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Hamish Blake laments the loss of a floppy disk containing the erudite wisdom of his parenting manifesto written at age fifteen to guide his future self. And so do we ...

Untidy is made for you – the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess we call parenthood! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help us shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children's books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.
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In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matty talk to Zazi Henderson, Christchurch-based Speech and Language Therapist and Instagram guru known as @zaziplays. Passionate about supporting parents and their children’s development through play, Zazi discusses how to build healthy communication through the chaos of the early years.

The conversation covers red flags to look for indicating speech and language problems early on, feeling like you’re not good at play, mouth breathing, sign language, parental reluctance towards messy play (here’s looking at you, glitter), asserting boundaries through respectful parenting, and how she runs her business from home while parenting.

If you love grounded, honest, practical ideas, you’ll love this conversation. Check out https://www.zazi.co.nz/ and follow @zaziplays.

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Untidy is made for you – the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess we call parenthood! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help us shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.
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In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matty air their dirty laundry, and try to determine how grubby their houseguests are with the possible implications on bed sheet rotation. Listeners share their glorious petty revenge stories and inspire the girls with the wisdom of the ‘developing smell’ tactic.

They reminisce about the prank calls from landlines and ‘Mean Matty’ confesses remorseful acts from her misspent youth. Finally, Matty tells a story about THAT dirty dentist and the girls realise that they must investigate his whereabouts and commit a fresh revenge!

If you enjoy this episode of Untidy, please support the show by subscribing in your podcast app and tapping the ‘+ follow’ button. That way, you’ll never miss an episode. Help us to keep building this supportive community – subscribe, share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review. Thank you for listening and supporting our independent production! You’re the best!

Untidy is made for you – the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess we call parenthood! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help us shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.
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In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matty step into ‘The Good Room’ with comedy treasure, Chris Parker, to chat about the gradual discovery of his sexuality as it revealed itself over the years. He shares how particular people, interests and environments helped or hindered him and where he found safe spaces that celebrated who he was, what he loved, and brought respite from the ruminations of adolescence. 

Essentially a hype episode for Chris’s parents, English teachers, and older women in authority named, Pam, this is an episode that’ll make your heart smile. 

Follow Chris on Instagram @chrisparker11. Book tickets for his show at: https://www.chrisparkercomedy.com/. Buy Chris’s book, ‘Here for a Good Time’.

If you enjoy this episode of Untidy, please support the show by subscribing in your podcast app and tapping the ‘+ follow’ button. That way, you’ll never miss an episode. Help us to keep building this supportive community — subscribe, share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review. Thank you for listening and supporting our independent production! You’re the best!

Untidy is made for you — the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess we call parenthood! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help us shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.
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In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matty take a hot second on a loose tangent before  sharing a rich array of listeners’ changing room horror stories. They cock-a-leg and wheeze-laugh their way through the fanny-flossers, bush-bashers and shirt-cockers while they ponder the flavours and dangers of a thousand bums at the communal sauna. 

We take a peek into the wonders of young Matty’s old mind through the lens of her childhood journal and share a book club recommendation, as well as one to avoid in the interests of your mental wellness. 

The book we recommend is: 8 Rules of Love by Jay Shetty 

If you enjoy this episode of Untidy, the best way you can support us is by subscribing to the show in your podcast app by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button. That way, you’ll never miss an episode. Help us to keep building this supportive community — subscribe, share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a handful of stars (maybe 5 ...). Thank you for listening and supporting our independent production! 

Untidy is made for you – the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess we call parenthood. Follow the show and get in touch on Instagram @untidypodcast and visit Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.
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In this episode of Untidy we talk to Dr Ellen Joan Ford, the powerhouse behind the movement, #workschoolhours. In this conversation, we talk about the ‘juggle struggle’ and what we can do as individuals, organisations, and a society to bring about a revolutionary way of working for parents that respects their family priorities, while also making strong commercial sense for employers. Dr Ellen Joan Ford is ambitious about changing the working world. And it’s difficult to fault her logic or resist her enthusiasm. There is hope! Ellen helps organisations to improve staff wellbeing, retention, leadership, productivity, innovation and business performance. Her experience is in leadership, as well as gender, well-being and the future of work. She has led troops in the NZ Army, completed an MBA and PhD in leadership, runs her own business, and is raising two little boys. Ellen was awarded the Kiwi Bank New Zealander of the Year 2023 ‘Local Hero’ for coordinating a volunteer team that evacuated 563 people from Afghanistan to New Zealand. She is a force to be reckoned with!

Follow Ellen @drellenjoanford and find her book #workschool hours and online courses at https://www.ellenjoanford.com/shop. 

If you enjoy this episode of Untidy, the best way you can support us is by subscribing to the show in your podcast app by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button. That way, you’ll never miss an episode. Help us to keep building this supportive community — subscribe, share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a handful of stars (maybe 5 ...). Thank you for listening and supporting our independent production! 

Untidy is made for you – the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess we call parenthood. Follow the show and get in touch on Instagram @untidypodcast and visit Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.
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