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 This week we’re talking about the expectations put on mothers sharing (or not sharing) motherhood online. 

We know y’all love Shameless as much as we do, so you might have heard a conversation that Michelle & Zara had a few weeks ago about Margot Robbie and an article calling her out for pretending she’s “not a mum”.

It inspired us to share our own experiences of sharing motherhood online and how Laura’s opinions have changed since giving birth to Atlas.

Also! Laura responds to an unhinged troll comment about her breastfeeding...

It was time for another money episode! Jessica Brady is a money educator, a former licensed financial adviser, host of the podcast ‘Financially Fierce’ and author of the brand new book ‘Get Growing: A No-Nonsense Guide to Cultivating Wealth and Financial Freedom’.

Laura spoke with Jess about the beliefs that shape our relationships with money, aligning our spending with our values, setting short term & long term goals, building wealth for the future, and lots more!

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Jess was on KICPod last year. The episode was called ‘Misogyny & financial abuse - the red flags...

This week Laura kicks off the episode with a surprise message to Steph

It’s time to open the mailbox!

QUESTION #1: my fiancé went to the strippers on his buck’s night. He told me straight away and he can’t stand the thought of cheating, but I can’t get the thought of another woman sitting naked on his lap, out of my head

QUESTION #2: I’m 18 weeks pregnant and I’m really struggling with family commenting on my body using words like "fatty" or "oh yes, your gut is getting bigger" when I barely have a bump

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You know how much we love a trip down memory lane. Steph's been getting targeted with reels about what life was like as a kid in Australia during the late 90’s and early 2000’s, and so we wanted to ask you guys - what do you miss most about that time? We’re talking computer rooms, Dolly magazine, the Sims, calling the landline and talking to your friend’s mum, Video Ezy on a Friday night, and lots more! 

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Hello!! Every now and then we’ll be publishing episodes that we’re calling ‘Business Lessons’ where we speak with business owners, founders, and folks with careers that we admire and ask them about the lessons they’ve picked up along the way.

For this episode - Laura sat down with Founder & Managing Director of FW, Helen McCabe. FW is an inclusive, member-led organisation committed to achieving gender equality in Australian workplaces. Previously Helen spent more than a decade as a journalist at News Corp and as Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Women's Weekly.

In this conversati...

If you also have hundreds of unread texts, WhatsApps, voice memos, Instagram DMs, Facebook Messenger messages, Snapchats, EVERYTHING, you’ll know what we’re talking about.

This week we want to talk about how overwhelming it feels to keep in touch with our friends right now. We asked you guys how you’re coping with the overwhelm, as well as your ideas for how to maintain friendships in the real world and away from screens.

Plus! We posted a video about Josh (Steph’s husband) having a sex dream about Laura and the comments were HILARIOU...

We loooove these episodes! This time your questions are about whether or not you’re overreacting over something your partner did, and how to let go of a long-term friend. 

QUESTION #1: my partner attended an event that I said we couldn’t go to. Is it okay to be pissed off with him or am I overreacting? 

QUESTION #2: how should I let go of a long-term friend whose negativity is bringing me down?

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If you have a question you want our opinion on, please slide into our DMs on...

We watched Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere and we want to talk about it. 

Plus - we share some disturbing data from a recent study that found that Gen-Z are more likely than Baby Boomers to hold traditional views about gender roles.

But alongside all of that we also share some positive stories: how men have escaped the manosphere, male creators we love, and your message about how listening to this podcast has given you the knowledge & confidence to start conversions about gender equality in real life.

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It’s time for another sex Q&A with Sex & Relationship Practitioner & Somatic Therapist, Georgia Grace! We love these episodes and we know you love them too so we were excited to share another one with y'all

Hello! First we want to talk about dreams! Yes we know hearing other people’s dreams is SO boring but we wanted to know - why do we have romantic dreams about people who aren’t our partners? Should I feel bad about it? And who did Josh (Steph’s husband) have a sex dream about?! 

And! Margot Robbie got a bob and it reminded us of Steph’s big haircut a couple of years ago. Now that Steph’s hair is officially long again…does she miss the bob?

Plus! A life admin accomplishment.

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Martha Kalifatidis is one of the creators of Australia kidswear brand Cubby and one of our FAVE people to follow online.

This week Martha sits down with Steph to share her 3B’s - who she wants to become, how she’d like to better herself, and who she wants to belong to.

The last time Martha was on the podcast was way back in 2023 to share her first birth story and this time Martha is pregnant with her second! So as well as her 3B’s, Martha also shares about her pregnancy this time around...

We were SO inspired by Winter Olympic QUEEN Eileen Gu’s response to a reporter during a press conference that we decided to do a whole episode about the times that we’ve felt undermined by men.

We share our own experiences of being talked down to by men in the workplace and then we share yours. Plus - what you wish you could’ve said back to the men in response.

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This is Eileen Gu's press conference https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU57B1ZlCpn/

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Hello again! We love answering your questions and this week our questions (from you!!) are about dividing the domestic load in a relationship and a mother-in-law who’s taking the jokes a litttttle too far.

QUESTION #1: My partner has a very physical demanding job. I have a very mentally demanding job. Neither of us love cooking. What should we do? 

QUESTION #2: I’m about to move out with my partner and my mother-in-law (his mum) is making a few too many jokes about how much time she’ll spend at our house. What would you do? 

We both watched the new Netflix documentary series 'Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model' and we have thoughts. We talk through what we remember of the original TV show and what it taught us as teenagers about what it meant to be a model and how that matched our experience working as models in NYC (Steph) and Europe (Laura). We also discuss the similarities between ANTM and reality TV these days and the lengths that some contestants will go to for fame. 

Plus! Guess which clothing brand slid into Steph’s DMs 👀 And what is the brown...

Natassia is the founder of the sensitive skincare brand Conserving Beauty. 

This week Natassia joins Steph to share her 3B's - who she wants to become, how she’d like to better herself, and who she wants to belong to.

Natassia also shares about what people misunderstand about her as the founder of a beauty business, Conserving Beauty’s recent rebrand, challenging her internal voice, as well as making the best of bad things.

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Find out more about Conserving Beauty: https://www.conservingbeauty.com/

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Steph has been getting comments both on Instagram and IRL about her body changing and this week we wanted to talk about it.

TRIGGER WARNING: this episode discusses body image and disordered eating. Support is available via The Butterfly Foundation. Their number is 1800 33 4673. 

Plus! Laura has an update on the next step in her running journey. 

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When we have big relationship questions, we ask Megan Luscombe! Megan is a relational strategist with over 14 years experience working with individuals, couples & businesses. We love her pragmatic approach to answering our relationship questions and we try to have her on the podcast every couple of months to share her wisdom

This week we’re talking about Trimester Zero - the practice of spending months (or years!!!) preparing your body to conceive a baby. You mightn’t be surprised that we have a LOT of thoughts about it (not good ones!) and so in this episode we discuss what is actually worth considering before trying to conceive. 

Then - Laura took one for the team happily volunteered to watch MAFS and she wants to talk about it - her & Steph’s previous encounter with the male stripper friend, the vows, the flowers, the families, and a mantra that we love...

Hello!!! This year we’re mixing up what we do with our Wednesday episodes and bringing back something we LOVE but haven’t done in a long time: answering your DMs! 

This week we’re answering your questions about splitting costs in a relationship & using sex toys.

QUESTION #1: I do the food shop in my relationship and I’m buying my boyfriend food that I never eat. It’s starting to add up 🤑 Should I suck it up or say something?

QUESTION #2: I’m 31, I have a baby, and I’ve never used a vibrator before...

This week we’re checking in on our screen time! Last year we both set the intention to reduce our screen time and this week we’re checking in again see how we’re going.

Then…the Blake Lively/Taylor Swift text messages got us thinking…what’s the thing on your phone that you’d be most embarrassed for someone to find? We think we’ve discovered something that could be the most embarrassing thing of all.

And! Laura vs Dalton vs 3 boiled eggs 🥚 

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Luke Bateman is a former professional rugby league player, reader, writer, BookToker and podcaster.

This week he sits down with Steph to share his 3B's - who he wants to become, how he’d like to better himself, and who he wants to belong to.

He also shares about navigating the world right now as a man who is vulnerable and open about his feelings, the profound impact that his mum and sister have had on his life, his happy place in western Queensland, and of course, plenty of book reccos! 

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 This week Steph shares what happened the night before Harvey’s first day at a new kinder.

Plus! Laura came with a iMessage life hack and we want to know from you…is it a life hack or a shit hack? 💩

And! Laura has a new t-shirt and Steph’s not sure if she’s being pranked or not…

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Liv Morrison is an accredited clinical dietitian & nutritionist and is the in-house dietician for the Kic app. 

We love having Liv on the podcast every couple of months to ask her your nutrition questions. This time she answers: how do I incorporate more vegetables into my diet? What are some protein rich breakfast ideas? What are the best foods to help me poop? op 5 foods to help you poop? How much protein & fibre do we actually need? And more! 

If you have questions for our next episode with Liv, DM us on Instagram @kicpod 

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This week we listen back to the words of the year we set for 2025 and reflect on how our years turned out compared to our intentions. Then we share our new words for 2026. And boy were we unprepared for how emotional this one got! 😭 

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Listen to our word of the year episode from 2025 here: https://pod.fo/e/2aa672 

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Olivia is the host of the podcast Tell Me More and one of our very first KICPod guests way back in 2020!

This is a 3B's episode where we invite people we admire to share with us their 3B's - who they want to become, how they’d like to better themselves, and who they want to belong to.

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Steph mentioned the book The Motherhood by Jamila Rizvi https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-motherhood-9780143783572 

If you haven’t listened to Liv’s podcast before, check out these episodes:

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It’s our first catch up episode of the year!!

It’s Laura’s first episode since giving birth to baby Atlas at the end of last year. Steph recaps her & Josh’s night at YUNGBLUD’s concert, including watching the show from the side of the stage and hanging out in his dressing room.

Plus! We finish the episode with a very exciting podcast announcement

Annabelle Lee hosts the podcast 'everybody has a secret' and produces Shameless. Considering how much we love Shameless (and we know you guys love it too!) we thought it was about time we had Annabelle on the pod!

This is a 3B's episode where we invite people we admire to share with us their 3B's - who they want to become, how they’d like to better themselves, and who they want to belong to.

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We asked Annabelle to record an episode of 'everybody has a secret'. She recommended ‘propose or gtfo’...

Gem Diamond (née Watts) is a beauty writer, MC, and host of the beauty podcast Glow Journal.

This is a 3B's episode where we invite people we admire to share with us their 3B's - who they want to become, how they’d like to better themselves, and who they want to belong to.

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The charity Gem mentioned is Pinchapoo https://www.pinchapoo.org.au/ 

Gem recommended these episodes of her podcast Glow Journal…

‘Natassia Nicolao (Returns) | Founder & CEO of Conserving Beauty’ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast...

YUNGBLUD is on the podcast! YUNGBLUD (aka Dom Harrison) is in Australia for his IDOLS world tour and before his Melbourne show he stopped by the KICPod studio to sit down with Steph.

In case you missed it - Steph is a massive YUNGBLUD fan!

In 2023 we surprised Steph with a video call with him and you can listen to that episode here: https://pod.fo/e/222890 

In this very special episode, Dom speaks with Steph about his musical tastes, being a fan of Justin Bieber at the same time as Mick Jagger, m...

Self-awareness, Emotional Freedom Techniques, hypnotherapy.

These are just a few of the powerful mindset tools that we’ve built into the KIC app this year and they are all part of our new year challenge, alongside movement designed to complement each pathway.

This week we have Janey Martino (Kic CEO & founder of meditation app Smiling Mind) back on the podcast to discuss these tools - her experience with them, how she has used them with others & the monumental benefits she has seen from them, and how they work in the app. 

Plus Steph & Lau...

From the podcast 'Inherited' with Ruby Hall.

While we're on holidays we'll be sharing episodes of us on other podcasts in case you missed them. This week it's Laura's turn again! Laura was on Inherited in late 2024 where she spoke with Ruby about her parent's divorce, how this impacted her relationship with conflict, and what she learned from the New York Marathon.

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We love Inherited and we think you might too! This episode was called 'Laura Henshaw on rewriting marriage.' You can listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...

Happy new year!!! We always start the year with a goal-setting episode but this year we’re doing things a little bit differently. With the help of our coach & Kic CEO, Janey Martino, this year we're setting goals according to the 3B’s: Betterment, Belonging and Becoming.

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From the podcast 'Inherited' with Ruby Hall.

While we're on holidays we'll be sharing episodes of us on other podcasts in case you missed them. This week it's Steph's turn again! Steph was on Inherited earlier this year where she shared with Ruby four of her life lessons. This week we're sharing two and you can hear the other two in the full Inherited episode.

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We love Inherited and we think you might too! This episode was called '3 Life Lessons with Steph Claire Smith' and you can listen here https://p...

Every week we share a Special Share: something we’re reading, watching, listening to, cooking, or doing, and this week we’re sharing our top Special Shares from the year!

If you’re looking for something to consume over the holiday period, try some of these reccos…

TOP ALBUM

TOP PODCAST

TOP MOVIE

TOP TV SHOW

 From the podcast 'Big Small Talk' with Sarah Jane Adams & Hannah Ferguson.

While we're on holidays we'll be sharing episodes of us on other podcasts in case you missed them. This week it's Laura's turn! Laura was on Big Small Talk this year where she spoke with Sarah about wellness trends and diet culture.

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We love Big Small Talk and we think you might too! This episode was called 'SMALL TALK: Which 'Wellness' Trends Are Actually Toxic? With Laura Henshaw' and you can listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...

We checked the stats and found the Wednesday episodes you guys loved most in 2025. 

While we're on holidays we thought we'd chuck them all together in the one episode for you to enjoy again (or for the first time)!

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How to practice self-compassion - with Dr Emily Musgrove https://pod.fo/e/2e7424

A catch up with Zara McDonald: our top 3 business lessons https://pod.fo/e/2f6b20

Q&A with Laura’s husband Dalton on pregnancy, childbirth & becoming a dad https://pod.fo/e/2f7d...

 From the podcast 'Australian Birth Stories' with Sophie Walker.

While we're on holidays we'll be sharing episodes of us on other podcasts in case you missed them. This week it's Steph's turn! Steph was on Australian Birth Stories for the second time this year where she shared her birth story with Billie.

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We love Australian Birth Stories and we think you might too! This episode was called '565 | Steph Claire Smith – second baby, breech presentation, spontaneous labour, drug-free birth'. You can listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/565-steph-claire-smith-second-baby-breech-presentation/id1242155321?i=1...

Our business - Kic - is 10 years old! To celebrate, we decided to do something a little different this week, and invite three of our community members into the studio to join us for the episode!

We spoke through our health & fitness journeys over the past decade and the role that the Kic app and community have played in it.

Thanks to Sharon, Pauline & Breanna for joining us