If you’ve ever felt left out…
If you’ve ever been bullied…
If you’ve ever sat alone and wished someone would notice you —
This episode is for you.

Sophie Sparks is the heart and founder of You Can Sit With Me, one of Australia’s most important and game-changing kindness movement that’s helping students feel seen, safe, and supported at school — all through one simple yellow wristband.

She started it after seeing too many kids hurting in silence. As a teacher, Sophie saw first-hand how many students were sitting alone, struggling to find their people. In 2015, driven by a message from a distressed student and a need to take action, she ordered 500 yellow wristbands from her home and launched a campaign that has helped more than 900 schools, sporting clubs, and community groups embrace its message. Fast forward 10 years, and thousands of schools are using the wristbands to create safe, inclusive spaces. What started as a simple idea to help lonely kids find a friend at school has become a nationwide anti-bullying initiative changing lives one yellow wristband at a time. Now, it’s giving students the power to say: “Hey, I’ve got your back. You can sit with me.”

In this episode, we talk about:
💛 How to bring You Can Sit With Me to your school
💛 What to do if you see someone being left out
💛 How one wristband can spark real friendships
💛 Why kindness is actually pretty cool

Whether you’re in high school, starting Year 7, or just need a reminder that you matter — this one’s for you.

We talk to Sophie about how it all began, the power of kindness, and what every teen (and adult!) can do to make school a more inclusive place.

✨ We hope every listener leaves this ep inspired to grab a yellow wristband, reach out to someone new, and remember: you can always sit with us.

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💛 To learn more or get involved, visit youcansitwithme.org

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This podcast is all about teen life – whether you’re living it, like Millie, or still recovering from it, like me – and we love chatting to amazing guests about their own teenage experiences.

We are fangirling hard because we are joined this ep by literal Australian royalty in a swimsuit – Olympic gold medalist, world record breaker, and all-round water warrior – Ariarne Titmus. Arnie as us Aussies call her has swum her way into history books – but today we want to dive into what she was like before the medals.

What was teen Arnie doing when she wasn’t doing laps? And of course we need to unpack the sacrifices and the choices she made that helped her get from a teen swimmer in Tassie to one of the best athletes on the planet. You are going to love how grounded Ariarne is – even after everything she’s achieved.

I feel like we learned more from her than a whole week of school. We are both inspired and need to jump in a pool and do a thousand laps right now. Or at least stop complaining when we have to walk the dog!

If you want to know more about her training, her wins or what she’s got coming up next, you can follow her on socials

Insta @ariarnetitmus_

Tik Tok@ariarnetitmus00

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If you are new here, this podcast is all about us talking to people about their teen experience, whether they are through it, or living it, and this episodes guest is living it right now!

Samara Rose Wheeler is a 13 year old Australian musical theatre and TV star. Performing since she was 3, Samara is so talented, she has a big voice and big dreams and has been touring the country in Musicals for the past few years. She made her professional debut as Young Elsa in Disney’s Frozen the Musical, performing in the Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth seasons. She then jumped to the Tina Turner Musical and played young Tina aka Anna-Mae in both Brisbane and Melbourne.

Off stage she has appeared in a few TV shows. She plays Young Taylor in the Nickelodeon series Rock Island Mysteries and Captain Nemo’s daughter Mya in the new TV series Nautilus.

In this episode we discover Samaras audition experience, how her mother discovered her talent as a child, her advice to other teens to get the roles you have always dreamed of and more importantly why you can't feel your elbow skin.

If you want to find out more about Samara head to her personal Socials @samarawheeler7 she will blow you away with her talent.

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