TEA WITH JULES

Kate Reeves and We Don't Have Time For This:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katerevz/
Know Thyself Live Show: https://www.wedonthavetimeforthis.com/knowthyself
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/we-dont-have-time-for-this/id1544178687

In this episode, Jules sits down with Kate Reeves, co-founder and co-host of the wildly successful podcast We Don't Have Time For This. Alongside her best friend of more than thirty years, Gemma Peanut, Kate has built one of Australia's most loved podcast communities, turning honest conversations about modern womanhood into sold-out live shows and a thriving business. But behind the laughs is a woman who has navigated real and significant change, including divorce, co-parenting, and rebuilding her life in ways she never expected.

Jules and Kate go deep on what it really takes to keep showing up when life does not go to plan. They talk about the vulnerability hangover that comes from sharing your life publicly. Kate opens up honestly about her divorce, the word she made peace with, and the enormous decision to step outside the lines of the life everyone expected her to live. She shares what co-parenting has taught her, the things our children pick up whether we like it or not, and the hope she carries for the kind of relationships they will one day build.

There is a beautiful theme running through this conversation about getting quiet in a noisy world, why silence has become the new luxury, and how life speaks to us first in whispers and then in shouts until we finally listen. Kate and Jules also explore the magic of building something with a best friend, the cruelty women can show one another online, why no woman is confident as a baseline, and the single most powerful feeling of all, which is not simply being seen but being truly known.
Wise, warm, hilarious and deeply moving, this is a conversation about reinvention, friendship, and giving yourself permission to change.

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Intro Kate Reeves of "We Don't Have Time For This"
03:50 — Best Friends Since Eleven: The Origin of Kate and Gemma
06:21 — How the Podcast Was Born Out of Covid and United Mothers
09:34 — The Vulnerability Hangover and Why 40 Means Giving Fewer F*^%$
15:34 — When the Dads on the Sports Field Have Heard Everything
20:09 — "You Were Married to One": Talking Openly About Her Divorce
22:12 — Finding the Word She Felt Comfy With and the Mountain of the Decision
25:27 — What You Resist Persists: Life Speaks in Whispers Then Shouts
26:53 — Silence Is the New Luxury: Where a Mum Finds Space to Think
29:23 — Co-Parenting, What Kids Witness and What They Pick Up
33:52 — Building a Business With Your Best Friend on a Very Small Team
36:29 — Love What You Do: The Hours, the Hustle and the Why
40:55 — Is It the Truth? The Only Guiding Light Behind Every Episode
41:46 — "This Feels Like Church": The Live Shows and Feeling Known
42:51 — Know Thyself: The Meaning Behind This Year's Show
46:05 — The Mean Instagram DM and How Kate Handled It
49:36 — No Woman Is Confident as a Baseline
53:35 — Stronger as a Duo: Why You Don't Have to Do It Alone
55:02 — Every Seven Years You Become a Whole New Person
56:11 — Goals Are Allowed to Change: Permission to Evolve
58:25 — The Know Thyself Live Show and Wrapping Up

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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Welcome to Tea with Jules hosted by Jules Sebastian. Here we spill the tea and learn life lessons from honest conversations with experts, celebrities and friends.
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What do you do when your whole life falls apart at 50?

In this deeply moving and genuinely uplifting episode, Jules sits down with Kylie Jones, the founder of Fifty & Fearless, a platform and movement helping women over 50 rediscover their confidence, identity and purpose. But Kylie's story did not begin with inspiration. It began at rock bottom.

In the space of just twelve to fifteen months, Kylie lost both of her parents and was suddenly retrenched from the 30-year career that had defined her. Completely broken and unsure how to even get out of bed each day, she opened her laptop one night and started an anonymous Instagram page. She didn't show her face. She simply began writing the words she needed to hear. Slowly, other women started to find her, and a movement was born.

Jules and Kylie talk about what it really means to come home to yourself in midlife, why so many women wear busy as a badge of honour, and how to release the guilt that comes with choosing yourself. They explore why society teaches us to fear ageing, and why Kylie believes the opposite is true, that women become more powerful, clearer and more qualified for life with every passing year. They also dig into the small, doable changes that reconnect you with the things you used to love, the importance of sitting quietly with your own thoughts, and why your next chapter might just be your best one yet.

Whether you are approaching 50, already there, or simply navigating a season of change, this conversation is a permission slip to stop shrinking and start living.

Connect with Kylie Jones and Fifty & Fearless:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fiftyandfearless/
Website: https://www.fiftyandfearless.com.au/
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/fifty-and-fearless-with-kylie-jones/id1829344250

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introducing Kylie Jones and the Fifty & Fearless Movement
01:38 — "Maybe Midlife Isn't About Starting Over": The Instagram Post That Started It All
03:06 — Rock Bottom: Losing Both Parents and a 30-Year Career in Months
03:41 — The Night She Opened Her Laptop and Started an Anonymous Page
05:15 — When Friends and Family Realised the Page Was Hers
06:43 — Coming Home to Yourself: What It Actually Means
08:11 — The Wheel of Life and Why Women Put Themselves Last
19:42 — Wearing Busy as a Badge of Honour
20:09 — Choosing Me: Releasing the Guilt of Putting Yourself First
24:36 — Why Brands Still Aren't Speaking to Women Over 50
29:33 — Why Are We Taught to Fear Ageing?
33:21 — The Fifty & Fearless Community and the Women Inspiring Each Other
35:53 — It Doesn't Have to Be a Grand Gesture: Start Small
41:11 — Sitting With Your Own Thoughts in a World That Never Stops
44:28 — Overwhelmed by Information: Why We Need to Switch Off
45:36 — Kylie's Advice: Don't Be Scared of What's Next
47:32 — You Are the Most Qualified You Have Ever Been
47:44 — "You Want to Turn 50 Now, Don't You?"
48:06 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Ten years is a long time. The last time Sam Wood sat down with Jules on Tea with Jules, he was fresh off The Bachelor, newly in love with Snezana, and just beginning to figure out what came next. A lot has happened since then.

In this episode, Jules reunites with one of Australia's most trusted voices in health and fitness, Sam Wood, founder of 28 by Sam Wood but before we get to dumbbells and discipline, Sam takes Jules behind the scenes of The Bachelor in a way he admits he has never quite done before. The story of how a gym client wouldn't take no for an answer. The moment he knew it was Snezana, weeks before the show would let him say so. The uncomfortable reality of dating other women on camera when your heart had already decided and what it was really like to go from a kids fitness trainer nobody knew to the most talked-about man in Australia, almost overnight.

Then the conversation turns to where Sam is most passionate: your health. He delivers some of the most direct, useful fitness advice Jules has had on the podcast. Why strength training is non-negotiable for women over 40. Why you will not get bulky. Why the goal of how you look eventually gives way to something far more powerful. And why, if you are going through perimenopause or menopause and you are not strength training, you are doing yourself the biggest disservice of your life, his words.

Connect with Sam Wood and 28:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samjameswood/
28 by Sam Wood: https://28bysamwood.com/
28 Menopause Program: https://28bysamwood.com/menopause/

CHAPTERS
00:06 — Introducing Sam Wood: One of Australia's Most Trusted Voices in Health and Fitness
01:08 — Welcome Back: Ten Years Since Sam Was Last on Tea with Jules
02:00 — Where It All Started: Gecko Kids and Australia's First Kids Gym
04:50 — How a Gym Client Refused to Take No for an Answer and Changed Everything
07:40 — The Boardroom Audition: Thongs, Jeans and the Head of Channel 10
09:30 — "If You Want It, You're It": The Phone Call That Launched Everything
12:00 — The Untold Story: Knowing It Was Snezana Early and Having to Keep Going Anyway
15:00 — The Producers, the Jeopardy and the Pressure to Keep It Interesting
16:00 — Blake's Situation vs Sam's: Why Sam Was Different from Day One
17:44 — The Moment Snezana Could Tell It Was Real
18:26 — Life After the Finale: The First Night Alone in a Cabin in the Blue Mountains
24:15 — "If You Didn't Pick That Single Mum, You Would Have Been the Most Hated Man in Australia"
28:00 — From the Bachelor to Building 28: The First 12 Months and 5,000 Members in 30 Days
32:00 — Progress Not Perfection: The Philosophy Behind 28 and Why It Actually Works
37:15 — Keeping It Real: Why Showing the Messy Side of Life Builds the Deepest Community
41:00 — What It Feels Like When Your Body Stops Responding the Way It Always Has
42:37 — Why Health and Fitness Is the Greatest Gift You Can Give Yourself
44:20 — Why Your Reason to Train Changes As You Get Older and Why That Matters
45:30 — The Non-Negotiable for Women Over 40: Strength Training, Full Stop
47:00 — You Will Not Get Bulky: Setting the Record Straight Once and for All
50:38 — Thank You Sam Wood and Wrapping Up Tea with Jules

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Disclaimer: This episode is for general information only and is not intended as legal advice. Please seek independent legal advice for your individual circumstances.

Separation and divorce are topics most of us only talk about in hushed tones, or not at all. But what if the conversation could actually help? Whether you're happily married, quietly struggling, or somewhere in the middle of the hardest decision of your life, this episode is for you.
Jules sits down with Gabriella Pomare, a Sydney-based family lawyer, author, and founder of The Collaborative Co-Parent, a platform dedicated to helping separated families move through co-parenting with more compassion, clarity and grace. What makes Gabriella different from most lawyers? She's been through it herself. With a one-year-old at home and a career built on guiding others through divorce, she navigated her own separation and came out the other side with a perspective that is equal parts honest, practical and deeply human.
In this conversation, Jules and Gabriella talk about why marriages quietly unravel long before anyone says a word, the dangerous idea of staying for the kids, how to protect your children through the hardest kind of change, what to do when your ex simply won't cooperate, and why in Gabriella's words, it's not a broken family.

This is not a conversation about failure. It's a conversation about rebuilding.

Connect with Gabriella:
🌐 Website: https://gabriellapomare.com
🎙 Podcast "Before It Break with Gabriella Pomare" https://gabriellapomare.com/podcast
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegabriellapomare/

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introduction & Disclaimer
01:00 — Welcome: What Gabriella Wants You to Take From Today
02:50 — Why She Chose Family Law - and What Changed When It Got Personal
06:10 — Why Every Marriage and Divorce is Different: No Cookie-Cutter Answers
07:00 — The Silent Divorce: When Couples Stop Fighting and What That Really Means
08:30 — Communication is Everything - How to Have the Conversations You're Avoiding
14:00 — Is Divorce Failure? Reframing the Stigma
16:00 — "It's Not a Broken Family" - How You Do the Divorce Changes Everything
18:20 — Do You Need a Lawyer? The Practical First Steps After the Decision is Made
20:10 — The Danger of Suffering in Silence - and What Good Friends Can Do
25:00 — Putting Your Kids First: What That Actually Means in Practice
27:30 — Children Didn't Choose This: How to Help Them Feel Safe and Loved
29:00 — One Thing You Can Do This Week for Your Kids
31:30 — Staying for the Kids: When It Helps and When It Harms
32:50 — When Your Ex Won't Play Nice: Setting Limits with a High-Conflict Co-Parent
36:00 — The Path Through the Mud: Healing, Grief and Getting Unstuck
37:00 — Silver Linings: The Unexpected Positives for Kids and Parents After Separation
40:00 — What to Do If You're Feeling Lost Right Now
42:30 — Final Words: You Are Not a Failure. You Get a Do-Over.

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Jules Sebastian is back! A new room, new era, and the story she's been waiting to tell.

In this first episode of a brand new chapter of Tea with Jules, Jules sits down with her manager and friend Lisa Johnson to finally speak openly and honestly about one of the biggest moments of her family's year: her son Archie joining his father Guy Sebastian on tour and the extraordinary journey that led to a standing ovation in a packed arena.

Jules shares what it felt like to watch Archie's talent quietly develop over years. The emotional weight of playing that unfinished song to her father in hospital. The conversations that convinced Archie to say yes. The moment she came outside herself, watching him on the big screen. And the pride in Archie, in Hudson, in Guy, and in this season of life as a family.

This is also an episode about what tour life really looks like from the inside: the unseen stamina of an artist like Guy, the joy of bringing kids to the Brisbane Children's Hospital. Jules also reflects on what this podcast means to her personally, why she made it, what it's given her, and where it's going next.

Pour yourself some tea, let's begin!

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Welcome to the New Era: A New Room, A New Chapter
01:19 — What This Podcast Has Meant: Jules Reflects on Personal Growth
05:51 — Archie's Origin Story: No Lessons, Just a Gift
06:52 — The Mother's Day Song, the Studio Sessions & Hearing the Talent Grow
11:03 — Musical Theatre, the Stage Bug & Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
11:45 — The Song Written for Grandpa - Played in Hospital, Performed at the Wake
16:07 — A Standing Ovation for 'Go the Distance' - the Bug Bites Harder
17:09 — Guy Watches the Show and Says 'He's Ready'
17:37 — The Big Ask - and Archie's Very Firm 'No'
19:42 — The Conversation That Changed His Mind
20:27 — Newcastle: The Sound Check, the In-Ears & First Look at the Stage
21:07 — The Performance: Singing Whitney Houston with Guy on Stage
21:49 — Not a Dry Eye in the House - the First Standing Ovation
22:15 — How Guy Supported Archie on Stage and Let Him Have His Moment
25:32 — Hudson's Moment: The Brother Who Handled It Like a Boss
28:29 — Kids on the Road: What Tour Teaches That School Can't
31:46 — The Unseen Stamina of a Performer - What We Don't See
34:16 — Guy in the Crowd & Daryl Braithwaite
35:13 — The Girl Whose Hair Had Grown Back
36:07 — Brisbane Children's Hospital: The Moment That Put Everything in Perspective
38:17 — Tour Comedown, Reflections & What's Coming Next on Tea with Jules
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