Episodes

  • Pelvic Floor 101: Healing, Strength, and Support with Dr. Allison Oswald

    Pelvic Floor 101: Healing, Strength, and Support with Dr. Allison Oswald
    Oct 9 2025
    In this episode, we’re diving deep (literally and figuratively!) into one of the most important yet often misunderstood parts of our bodies: the pelvic floor. Joining us is the incredible Dr. Allison Oswald, a pelvic health specialist who helps women reconnect to their bodies through every stage of pregnancy, birth, and beyond. We unpack what the pelvic floor actually is, why it deserves your attention (hint: it does way more than just hold things in place), and how to support and strengthen it through mindful movement, breathwork, and awareness. We also talk about healing after birth, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, including ways to process and care for yourself after birth trauma. This episode couldn’t have come at a better time it was recorded it just days before Teresa gave birth, and she ended up using many of Dr. Oswald’s techniques during her own postpartum recovery! Resource links: EPI-NO Childbirth Trainer allisonoswald.com Follo​w Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/ DISCOUNT CODES: • Go to www.baeo.com and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 • Go to www.lovewell.earth and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 More about the show! • Watch this episode on YouTube here • Co-founders of @yourzenmama yourzenmama.com • Read and buy our book! "The Zen Mama Guide To Finding Your Rhythm In Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Birthing Lotus Bloom: Teresa’s 5th birth story

    Birthing Lotus Bloom: Teresa’s 5th birth story
    Oct 2 2025
    Lotus Bloom’s Birth Story In this very special episode, Teresa recounts the homebirth of her 5th baby, Lotus Bloom. From the wild chaos in the days leading up to labour to a last-minute pivot (and then a re-pivot!) in her birth plans and then getting sick right before the big day (it was a faaar from smooth lead up!) She also recounts the long stretches of prodromal labour, the rituals and tools that carried her through contractions and the funny and unexpected moments along the way. Tez also talks about getting into a super psychedelic state she as labour deepened, the profound joy of having all of her children present to witness their sister’s arrival and the magical moment she discovered her baby was a she!! This is Teresa’s full, minute-by-minute retelling of Lotus’s birth, truly the birth of her dreams. This episode is proudly sponsored by Hungryroot, Osea, Acorns Early and Boll & Branch! Follo​w Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/ DISCOUNT CODES: • Go to www.baeo.com and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 • Go to www.lovewell.earth and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20More about the show! • Watch this episode on YouTube here • Co-founders of @yourzenmama yourzenmama.com • Read and buy our book! "The Zen Mama Guide To Finding Your Rhythm In Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • Sleep, Safety & Support- Navigating the Newborn Transition with Happiest Baby’s Lexi Montee Busch

    Sleep, Safety & Support- Navigating the Newborn Transition with Happiest Baby’s Lexi Montee Busch
    Sep 25 2025
    This week on The Mother Daze we’re diving deep into those early, hazy weeks of newborn life with Lexi Montee Busch, VP of Marketing at Happiest Baby (aka the team behind The Snoo ). We chat about everything from newborn sleep, safety, and Dr. Harvey Karp’s famous 5 S’s, to the myths, misconceptions, and judgements that swirl around modern parenting. Lexi also opens up about the mental and physical toll of postpartum recovery, and how mothers can be better supported through that transition. We talk work/life balance, finding love when you least expect it, postpartum realities, and why parenting is so often misunderstood from the outside looking in! Resource links: Happiest Baby - Snoo, Baby Sleeper Happiest Baby on the Block by Dr Harvey Karp Follow Lexi on IG: @lexivuvu Ted Talk mentioned in the episode Follo​w Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/ DISCOUNT CODES: • Go to www.baeo.com and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 • Go to www.lovewell.earth and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 More about the show! • Watch this episode on YouTube here • Co-founders of @yourzenmama yourzenmama.com • Read and buy our book! "The Zen Mama Guide To Finding Your Rhythm In Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • The Countdown! Birth Prep, Bottles & Big Feelings

    The Countdown! Birth Prep, Bottles & Big Feelings
    Sep 18 2025
    It’s just Sarah and Tez this week, and they’re catching you up on all things baby and birthing. You might even be listening while Tez is in the throes of labour! She shares her last-minute prep, from setting up the house in true type-A nesting mode to riding the emotional waves of the final days, wobbling between nerves and surrender, and soaking up the last moments of having this baby all to herself. Sarah talks about a breakthrough with Ocean finally taking the bottle (wooo!) and how she handled her own feelings as her pregnancy came to an end. Together they talk about being held by the universe, leaning into big life transitions, and getting giddy about all the fresh newness unfolding right now. Resource links: Merlin's Magic Sleepsuit happiestbaby.com.au Follo​w Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/ DISCOUNT CODES: • Go to www.baeo.com and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 • Go to www.lovewell.earth and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 More about the show! • Watch this episode on YouTube here • Co-founders of @yourzenmama yourzenmama.com • Read and buy our book! "The Zen Mama Guide To Finding Your Rhythm In Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Motherhood, Aging, and Making a House a Home with Courtney Adamo

    Motherhood, Aging, and Making a House a Home with Courtney Adamo
    Sep 11 2025
    This week on The Mother Daze we sit down with mama of five Courtney Adamo to talk about her beautiful new book The Family Home: Inspiring Ideas for a Home Filled with Joy. The book features ideas like creating shared bedrooms that foster connection, displaying kids’ artwork in meaningful ways, and finding beauty in the everyday mess. Courtney shares how she curates functional, joyful spaces that actually work for a big family, drawing on her family’s journey from America to the UK and now to Byron Bay. We dive into how she keeps her own family connected as her children grow, the different seasons of motherhood, and the big life shifts that have shaped her parenting and design philosophy. We also reflect on aging, wrinkles, societal pressures to stay youthful, and how we continue showing up for the many little (and not so little) people in our lives. Resource links: Courtneys Book: The Family Home Follow Courtney on IG: @courtneyadamo courtneyadamo.com courtneyadamo.substack.com Follo​w Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/ DISCOUNT CODES: • Go to www.baeo.com and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 • Go to www.lovewell.earth and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 More about the show! • Watch this episode on YouTube here • Co-founders of @yourzenmama yourzenmama.com • Read and buy our book! "The Zen Mama Guide To Finding Your Rhythm In Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Baby on Board, 2 Months of Ocean, and Mama Guilt

    Baby on Board, 2 Months of Ocean, and Mama Guilt
    Sep 4 2025
    This week it’s just the girls and we’re chatting about mama guilt, anxiety, and the Groundhog Day grind of shuttling kids from A to B (and then C… and then D). Sarah shares the two-month Ocean update, Teresa is counting down the days till baby, and we take a moment to celebrate a few Palmer family highlights. We also get into our very rational (and maybe not-so-rational) fears of water, and talk about finding little ways to slow down in the middle of the never ending chaos of life-ing with so many kids! Resource links: Artipoppe Baby Carrier Peloton The Bucket List Family This episode is proudly sponsored by Hungryroot, Boll & Branch, Acorns Early, Osea and Wayfair! www.hungryroot.com/ www.bollandbranch.com acornsearly.com oseamalibu.com wayfair.com Follo​w Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/ DISCOUNT CODES: • Go to www.baeo.com and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 • Go to www.lovewell.earth and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 More about the show! • Watch this episode on YouTube here • Co-founders of @yourzenmama yourzenmama.com • Read and buy our book! "The Zen Mama Guide To Finding Your Rhythm In Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Magic, Tarot & WTF moments with Polly Staniford

    Magic, Tarot & WTF moments with Polly Staniford
    Aug 28 2025
    This week on The Mother Daze we sit down with our friend Polly Staniford, a powerhouse Aussie film and TV producer who also happens to be an intuitive healer, tarot reader, psychic, reiki practitioner and mama of two. Tez and Polly have worked together plenty of times but only recently discovered their shared love of all things woo woo, whimsical and witchy. Polly chats about how she’s brought her magical side forward while still running her producing career, why more people are tuning into their intuition, and how storytelling through film connects with storytelling through the cards. She even does a live tarot reading for us that delivered some huge “OMG did that seriously just happen?!” moments. From new beginnings and rewriting old narratives to big expansion energy, this episode is a full-on portal of magic. Resource links: Aquarius Films Berlin Syndrome Film Lion Film Wandering Star Tarot Cards Catching The Big Fish, David Lynch Book Spooked Podcast Rider Waite Tarot Cards Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe Instagram: @starofthesea.polly starofsea.com.au Follo​w Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/ DISCOUNT CODES: • Go to www.baeo.com and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 • Go to www.lovewell.earth and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 More about the show! • Watch this episode on YouTube here • Co-founders of @yourzenmama yourzenmama.com • Read and buy our book! "The Zen Mama Guide To Finding Your Rhythm In Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Pandemonium, Playlists & Postpartum

    Pandemonium, Playlists & Postpartum
    Aug 21 2025
    It’s a Tez & Sarah solo this week! We’re diving into the beautiful chaos of right now: what’s on our birth playlists, the kiddo schedules that make our heads spin, and the pandemonium in the Palmer house while Mark’s away. We chat about Ocean’s tongue tie, how parenting a newborn feels now vs. when we were first-time mamas (we do things very differently!!), nursing “schedules,” dreamy but hazy postpartum days, burping tricks, Tez’s current ice obsession, and her homebirth prep. And we need your help, Dazeys! We’re gathering natural pain relief ideas for labour to add to Tez’s smorgasbord of tools, so send us your best tried-and-true tips. Follo​w Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/ DISCOUNT CODES: • Go to www.baeo.com and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 • Go to www.lovewell.earth and get 20% when using the code MOTHERDAZE20 More about the show! • Watch this episode on YouTube here • Co-founders of @yourzenmama yourzenmama.com • Read and buy our book! "The Zen Mama Guide To Finding Your Rhythm In Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins