Eat Sleep Repeat
Eat Sleep Repeat
Hosted by new mums and besties, Kelly McCarren and Kee Reece, eat sleep repeat is a virtual weekly mother’s group for your ears. It's a judgement and shame-free zone where Kel and Kee give advice and talk to other everyday mums. But mostly it’s a raw, honest, funny and relatable look at being a first time mum, desperately trying to survive.Social links:
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I Don’t Miss The Old Me
As Eat Sleep Repeat enters its final few episodes, Kee and Kelly are looking back at where it all began - lockdown lives, new babies, no village, and the hope of becoming the kind of mother’s group they wished they’d had. But this isn’t just a farewell lap. It’s a bigger conversation about identity…
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Is This The Secret To Feeling Young Again?
Kelly is back from Bali, barely recovered and armed with the kind of stories that only come from a very big weekend away. Meanwhile, Kee has been feeling the quiet side of freelance life and finds herself unexpectedly emotional about long weekends, little routines and the strange things that make p…
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Is Modern Parenting Broken?
New research says almost 60% of Australian parents are experiencing psychological distress. But for Kee and Kel, the most confronting part isn’t the statistic - it’s how familiar it feels. This week, they unpack the kind of burnout that doesn’t always look like falling apart. It looks like getting…
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Are We Boring Parents?
This week, Kelly is personally victimised by a stuffed daycare kookaburra, a scrapbook full of suspiciously wholesome family activities, and the creeping fear that maybe everyone else is doing parenting better. Meanwhile, Kee is finding the magic in small domestic wins, from Facebook Marketplace c…
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You’re Not Entitled To Your Child’s Emotions
This week, Kee and Kelly are joined by Lem Zakharia - founder of Bedou, former executive producer of It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield, and the creator of the podcast Twice Displaced. Lem’s family story doesn’t fit the neat little boxes we’re used to. She fell in love with her wife Christina, and sl…
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I’m In There Somewhere
This week, Kee and Kelly are having one of those weeks where everything is technically fine… but also absolutely not fine. Kee has a moment in Pilates that feels bigger than Pilates, Kelly survives a truly cursed medical appointment, and a very bold preschool sickie attempt hits a little too close…
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Would You Have A Baby With A Friend?
What if the person you chose to have a baby with didn’t have to be the person you were in love with? This week, Kee and Kelly are deep-diving platonic co-parenting - from friends having babies together, to co-parenting apps, to the families choosing to raise children outside the traditional romant…
28:00
Are We The Angry Mums?
This week, Kee and Kelly are deep in the trenches of mornings that start with tantrums, bedtimes that end in battle, and the very confronting moment your child starts repeating your own parenting back to you. And honestly, the mirror they hold up is brutal. LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED Play…
36:24
One And…Maybe Not Done?
Kelly was pretty sure she was one and done. Mostly. Probably. Maybe. This week, she’s feeling unexpectedly clucky, and Kee is helping her unpack the very messy middle of deciding whether your family is complete. There’s the body clock, the fear of regret, the cost of another child, the trauma of p…
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A Very Kelly Trip to Paris
Kelly finally made it to Paris… and it somehow managed to be even more magical than she imagined. But not every part of the trip went smoothly, with one travel moment pushing her completely over the edge. Meanwhile, Kee’s week spirals into full party-prep chaos thanks to a mystery illness, missing…
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