Everything Early Childhood

Everything Early Childhood

Hosted by: Leeza Browne

Welcome to the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, designed for Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and other child care business leaders. This fun, light-hearted and very serious podcast features weekly...

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Your questions Answered - Q&A April 2026

Episode #133

PODCAST SHOW NOTES Q&A: You Don’t Need More Time… You Need a Different Way of Leading This month’s Q&A episode is built completely from your questions — real challenges coming from the floor, your teams, and...
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Culture is more than a checklist with Jessica Staines

Episode #134

Culture Is More Than a Checklist with Jessica Staines In this week’s episode of the Everything Early Childhood Podcast, I sit down with the incredible Jessica Staines from Koori Curriculum for a deeply important...
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The Early Childhood reset everyone's talking about - Part 1

Episode #135

Something has shifted in early childhood… and everyone can feel it. In this deeply honest and confronting episode, Leeza Browne unpacks the growing exhaustion, pressure and uncertainty being felt across the early...
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When Survival Mode Becomes Team Culture - Part 2

Episode #136

When Survival Mode Becomes Team Culture What happens when “hard” stops being a season… and becomes the identity of the profession? In this deeply honest and reflective episode, Leeza explores the emotional weight many...
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The question that started it all: Why dont people want to show up to work anymore? - Part 3

Episode #137

EPISODE TITLE The Conversation That Started It All: Why Don’t People Want to Show Up to Work Anymore? EPISODE SHOW NOTES This week’s episode of the Everything Early Childhood Podcast is unlike any episode I’ve...
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The belonging conversation we're not actually having - Part 4

Episode #138

🎙️ Everything Early Childhood Podcast The Belonging Conversation We're Not Actually Having ### Why Team Building Isn't the Same as Building Community Part 4 of our series: **The Conversations We're All Having... But...
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AI in Early Childhood: Tool, Threat or Turning Point? with Adam Hucker

Episode #139

AI in Early Childhood: Tool, Threat or Turning Point? Artificial Intelligence is everywhere. Some people are excited by it. Some are overwhelmed by it. Some are using it every day, while others are doing everything...
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Mud, Magic & the Mama Tree: Reimagining Childhood Through Nature with Amelia

Episode #140

Mud, Magic & the Mama Tree: Reimagining Childhood Through Nature with Amelia What happens when we slow down enough to truly see childhood? In this week's episode, Leeza travels north of Sydney to experience Mama...
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Building a Business Rebuilds You

Episode #141

In this deeply personal episode of Everything Early Childhood, host Leeza Browne shares a conversation she almost talked herself out of recording. As a coach, mentor and leader in the Early Childhood sector, Leeza...
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What If They’re Right About You?

Episode #142

What If They’re Right About You? What if the people around you can see something in you that you can't see yet? We are so quick to see the gap. The conversation we could have handled better. The boundary we still need...
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The wonderings of Nature-Learning from the land with: Birdwings Forest School

Episode #143

What if the greatest classroom was never a classroom at all?  This conversation with Jennifer and Narell from Birdwings Forest School challenged the way I think about childhood, learning and our connection to...
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