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Hot Messes, Big Visions

The podcast for mums 'doing it all'.....in leggings covered in yogurt.

 

Hot Messes Big Visions is a conversation-led podcast exploring the real, unfiltered side of building a career, business, and life while raising children.

We talk to women navigating ambition and motherhood in the same breath — the wins, the chaos, the trade-offs, and everything in between that doesn’t usually make it into the highlight reel.

Each episode is designed to feel like an honest conversation, not a performance. Less polished perfection, more real stories, messy moments, and the decisions that shape who we become.

Our audience spans New Zealand, the UK, and the US — women aged 35–44 balancing work, family, and big visions for what life can look like.

Because the truth is, no one’s doing it perfectly — and that’s exactly the point.

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Season 2 — now live

Hot Messes,
Big Visions.

The podcast for mums doing it all. Honest conversations about building careers, raising kids, and figuring it out in the chaos. No highlight reel. No performance. Just real.

Season 2 Publishing weekly. New episodes every week from Nikki and Sophia.
About the show

Honest conversations. Zero highlight reel.

Hot Messes, Big Visions is the podcast Nikki and Sophia made because they could not find the one they needed. A show for women who are building something, raising something, and holding it all together while trying not to lose themselves in the process.

Each episode is an honest conversation about what it really takes. The messy parts. The wins. The things you do not say out loud until someone else says them first.

What the show covers

Building a business as a mum

The real story of founding something while raising small humans.

The mental load of modern parenthood

What nobody talks about and what actually helps.

Work, identity, and not losing yourself

How to stay yourself while being everything to everyone.

Big visions and messy reality

What ambition looks like when life refuses to cooperate.

Latest episodes

Season 2 — now live.

New episodes weekly. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

S2

Season 2 is here

Nikki and Sophia are back. New season, new conversations, same honest chaos. Subscribe now to get every episode as it drops.

New season
S1

Season 1 — catch up

Start from the beginning. Season 1 covers building The Village Co., navigating early motherhood, and building something real while everything else is falling apart.

From the founders

The podcast and the platform are part of the same thing.

Hot Messes, Big Visions came out of the same belief that drives The Village Co. — that the hardest parts of modern parenthood are made easier when you have the right community around you.

The show is not a marketing channel. It is Nikki and Sophia talking honestly about what they are building, why they are building it, and what they are learning along the way.

Learn about The Village Co.
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The Village Co. platform

Find a trusted, vetted babysitter matched to your family. Available across NZ.

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Village Gatherings

Real-life community events for parents and sitters. Mornings, meetups, and more.

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Village for Work

Childcare as a workplace benefit for employers who actually support working parents.

Listen, subscribe,
and find your village.

New episodes weekly. Available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.