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Too Peas In A Podcast Mandy Hose and Kate Mulholland

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Listen to Mandy and Kate laugh (a lot) and cry as they chat to each other and friends about parenting multiples with disabilities and additional needs.

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Kate and Mandy chat to Alex, a registered music therapea from Devonport, Tasmania. Alex talks all about her journey through the almost magical profession of music therapy.  Growing up in a musical family, Alex was interested in music and singing, but felt a strong sense that there was more to it than just performing or entertaining people. Spotting a music therapy conference happening in her hometown of Brisbane, she decided to head along to explore it. Little did she know that she was about to experience a sliding doors moment, when on hearing a speech about music therapy practice in the RCH NICU, she realised, “This is what I’m going to do with the rest of my life!”Alex started studying at the University of Queensland, and then following a move to Tasmania, began her music therapy practice, mostly with young children and older people. She shares some beautiful client stories that will make you cry (Mandy sure does!) and delves into the research behind why this particular form of therapy is so powerful - particularly the ‘memory bump’ that occurs between the ages of 10-30, where all the songs you love during this age stay with you and become enduring and resonant memories throughout your life.  Alex also discusses how to access music therapy through NDIS,  why she thinks every Pea should be in a choir, and why you should intentionally use your memory bump music to get you through the hardest parts of your day. Thank you Alex for sharing your absolutely beautiful stories (and your voice!) with us.Check out her business Creative Therapies on Facebook and Instagram and some music therapy resources here. Also, search for ‘Alex Morse -music therapist’ on Spotify Plus:  Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveJoin our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeBuy our book The Invisible Life Of Us!Leave us a speakpipe Help spread the love for Too Peas by rating and reviewing us!Melbourne forecast for Thursday March 28  - Cloudy,  20 degrees  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mandy and Kate chat with Belinda, meditation teacher, shiatsu practitioner and Pea! Belinda is passionate about helping and supporting people on their health journey. She is the founder of Vitaliqi and loves showing people how they can feel better and turn their physical and mental health around naturally.   Belinda’s natural health career was inspired by her experiences of being a Pea mum to a daughter with type 1 diabetes. She found that meditation and shiatsu have helped her better manage challenges and stress, and hold her through the hardest times. Belinda talks about her now 17-year-old daughter’s diagnosis at the age of 4, the hard times and the good times during primary school and the complexities of managing a chronic illness during the teenage years.  Thank you for sharing your story with us Belinda!Check out Belinda’s business Vitaliqi via their website, Facebook and Instagram. Plus:  Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveJoin our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeBuy our book The Invisible Life Of Us!Leave us a speakpipe Help spread the love for Too Peas by rating and reviewing us!Melbourne forecast for Thursday March 21  - Mostly sunny,  21 degrees  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Snap Pea 92

Snap Pea 92

2024-03-1835:14

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This week, Mandy (Kate is sick!) chats to Louise, Pea mum to 3-year-old Isabelle who lives with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) or the ‘bubble baby condition’  - a life-threatening genetic condition in which affected babies are unable to fight bacterial, viral or fungal infections.Louise shares her story of Isabelle’s diagnosis thanks to the quick and insightful actions of two supportive paediatricians, and her months-long hospital stay in a positive pressure room, all while the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Isabelle underwent a lifesaving stem cell transplant at 7 months of age and was able to return home. Isabelle’s condition also led to hearing loss, and she’s also been subsequently diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay. Louise is proud to have successfully advocated for SCID to be added to Australia’s Newborn Bloodspot Screening Panel and has ensured that SCID is now detected, diagnosed and treated shortly after birth in every state in Australia, before a baby can become critically ill or pass away.  Louise also sits on the Board of the Immune Deficiencies Foundation of Australia, supports other families who have a child born with SCID and is an advocate and peer mentor to families living with any immune deficiencies. Thank you for sharing your story with us Louise! Plus:  Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveJoin our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeBuy our book The Invisible Life Of Us!Leave us a speakpipe Help spread the love for Too Peas by rating and reviewing us!Melbourne forecast for Thursday March 14  - Shower or two, 22 degrees  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mandy and Kate recap their recent trip to Parliament House to celebrate all things neighbours and belonging and connection with the excellent people from Neighbours Every Day - Relationships Australia’s social connection campaign. Neighbours Every Day aims to help create and share belonging across Australia, and build the inclusive communities you want to live in, one relationship at a time.  Kate and Mandy are Neighbours Every Day Ambassadors and flew up to Canberra to celebrate the launch of their national day of action - Neighbour Day on Sunday March 31.  They also chat all about types of neighbour-related stuff  - good neighbours during COVID lockdowns, calling your neighbours if you need them, what happens when you move and don’t have the energy to meet your new neighbours, what our neighbours might think if out peashoots have difficult behaviours etc etcMandy and Kate also give a big shout out to Sam from Neighbours Every Day who is a huge supporter of the Peas - thanks Sam!  Join the annual day of action on March 31! Neighbour Day provides the perfect opportunity to increase social connection in your local areas. You can celebrate in a variety of ways including hosting or supporting events that assist and engage your communities.Register or find an event herePlus:  Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveJoin our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeBuy our book The Invisible Life Of Us!Leave us a speakpipe Help spread the love for Too Peas by rating and reviewing us!Melbourne forecast for Thursday March 6 - Partly cloudy, 23 degrees  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mandy and Kate chat to Rachael, pea mum to a beautiful 5-year-old Robbie, and the Tasmanian representative for Angelman Syndrome Association Australia.Rachael shares the story of her pregnancy, moving to Hobart in preparation for Robbie’s birth, time in the NICU, Robbie’s surgery at only 9 days of age, and his diagnosis of the rare genetic disorder Angelman Syndrome. Rachael talks about adjusting to Robbie’s medical complexities, feeling like the whole world had changed around her, experiencing the hard days of isolation, loneliness and comparison, but receiving some wonderful support from some amazing and insightful friends.   Rachael connected online with other Angelman Syndrome parents and developed new and supportive friendships, leading to her role in the association. The Association provides support, information, education, networking, research promotion and advocacy for people and families affected by the syndrome. We also learn that Robbie is a gentle and beautiful boy, he loves holding hands and touching faces, he’s patient and works incredibly hard at his therapies, he’s a good big brother and and loves music! Thanks for sharing your story with us Rachael! For more information about the Angelman Syndrome Association Australia, visit their website or find them on Facebook and Instagram. You can also follow Robbie’s story on Instagram too.  Plus:  Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveJoin our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeBuy our book The Invisible Life Of Us!Leave us a speakpipe Help spread the love for Too Peas by rating and reviewing us!Melbourne forecast for Thursday February 29(!) - Cloudy, 25 degrees  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Snap Pea 91

Snap Pea 91

2024-02-2635:27

Snap Pea 91!Mandy and Kate chat about concerts, and listen to your speak pipes xxx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kate and Mandy chat to Lewis from northwest Tasmania, a lovely young guy who studies media and communications and runs YouTube channel Lewlyfe.  Lewis is part of the pea community as he was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate.Lewis talks about growing up managing all the challenges of multiple surgeries, speech therapy and regular check ups with a whole range of doctors and specialists. Primary school was not much fun as he went to a sporty school when he wasn’t into sports, but he found his feet and a loving and supportive community at high school, where his friends loved drama and music as much as he did.Lewis also talks about the impact on his mum and dad, their work in supporting other cleft families, and  the support and kindness the whole family received from their church community. Kate and Mandy were also extra impressed to hear the news that Lewis’ dad owns an IGA supermarket, given they’re both very frequent shoppers at their local. Lewis also talks about making the decision to no longer undergo further surgeries, as he’s happy and confident as he is. Lewis is focused on studying, running his YouTube channel and staying involved in his local community.Thanks for sharing your story with us Lewis! Subscribe to Lewis’s YouTube channel Lewlyfe and help him bump up his followers, visit the Lewlyfe website and follow Lewis on Instagram. Visit CleftPals Victoria and Cleft Connect Australia for more information about cleft and palate conditions.  Plus:  Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveJoin our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeBuy our book The Invisible Life Of Us!Leave us a speakpipe Help spread the love for Too Peas by rating and reviewing us!Melbourne forecast for Thursday February 22  - HOT, late cool change, windy, 38 degrees Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Part two of "The Peas are back for 2024" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Peas are back for 2024 and listen happily to your speak pipes.Mandy spoke about Tim from Thailand's book https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/10017028 "With Gratitude"Kate is loving Megan Williams book (she accidentally used the wrong sir name in the episode, sorry Megan) https://www.booktopia.com.au/let-s-never-speak-of-this-again-megan-williams/book/9781922790392.html you can get it here.And Kate's amazing cousin Amy has written this beautiful book GATHER, and you can get it here or follow her on Instagram at underground_coffshttps://chocdaisy.square.site/product/gather-by-amy-barrett/410?cs=true&cst=custoMelbourne's forecast for tomorrow is a lovely 26 with sunshine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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XMAS 2023

XMAS 2023

2023-12-2411:13

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Mandy and Kate listen to your speak pipes, share a cry, difference and laugh and ask you to listen to the summer series!Thanks for listening all year, you are the best podcast listeners ever! We love you all!"see you" on the 25th December,K and M xMelbourne's forecast today is for a humid, slightly rainy 25 degrees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Over the next two weeks, Mandy and Kate listen to your amazing speak pipes and wrap up the year that was! How they love listening to your voice and hearing your opinions. Oh and you even get to hear Kate's dog in the background of the pod laundry!Forecast for Melbourne on the 7th December 2023 is a sunny 26 degrees! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mandy and Kate chat to Sue, Chair of Carers Victoria,  the peak body representing all unpaid carers in Victoria. Sue is an experienced communications consultant who has worked in executive roles and run her own business for many years, while also caring for her four children. Sue’s two oldest children both had a very rare genetic condition called Niemann Pick Disesase Type C. Her daughter Jas died from the condition at the age of 14, and her son George also died of the condition three and half years later at the age of 19. Sue joined the Carers Victoria board in about 2014, shortly after losing George. Sue talks about managing the children’s diagnosis and care in a time prior to the NDIS, coming to terms with the news in her own time and finding her own strength before sharing the news with others, and finding her tribe of supporters and friends through the specialist school system. She shares some frank and funny conversations about the times she took her children travelling overseas and camping locally with all of their medical equipment and needs, the kindness of strangers at some times and the terribly rectum behaviour from some at other times. Sue has seen plenty of change in the almost ten years on the board at Carers Victoria, and although there’s a keen emphasis on building an inclusive community and making social services work a lot better, there’s still a long way to go in supporting carers better, as Peas well know. Sue encourages everyone to connect with Carers Victoria, or the local carers advocacy network in your local area, to add your voice in advocating for change. Thanks for sharing the remarkable story of your family with us Sue.  Visit the Carers Victoria website and Facebook pagePlus:  Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveJoin our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeBuy our book The Invisible Life Of Us!Leave us a speakpipe Help spread the love for Too Peas by rating and reviewing us!Melbourne forecast for Thursday November 30 - Shower or two, 19 degrees Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Andie G

When my special needs daughter was in primary school she got the literacy award. She was so excited and told me that she knew why she got that award. When asked why she said because when I see a piece of rubbish I pick it up. I laughed so much I'm pretty sure a bit of wee came out. She's 19 now and there's never a dull day in our house

Nov 17th
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Jane Head

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Oct 11th
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Julie Roach

Hi Kate and Mandy, loving your podcast, I have a 9 yr old daughter getting diagnosed with autism,sensory disorder and server anxiety and a 7 yr old boy with ADHD

May 11th
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misspj

I have no kids but I listen to Mia Freedman's No Filter show, heard you two on her show and by luck I tuned in to this episode first, where you talk briefly about meeting her! The stars aligned, I am hooked! thank you 😊💚

Mar 20th
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Janelle Patten

Hi Kate and Mandy. Loving your podcast so much. Have binged ( in order) in 7 days to this episode. Love them all. This episode really got to me, I am a horse riding coach at a RDA ( Riding for the Disabled) centre. We cater for all disabilities to the best of our ability. I am just so sad at the lack of inclusive sport and activities and the win at all costs mentality. It is just sickening , especially those parents who push their children to win at any cost , which is often at the expense of their own children. Just stop , let kids be kids and let all kids have a go. At RDA there are centres all over Australia and the world. I have no doubt that we all have huge waiting lists of people wanting to attend. I just wish I could help every single one of them, I adore them all and we don't give a dam about Fing milestones. They smash goals in their own way and in their own time. We cry with joy so often when a child does something for the first time or gains a smidgen of independence after

Mar 2nd
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Janelle Patten

I may not be a Mum. But I am loving your podcast so much. I do work with kids with special needs, and see their parents , siblings and families. I can relate a small amount, your stories resonate with me so much, and so freaking funny. Loving it so much. Great work girls. Thank you xoxo

Feb 24th
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Kelli Nasserwi E

Thank you for doing this amazing interview with these brave, brave girls... I know my 3 other children could totally empathise... While their brother is high function ASD they still experience those levels of pride and shame equally... Thanks

Oct 23rd
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Kathryn Silvester

Love this podcast. Mandy and Kate are so genuine and generous with the stories they tell. Thanks so much for sharing insights into your lives. A friend had an emergency cesarian recently. Having listened to this podcast, I was better able to support and empathise. Thank you

Oct 9th
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Christina Grygiel

a hilarious and insightful glimpse into parenting children with special needs. A must listen for all humanity

Sep 20th
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