1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Right across Melbourne. This is Nomber one hundred. Good morning, 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: Welcome you Friday, everybody. You're on the air with Jason 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: Lauren Clint here as well and a very cool and 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: I would say special event happening this weekend that I 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: think a lot of people are going to relate to. 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, and when I heard about this, I thought we 7 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 2: must talk about it on the radio. 8 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:17,159 Speaker 1: I'd like to. 9 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 2: Introduce you to our next guest, Phoebe Simmons, who is 10 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 2: a friend of mine. 11 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 3: Good morning, good Morning team. 12 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: Now Phoebe. If you haven't heard of this name, Phoebe 13 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 2: started this incredible baby stalk or I'm not a mum, 14 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 2: but I know all about it because all my girlfriends 15 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: go there and I've got friends with babies from the memo, 16 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: which is like the coolest baby shop going around. And 17 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 2: they're huge, right, They're like superstars. 18 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 3: No, well we're not as huge as I think people think. 19 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 3: We're started in Melbourne just by myself and my business 20 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 3: partner Kate Casey. We have three stores in Melbourne and 21 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 3: one in Sydney. But what we're really good at is 22 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 3: creating a community and understanding that parents deserve better and 23 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 3: they deserve more than just a great retail experience. They 24 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 3: deserve community and connection. They deserve to be feel to 25 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 3: be heard, supported and understand. So it's not just what 26 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 3: you're selling exactly right, it's anybody can do that. But 27 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: we really understand as mums how important it is to 28 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 3: feel really connected to a sense of motherhood. And when 29 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 3: we heard about this amazing organization mum Work, which was 30 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 3: started in Melbourne about eighteen months ago, we knew we 31 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 3: had to get involved and support them. 32 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: Right, So you've partnered with the mum Work which is 33 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 2: happening in Melbourne tomorrow. Now tell us all about it, 34 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 2: because I think it's a pretty incredible community of mums. 35 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 3: It absolutely is. So it was started by an incredible 36 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 3: woman called Kim Kay in Melbourne where she herself had 37 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 3: a personal experience where she was feeling quite isolated and 38 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 3: alone in early motherhood. 39 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: And you're a mum, you would get that. 40 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 3: I totally get it. It's really really relevant and it 41 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 3: resonates with so many of it so that your identity 42 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 3: changes after having a kid, and if you are if 43 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 3: you're one of the only ones of your friends who 44 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 3: have kids, or you know, there's lots of different change 45 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 3: and you might not have all of your friends having 46 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 3: kids at the same time. And there's also a lot 47 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: of change in community resources around and not as much 48 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: support for mums as they should be, and so that 49 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 3: has to So Kim realized that that's where it has 50 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 3: to start with us. And she just put a call 51 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 3: out on Facebook and said, does anyone want to come 52 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 3: for a walk with me in our local community this week? 53 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 3: And all of these mums turned up. Oh, and then 54 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 3: she said, okay, well, let's do this every week because 55 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 3: consistency is so important. 56 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: Get in the other house. 57 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 3: Exactly right. 58 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: Women give up their careers, they go for working in 59 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 2: busy offices where you're surrounded by five people, one person, 60 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: hundreds of being at home with the baby. 61 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: I haven't had a conversation with another adult. 62 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 3: That's right. 63 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: I think we forget that. 64 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 4: We do so from your experience and from hearing from 65 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 4: other mothers. When you feel lonely or isolated, do you 66 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 4: tend to retreat more? Is that something that happens? 67 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 3: It can? It can? And because you don't know who 68 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 3: to talk to, you don't know who really understands how 69 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 3: you're thinking. And there are so many great resources out 70 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,119 Speaker 3: there that we encourage everyone in our community to access. 71 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 3: But one simple way that we think is a really 72 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 3: great antidote is connection. And this is where walking, moving 73 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 3: your body, finding your people at the same stage as 74 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 3: in life as you can really make a big difference. 75 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 3: We think it's essential postpartum care. 76 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: Well, isn't it funny? It's sort of like, you know, 77 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: and I'm trying to, you know, talk down the services 78 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: that are provided, but there are there are all these 79 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: services that can help your life. And sometimes it's the 80 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: simplicity I've got for a walk, going for a walk 81 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: with someone who is going through the exact same thing 82 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: you are. 83 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 3: That's right. And so this happens every week now. So 84 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: Kim started this and then quite quickly she was able 85 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 3: to move to the sixty two walks happening around Australia, 86 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 3: just in all towns around Australia every week. And so 87 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 3: if you wanted to be a local leader, I just 88 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 3: say where I live in my suburb and there wasn't 89 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 3: a walk happening, then I would nominate myself to be 90 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 3: a leader. And so it's very grassroots, it's very mum 91 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 3: mum dreamer. 92 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 2: Which is so nice because sometimes when it does feel 93 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 2: like a big thing, it can also be overwhelming. 94 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 3: That's right exactly. And so yeah, Kim really runs this 95 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 3: movement and her goal and our goal is to make 96 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 3: it as big as possible. And so when we partnered 97 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 3: with her at the end of last year, we thought, 98 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 3: we have to do this big walk. 99 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: And that's what tomorrow is all about. 100 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 3: It is it is so we're wanting to stand for 101 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 3: other mums and let them know that they're not alone. 102 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 4: Can you imagine if you saw that just coming together 103 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 4: of women with babies coming towards you, totally, the cacophony 104 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 4: of voices and chatting. 105 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: It's just it's quite powerful, that first one that'll actually 106 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: start on time and run to plant. 107 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 3: Absolutely, but also we want everyone to come. We don't 108 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 3: just want Mark, We want dads, we want grandparents, we 109 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 3: want friends, you know, like lost so many of your 110 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 3: friends have said, you know, to let them know that 111 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 3: you understand what they're going through too, And it's going 112 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 3: to be really special. 113 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 2: Where absolutely, where is this big Mum Walk opening. 114 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 3: It starts a Treasury Gardens and it's just a thirty 115 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 3: minute gentle stroll. 116 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 2: Because that's the other thing we're not doing, like a 117 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 2: half marathon. 118 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 3: Resolutely not absolutely not. We're here for connection not six 119 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 3: six exactly nine am. 120 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: Treasury Gardens in East Melbourne is where it starts. It's 121 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: seeing no mum walks alone community walk in Melbourne. This 122 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: is a great event. I'm right behind this. I love this, 123 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: so thank you. 124 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 2: Thanks kudos to you Phoebe because you are a mum 125 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 2: of two, You're a busy working mummy's built a business 126 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 2: and you're also out there supporting other mums who need 127 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 2: it the most. So well done. 128 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 3: Thank you. This is actually what we care about. This 129 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 3: means so much more to us than yeah, just selling stuff. 130 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 3: It's about changing society and letting mums know that they're 131 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 3: head And. 132 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: It's funny, you know. We'll get a lot of events 133 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: and a lot of these sort of stuffs pitched at 134 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: us for the show, and it's funny. When this one 135 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: came up the meeting, it was just we all said yeah, yeah, 136 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: it was just like we related to it so much. 137 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: I think could be a lot of people listening right 138 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: now that would be in that situation. 139 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 2: We might talk to some mums after this as well 140 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: and see how mums out there are feeling, because it 141 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 2: can be pretty full on pretty isolating. When you realize 142 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 2: you're not the only one feeling that, that's when you 143 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 2: get the connection right. 144 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: Thirteen twenty four ten is our number if you want 145 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: to get involved, and. 146 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 2: You can jump on the memo dot com dot a 147 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 2: you for more information on the mum Walk tomorrow. I 148 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 2: love the takeover of mums in Melbourne's gonna beautiful Melbourne. 149 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: Morning for it too, Thanks for coming, Thank. 150 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 4: You, Jason Lauren Lauren wake up feeling good following 151 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 2: Them on the socials.