Ready or Not

Melissa Reader’s youngest baby was just nine months old when her husband was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. Just 15 months later, he died, leaving behind three children, a wife, and no will in place. Melissa became a single, self-employed mother and in amongst the agonising grief, she felt angry. Angry that they didn’t plan for the worst and overwhelmed by the death admin that comes with losing your husband, on top of navigat...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:

• It’s not your hormones, your diet or your exercise routine. It’s your husband: why mums aren’t broken, it’s the unequal load that’s breaking us.
• The working mum conundrum: Lu unpacks the logistics of daycare waitlists, kinder half-days, and how any of it is supposed to fit with an actual job.

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Wowee we really did consume culture and talk trash. We also apologise for the slight internet delay we run into at times, as well as Lu’s screaming children towards the end. BUT! For the first time ever, welcome to The Low Battery Book Club, a bonus monthly three-parter in collaboration with Charley from Book Smut, where we consume way too much culture and talk way too much trash. 

On the show today:

• We share our favouri...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.

If you’re burnt out from cooking, sick of dinner battles, or dealing with kids who only want white foods, this episode is for you. Ashleigh from Ashleigh Cooks joins Loz to share real-life, guilt-free food hacks for busy families.

From the genius “no thank you bowl” to freezer tricks, fussy eater strategies, and how to throw to...

Hey, it's Loz here! Lu was too sick to record this intro so I’m jumping in to let you know about  today's guest. If you’re not already familiar with her, Luka McCabe is the founder of Boob to Food. She's also a mum of three, a midwife by background, and now an author and business owner. In this episode, Luu chats with Luka all about her journey from life as a midwife to motherhood and building Boob to Food into the incredible ...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:

• We can’t afford our friends anymore: how cost of living pressures are reshaping friendships.

• Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should: why being the office ‘doer’ is holding women back  and how to start saying no.

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Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.

If you’re stuck in leggings, feeling ‘meh’ about your wardrobe, or just want to look a little more like yourself again post-kids, this one’s for you. Style expert Victoria Latu joins Loz to share the hacks every mum needs to feel confident, polished, and put together without spending a fortune or overhauling your entire closet...

Prabha Nandagopal is a force. She’s a human rights and discrimination lawyer who’s worked on big national enquiries on immigration detention law and policy and Respect@Work. She’s also a woman of colour who became a single mum at just 10 days postpartum. 

And when you add those things together, it’d be easy to conclude that in life and in work, the odds have been stacked against her. But, as you’re about to hear, Prabha has...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:

• Gen Z vs everyone else: How does our generation define how we show up at work? Is questioning the ‘why’ of the task at hand lazy or smart?
• Feminism isn’t to blame for why mothers are overwhelmed and exhausted. This is a post Lu saw from motherhood studies sociologist Dr Sophie Brock and it got her ...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.

Today, Loz is joined by Gen Muir, obstetric social worker, parent educator and founder of Connected Parenting, to talk about the number one thing parents crave when the juggle feels impossible: connection with their kids.

From public meltdowns to sibling fights, ‘giving in’ guilt, and the constant testing of boundaries,...

Often, when work is feeling stressful, I think to myself, Lucy, you’re not saving lives, why are you letting this get to you so much? And then I think to myself, wait, how do the parents that ARE saving lives in their day job navigating it all? So I had to bring on Dr Katie to answer that question. 

She’s an emergency doctor, she’s a mother of three, she’s much loved for the content she creates for social media, her husband...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. This week on Witching Hour, we flipped the script and answered your questions, the ones flooding our DMs every week about career, parenting, and everything in between.

Some of the questions we chat about include:

• Can you get promoted part-time?
• How do I handle work guilt when my child is sick?
• How much parental leave ...

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.

Today, Loz is joined by sexologist and mum Aleeya Hachem otherwise known as great.sexpectations on Instagram to talk about one of the trickiest parts of motherhood we don’t discuss enough: intimacy after kids. From low libido and exhaustion to shifting body confidence and rediscovering pleasure, Aleeya shares honest, pract...

Odette Barry is one of those people that you just want to learn from. She’s a publicist, PR mentor, and the founder of PR agency Odette & Co, and she’s found her niche and passion in amplifying the voices of purpose-driven leaders.

But while her business and place within it might look crystal clear now, it wasn’t always the case. She became a mum at 22, and at the time, she felt as though she didn’t have any goals or ambitio...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:

• The screen-time reality check
• Climb cringe mountain or stay stuck forever: why is ‘trying’ so uncool and does this whole notion hold us back from achieving what we want to in life? 

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Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.

Today, Loz is joined by midwife, baby and toddler sleep expert, and author Jazz Kostov from Let’s Sleep. Together they unpack the real challenges of trying to function at work when your little one isn’t sleeping from early risers and night wakers to daycare naps that don’t go to plan.

If you’re about to return to work, stuck in...

In 2014, Sarah Davidson stumbled upon what she calls the great happy accident, which set her on a journey of quitting her job as a lawyer to become an entrepreneur, bestselling author, MC and host of the Seize the Yay podcast. 

She loved her job, and she loved the idea of feeling as though she was successful in the traditional sense, but after a life changing trip, she started to realise that actually, success and happiness...

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:

• The best age for women to have kids – let’s go through the science, stats & real talk.
• The old you is dead, she’s never coming back. So what do we do with that information?

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Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.

Thinking about quitting? Loz walks you through the signs it might be time to go, what questions to ask yourself first, and the practical steps to make the leap without the panic. Because life’s too short to stay stuck in a job that doesn’t work for you anymore.

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