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Daily Telegraph
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Telegraph
Mia Freedman, Jessie Stephens: Mamamia
Don't miss out on the headlines from Celebrity Life. Followed categories will be added to My News. In their first ever interview together, the in-laws discuss their shared life and Strife. Stellar: Mia, when Jessie and her twin sister Clare started working for you at Mamamia a decade ago, would you ever have thought Jessie would be your future daughter-in-law and the mother of your first grandchild? Mia: It was a very hard and fast start because when she first started dating Luca [Mia's son, and now Jessie's husband and father of their daughter Luna, 21 months], I was thrilled, Luca was obviously thrilled, but Jessie was wary. I don't think everybody thought that it was a good idea. I thought it was a great idea. Jessie: There were people that flagged it might be unprofessional. I think it probably was unprofessional. Great call in the long run. There was a moment where I was pregnant with Luna and I was like, I didn't see myself carrying around Mia's DNA. This is a closeness that not even I anticipated. Listen to Mia Freedman and Jessie Stephens on the latest episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About: Mia Freedman and Jessie Stephens, of Mamamia. Picture: Steven Chee for Stellar 'I think of her as my friend!' Mia Freedman on her daughter-in-law, Jessie Stephens (right). Picture: Steven Chee for Stellar Mia: It's funny when you talk about us being mother-in-law and daughter-in law; that's never how I think of Jessie. I think about her as my friend. I knew her before they knew each other, so she was my co-worker and becoming my friend when she started dating Luca. It always sounds weird, you know: my friend married my son. It's a great headline. Have you not done that headline yet? Mia: We should have written that story. It's so good. I'd click on that. A lot of people said to Jessie, and Luca, isn't it a bit full on? It's Mia and Luca and the family and work and your sister. Our co-host Holly [Wainwright, on their podcast Mamamia Out Loud] said, 'Don't you just wish you had something for yourself?' Jessie: I said I didn't even have a womb to myself. I'm an identical twin. I've never had boundaries. I never have understood that things are separate. I worked with my identical twin, lived with her at a level of enmeshment that's probably borderline pathological. And [to Freedman] you're kind of the same. I mean, Luca came and worked at Mamamia. You work with your husband. That lack of boundaries isn't weird to either of us. Mia: It's weird to other people. But to us, we were just really lucky that Luca married someone who didn't find that horrific, and was comfortable with that level of closeness. Listen to Mia Freedman and Jessie Stephens on the latest episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About: Mia, Strife, which was very loosely based on your 2017 memoir, Work Strife Balance, was Binge's most successful original series premiere ever when it launched in 2023. The second season starts on May 8. You're returning as executive producer; Jessie, you're returning as a writer and a producer. What can we expect from this next season? Mia: We really wanted to lean into the comedy in season two. This is the first time I've seen – on television – an exploration of the advent of podcasting. Because it's set in that 2013-ish world where podcasting was only just finding its feet in Australia – it was about 10 years ago that we started Mamamia Out Loud – to go back and look at what the set-up looked like, what we thought we were doing, the idealism and the naivety of this new, exciting platform, that's really foundational to this season. Strife is loosely based in Mia Freedman's book, Work Strife Balance. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers Mia Freedman and Asher Keddie at the premiere of Strife's first season in 2023. Picture: Getty Images It's so interesting to look back on now that podcasting has become so mainstream. People didn't know what it was 10 years ago. It's been a once-in-a-generation revolution in media. Jessie: What I love about this season is that it has such a self-awareness and a self-deprecation that I think we don't see a lot in feminist figures or feminist publications, because we can be a lightning rod. And justifiably so. To watch Evelyn [played by Asher Keddie and loosely based on Freedman] toe the line and play with that in terms of commercial benchmarks that they need to hit is just funny. Because it's the reality. Season two of Strife premieres on Binge on May 8. For more from Stellar and the podcast, Something To Talk About, click here.
News.com.au
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Mia Freedman & Jessie Stephens do their first-ever interview together
When Mamamia co-founder Mia Freedman first hired Jessie Stephens to write for her, she had no idea she had also just hired her eldest son's future wife, and the mother of her first grandchild. That was 10 years ago. Since then, Mia and Jessie have gone on to sit opposite each other as two of the co-hosts of the Mamamia Out Loud podcast and have recently wrapped production on the second season of Strife, the TV drama loosely based on Mia's memoir, on which Jessie worked as a co-producer and writer and Mia as an executive producer. The mother and daughter-in-law duo sat down with Sarrah in the Something To Talk About studio for their first-ever interview together to talk all things work and family - and whether truth really is stranger than fiction.
News.com.au
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘A closeness that not even I anticipated': Inside the family business of Mamamia
In their first ever interview together, the in-laws discuss their shared life and Strife. Stellar: Mia, when Jessie and her twin sister Clare started working for you at Mamamia a decade ago, would you ever have thought Jessie would be your future daughter-in-law and the mother of your first grandchild? Mia: It was a very hard and fast start because when she first started dating Luca [Mia's son, and now Jessie's husband and father of their daughter Luna, 21 months], I was thrilled, Luca was obviously thrilled, but Jessie was wary. I don't think everybody thought that it was a good idea. I thought it was a great idea. Jessie: There were people that flagged it might be unprofessional. I think it probably was unprofessional. Great call in the long run. There was a moment where I was pregnant with Luna and I was like, I didn't see myself carrying around Mia's DNA. This is a closeness that not even I anticipated. Listen to Mia Freedman and Jessie Stephens on the latest episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About: Mia: It's funny when you talk about us being mother-in-law and daughter-in law; that's never how I think of Jessie. I think about her as my friend. I knew her before they knew each other, so she was my co-worker and becoming my friend when she started dating Luca. It always sounds weird, you know: my friend married my son. It's a great headline. Have you not done that headline yet? Mia: We should have written that story. It's so good. I'd click on that. A lot of people said to Jessie, and Luca, isn't it a bit full on? It's Mia and Luca and the family and work and your sister. Our co-host Holly [Wainwright, on their podcast Mamamia Out Loud] said, 'Don't you just wish you had something for yourself?' Jessie: I said I didn't even have a womb to myself. I'm an identical twin. I've never had boundaries. I never have understood that things are separate. I worked with my identical twin, lived with her at a level of enmeshment that's probably borderline pathological. And [to Freedman] you're kind of the same. I mean, Luca came and worked at Mamamia. You work with your husband. That lack of boundaries isn't weird to either of us. Mia: It's weird to other people. But to us, we were just really lucky that Luca married someone who didn't find that horrific, and was comfortable with that level of closeness. Listen to Mia Freedman and Jessie Stephens on the latest episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About: Mia, Strife, which was very loosely based on your 2017 memoir, Work Strife Balance, was Binge's most successful original series premiere ever when it launched in 2023. The second season starts on May 8. You're returning as executive producer; Jessie, you're returning as a writer and a producer. What can we expect from this next season? Mia: We really wanted to lean into the comedy in season two. This is the first time I've seen – on television – an exploration of the advent of podcasting. Because it's set in that 2013-ish world where podcasting was only just finding its feet in Australia – it was about 10 years ago that we started Mamamia Out Loud – to go back and look at what the set-up looked like, what we thought we were doing, the idealism and the naivety of this new, exciting platform, that's really foundational to this season. It's so interesting to look back on now that podcasting has become so mainstream. People didn't know what it was 10 years ago. It's been a once-in-a-generation revolution in media. Jessie: What I love about this season is that it has such a self-awareness and a self-deprecation that I think we don't see a lot in feminist figures or feminist publications, because we can be a lightning rod. And justifiably so. To watch Evelyn [played by Asher Keddie and loosely based on Freedman] toe the line and play with that in terms of commercial benchmarks that they need to hit is just funny. Because it's the reality.
USA Today
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Too aggressive? Too passive? Find out if you come from an 'ask' or a 'guess' family.
Too aggressive? Too passive? Find out if you come from an 'ask' or a 'guess' family. Show Caption Hide Caption Expert explains how the dating trend the orange peel theory works Dr. Ramani explains the thinking behind a viral dating trend that tests how much your partner cares about you. Did you grow up in an "ask" family or a "guess" family? An Australian podcast called Mamamia Out Loud recently posed the question on TikTok. In a guess family, that means "you don't really directly ask for anything ever," Jessie Stephens, host of the podcast, says in the video, like help with moving. You'd instead ask whether someone is busy over the weekend and sneak in a mention of what you need. In "ask families," you say what you need and it's on the other person involved to give a yes or no answer. No emotions involved. "The only time I would ever ask something of someone is if I was absolutely certain the answer was going to be yes," she adds. The video has nearly 350,000 views, and hundreds of commenters weighed in on the issue from multiple sides. "Guessing is just passive aggressive manipulation," one person wrote. Another added: "Am I the only the one who thinks the 'ask' method is way more pressure?? The person is put on the spot and has to respond directly? Instead of coming to it themselves if they want to." Like most communication concerns, no one is exactly right or wrong. Mental health experts say it's best for people to approach conversations with as much empathy as possible for another person, however they express themselves. "The best way to communicate is to first acknowledge that having different communication styles is perfectly normal and not a deal breaker," says Chase Cassine, licensed clinical social worker. It's 'a more intimate' ghosting: Online, people are complaining about 'avoidant discard' What to know if you're from a 'guess' family Our families affect us in ways we can't always see. Someone who asks for something directly versus someone who opts for a more sheepish approach marks a good example of the outcomes of one's upbringing. While not "formal psychological terms," "ask" and "guess families" are well-known in communication and pop psychology circles, says Luis Cornejo, licensed marriage and family therapist. "Guess" is often code for "people pleaser." "When you're using passive communication you tend to put your needs last, and the other person's first, even if it hurts you," says Regine Galanti, a clinical psychologist. "At an extreme, you can become a doormat in this mode." Expecting a direct answer when you don't directly ask for one will cause only more confusion. "Others might not perceive the request at all and instead of viewing the listener as uncaring, explains Maryanne Fisher, a psychology professor at St. Mary's University in Canada, "they might need to a be a bit more direct in their requests. Rejection of a request is not the same as personal rejection, a lesson that is hard to learn." Still, asking a direct question might feel a tad too blunt for someone used to beating around the proverbial bush. Try for a gray area. Instead of "Can you help me move," maybe try "Would you be open to helping me move?" "The key is self-awareness and small shifts," Cornejo says. Good question: Are you ruining your relationship without even realizing it? What to know if you're from an 'ask' family Those from "ask" families need to pay attention to how they're delivering said ask. Are you being aggressive or assertive? "While with aggressive communication, you prioritize your needs above all others, even if it means hurting or offending others, when you're being assertive, you're you balancing asking for what you need with the needs other people around you," Galanti says. "This style takes into account what other people might want or need while setting boundaries." Try giving someone an "out" when you ask them for something. "For example, 'I could really use help with planning this event for the committee we are both a part of, but I know you've just returned from a work trip and likely have a lot on your plate. If you have free time, can you help me out, even for just a few minutes?' This sort of reply also helps the listener provide assistance that is short in duration, rather than something that could take much longer and to which they'd want to decline," Fisher says. Overall, though, try and meet each other where you're at when you have different communication styles. "Embrace the differences and foster a safe space between partners where they can both actively listen to each other from a place of trust, empathy and vulnerability to build a solid foundation," Cassine says, "so that connection and communication with each other is resolved effectively when conflicts do arise.
