WARNING: This episode contains brief mentions of grooming and child sexual assault material. If you or someone you know needs help, a list of resources is available at the bottom of the description.

Today we have Jo Robertson on the podcast. Jo is a qualified sex therapist with a master's in medicine and nearly 20 years in sexual health, child development, and trauma. She came on to talk about one of the most urgent questions we hear from parents in our community: how do we protect our kids online?

This was one of our most eye-opening conversations. A 65% surge in under-age gaming since 2021, the insane increase in children creating sexual content of themselves (seven to ten year olds), how online grooming actually works and why the "not my kid" belief is a myth, and the four immediate things any parent can do right now.

Jo also shares her own experience raising three boys with strict screen rules, how she handles the "but all my friends have phones" conversation without backing down, and the exact age-by-age roadmap for talking to your kids about bodies, consent, porn, and the internet - including why eight is the right age to explain sex, and ten is the right age to talk about porn.

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• Lifeline: Call 0800 543 354 or text 4357 (HELP) (available 24/7)
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• Youth services: (06) 3555 906
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• Helpline: Need to talk? Call or text 1737
If it is an emergency and you feel like you or someone else is at risk, call 111

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When life gets full, food motivation slides fast and it's a slippery slope. One skipped breakfast becomes a 3pm crash becomes whatever's closest at dinner. We get it, because we're time poor too.

This week we're sharing exactly how we plan our weeks in just 15 minutes. Our Intelligently Lazy System keeps us fuelled, saves us money, and means we never have to stand in front of the fridge at 6pm with absolutely no idea what to make.

No aspirational 47-step meal plan here. Just a few achievable, smart decisions you only have to make once, so you stop making them every single day.

We're never going to get any less busy… so this might just be the push you needed.

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This one is such a good conversation. Amanda co-founded Wilson & Dorsett, Lisa came on as CEO, and these two are full of life and the spitting image of what we are like but in best friend form. We cover so much good stuff in this episode:

• The frameworks they set up early to protect the friendship
• What actually happens when they disagree
• How two completely different working styles can complement each other
• What flexibility really looks like inside a growing business
• Burnout, sprinting, falling in a heap, and learning to be okay with that in business
• Why comparison is a thief of joy, in business and in life

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Starting your baby on solids is one of those things that sounds straightforward until you actually do it and suddenly you're down a google rabbit hole at 11pm wondering if you've already done it wrong.

In this episode, we sit down with Gina Urlich, nutritionist, mum of four, and founder of Odi Nutrition, to cut through the noise and make the whole thing feel a lot more manageable. Gina brings the kind of grounded, real-talk advice you'd get from a friend who just happens to have a degree in nutritional medicine and four kids under her belt and she's done the solids journey with all of them.

We get into:
- The signs that your baby is actually ready (and why "being curious about your food" isn't one of them).
- The first foods worth focusing on.
- The nutrients that a six-month-old needs more of than a fully grown adult man.
- Introducing allergens.
- The difference between spoon feeding and baby-led weaning
- What a balanced lunchbox actually looks like in real life.
- Why the family dinner table might be the most underrated parenting tool going.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the pressure to get it all right, this one's for you. it's a lot simpler than the internet makes it look.

Find Odi Nutrition here: https://odinutrition.com

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Sophia Dawson is deep in her PhD researching the link between diet and OCD and what she's uncovering goes way beyond OCD. If you're someone who feels chronically wired, anxious, or just permanently on edge, this episode is going to make a lot of things click.

We get into why what's on your plate directly drives your stress response, why your blood sugar might be behind more of your anxiety than your actual life is, and why so many people are doing everything "right" and still struggling. ( the food system has a lot to answer for.)

This isn't about clean eating or cutting things out. It's about understanding what your body's actually been trying to tell you and why food is the first place to start, not the last.

Hear Margo on the WHOLEistic Psychology Podcast: Margo Flanagan of Two Raw Sisters: Chronic Illness, Identity, and How Food Became Part of Her Healing #10

Find Sophia here:

https://www.wholeisticpsychology.com/

@wholeisticpsychology

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Meet Beth, a busy mum and full-time worker who was drowning in chaos, skipping meals, and struggling to keep up. A trap most of us fall into (including us!)

But after discovering the Two Raw Sisters app, Beth flipped the script. No diets or food bags, just sustainable, practical changes that saved her time and cut her grocery bills in half, which in turn boosted her energy and made both work and personal life more productive and enjoyable.

If you're thinking ‘that’s literally me’ this episode is for you. Beth’s story shows how small changes can make a big difference.

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Some days cooking feels effortless, and other days it feels completely impossible. That's not laziness, that’s your brain. In this episode, we sit down with Bianca from Neurospark to unpack why stress hijacks your kitchen, what decision fatigue actually does to your food choices, and how understanding your nervous system can make healthy habits feel so much easier.

Find Bianca here:
https://www.neurospark.co.nz/
@neuro.spark

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We’re busting some of the biggest nutrition myths that keep circulating online and in wellness culture, and asking the question: why is there so much confusion when it comes to health?

Sara Widdowson is back for her second podcast residency on the Two Raw Sisters Podcast and today we unpack the marketing, fear, and diet culture behind some of the most common claims and what the science actually says.

We get into:
– Is coffee first thing in the morning actually bad for you?
– Do you really need protein powder to meet your protein needs?
– Are seed oils actually harmful?
– Is soy bad for hormone health?
– And are eggs really bad for cholesterol?

This is a grounded, no-nonsense conversation designed to bring you back to basics, help you feel more confident in your food choices, and take the stress out of eating well.

Listen to our other episodes with Sara
Perimenopause Nutrition 101: Why Reducing Calories Isn’t the Answer
Why Am I Always Bloated?! Let’s Talk IBS
Supporting Mum First: Pelvic Health, Exercise & Nutrition in Pregnancy & Beyond
How Diet Reduces Endo + Pelvic Pain with Sara Widdowson
The Hormone Mistakes Most Women Are Making Daily

Follow Sara on Instagram: @yourmonthly

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