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Life's Bumps And Bruises
Life’s Bumps and Bruises is a mental health podcast that keeps things real. Hosted by husband and wife Luke and Joanne Lee Tet — one with lived experience as a mum and HR professional, the other a registered counsellor — the show is a safe, relatable space to explore anxiety, overwhelm, parenting struggles, emotional wellbeing, and life’s messier moments. This podcast isn't about perfection, fixes, or fluff — it’s about honest conversations that normalise the struggles many people carry in silence.
We tackle the subjects that we all experience and not always discuss. Our purpose is to make people feel as though they are not alone and have practical solutions to life’s difficult moments.
Episodes
28 episodes
Managing Screen Time
In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke and Joanne discuss Managing Screen Time on devices. This episode is for managing children’s screen time and the impact of adult screen time for children. In the Unpack That segment, ...
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Why Do Men Think Women Are Nuts?
In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke and Joanne discuss Why Do Men Think Women Are Nuts? Women and men are so different and see life through different lenses. Joanne and Luke discuss the differences between the two and where commun...
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Feeling Disconnected From Your Partner
In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke and Joanne discuss Feeling Disconnected From Your Partner. We live very busy lives that can create competing priorities that can lead us away from our significant others. Competing priorities ca...
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Managing Mother's Guilt
In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke and Joanne discuss managing mother’s guilt. The feeling that most mother’s have challenges around after birth and the guilt they feel when they feel they are not giving all to their children. &n...
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Living With Difficult Decisions
In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke and Joanne discuss a very personal topic that leads into how to live with difficult decisions. This episode covers a serious and real-life decision that Luke and Joanne had to make that opened t...
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Navigating The School System & Advocating For My Child
In this massive episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke and Joanne discuss how to navigate the school system and what the limitations and intentions behind schools requesting assessments of children for diagnoses. In the Unpack Th...
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Why Do I Care What Others Think Of Me?
In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke and Joanne discuss the important subject of why people care about what others think of them and how this can lead to self-judgement. In the Unpack That segment, Luke and Joanne...
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Being Human with Justin Zelones
In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke and Joanne have a special guest in Justin Zelones. Justin who is a leader in his sporting club, discusses how he formed a great team to foster an inclusive environment where people feel th...
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Multitasking - Effective or Not?
In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke and Joanne discuss whether or not multitasking is effective. So many people have a belief that they are great at multitasking, but are they really? Is there a better way to ensure we meet ...
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Why Are Teenage Boys So Dumb?
In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, we introduce our new presenter, Joanne Lee Tet. Joanne is a HR professional, wife and mother who brings lived experience, insight and lots of probing questions to seek further knowledge. Luke ...
New Beginnings
Welcome to season 2 of Life’s Bumps and Bruises. 2026 isshaping up to be a massive year for this podcast with a huge change happening.In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, one of our founding members leave the show. With a success...
Episode 16 - Cricket, Carols & Christmas Chaos: Season One Finale
As the year wraps up, Joel and Luke dive into one of the most complex topics of all — family during the holidays.From the financial pressure of trying to make Christmas magical, to navigating old family dynamics that res...
Episode 15 - Being Human with Andy McCarthy
From burnout to balance — this week’s Being Human episode is a story of success, collapse, and rebuilding from the ground up.Joel and Luke sit down with Andy McCarthy, founder of Gippsland Solar...
Episode 14 - Being Human with Andy Bailey
Content note: This episode includes discussion of serious illness, kidney failure, and organ transplantation.🧠 What do you do when life suddenly flips from “I’m fine” to “you might have three days to live”?In t...
Episode 13 – Trauma: The Pain You Didn’t Choose, The Healing You Can
🧠 Trauma doesn’t always look like what you think it does. It’s not just the big, obvious moments — sometimes it’s the quiet experiences that shape how we see ourselves, how we connect, and how we cope.In this episode of Life’s Bumps ...
Episode 12 - Parenting: The Toughest Job In The World
🧠 How do you show up for your kids when you’re running on empty yourself?In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Joel and Luke dive into the beautifully chaotic, guilt-ridden, love-filled world of parenting. From the daily juggle of...
Episode 11 - Being Human with Mitch Johnstone
Content note: This episode contains discussion of cancer, grief, and the loss of a parent.🧠 How do you keep moving when life rips away one of the people you love most?In this first episode of our Being Human Series
Episode 10 - The Art of Coaching
🏏 Coaching isn’t just about drills, game plans, or teaching skills — it’s about shaping people, building cultures, and creating environments where individuals can thrive.In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Joel Sheldon ...
Episode 9 - Finding Purpose in the Everyday
🧠 Purpose. It’s one of those big words that can feel overwhelming — like you need to have it all figured out before life makes sense. But what if purpose isn’t one grand destination, and instead lives in the small, everyday choices we make?...
Episode 8 - From Overwhelm to Burnout: Stress at Work Unpacked
🧠 Ever felt the Sunday night dread creeping in, your chest tightening at the sight of your inbox, or snapping at home after holding it together all day at work?In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Joel shares his own experience o...
Episode 7 - Grief: The Pain That Shapes Us
🧠 Grief isn’t something you “get over.” It’s something you learn to live with — and it changes you along the way.In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Joel Sheldon shares the deeply personal story of losing his brother, <...
Episode 6 - How To Be A Better Friend
🧠 How do you actually show up for someone battling anxiety or depression — without overstepping, fixing, or burning yourself out?In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Joel Sheldon and Luke Lee Tet respond to a listener’s ...
Episode 5 - The Everyday Art of Resilience
Ever been blindsided by a week that throws every possiblecurveball at you? In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Joel Sheldon and Luke Lee Tet unpack the moments when resilience is tested — from unexpected parenting chaos to the...
Episode 4 – More Than a Job: Redefining Identity
🧠 Who are you when you’re not what you do?In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Luke Lee Tet shares his journey from representing Australia in softball to stepping away from the sport and starting fresh in coun...
Episode 3 – Perfectionism, Self-Doubt & the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Episode 3 - 🧠 Ever felt like you had to nail something perfectly on the very first try… or else? In this episode of Life’s Bumps and Bruises, Joel Sheldon opens up about the pressure he’s been putting on himself to ma...
