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Mental Mums
by Mental Mums
We're cousins and co-conspirators. Life didn't hand us a manual - it handed us exes, kids, bills and drama. This podcast is where family ties meet survival stories, from parenting fails to questionable advice, our take on reality is told with obscene humour and unfiltered honesty!
Episodes
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Apparently I'm Offensive to Spirits
You’d think a peaceful old nunnery in Margaret River would be the last place to pick up a ghostly enemy… but apparently Kelly’s got a face spirits don’t like. This week, the Mental Mums dive into spooky encounters: from a ghost who made its dislike VERY clear, to lights flickering at the worst...
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Fess Up Friday: The Confession Session
This week we are talking all things Fess Up Friday !We’re diving into the confessions you sent in — the juicy ones, the chaotic ones, the “am I single?” ones. From petty crimes to full‑blown plot twists, we’re reading them all, reacting in real time, and letting the chaos guide the episode.Buckle...
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Push, Panic, Repeat!
From Kelly nearly sliding off the operating table like a newborn seal to Mone literally reaching down and pulling her own baby out, this episode is a full birthing rollercoaster. We’re talking panic, power moves, medical mayhem, and the kind of mum‑logic that only appears when you’re in labour…
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Fake It Till You're Famous
This week we unpack the golden rule of our youth: look confident and walk fast. From accidentally‑on‑purpose almost meeting NKOTB and East 17 to slipping into VIP areas purely through attitude, we’re talking the wild wins that happen when you fake it just convincingly enough. What have you…
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Brotherhood, Bruises & Emotional Damage
In this episode, we unpack the chaos, carnage and lasting emotional scars of growing up with only brothers. From brutal teasing and questionable childhood "games" to the injuries, betrayals and psychological warfare that somehow passed as sibling bonding, we share the stories that shaped us. We...
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Keyless and Clueless
This week, both Kelly and Mone admit defeat after losing their keys in two equally chaotic but very on‑brand ways. Kelly gets interrogated by Kmart security like she’s running a smuggling ring, while Mone’s key saga proves she’s no better. It’s an episode about losing things, finding chaos, and...
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The Ick Files
Ever catch yourself irrationally annoyed by something tiny, specific, and completely harmless? In this episode, we dive into the world of obscure everyday icks: those random habits, situations, and social quirks that instantly make uscringe. We compare notes, share our most ridiculous pet peeves,...
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Girls Just Wanna Solve Crimes
What is it about true crime that keeps us hitting play on just one more episode? This week, we're tracing the origins of our true crime obsession—how we got hooked, the podcasts and shows we can't stop recommending, and why so many women are drawn to the genre. We're also talking about the side...
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No Boundaries, No Privacy, No Problem
This week we're talking boundaries... or the total lack of them. From kids casually strolling into the bathroom while you're on the toilet, having a shower audience you never asked for, getting dressed with an unexpected commentary team, to conversations about periods, body parts, and every…
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What Even Is A Tinfoil Hat And Does It Come In Pink?
Strap in for even more crazy this week as we dive into all things myths and conspiracies. We unravel AusAlert ignoring silent mode, question whether Elvis actually did die, and tackle Australia’s favourite mystery – the dingo‑baby saga Share your favourite conspiracies with us! Contact us on...
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My Head Hurts and I Deserve It
If you've ever woken up with one shoe on, a kebab wrapper stuck to your thigh or no recollection of the night before - this one's for you! Share your tories with us - We'd love to hear from you! Contact us on Instagram @mentalmumspod Facebook…
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The Listener Files: Season 1
And that’s a wrap on Season One of The Mental Mums Podcast — the only show where the chaos is real, the coffee is cold, and the mums are barely holding it together. Thanks for sticking with us each week, laughing with us, and occasionally wondering if we’re okay. Join us this week as we look back...
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Gifted Or Losing The Plot?
We’re questioning everything this week — are we gifted, intuitive, or is it a fine between reality and the stories we tell ourselves to survive! We want to hear from you! Contact us on Instagram @mentalmumspod Facebook @mentalmums Email us [email protected]
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Lucky Number 13
Episode 13 is here… so if anything goes wrong, blame the number, not us. This week we dive into the cursed or maybe lucky world of 13, unpack the superstitions we secretly follow, and compare who’s actually the lucky one and who’s just been lucky to survive the day!! Have any lucky or unlucky...
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That's Not What I Ordered: Exchange Student Edition
A Japanese exchange student, an alarming amount of jam and bread, and our family singing like we’re headlining Coachella. This episode is the story of how we accidentally terrified a very polite teenager. Parenting, cultural exchange, and unhinged vocals collide. Contact us on Instagram...
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Sh*t Happens!
This episode is what happens when life keeps throwing plot twists and we just keep recording anyway. Somehow, between the chaos grenades, we still manage to tell stories, overshare, and accidentally be relatable. It's not messy - it's just life being a menace. Contact us on Instagram...
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Lost in Pronunciation
This week we activate our multilingual menace mode! We set out to talk about languages and accents… and immediately veer off into delightful nonsense. We even attempt to thank our listeners in various languages — hopefully without offending anyone. What starts as a chat about linguistics quickly...
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Birthday Hoodoo Voodoo
This week we’re unpacking the mystery of why Simone’s birthdays are always cancelled while Kelly’s usually end with someone filling out an incident report. Is it birthday voodoo? Hoodoo? A cosmic curse? Or are we just spectacularly good at creating our own chaos. Have something you'd like to…
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Commitment That Could Get You Committed!
There’s a magical point where a joke stops being a joke and becomes… a lifestyle choice. A full‑time commitment. A part‑time identity crisis. This week we’re diving into the art of the long‑running bit — the kind of joke that starts small and suddenly you’re three months deep, maintaining a...
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The Eras Tour
If you’ve ever said “back in my day” unironically, this episode is basically a support group. Join us as we laugh at ourselves, roast each other’s generations, and try to figure out how we all survived without Google Maps, unlimited texting, or the ability to skip ads. Feel free to judge away!…
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Safety First, Sanity Pending
This week we’re tackling the universal parental experience of trying to act calm while internally screaming every time our kids venture out into the world. You know the drill: they say “I’ll be fine,” and your brain immediately drafts a 12‑episode disaster series. So of course, our conversation...
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Rise Of The Thermomix Mum Mafia
This week we enter the schoolyard battleground where two tribes collide: The Thermomix mums - armed with high-powered appliances, smug energy and quinoa-based confidece - and well... the rest of us, who consider cutting the crusts off a culinary achievement. No mums were harmed in the making of...
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Dr Of Absolutely Everything
Does anyone else instantly decide they’re an expert after doing something once or twice? Because Kel absolutely does. One too many episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and she’s suddenly convinced she’s qualified to clock on at the local ER—armed with pure confidence, dramatic TV‑doctor energy, and not a...
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Cyndie Lauper's Dead!
A supposedly "unkillable" fish. A very dramatic child. A pet funeral that... escalated. This episode asks the real question: how far are you actually willing to go when your kid's pet dies? Got any stories to share with us? Contact us on Instagram @mentalmumspod or Facebook @mentalmums
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!
This week we are talking waxing mishaps, Nair chaos, and why we should never be left unsupervised. Got any stories to share with us? Contact us on Instagram @mentalmumspod or Facebook @mentalmums
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Sorry We’re Late!
Hey everyone and welcome to the Mental Mums Podcast, where two wildly relatable and related single mums spill the spice on the daily chaos of their lives. It's raw, it's real and it's probably not safe forthe school pick up line. In our first episode of Mental Mums, we dig into a long‑suspect...
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Mental Mums Tralier
*Coming soon* Here's a sneak peek at the unhinged content you can expect from the Mental Mums!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We're cousins and co-conspirators. Life didn't hand us a manual - it handed us exes, kids, bills and drama. This podcast is where family ties meet survival stories, from parenting fails to questionable advice, our take on reality is told with obscene humour and unfiltered honesty!
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How many episodes does Mental Mums have?
Mental Mums currently has 27 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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We're cousins and co-conspirators. Life didn't hand us a manual - it handed us exes, kids, bills and drama. This podcast is where family ties meet survival stories, from parenting fails to questionable advice, our take on reality is told with obscene humour and unfiltered honesty!
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Mental Mums is created and hosted by Mental Mums.
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