NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: From No Sex To Best Sex Ay 49

Overlooked, touched-out and too tired. That's how many MID women feel about sex. It's how Leslie Morgan felt, too. At 49, her marriage ended, and after not having sex for three years, she decided to change that. Over the next year, Leslie found five boyfriends and discovered her sexual self wasn't …

SUMMER LISTENING SORTED: When Your Children Aren't Children

It goes so fast. Did you want to pinch the people who said that to you when your babies were small? And now you know it's true. Welcome to the season of parenting when they're taller than you, they're eating the fridge and apparently, you've done your job right if they need you less and less every…

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: I Am Woman, Hear Me Giving No Shits

By MID, you've woven a big, beautiful, messy life. Some of it joyful, some of it devastating, some of it entirely unexpected. Today's guest, the iconic Australian musician Christine Anu has woven plenty of stories about all these things. In this very frank conversation, she talks about rebuilding …

LISTEN NOW: Grief Has No Time For Your Bullshit

By MID, you've likely lived through some loss. You know grief has no time for fancy words and clever jokes. In fact, it hasn't a lot of time for words, full-stop. It's a full-body experience that can change you on every level.  No-one wants to talk about death, except for our guest: interfaith mi…

SUMMER LISTENS: Don't Tilt Your Head At My Midlife Body

Your relationship with your body might be the most complicated one you'll ever have. So says comedian and podcaster Helen Thorn. And she'd know. Helen has been performing onstage in a skin-tight gold spandex catsuit for years, at all sizes and shapes, as one half of the Scummy Mummies comedy duo. …

LISTEN NOW: How Do I Know If I'm Drinking Too Much?

Most Gen X-ers did not grow up idolising 5am-rising yoga girlies. For many of us, drinking "like the boys" was almost an act of feminist pride, and certainly the way we knew we were having a "good time". Holidays, celebrations, milestones. Wine o’clock, and the witching hour and the glass (or two)…

SUMMER LISTENING SORTED: The Cure For Burn-Out Is Cooked

Burn-Out, says author Katherine May, is what happens when you repeatedly ignore your own needs. Sound familiar? The first signs are often that you can't focus. Can't read, maybe. Can't sleep, or sleep too much? Can't eat, or can't stop eating? You're Tired All The Time. You have that cold that jus…

LISTEN NOW: Don't Call It A Breakdown

Julie Goodwin has had an extraordinary ordinary life. And in the last few years, she has had an extraordinary ordinary wrestle with her mental health. While you were buying Julie's cookbooks, watching her two stints on Masterchef and listening to her on the radio, she was taking care of everyone b…

Mum Guilt Can Get In The Bin

It's been a while since we checked in with you.  Mum guilt—it's something most of us have heard about. But what about Dad guilt? Does it exist? Annaliese and Tegan take a deep dive into their own experiences with Mum guilt, exploring where it stems from. To get the Dad perspective, they brought b…

Gwyneth Paltrow: That Skiing Accident & Being Mean To Winona Ryder [bonus]

This week Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial in the Cancelled courtroom, this time for some dangerous eating habits, skiing (kinda) and also for the historic crime of being mean to Winona Ryder.  But, is the sentence tough enough to stop her perfect goopy face from ending up in court again?  Listen to a…