40 Best Australian Parenting Podcasts

1. Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families

The Happy families podcast with Dr. Justin Coulson is designed for the time poor parent who just wants answers now. Every day Justin and his wife Kylie provide practical tips and a common sense approach to parenting that Mums and Dads all over the world are connecting with. Justin and Kylie have 6 daughters and they regularly share their experiences of managing a busy household filled with lots of challenges and plenty of happiness.
Podcast happyfamilies.com.au
Host Dr Justin Coulson
Producer/Network Dr Justin Coulson
Email ****@justincoulson.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 225.5K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 17 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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2. The Aware Parenting Podcast

The Aware Parenting Podcast explores all elements of parenting through a developmental perspective. We explore why and how connection, attachment, compassionately understanding our own childhoods as parents, and listening to our children are the foundation to parenting with this particular kind of awareness. We are both Aware Parenting Instructors, certified by The Aware Parenting Institute, founded by Aletha Solter, Ph.D.
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Producer/Network Marion Rose, PhD.
Email ****@laelstone.com.au
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 10.1KTwitter Followers 45Instagram Followers 44.9K Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 45 min Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

3. The Touched Out Podcast

Welcome to 'The Touched Out Podcast,' where your host, Carter, explores the journey of parenthood from expecting parent to veteran parent. Each episode features a new guest who shares their experiences, struggles, and victories as they navigate the ups and downs of parenting.The podcast is an open and judgement-free space where I have honest conversations about the challenges of being a parent.
Podcast thetouchedoutpodcast.buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network A Mental Health Podcast For Parents
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 113Instagram Followers 621 Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 55 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. Parenting Unpacked

Welcome to Parenting Unpacked. A podcast for parents seeking evidence, empathy and kindness. Hosted by Child Development PhDs Dr. Siobhan Kennedy-Costantini and Dr. Kristyn Sommer. As mums we know how hard parenting is. We also know how much conflicting information exists out there in the parenting space. As experts in children's cognitive, social and emotional development we're here to help you unpack the science of parenting and to see the beauty in the grey. Join us every week as we bring you content from the science of parenting, with a good dose of empathy and common sense.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Hosts Dr Kristyn Sommer, Dr Siobhan Kennedy-Costantini
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Instagram Followers 1.9K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 67 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. Tales From The Fourth Trimester

A podcast dedicated to the beauty and brutality of new parenthood - because giving birth is the beginning, but postpartum is forever. Created by postpartum doula Naomi Chrisoulakis, each week she chats to women about their postpartum experiences and asks experts to share their wisdom. 
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Host Naomi Chrisoulakis
Producer/Network Naomi Chrisoulakis
Email ****@cocoonbynaomi.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 723Instagram Followers 17K Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 56 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

6. Too Peas In A Podcast Mandy Hose and Kate Jones

Listen to Mandy and Kate laugh (a lot) and cry as they chat to each other and friends about parenting multiples with disabilities and additional needs.
Podcast toopeasinapodcast.com.au
Producer/Network toopeasinapodcast
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 3KTwitter Followers 502Instagram Followers 2.6K Frequency 30 episodes/year Avg Length 49 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. Raising Wildlings

Welcome to Raising Wildlings, a podcast about parenting, alternative education and stepping into the wilderness, however that looks, with your family. Each week, we'll be interviewing experts that truly inspire us, to answer your parenting and education questions. We'll also be sharing stories from some incredible families that took the leap, and are taking the road less travelled. Whether you're a parent looking for tips on how to better handle those sibling squabbles and tantrums, a couple searching for ways to create more freedom within your family's lifestyle.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Hosts Nicki Farrell, Vicci Oliver
Producer/Network Vicci Oliver and Nicki Farrell
Email ****@wildlingsforestschool.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 17.6KInstagram Followers 2.7K Frequency 3 episodes/quarter Avg Length 41 min Since May 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

8. This Glorious Mess

A twice-weekly look at parenting as it truly is: confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. Join Tegan Natoli and Leigh Campell for This Glorious Mess Little Kids on Monday's. And Andrew Daddo and Holly Wainwright for This Glorious Mess Big Kids on Friday's.  It's all the disasters and delights of parenting with a healthy dose of advice from our trusted experts.
Podcast mamamia.com.au
Hosts Tegan Natoli, Libby Trickett
Producer/Network Mamamia Podcasts
Email ****@mamamia.com.au
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 2.7KTwitter Followers 39Instagram Followers 18.3K Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 22 min Since Mar 2015 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. Parenting and Personalities

One thing about being a parent there's no shortage of personalities to be surrounded by. Our kids, our partners, our family, our friends. They keep us laughing, growing, loving, and crying. If only they understood us. Like the musician Van Morrison once sang 'When people understand what I mean, mama said there will be days like this.' Adelaide Australia's Kate Mason is an author, wife, and mother who has spent her career studying personality and relationships.
Podcast omny.fm
Host Kate Mason
Producer/Network Stories and Strategies
Email ****@thepersonalitycoach.com.au
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 283Twitter Followers 9 Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. Parental As Anything with Maggie Dent

How much screen time should you let your kids have? How do you talk to your tweens and teens about sex and consent? How do you keep your cool when your child throws a tantrum? Maggie Dent, one of Australia's favourite parenting authors and educators gives you practical tips and answers to your real-world parenting dilemmas. Maggie talks to parenting experts from around the world to find practical solutions to the challenges every parent is facing today.
Podcast abc.net.au
Host Maggie Dent
Producer/Network ABC listen
Email ****@maggiedent.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 19 min Since May 2019 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. First Time Mum's Chat

Commencing your parenting journey is a big life changer and in this podcast I share tips and strategies to help and inspire you so you can build confidence in your parenting and forge a magic bond with your little one. Getting started as a mum is often a lonely, daunting journey and many feel alone and unsupported and lack a support network or village. For more than two decades, Helen Thompson has made it her mission to fill this gap and support mums as a childcare educator and more recently as a baby massage instructor.
Podcast redcircle.com
Producer/Network Helen Thompson
Email ****@mybabymassage.net
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 29Instagram Followers 100 Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 26 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

12. Help! I Have A Teenager

Being a teenager has changed. A lot. There's TikTok, vaping, d*ck pics, there are Snap maps, selfies and filters...and it's all a potential battlefield for parents where the stakes feel impossibly high. So welcome to some real parenting talk. As both clinicians and parents, Dr. Ginni Mansberg and clinical psychologist Jo Lamble know first-hand how challenging it can be to raise adolescents.
Podcast mamamia.com.au
Hosts Dr Ginni Mansberg, Jo Lamble
Producer/Network Mamamia
Email ****@mamamia.com.au
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 1.3MTwitter Followers 778Instagram Followers 350.3K Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 18 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

13. Missta Mums

We are here to talk all things parenting struggles, juggles and baby bubbles plus everything in between. Follow along as we discover untold stories from our guests and dive deeper into the motherhood abyss.
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Hosts Melinda Baxter, Demi Duncan
Producer/Network Demi Duncan and Melinda Baxter
Email ****@missta.com.au
Facebook Followers 2.4KInstagram Followers 24K Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 54 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. The She Births® Show

The She Births® Show is a place that will inspire your birth, evolve your parenting and help you live a life you love. Nadine Richardson, the founder of She Births®, hosts a collection of conversations with special guests about better births, a philosophy of connected parenting, and conscious, healthy living. Each season includes topics for not only parents and parents-to-be but fellow birth professionals.
Podcast shebirths.com
Producer/Network The Birthing Institute
Email ****@shebirths.com
Facebook Followers 7.1KTwitter Followers 49Instagram Followers 20.2K Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 71 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

15. Virtual Parenting Hub's Podcast

Parenting Podcasts.Virtual Parenting Hub is a platform that empowers families by providing evidence-based parenting advice.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Email ****@virtualparentinghub.com.au
Facebook Followers 3.8KTwitter Followers 48Instagram Followers 661 Frequency 3 episodes/week Avg Length 11 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

16. Baby Baking & Kid Raising

So, you've decided it's time for a baby - or maybe you're an expert in the baby-making department already, either way - this podcast is for you! Baby Baking and Kid Raising is brought to you by two Australian health professionals - midwife and founder of Bumpnbub Aliza Carr and obstetrician, fertility specialist and gynecologist Dr. Joseph Sgroi. Being parents ourselves - we get it. The struggles, the triumphs, the overwhelm and the joy - we are right there with you. As passionate educators in our field, we can't wait to deep dive into the latest research and evidence while discussing stories that we hope will inspire. Join us weekly as we sit down to discuss fertility, pregnancy, birth stories and the journey into parenthood - where life gets real, real fast. Grab a coffee (or something stronger) and hear inspiring stories from guests, as well as in-depth conversations about topics that matter. If Baby Baking and Kid Raising is your jam, then please listen, learn and let us know what you think.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Hosts Aliza Carr, Dr. Joseph Sgroi
Producer/Network Aliza Carr and Joseph Sgroi
Email ****@babybakingandkidraising.com
Instagram Followers 4.3K Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 47 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

17. The Parent Hope Podcast

Clarity & hope for parents in these anxious times with Dr Jenny Brown. This podcast features examples from the frontlines of parenting, plus discussions with parents and helpers considering how best to be a positive resource for their child's wellbeing. It draws from research and Bowen family systems theory revealing that families do best when the parent focuses on managing themself and clarifying parenting principles rather than changing the child.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Host Jenny Brown
Producer/Network Jenny Brown
Email ****@parentproject.com.au
Facebook Followers 393Instagram Followers 282 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 34 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. Connection First

Fabi is on a mission to promote a connection-based relationship with our kids. She is a Conscious Parenting advocate and believes that by working on our own healing and inner health, we can be the parents we want to be and our children need. Fabi is an immigrant mum from Venezuela who has lived between Sydney and London for 14 years. She's excited to share her learnings and experiences with you, in English and Español. 
Podcast connectionfirst.buzzsprout.com
Host Fabiana Coll
Email ****@fabianacoll.com
Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 26 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

19. The Parenting Collective

Donna Moala is Certified Paediatric Sleep Consultant, wife & mother of 3, supporting families throughout the world with her 1:1 guidance, for them to be able to achieve the miracle of sleep, via in home consults or zoom.  Donna Moala is the founder of Bub2sleep. Donna is heart driven and passionate about spreading all the positive, biological, evidence based sleep truth, to make sleep support a positive experience.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Host Donna Moala
Producer/Network Donna Moala
Email ****@bub2sleep.com.au
Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 34 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

20. The Raising Humans Kind Podcast

The Raising Humans Kind Podcast is where Ashleigh, a Family Psychologist, shares what really matters when it comes to parenting young children. The more information we have about parenting, it seems the more we've lost our way. This podcast will guide you along your journey so that you can be confident you're focusing on what really counts.
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Host Ashleigh Warner
Producer/Network Ashleigh Warner
Email ****@holisticfamilypsychologist.com
Instagram Followers 149.7K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 22 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

21. Parent Like A Psychologist

When your children don't fit the mould, it can cause a lot of friction unless the adults in their lives can be flexible. This podcast is all about moulding ourselves to what our kids need to forge an easier, calmer path in parenting. Moulding your parenting and expectations. Moulding your child's environment and skills. I've got the evidence based strategies, but parents are the change makers so let's do this together. Come on in!
Podcast learn.leannetran.com.au
Host Leanne Tran
Producer/Network Leanne Tran
Email ****@leannetran.com.au
Frequency 4 episodes/month Avg Length 26 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

22. Not Another Parenting Podcast

This is NOT your typical parenting podcast. You won't get advice on the best way to swaddle your child, how to have 'the talk' or whether to give them pocket money. This podcast, hosted by Sarah McGilvray and Catherine Mahoney, is a safe place for any parent who gets to the end of the week thinking 'How did I keep my children alive?'
Podcast novafm.com.au
Producer/Network Nova Podcasts
Email ****@novapodcasts.com.au
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 241.3KTwitter Followers 67.4KInstagram Followers 13.6K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

23. Babytalk

Welcome to parenthood, the most exhausting, exhilarating, and emotional ride of your life! ABC Babytalk is all about the roller-coaster ride of having a baby in your life.
Podcast abc.net.au
Host Penny Johnston
Producer/Network ABC Podcasts
Email ****@your.abc.net.au
Apple Rating 4 / 5Facebook Followers 6.9KTwitter Followers 371Instagram Followers 1.2K Since Mar 2019 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

24. Parenting with PLAY

Fall back in love with parenting (and your child) again. Join Helena Mooney and guests to find out how to help your child thrive while transforming challenging behaviour such as aggression, anxiety, bedtimes, tantrums, sibling rivalry, and so much more.
Podcast helenamooney.com
Host Helena Mooney
Producer/Network Helena Mooney
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5 Frequency 4 episodes/year Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

25. The Aware Parenting and Natural Learning Podcast

Marion and Joss are both passionate about Aware Parenting and Natural Learning. This podcast will explore these beautiful approaches and provide information and inspiration to support other families who are called to practise these together too.Marion is a Level Two Aware Parenting instructor, the regional coordinator for Australia and New Zealand, and the mother of two adult children. You can find her work at www.marionrose.net
Podcast soundcloud.com
Producer/Network The Aware Parenting and Natural Learning Podcast
Email ****@iinet.net.au
Instagram Followers 2.7K Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 52 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

26. Dr Golly and the Experts

We all go into parenting as beginners. But imagine the learning curve when things don't go to plan. Dr Golly delves into the hard-earned wisdom of parents who have faced tough times and come out the other side as… the Experts. 
Podcast admin6wc.podbean.com
Host Dr Golly
Producer/Network Dr Golly
Email ****@drgolly.com
Facebook Followers 3.3K Frequency 17 episodes/year Avg Length 50 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

27. Parenting Community Podcast

Every Monday Morning 5amParenting Community Podcast is your parenting time to Laugh, Cry, Vent and learn how to thrive as a parent and individual. Your Parenting Community Podcast is a supportive parenting space where we will share all our life lessons and stories.My name is Che' Ruddell your Parenting Community Podcast host. I am a mum of 3 beautiful children, a Registered Paediatric Nurse, Lactation Consultant and Children's Sleep Consultant.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Email ****@sissiaus.com
Instagram Followers 618 Play Get Email Contact

28. The Parent's Podcast by Bravehearts

Want to learn more about keeping your kids and young people safe?Bravehearts introduces The Parent's Podcast - a must-listen for all Australian parents and carers. Your hosts Carol Ronken and Mathew Sinclair interview some of Australia's most highly esteemed thought leaders in internet safety to provide parents with the most up-to-date and useful information.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@bravehearts.org.au
Facebook Followers 38KTwitter Followers 1K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

29. 2 Dads and a Yarn

2 Australian Intended dads explore parenthood in their preparation for becoming dads.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Facebook Followers 186 Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 34 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

30. The Good Enough Dad with Maggie Dent

Aiming to be a GOOD dad is important. But you know what? Being a good ENOUGH Dad is how you ace it. The Good Enough Dad is hosted by Maggie Dent - parenting educator, author, and champion of boys and men.  Chatting to committed, funny and loving dads about their wins and fails  Maggie offers awesome tips and insights into all the ways dads can feel good enough at this parenting gig.
Podcast listnr.com
Host Maggie Dent
Producer/Network Maggie Dent
Email ****@maggiedent.com
Facebook Followers 358.4K Frequency 29 episodes/year Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact