What if the moment your child stops believing isn't an ending… but the beginning of something even more meaningful?

Kate Mason takes a warmlook at one of family life's most tender rituals: Easter traditions.

From the egg hunts of her own Adelaide childhood to the night her son Jack and daughter Cassie discovered the truth behind the Easter Bunnyand the beautiful reframe that followed,Kate explores how traditions shape family identity across generations.

This episode is a gentle, heartfelt reflection on what makes family rituals matter, how to create ones that are doable and sustainable, and why understanding the people you love means holding the magic carefully… and then passing it on.

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1:40 What makes Easter traditions worth keeping, even as life gets busier and children grow?

4:33 What does Kate say traditions actually need to be to last across the years?

9:21 How do you handle the moment a child starts questioning whether the Easter Bunny is real?

11:20 What happened the day Kate's children found out the truth — and how did the family recover?

15:59 How can grandparents, aunties, and uncles join in traditions without stepping on parents' toes?

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What if the biggest barriers to your autistic child's progress aren't the ones anyone told you about… and the solutions are already backed by science?

Kate Mason welcomes back Theresa Lyons, PhD, scientist, autism researcher, and founder of navigating AWEtism, for a conversation that goes beyond the diagnosis and into the biology.

Theresa unpacks three powerful areas that functional medicine research has identified as having real impact for children on the spectrum: gut health and diet (including gluten, dairy, and food additives), the role of genetics and environment in why two siblings in the same house can have completely different outcomes, and a groundbreaking discovery called cerebral folate deficiency… a condition affecting up to 70% of autistic children that may be dramatically limiting speech.

Parents who feel overwhelmed, confused, or like they've already tried everything will find this episode both deeply informative and genuinely hopeful.

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3:50 What is the real science behind going gluten-free for a child with autism?

7:31 Why is diet change so overwhelming for autism families, and how should parents approach it?

12:16 How can genetics and environment explain why two children in the same household experience autism so differently?

14:29 What is cerebral folate deficiency, and how could a simple blood test unlock speech in non-verbal children?

18:34 What should parents do right now if they think cerebral folate deficiency could be a factor for their child?

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What if the most powerful personality lesson of your life came not from a book or a podcast…but from a train in Tokyo?

Kate Mason shares warm, witty, and surprisingly profound reflections from her holiday in Japan.

Travelling with her family, Kate finds herself using the four temperaments: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic, to make sense of everything from Tokyo's train etiquette to the way her travel companions plan (or don't plan) their days.

This episode is a beautiful reminder that understanding personalities isn't just an academic exercise, it's the daily practice of giving people grace.

You will come away with fresh insight into why the people you love move through the world differently, and why that difference is worth celebrating.

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1:02 How does travelling to a very different culture reveal your own personality?

3:52 What does Japan's approach to rubbish and shared spaces teach us about parenting?

7:28 Why is riding a quiet Japanese train a surprisingly confronting experience for a sanguine?

9:49 What happens when a choleric personality meets the Tokyo train system?

11:44 How do temperament differences show up when a group travels together and what can that teach families?

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