You're Doing Great Sweetie!

Indoor plants end up being a sad true crime story in Josie and Mel's two houses, so in this ep the gals ponder: why are plants more difficult to cultivate than any human relationship? Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josie and Mel chat about nailing (more like: failing) the "juggle" that is work, life, partners, toddlers, friends, mental health... the list goes on and the balls in the air just don't stop coming.Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Mel and Josie discuss the intrinsically "female" traits of politeness and people pleasing, why we feel compelled to constantly be like this, and why Grace Tame's side eye was a huge step in the right direction.Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From The Bachelor to Married At First Sight, there was a time when Josie and Mel were obsessed with any and all reality TV dating shows. But in 2022, they've lost interest - and they're wondering why. Expect chats about the ethics of watching people get totally humiliated on national TV, to whether Insta-fame has ruined the "realness" of these shows (or contributed to their success?)Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Love bombing has been the dating term of 2022 thanks to the now-viral 'The Movie Star & Me' Medium story by Domenica Feraud. But what does love bombing look like in general dating culture? We argue that it's not always a conscious manipulation tactic - but it still sucks to be on the receiving end. Also, fake tattoos! Corn chip obsession! Talking incessantly about someone who burned you over a year ago on multiple podcast platforms! Mel is basically Taylor Swift (podcast version). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

They're baaaaaack! After a short hiatus, Josie and Mel are coming in hot for 2022 with a brand new season. In this episode, they chat about making goals / New Year's resolutions that a) aren't lame and b) are actually achievable. Because sex is great, but have you ever ticked a goal off your list? An example of ABZ framework for goal setting: https://twitter.com/shaanvp/status/1347252471291207681Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the second part of our solo sesh's, Mel's talking about her ten years as a Pentecostal Christian - worship leader, youth leader, and an entire life that revolved around God, but also church and the church community. How do you extricate yourself from what's become your entire life? And where does that faith go?Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the next two eps, we're sharing personal stories of experiences that have shaped our lives. This week, Josie talks about going through a miscarriage and the trauma that then followed her into her next pregnancy, and gives a few tips of how to handle your friend or loved one's grief if they are going through pregnancy loss.It's a tough topic, so here are a couple of resources in case you are struggling and need support.SANDS Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Newborn Death support: https://www.sands.org.au/Pink Elephants Support Network: https://www.pinkelephants.org.au/Lifeline 13 11 14 or https://www.lifeline.org.au/Interesting article about miscarriage / PTSD: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51093999Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If there's one task that makes life feel tedious (besides cleaning the toot), it's making dinner. From finding ways to jazz up tired recipes, to cooking on a budget, it's just an exhausting, frustrating process that we're frankly over, big time. But unless you're J.Lo and can afford a private chef (please, god) it's a huge part of life - and annoyingly, still kind of falls to the women a lot of the time. This ep is basically just us whinging about cooking, cleaning up after cooking, kids that hate our cooking and us begging you for new recipes.Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the second bit of our friendship two-parter, Mel and Josie talk about how losing a friend can be really painful, and chat about why it's important to remember it's not (always) your fault.Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our first guest! For this episode we invited all-round angel and co-founder of health & fitness app Keep It Cleaner, Laura Henshaw, on for a chat. From that flat feeling extended lockdowns have brought many Australians to "COVID disappointments" like postponing your wedding five times, Laura breaks down what's helped her get through some tough times over the past couple of years - and we chat about how it's okay to be upset about the trivial stuff, even if you're thankful about the bigger stuff. Plus she used to be a DJ so we of course discussed the best/worst tracks of the 00s.Check out Keep It Cleaner here.Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When you're a kid, making new friends is easy. It's usually whoever sits next to you in class, maybe also whoever isn't being the school bully. But once you hit adulthood, it's SERIOUSLY tough. This ep, we discuss our own attempts at making adult friends (we've had to do it a LOT), can you Instagram DM your way to friendship, and how to even meet new people in the first place.Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nothing is more contagious than comparison syndrome (or as Mel calls it in this ep, comparison-itis) - you basically catch it every time you go on Instagram. Mel and Josie chat about the type of content that sees them falling deep into the comparison trap and share some methods they use to snap out of it.Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In lockdown it feels like everyone is either a) attempting to do it sober or b) drinking more to get through it, so in this ep we chat about our own changing relationships with alcohol over the years, changes we've made to our habits during locky d, and reflect on Australian drinking culture as a whole (and how it can be tough to cut out booze completely).Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oh my god, we're already at a sex episode! This ep, we're chatting all things libido - normalising the ebbs and flows, the weird pressure we put on ourselves to be having sex all the time, how a bowl of buttery mash potato and a new season on Bridgerton is kinda better than (most) sex anyway, and getting back in the sack after pushing a child out of your uterus. Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're big on sustainability - this planet needs our help, and over-consumption is a huge factor when it comes to adding more crap to landfill. But... we can't stop buying clothes. In this episode, we chat online shopping, the unhealthy connection of mood and adding to cart, decisions we've made to curb our consumerism, buying 20 pairs of trackpants because they're being discontinued, and Josie's hack for avoiding stupid spending.Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to You're Doing Great Sweetie, the podcast that's like an audio hug. For our first episode, we're talking COVID. The virus that upended our world and changed everything. Now we're adjusting to it - what is COVID "Normal"? As parts of Australia enter another major lockdown, life is anything but consistent. We talk mental health, that weird pressure to do EVERYTHING in a period of mental exhaustion, and feeling claustrophobic in a borders-closed country.Join our community, sweetie!Find us on Instagram: @doinggreat_sweetieJoin our Facebook group: search "You're Doing Great Sweetie"Email us: doinggreatsweetie1@gmail.comFollow Josie on Instagram: @josierozeFollow Mel on Instagram: @melissamason_ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.