WEBVTT - Bonus: The New Movement For Mums

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<v Speaker 1>Right across Melbourne. This is Nomber one hundred. Good morning,

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome you Friday, everybody. You're on the air with Jason

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren Clint here as well and a very cool and

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<v Speaker 1>I would say special event happening this weekend that I

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<v Speaker 1>think a lot of people are going to relate to.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and when I heard about this, I thought we

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<v Speaker 2>must talk about it on the radio.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to.

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<v Speaker 2>Introduce you to our next guest, Phoebe Simmons, who is

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<v Speaker 2>a friend of mine.

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning, good Morning team.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Phoebe. If you haven't heard of this name, Phoebe

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<v Speaker 2>started this incredible baby stalk or I'm not a mum,

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<v Speaker 2>but I know all about it because all my girlfriends

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<v Speaker 2>go there and I've got friends with babies from the memo,

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<v Speaker 2>which is like the coolest baby shop going around. And

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<v Speaker 2>they're huge, right, They're like superstars.

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<v Speaker 3>No, well we're not as huge as I think people think.

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<v Speaker 3>We're started in Melbourne just by myself and my business

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<v Speaker 3>partner Kate Casey. We have three stores in Melbourne and

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<v Speaker 3>one in Sydney. But what we're really good at is

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<v Speaker 3>creating a community and understanding that parents deserve better and

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<v Speaker 3>they deserve more than just a great retail experience. They

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<v Speaker 3>deserve community and connection. They deserve to be feel to

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<v Speaker 3>be heard, supported and understand. So it's not just what

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<v Speaker 3>you're selling exactly right, it's anybody can do that. But

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<v Speaker 3>we really understand as mums how important it is to

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<v Speaker 3>feel really connected to a sense of motherhood. And when

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<v Speaker 3>we heard about this amazing organization mum Work, which was

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<v Speaker 3>started in Melbourne about eighteen months ago, we knew we

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<v Speaker 3>had to get involved and support them.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, So you've partnered with the mum Work which is

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<v Speaker 2>happening in Melbourne tomorrow. Now tell us all about it,

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<v Speaker 2>because I think it's a pretty incredible community of mums.

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<v Speaker 3>It absolutely is. So it was started by an incredible

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<v Speaker 3>woman called Kim Kay in Melbourne where she herself had

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<v Speaker 3>a personal experience where she was feeling quite isolated and

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<v Speaker 3>alone in early motherhood.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're a mum, you would get that.

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<v Speaker 3>I totally get it. It's really really relevant and it

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<v Speaker 3>resonates with so many of it so that your identity

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<v Speaker 3>changes after having a kid, and if you are if

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<v Speaker 3>you're one of the only ones of your friends who

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<v Speaker 3>have kids, or you know, there's lots of different change

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<v Speaker 3>and you might not have all of your friends having

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<v Speaker 3>kids at the same time. And there's also a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of change in community resources around and not as much

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<v Speaker 3>support for mums as they should be, and so that

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<v Speaker 3>has to So Kim realized that that's where it has

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<v Speaker 3>to start with us. And she just put a call

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<v Speaker 3>out on Facebook and said, does anyone want to come

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<v Speaker 3>for a walk with me in our local community this week?

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<v Speaker 3>And all of these mums turned up. Oh, and then

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<v Speaker 3>she said, okay, well, let's do this every week because

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<v Speaker 3>consistency is so important.

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<v Speaker 1>Get in the other house.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly right.

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<v Speaker 2>Women give up their careers, they go for working in

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<v Speaker 2>busy offices where you're surrounded by five people, one person,

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<v Speaker 2>hundreds of being at home with the baby.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't had a conversation with another adult.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we forget that.

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<v Speaker 4>We do so from your experience and from hearing from

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<v Speaker 4>other mothers. When you feel lonely or isolated, do you

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<v Speaker 4>tend to retreat more? Is that something that happens?

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<v Speaker 3>It can? It can? And because you don't know who

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<v Speaker 3>to talk to, you don't know who really understands how

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<v Speaker 3>you're thinking. And there are so many great resources out

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<v Speaker 3>there that we encourage everyone in our community to access.

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<v Speaker 3>But one simple way that we think is a really

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<v Speaker 3>great antidote is connection. And this is where walking, moving

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<v Speaker 3>your body, finding your people at the same stage as

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<v Speaker 3>in life as you can really make a big difference.

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<v Speaker 3>We think it's essential postpartum care.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, isn't it funny? It's sort of like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm trying to, you know, talk down the services

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<v Speaker 1>that are provided, but there are there are all these

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<v Speaker 1>services that can help your life. And sometimes it's the

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<v Speaker 1>simplicity I've got for a walk, going for a walk

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<v Speaker 1>with someone who is going through the exact same thing

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<v Speaker 1>you are.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right. And so this happens every week now. So

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<v Speaker 3>Kim started this and then quite quickly she was able

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<v Speaker 3>to move to the sixty two walks happening around Australia,

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<v Speaker 3>just in all towns around Australia every week. And so

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<v Speaker 3>if you wanted to be a local leader, I just

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<v Speaker 3>say where I live in my suburb and there wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>a walk happening, then I would nominate myself to be

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<v Speaker 3>a leader. And so it's very grassroots, it's very mum

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<v Speaker 3>mum dreamer.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is so nice because sometimes when it does feel

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<v Speaker 2>like a big thing, it can also be overwhelming.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right exactly. And so yeah, Kim really runs this

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<v Speaker 3>movement and her goal and our goal is to make

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<v Speaker 3>it as big as possible. And so when we partnered

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<v Speaker 3>with her at the end of last year, we thought,

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<v Speaker 3>we have to do this big walk.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what tomorrow is all about.

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<v Speaker 3>It is it is so we're wanting to stand for

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<v Speaker 3>other mums and let them know that they're not alone.

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<v Speaker 4>Can you imagine if you saw that just coming together

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<v Speaker 4>of women with babies coming towards you, totally, the cacophony

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<v Speaker 4>of voices and chatting.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just it's quite powerful, that first one that'll actually

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<v Speaker 1>start on time and run to plant.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, but also we want everyone to come. We don't

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<v Speaker 3>just want Mark, We want dads, we want grandparents, we

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<v Speaker 3>want friends, you know, like lost so many of your

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<v Speaker 3>friends have said, you know, to let them know that

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<v Speaker 3>you understand what they're going through too, And it's going

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<v Speaker 3>to be really special.

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<v Speaker 2>Where absolutely, where is this big Mum Walk opening.

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<v Speaker 3>It starts a Treasury Gardens and it's just a thirty

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<v Speaker 3>minute gentle stroll.

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<v Speaker 2>Because that's the other thing we're not doing, like a

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<v Speaker 2>half marathon.

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<v Speaker 3>Resolutely not absolutely not. We're here for connection not six

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<v Speaker 3>six exactly nine am.

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<v Speaker 1>Treasury Gardens in East Melbourne is where it starts. It's

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<v Speaker 1>seeing no mum walks alone community walk in Melbourne. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a great event. I'm right behind this. I love this,

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<v Speaker 1>so thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks kudos to you Phoebe because you are a mum

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<v Speaker 2>of two, You're a busy working mummy's built a business

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<v Speaker 2>and you're also out there supporting other mums who need

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<v Speaker 2>it the most. So well done.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you. This is actually what we care about. This

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<v Speaker 3>means so much more to us than yeah, just selling stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>It's about changing society and letting mums know that they're

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<v Speaker 3>head And.

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<v Speaker 1>It's funny, you know. We'll get a lot of events

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of these sort of stuffs pitched at

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<v Speaker 1>us for the show, and it's funny. When this one

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<v Speaker 1>came up the meeting, it was just we all said yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was just like we related to it so much.

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<v Speaker 1>I think could be a lot of people listening right

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<v Speaker 1>now that would be in that situation.

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<v Speaker 2>We might talk to some mums after this as well

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<v Speaker 2>and see how mums out there are feeling, because it

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<v Speaker 2>can be pretty full on pretty isolating. When you realize

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<v Speaker 2>you're not the only one feeling that, that's when you

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<v Speaker 2>get the connection right.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirteen twenty four ten is our number if you want

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<v Speaker 1>to get involved, and.

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<v Speaker 2>You can jump on the memo dot com dot a

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<v Speaker 2>you for more information on the mum Walk tomorrow. I

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<v Speaker 2>love the takeover of mums in Melbourne's gonna beautiful Melbourne.

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<v Speaker 1>Morning for it too, Thanks for coming, Thank.

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<v Speaker 4>You, Jason Lauren Lauren wake up feeling good following

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<v Speaker 2>Them on the socials.