Eat Sleep Repeat

After four years, hundreds of conversations and more than a few opinions that aged terribly, Kee and Kel are looking back at the episodes, guests and listener messages that changed them the most.
In this second-last episode of Eat Sleep Repeat, they revisit the conversations that stayed with them, the advice they still use, the topics they never expected to hit so hard, and the moments that made the whole wild ride feel worth it.
It’s a love letter to the shitters, the mother’s group so many of us didn’t have, and a reminder that none of us are doing this perfectly - but we’re definitely not doing it alone.

LINKS

OUR FAVOURITE EPISODES:
Kelly Has A Ghost
Travelling Europe With A Toddler Will Be Fun (Said No One)
When I Have Kids I Will NEVER Do THAT!
A Good Old Fashioned Whinge About Toddlers
Dear Pregnancy, We Have A Few Complaints
Sh*t We’re Getting Done In 2024
Sh*t We’re Getting Done In 2025 (And Everything We Didn’t Last Year)
Sh*t We’re Getting Done in 2026
The Wedding Car Was On Fire
And all of Season 1, but you can start here..
Emergency C-Section Birth Stories
EPISODES THAT CHANGED OUR PERSPECTIVE:
“I Ended Up In A Psych Ward” - Postpartum Mental Health
When You’re The Only Parent
GUESTS THAT STAYED WITH US:
Kristy Bryant - My Son And I Shared A Womb
Larissa Leone - Why All New Mothers Need Mothering
Kate - Wait, What Do You Mean That Toy Isn’t Safe!?
Luke and Sassy Scott - How Does Surrogacy Work?
Gen Muir - Gen Muir On Catching Your Toddler On The Emotional Climb
Gen Muir - Gen Muir Makes Us Feel Like Much Better Parents
Chelsea Williamson - My Birth, My Choice: Chelsea Williamson On Doing It Her Way
Sara - Fed Is Best: Breastfeeding Doesn’t Always Work
Megan - The Dark Side of Postpartum: My Time In A Psych Ward
Alice - When You’re The Only Parent
Lem Zakharia - You’re Not Entitled To Your Child’s Emotions
EPISODES WE’D FORCE NEW LISTENERS TO START WITH:
Gen Muir On Catching Your Toddler On The Emotional Climb
Gen Muir Makes Us Feel Like Much Better Parents
Fed Is Best: Breastfeeding Doesn’t Always Work
“I Ended Up In A Psych Ward” - Postpartum Mental Health
I Hate My Postpartum Body
Are Sleepovers Still A Thing?
What It’s Really Like Raising Multicultural Kids In Australia
Tricky Family Dynamics

HOSTS & PRODUCERS
Kee Reece Searles @keereece
Kelly McCarren @kelly_mccarren
AUDIO PRODUCTION
Madeline Joannou - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mylk Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
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For the final Peak & Pit of the series, Kee and Kel are in a reflective mood - but still very much themselves. There’s a birthday decision that brings up more than expected, a post-holiday realisation that hits later than planned, and one of those rare weeks where life is messy but somehow… fine? Plus, comfort food, a new show, and a Sydney outing worth adding to the list.

LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED
Alice and Steve - Disney+
Recipe Tin Eats Lasagne Recipe
Chinese Garden of Friendship
HOSTS & PRODUCERS
Kee Reece Searles @keereece
Kelly McCarren @kelly_mccarren
AUDIO PRODUCTION
Madeline Joannou - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mylk Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
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As Eat Sleep Repeat enters its final few episodes, Kee and Kelly are looking back at where it all began - lockdown lives, new babies, no village, and the hope of becoming the kind of mother’s group they wished they’d had. But this isn’t just a farewell lap. It’s a bigger conversation about identity, friendship, failure, ageing, motherhood, and the strange realisation that you can become a completely different person… and not really miss the old one.

HOSTS & PRODUCERS
Kee Reece Searles @keereece
Kelly McCarren @kelly_mccarren
AUDIO PRODUCTION
Madeline Joannou - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mylk Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
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Kelly is back from Bali, barely recovered and armed with the kind of stories that only come from a very big weekend away. Meanwhile, Kee has been feeling the quiet side of freelance life and finds herself unexpectedly emotional about long weekends, little routines and the strange things that make parenting feel magic.

LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED
Mobile Skips
Tip Toe - BINGE
28 Summers - Elin Hilderbrand
Imperfect Women - Apple TV
HOSTS & PRODUCERS
Kee Reece Searles @keereece
Kelly McCarren @kelly_mccarren
AUDIO PRODUCTION
Madeline Joannou - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mylk Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
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New research says almost 60% of Australian parents are experiencing psychological distress. But for Kee and Kel, the most confronting part isn’t the statistic - it’s how familiar it feels.
This week, they unpack the kind of burnout that doesn’t always look like falling apart. It looks like getting everyone to school, answering emails, remembering the lunchboxes, swallowing the guilt, and wondering why you’re so snappy when you’re trying so hard. Maybe the problem isn’t that parents aren’t coping, but that they’re being asked to carry too much.

LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED
ABC - Calls to support struggling parents as national survey reveals increasing psychological distress
8 Signs of You Have Depleted Mother Syndrome and How To Cope
Beyond Blue
Lifeline - 13 11 14
HOSTS & PRODUCERS
Kee Reece Searles @keereece
Kelly McCarren @kelly_mccarren
AUDIO PRODUCTION
Madeline Joannou - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mylk Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠
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