The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer

This week on The Mother Daze, we’re joined by powerhouse entrepreneur, contrarian thinker and author Codie Sanchez for a conversation about ambition, motherhood, money and the sneaky ways we can become the biggest obstacle to our own freedom. Ahead of the release of her new book, Own or Be Owned, Codie shares what it really means to build a business so good it doesn’t need you.

We also talk Codie’s incredibly exciting news, she’s pregnant with her first child! She opens up about sharing her five-year journey to conceive publicly, what it means to be honest about something so deeply personal as a public figure, and why she wanted other women walking that road to know they’re not alone. We talk about taking fertility for granted and what it looks like to integrate building a family with building a business, chasing a dream and still having a life.

We dive into Codie’s world of contrarian thinking, boring businesses and ownership, why women so often downplay what they’re building as a “side hustle” or “little project,” and what it takes to build something that actually gives you more freedom.

Plus, the Hero Complex, martyrdom, delegating, getting unstuck when your ideas feel stagnant, and two-way-door decisions. It’s a big juicy one about owning your ambition, your choices, your time and the life you actually want to build.

Resource Links:

contrarianthinking.co

mainstreethold.co

Main Street Millionaire by Codie Sanchez

Own or Be Owned by Codie Sanchez

codiesanchez.com

Follow Codie on IG: @codiesanchez

Follow Codie on YouTube: codiesanchez

ownerbook.com

The Zen Mama Guide by Sarah and Teresa

Follow Codie on IG: @codiesanchez: http://instagram.com/codiesanchez

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http://ownerbook.com/

The Zen Mama Guide by Sarah and Teresa

Follo​w Sarah Wright Olsen: IG: @swrightolsen

Follow Teresa Palmer: IG: @teresapalmer

FB: https://www.facebook.com/teresamarypalmer/

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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

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 on The Mother Daze we’re solo-ing it and Tez is too… solo parenting coming up on WEEK FIVE! Wahooooo!

The Palmer kids are back in school, there’s explosive baby diarrhea, sore booties, diaper-free disasters and multiple kid meltdowns happening AT THE SAME TIME. Just another relaxing week in motherhood!

We chat the absolute beast that is the mental load, the 900 tabs permanently open in a mother’s brain, and how sometimes even delegating feels like another bloody thing to do.

Tez shares her pal’s brilliant marble jar analogy: every snack, lift, lost shoe, school form, sibling squabble and “Muuuuum!” costs us a marble, while those little moments of being seen, thanked, appreciated or helped can put a marble back in the jar. Which begs the question… how do we make sure we actually have enough marbles to give away?!

Sarah shares why multitasking has never been her superpower, and we chat about the value of focusing on one thing at a time instead of trying to juggle ALL THE THINGS, ALL THE TIME.

We’re losing our marbles, finding a few again and attempting to keep the 900 tabs open without completely crashing the system!!

Resource Links:

Fair Play Book by Eve Rodsky

Ooshies Woolworths

BAEO Bare Butter

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’re joined by Dr. Sarah Oreck, a Columbia University-trained reproductive psychiatrist and co-founder of Mavida Health, to unpack one of the most misunderstood stages of a woman’s life: perimenopause

When does it actually start? Can you be postpartum and in perimenopause at the same time? (Yep.) Why does it feel like nobody prepared us for this?!

We’re talking brain fog, anxiety, rage, sleep, heart palpitations, yes… even itchy ears, why estrogen impacts almost every system in the body, and how perimenopause can last 7 to 10 years.

Dr. Oreck also walks us through the full spectrum of treatment options, from lifestyle changes and therapy to hormone treatment, busts a few myths, and answers the questions so many women are too afraid, too busy, or too confused to ask.

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “What on earth is happening to me?” this episode is for you… and every woman you know.

Resource Links:

Dare I Say It by Naomi Watts

mavidahealth.com

Follow Sarah Oreck on IG: @sarahoreckmd

@mavidahealth

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 on The Mother Daze, it’s smart phone fears, dumb phone cheers… ? but when do we finally bite the bullet?

We dive into screen time, devices, kids growing older, the fear surrounding social media, and raising tweens in an increasingly online world. Is an Apple Watch the perfect first step? Or do you hold off altogether? We pick each other’s brains on our plans, fears, all the research we’ve done, and where we’ve landed so far.

We also get into fits of giggles over inappropriate humour (Summer Heights High… IYKYK), frolic through Little House on the Prairie, and chat about Kate Box’s brilliantly funny Aussie comedy, Deadloch.

Sarah’s TikTok emergence also brings out that one A-HOLIO who reckons she should “Botox up.”

Well, looky here, you sad anti-ager… these mamas to NINE have earned every one of these laugh lines, crow’s feet, forehead creases, smile wrinkles, and motherhood badges of honour. They’re proof of a life well lived, deeply loved, and very well laughed AND we won’t be injecting them away.

So, as Mr G would say…

“SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS, MARGARET.”

(For the purposes of this episode, “Margaret” is our affectionate name for anyone policing women’s faces. )

Resource Links:

Deadloch (2023)

Summer Heights High (2007)

Little House On The Prairie (2026)

Follow Sarah on TikTok: @swrightolsen

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 on The Mother Daze, Sarah and Teresa are talking all about change… because wow, life has been LIFE-ing lately.

The Palmer household has had a few unexpected plot twists, and Teresa shares the silver linings that have come with them. She celebrates the beautiful togetherness Vancouver brought their family, chats about their time there wrapping up sooner than expected, and all the excitement of their giddy return to Byron for the time being.

They also chat solo parenting, finding the world’s greatest au pair (seriously… where has she been all their lives?!) and all the little moments that made this chapter so memorable.

Then we unpack the wild world of perimenopause. Is it postpartum? Is it perimenopause? Is it both?! We chat symptoms, hormones, brain fog, mood swings, and why this season of life can feel like one giant guessing game. It’s time we started talking about it more.

Finally, Teresa shares all the spooky details about her brand new true crime and mystery podcast, They Run The Night.

Resource Links:

They Run The Night Podcast

The Village By F.J. West, Jr Book

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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