Ready or Not

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...

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:  Help! I need some advice for looking for a job on maternity leave.  How to cope when you’re let down by the support in your family (in this case my mum) gives us.  How do I posi...

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 AI quietly becoming the new parenting village? And, are you grieving a stage of motherhood that hasn’t even ended yet? Us too. Let’s talk about it.  ( Read Jodi Wilson's piece here ) — Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your f...

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’s one motherhood and one work/career hack that you swear by at the moment? How have mums felt about their career after having a child? I don't want to be a stay at home mum but I also don't feel 100% d...

Today we’re bringing you a bonus episode, all about childcare. In this chat, we've teamed up with Care for Kids to cover: What the three-day guarantee actually means and who it impacts. Why waitlists are more competitive than you think, especially for under twos. The truth about daily fees and what you’ll pay out of pocket. How the childcare subsidy works for second children and school-aged kids....

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: In the age of social media and constant hot takes, is the definition of the “good mother” constantly changing, or does society still favour one version of motherhood above all? And, as promised, Loz and Lu go more in depth about what their week to week log...

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:  When should you ask for flexible work arrangements, now or closer to your return? Compressed work weeks are being removed from my workplace. What do I say to management to advocate for myself and those who...

Chantella Perera was familiar with the juggle before motherhood ever entered the picture.  Before motherhood, she was working two jobs as a professional athlete playing WNBL and AFLW, because women's sport alone would never cut it as a pay check. And then, when becoming a mum, it became the double shift – navigating the paid work alongside what society dubs the world’s biggest job.  And...