A live show hits different ... In this mini episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah take you back to their live, sell-out show with Hayley Holt on stage in the winterless north of Warkworth. Get a taste of the vibe, the honesty, and what it feels like to be part of the audience. Hayley talks about her ‘Hard-out Holt’ party days and hear the room scheming her return to dance teaching as the conversation spirals into plans for local salsa classes and pole dancing, whether she likes it or not.

This is what it feels like to be in the room with us – laughing, nodding, maybe squirming along as we spill the tea ... If this feels like a bit of you, come hang out with us at our next live show! We can’t wait to see you there.

***TICKETS ARE SELLING NOW for the Untidy girls going LIVE with Chelsea Winter! Sunday, 19th October in Taranaki. Join them for big laughs, good yarns, a stacked goodie bag, and Chelsea signing her new cookbook, Nourish. Link for tickets is in the show notes and @untidypodcast bio — get in quick before they sell out.***

All the links you need:

• Get your tickets – Untidy podcast LIVE with Chelsea Winter
• Listen to the full episode: Alcohol, baby loss & finding love with Hayley Holt on Spotify
• Listen to the full episode: Alcohol, baby loss & finding love with Hayley Holt on Apple
• Find Hayley’s book ‘Second Chances’ here.
• Follow her on Instagram @theholtbolt.

If you’re enjoying Untidy, the best way to show your support is by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button in your podcast app and subscribing on YouTube! That way, fresh episodes will always be ready and waiting for you. Help us to keep building this supportive community — share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review — it helps more people find our Untidy, unfiltered, and relatable chats. Thank you for listening, contributing and supporting this independent production! We’re grateful to have you here! — Hannah & Matty xx

Don’t forget! Untidy is made for YOU — the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.

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In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are back with neuroscientist, Dr Sarah McKay, author of The Women’s Brain Book, Baby Brain, and Brain Health for Dummies, to flip the script about our brains in midlife. Are we really the dysfunctional crones the social narrative would have us believe?

They dig into why we forget words, lose our keys, stumble through brain fog, and rage-sweat at night. Sarah explains these aren’t signs of a slow decline, but instead a time of transformation to something better. She reveals the good news that our brains are moving towards their peak in adaptability, strategic thinking, wisdom, and cognitive flexibility in midlife. This is your permission slip to celebrate the dawn of confidently giving less f*cks!

They discuss the vital basics to achieve longevity, the unsexy role of hearing in brain health, and why physically putting your phone in exile makes you sharper. Sarah shares the good news that we can actually celebrate the beauty of our changing brains.

***TICKETS ARE SELLING NOW for the Untidy girls going LIVE with Chelsea Winter! Sunday, 19th October in Taranaki. Join them for big laughs, good yarns, a stacked goodie bag, and Chelsea signing her new cookbook, Nourish. Link for tickets is in the show notes and @untidypodcast bio — get in quick before they sell out.***

References mentioned in the show:

• Dr Sarah McKay’s website: drsarahmckay.com
• Dr Sarah McKay on Instagram: @drsarahmckay
• Find Dr Sarah McKay’s books here
• Listen the Untidy episode: The myth of ‘Baby Brain’ with Dr Sarah McKay on Spotify
• Listen the Untidy episode: The myth of ‘Baby Brain’ with Dr Sarah McKay on Apple
• Get your tickets – Untidy podcast LIVE with Chelsea Winter
• Preorder Nourish by Chelsea Winter

If you’re enjoying Untidy, the best way to show your support is by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button in your podcast app and subscribing on YouTube! That way, fresh episodes will always be ready and waiting for you. Help us to keep building this supportive community — share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review — it helps more people find our Untidy, unfiltered, and relatable chats. Thank you for listening, contributing and supporting this independent production! We’re grateful to have you here! — Hannah & Matty xx

Don’t forget! Untidy is made for YOU — the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.

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In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah surrender to the delirium of an evening recording. Hannah’s shovelling supplements into every orifice, Matty’s shovelling butter chicken into just one solitary hole, and somewhere in Christchurch, an underqualified masseuse is about to disappoint another unsuspecting client.

Matty makes the mistake of going to a dress-up party ugly, they discuss how to deal with a sauna lurker, and whether Art could go from chest to breast.

Most importantly, the girls are going LIVE with Chelsea Winter! Sunday, 19th October in Taranaki. Join them for big laughs, good yarns, a stacked goodie bag, and Chelsea signing her new cookbook, Nourish. Link for tickets is in the show notes and @untidypodcast bio — get in quick before they sell out.

References mentioned in the show:

• Get your tickets – Untidy podcast LIVE with Chelsea Winter
• Preorder Nourish by Chelsea Winter

If you’re enjoying Untidy, the best way to show your support is by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button in your podcast app and subscribing on YouTube! That way, fresh episodes will always be ready and waiting for you. Help us to keep building this supportive community — share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review — it helps more people find our Untidy, unfiltered, and relatable chats. Thank you for listening, contributing and supporting this independent production! We’re grateful to have you here! — Hannah & Matty xx

Don’t forget! Untidy is made for YOU — the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.

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In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are joined by Richie Hardcore, former Muay Thai champion, educator, and speaker on healthy masculinity, mental health, and preventing gendered violence. Richie works with young people, schools, and communities across Aotearoa, bringing lived experience and practical tools into spaces where these conversations are needed most.

CONTENT WARNING: Some of this conversation may be upsetting to some listeners. This episode discusses topics including family violence, sexual violence, pornography, and toxic online influences. Please take care and choose a time and a place to listen that’s right for you.

In this kōrero, Richie shares his personal story of growing up around family harm, how he found resilience through fighting and music, and what led him to dedicate his life to cultural change. We talk about the very real risks facing boys today, from toxic online influences to the normalisation of porn, and how parents and caregivers can better support their kids.

We dive into what healthy masculinity actually looks like, why role models matter so much, and how we can create spaces where young people feel safe to be vulnerable, respectful, and true to themselves. It’s a big, sometimes confronting conversation, but one filled with hope and compassion.

Whether you’re raising boys, working with young people, or reflecting on your own journey, this episode will give you insight, strategies, and a lot to think about.

References mentioned in the show:

• Richie Hardcore website: richiehardcore.com
• Richie Hardcore Instagram: @richiehardcore
• The Grace Foundation (support for people on bail)
• The Light Project (youth, porn literacy & relationships education)
• Before 16 campaign (advocating to delay social media access)
• InnerBoy app (Matt & Sarah Brown / She Is Not Your Rehab)
• Tricky Chats (resources for parents by Joe Robertson)
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of NZ (Youth mentoring)

If you’re enjoying Untidy, the best way to show your support is by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button in your podcast app and subscribing on YouTube! That way, fresh episodes will always be ready and waiting for you. Help us to keep building this supportive community — share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review — it helps more people find our Untidy, unfiltered, and relatable chats. Thank you for listening, contributing and supporting this independent production! We’re grateful to have you here! — Hannah & Matty xx

Don’t forget! Untidy is made for YOU — the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.

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In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah begin with a good, cathartic rant. (You are encouraged to pause this episode and join them as needed.) Hannah’s having bad brain days, Matty’s wrestling tangled headphones, hectic mornings, running on fumes, and they’re both reaching for more self-compassion, or, at least, a little bit of acceptance. However, there’s something that can be done, and they’re doing it, even if it begins with a boiled egg and the last bit of dry old ham.

Hannah relives the Kaikōura earthquake, and Matty questions whether she’s thriving, coping, or slightly falling apart. Then, your good friends have a friendly chat about a few bits of life admin worth checking that absolutely, in no way, should be confused with qualified advice. (Isn’t that what GPT is for?)

Come, scream into a pillow together now, and we can summer in Tuscany later ...

References mentioned in the show:

• The Better Brain by Dr. Bonnie Kaplan & Dr. Julia Rucklidge
• Calculator.net – Investment Calculator (used to show kids compound interest)
• Go to: untidypodcast.com and enter your email for early bird access to live show tickets!

If you’re enjoying Untidy, the best way to show your support is by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button in your podcast app and subscribing on YouTube! That way, fresh episodes will always be ready and waiting for you. Help us to keep building this supportive community — share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review — it helps more people find our Untidy, unfiltered, and relatable chats. Thank you for listening, contributing and supporting this independent production! We’re grateful to have you here! — Hannah & Matty xx

Don’t forget! Untidy is made for YOU — the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.

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In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah chat to Petra Bagust, a legend of New Zealand TV, radio and podcasting, and an advocate for living her neurodiverse life out loud. If you grew up in 90s Aotearoa, you’ll know the nostalgia of Ice TV, where Petra cut her teeth creating the culturally iconic show. 30 years on, Petra is one of New Zealand’s most beloved broadcasters, presenters, a media chaplain, and the voice behind two successful podcasts, the award-winning ‘Grey Areas’ and the soulful ‘Sunday Sanctuary’.

In this conversation, Petra takes us behind the scenes of her career as she balanced work, family, and motherhood, and discusses her personal journey with ADHD. She talks about her adult diagnosis, how her son’s journey began her own, and what it’s meant to reframe parts of herself she now understands from a wider perspective. From grief to self-compassion, masking to unmasking, and the collision of ADHD with her ‘second spring’ of perimenopause, Petra brings her signature authenticity, spirit, and mana to a kōrero so many will find relatable.

References mentioned in the show:

• Listen to Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
• Listen to Sunday Sanctuary with Petra Bagust
• Find Petra online https://www.petra.nz/
• Follow Petra on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/petrabagust/
• Listen to ADHD on Are you Mental? Podcast
• ADHD NZ https://www.adhd.org.nz/

Petra's stunning photo is credited to: Stephanie Soh Lavemauu

If you’re enjoying Untidy, the best way to show your support is by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button in your podcast app and subscribing on YouTube! That way, fresh episodes will always be ready and waiting for you. Help us to keep building this supportive community — share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review — it helps more people find our Untidy, unfiltered, and relatable chats. Thank you for listening, contributing and supporting this independent production! We’re grateful to have you here! — Hannah & Matty xx

Don’t forget! Untidy is made for YOU — the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.

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In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah start out with a plan and run gleefully in the other direction. They park up in Matty’s Medical Corner for some interesting but entirely unqualified health diagnoses, coin a term for being in public just wearing your own face, and catch up on the organised chaos amply provided by each of their offspring.

There’s chat of house parties, hangovers, and the diabolical evidence of Matty’s last big night out, which was kindly recorded for perpetuity on Paula Bennett’s podcast (linked in show notes).

In a love letter to female friendships, Hannah’s survived her first ‘fight’ with her Pilates Partner, thanks to an emergency meeting of the Coven in the War Room amid a cloud of burning sage, curated playlist, and a variety of cheeses.

As always, underqualified and oversharing ... served with a side of disclaimers! Happy listening, Untidy fam!

Links mentioned in the show:

• Listen to Matilda on Ask Me Anything with Paula Bennett
• Listen to Dr Rhonda Patrick on Diary of a CEO

If you’re enjoying Untidy, the best way to show your support is by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button in your podcast app and subscribing on YouTube! That way, fresh episodes will always be ready and waiting for you. Help us to keep building this supportive community — share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review — it helps more people find our Untidy, unfiltered, and relatable chats. Thank you for listening, contributing and supporting this independent production! We’re grateful to have you here! — Hannah & Matty xx

Don’t forget! Untidy is made for YOU — the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.

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In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah chat to Matty McLean (or, as he would prefer ... ‘Pockets’). Best known for his years on Breakfast, Matty is a co-host on The Hits Drive with our very own Matilda Green, as well as a co-host on ‘Out the Gayte’ podcast. He’s been a weather presenter, a news reporter, and even took out Celebrity Treasure Island. This chat is full of the signature warmth, humour, and hard-won wisdom Matty is known and loved for.

He shares what it’s taken to truly back himself in his career, how he’s navigated the expectations that come with being a familiar face, and why you’ve got to speak up when you really want something. Matty shares what it means to him to live authentically, the power of sharing your story, and the profound impact visibility can have on those that are watching and listening, especially our kids.

In a little friendly rivalry, Matty and Hannah (Bean) go head-to-head in a ‘Battle of the Co-Hosts’. Things get competitive ...

Whether you know him as Matty, Matt, or Pockets, this one’s full of earnest insights, and garnished with giggles.

Links mentioned in the show:

• Listen to: Our gender identity journey with Melissa Banks on Untidy
• Listen to: Matty and Matilda on The Hits
• Listen to: Out The Gayte

If you’re enjoying Untidy, the best way to show your support is by tapping the ‘+ follow’ button in your podcast app and subscribing on YouTube! That way, fresh episodes will always be ready and waiting for you. Help us to keep building this supportive community — share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review — it helps more people find our Untidy, unfiltered, and relatable chats. Thank you for listening, contributing and supporting this independent production! We’re grateful to have you here! — Hannah & Matty xx

Don’t forget! Untidy is made for YOU — the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children’s books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.

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