Home
Categories
EXPLORE
True Crime
Comedy
Society & Culture
Business
Sports
History
TV & Film
About Us
Contact Us
Copyright
© 2024 PodJoint
00:00 / 00:00
Sign in

or

Don't have an account?
Sign up
Forgot password
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts221/v4/51/c5/e2/51c5e225-2fdf-6a11-1992-52d79b24f370/mza_179903643980767395.jpg/600x600bb.jpg
Kind of a Mess
Lauren Monaghan
7 episodes
2 weeks ago
In this episode, I sit down with Taegan — my dear friend, a mum of two, trained physiotherapist, mental health peer worker, and the creator of Nurture by Taegan, a space that began as her way of not feeling so alone in motherhood and has since grown into a community for women navigating mental health and connection. Our stories are unexpectedly intertwined. Taegan, diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her twenties, lost her mum in a car accident when she was four. I was raised by my dad, who li...
Show more...
Self-Improvement
Education
RSS
All content for Kind of a Mess is the property of Lauren Monaghan and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
In this episode, I sit down with Taegan — my dear friend, a mum of two, trained physiotherapist, mental health peer worker, and the creator of Nurture by Taegan, a space that began as her way of not feeling so alone in motherhood and has since grown into a community for women navigating mental health and connection. Our stories are unexpectedly intertwined. Taegan, diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her twenties, lost her mum in a car accident when she was four. I was raised by my dad, who li...
Show more...
Self-Improvement
Education
Episodes (7/7)
Kind of a Mess
Taegan Partington - Falling into Fortitude
In this episode, I sit down with Taegan — my dear friend, a mum of two, trained physiotherapist, mental health peer worker, and the creator of Nurture by Taegan, a space that began as her way of not feeling so alone in motherhood and has since grown into a community for women navigating mental health and connection. Our stories are unexpectedly intertwined. Taegan, diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her twenties, lost her mum in a car accident when she was four. I was raised by my dad, who li...
Show more...
2 weeks ago
1 hour 21 minutes

Kind of a Mess
Jenette Blandford - Balancing Business, Babies and the Wisdom of Feeding our Families
Introducing Jenette Blandford. My dear friend Nettie and I go way back to our early Air Force wife days. She’s always been one of those people who serves it up straight, which I’ve always loved about her. A wife, mother, and registered practising dietitian, Nettie is also the founder of Starting Solids Australia, a platform created to support parents through one of the most overwhelming stages of early parenthood, feeding their children. What began as a response to the flood of conflict...
Show more...
1 month ago
1 hour 21 minutes

Kind of a Mess
Dr Martina Zangger - Not My Shame
In this episode of Kind of a Mess, I sit down with Dr Martina Zangger, survivor, therapist, lecturer, and author of Not My Shame. Martina’s story begins in Switzerland, hidden behind the façade of a “perfect” family, where she endured years of abuse at the hands of her grandfather and uncle. Searching for healing and belonging, she later found herself in the cult of Rajneesh in America, a place that promised freedom but became another cage. To fund her devotion, Martina worked in sex work in ...
Show more...
1 month ago
45 minutes

Kind of a Mess
Vanessa Maiorano - There's Always Love
In this conversation, Vanessa Maiorano shares her profound journey of facing cancer while raising two young children. Diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and later breast cancer, she navigated the challenges of treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through her struggles, Vanessa found solace in writing letters to her children, which later inspired her to create a series of children's books aimed at helping kids understand complex emotions. She also started a virtual assistant business t...
Show more...
2 months ago
47 minutes

Kind of a Mess
Kelsey Grace - Till Death and Then Some
Introducing one of my all-time favourite humans, Kelsey. Our paths first crossed in 2017, when my husband was posted to a US Air Force base in Phoenix, Arizona. I had no idea at the time that I’d become a witness to one of the most defining years of Kelsey’s life, the year she both became a mother and lost her beloved husband, Stephen, call sign "Trip." Seven years on, we meet Kelsey at the beginning of a powerful new chapter. In this conversation, Kelsey shares her extraordinary jour...
Show more...
3 months ago
1 hour 35 minutes

Kind of a Mess
Courtney Rothberg - Walking Each Other Home
Welcome back to Kind of a Mess. It's my pleasure to introduce you to Courtney Rothberg. The founder of The Sacred Umbrella, a space for exploration, remembrance and coming home to yourself. She’s a writer, astrologer, reiki practitioner, seeker, and someone who brings deep reverence to the human experience. Courtney is the kind of person who makes you feel seen, not in a glossy, surface-level way, but in a soul-deep, real-life, no-performances-here kind of way. In this episode, we talk ...
Show more...
4 months ago
1 hour 24 minutes

Kind of a Mess
Gemma Mitchell - Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
Today I have the absolute pleasure of sharing some time with Gemma Mitchell. Gemma is a dear friend of mine, financial expert, adviser, and author of the upcoming book The Money Reset. But beyond the spreadsheets and strategies, she's a woman who's walked through big life transitions, including divorce and living in the aftermath that she couldn't navigate with the help of Excel. In today’s conversation, we explore the emotional side of growth, money, and starting over, with all the beautiful...
Show more...
4 months ago
50 minutes

Kind of a Mess
In this episode, I sit down with Taegan — my dear friend, a mum of two, trained physiotherapist, mental health peer worker, and the creator of Nurture by Taegan, a space that began as her way of not feeling so alone in motherhood and has since grown into a community for women navigating mental health and connection. Our stories are unexpectedly intertwined. Taegan, diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her twenties, lost her mum in a car accident when she was four. I was raised by my dad, who li...