The Sunshine Project
by Chloe Grayling
Hello, Good Human. Welcome to The Sunshine Project podcast. My name is Chloe Grayling, I’m a TikTok creator and big fan of people with whom spilling things is easy - the ones who make you feel like you’ve spent time soaking in golden rays. The Sunshine Project feels like one of those friendships stowed away in your favourite podcast app!Together we will be delving into all of the good stuff like love, grief, money, friendships, juicy conversations about being an influencer and a mum to fluffy cows, and tips on how you can bring sunshine into all aspects of your life.So join me every Monday and I will add little bit of sunshine into your ears - and your life! - each week ☀️
Episodes
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I’m Getting Kicked Out??
Hello good human, I'm getting the flick from my podcasting platform (for mighty good reason might I add!!) and so here is something new, for you, from me. HERE is my Substack, where all of the good stuff can be found from now onwards. I adore you x
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“I’m a (full time) Mommy” / A New Chapter ☀️
Hello good human, and goodbye, for now. How I have loved this (in every iteration!) and how I am looking forward to thinking thoughts without immediately inspecting them and analysing them and wondering if they're clever and incisive enough to make good content out of. Here's the song that Lucas...
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16 Toddlers & Get Sh*t Done Gardening ☀️
Hellooooo good human! A waffley kind of episode today, just for something in your ears. I go (maybe a little bit too) deep on relationship woes, dirt as an antidepressant and how we ended up with more than a dozen one year olds at our place to fold the washing. Ily xxx
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The Reality of Being an ‘Influencer’ in 2026 ☀️
Hellooooo good human! You may remember I did an episode on being an ‘influencer' / content creator / onliney kind of person many moons ago (I actually can't find it anywhere so goodness knows where it's gone), and I have been thinking all sorts of thoughts lately about how things have changed in...
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The Head, Heart Hands Philosophy ☀️
Hellooooo good human, Clack clack have gone my knitting needles and think think has gone my brain this week - as I've carefully tangled yarn into something sweet for a brand new human, I've been mulling over an age old education and leadership philosophy that might shed some sunshine on being…
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Parenthood Q&A Toddler Update ☀️
Hello good human!! I was asked some very thoughtful questions many moons ago when I'd just stepped into motherhood for the very first time - here are my answers to those same questions, a year and a half later.
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Washing the World’s Feet ☀️
An episode inspired by and grounded in this poem by John Roedel x
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Rating My Mum’s Mottos ☀️
My mum says ‘you know what I always say…' at least 32 times a day and here are five and a half of my favourite endings to that sentence, rated out of five 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 PS the Facebook group is sorely neglected atm but you can still join it if you wanna x
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Sunshine Slices for SOS Situations ☀️
Hello good human!! As per last week's ep, the world is bonkers: so here are four small ways - new ones! - to add a bit of sunshine to our lives. Hope these practical little to do items help you as they have done me x PS: Disney Singalong Playlist and Podcast Group are here!
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Does a Beautiful Life Matter if the World’s on Fire? ☀️
Hello good human, this one is pretty much what it says on the tin: can we, should we, care about creating a life that feels lovely in a world that feels overwhelmingly grim at times? Lets talk about it! Listen to the episode ‘Renovation, Stuff Collection & the Magic of Mess' through this link and...
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Bleeding & Interoception ☀️
Hello good human! I read a really great book this week - yes audiobooks count as reading thank you for asking - and I'd like to waffle on about it a bit to you if I may. It's called ‘Period Queen: life hack your cycle and own your power all month long' and it's by Lucy Peach. Here is the…
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Five Mistakes I’ve Made ☀️
Helloooo good human and welcome to the episode of this podcast where I tell you all about my Big Bath mistake, the financial fck up that's probably cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars and all about the time a bumhole biting ant cost me the nudie rudie risqué career that almost was. Here's…
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I’m Getting Rid of Everything (Except My Dog) ☀️
TW: pet loss ❤️🩹 JOIN THE SUNSHINE PROJECT PODCAST COMMUNITY (please) x
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26 January Thoughts ☀️
Hello sunshine human, here's a brief synopsis of my jumbly January 26 thoughts. And here are some resources and things that I have found really interesting, useful, and helpful in unjumbling those thoughts just a little bit: Little Things - Ziggy Ramo & Paul Kellly - a song that encapsulates how...
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Sunnier Recs ☀️
‘Ello good human! And welcome to a sunny little episode of this sunny little podcast: where I share some kinda devastating life updates and then light it back up with a list of my favorite feel good recommendations! ily, don't forget to JOIN THE SUNSHINE PROJECT PODCAST COMMUNITY xx
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A Big Stack of Recommendations ☀️
Hello good human! Here are some things I can't stop thinking about! Here are some links to the things: the podcast the book the tv show the audiobook the purchase the playlist And here is a link to the SUNSHINE PROJECT PODCAST COMMUNITY where you can see my basket hehe
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2026 Word of the Year ☀️
Helloooo sunshine human! Welcome to a brand new year - and, maybe, the best one yet! No bingo for me this year because 75'000 steps a day was honestly too much to handle haha but I have landed on the word that will guide me through the next twelve months, and I hope it resonates with you too....
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BONUS: 2025, wtf was I thinking? ☀️
Helloooo and hooroo to the year that was! In this special little bonus episode, we look back at the last 365 days: the kind of bonkers goals I had for the year, in retrospect, and the word that summed it up on my end! I hope it's a bloody lovely way to round out your year. PS: here's the link to...
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Goodbye and Go Well ☀️
Hello good human! It's our last sunshine voicenote for the year so you know I'm pouring a lot of love into this one: including an accidental seasonal tradition, piles of clothes everywhere (sos) and reflection on how ‘a labour of love' has shifted for me in the twelve months that have been.…
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Lessons from Motherhood ☀️
When a lovely listener asked me what lessons I've learned in the year since having Violet - and what unexpected parts had come to bloom, I knew I had to jump on mic and tell you in great detail.. and it wouldn't be a voicenotes ep without banjo trying to eat a bee in the middle of it and all the...
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Jingle Bells is my Antidepressant ☀️
I love festive szn and so have decided that I personally am in the thick of it even though it's only November! I also love leaning in to baby birthdays! I also love the eight pressie rule (in theory - we'll see). I also love THE SUNSHINE PROJECT PODCAST COMMUNITY! Okay ily bye 🤶 x
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What if AI Saves Community & Magic? ☀️
Hello good human! Let's talk about AI but in a cheerful way - is it kinda nihilistic? Maybe! Not sure - let me know what you think in THE SUNSHINE PROJECT PODCAST COMMUNITY and big ups to Jared Goldstein for his video that sparked this ep!
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31 Things Part 4 ☀️
What do a hori hori, a really great glue gun and a village have in common? You'll have to listen to this week's ep to find out! PS don't forget to JOIN THE SUNSHINE PROJECT PODCAST COMMUNITY ily
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31 Things I Learned Part 3 ☀️
What a long series! What a lot of things to have learned! This week: a diagnosis mystery, a never ending flower trick and a caveat on a caveat for a lazy girl life hack that I never saw coming. Don't forget to JOIN THE SUNSHINE PROJECT PODCAST COMMUNITY to see the baby birds in their very swanky...
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31 Lessons from my 31st Year - Part 2 ☀️
Hello good human! Another week, another stack of things that I've discovered (or rediscovered!) this year: from sneaky snake facts to dish drawers and what on earth the Joneses have to do with it all, what a joy it is to be in your ears with this mess of numbers five to ten. RECOMMENDATIONS My…
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31 Lessons from my 31st Year - Part One☀️
Hey cutie! Welcome to the first episode about 31 things I've learned this year: the first of more than I anticipated haha! From an unexpected 180 around birth to the six friends I yearn for: here are five bits of wisdom that I'm absolutely sold on as I step into thirty one! JOIN THE SUNSHINE...
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That WAS On My 2025 Bingo Card ☀️
Hello good human! At the start of the year (while I was on a little break from the poddy!) I drew up a bingo card full of all of the things I wanted to do, see, see and experience in the twelve months ahead. Well, we're five sixths of the way through and it's time for a check in! Don't forget to...
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Three (frankly unhinged) Life Hacks ☀️
Hello good human and welcome to a frankly bonkers episode (in that it is both frank, and bonkers) where I mourn the loss of a parasocial relationship, tell you about getting told off by a gruff older fellow on the beach today, and share three hacks that nobody asked for that've helped me stop...
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I Auditioned for Big Brother ☀️
Hello good human! A bit of a rogue one today - have just been taking a trip down memory lane to the time that I was approached about being on Australia's biggest reality television show, the three things that made me wonder if it was a good idea after all, and the plot twist that meant I ended up...
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How to Grow Things ☀️
Hello good human! Today - after a mildly chaotic life update - I'm sharing with you one of the truest joys of my life. Growing things! Back in 2021, I was absolutely convinced that I'd never be able to bring a flower or vegetable to bloom.. that I had the opposite of a green thumb. It turns out...
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This and an SSRI ☀️
Hello good human, and welcome to the first episode of The Sunshine Project recorded under the influence (of a Selective Serotonin Reintake Inhibitor). I've trotted off to the pharmacy to pick up something that will hopefully help me feel less like I'm being chased by a wild tiger all of the time…
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Bye Bye, Botox ☀️
Helloooo good human! 👋🏼 It's been a while since I had anything injected into my face for aesthetic reasons (or otherwise!) and in today's episode we get deep into the weeds of the reasons I'm actually kind of stoked about it, the ways that thinking about my appearance less has freed up time for...
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A Sh**ty Week & a Dopamine Menu ☀️
Hello good human, and welcome to a Sunshine Project episode that has it all: A few quiet sobs! Some unhinged music recommendations! A story about our elderly Italian neighbour, Mario! More poop than I was hoping for! Another voicenotes episode in the most voicenotey way, I hope that this listen...
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Matrescence & the ‘Bounce Back’ Myth ☀️
What is ‘matrescence'? What does it mean to go from ‘maiden to mother?' And what does the tabloid ‘bounce back' narrative have to do with my teeth gnashing like this?? Don't worry, it's all covered in this week's episode of The Sunshine Project! PS: my sincerest apologies to Hilary Duff for...
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What If I Don’t Wanna Hustle?? ☀️
Hello good human! Welcome to another waffley ep: today, I spill some details about what I'm doing income-wise as a new mum, and also get pretty earnest on the whole “If you're not growing you're dying, scale scale scale!!” thing that is all over the place and frankly, seems a bit exhausto to me....
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Is it Luck, or Hard Work, or Luck? ☀️
Hello good human, here is the first of your full-fat sunshine voice notes: a conversation that's been weighing on my mind for a hot minute (since I pushed a baby out last year!) and that feels too tricky for social media.. So here it is, for your ears only! In this ep I mention the book The Calm...
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Welcome to Sunshine Voicenotes ☀️
Hello good human and welcome to this, the scrappiest and most sunshiney era of The Sunshine Project yet. This ep is a little introduction to Sunshine Voicenotes: a chapter of this podcast that feels like a friend flicking you a long, rambley, completely unedited voicenote through your messaging...
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30 Things I Learned by 30 ☀️
Hello good human, and welcome to the lucky last episode of The Sunshine Project for a little while. Today (which also marks one year of the podcast!) I’m sharing 30 little lessons with you just in time for my third decade to dawn - from investing in your space to assuming good intentions, from...
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Palliative Care, Death & The Rest ☀️
Hello good human, and welcome to an episode that is maybe not one you’d expect to be drenched in sunshine: today we are speaking about death, dying, palliative care, funerals and the rest of it. With one of my family members currently grappling with the end of their life at the moment (and me…
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Cozzie Livs Solutions ☀️
Hello good human & welcome to a cheeky little episode all about DIYing our way through the cost of living crisis! This one is less about support through genuine financial crisis (for that, I highly recommend checking out Ask Izzy which is an incredibly helpful resource for those struggling) and...
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Sunshine Hotline: DIY Wedding, Ageism & Book Recs! ☀️
Hellloooooo good human and welcome to the second instalment of The Sunshine Hotline: featuring your burning questions, queries and musings and my answers to the lot. In today’s ep, we talk about some DIY wedding ideas (to save money and make the day even more joyous!), what to do when you’re held...
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In my Flop Era ☀️
Hello good human, and welcome to our flop era!! I promise you two things: it is not as scary as it sounds, and it is not permanent. So if you’re feeling a little bit flat or uninspired or broke or like you might not be at your peak performance at the moment, this episode is for you. We are gonna...
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Second Trimester Q&A ☀️
Hello good human and welcome to a deliciously nosy episode of The Sunshine Project: where I spill on all things pregnancy related in a second trimester Q&A! From birth preferences to when we told people, from ADHD medication to the symptom that feels like the time I got kicked in the vulva as a...
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I’m Baaaaaaack! ☀️
Helloooo good human and welcome back to The Sunshine Project! I’m refreshed and replenished and ready to be in your ears once more, starting with this ep which features an updated and very niche Sunshine Toolkit designed to get us through the shi - tricky - days and onto some cruiser, calmer…
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An Update ☀️
Hello, good human: and welcome to this quite behind-the-scenes episode of The Sunshine Project. I am taking a break & today, I’m explaining why. I’m also sharing a bunch of recommendations for you if you’re in a hibernation stage as well, because lord knows we could all soak up a bit more of the...
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Winter Rituals ☀️
Hello, good human, and welcome to this episode of The Sunshine Project from deep in the depths of winter. If you’re like me and feel a bit blue at this time of year - clinically diagnosed Seasonal Affective Disorder or not - then this was meant to find you: because today, we are talking about how...
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How to GAF About Politics ☀️
Hello, good human! Welcome to a spicy, dicey sort of topic: today we are talking about politics and social justice and all sorts of stuff we were told neverrrrr to discuss at the dinner table! How can you give a hoot about this stuff without falling asleep? And WHY would you wanna do that in such…
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Tools for Anxious Folk ☀️
Hello, you wonderful sort, and welcome to this week’s edition of The Sunshine Project. If you’re a worrier, a nervous sort, a person with anxiety, then I hope that this one soothes your soul - because in it, I share two tools dreamed up to lessen those feelings and put your mind to ease. Plotting…
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DESIDERATA ☀️
Hello good human! Today I am going to share with you some words that changed my life - words written many moons ago that still feel as true today as they did back then. This is Desiderata by Max Ehrmann, 1927. I hope hearing this changes your life a little bit, too. Join The Sunshine Project...
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Posting Our Baby Online?! ☀️
Helloooo good human! Today we are getting stuck into quite a contentious topic.. whether we will be sharing our baby on social media, how I came to the decision that I did surrounding this, and all of the interesting places my mind has wandered to over the last five or six years of mulling this…
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About this show
Hello, Good Human. Welcome to The Sunshine Project podcast. My name is Chloe Grayling, I’m a TikTok creator and big fan of people with whom spilling things is easy - the ones who make you feel like you’ve spent time soaking in golden rays. The Sunshine Project feels like one of those friendships stowed away in your favourite podcast app!Together we will be delving into all of the good stuff like love, grief, money, friendships, juicy conversations about being an influencer and a mum to fluffy cows, and tips on how you can bring sunshine into all aspects of your life.So join me every Monday and I will add little bit of sunshine into your ears - and your life! - each week ☀️
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Chloe Grayling