Move it Mama - The Sparkle Pod

HELLO!! Happy 2026! We hope this year is bright, healthy, and full of joy for all of us. Leece had a fun idea yesterday - a little bonus holiday episode before we officially kick off our regular programming on February 2nd. The plan for today was simple: talk only about the things that bring us joy and start the podcasting year with positive vibes only... but as mornings go, the mood had other ideas lol. So we start by reflecting on that, and then, naturally, we find our way back to joy. The moral? Sometimes you have to go through a bit of sh*t to get to the good stuff - and we always get there in the end (kind of). From pork mince to Dan, to the APP (!)/an apology, to protecting our space, pockets of joy and more. So fun to be back - we look forward to the weekly digest commencing Monday 2nd February! Love xx

In true us fashion, we may have left it a little late to wrangle the full crew for our final pod of the year; so today it’s just the four of us: Leece and Jess, plus our sisters Char and Kirst (with Kirst being the honourary sister who is basically an actual sister). We took a few questions that came through on the ’gram and let them lead the chat, which means this episode is a bit of everything - the fun, the real, and the reflective. We kick things off talking about something we’re proud of from this year that not many people know about, whether we’re buying our own Christmas presents (important), and the one word we’d use to sum up the year that was. It’s been a tough one in many ways, with plenty of challenges along the way. But even in the hard stuff, there’s so much to be grateful for, and ending 2025 by launching the Move it Mama app has been an absolute thrill. We cannot wait to head into 2026 with big plans, watching our community make the app their own and helping us shape it into something even better. To our community - thank you. We’re so grateful for you, and we’ll see you very soon 💛

How to write this summary? It feels POIGNANT to make it memorable (though do you even read these? We'll never know). Perhaps one of our shortest episodes to date - due to the fact it's APP LAUNCH DAY (aka Coronation Day lol!). Thank you SO MUCH for your support, encouragement and love around the app. We have felt it and we are so grateful! It's been a heck of a time and will continue to be as we make the biggest upgrade ever to the Move it Mama platform. If you get into the app (or even if you don't!), it would mean LITERALLY THE WORLD if you could write us a review in the App Store. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. Other than the app we actually fill this one with the usual waffle you'd expect on a Monday. From Coronation Day onwards, we're talking a weekend of musicals for Leece, kids, teenagers and all of their baggage, the tragic situation in Bondi last night and other more light hearted gags. Our hearts go out to everyone at this time of year and we're so grateful you're here. With love.

Buckle up, babes. Today’s episode is a bit of a journey. We kick things off with your gift ideas from the ’gram; a few ideas for the potential partner in your life. We then dive into the difficult world of ungrateful kids and the ongoing teen/alcohol saga. Somehow we question whether a face lift via stitches is possible (unlikely), and then take a sharp turn into some heavy and hard emotional corners of life that many of us/you are navigating right now. We acknowledge - we’re in a mood. Stick with us - we do eventually land on a sparkly spreader. Promise.

Welcome back to our sparkly pod, where today’s episode is a bit of a chaotic fever dream in podcast form. We start with coffee - sorry - but apparently we are predictable and basic (self-proclaimed). From there we dive into kid nightmares and the potential need for therapy, and somehow then end up talking about dogs and their gross quirks. Anal glands, not wiping their bums... flies (not sure how we got there). We bounce through TV chat - Stranger Things, Wayward, and whatever else we’re half-watching while the other one falls asleep - and then land smack bang in the world of teenagers (send help) - social media, alcohol, and all the other really fun sh*t that comes with kids who think they’re adults. We're a bit chaotic and today is very much an unfiltered vent, so grab your coffee - or don't - and come along for the ride.