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Caroline Ficca is a pharmacist and a mum of two young girls. Caroline is committed to making health information practical & accessible through her work in community pharmacies & health education.
We learned SO much from this chat with Caroline and we know you will too! Think a pharmacist only dispenses medication? Well, this episode will change the way you think!
We speak with Caroline about what a pharmacist’s job actually involves, the support they can offer at each stage of the pregnancy journey, from conception to postpartum to common childhood ailments, when you can see a pharmacist vs when you need to see a doctor, vaccinations, colic, nappy rash, and lots more!
FYI - Caroline joins this episode in her capacity as a Priceline Pharmacist to discuss Priceline Pharmacy’s Anything Baby and You program. Any references throughout the episode to pharmacy services, pharmacist training or support relate specifically to the services and training available through Priceline Pharmacy’s Anything Baby and You program.
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Caroline mentioned a study of 9,500 women. You can check it out here https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/4/2/e004365.full.pdf
Find out more about Priceline Pharmacy’s Anything Baby & You program https://www.priceline.com.au/anything-baby-and-you
Health stations are available at select Priceline Pharmacies. You can find your closest one here https://www.priceline.com.au/pharmacy-services/self-service-health-check
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Gen Muir is a parent educator, an obstetric social worker, and mum to 4 boys. Her latest book ‘Why Kids Need Boundaries: A parent’s guide to reducing the overwhelm and increasing connection by setting limits that work’ is out soon.
In this episode, Gen sits down with Steph to speak about what boundaries are and how to set them and why children need them. They also speak about the challenges faced by modern parents, guilt, shame, attachment, repair, and lots more.
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Follow Gen https://www.instagram.com/connectedparentingau/?hl=en
Find out more about Gen https://www.connectedparenting.com.au/
Gen's new book is called ‘Why Kids Need Boundaries' and you can pre-order it here https://www.highlowbuffalo.com.au/products/why-kids-need-boundaries
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Laura is loving the stage that Atlas is at…even if that stage involves a nugget in the bed. Steph opens up about some of the challenges that she & Josh are navigating at home as well as their whole family weekend in the garden.
Also - Laura promised that she’d share the things that made their recent trip to Europe (with an 8 month old baby) a bit easier and this week she’s come with a list.
Plus - a ménage!
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Yoto: https://au.yotoplay.com/products/goodnight-world
Stroller fan https://www.amazon.com.au/Gaiatop-Portable-Stroller-Rechargeable-Treadmill/dp/B0BKQDPP1Z/
Travel cot https://thememo.com.au/products/journey-2-in-1-travel-cot-black
The Bugaboo travel pram https://www.bugaboo.com/au-en/prams/bugaboo-butterfly/
SPECIAL SHARE
Laura: The quote “transition is an identity in itself”
Steph: Making paper chains
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It’s a big week of updates! Steph shares about Harvey’s recent surgery and Billie’s growing personality, as well as a big night of broken sleep and emotional dysregulation. Laura is persevering with solids and Atlas is standing and rolling.
Plus - we open the mailbox to read some of your beautiful messages.
SPECIAL SHARE
Laura: the Solid Starts app https://solidstarts.com/app/?hcUrl=%2Fen-US
Steph: this post from Josh https://www.instagram.com/p/DbAqK09IEN2/?img_index=1
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Laura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on Tiktok
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Professor Leah Ruppanner is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Melbourne and author of the book ‘Drained: Reduce Your Mental Load to Do Less and Be More’. You might recognise Leah’s name from when we had her on the podcast last year speaking about traditional gender roles and the manosphere (link below if you missed it!).
This week Leah is back to speak about the mental load. We all think we know what the mental load is but in this conversation, Leah describes to Laura the 8 different types of mental load that we could be carrying at any one time, as well as recognising where your mental load energy is being spent, and how to better distribute this energy.
If you’re currently drowning in the mental load, we hope this episode helps you.
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Find out more about Leah https://www.leahruppanner.com/
Lighten Lab is the website Leah mentioned https://www.lightenlab.com/
Read Leah’s book https://www.dymocks.com.au/drained-by-leah-ruppanner-9781761471957
Listen to Leah’s podcast ‘Miss Perceived’ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/missperceived/id1744434731
Our first episode with Leah is called ‘Money, work & traditional gender roles - Am I Equal? a miniseries with Laura Henshaw’ and you can listen here https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/money-work-traditional-gender-roles-am-i-equal-a/id1457667995?i=1000712323533
KICPod PODCAST
Looking for our other podcast? It’s called KICPod and you can listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. We publish episodes there on Mondays & Wednesdays.
FOLLOW US & GET INVOLVED
KICPod @kicpod on Instagram - DM us with questions or ideas! Not on Instagram? Email us at kicpod@kicwellness.com
Steph Claire Smith @stephclairesmith on Instagram & @steph_claire_smith on TikTok
Laura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on Tiktok
KIC @kic on Instagram & @kic on TikTok and kicwellness.com or download the app from the App Store and Google Play Store
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