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Move it Mama - The Sparkle Pod — 242 episodes
Mother's Day sum up (+ undertone of Mondayitis)
In short: MUM WIFE LIFE.
Connection, app stuff, mental health, weekend summaries
Sparkle Pod Book Club Ep 1
Debrief - lunch boxes and botox
HANmer Springs, educating on Easter, men & their emotions, life being hard
School lunch orders, hot cross buns, phones/teens + a hearty Dan update
Together from CHCH!
James Laughlin - why and how we can ALL be high performers
Pigs are cute, teens, disc success and the lemon
Our usual - kids, the weekend and rejection spirals
Life's HARD, what your nail shape says about you, letting go of control + yum stuff
The ladder of life - sniffing undies, V-Day, Fishbowl, Supplements, the disc + more
Goth era, french tips, grief, camping, Trump and teens
Back to the GRIND.
Waffles, wisdom + tangents
Popping in to say HI!
Leece, Jess, Char & Kirsty G see the year out!
THE APP IS HERE!! (+ mostly the waffle you've come to expect)
Gift idea run through, grief + hard sh*t
Coffee, kids, flies, dogs and alcohol. AGAIN, SORRY!
LJ's Taylor Swift experience, the app update, faith & hope
Sneaking back in on a Tuesday
Back to workouts for Leece, the app (soft) launch, connection in a relationship + more
Bodysuit up the vag, Taylor Swift, exercise and motivation
Relationships: doin' the werk (& other less serious chat)
The rerecord from Monday, warts & all
The lemon, bad habits & answering the 'gram D&Ms
Societal expectations, Sydney recap, drugs & teens
Natalia - all things Te ao Māori, army stories, social media, joining Move it Mama & more
Coffee HAHA, matcha, daily struggles, ageing, individualised parenting & TV SHOWS (yay!)
BONUS with Kirsty G: sexy undies, the move to Sydney, running recap, ex girlfriend tales & more
Singapore sling swing, school smarts, sex club, The Biggest Loser, Ozempic and red flags
Phone addicts, life is hard, the Disney rort, Taylor Swift & deep heat in the vag
Coffee (lol), epiphanies, and *just getting started* with exercise
Life is PERFECT! (this is sarcastic... or is it?)
The Christchurch/Life Debrief
Validating feelings, landing strips, keep cup updates and HELLO CHRISTCHURCH
We're back; life's hard.
*BONUS* booze episode (inspired by Leece's DMs)
Kelly Coe commits herself to the waffle pod
Managing consumption of smutty literature & more
Lisafong.com, burn out, kids sport, mom rage & other potentially relatable weekend tales
HBD to the King, accents, names, marching ants, overanalysing & ballet flats
The usual: coffee, kids, alcohol, discipline. The struggle is real.
All sorts (possib a yawn in spots) - overwhelm, kids, being busy, Liver King, Dan and life conundrums
Our 200th episode! 200+ seconds from all of us + the usual Monday waff
Reflecting on the last year (heavy chat) & some lighter bits (naturally)
Dogs, night routines, the itch (neck oil apology), compliments, kids, endless parental worry & keep cup chronicles
Neck oil PSA, coffee conundrums, the dry hump and more
Dry humping denim on denim and more
A bit of a yawn today but it all ends with a sex camp dream.
The Feijoa, influenced by neck oil, social media & Adolescence
Brain rot, nailing mum life, botox & other 'gram Q's
A big week, but first siblings, matcha, lunchboxes, parasite cleanses & so on
Rooting, trauma, Snapchat and buckling up (not all at once)
In a mood: back to phones, teens, poking, drugs & drink
Leaky Jayne, sticks and stones breaking bones & more
BONUS EP - Dan's sister Nat joins the pod!
Questionable outfits, ear stories, PTSD, therapy, gut health and kids (obvi).
Community, fasting, greener grass & so on
Tei & Nina Q&A (lol), phones, insecurities, weight, nutrition labels, Noosa & more
Straight back into it
One last hurrah - the full team present.
The final Monday waffle for Lisa Ja(y)ne & Jessica Ruthie
What is in a name? & a side of nits, thrush & pink eye
Tears and two grumpy moles
Quite a bit of bum chat - soz - kinda sums up the week.
A tearful start; the only way is up.
The weekend, snakes and all
A bit of this a bit of that, unfort (or fort?) no one night stand chat
Ceremonial cacao + one night stands (not for the kids lol)
Not poo again (happy birthday Leece, love you)
Monday spent running off at the mouth again
Shoot the breeze Mondae
Sub par Monday chats
Leece & Jess the usual story
Post weekend debrief
3 way phone calls and the Monday debrief
A Leece update, among some other lacklustre chat
Leece is back
Kirst & Jess - impending fur mom, thrush and Jess moaning a lot
Char and Jess short but sweet
Hobbsy - mum juggle, book hits and misses & birthday party etiquette
Char asks Jess 21 questions
Esma - Clinical Psychologist on the mammoth topic that is anxiety
Leece says hello
Hobbsy's back - the juggle, body building, books & more
Deb Buckley Ep 4 - What's up with my brain when I let discipline slip?
Kirsty Gordy - anti pet, anti SUP board, pro Ryan Gosling
Deb Buckley Ep 3 - What's up with my brain when I feel sh*t/down/low, and what can I do?
Emma Twigg - the fifth Olympic campaign & more
Deb Buckley - what's up with my brain when I lose my sh*t?
Char's back.
What's up with my brain when I self sabotage - with Deb Buckley
Deb Buckley 3.0
Mack Dewar + running
Monday bloody Monday (you'll discover the pun while listening lol)
Hobbsy aka Sarah, our sister in law
The lacklustre debrief
Fraser Grut - the man with a dream
The marathon debrief
Kelly Coe 2.0
Strengths, the weekend, and the potential fifth child no more (kinda)
Kirsten Gordon! Coffee and sleep etiquette, DITL, running, grief & more
A bit vulny, pls be kind lol.
Hello Char :)
The pre-easter debrief (delivered post-easter)
Sonja Courtis - empowerment coach
Odd questions + subsequently f**ked up stories
Our cousin Amanda - determination, courage & GRAFT.
Weekend debrief: bad dreams & the ready salted debate
Get your skin checked
Monday bonus ep!
GLOVES
The fasting chat continues
Leece opens up
The morning after debrief (or thereabouts)
A plane story from the frequent flyer, death musings, back to diet culture & more
Mum rage; why do we feel like housekeepers & maids?
Diet culture and cementing habits
What's up 2024!
2023, the year of the ick.
Leece and HOBBSY back on the mic
What's Giving The Ick Continued
Peeing in the shower, six fish & so on
Looking after your partner & the great shower etiquette debate
What's giving the ick and fart trauma
Bra washing etiquette, parenting palavers and "life hacks"
The roundup: sobriety, junk food, rugby, parenting, etc.
A grey pube, Taylor Swift (again) & being on the same page as your partner
Bonus ep - meatballs, working mum life and MIA boob grabs.
Kathie goes to cop college
Nutrition & Beckham (barely a breath about tampons or ejaculation)
"Musing" our way through life: motherhood ranting and nutrition chat
Why can't a woman be more like a man
Bonus ep - tampon chronicles, had it or hit it, pocket $
Sarah Wallace round 2: pneumonia, mom life & Sam's abs
Enough is enough: farts, spoofy sheets & nutrition
We took a turn: a lost tampon, swamp donkey & more
Jealousy gets you nowhere it only makes you ugly
Chewing the fat with a few gristly bits
RIP 'rigmaroles', hello ebbs & flows
Bonus ep - Leece's 'key' to courting & a mum life DMs answered
Supermarket embarrassment, holiday debrief & the coffee/poo debacle
Social media and comparison being the thief of joy
Overwhelm, 50 shades of grey & the mile high club.
Mom stuff, discipline stuff, cost of living stuff, etc etc etc.
Kristie Amadio - eating disorder recovery
Scrunch bum tights + sending nudes
Maggots are flies!?
Body dysmorphia and lube
Answering your DMs - from skincare to sugar
Nurturing our relationship via the sparkle pod. Where else?
Danni Carr - How I Quit Alcohol
BONUS EP - the in depth story; Leece ditching wine
Mother's Day musings, sound baths and sobriety
Char with Leece on her first year as a mum!
Leece & Jess on choosing happy, perspective and the ebbs and flows of life
Leece, Jess, Char - Pepsi/Coke continued & a few snorts
Leece dials in from the Gold Coast - an update
Waffle - Leece's trip to Oz, barriers to exercise & a smidge more poo
How to achieve a daily satisfying poo - Anna Thompson
Ainslie - through orthorexia, 7 years no periods & finding yoga
Intl women's day (the rigmaroles of being a woman? LOL), auction & party sum up
Lisa the leak, the Mizzi toilet 'gene', peaks & pits
Anna Thompson - the Pelvic Health Wizard on all things Pelvic Floor & the 12 week programme
Sam Wallace - you might know his wife
HOW to regularly exercise - Leece & Jess
Observing others & living in the past - can we not?!
The Curve - investing & money but make it fashion
2023 WHAT UP
The whole team to close out the year - hall passes, coffee orders & worst fears
Chewing the fat: alcohol, mindset and parenting
November & December challenges, carpet moths & sinking bots
Matilda Green - mum rage, body image, ending people pleasing & more
Gotman card decks, keeping the spark/at it like rabbits, side boob, habits & discipline
Catching up on Chars overseas adventures & finding moments of joy!
Debriefing: Cup Day, Lewis Capaldi, Heroin Chic & so on
Brodie Kane and our inability to play it cool LOL
Trying to love our bodies, mum guilt and rage
The spray tan conundrum, Leece's McDonalds debacle & too much other food chat
Sarah Wallace - all things motherhood, exercise & taking a month to name her twins
Kendal McSorley, ByKendal - building a business, self-belief and beauty hacks
Deb Buckley is back: the brain, exercise, discipline, weight, planned episodes & more
The 3 sissy's chat big ticket items - sobriety, travel plans, a journey to self-love and smooth vs crunchy
Mum life, a burnt nostril and a hash cookie gone bad
Sis 'n law Sarah is back - motherhood, grief and beyond.
Leece on the mic for a quick fire Q&A. Mince, sex and a bit in between (lol).
Jess Poff - 32 years no exercise, to 5x a week. How?
The biggest barriers to exercise. What are they & what can we do?
Washing your face with your undies, burning the fking forest down & raising awareness - The Sparkle Pod Wrap Up
Thin privilege, & the myriad of barriers in motivating people to exercise
Peaks & pits: family time, spray tans and a poke
The Party Countdown, a salty first kiss and pretentiousness
Leece MIA: Char on her return to exercise, Jess with two cents
Kirst - friend & MIM - on exercise, babies & moving to NZ at 15.
Back on the booze & off the 'gram?! Right o!
Sissy's chat RELATIONSHIPS
Char's birth story oh me oh my
Postnatal depletion with Sophie Dunn
The birth prologue, Tommy intro & average sister chat
Rigmaroles, aunty love and mum guilt
The Twin Q&A
Mat leave, Covid, no booze & postpartum exercise fear mongering
Six weeks without the booze & other musings
The amazing Deb Buckley - you want to listen to this
The Sparkle Pod do International Women's Day
Sissy catch up - thick thighs, body love and house shame
Bridge (the BFF) on life in business, getting through an eating disorder and dealing to the inner critic.
Do we weigh ourselves?
Waffle city to start 2022 the best way we know
The sissy's round off the year
We were asked about sugar so we chat about sugar (& some)
Matt Chisholm; mental health, Imposter & more
Leece & Jess chat to "Your Monthly" dietician, Sara
Leece's 'exercising to my cycle' debrief & chat with Jess & Char
Ana - a.k.a - 5 houses, 5 years!
A real-talk Q&A with dietician Sarah Percy!
Why are we so vulnerable when receiving feedback? & other stories
A little bit of everything with Toni Street
Jess's birth stories & a missing sock
Relationship advice from the non-qualified; Leece talks tricks and tips on keeping the relationship alive.
Laura McGoldrick on the filet'o'fish, wine consumption & tea towel protocol (oh and other stuff)
Back to basics; starting again with exercise (& waffle)
The birthday weekend Lowdown (Leece yawns in this)
Everyone wants to know how to cook the best mince, right?!
The Lockdown Lowdown without many LOLs
You ask, we deliver; the Lockdown Lowdown
Resuming the Lockdown Lowdown
The sissy's answer the DMs
Kelly Coe of Augustine by Kelly Coe!
A Jess synopsis (with lots missing but we'll be back?!)
A little slice of Life as Lisa Mizzi (pre-Move it Mama)
Sis'n'law Sarah discusses infertility, infant loss & miscarriage
Emma Twigg Burns That *beep* Forest Down
The Lockdown Lowdown Ep 3
The Lockdown Lowdown Ep 2
The Lockdown Lowdown Ep 1
An overdue waffly debrief
Char Opens Up
From The Beginning