The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer

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:

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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
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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
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In this solo episode, we get into the manifesting practices we actually use, what’s brewing with our next women’s circle, and why one-on-one time with kids in big families really hits different. We talk about the mindset reset that comes with realising we’re living inside the dreams we once cooked up as kids, share a few stories from on-set visits with Sarah, and take a very necessary detour into Pokémon. We also tell the story of Lotus and Ocean meeting for the first time (aka Lotion), or if you’re as woo as us, the girls reuniting earth side.

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
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This week we sit down with Jes Saddington! Mama of two, Byron Bay local, and founder of cult-favourite linen label Dazed but Amazed. One of Tez’s Byron homies and a BFF for life, Jes and Tez dive into the community they’ve built in the Bay; sun-soaked surf and skate evenings, never-ending sleepovers, and Prairie’s very serious crush on Jes’s husband (aka “my marriage”).

We talk business evolution too, including the new directions Dazed is exploring, like introducing a cotton blend alongside the iconic tonal linen sets the brand is known for. Jes opens up about off-grid jungle-esque living, raising two nature-loving boys, and why she takes intentional hibernation breaks from work to recalibrate her life and creativity.

Plus, Jes shares candidly about her postpartum recovery trauma, undergoing two reconstructive surgeries and the long healing road that followed.

Resource links:

Dazed but Amazed

Follow Dazed but Amazed on IG @dazedbutamazed

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
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First episode of the New Year!

In today’s episode of The Mother Daze Podcast, we’re talking manifestation, tarot, and major life shifts as we step into 2026. We unpack a huge new job, stepping into our witchy era, and the big life pivots unfolding for the Palmers. We reflect on Christmas and New Year, lessons from 2025, and what we’re intentionally calling in next year. Plus, exciting new work opportunities for Sarah, her return to our screens, and our play-by-play tarot readings with Christina Prokos (@christina_life_spiritual_).

Resource links:

Follow Christina on IG: @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
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