Mucked Up My Self-Care Podcast

Both Jill and Linda often refer to the concept of 'melty', which refers to the heightened emotional states following significant events or intense shifts in energy. In this episode, we're discussing the concept and unpacking it a bit further as we chat about: Personal stories and recent experiences with memorable family outings and unexpected challenges. What it means to be ‘melty’ and why it...

Jill feels like she's spent an entire day yelling back and forth because of blocked ears, sickness and more and Linda has spent an hour with two kids scrambling around the car while waiting for an appointment. Far from the picture of loving yourself as self-care that we are talking about in this episode. Yet, after sharing our highs and lows, we dive in and think about what loving ourselves actual...

If you Google the word "support," there's a description that says something like a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright. Regarding supportive self-care, how can we practice self-care without bearing all the weight and still stay upright in the process? These are hard questions to ponder as Jill and Linda dive into another discussion and talk about: Practical ways in which w...

Hands up if you have faced the challenges of being sick as a parent? Extra hands up if you also struggle to fit in self-care when managing your health at the same time. Today Jill and Linda have thrown a spanner in the works and changed the episode title right on the line. Based on first hand experience, today's episode is talking about self-care when you're sick. Listen in as we talk about: What...

How do we incorporate self-care into our busy lives? It’s a question that mamas across the world possibly ask countless times every day. Jill and Linda are making time today to have this conversation as they touch on their personal journeys and what they have learnt along the way. Tune in to hear about: Is self-care easier to plan on the calendar or leave white space available for it? Saying yes t...

As Linda approaches another school holidays and Jill is just off the back of one, today we are talking all about self-care activities at home. In the 75 episodes so far, we’ve realised that self-care at home has changed for both of us, which makes for an interesting conversation as we talk about: Guilt and priorities when it comes to house maintenance and chores and the distractions that can preve...

Each episode Jill and Linda start the conversation by sharing recent highs and lows that are currently happening all around them. Why do we do this? To appreciate, acknowledge and understand that there are several aspects to self-care and parenting and life is 'real' in the fact that we can't just focus on one particular area. There are times when we are left unsatisfied that we didn't get the out...

Do you feel comfortable getting told you are a good Mum/Mom? Yes, we’re going with both versions today being that we are connecting across the globe for this conversation. Often we can get told one thing and think another, and parenting is no different. Jill and Linda think about what this phrase means for both of them as the conversation takes on a form of its own. Included inside this episode, w...

Self-care has become quite a buzz word these days and we are often led to believe that self-care can cure burn out, depression, anxiety, and other effects of living in a society built on imperialism. The narrative suggests that these issues can be easily solved by finding the perfect self-care routine or just setting better boundaries (another form of "self-care"). However, this oversimplifies the...

For today's episode, Jill and Linda are celebrating Self-Care for Lazy Moms Day which is celebrated on September 6th! We ask the serious questions and laugh a little at how we've possibly 'almost' forgotten what laziness looks like. Listen in as we talk about: Have you forgotten how to be lazy as a mama? Is self-care a form of laziness? Sleep. The Achilles heel of many mothers and lack of it is ce...

What does being self-aware mean? And why does it matter? Jill and Linda are exploring these very questions and more in today's episode of the Mucked Up My Self-Care episode. Listen in as we share our highs and lows, ride the conversation, and talk about: Recognising our personal needs and those of our children and others around us. Finding the balance between our kids becoming self-aware and still...

In this episode, Jill and Linda discuss success and what it looks like regarding self-care. At the time of recording, we are hot off the end of a sticky note weekend where we put our priorities into perspective. Listen to this episode to hear more about: Figuring out how to fit more self-care into our days. Prioritising what needs to get done. Getting out of the mindset of to-do lists and endless...

Self-care and self-compassion sound interchangeable, but they have a distinction between thinking and doing. Self-compassion is regarding yourself compassionately. Self-care, by contrast, is treating yourself compassionately. Jill and Linda explore these concepts and thoughts aloud in conversation as they cover: Navigating the highs and lows of life, ranging from steam cleaning carpets to enj...

Values. We often might loose sight of what is important to us when we become mamas. There are times when our values also become stronger as we become parents. In today’s episode, Jill and Linda talk about personal values and ask questions such as: What are they right now? How did you work out what your values were? How are we living our personal values? Are they changing? What do they mean? How ar...

What does it look like to pat yourself on your back? Is it easier for you to pat someone else on the back? Let's be honest for a hot minute, being a mama is a role that can be quite demanding and exhausting. It’s easy to put everyone else’s needs before our own, leaving us drained and sometimes even feeling guilty for wanting just a little bit of "me time." But the truth is, self-care isn’t a luxu...

Often, we can feel 'broken'. Sounds a bit dull right? Especially when there are a lot of messages out there telling that us that we aren’t broken at all. Yet amidst the emotions, hormones, rage, PND, and pressures of parenting…it can feel like we’re mucking up left, right, and centre. What does this mean when it comes to self-care? How can we fix ourselves, or at least increase our ability to deal...

How much are we celebrating?  We would like to think that celebrations come easy, are plentiful….however the reality is that sometimes life goes along it’s merry way and we forget how far we have come, forget that the little bits of self-care all add up and concentrate on getting through the day without utterly falling apart. Although both Jill and Linda are exhausted at the time of recording...

And we're back, from opposite sides of the world, from opposite time zones and weather seasons. Today, Jill and Linda are talking about self-care in postpartum, notably after Jill recent completed the Sounds of Silence 5k event. We both understand that postpartum extends beyond the immediate post-birth phase and can last several years. In this episode we dive into a topic close to our hearts and t...

Can we ever fully figure out what works for self-care? Afterall, what often works one day might not work on another day. Are the sells of quick fixes adding to our stress? What has worked for these two mamas makes an interesting discussion. We certainly don't think we have all of it figured out much of the time. So, listen in as we open up and share some thoughts together, touching on: How we ofte...

What happens when self-care feels like the hardest thing in the world? When you're swamped in responsibilities and hardly want to adult yourself into making dinner and tackling the toothbrush again? In this episode, we delve into the challenges of when self-care feels like a monster that is stuck under the bed. Tune in as we talk about: Balancing work, family, time and our own values with kids cli...

Self-care has become a buzzword in contemporary lifestyles, touted across social media as the key to well-being. But how can we sort out the juice and the fluff? What’s a myth and what’s not? Jill and Linda are back with another discussion about the importance of self-care, sharing personal highs and lows from their past week. Pick up the headphones, or hook up the Bluetooth in the car as we chat...

At times it seems that there’s a wave of guilt that happens around being a mama, particularly when going from contributor to dependent. And chances have it that we would like to open up the discussion around this very topic in this episode. Grab your headphones if you can find them or listen out loud as Jill and Linda talk about: Identity shifts when becoming mum, when we may loose contact with wh...

It’s school holidays and the overwhelm is the real deal. What happens when we are split between all the things and all the things and more? We turned up and recorded a podcast for you, in all the messy ways. In this episode Jill and Linda chat in between all the things and talk about: Fluctuating energies, whether it be because of hormones, parenting, work, weather, and unpredictability in our liv...

According to Google: self-care is done with the intention of caring for yourself, not with the intention to harm or take from others. Being selfish means there's a desire to take from others, often to their detriment. However, self-care is about replenishing your resources without depleting someone else's. Do you agree? Jill and Linda are discussing this definition and more popular cultural ideas...

What are your favourite places of enjoyment and self-care? In this podcast place today we have many little voices joining us and we are talking about places of self-care enjoyments and ways that we can unstuck our muck. Listen in as Jill and Linda talk about: Getting time alone vs the need for quiet. Linda had quite a time finding a place that wasn’t filled with people and things and all the rest...