Talking In Common

Today we have a super duper episode to share with you with a super interesting guest, Vincent Fantauzzo. Vincent is a Melbourne-based Australian portrait artist known for his award winning portraits. He’s lived a life with dyslexia but only diagnosed in his 20’s and now as an adult and a Father he celebrates his dyslexia as a blessing more than a disability and we loved hearing his perspectives on...

In todays episode we talk through pre and postnatal mental health, how common mental illness is and how important it is to talk about it. Soph shares her recent experience with antenatal depression and we have a wonderful, nourishing chat with psychologist and motherhood coach Yara Heary on what it looks like to go from surviving to thriving in motherhood. We hope you enjoy this one! Let us know i...

Today we bring you a friendly and honest mum-to-mum chat with the witty and wonderful Nas Campanella. Nas is a journalist and the ABC’s first disability affairs reporter. She shares some of her career story, her experiences navigating life as a blind woman and the best part, her new motherhood journey and all the experiences that have come along with it… Enjoy! Thanks to our episode sponsor. Nutur...

Today we are bringing you a special mini episode featuring our recent Sharing Is caring guest. In these segments we like to connect with a person or brand with a great story and initiative giving you insight knowledge and often great tips into a wide range of areas. Today’s guest Rebecca Edwards who is the director of education at Activated Nutrients and she talks to us all about keeping healthy a...

Everyone loves a birth story right?!! Today Soph shares her recent birth experience including alllllll the details! From first labour signs, frantic house cleaning and birthing in water 🦋 We’re also back into ‘sharing is caring’ this week chatting to naturopath and educator Rebecca Edwards from Activated Nutrients to get some advice on keeping healthy (and just surviving) all these winter illness...

In today’s episode we catch up with a total powerhouse, Jess Hatzis-Walker, Co-Founder of Willow and Blake Agency and Frank Body. We spoke with Jess all about the combination of her career and motherhood, the building of her incredibly successful global brand Frank body, how the pandemic and working from home played out for her as a business owner and mum and she also generously and openly shared...

Ever wondered how to manifest the life you desire or what that even means? We chatted to the utterly gorgeous Allira Potter about this along with some of our other favourite topics like love, relationships, spirituality and even body positivity and empowerment. She is one brave, confident and kind hearted gal and we loved getting to know her. Her honest experiences and opinion on cultural awarenes...

In todays episode we discuss the very important topic of teaching our children about consent, body safety, body boundaries and  the importance of using the correct terminology for body parts from a very young age with our children. A confronting topic for any parent and a difficult conversation to be had with young children but a very important one. We are joined by Jayneen Sanders who is an...

Sometimes we mums just need to sit down and talk about #mumlife. The good, the bad, the ups and downs, the beauty and the boredom. We love Ash for being so refreshingly honest about her experience of becoming a mum to her little boy Buddy. She shares some great family stories, her breastfeeding struggles suffering from D-MER (this is really interesting!) and we even get some glamorous reflections...

We absolutely loved connecting with this week's special guest, Clementine Ford! We had a great chat to her about feminism and what drove her down this path, what her life and work looks like now with the use of social media, she shared some insight into raising her son, how she finds co-parenting and honestly so much other great $h*T! Thanks to our episode sponsor. Help at Hand Education delivers...

Did you miss us? We missed you and we’re so glad to be back in your eyes and ears with the first Ep of Season 3!! In todays episode we touch base on Soph’s pregnancy so far, what we have in common of late and explore the concept of self-compassion as self-care. Something we’ll continue to explore throughout the season through our discussions and with our guests. It’s good t...

It's been a minute...! While Season 3 is under construction we have decided to take a trip down memory lane and share with you some of our episode highlights from Season 2. Miss you guys and we will be back in your ears very soon! For more information head to www.incommonprojects.com.au Follow us + join the conversation: Instagram  Facebook Thank you for listening and finding out what we all...

Surprise!! We’re back with a bonus episode to finish of the year! We debrief on Carrie and crew (minus one) being back on our screens in ‘just like that’, talk through 5 year olds and make up and share some pretty exciting news…! Have a wonderful and safe festive season everyone, we’ll catch you all in the new year. For more information about today’s topics and...

Quietly teary that we're bringing you our last episode of Season 2 😢😢 But also exhilarated by what was truly an amazing season! Such a wild ride and an incredible experience, once again! If you love to listen to us waffle on about life, love, kids, the ups and downs and the joys of connecting over what we have in common then you're going to love this one. We discuss all the highlights of our inc...

For our last guest episode of this season we were lucky enough to catch up with world renowned surfer Mick Fanning. We had such a fantastic and open chat with Mick and loved learning all about his personal journey, including his experience witnessing the birth of his son and becoming a father for the first time, his perspective on grief the challenges he faced during an incredibly tough year in 20...

We're so pleased to be bringing you this episode today. It's full of insight, experience and personal stories of the amazing Arrente woman, Midwife and Mother Cherrisse Buzzacott. We explored the difficulties Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people training to be midwives face and the work Cherisse does to support this. We talked about the maternal care system and how this fails the needs of...

We had a great catch up with the lovely Stephanie Macintosh in today's ep. Steph was Australian raised and born (and we all actually went to high school together), she now calls LA home. Whilst living abroad she has given birth to two beautiful girls Mila and Goldie with her partner Pete. We talked to her all about motherhood and her approach to raising kids, finding her partner in la la land and...

So in today’s episode we talk about everything that changes once you become a parent. In fact we’re feeling like completely reinvented versions of ourselves since having kids. Anyone else?!? We dive into some thoughts around identity loss or confusion in those early motherhood days, how much relationships can change and we also talk about well... sex. We did a poll on instagram and 84%...

We’re back with a super duper episode for you all this week and WE ARE EXCITED!! We caught up with the beautiful Elsa Pataky to talk all things motherhood, including raising twins, how you lose your identity for a hot minute after having babies as well as a heap of other good stuff like health and fitness and where Elsa gets her energy from, the swift planning to wed Chris as well as th...

Hi friends! So we did one of those question things on instagram recently asking mums out there if they experience the dreaded mum guilt. Surprisingly (but not) the results were 100% yes! Gosh!  We weren't really surprised but it was a moment of understanding that there’s a collective mental drain between us mums. We were also intrigued, so here we are to talk about. We chat about our ex...

We had such a great catch up with Bianca, a friend of ours from high school days. She so honestly and bravely opened up to us about her experiences with postnatal depression and the extra pressure she felt in that newborn stage, being a midwife herself. It was great to hear her story of how she pivoted her career from that experience towards her now thriving sleep consultancy business Plan B. She...

We caught up with the wonderful Asher Keddie in this episode, she so generously shared some beautiful insights into her childhood, pregnancy and life at home with her family. We had a great conversation around creative partnerships and how she works creatively with her husband Vincent, she also shared her positive outlook on his dyslexia and how neurodiversity should be celebrated. A great convers...

Talking all things gut instinct in today’s episode and whether as mothers we’re even tapping into this natural and innate ability these days. Is it a cultural failing that we don’t practice it or is it a myth altogether? We talk about some personal experiences around intuitive mothering or parenting and ponder the questions together. Do you tap into your instinct?  For more...

Today’s guest is the amazing Dr Amanda Waaldyk, she is the founder and director of Angea’s Women’s Health clinic, an integrative Chinese medicine practice with a focus on fertility, female endocrinology and supporting Women through every phase of life. Amanda is a registered doctor of Chinese medicine, yoga & meditation teacher, acupuncturist and energy healer as well as a mu...

We recently caught up with the one and only AFL football legend Brendan Fevola, a highly renowned and accoladed footballer who after some personal struggles, turned his life around and is now a favourite radio personality on the very popular morning show “Fifi, Fev & Nick”.  It's pretty evident when you talk with Fev that he is a dedicated family man to his wife and 4 daughter...