Move Over Mama

If you’ve ever felt left out…
If you’ve ever been bullied…
If you’ve ever sat alone and wished someone would notice you —
This episode is for you.

Sophie Sparks is the heart and founder of You Can Sit With Me, one of Australia’s most important and game-changing kindness movement that’s helping students feel seen, safe, and supported at school — all through one simple yellow wristband.

She started it after seeing too many kids hurting in silence. As a teacher, Sophie saw first-hand how many students were sitting alone, struggling to...

This podcast is all about teen life – whether you’re living it, like Millie, or still recovering from it, like me – and we love chatting to amazing guests about their own teenage experiences.

We are fangirling hard because we are joined this ep by literal Australian royalty in a swimsuit – Olympic gold medalist, world record breaker, and all-round water warrior – Ariarne Titmus.  Arnie as us Aussies call her has swum her way into history books – but today we want to dive into what she was like before the medals.

What was teen Arnie doing when she wasn’t do...

If you are new here, this podcast is all about us talking to people about their teen experience, whether they are through it, or living it, and this episodes guest is living it right now!

Samara Rose Wheeler is a 13 year old Australian musical theatre and TV star. Performing since she was 3, Samara is so talented, she has a big voice and big dreams and has been touring the country in Musicals for the past few years. She made her professional debut as Young Elsa in Disney’s Frozen the Musical, performing in the Brisbane, Adelaide and Pe...

Linc Lewis, the Brisbane-born actor who became a household name as Geoff Campbell on Home and Away snuggled into the Move Over Mama couch with us this episode.

Lincoln’s journey into acting began at the age of 13, so he is PERFECT to be a Mama Mentor. With early appearances in shows like The Sleepover Club, Mortified, and H2O: Just Add Water we were just gushing over him. It was his role on Home and Away that truly launched his career, earning him a Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent in 2008 .

Beyond Su...

Meet Jimmy Judge – he’s swapped punches for pies and boxing gloves for burgers!

Once a champion amateur boxer, Jimmy now dominates a very different kind of ring — the world of competitive eating. He’s chewing his way through the global food circuit, one outrageous food challenge at a time.

From knockouts to knocking-back hotdogs, Jimmy’s story is unexpected, heartwarming, and seriously entertaining. He joins us to spill the beans (and probably eat them too) on what it takes to be a top-tier eater, how he made the transition from athlete to appetite machine, and how he...

Please know that we want to be your podcast bestie and inspire you to reach for your dreams, starting right now with our next guest. You know those people who walk into a room and just own it. The ones who are unapologetically themselves that you can’t help but pay attention too. We have one right now mama couch. Jenna Hudson AKA Jenna with the Pink! Jenna is the BOMB! An  influencer with over 1.5 million followers on TikTok, more than 200k subscribers on YouTube and the same on Insta. Her army of Kings and Queens adore her.  In 2024 she...

Joining us on the Mama Couch is one of the country’s best makeup artists and founder of the Huxley School of Makeup. For 2 decades Michael Huxley has worked with all the major brands like Yves Saint Laurent, L'Oreal and Balmain. He was also the Head of Department for the Commonwealth Games makeup where he managed teams responsible for the aesthetics of 7,000 participants during the opening and closing ceremonies. His school has become Australia's top-ranked makeup school and is highly regarded globally. The school employs industry experts who have collectively worked on thousands of major productions in the film, TV...

Are you ready to join the Dami Army!

Our guest this episode is hands down one of the most talented performers Australia has. Dami Im is a pianist, singer, songwriter, author, teacher, wife, mother, Queensland girl and all-round good human. 

We first discovered her through the TV show X-Factor and she harnessed that win to build on her career and amongst other huge achievements like hit songs and albums, she represented Australia at Eurovision and came SECOND.

Dami is amazing Mama Mentor for this episode for so many reasons. Dami moved to Australia f...

Millie Manifested this episodes guest. We were at the launch of the new Blueys World in Brisbane and standing behind us was EMMA Wiggle!  As Emma Memma stood behind us ready to go on stage Millie whispered, 'do you think I could ask her to be on the podcast when she is finished'.. We have a policy that the worst anyone can say is NO, and No isn't a bad word so never be afraid to ask anyone anything.  So when Emma Memma finished her performance we lined up for a photo and asked her the question and here she...

Michael Buble joins us for our first episode of Season 4 of Move Over Mama.

This season is shaping up to be a big one with some amazing people already recorded and ready to go. We can't believe who is saying yes to the pod-dress... or something like that. 

In this episode Michael Buble sings with Millie... ok so its from a few years ago, but we dug the audio up for a very good reason. Hear for the first time how a simple sign at a Michael Buble concert led to an interview with him, w...

Our first inventor joins us on the Mama couch today and what is amazing about her is that she is a TEEN inventor. Annie Rogers is only 16 year-old and last year won the Gold Coast Women of the Year-Young Women category for her invention of a device that helps non-verbal people communicate.

Inspired by her non-verbal best friend Matilda, Annie started "My Voice Communication" to help her maintain eye contact while she communicates via a device she wears as a necklace, "Ladybird Lane Designs" was created to support that business..

In this episode...

Joining us on the Move Over Mama Couch this episode is someone who is a nurse, performing artist, and social media phenomenon, Hamish Briggs – who goes by moniker "Nurse Hamish" on TikTok.

He grew up in the country and was known as "the dancing kid from Kalgoorlie", embraced by the town for his talent and flamboyance. Traveling the world as a young adult performing from Perth to Paris and everything in between he thought his fate was written in stage lights when he went on to become a successful global influencer, but not for what you th...

We are in for a Totally Wild ride for this episode of Move Over Mama. Our Mama Mentor started his TV career on Big Brother 20 years ago in 2004 where he won our hearts as the blonde kind heartthrob and came 8th. When he got out of the house he scored a gig hosting Totally Wild, a show that sadly folded but was so popular with kids, it was all about wildlife and adventure and ran for years on our TV.

But at the height of his hosting success he left the screen and Australia for New...

Get comfy little Mamas and throw on your favorite Homebodii Pyjama's because the founder and creator of sleepwear brand HOMEBODII is snuggled on the Mama couch with us today. We are having a Pyjama party!

This Christmas thousands of happy people around the world will be unwrapping a new set of Homebodii PJ’s possibly with their name embroided on the pocket, and they will be thrilled. Ingrid Bonner started her working career as a model for big brands like Calvin Klein, but at 30, she decided to switch it up and become the designer dressing the mo...

An absolute musical legend is joining us on the mama couch. A powerhouse vocalist, songwriter and lead singer of the iconic Australian band BACHELOR GIRL!

I can’t remember the last password I created but I can remember all the words to her hit song Busses and Trains. For 2 decades that song has been an anthem for teen girls, the lyrics still hold strong today. She is also our first Aria award winning artist on the mama couch. Your Mum's love her and you will too after listening to this episode. (PS Go find the song and...

If you have ever dreamed of working in TV, or in front of a camera, our next Mama Mentor got her start in a reality TV show called the MOLE. A show which kick-started her TV career. She competed against 12 other contestants and despite being the youngest, won. It was one of the first reality shows on TV, that led her to a long career on our screens. But TV star Liz Cantor first made waves in Australia as a competitive surfer. Sponsored by Billabong, her surfing career took her all over the world to compete. In 2003 she was...

Little Mamas, todays mentor we want to talk some sense into you.. no more baking yourself in the sun and getting a tan, it’s something we've noticed creeping back into popular culture amongst you and it's concerning. It is National Skin Cancer Action Week, and we need you to take action, you owe it to your beautiful selves and skin.

Skin cancer is real and it sucks, the choices you make now will come back and bite you… in fact you will look like you have been bitten when you have scars from cutting out canc...

Returning to the 'Move Over Mama' couch is Money Expert Sarah Megginson, this time with a very personal story to share.

We met Sarah Megginson last season to talk about money because her day job is the money expert for Finder.com. After gifting us with one of our most popular podcasts to date (because who doesn't want to start making money young) Sarah rejoins us with her close friend Lisa Messenger and the baby boy they created together. Sarah was recently Lisa's surrogate, which means she carried Lisa's baby because Lisa couldn't carry her own.<...

Wicked Mania is about to hit the world. Prepare to see Pink and Green EVERYWHERE and we are all about it. But before there was the movie with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, let's not forget there was the MUSICAL!

We love musicals in our family, like L.O.V.E them.

We love going to them at the theatre, watching them as movies, quoting them, singing songs from them in the car, around the house or out shopping (sorry Coles), and we have even performed in them. Our combined family musical count i...

Welcome to Season 3 Lil Mama's! We missed you... PS.. Happy Birthday to us!

In this episode we chat about our favorite moments from Season 2, behind the scenes of when our guests came to the Move Over Mama studio, and the things we learned that have stayed with us and hopefully you too... please tell us you are saying your gratitudes when you clean your teeth?!

We share a sneak peak into the guests planned for Season 3 and most importantly we chat about our BIRTHDAYS.

Our birthdays are a day apart...

A filmmaker, politician, environmentalist, pro-surfer, mental health advocate, podcaster and businessman join us on the Mama Couch to help us with our environmental anxiety.

Sounds like a huge team of people sitting on the couch with us huh! But in fact it is just two amazing 20 something-year-old guys, and the above is only SOME of what is on their resumes.

So let's start with Kal Glanznig. From fundraising to get solar for his high school as a teen, to being the youngest elected councillor to the Sutherland Shire Council, Kal has won Young...

We are taking todays podcast on the road!

We packed up the studio and joined the circus with the amazing opportunity to watch, get a backstage tour, and spend some time with the cast of LUZIA; the new Cirque Du Soleil show touring Australia.

Luzia feels like Mardi Gras! From the minute you walk in, bright costumes and colours greet you with tricks and feats that transport you to another time. With a breathtaking Waterfall that opens from the ceiling and disappears into the stage making magical watery shapes as they fall, there...

Quick! Look fit and healthy because our guest on the Mama couch today is a big hit in our house with her online fitness programs.

Emily Skye is an Aussie fitness, wellness and beauty influencer who has millions of followers on all platforms and was one of the OG’s when it came to Instagram fame in Australia. Sharing her fitness and food and makeup tips, she has turned her views into a lucrative business and not only inspires us to stay fit and healthy via her online programs, she also is a boss babe and...

Our guest on the Mama Couch today is little bit of an online personality.. he’s had a tiny bit of success.. only 249 million total Likes on TikTok.

Nathan Lust is a Gold Coast actor, director, content creator, and TIK TOK star who has the gift. He can make anything go viral. From dance to comedy to special effects-focused clips. He has nearly 6 million fans on the app. He's our biggest social star to date!

As famous as he is getting, running around the world filming for big sponsors like Red Bull and Con...

Aurora Iler is a name you need to know. Why? At only 13 this young Australian actor is a Youth Oscar winner. She has also written, directed and produced two short films.

This movie triple threat is going to make you either question what the hell you are doing with your life or inspire you to do something with your life…

She flew from Sydney to be on the Mama couch with us and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have her here to congratulate her on her Youth Oscar win and hear what...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a fashion designer and have a brand that sells all over the country and the world?

Our mentor today is Sonia Stradiotto who is celebrating 35 years of being a fashion designer. She has dressed some of Australia’s most influential people, thrown the biggest fashion shows in the country and her style is pure glam.. sequins and sparkles, just like her personality.

But it has not been easy. Starting with a hole in the wall shop, sewing everything herself, this designer had no...

Join Emily Jade and Millie Valentine as they interview Money Expert Sarah Megginson.

The Finder.com.au Editor and Money expert wants teens and especially teen girls to learn how to manage money and dare we say it, start investing NOW.

In this episode Sarah unpacks how her financially unstable upbringing lead to creating a safe and secure life for her and her family through financial freedom.

Now her passion for personal finance stability has turned into a mission to make money less like homework and more like a good...

Our next guest is not someone as well-known as our other guests, but the point of this podcast is not always to have famous, in the public eye, people, its to have all walks of life people who are making a difference in the world. We are hoping after your time with our next guest you will be inspired to volunteer your time to give back… AND that’s a clue about our guest… Giving and helping others doesn’t just make the world better, studies indicate the act of giving back boosts your own happiness, health and wellbeing. So you ca...

By popular demand we are delighted in this episode to be joined on the Mama couch by Gold Coast Twins Lucy and Lily Cohen.

16 years old but wise beyond their years, these beautiful blonde 'basic Aussie girls' are making waves on TikTok with their infectious personality and creativity. With a combined social audience heading towards the million mark their videos are a blend of relatable anecdotes, cute fashion edits, hauls, get ready with me's, trends and entertaining dance moves. Captivating audiences with authenticity and humility their ability to connect with the a fan base of 'basic...

INTRODUCING SEASON 2 of MOVE OVER MAMA

Emily Jade O'Keeffe and Millie Valentine are back to unpack some of our favourite learnings from the wonderful guests in Season 1. There is a sneak peek for whats coming up in Season 2 and we chat a little more about our most asked topic.

ADHD.

We speak candidly about how our family discovered our neurodivergence, what we now all affectionately call it, and the tools we use to overcome some of the complexities of it.

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Our mentor today made something so epically cool happen for herself just by taking a chance and there is so much to learn from her moment.

She is a professional Busker, and busks all over the country making a decent living out of it. Last week she decided to busk in Brisbanes Queen Street mall on the day Teddy Swims was performing at the Riverstage. She performed a few of his songs over and over and live streamed it on Tik Tok in the hope he would see it, or be in the area and see...

16 years old and already her parents Boss! Meet Glitter Girl, aka Sophia Rizzo a Young Entrepreneur who started selling Glitter in the classroom at age 9 and now at 16 has a business with over 200 items in stock and ships globally. Big things are coming for Glitter Girl as a brand and we are so excited for what you can learn from todays podcast.

Something Millie has touched on a few times in this podcast is how she has always been a little entrepreneur herself, selling lemons, lemonade, or pompoms out the front of our house. When that...

We ALL know someone who has had cancer.

Some may have even lost someone dear to them and are still grieving. Millie's Dad Gerard lost his Dad to lung cancer. Poppy Jim died when Gerard was only 19 years old and we think about him every day and it's been 20 years. Cancer is a long hard journey for everyone, but imagine being the person who has the cancer. What do you do? What do you need from your friends and family and how do you try to stay positive when its really very scary?

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Meet Mama Mentor Australian television identity GRANT DENYER!

He is a legend and ICON of the free to air world. He has worked on so many shows that Australians love. It's hard to name them all, but let's go there. Sunrise, Family Feud, Australia’s Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, The Great Australian Spelling Bee, Neighbours, The Amazing Race and now the game show on Channel 10- Deal or No Deal.

He has won a Gold Logie (which is like our Oscar/Emmy Awar...

Our mentor this episode is an Australian doctor, lawyer, scientist and disability advocate.

In 2010 Dr Dinesh Palipana had a terrible car accident, he was driving and hit a wet patch of road and lost control. That accident robbed him of his ability to walk but didn’t rob him of his ability to achieve.

After a long recovery with many people saying he couldn’t, he finished his medical degree and he was the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland, Australia. He is the second person with quadriplegia to graduate as a doctor in Austr...

In an Olympic year it made sense that in the first series of Move Over Mama I source some Olympians to mentor Millie and our Move over Mama listeners.

Our guest this week is our second Olympian and we move from the track to the pool. I just love being around this guest. She is not only a great listener, she is warm, funny and caring. She makes everyone feel great which is a beautiful skill, and she is one of Australia's greatest Swimmers. There is nothing she can’t do. Once she retired the togs sh...

Our next guest in the Move Over Mama podcast is an Olympic Champion, a Dancing Star, and Sports News Reader and our first OAM. Sally Pearson.

When she was only 14 she started to get noticed by the country for her Athletic ability winning the Australian Youth 100m Hurdles. From there went on to become one of Australia’s most successful female athletic Olympic champions winning a Gold Medal in London, breaking records in the win, a Silver in Bejing, 3 Commonwealth Games Medals and many other world championships. More recently she swapped running shoes for dancing heels fo...

12 months ago at a charity event, the Baby Give Back Mothers Day High Tea, Millie and I met our next guest who inspired this whole podcast.

An Australian Champion Iron Woman who had just paddled around Australia in a Kayak. It took 254 days, 12,700km and during that time she dodged huge waves, storms, sharks, crocodiles, tested her physical and mental health and broke many world records. Talk about Girl Power!

A few months later here she was in a pretty dress graciously chatting by an old telephone booth covered in flowers to the o...

We come out fighting for the first interview episode of Move Over Mama. In this edition I re-introduce Millie to Rowdy Bec Rawlings for her first ever interview.

Bec is an Australian mixed martial artist and bare knuckle boxing champion who just released a movie called 'Fight to Live' in cinemas now. A compelling movie not just about her rise to fame in the fighting world, but also her fight to escape domestic violence. An important film highlighting it can happen to anyone, including an elite athlete trained to win in the ring.

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In the first ever Move Over Mama episode, get to know Emily Jade and Millie Valentine as they interview each other.

Find out about Emily Jade's childhood, career path and dreams for Millie Valentine.

And Millie will share her hopes for the podcast and how her recent ADHD diagnosis led to creating this podcast.

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