the traditional romantic relationship model. And the more they unpack it, the more the question becomes less “is...

This week, Kee and Kelly are deep in the trenches of mornings that start with tantrums, bedtimes that end in battle, and the very confronting moment your child starts repeating your own parenting back to you. And honestly, the mirror they hold up is brutal.   LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED Play School: Rainforest Rangers Remarkably Bright Creatures - Netflix Crash - Netflix HOSTS & PROD...

Kelly was pretty sure she was one and done. Mostly. Probably. Maybe. This week, she’s feeling unexpectedly clucky, and Kee is helping her unpack the very messy middle of deciding whether your family is complete. There’s the body clock, the fear of regret, the cost of another child, the trauma of postpartum, the sibling guilt, and the strange grief that can come with closing a door you&...

Kelly finally made it to Paris… and it somehow managed to be even more magical than she imagined. But not every part of the trip went smoothly, with one travel moment pushing her completely over the edge. Meanwhile, Kee’s week spirals into full party-prep chaos thanks to a mystery illness, missing decorations, and the very intense politics of four-year-old pass the parcel.   LINK...

A Mother’s Day comment from the Minister for Women lit up every group chat in Australia: are we really being told the earlier our babies go into childcare, the better? Kee and Lize unpack the guilt, the impossible maths, the daycare scramble, and the quiet truth so many parents are living with - childcare isn’t the problem, but having no real choice is. Because “just go back to w...

Kee is joined by Lize Ratliff while Kelly is living her best life in Paris, and this episode has the full motherhood spectrum: the tiny sentence that makes you feel like you might actually be doing something right… and the 6am meltdown that brings you straight back to earth. Because motherhood can be a beautiful birthday moment one minute, and grapes in the wrong bowl the next.   LINKS...

Mother’s Day sounds simple enough… until it isn’t. This week, Kee and Kelly get into the joy, grief, pressure and weird expectations wrapped up in one very loaded Sunday. From wanting to be celebrated, to complicated relationships with mums, to the small moments that can make the day feel beautiful, brutal, or both.   LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED A History of Mother&rsq...

A chaotic work week, a Facebook Marketplace find of dreams, and a cat emergency that made Kelly look like she’d fled a crime scene - just a regular week really.   LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED Maison Balzac The Everything Bottle Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke HOSTS & PRODUCERS Kelly McCarren ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kelly_mccarren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

There’s a word for the strange, disorienting shift that happens when you become a mum and realise you’re not quite the same person anymore: matrescence. In this episode, Kee and Kelly unpack the science behind how motherhood changes the brain, and hear from the shitters about what changed for them too: bodies, friendships, work, confidence, rage, softness, identity, and the sudden inab...

One wrong move and it’s game over. This week, Kee and Kelly get real about the phase no one warns you about: relentless four-year-old whinging, clinginess, attitude, and the kind of morning meltdown that can start with honey being in the wrong shape. Underneath the chaos, there’s also the quieter ache of motherhood - watching your kids grow up in real time. The independence, the big fe...

For years, Kelly thought she was just a bit dizzy, a bit tired, a bit dramatic. Then she discovered POTS, a little-known condition that can leave you lightheaded, foggy, faint and feeling absolutely awful, especially after pregnancy. In this episode, she breaks down what POTS actually is, how she finally joined the dots, and why so many women might be brushing off symptoms they’ve been told...

One of us is drowning in toys, washing and the impossible dream of a clean house. The other is losing her phone, forgetting everything and wondering why her brain feels permanently foggy. So yes, spirits are high. But this episode also has the good stuff: the kind of day with your kids that makes you feel wildly capable, a best-friends sleepover that felt like grown-up magic, and a few very solid...

Jess Clark has packed a lot of life into one lifetime, and this episode proves it. Now working as Mamamia’s food and travel editor, Jess takes us through the chapters that shaped her: a religious marriage in her early 20s, a full-blown identity reset, a cancer diagnosis, heartbreak, egg freezing, and a plot twist that changed everything. LINKS: ​​The one question I wish people would stop ask...

The clocks changed… and suddenly mornings are starting at 5:30. Make it make sense. In this Peak & Pit, Kel and Kee get honest about the kind of weeks that feel a bit off - early wake-ups that hit hard, the quiet panic of feeling behind, and the mental load of trying to do everything well. But there’s also a win that’s been a long time coming (and yes, it involves a toilet)....

Chelsea Williamson’s first year of motherhood didn’t look the way a lot of people expect it to. From choosing an elective C-section to deciding to formula feed from birth, Chelsea opens up about making deeply personal choices in a world that always seems to have an opinion. This is a conversation about autonomy, confidence and trusting your gut when everyone seems to have something to...

One of the girls had a week from hell. The other has to admit something that feels deeply petty, wildly relatable, and just a little bit humiliating: she found out a friend had a birthday party… via Instagram. And somehow, there’s still a glam shoot, a fancy hotel stay, and a few very solid recommendations in the mix. If you want to play along each week (and read other parents’...