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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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With Harvey now well into three-year-old kinder, we thought it was the perfect time to welcome back Catharine Hydon to KICBUMP to talk through the transition to four-year-old kinder, as well as answer all your kinder questions. 

Catharine Hydon is an independent early childhood consultant and Director of Hydon Consulting where she works with a wide range of organisations and governments.

We had Catharine on KICBUMP last year, before Harvey started kinder. In this episode, Steph reflects on everything they’ve learned, including Harvey’s cognitive, social & emotional development since starting kinder, and also ask Cathar...

We’re counting down the episodes until Steph has baby #2! This week Steph shares what happened when Josh decided to build a sign for Harvey, and Laura updates us on her recent trip to Apple for Global Close Your Rings Day.

Do you have a wild airport story? DM us a voice note about it on Instagram @kicpod 

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Dr Billy Garvey is back! We had Billy on KICBUMP earlier in the year to talk about all things sleep and this week he is back to answer all your questions. Like: I have a toddler and I’m pregnant with my second. Will I ever sleep again? What does sugar and screen time do to a kids’ sleep? What if my kid only ever catnaps? How do I transition from a crib to a toddler bed? Using melatonin to sleep + lots more.

In case you’ve missed our previous episodes with Billy, he is a developmental paedia...

Out with protein...in with fibre? It feels like we’ve been told to eat ENORMOUS amounts of protein for a while now…but now TikTok is telling us that we need to forget about protein and focus on getting more fibre. This week we call our Kic dietitian, Liv Morrison, to help unpack it all.

Plus Gayle King was one of the women who went to space recently and it looked like she would rather be anywhere else, so we asked you…what do you hate that everyone else loves? 

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Courtney Ugle is a proud Noongar woman from Bunbury, WA, and the founder of Waangkiny: an organisation committed to breaking down the stigma of silence in First Nations communities.

Courtney lost both of her parents in tragic circumstances when she was young. She lost her dad first at 11 years old, and her mum when she was 19 years old.

Since then Courtney has shared her story to ensure that no other young Indigenous person experiences what she did. Indigenous people are 33 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of family and domestic violence, and...

This week we’re talking about making new friends as an adult. Laura comes with advice from Mel Robbins’ new book and Steph suggests doing what Taylor Swift did to her when she was living in New York City. Plus! If you thought you knew everything about the time Steph & Taylor hung out…think again! Coz this week Steph brings details not even Laura had heard before.

Also - the ridiculous wedding prep videos going viral on TikTok and the unrelenting pressure to take on a full body renovation before your wedding.

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Lael Stone is a speaker, educator, author, and a KICBUMP fave

It's a big week of personal updates this week!

Laura gives an update on the London Marathon this weekend and Steph shares about her recent mother blessing ahead of the birth of her second bub.

Plus! Why is it so hard to let go of appliances we never use?!

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Josh van Cuylenburg is one third of the podcast The Imperfects alongside his brother Hugh and their friend Ryan. We’ve had Hugh and Ryan on the podcast before and we were very honoured to finally have Josh on too.

In this episode we speak about self-confidence, how Josh went from being a producer to co-host on the podcast, and how he built the confidence to back himself, why he went off Instagram last year, and his relationship to exercise and body image. 

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Ellen Pompeo (aka Meredith from Grey’s Anatomy) was on Call Her Daddy recently and said it’s impossible to be 100% present at work if you’re a mother because there will always be a part of you that’s thinking about your kid(s). Steph recommended the episode last week and Laura listened so we could unpack it together. Plus we speak about the news of Ellen’s $20 million dollar contract and why we hate women speaking about money.

Also - it’s Easter this weekend and let this be your reminder that you don’t have to “earn”...

All of the lessons that Steph learned with Harvey that she’ll do again, or leave behind, for baby number two! 

Last year we posted a question box about Steph’s second pregnancy and sooo many of your questions were about what Steph will do differently this time around - so we’ve put all the things together in this episode.

Think - nappies, monitors, communication, sleep routines, transitioning to solids, and more.

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We’ve got a bit going on this week!

First up - a group of content creators, founders & podcasters (mostly women) were invited to Canberra to attend the Budget lock-up and were dismissed as "self-obsessed Gen-Z and millennial influencers".

We share our feelings about the term "influencer" and how we feel when it's applied to us.

Plus we share some of the rogue DMs we’ve received recently.

Someone told Laura she looked pregnant which inspired us to chat about the pressure women feel to suck their tummies in.

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It’s the last episode of the miniseries and so for this one Steph reflects on what she learned from the series and what learnings she will implement moving forward. 

Plus we hear from you guys about what you learned from the series.

Thank you for listening and sharing your feedback ❤️

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

This episode is all about the link between eating disorders and ADHD. Why is there such a strong link between the two? Does one eating disorder show up more in ADHDers than others? What's dopamine got to do with it? 

Plus Steph & Liv speak about eating for ADHD - what foods and nutrients are best for focus and energy, the importance of protein, organising your fridge to better suit an ADHDers' brain, and how to deal with a su...

For this episode, Steph sits down with her husband, Josh Miller, and relationship coach (and friend of the podcast) Megan Luscombe for a very honest conversation about how Steph’s ADHD shows up in their relationship.

They discuss the four areas where Steph feels her ADHD playing out most often - physical touch & affection, brutal honesty, zoning out and tidiness, and the guilt & shame that Steph carries for not being able to change certain things about herself.

They work through possible solutions and Megan shares a piece of advice that all couples could adopt in th...

This week Steph responds to comments being made about her, her family, and how she shares motherhood online.

Plus - we answer one of your DMs: “how long is too long without sex in your 4 year relationship?”

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Ari Scott is an entrepreneur, business coach and consultant who provides support, strategies & systems for ADHDers starting and growing their own businesses.

Because it turns out…ADHDers are really good at being entrepreneurs.

In this episode Steph sits down with Ari to find out why that is, and how she can manage some of the parts of work and business that ADHD makes more difficult, like receiving feedback, prioritising tasks, and staying focussed.

Steph and Ari first met after Steph appeared on a panel at a marketing summit. Afterwards, Ari asked Steph…do you...

Em Rusciano is a writer, singer, performer, comedian and podcaster. Em was diagnosed with ADHD and autism in her early 40’s, and her three children are all neurodiverse too.  

Now this conversation has been a long time coming.

If you’re a long-time listener of the KICBUMP podcast, you might remember when Em came on in 2023 and asked Steph whether or not she had ADHD.

Well turns out…Em was right! And now, almost two years later, Em is back on the podcast to talk all things ADHD & motherhood.

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Dr Billy Garvey is a developmental paediatrician, a senior specialist at one of Australia’s largest tertiary paediatric hospitals, and a dad to a three-year-old and a one-year-old.

Billy spends a lot of time working with neurodivergent children and their parents, and is one of our most favourite KICBUMP parents so we HAD to get him in for this miniseries! 

In this episode, Billy & Steph speak about how ADHD presents in children and how parents can best support a child who has ADHD: what age children start displaying symptoms, seeking a diagnosis, how likely it is...

This week we’re talking about how we split up the domestic labour in our homes. A few weeks ago the HILDA survey (Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey) came out which found that men are doing the same amount of housework now as they were when the survey started…20 years ago. This made us reflect on how we do divvy up the chores in our homes.

And! Do you brush your teeth before breakfast or after? What about shampoo or conditioner? We asked you which thing you do first and turns out they were more...

Matilda Boseley is a journalist and author of the book ‘The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD’. 

The book is part-Matilda’s experience of ADHD, and part-straight up facts, and this conversation was a little bit of both too. Matilda's book has become Steph's go-to recommendation for anyone wanting to learn more about ADHD, and especially ADHD in women. 

Because the thing is…ADHD presents verrrrry differently in women and girls compared to boys.

In this episode Matilda speaks with Steph about lear...

So…what is ADHD? How is it diagnosed? What does it look like in adults? What medications exist and how do they work? 

For the first episode of the ‘It’s My ADHD’ miniseries, Steph sits down with a psychologist and a psychiatrist to find out more about ADHD and how a psychologist and a psychiatrists’ approach differs when it comes to diagnosing and treating ADHD.

Bec McWilliam is a holistic psychologist. Bec has ADHD herself and diagnoses adults with ADHD.

Dr Dianne Grocott is a psychiatrist with 30 years experience in private & public practice wh...

Last year, at 30 years old, Steph was diagnosed with ADHD….But what’s next?

‘It’s My ADHD’ is an 8-part miniseries, where Steph will speak with experts and people living with ADHD to learn more about ADHD and how it has impacted different parts of her life, including her relationship with Josh, parenting, entrepreneurship, and disordered eating.  

If you have ADHD, or if you know someone, work with someone, or love someone with ADHD we hope this series will equip you with greater understanding, empathy and grace for yourself and others ❤️

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There’s one question that keeps showing up in Steph’s question box on Instagram so this week she sets the record straight…and shares a truly awkward melt moment.

And Laura listened to an episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast about anxiety and creativity and we want to talk about it.

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The episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast was called ‘How to Control Your Mind & Redirect Your Energy to Self Transformation’. You can listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/how-to-control-your-mind-redirect-your-energy-to-self/id1646101002?i=1000692340334 

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Abbey Holmes is a staple of Australian sports broadcasting as a commentator and boundary rider for the AFL and AFLW. Prior to her media career, Abbey played AFLW for the Adelaide Crows, and was the first woman to score 100 goals in a season playing for the Waratahs in the Northern Territory Football League. If that wasn’t impressive enough, Abbey has also competed on Australian Survivor (twice!) and SAS Australia. 

In this conversation Abbey shares her incredible story of perseverance, hard work, and never taking no for an answer. From her sporting career, to getting her foot in...

After our episode on Imposter Syndrome, Laura received a DM asking what she was afraid of losing. 

“I would love to understand more about what Laura is afraid of losing? She seems so confident and content with such a wonderful life. If you lost it all, are you afraid of losing relevance? Money? Friends? 

It got us both (and Producer Lindsey) thinking and so this week we share what it means for us.

PLUS! We asked you about your awkward running stories…and there was a very common theme to your stories 💩 

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Georgie Sian is mum to two-year-old Frankie and five-month-old Billie and one half of the TikTok account Georgie and Zac with her partner. Georgie shares her life open and vulnerably online but this week Georgie sits down with Steph in her first podcast interview.

Georgie shares about the differences between Frankie & Billie’s births, including delivering a breech baby (Frankie) vaginally, and an emergency Caesarean (Billie), the post-partum experience for both, including hair-loss, intrusive thoughts, and Dysphoric Milk Ejaculation Reflex, and how her relationship with her partner Zac has changed since welcoming a second bub into their fa...

We alllllll know Instagram is a highlight reel but sometimes it’s good to be reminded. This week Steph shares a bit more about her and Josh’s recent babymoon and what didn’t make it to the grid. And if you’ve ever caught yourself thinking “I wish I could run with my partner like Laura & Dalton do”...think again.

Plus we answer your D&M about height differences in relationships when the woman is taller than the man. 

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In March 2018 Steph Kelly was in a car accident that changed her life. Steph received injuries to her neck, ribcage and shoulder, but months after the crash, her digestion wasn’t back to where it had been before the accident. What followed was years of sickness, time spent in hospital, and a lot of trial & error, before eventually landing on a solution that means she now receives her nutrition via her veins.

In this episode we sat down with Steph to learn about the events that have lead up to now, what her day-to-day looks like, how sh...

Y’all know we love the Shameless podcast and when we heard their episode ‘That’s that on imposter syndrome’ we both had LOTS of thoughts. Today we open up about how we feel about the term itself, if we identify with it, how it shows up in our lives, and what we do to manage it.

Plus! It’s been a little while since we spoke about dating apps so we asked you what they’re like right now. Spoiler alert…not great. 

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In the FIVE years since Dara (DJ Tigerlily) was last on the podcast, both she & Steph have had babies and now they’re both pregnant with baby number two!

In this episode Steph catches up with Dara to check in with how she is going with her first-born Lando and her second pregnancy. They chat through Dara’s career as a DJ, finding the balance between motherhood and work, being away from Lando while touring, mum guilt, and just how much fun it is to be a mum too.

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We’ve been watching MAFS and we want to talk about it. First - gaslighting. One of the grooms (Eliot) has been accused of gaslighting his partner, Lauren. We knew we had to bring in the big guns for this episode so we called friend of the podcast & relationship coach, Megan Luscombe, to find out more about what gaslighting is, how it might present in a relationship, and what to do about it.

Then we discuss men’s desire for female partners who are siiiiiignificantly younger than them, regardless of their own age.

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Let’s talk about sex! We had the chance to sit down with certified sex and relationship practitioner and somatic therapist, Georgia Grace, so we asked you for your sex questions.

We talk through: mismatched libidos (or desire discrepancy) in relationships, how to increase desire, what to do when one partner likes gentle sex and the other likes rough sex, getting desire back after pregnancy, pain during sex, and how often is normal.

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Georgia’s book is called The Modern Guide...

Yes we KNOW it’s February and everyone has already done their words of the year but it still counts if you do it in February so we’re doing it this week!

Plus you might remember last year Steph told a story about the time she waxed a…sensitive area of Josh’s body. And, guess what? We have an update.

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Laura recommended the book Burnout by Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski  https://www.penguin.com.au/books/burnout-9781785042096 

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This week it’s all about sleep! With baby number two on the way, Steph has been thinking about how she’ll approach sleep this time around and if she & Josh will use the same techniques as they used with Harvey.

To help - Steph sat down with developmental paediatrician (and KICBUMP fave!) Dr Billy Garvey. Billy is a senior specialist at one of Australia’s largest tertiary paediatric hospitals with over 20 years experience working with families and children and is the father of a three-year-old and one-year-old.

In this episode they share their own experi...

We’re coming in hot today! On her way to the studio Steph got a DM offering unsolicited parenting a̶d̶v̶i̶c̶e̶ (judgement) and she has something to say about it. And Laura wants to have a word with anyone who criticises people who are using their platforms for good.

Plus! Laura wants to find a hobby in 2025 so we asked you about the hobbies you’ve actually stuck with to give us all some inspiration.

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Simran Kaur is the founder of Girls That Invest: a multi-million-dollar money media company with the #1 investing podcast for women where she breaks down the intimating world of investing and growing wealth, minus the jargon.

Alongside relationships, career, and nutrition, money is one of the other big things that we want to make a change about in the new year.

In this episode we speak with Simran about the stories we tell ourselves about money, doing a stocktake of how we’ve spent money, identifying our money values & spending accordingly, the danger of comparison, and wh...