Ready or Not
The podcast for and about mothers and parents who make work, work by two cousins with four children between them.
We publish content all week long via our podcast, Substack, and social channels.
Every Monday, our banter-based podcast Witching Hour with Loz and Lu will land in your ears right here.
Every Wednesday, we publish our flagship interview podcast with Lucinda aka Lu, Ready or Not.
Every Friday, we publish our brand new mini tip-based episode with Ready or Not's agony aunt and advice queen Loz, Ask Ready or Not.
Lucinda also shares deep dive essays on career and motherhood plus bonus content on our Substack channel - readyornot.substack.com.
Every other day, you'll also find us talking to our community via @readyornot.pod
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 311
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Writing emails while tapping the bouncer and navigating two businesses, a son and a stepson with Phoebe Simmonds
Why you don't have to love every second of mothering to love motherhood with perinatal counsellor & mother Gemma Smith
[CW: episode discusses postnatal depression and pregnancy and postpartum struggles]
Gemma Smith is a perinatal counsellor and a mother of two. She’s also a recovering perfectionist who was rocked by t…
BONUS Q&A: Breastfeeding and returning to work with Shterna Glick
Shterna Glick is a midwife, lactation consultant and mother of five. Through her Instagram page, @melbourne_lactation, Shterna has gained a following for her knowledge and experience as both a mother…
Navigating work trips as a mother of two, letting go in order to share the load and the need for flexibility with Amy Bradshaw
Amy Bradshaw is the head of Australia at global media agency, Vayner Media. She’s worked in New York, London, and now back at home in Sydney, where she lives with her partner and two children. What I…
What happens to your career and identity when you lose your own mother? With Jaala Alex
CW: this episode deals with loss, illness and hospitals. You'll also hear the odd swear word.
From the outset, the focus of this podcast has been the working mother or primary caregiver. But, what hap…
Social inclusion specialist, sports broadcaster & mother Rana Hussain on teaching her daughter that she has a choice
Rana Hussain is a social inclusion specialist, broadcaster, presenter, writer and one of the Outer Sanctum podcast crew. She’s also a program director at Champions of Change and makes regular appeara…
Georgie Dent had a mental breakdown at 24. Now, she's on a mission to make Australia the best place in the world to be a parent
Georgie Dent is a busy woman. She’s a journalist, author, speaker, advocate, former lawyer, and a mother of three. She’s also the executive director of The Parenthood, a not-for-profit advocacy group…
Dropping the plastic balls and talking relationships, parenting & career with psychologist Yara Heary
Chatting to Yara Heary invokes the familiar comfort that one might feel talking to an older, wiser sibling. She’s a psychologist and a mother of two, but more importantly, she’s just a human doing he…
Single parenting, shift work and navigating burnout, trauma and identity with midwife Clare Kelly
It only takes a minute of conversation with Clare Kelly to realise the glass is always half full. You won’t hear her complaining about night shift or burnout or going through a separation and a perio…
Finding your why in work & parenting, surviving cancer and a new path with Charlotte Squires | Interviews
Trigger warning: this episode discusses pregnancy loss and cancer.
From being a small business owner to becoming a doula and surviving cancer to experiencing a pregnancy loss, Charlotte Squires (aka @…
Flying high in New York and returning to work the day after a pregnancy loss with Gabrielle Nancarrow | Interviews
Gabrielle Nancarrow went back to work the day after a D&C procedure following her pregnancy loss. It’s a far cry from the way in which she cares for birthing people as a doula today, but back then, s…