The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer

This week on The Mother Daze we’re deep in the beautiful chaos of motherhood, with scooting babies keeping us on high alert and baby proofing becoming a full-time job. We chat the simple joys of a Costco run, what our sleep scores and aura rings are really telling us, and Sarah’s surprisingly impressive sleep score despite a baby on the boob all night. We get into the magic of those truly special teachers who shape our kids in ways we’ll never forget, a little St Patty’s Day energy, and the ever-evolving realities of our bodies… including those unexpected little “baby vagina” fat folds casually setting up camp under our armpits. Teresa’s kids have started a band (yes, fo realz because why not add more to the plate?!), we talk Lotus’ first foods, tooth fairy logistics, and navigating the Santa chat with our curious pre-teens. Tez shares her current skincare ritual that’s genuinely making her feel ten years younger. After considering a late night sprint to get a face full of Boey, she discovered the natural alternative she’s now shouting from the rooftops….face taping!!! #frowniesforever It’s motherhood, magic, shifting identities and small everyday wins, all wrapped into one very Mother Daze episode. This episode is proudly sponsored by Hero Bread and Boll & Branch! Go to bollandbranch.com/motherdaze and use code motherdaze to unlock 15% off.  Hero Bread is offering 10% off your order. Go to hero.co and use code MOTHERDAZE at checkout. Resource Links Weleda Skin Food Frownies Facial Patches Osea Dream Night Cream Osea Dream Night Serum Baeo Bare Tint Malibu Haakaa Silicone Breast Pump Oura Ring 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

This week on the pod we sit down with environmental health expert and mama Lindsay Dahl, author of Cleaning House, for a deeply grounding, eye-opening chat about what it really means to create a healthier home without spiraling into perfectionism. From beauty products to the everyday cleaning staples sitting under your sink, Lindsay walks us through how to make more conscious choices without throwing everything out overnight, and where to actually start so it doesn’t feel overwhelming. We dive into trusted certifications like EWG and MADE SAFE, and how to decode labels so you can feel confident about what you’re bringing into your home and onto your body. We also explore the idea of micro moments of advocacy, those small, powerful choices that add up over time, and how to balance being informed without becoming overwhelmed. Because there’s a fine line between empowering our kids with knowledge and overloading them with information. This episode is proudly sponsored by Great Wolf Lodge! Resource Links credobeauty.com naturepedic.com koala.eco ewg.org and madesafe.org clearya.com Follow Lindsay on OG: @lindsay_dahl 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

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re in the thick of it. The tired mama juggle is real and we’re giggling our way through it, throwing some grace at it, laughing at the dropped balls and celebrating the wins! We chat about outgrowing friendships, curating new connections, and what it really looks like to protect your energy and your space as a mama. There’s also a whole lot of woo woo mystical chat this week- angel numbers, mediums, birthday readings and signs all around us. Tez shares a story about a couple of her special pals, one on this side with her portal wide open and her friend on the other side guiding her from there. Plus we chat strange intuitive hits, being friends with men, and those eerie moments that feel like premonitions disguised as intrusive thoughts. Coincidence? We think not!! Messy Magic Shit this week on the pod and we are ALL about it. Resource Links thisisthegreat.com stetson.com Broad Ideas Podcast dazedbutamazed.com Signs by Laura Lynne Jackson @starofthesea.polly and @christina_life_spiritual_ 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

Today we’re joined by our friend Megan Papay, co-founder of Freda Salvador, a brand that feels less like a shoe company and more like an energy. Built on three generations of shoemaking, Freda has become a reflection of personal style, intention, and the quiet power of women building something meaningful. We talk about the idea that getting dressed can actually be a form of storytelling. How what we wear can mirror the season we’re in, the energy we’re calling in, or even the things we’re ready to release. Megan shares the reality of building a business while raising children, navigating mom guilt while traveling for work, and the unexpected ways roadblocks in business can lead to the biggest expansion. From building a brand while raising kids to the quiet rituals that keep us grounded, Megan also shares the practices that help her stay connected to herself. Creativity, Motherhood and Entrepreneursh;ip at its finest! This episode is proudly sponsored by OSEA! Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code MOTHERDAZEPOD at oseamalibu.com Resource Links fredasalvador.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

This week’s wild stories are plentiful. We unpack the absurdity of driving through the night to be a “Sexiest Person” while standing next to a Victoria’s Secret supermodel… and personally feeling mildly unalived. Not emotionally. Just aesthetically. Spiritually. Sleep-deprived-y. (And this was pre-kids.) We talk God of War, Sarah filming Matlock, birthday snow trips, and the wobbly dance of mixing work and motherhood. What happens when your baby won’t take a bottle but you’re needed on set? How do you hold ambition and attachment at the same time without losing your sssht?! We dive into insecurities and carving out space in the entertainment industry as mothers. We chat birth order personalities; the feral wildlings versus the rule followers, family labels, individuality, and how to help our children become fully themselves. Ocean’s first tooth makes an appearance, and we close with a beautiful recap of our recent women’s circle that legit changed our lives! 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

This week we sit down with Emily Doyle, founder of Ursa Major and fellow mama, to talk about the real birth story behind building a brand while raising a family at the same time. We dive into the why behind Ursa Major, what it means to keep it real and relatable in the beauty business, and Emily shares some beautiful, grounded words for our Dazeys about taking the leap and launching something of your own. We also discuss what it actually looks like to find aligned business partners, and the deeper commitment required to stay authentic as you grow. And then… one of our favourite le poddy topics. Aging! We mount our soapbox to unpack our feelings around the whole “anti-aging” narrative. We’re not anti anything… in fact, it’s a damn privilege to grow older. We talk about the quiet pressure to tinker with your face. The subtle feeling of being left behind if you’re not doing Botox, fillers, all the things. We unpack our personal definitions of beauty and why confidence, magnetism and that undeniable twinkle in your eyes will always win. This is an ep about radiating energy, choosing joy and feeling glowy in your own skin. Resource Links: ursamajorvt.com lovewell.earth lovewell. Family Friendly Moringa Supergreens  Ursa Major Mountain Glow Serum  Ursa Major Golden Hour Recovery Cream  Follow Ursa Major on IG: @ursamajorvt 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

Solo ep this week aaaaand we went everywhere! We talk all about our women’s circle and the way it keeps showing up for us in the most nurturing, grounding, “ohhhh this is why community matters” kind of way. The softness. The honesty. The way women holding women just hit different. Tez retells a fully wild WTF-universe story where it showed up in the most epic, aligned, magical way… and also in the most “are you fkn kidding me?!” way. The emotional whiplash! The rollercoaster! The mother overload! The what-the-hell-did-I-get-myself-into?! We chat the light and dark balance again, and how both can exist at the exact same time. Sarah talks about her intuitive hits surrounding her dad and his health, and we discuss getting to re-parent ourselves in parenting. Teresa reflects on what turning 40 is stirring internally. Going inward. Looking at patterns. Recognising presence. Taking stock of who and what gets your energy moving forward! Resource Links: Follow Dazed by Amazed on IG: @dazedbutamazed Follow Polly Staniford on IG: @starofthesea.polly 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

From the covers of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Elle, to founding one of the world’s leading maternity and postpartum brands, Nicole Trunfio has redefined what it looks like to show up for women through motherhood with her groundbreaking company Bumpsuit. This week on the pod, we talk with Nic about her beautifully colourful, whirlwind life raising three kids, and the heart behind building a company that quite literally and emotionally wraps women during pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond. We dive into Bumpsuit’s mission to support women in all seasons through Nic’s products, her podcast, community gatherings, and the powerful resources she’s helping make accessible for mums and women everywhere.  We also get real about dropping balls, releasing perfection, and learning to forgive ourselves as mothers. Resource Links: bumpsuit.com Do Less by Kate Northrup Follow nic on IG: @nictrunfio Follow Bumpsuit on IG: @bumpsuit 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

We’re talking big life shifts! Tez’s big move (“It’s gonna be a bit chilly, eh?”), her God of War news, and the auditioning experience, including those moments where the universe shows up right when you’re on the brink. We dive into audition horror stories, nerves, rejection, and the emotional whiplash of putting yourself out there… weeeeee (followed by nervous). We also catch the Dazeys up on our recent EPIC beyond EPIC Olsen/Palmer hang (swooooon!!) and unpack easy friends vs tricky friends. There’s a recap of our recent women’s circle, some rage cleaning, and we get fully emo about our kids growing up, because time flies, ya know? Plus, we chat night-time rituals- those quiet moments of connection with the kids, and the way the littlest ones still long to feel like our little babies, even as they grow. Resource Links: Follow Broad Ideas Podcast on IG: @broad_ideas_pod/ 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

In this episode, we’re joined by Dr Melanie Jackson, PhD researcher and host of The Great Birth Rebellion, to explore evidence-based maternity care and how birth systems can better support women and babies across all birth settings. We discuss the medicalisation of birth, how fear and risk are often overstated in modern maternity care, and the need to shift social messaging that frames birth as inherently risky and dangerous. Mel explains why continuity of care is so important for positive birth outcomes, whether you’re planning a hospital birth, birth centre birth, home birth, vaginal birth, or caesarean birth. The conversation also explores the importance of acknowledging and working through fears around pregnancy and birth, rather than suppressing them. Mel shares three practical questions to ask when an intervention is suggested during pregnancy or labour: Is it medically necessary? Is it standard policy or usual practice? Or is it the doctor’s personal preference? A grounded, inclusive conversation about informed consent, maternal choice, and maternity care that prioritises the birthing mother and baby (duh!!)  An essential listen for women thinking about having a baby, currently pregnant, or preparing for birth- in other words…share this with your preggy and preggy-to-be friends Dazeys!! This episode is proudly sponsored by OSEA, Boll & Branch and Hungryroot! Resource Links: The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast melaniethemidwife.com Follow Melanie on IG: @melaniethemidwife 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