Me After You

Dec 19 2024 18 ep. 26 mins 427
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Me After You aims to answer the question "Who the hell am I, now that I'm a mum?". Host Laura Byrne walks us through the big post-motherhood moments with stories of wisdom, humour, breakdown, ambition, love, hope and rebirth from a truly diverse range of parents.

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Parenting Hacks To Get Your Time Back

Dec 19 2024 26 mins  
A few weeks ago, we dove into the topic of end-of-year overwhelm, and so many of you shared that you’re feeling exactly the same way! With endless to-do lists, days that feel too short, and barely a moment to breathe, finding time for yourself can feel impossible. That’s why we’ve put together some simple, practical hacks to help you reclaim your time. From clever

Mum Guilt Can Get In The Bin

Dec 03 2024 24 mins  
Mum guilt—it's something most of us have heard about. But what about Dad guilt? Does it exist? Annaliese and Tegan take a deep dive into their own experiences with Mum guilt, exploring where it stems from. To get the Dad perspective, they brought back resident dad Thom Lion to share whether dads feel the same weight of guilt. Plus, a few of Mamamia's own dads shared their honest

Introducing... Diary Of A Birth

Nov 21 2024 32 mins  
A mum with a birth plan, and a baby with a very different idea…Michelle Battersby’s birth was long, her baby got stuck and she was forced to pivot to a birth she had never considered.The entrepreneur, marketing guru & founder of Sunroom shared her diary of a birth.Diary Of A Birth features mums telling their miraculous stories of bringing life into the world, and we have al

Parenting Rewires Your Brain... Literally

Nov 18 2024 23 mins  
No you're not losing it, your emotions have changed and science says that having a child changes your brain forever. In latest episode of parenting podcast This Glorious Mess, Dr Golly breaks down the reason you may cry at the news. Or feel overcome by emotions at the smallest things. It turns out that your amygdala, your brain’s emotional HQ, opens up a whole new range of emoti

Checking In: Is Your Relationship In The Room-Mate Phase?

Oct 24 2024 22 mins  
Its been a while since we checked with you here at Me After You. Life can get hectic—between chores, work, and managing the mental load, it's easy for connection with your partner to slip down the priority list. Before you know it, you might find yourselves in the "roommate phase." On a recent episode of our parenting podcast This Glorious Mess we explored the telltale signs of

Introducing Restart: The Many Kinds Of Motherhood Regret

Mar 28 2022 33 mins  
Introducing our new podcast, Restart. If you like what you hear, search Restart wherever you get your podcasts... Two years ago, Madeleine West hit restart on her life. She packed up her life in Melbourne and moved to Byron Bay, split up with her partner of 15 years and the father of her six kids and she started life again. And now she wants to find out why and how women from acros

Me After Two: Laura Byrne's Very Busy Year

Nov 30 2021 41 mins  
If you're expecting, a new mum, or wrangling a toddler, we have all the best resources for new parents in our free newsletter here. Going from one to two, you think it's going to be easy, right? But then it happens and it's not at all what you anticipated. No one tells you that each pregnancy, each birth and each kid is going to be different. The second time around for Laura Byrne

Hope: Yes, You Are Still You

Sep 22 2020 31 mins  
If you're expecting, a new mum, or wrangling a toddler, we have all the best resources for new parents in our free newsletter here. This is the final episode of this season of Me After You and we wanted to leave you with a sense of hope. We find hope in the comfort of our shared fears and failures, in the shared joys and tiny wins. Hope for what comes next, for both you and your c

Friendship: Who Are My ‘Real’ Friends, Now?

Sep 15 2020 20 mins  
If you're expecting, a new mum, or wrangling a toddler, we have all the best resources for new parents in our free newsletter here. Friendship can be a fraught topic for lots of mums, with feelings of conflict and confusion about how to form new connections and keep old friends close if your lives are now very different. In this episode, Laura Jackel tells us how she felt she coul

Travel: Grounded With Kids

Sep 08 2020 24 mins  
If you're expecting, a new mum, or wrangling a toddler, we have all the best resources for new parents in our free newsletter here. Ahhh travelling with kids. Back in the days when we could actually travel beyond our home suburb, this was a topic that everyone had an opinion about, and no doubt will again. Whether you want to travel overseas or hit the road for a camping trip, goin