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Dementia is the leading cause of death in Australia. Over 433,300 Australians are living with dementia and an estimated 1.7 million people are involved in caring for someone with dementia. Dementia doesn’t discriminate. This year around 29,000 Australians are estimated to be living with younger-onset dementia, including people in their 30s, 40s and 50s. 

Tully Smyth lost her mum to younger-onset dementia in 2019 and now Tully is an ambassador for Dementia Australia. 

In this very important episode, we speak with Tully about her mum. Tully shares about her memories with her mum before her diagnosis, the small thin...

This week Steph checks in about her ADHD, including what she’s struggling with at home, and seeing a psychiatrist about medication.

Then - we discuss a recent journal article that “strongly discouraged” using the AMH test to predict a woman’s fertility. Laura shares about her experience getting an AHM test herself, and we look back at a conversation Laura had for the Do I Want Kids miniseries, where she spoke with Dr Karin Hammarberg, a Senior Research Fellow in the Monash University School of Public Health, about the notion that women’s fertility falls off a cliff at...

Madeleine Edwards is a skincare creator, beauty therapist and first-time mum to baby Carmine. 

In this week’s KICBUMP, Madeline sits down with Steph to talk through her pregnancy, birth story and the complications that resulted from her episiotomy.

Maddie also shares about how her relationship to her body has changed due to the post-birth complications she experienced and how pregnancy, birth & having a baby girl is shifting her body image.

Plus! Living at home with her mum, three sisters, partner and baby under one roof and why it’s the best thing for t...

Serena Williams is the latest ambassador for Ro - a telehealth company that sells GLP1 medications - and we need to talk about it.

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This is the hype dad TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@hypegirlbree/video/7542062348291296519?_r=1&_t=ZS-8zBNJVpDc5I

This is the video from Alex Light that we played https://www.instagram.com/p/DNv_vZE2Iw3/

And this is the second video from Alex Light we mentioned https://www.instagram.com/p/DN3WFkW2E2G/

This is the Cheek Media Substack we mentioned...

Savannah is back on the podcast!!! We had Savannah on the KICPOD for the first time in 2023 when we were in London and you guys LOVED it so we HAD to have her back on the podcast when she was in Australia to run the Sydney Marathon.

In this episode, Savannah sits down to Laura to catch up on her running streak, how she’s prepping for the Sydney Marathon, her non-nuclear family, why she moved out of her house with her partner, and the impact of weight loss medication use on her body image.

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This week we share your tips for what has ACTUALLY helped you get off your phone! A few weeks ago Steph shared that she’s been spending too much time on her phone, and we asked for your tips to try and break our phone addictions. This week we share all of your tips and commit to doing one thing for three weeks.

We’ll check back in on Monday September 22 to see how we’re going!

Then - we got such a huge response from our segment about hysteria we had to talk about it aga...

Happy Saturday!

When we were in London in 2023 we had the privilege of sitting down with Savannah Sachdev. You might know Savannah for her impressive 1500+ day run streak!

You guys loved this episode the first time around so we decided to put it at the top of your feeds before we have Savannah back on the podcast on Wednesday.

In this conversation with Savannah we talk about sex, growing up in a conservative family, social anxiety, and her running streak.

Come back on Wednesday to hear our new episode with Savannah...

A few months ago we asked for your pregnancy questions for an episode with Laura & Dalton, and we got soooo many questions that we had to do a second episode. This time, with Steph!

You asked: how are you feeling about work? Have you experienced “pregnancy brain”? Do you have a birth plan? Have you & Dalton been having sex!? And lots more…

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This week we answer one of your DMs about navigating your body changing during pregnancy. Sending love to anyone currently navigating this too

We know we need it…but how many of us are actually getting enough sleep? Turns out - not a lot! This week Laura speaks with sleep expert Elina Winell about the fundamentals of good sleep - how much of each stage we need, if we can really “catch up” on sleep, what’s worth putting into your sleep routine and what’s not, and the importance of calming our nervous system throughout the day and not just before bed. 

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Learn more about Elina and work with her here: https://thesleepexpert.com/ 

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Steph’s been on her phone more than she’d like but she has a plan to try and quit it!

But we want to know from you - what have you done that’s actually worked!? Tell us on Instagram @kicpod.

Plus! One of our team members had her AirPods turn up somewhere she wasn’t expecting, which inspired us to ask you…what’s your wild AirPods story?

And! Laura finally got fitted for a new maternity bra 🙌

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It’s KICBUMP fave - Dr Billy Garvey! Billy is back this week to talk about our favourite topic…sleep. This time it’s a little different as Steph & Billy are both in the newborn phase with babies Billie and Heidi.

In this episode, Billy and Steph both share what sleep is looking like in their homes right now, the things they’re proud of, and the things they’re less proud of, how Billy transitioned his two older kids to share a room, parental preference, and lots more.

This episode of KICBUMP is with thanks to B...

This week Laura shares about the different ways that manosphere influencers have been attempting to discredit and diminish her online and the very long history of calling women “crazy”. 

And! What’s the wildest thing that’s happened to you in a job interview? We saw a TikTok comment from someone saying something not quite right in a job interview…which made us wonder if you guys had any stories of your own. And you did! 

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Brooke Boney is a proud Gamilaroi woman, journalist, presenter, and author. Last year Brooke resigned from her job hosting The Today Show to pursue a Master’s degree at Oxford University. This year Brooke published her first book ‘All of It: Notes on public life, private joy and everything in between’.

Laura speaks with Brooke about all of it - hard work, family, proving herself, relevance, why she left The Today Show, fertility, and more.

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Check out Brooke’s book All Of It https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Brooke-Boney-All-of-It-9781761068003 

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One of the most common questions we get in the KICPOD DMs on Instagram is about weddings, so when we saw this article about the increasing costs of attending a wedding, we knew we had to talk about it. Plus we discuss how you can navigate when things are outside of your budget.

Then Steph tests Laura’s knowledge of iconic Aussie TV shows and ads. How many did you guess!? Let us know on Instagram.

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The wedding article from The Knot https://www.theknot.com/content/wedding-guest-cost

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When Jamila was 31 she was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma - a rare brain tumour that would see Jamila undergo surgeries, radiation, scans, hospital stays and everything in between.

Jamila has written about her experience of it all in the book ‘Broken Brains’ - which she co-authored with writer & podcaster Rosie Waterland who writes about her experience of trauma brought on by a childhood of abuse and neglect.

In this episode, Laura & Jamila discuss the surprising similarities between Jamila and Rosie’s broken brains, and how society treats physical illness very differently to mental illness. Jamila shares about...

This week we read an article from The Cut about 8 women’s first orgasms and we LOVED it so we wanted to share it. Plus Steph shares the story of the first time she achieved a Big O.

Then - Laura accidentally spent too much on a peach which inspired us to ask you - when have you gotten to the checkout and realised something was more expensive than you were expecting? And did you buy it or put it back!?

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The orgasms article from The Cut https://www.thecut.com/ar...

Steph is back!! For her first KICBUMP episode back, Steph answers your questions about postpartum life: going from one to two, postpartum rage, the age gap between Harvey & Billie, sleep deprivation, prolapse, and more!

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Steph shared her birth story with Billie in the episode 'Welcome baby Billie! Steph’s birth story'. You can listen here https://pod.fo/e/2eb71c 

Steph shared the story of introducing Harvey to Billie in the episode 'Welcome back Steph!'. You can listen here 

Steph mentioned Tiny Hearts and their tips that you...

If your feeds are anything like ours, you’ve probably also noticed more #skinnytok and #diettok content recently. This week we unpack both, what’s so problematic about this type of content, and some red flags you can be wary of when you’re scrolling.

Then we take a look at two content creators and the highly problematic content they publish.

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Rechelle Coombes was diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes when she was 12. In her teens and early 20’s, Rechelle developed diabulimia (an eating disorder where diabetics restrict themselves of insulin) which landed her in hospital many times. As Rechelle got her diagnosis under control, Rechelle learned her kidneys were failing, which now means she is on the waiting list for a simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant.

In this episode we speak with Rechelle about the differences between Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, the misconceptions and stigma surrounding both, everything that led up to the point of Rechelle needing an organ transplant, and ho...

This week Steph updates us on how things have been going for the past 5 weeks since she gave birth to baby Billie, plus how it went introducing Harvey to Billie for the first time, and what’s going on with their house renovations.

Then we speak about the men who have been charged with allegedly sexually abusing infants and children at childcare centres in Melbourne, and our fears for how this will affect women returning to work. 

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Sylvia Jeffreys speaking on The Today Show about childcare https://www.instagram.com/p/DLm...

The temperature has dropped, the days are getting shorter, and everything feels a bit harder than it should right now. We’re in the depths of winter in Australia right now and so for this special Friday episode, Laura shares ten things she does to try and stay healthy during the colder months.

This episode was created in partnership with Blackmores.

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This week Dalton is back on the podcast to answer all of your pregnancy questions! 

You asked: what are you most excited for? Are you scared to see Laura go through labour? Do you know the gender? How have Bill & Ben reacted? And more!

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Zara McDonald is the co-founder of Shameless Media and co-host of Shameless podcast. We know you guys love Shameless as much as us, so we hope you love this chat with Zara as much as we do!

In this special episode, Laura & Zara share their top three business lessons they’ve picked up from running Shameless Media and Kic.

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Zara co-hosts the podcast Shameless. Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/shameless/id1352875216 

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Milly Bannister is the Founder of Gen-Z mental health charity ALLKND. We spoke about Milly on a Monday catch up episode a few months ago when she went to Canberra for the Budget lock-up and so we were honoured when she joined us on the podcast

This week our special guest co-host is the Founder and CEO of Cheek Media, Hannah Ferguson! 

Laura caught up with Hannah to talk about the word “influencer”, how the mainstream media reacted when Hannah attended the Budget lockup earlier this year, the state of the Liberal Party, Hannah’s run for the NSW Senate, the comments that hit the hardest, and more!

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Hannah hosts the podcast ‘Big Small Talk’ with Sarah-Jane Adams. Follow them on Instagram...

Zoe Marshall is an proof of the power of manifestation. Zoe was at rock bottom after an abusive relationship and the death of her mum when she turned to manifesting. Now, Zoe has put everything she’s learned into her book ‘Ariise: Manifest the life you deserve’ about the tools and techniques of manifestation. 

In this episode we speak with Zoe about writing about the hardest points of her life, and the difficult conversations she had to have with her loved ones about it. Then we discuss all things manifesting - why Zoe prefers to call it “co-creati...

It’s a very special episode this week as Steph shares her birth story with baby Billie! Steph catches us up on everything that’s been going on since she went on mat leave in early May - the end of the third trimester and early labour symptoms before finally going into hospital and delivering Billie in late May. Plus, Steph shares about the scary aftermath of Billie’s birth compared to Harvey’s.

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Dr Emily Musgrove is a clinical psychologist and the resident psychologist on one of our favourite podcasts - The Imperfects. Dr Em has just published her first book ‘Unstuck’ and we were so excited to have her in studio to talk about it!

Laura sits down with Dr Em to speak through what it means to be unstuck, avoidance, the inner critic, self-compassion, why treating ourselves with self-compassion doesn’t mean we’re being lazy, rumination and people pleasing.

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Check out Dr Em’s book ‘Unstuck: A guide to finding your way for...

In case you missed it - Laura and Dalton are having a baby!! For this very special episode we got Steph (and baby Billie) into the studio for Steph to ask Laura all the questions we knew you’d be dying to know - how far along are you? Were you trying? How did you find out? How is Dalton feeling? And more!! 

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‘Am I Equal’ is a three-part KICPOD miniseries exploring the push to return to traditional gender roles, the manosphere and the real life impact this is having on us, our relationships and on society. 

In this episode we explore the real-life impact of traditional gender roles, including financial abuse.

First - Laura speaks with gender equality activist, Gina Martin, about the push towards traditional gender roles being led by Gen Z men, as well as benevolent sexism and how to spot it online.

Then - Laura speaks with financial advisor Jessica Brady about finan...

‘Am I Equal’ is a three-part KICPOD miniseries exploring the push to return to traditional gender roles, the manosphere and the real life impact this is having on us, our relationships and on society. 

In this episode we explore the unintended consequences that can result from traditional gender roles. 

First - Laura speaks with financial advisor Jessica Brady about money in relationships: what can happen when one partner is the breadwinner and the other partner stays home? What can happen if their relationship breaks down? What are the conversations couples need to be having around money...

‘Am I Equal’ is a three-part KICPOD miniseries exploring the push to return to traditional gender roles, the manosphere and the real life impact this is having on us, our relationships and on society. 

In the first episode we dive deep into the ‘manosphere’ with Dr Zac Seidler, the Global Director of men’s health at Movember & Associate Professor with Orygen at the University of Melbourne.

Laura asks Zac: what actually is the manopshere? Why has this content become mainstream? How does this content impact men & boys, and how does it change the way they feel about...

Jaye Green dreamed of an unmedicated birth at home. Her labour started on a Friday afternoon and she gave birth to baby Honey on the following Tuesday morning. In this episode she shares with Steph about everything that happened in between! Jaye and Steph also speak through her decision to have a home birth, how Jaye learned what to do, her incredible midwife, and the importance of having a partner who is on the same page.

Thanks to Jaye for sharing her story with us

Steph is officially on maternity leave but we’ll still bring you a catch up every Monday morning! This week Laura’s husband Dalton Henshaw is sitting in for Steph, and he and Laura answer all of your questions, like…how did you meet? Do you schedule intimacy? Have there been any repercussions from Dalton taking Laura’s surname? How do you navigate traditional gender roles? Who earns more and how do you feel about it? Plus lots more!

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The secret’s out…Tori Singleton (aka @torisstory) is the newest strength trainer in the Kic app!!

In this episode we catch up with Tori to learn about her journey with food and movement, leaving acrobatics and coming back to it years later, receiving a PCOS diagnosis, and healing her acne. Plus! We learn more about Tori’s training style and what you can expect from her Kic program.

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Enrolments for Tori's Own The Gym challenge are now open! It’s a 4-week gym challenge, focusing on intentional training - no more fee...

We asked you how you spend money in your relationship and almost 2,000 of you responded!! This week we dive into the results of our money & relationships survey, and share our own experiences of how we manage our money with our husbands.

In the survey we asked: do you & your partner earn the same, how do you & your partner combine your money (and why), do you have any private accounts, how do you split combined expenses, and more.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the survey

If you haven’t thought about your goals since you made them in January…this episode is for you. It’s the time of year where a lot of us have slipped behind on our goals or lost sight of them completely - but it’s never too late to make them happen!

To help - we asked our coach Janey Martino for some mid-year goal inspo. Janey Martino is our personal coach as well as being a business founder, board director, investor and advisor for Kic. Janey speaks to us about reviewing our goals with curiosity instead...

This week Steph gives her final update before giving birth! What’s your birth plan? What do you think the gender is? Are you birthing at the same hospital as last time? What will Harvey do while you’re in hospital? What’s in your hospital bag? What are your go-to recovery products?

We’ll have one more Monday episode with Steph next week and then stay tuned for something fun while Steph is on mat leave!

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Chris Griffin is the host of the podcast 'The Pocket' where, on a recent episode, he spoke about his desire for a partner who doesn’t work unless she wants to. Laura spoke up about the episode throughout the week (and was overwhelmed by the response!) and in this episode Laura unpacks the problem with attitudes like these and why it’s so dangerous for women to be isolated from the workforce.

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The Tarang Chawla video Laura mentioned https://www.instagram.com/p/DJn5fK5zcp6/?hl=en

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