The Big Bush Mums
Secret Mum Club with Sophiena
Audio Always
4.8 • 603 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Finding mum friends is no easy task, but for one listener, all it took was an unconventional hiding spot at school drop-off. There’s a powerful message about how children process big topics like death through play, plus one mum asks whether a five-year age gap really matters when it comes to siblings.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is The Secret Mum Club. I'm Safina and I'm Emma. |
| 0:07.2 | And welcome to your Thursday's episode where we get to squeeze in all the extra bits and bobs from the week. |
| 0:11.6 | All of your comments are, oh, I didn't squeeze your bits. |
| 0:14.1 | I winked and you didn't say it. Sorry. I wasn't even making it. I wasn't even making it. |
| 0:19.1 | I thought she's not saying it anymore. I'll squeeze your bits. I'll squeeze your bits. All of your comments, sorts, questions and fun stories. Keep you going through the weekend. Shall we jump on in? I feel so awful. You've got a lot on your plate. It's the least of you worried. I was so on autopilot there. |
| 0:39.0 | I was like, I was like, da-da-da. |
| 0:51.8 | It's these iPads and throwing me off. I know, I know. I got a look at it to hold it because we've got no cases. There's new iPads in the studio and there's no cases on them. And I literally just want to throw it at a wall. We're being trusted with a loose, loosey-goosey. Is it an intrusive thought? |
| 0:52.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:53.7 | So when you get a new phone, |
| 0:54.5 | you want to smash it? |
| 0:55.0 | Oh, Anywho, |
| 0:57.1 | it's time for us. Is it an intrusive thought? Yeah. So when you get a new phone, you're going to smash it! |
| 0:54.9 | Oh, anywho, it's time for another. |
| 0:59.6 | Correspondent's color! |
| 1:06.0 | Rao! |
| 1:07.6 | Rout! |
| 1:08.3 | I'm giving, row, to doubt. |
| 1:09.8 | You really are. |
| 1:27.5 | A double leopard. I can't believe, I was going to wear that top this morning as well. I know, I'm wearing, there's no visual for this, but I'm wearing a stripy top from M&S and so forth straight in and went, I've got that top from Marks and Spencer. Sorry, that was, I didn't even say hello when I walked in this morning. It's so comfy. Yeah, you can't be a jersey from M&S, can you? You're stretchy too, isn't it? Yeah, boy. Oh, good on, Gil. Right, take it away, Emma. Okay, this one is from |
| 1:33.1 | dot, dot, dot, dot. Oh, smashing, hello, dot, dot, dot, maybe they're dotty. Should I say, |
| 1:38.9 | Izzy? Oh, all right. This one is from Izzy. It says, hello again, Sophie and Emma. Oh, all right. |
| 2:03.7 | This one is from Izzy. It says, hello again, Sophie and Emma. Oh, hello. I've been listening to some of your older episodes and heard a mum talking about how hard it can be to find mum friends. And it made me think of how I met my mum friend, Heather. On my twins' first day of school, I couldn't bear to leave. So I hid in a bush to watch them through the window. Oh, I was going to say, Heather, it's not even Heather. Issy? |
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