The Mother Daze with Sarah Wright Olsen & Teresa Palmer

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Sarah Wright Olsen (American Made, Parks and Recreation) and Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies, Hacksaw Ridge) are two moms, from opposite ends of the world, meeting for an hour every week to discuss the mayhem, magic and madness of raising their 8 children between them. Motherhood can feel overwhelming, exhausting and isolating but you don’t have to do it alone! Follow along as they attempt to navigate, ask questions, share stories, break down the everyday challenges and hopefully keep you from googling phrases like “What does it mean when my baby’s poop is green?” Grab your coffee, tea, Kombucha or favorite libation and join as they discuss mom fails, poop talk, pillow talk, and much more. These moms will engage in some brilliant interviews with celebrity friends, parenting experts and listeners like you! From the creators of the celebrated Your Zen Mama community, Sarah Wright Olsen and Teresa Palmer bring you “The Mother Daze”, a refreshing and real look in to the wild and wonderful days of Motherhood. Subscribe so you never miss an episode, whether you’re listening sitting in your minivan or taking some me time in the tub.

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Recent Reviews
  • Amyck8
    Love♥️
    I love these amazing hosts and their guests. I wish that Sarah had more space to speak and share but I do love Teresa’s energy and stories as well. I’m grateful for the community they’ve created♥️
  • KatherineRoseWoller
    honest, humorous, and vulnerable
    The honesty, humor and vulnerability with which Sarah and Teresa share thier stories (and those of thier guests!) is deeply resonant and inspiring. I feel seen as a mother, creative, and woo woo enthusiast alike.
  • Q in LA
    Sweetest ever!
    I love this podcast! Every topic is so refreshing. I love the banter between Sarah and Tez too. Big huge hugs to you both!
  • emkells74
    A Discovery of Zen Mamas!
    Thank you for this podcast! I found you after binging the lovely Ms. Palmer in her series about witches over my Christmas break. My googling led me here. As a spiritual woman who grew up in a religious home I feel I have found a lovely listening home. I started my journey to self when I joined a yoga teacher training cohort during COVID ( we started virtually and gradually were able to meet in person). Your most recent episode on manifesting spoke to me as did Theresa’s hesitation to speak directly on all these topics. I feel the same but I also know i wear it on my sleeve! Grateful to have found you! Looking forward to more listens!
  • SouthPasMom
    This podcast is everything ❤️
    Somehow I stumbled upon this podcast when I was considering getting pregnant a couple years ago. Wow what a gift - I feel like my outlook on life, birth, parenting has changed forever after becoming a devoted Daisy! I ended up having the home birth and pregnancy experience of my dreams with a wonderful midwife, all because their birth stories opened my eyes to a different way of doing things. Every week I look forward to this podcast, whether it’s a birth story or a wild tale from Teresa, I am here for it!! ❤️
  • kiera smithson
    Forever listener 💟
    I think I’ve listened to every episode now? I seriously love listening to Sarah and Teresa every week so much! I genuinely look forward to Thursday’s because of it. I have been looking up to these ladies forever (favs: Warm Bodies/House Bunny). Also, I’m not even a mom but I’m from the south and currently live in LA so I relate a lot to the pulls of small town living/industry living as I too want to be an actress. They just feel like friends I get to catch up with every week and they always keep it real. Please never stop making it happen!!!
  • KFarrey
    Truly amazing!!
    This podcast has been so completely wonderful and amazing! I look forward to each weekly episode that comes out where I can listen, learn, laugh, and grow in my own motherhood journey! Teresa and Sarah‘s conversations are so heartfelt, honest, raw, hilarious and filled with such compassion and love for not just one another, but the entire population! This podcast has brought me so much joy, especially when feeling the strain and stress of motherhood or life in general. Love listening to you both and I will be a Dazey for life!! 🥰
  • Ericaskye80
    Love listening
    I have such a wonderful time listening. Laughing, crying, learning, feeling supported in motherhood.
  • Taylor Jane Gibson
    Simply the best
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  • Brittany Kelley
    I NEEDED this podcast!
    I wish I would have found this podcast while pregnant with my first child, but I’m so thankful I found it while raising my little one. The diversity of guests and the knowledge I have gained from listening to this podcast has made me a better mama and has taught me how to advocate for myself if I am able to get pregnant with my second child in the future. Thank you Teresa and Sarah for everything!
  • Tor!6776
    My gal pals
    This podcast is amazing. I look forward to it every week. It feels like I’m with my fellow mom friends, sipping coffee, having a laugh and catching up while the kids play. Its relaxing and I LOVE hearing about all the things I am also passionate about. This podcasts represents the saying “LIVE LAUGH LOVE” + all things motherhood ❤️
  • caitlinemcc
    A virtual coffee chat!
    Have really enjoyed this podcast. It feels like curling up on the couch and chatting with good girlfriends. Thanks for bringing up all sorts of topics, challenging perspectives and being a warm corner of the internet world!
  • goddessenergy216
    Would love more diversity
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  • Jules-RJ
    Love & Gratitude!
    I have so much Love and Gratitude for this podcast! It’s like listening to my older sisters giving me life advice and guidance, such a beautiful space to explore the power of feminism and femininity in all its glory and truth (aka: the good, the better, and the hard stuff too)😊 Thank you for creating this space Sarah and Teresa!!
  • Elisebolise
    The best, brings such joy to me when I listen
    This podcast is such a joy and breath of fresh air to listen to. I love to take but of information and advice to implement in my life. Can’t waits for many more episodes
  • Emily Schm
    Love!!
    This podcast is amazing! Both hosts are so real and personable! My favorite episodes are the ones with just Teressa and Sarah sharing about their personal stories and answering users questions with amazing advice and lighthearted conversation!
  • Telling the news in MS
    The podcast I needed as a woman and new mom
    This podcast helped me feel less alone. New mamas if you needed to know you’re not alone, that their is a whole community out there that understands anything you may be going through, then this is the podcast for you. From the happy moments of motherhood to the ones that bring you to your knees, this podcast talks about it all. The Mother Daze podcast is like a best friend in my ear helping me through pregnancy, delivery and especially POSTPARTUM.
  • aunty_vic
    Genuinely down to earth.
    Sarah and Teresa are so insightful about and in touch with the topics they cover and the communities affected by said topics. I often feel very unseen and excluded from these kinds of conversations but this podcast enlightens, excites, and comforts me. Thank you for creating this space.
  • Les#5
    2 part w mark Webber
    Loved this episode so much!! Listening to his story and his take always and how he has applied this to his life, is so inspiring, brought to tears. Amazing storyteller, can see why he is a director and writer Have him back!!
  • LaceyUhle
    Insightful conversations around parenting!
    Thx for creating a fun, thoughtful, inclusive platform for parents!
  • alisonakan
    Really fun and engaging
    As a birth doula I love this podcast and recommend it to clients all the time, I have followed Teresa since her second boy was born and she attended our second time mommy&me groups in LA . I have watched all of her and Sarah’s pregnancy vlogs and just love all the birth talk, transparency and the other episodes are also so insightful, and they are just so fun to listen to. Keep doing your thing, it’s so inspiring!
  • kylamikkel
    I’m 21 with no kids and this is my comfort podcast!!
    I’m so excited to one day become a mother but j feel like this podcast goes beyond that! It’s inspired me to reach out and support the mothers around me, to be more understanding of my own mother and really look at mental health and love from a different perspective. I find myself rewatching of re listening to episodes I’ve already heard because they are sooo good!! AMAZING
  • sarah112190
    Absolutely amazing
    I am a single mom and I turned on this podcast standing in my kitchen on a rare Saturday night that I am alone from my two boys. I have been down recently and going through a hard time today I forced myself to clean my own house. Then I listened to the episode with Hilary duff and honestly I laughed out loud multiple times and found all three of them so relatable and because of that I found myself feeling less alone. Then I poured myself a glass of wine and ran a bubble bath. So thank you, for making those of us who feel like we are going crazy feel less alone!! I highly recommend this podcast.
  • mamakpdx
    Let people talk
    I wanted to love this podcast. But seriously, do not bring guests on if you won’t let them talk! I wanted to hear so much from Hilary duff and she could barely get a word in! I won’t be returning.
  • pikachu05!
    Adore this podcast!
    I absolutely adore this podcast! The ladies are so fun to listen to and they have a beautiful banter. Also, they are SO relatable! Such a fun listen each Thursday, I’m always so excited to tune in! I’ve also learned so much about my OWN births by listening to their own birth stories! How freaking cool is that?! Thanks so much for your insight ladies!
  • ucwarrior
    Look forward to these 2 every week!
    I LOVE this podcast! There are so many words of wisdom and just such great stories!! And I must look crazy in my car laughing all by myself to these episodes!! Keep them coming!
  • d_brittany94
    Brittany D
    I haven’t even had my first child yet and I absolutely love this podcast! Both Sarah and Teresa are so down to earth and you really feel like you are just hanging out with them. They are raw/unfiltered and honest which is refreshing and they are so entertaining. Can’t wait for next week!
  • LoriGlorioso
    You need this zen in your life!
    I absolutely adore Sarah and Theresa! They are like your two best gal pals that you go to for everything. I love hearing their stories and their voices are completely soothing, so zen of them lol. They could sell me ice and I would buy it! All Mama’s need this podcast in their life along with anyone else!
  • drkaitiewhoo
    My favorite ladies!
    I absolutely adore these two and all the words of wisdom that come to them and through them! The laughs and stories whether funny or creepy! These two are joys to hear and know and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for them! Become a Daisy from this podcast and a Zen Mama from their book! Thank you beautiful souls for enriching my life and ears on my mundane days of daily house chores! All the love
  • fairtomiddlin
    Fun, Educational, Moving and simply glorious to watch
    I am 70 years old . I stumbled onto this podcast by accident and have looked forward to each episode since. Although there is quite an age difference between us I learn so much about joy, loving, having and raising babies, and so much else. I feel so proud to know these two are in this world and are bringing up children. The world can seem so bleak at times but knowing the impact they will have restores my hope! Thank you so much! Debbie Boxer
  • JaneyBird123
    LOVE
    I absolutely LOVE this podcast! I love hearing stories from like minded mamas! It’s so inspiring. Thank y’all!!
  • c1.11
    Love it!!!
    I love this podcast! I love the humor, the honesty, the obvious genuine friendship y’all share, and the lived experience/advice y’all have to offer! I’m hoping to be pregnant for the first time soon, so I’m just soaking all of this up! I’m also going to buy your book. Thank you so much, and I am so excited to listen each week! ❤️
  • debbie1326
    Strong Women ❤️
    Loved this so much Sarah is so strong ❤️Love the friendship, Teresa is amazing love the stories, I felt like I was there with you both.
  • Laura Magdalena Love
    I Love This Podcast!
    Hey Teresa and Sarah! This is one of my favorite things to watch and I love following the two of you and this podcast. It is pretty wild because Teresa is my favorite actress and I don’t really watch movies much. Sarah, you too! I want to find anything you have acted in!! You both are raw, real, hilarious and so beautifully transparent. I laugh and am brought to tears with your stories. This is a highlight for me. I think so much of my birthing stories and the whole process. My twin boys (paternal) are now 24. I love them ore than anything. They are my World. It is so amazing listening to such divine Women who are so dedicated and pure love with such supportive partners. Thank you so much for taking us on this journey with you. It moves me and I know so many, very deeply! I love you both! Thank you!!! Laura M. Eisenhower
  • Sam Moreau
    I eagerly look forward to this every week
    Exactly what I need in my life right now. Wise and empowered women with big hearts who not only embrace natural health and are smiling throughout the ups & downs of motherhood, but they crack you up as well.
  • mallo_cup
    it's like having the best long-distance mum friends
    currently pregnant for the second time with a significant gap (my eldest is 11), i feel as if I'm doing it all for the first time again...but somehow with more anxiety! this podcast is like a chill, affirming conversation with fellow mums. i love the zen mama book, and i'm so grateful to also have this podcast as i approach the second half of my pregnancy and venture into newborn territory again!
  • whitneyjm
    My favs
    My biggest inspiration for motherhood, doing life your way, sisterhood and all the things. I’d listen to anything Teresa and Sarah do! I laugh, I cry, I feel understood and a part of a community that means a lot to me as I consider being a mom.
  • Catherine Cimada
    You had me....
    With the Zen Mama talks so I knew this podcast would be amazing because your personalities just mesh so well. You are two sisters by different mothers and somehow I feel like a sister too listening, and laughing along with you on your adventures in life - whether its religiously restrictive childhoods, to burning down houses or beyond. Bravo Teresa and Sarah! Can’t wait for more episodes! Catherine Cimada.
  • WhereintheworldisShana
    So much fun and informative
    I started following these ladies as I was preparing for my first pregnancy. I love all the VLOGS and their book (it’s one of my favorite pregnancy books!). The podcast feels like we all get to hang out together and talk like friends. I love it!
  • EB9223
    It’s like listening to your friends and their stories!
    I love Teresa and Sarah’s podcast! The Mother Daze keeps me company on my long walks and it just feels like listening to girlfriends chat about motherhood, life, relationships and wellness. They are both such genuine people and this podcast has easily climbed up to the top on my playlist. Both Sarah and Teresa are huge role-models for me, so listening to them and their conversations on life is such a treat. If you loved their book Zen Mamas and follow their zen mama talks on youtube, this is the perfect podcast to listen and learn more about motherhood, wellness and learning more about self-development. I’m so excited for the future guests and talks that will be on the show. ❤️
  • GhettoGirlTravels
    Wonderful Resource for EVERYONE
    Such an amazing addition, from these two loved “momma” authors. For fans of the Zen Mamas Guide to Finding Your Rhythm in Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond and/or those of us following the Zen Mama YouTube channel and Instagram account, this is the podcast we’ve been hoping to get. For those of you who are new, welcome to the family!
  • sunshine44578
    Wonderful!
    I am LOVING this podcast! I counted down the days until the next episode was out because I enjoyed the first so much. This podcast is so great. It feels like having a cup of coffee with friends, and since I don’t have many mama friends this fills me up. It’s a joyful listen!
  • Broooke2006786789
    Best in the biz
    I knew I loved these ladies after reading their book and it was so fun to hear them speak about all things mama! Chill, fun and honest pod!
  • nicoleannsky
    So excited
    I just listened to the first episode and I am crying from laughing so hard!!! I have followed you guys and all your vlogs and read your book and am so very excited about this podcast! Congrats!!! Looking forward to all the episodes :))
  • dylanlake
    Amazing!!!
    Such a wonderful podcast. I’m not a mom yet, but pregnancy and birth is something I am so excited for. I have read The Zen Mama’s Guide, and absolutely loved the book. I love both of these women and was so excited when they announced their podcast launch! I have learned so much from them and listening to them talk is like chatting with friends! Looking forward to future episodes. Thank you ladies! 💕
  • Amanda Jacyln Kelly
    MY MAMA MUSES mmm so much love 🫶🏼
    I haven’t opened up and tuned into a podcast since my pregnancy with my first baby about 2.5yrs ago. Thank you for creating and holding this space for women, mamas and parents! I’m here for it! I just birthed my daughter at home in January and you both have been such an inspo during pregnancy birth and beyond.
  • A Viespi
    Love!!!
    I’m not a mom yet but I still loved listening and learning tips/hearing stories for that future stage of my life. Sarah and Teresa did a great job of addressing taboo topics and making everything seem light, funny and relatable! Can’t wait to hear more episodes and follow along ❤️
  • alyssandi
    LOVE These Zen Mamas!
    I have honestly learned the majority of what I know about pregnancy, birth and motherhood from Teresa and Sarah. Their videos, blogs and book inspired me to become a Birth Doula!! I am now in my first trimester of pregnancy and it feels so good to have the support of their stories and advice along the journey. I laughed my way through the first episode of what is already my new favorite podcast - it’s just SO relatable, no matter where you are in your own journey! Can’t wait for more!!
  • Stephanie Keith
    These women are AMAZING!!
    As a mom of three, I am so happy to see Teresa and Sarah doing this podcast around motherhood and providing so much inspiration and support for moms like me. I had the honor of being a guest on this podcast, and it was such an incredible conversation. Their vibe is magnetic and they are so down to earth. This is definitely going to be one that I countdown the days for the next episode. Well done mamas!
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