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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Katie O'Neill |Tamar Cranswick
YumiHey ladies, before we start I want to ask you a favour. We're looking for feedback. I'd love to know what you think about Ladies We Need To Talk and the sorts of things you want to hear about more on our show. What do you love? What topics are close to your heart? What things have we missed? And what would you love to hear less of? We've posted a survey on the Ladies We Need To Talk website and in the show notes of the episode that you're listening to right now.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback
Your parents are elderly. Your kids need you. And it's up to you to tend to the needs of everyone. Welcome to the sandwich generation. The bad news is you'll be wading through a ton of logistical, financial and medical obstacles while watching your folks decline. The good news is you're not alone. Join Yumi Stynes in meeting two women doing their best in the middle of a sandwich, with some tips on getting your sh*t together before everything falls apart.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback
Coffee enemas? Healing jade yoni eggs? Raw milk? No, nope, nup. Dr Jen Gunter is calling bullsh*t on the internet's wellness industry. Dr Gunter is on a crusade against disinformation. As a gynaecologist and internationally renowned women's health expert, she calls out influencers promoting harmful treatments and nonsense supplements for profit. And she's not afraid to take on Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop and vaginal steaming products in the process.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback
Loneliness hurts. And we know it's bad for us, worse than smoking or obesity. Even though a third of us are lonely, we're embarrassed to say so. So, what would happen if we talked about our loneliness openly? And how can we soothe that ache in our chests? Yumi Stynes speaks to women who might look like they've got it made from the outside but feel like it's a party for one on the inside. Plus, clinical psychologist Dr Bella Ingram lends a hand in getting through a lonely time.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback
When filmmaker Anna Broinowski turned 50, she stopped giving any f*cks about what other people thought of her. Stopped prettying herself, being concerned with niceness, and exhaled. Certified badass Gina Chick spent 67 days in the literal wilderness living off the land to win Alone Australia. Jessie Tu refuses to adhere to the male gaze. So, what happens to us women when we stop playing by the Good Girl Guidebook and start living by our own rules? And what does it mean to live dangerously?
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback
Are chick flicks and rom-coms your secret indulgence but you feel too embarrassed to admit it? Caroline O'Donoghue, host of the hit podcast, Sentimental Garbage, says it's time to stop apologising for the culture we love. Under the tongue-in-cheek banner 'Justice for Dumb Women', O'Donoghue celebrates the pop-culture we've long been told we should feel ashamed for loving, from Sex and the City to Taylor Swift (and Twilight).
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback |Ann-Marie deBettencor
KateI don't know how familiar people are with the actual content of Andrew Tait's videos, but he does sometimes talk about choking women and sexually assaulting them in order to regain that kind of dominance over them. AndrewIf you allow her to blatantly disrespect you and you tolerate that, then you're setting a precedent, which means, well, why would I respect this guy in the first place?
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback
Charlotte's sugar daddy took her to the fanciest restaurant in Melbourne. Soraya's gave her a trust fund. Meet the attractive young women dating rich older men as Yumi Stynes peeks into the lives of sugar babies. Find out how the online sugar dating world (the sugar bowl) facilitates the kind of romance you pay for, and what can go wrong when sex mixes with money, wealth and power. Yes, there's a holiday in Thailand that goes terribly awry (think White Lotus, with less guns).
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback |Ann-Marie deBettencor
AlyxI mean, I learned a lot about the smell of 600 people having sex. Oh no! Did you? Yeah. Tell me more about that. I would call it musky and primal and intense. The smell will stay with me forever. YumiThis is writer Alex Gorman. She's the lifestyle editor of The Guardian Australia. And what she's describing is the very human smell of a sex party with a population the size of a small outback town. She was there not to breathe in the heady stench of sex for fun, but as research for her new book.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Katie O'Neill |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback |Ann-Marie deBettencor
If you think perimenopause is reserved for mid-life, think again. When other 20 and 30-somethings are out partying or decorating the nursery, how do you cope with night sweats, hot flashes, brain fog and a tired libido? What's it like to have the body of a young woman, filled with the hormones of someone decades older? Yumi Stynes meets women going through perimenopause far earlier than they expected to learn how they manage their symptoms and cope with the prospect of infertility.
