The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer

This week we sit down with Jes Saddington! Mama of two, Byron Bay local, and founder of cult-favourite linen label Dazed but Amazed. One of Tez’s Byron homies and a BFF for life, Jes and Tez dive into the community they’ve built in the Bay; sun-soaked surf and skate evenings, never-ending sleepovers, and Prairie’s very serious crush on Jes’s husband (aka “my marriage”). We talk business evolution...

First episode of the New Year! In today’s episode of The Mother Daze Podcast, we’re talking manifestation, tarot, and major life shifts as we step into 2026. We unpack a huge new job, stepping into our witchy era, and the big life pivots unfolding for the Palmers. We reflect on Christmas and New Year, lessons from 2025, and what we’re intentionally calling in next year. Plus, exciting new work opp...

Today’s episode is a total pinch-me moment as we sit down with our OG Dazey and ultimate Mother Daze superfan, the incredible Emmy-nominated Riley Keough! It’s a full-circle love fest as we gush over Riley’s phenomenal career and dive into shiz like the A-holes who hate kids on planes, Meisner-fueled Mad Max madness, character acting, singing and swinging at Chanel, and the raw duality of birth an...

Our final episode of 2025 is a SOLO!! We sit down babies on laps, to reflect, laugh, and take a breath before the new year. We talk about the holidays, the juxtaposition of what this past year brought us, the blessings, the heart ache and the many many gifts! We also discuss what we’re genuinely excited for heading into 2026. Dazey Women’s circle!!! This year shifted our families in so many ways....

On this week’s episode, we’re joined by mama and singer Julie Mintz, whose path to her daughter Ophelia is nothing short of extraordinary. Decade-old frozen eggs, shocking lab errors, surrogacy setbacks, countless retrievals, and the discovery that she and her husband were both genetic carriers for the same disease. Then came HOPE in the form of one healthy embryo. One tiny maybe. At 47, she welco...

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re diving into the heart stuff, our upcoming Women’s Circle, the quiet magic of gratitude, and how to stay steady when life starts serving up lemons. We talk about getting through the hard seasons, reflecting on where we’ve been, and the alchemy that unfolds when we choose to meet life’s messiness with softness. It’s an honest, cozy convo for anyone moving through...

This week, Tez and Sarah sit down with one of Tez’s Byron Bay gal pals, the luminous Laura May; mama and founder/creative director of the beloved brand Nagata. Laura shares how she worked with the universe to call in the divine timing of her daughter’s conception, what her first pregnancy was like, and the wild ride that was her maiden birth. From a planned homebirth that became a transfer to navi...

This week on The Mother Daze, we are deep-diving into everything, in the most delightfully all-over-the-place way that only we can. Teresa gives the inside scoop on her brand-new movie, we share the messy/heart-bursting updates from our weeks, and we finally reveal our next big adventure: the Dazey Women’s Circle is officially launching! Spots are teeny-tiny, so if you feel the nudge to join… foll...

This week on The Mother Daze, we dive headfirst into the wild (and occasionally sticky) world of keeping a household semi-functional, with boobies out, chores flying, and dogs eating things they definitely shouldn’t. From getting kids to clean up without it turning into a hostage situation to our genius 30-minute chore rule that actually works, we’re unpacking what it takes to raise capable, groun...

Modern manners meet modern parenting in this heart-warming chat with etiquette expert Myka Meier, founder of Beaumont Etiquette and mom of two. We dive into teaching kids the why behind “please” and “thank you,” handling toddler meltdowns in public, restaurant etiquette for families, and helping shy kids build confidence when speaking to adults. Myka also shares about her new YouTube show teaching...

Solo sisters this week! Tez and Sarah are catching up on all things spooky season from Halloween plans to Sarah’s gas station mishap and the accidental F-bombs flying in front of the kids. They dive into velcro babies, the baby-vs-car-seat battle, solo parenting chaos, morning mayhem, bed sharing, chest sleeping, and celebrating another trip around the sun for our birthday babe, Sarah! Resource li...

This week, we sit down with writer, producer, essayist and friend Lindzi Scharf (whose work has appeared in The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter no less!) Lindzi opens up about her journey through motherhood, grief, and joy. She shares the story of her daughter Evan, whose bright light continues to shape her family’s world, and her son Reed, who carries that light forward. We talk about w...

Sarah and Teresa are flying solo this week for a bestie catch-up and postpartum debrief. Tez shares her first few weeks of newborn life from sexy adult diapers to having the biggest boozies in the land. Baby Lotus drops a bomb… literally, a live gift for the Dazeys (and her mum!) The girls talk newborn sleep, doing things differently this time around, the beauty of family-centered birth, A Discove...

In this episode, we’re diving deep (literally and figuratively!) into one of the most important yet often misunderstood parts of our bodies: the pelvic floor. Joining us is the incredible Dr. Allison Oswald, a pelvic health specialist who helps women reconnect to their bodies through every stage of pregnancy, birth, and beyond. We unpack what the pelvic floor actually is, why it deserves your atte...

Lotus Bloom’s Birth Story In this very special episode, Teresa recounts the homebirth of her 5th baby, Lotus Bloom. From the wild chaos in the days leading up to labour to a last-minute pivot (and then a re-pivot!) in her birth plans and then getting sick right before the big day (it was a faaar from smooth lead up!) She also recounts the long stretches of prodromal labour, the rituals and tools t...

This week on The Mother Daze we’re diving deep into those early, hazy weeks of newborn life with Lexi Montee Busch, VP of Marketing at Happiest Baby (aka the team behind The Snoo ). We chat about everything from newborn sleep, safety, and Dr. Harvey Karp’s famous 5 S’s, to the myths, misconceptions, and judgements that swirl around modern parenting. Lexi also opens up about the mental and physical...

It’s just Sarah and Tez this week, and they’re catching you up on all things baby and birthing. You might even be listening while Tez is in the throes of labour! She shares her last-minute prep, from setting up the house in true type-A nesting mode to riding the emotional waves of the final days, wobbling between nerves and surrender, and soaking up the last moments of having this baby all to hers...

This week on The Mother Daze we sit down with mama of five Courtney Adamo to talk about her beautiful new book The Family Home: Inspiring Ideas for a Home Filled with Joy. The book features ideas like creating shared bedrooms that foster connection, displaying kids’ artwork in meaningful ways, and finding beauty in the everyday mess. Courtney shares how she curates functional, joyful spaces that a...

This week it’s just the girls and we’re chatting about mama guilt, anxiety, and the Groundhog Day grind of shuttling kids from A to B (and then C… and then D). Sarah shares the two-month Ocean update, Teresa is counting down the days till baby, and we take a moment to celebrate a few Palmer family highlights. We also get into our very rational (and maybe not-so-rational) fears of water, and talk a...

This week on The Mother Daze we sit down with our friend Polly Staniford, a powerhouse Aussie film and TV producer who also happens to be an intuitive healer, tarot reader, psychic, reiki practitioner and mama of two. Tez and Polly have worked together plenty of times but only recently discovered their shared love of all things woo woo, whimsical and witchy. Polly chats about how she’s brought her...

It’s a Tez & Sarah solo this week! We’re diving into the beautiful chaos of right now: what’s on our birth playlists, the kiddo schedules that make our heads spin, and the pandemonium in the Palmer house while Mark’s away. We chat about Ocean’s tongue tie, how parenting a newborn feels now vs. when we were first-time mamas (we do things very differently!!), nursing “schedules,” dreamy but hazy pos...

This week on the podcast, we sit down with the beautiful Kelly Zajfen, mama to twins George and Lily. Kelly takes us back to those raw early days of postpartum life with two newborns, sharing how she balanced a tight schedule with leaning on support, and how normal it is to feel lost in that early fog. She also opens up about navigating the unimaginable sudden loss of her son George in 2022, the “...

Just the gal pals this week and it’s another yummy catch up. We’re deep in convo about 6 week old baby Ocean. Sarah shares about the slow days and soft transitions, gently introducing Ocean to the big wide world, with the help of her siblings and finding their own rhythm and language together. We chat postpartum bodies, the reality of shifting dress sizes, and trying to meet ourselves with grace t...

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re joined by two powerhouse women redefining what birth support can look like, Anastasia Stone, mother of five and deeply intuitive doula, and Dr. Melissa Drake, soulful OB-GYN. Together they co-founded ‘The Collective’ in Santa Barbara, California. As a team, they’re flipping the traditional model of care on its head, blending house calls, continuity, and deep, re...

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re diving headfirst into the wild, sweaty, beautiful mess that is postpartum. We’re chatting about real-deal community care (bring it on!), baby sprinkles, what’s actually worth buying for your newborn, and the so-called “must-haves” that end up buried in the back of a drawer. We’re getting into the nitty gritty; hormone rollercoasters, night sweats, chafing, bodil...