What actually gives women pleasure, and why are we still so bad at talking about it?

In this special Pleasure Issue episode of You’re Gonna Want To Hear This, Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt and Deputy Editor Mel Gaudron go inside the pages of the new issue, from the small joys that make life better to the bigger, messier conversations:

They unpack the orgasm gap, why women are still statistically being left behind when it comes to sexual satisfaction, dating after divorce, sex toys, long-term relationships, kissing, quitting friendships, hobbies that don’t make money, and the joy of yapping.

They also discuss Marie Claire’s May cover star Sarah Pidgeon, her role as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in Ryan Murphy’s Love Story, the ongoing obsession with Carolyn and JFK Jr, and why Carolyn’s style, mystique and story still have such a hold on women.

This episode covers:
Marie Claire Australia’s Pleasure Issue
The orgasm gap and women’s sexual wellbeing
Dating after divorce
Sex toys, desire and long-term relationships
Why kissing still matters
Hobbies, friendship breakups and small pleasures
Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
Ryan Murphy’s Love Story
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and JFK Jr
Fashion, beauty, dermaplaning and sex dreams
Why women need to talk more openly about pleasure

The May issue of Marie Claire Australia, starring Sarah Pidgeon, is on sale now.

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Credits:
Hosts: Georgie McCourt and Mel Gaudron
Edited by Charlie Potter

Learn more at Marie Claire

You're Gonna Want to Hear this is a production of Are Media

What actually gives women pleasure, and why are we still so bad at talking about it?
In this special Pleasure Issue episode of You&rsquo;re Gonna Want To Hear This, Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt and Deputy Editor Mel Gaudron go inside the pages of the new issue, from the small joys that make life better to the bigger, messier conversations:
They unpack the orgasm gap, why women are still statistically being left behind when it comes to sexual satisfaction, dating after divorce, sex toys, long-term relationships, kissing, quitting friendships, hobbies that don&rsquo;t make money, and the joy of yapping.
They also discuss Marie Claire&rsquo;s May cover star Sarah Pidgeon, her role as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in Ryan Murphy&rsquo;s Love Story, the ongoing obsession with Carolyn and JFK Jr, and why Carolyn&rsquo;s style, mystique and story still have such a hold on women.
This episode covers:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Marie Claire Australia&rsquo;s Pleasure Issue</li>
<li aria-level="1">The orgasm gap and women&rsquo;s sexual wellbeing</li>
<li aria-level="1">Dating after divorce</li>
<li aria-level="1">Sex toys, desire and long-term relationships</li>
<li aria-level="1">Why kissing still matters</li>
<li aria-level="1">Hobbies, friendship breakups and small pleasures</li>
<li aria-level="1">Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy</li>
<li aria-level="1">Ryan Murphy&rsquo;s Love Story</li>
<li aria-level="1">Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and JFK Jr</li>
<li aria-level="1">Fashion, beauty, dermaplaning and sex dreams</li>
<li aria-level="1">Why women need to talk more openly about pleasure</li>
</ul>
The May issue of Marie Claire Australia, starring Sarah Pidgeon, is on sale now.
🎧 Listen to You&rsquo;re Gonna Want To Hear This and follow on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/youre-gonna-want-to-hear-this/id1849312864">Apple Podcasts</a>
Listen and follow on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2Vsxq2nZIMJLnywOXfuxqZ?si=861715ef1dec44a5">Spotify</a>
 👀 Watch and subscribe to You&rsquo;re Gonna Want To Hear This on YouTube for full episodes and clips: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@marieclaireau">https://www.youtube.com/@marieclaireau</a>
Credits: Hosts: Georgie McCourt and Mel Gaudron Edited by Charlie Potter
<a href="https://www.marieclaire.com.au/life/youre-gonna-want-to-hear-this-podcast/">Learn more at Marie Claire</a>
You're Gonna Want to Hear this is a production of Are Media

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Georgie McCourt and Mel Gaudron go inside Marie Claire’s Pleasure Issue, from the orgasm gap and dating after divorce to Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.

The Pleasure Issue: Orgasms, Divorce Dating & Sarah Pidgeon

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CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses mental health challenges, including suicidal thoughts and ideation. If you or someone you know needs immediate assistance, call 000. For confidential 24/7 crisis support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit lifeline.org.au. Support is also available through Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 or at beyondblue.org.au. 

What if the person you're most afraid of becoming is yourself? 

Every month, writer Emma Hardy found herself trapped in a cycle of rage, despair, anxiety and emotional chaos. Then it would pass, and life would return to normal - until the cycle began again. 

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt sits down with Emma to discuss her debut memoir, Periodic Bitch: A Memoir of Menstruation, Madness and Monsters, a raw exploration of life with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). 

Together, they discuss PMDD, from uncontrollable anger and emotional outbursts to the relief and complexity of finally receiving a diagnosis. The conversation moves beyond the condition itself, examining how women's pain is misunderstood, dismissed or pathologised, and why conversations about female rage remain so uncomfortable. 

Emma also explores the surprising cultural influences behind the book, from horror stories and hysteria to medical research conducted on rats, and the question at the heart of Periodic Bitch: when is a mood just a mood, and when does it become an illness? 

In this episode: 
What PMDD actually is, and why it's often mistaken for severe PMS 
Emma's journey to diagnosis 
Georgie's personal experience living with PMDD 
The impact PMDD can have on relationships, careers and self-worth 
Why female anger is so often labelled as madness 
The link between PMDD, mental health and emotional regulation 
Medical misogyny and the challenges women face when seeking treatment 
Why PMDD remains under-researched and under-diagnosed 
The fascinating stories of women whose crimes were linked to premenstrual disorders 
How Emma learned to stop fearing her emotions and start understanding them 

This is a conversation about hormones, identity, rage, resilience and the stories women are told about their bodies. 

Buy the book: Periodic Bitch: A Memoir of Menstruation, Madness and Monsters by Emma Hardy. 

If this conversation raises issues for you, support is available. 

Listen to You're Gonna Want to Hear This and follow us on Apple Podcasts 

Listen and follow on Spotify 

Watch and subscribe to You're Gonna Want to Hear This on YouTube for full episodes and clips. 

Credits: 

Host: Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt 

Edited by Charlie Potter 

Consulting Producer: Jessie-Lee Klass 

Supervising Producer: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

Learn More: You're Gonna Want to Hear This is a production of Marie Claire and Are Media. 

CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses mental health challenges, including suicidal thoughts and ideation.&nbsp;If you or someone you know needs immediate assistance, call 000.&nbsp;For confidential 24/7 crisis support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit lifeline.org.au. Support is also available through Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 or at beyondblue.org.au.&nbsp;
What if the&nbsp;person&nbsp;you're&nbsp;most afraid of becoming is yourself?&nbsp;
Every month, writer Emma Hardy found herself trapped in a cycle of rage, despair,&nbsp;anxiety&nbsp;and emotional chaos. Then it would pass, and life would return to normal - until the cycle began again.&nbsp;
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt sits down with Emma to discuss her debut memoir, Periodic Bitch: A Memoir of Menstruation, Madness and Monsters, a raw exploration of life with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).&nbsp;
Together, they discuss PMDD, from uncontrollable anger and emotional outbursts to the relief and complexity of finally receiving a diagnosis. The conversation moves beyond the condition itself, examining how women's pain is misunderstood, dismissed or&nbsp;pathologised, and why conversations about female rage remain so uncomfortable.&nbsp;
Emma also explores the surprising cultural influences behind the book, from horror stories and hysteria to medical research conducted on rats, and the question at the heart of Periodic Bitch: when is a mood just a mood, and when does it become an illness?&nbsp;
In this episode:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">What PMDD&nbsp;actually is, and why&nbsp;it's&nbsp;often mistaken for severe PMS&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Emma's journey to diagnosis&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">Georgie's personal experience living with PMDD&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1">The impact PMDD can have on relationships,&nbsp;careers&nbsp;and self-worth&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1">Why female anger is so often labelled as madness&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1">The link between PMDD, mental health and emotional regulation&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1">Medical misogyny and the challenges women face when seeking treatment&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1">Why PMDD&nbsp;remains&nbsp;under-researched and under-diagnosed&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">The fascinating stories of women whose crimes were linked to premenstrual disorders&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="&middot;" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&middot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="10" data-aria-level="1">How Emma learned to stop fearing her emotions and start understanding them&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
This is a conversation about hormones, identity, rage,&nbsp;resilience&nbsp;and the stories women are told about their bodies.&nbsp;
Buy the book: Periodic Bitch: A Memoir of Menstruation,&nbsp;Madness&nbsp;and Monsters by Emma Hardy.&nbsp;
If this conversation raises issues for you, support is available.&nbsp;
Listen to&nbsp;You're&nbsp;Gonna&nbsp;Want to Hear This and follow us on&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/youre-gonna-want-to-hear-this/id1849312864">Apple Podcasts</a>&nbsp;
Listen and follow on&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2Vsxq2nZIMJLnywOXfuxqZ?si=bb7ec5eac4184752">Spotify</a>&nbsp;
Watch and subscribe to You're&nbsp;Gonna&nbsp;Want to Hear This on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/marieclaire">YouTube</a>&nbsp;for full episodes and clips.&nbsp;
Credits:&nbsp;
Host: Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt&nbsp;
Edited by Charlie Potter&nbsp;
Consulting&nbsp;Producer: Jessie-Lee Klass&nbsp;
Supervising Producer: Leah Porges&nbsp;
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain&nbsp;
Learn More:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.marieclaire.com.au/life/youre-gonna-want-to-hear-this-podcast/">You're Gonna Want to Hear This</a>&nbsp;is a production of Marie Claire and Are Media.&nbsp;

Writer Emma Hardy joins Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt for a raw, validating conversation about PMDD, female rage, mental health, relationships and the stories women are told about their bodies.

Emma Hardy: PMDD & The Truth About Female Rage

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/clips/f83872f8-03a5-457c-a3e8-b45e00a43660/transcript

What if the worst thing anyone ever said to you became the story that changed your life? 

This week, Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt sits down with playwright, screenwriter and memoirist Lally Katz to talk about My Cursed Vagina, her brutally funny, wildly honest and unexpectedly moving memoir drawn from the past fifteen years of her life. 

Before the awards, theatre acclaim and Hollywood success, Lally was a woman searching for love in all the wrong places: emotionally unavailable men, disastrous dates, psychic readings, one-night stands, impulsive decisions and relationships that left her questioning whether something inside her was fundamentally broken. 

Then, during a snowstorm in New York, a psychic named Cookie told her she was cursed. According to Cookie, the problem was not just Lally’s love life. It was her vagina. 

What follows is a conversation that moves between laugh-out-loud absurdity and profound emotional honesty. Georgie and Lally unpack the stories women tell themselves about love, desirability, self-worth and the dangerous habit of mistaking longing for intimacy. 

In this conversation, Lally and Georgie talk about love, sex, shame, motherhood, creativity, heartbreak and the messy, humiliating, funny, deeply human things women do while trying to be chosen, understood and loved.   

This episode covers: 
The psychic reading in New York that inspired My Cursed Vagina 
Why women can mistake intensity, longing and obsession for love 
The boyfriend who called Lally his “flatmate” for eighteen months and refused to give her a key 
Chasing emotionally unavailable men across cities and continents 
Tinder, one-night stands, dating chaos and romantic fantasy 
Receiving a herpes diagnosis and deciding to talk openly about STI stigma 
The advice that helped Lally stop wasting her childbearing years with the wrong person 
Meeting the man who would become her husband and marrying him in Las Vegas three months later 
Miscarriage, motherhood and wanting both creative fulfilment and family 
Turning heartbreak into art and why writing everything down became a survival mechanism 

At its heart, My Cursed Vagina is not really about sex, psychics or even bad relationships. It is about the universal desire to be loved, the private stories women build around that longing, and what happens when a woman stops apologising for wanting everything: love, work, sex, art, adventure, children and purpose. 

If you have ever stayed too long, loved too hard, overanalysed a text message, mistaken pain for passion, or wondered whether everyone else has somehow figured relationships out before you, this episode will hit home. 

Listen now to You’re Gonna Want To Hear This with Lally Katz. 

My Cursed Vagina by Lally Katz is out now. 

🎧 Listen to You’re Gonna Want to Hear This and follow us on Apple Podcasts: 

Listen and follow on Spotify: 

 👀 Watch and subscribe to You're Gonna Want to Hear This on YouTube 📺 for full episodes and clips: 

 Learn more: 

https://www.marieclaire.com.au/life/youre-gonna-want-to-hear-this-podcast/ 

Credits: 

Host: Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt 

Edited by Charlie Potter 

Supervising Producer Leah Porges

Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain 

Learn More: You're Gonna Want to Hear This is a production of Marie Claire and Are Media.

What if the worst thing anyone ever said to you became the story that changed your life?&nbsp;
This week, Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt sits down with playwright,&nbsp;screenwriter&nbsp;and memoirist Lally Katz to talk about My Cursed Vagina, her brutally funny, wildly&nbsp;honest&nbsp;and unexpectedly moving memoir drawn from the past fifteen years of her life.&nbsp;
Before the awards, theatre&nbsp;acclaim&nbsp;and Hollywood success, Lally was a woman searching for love in all the wrong places: emotionally unavailable men, disastrous dates, psychic readings, one-night stands, impulsive decisions and relationships that left her questioning whether something inside her was fundamentally broken.&nbsp;
Then, during a snowstorm in New York, a psychic named Cookie told her she was cursed. According to Cookie, the problem was not just Lally&rsquo;s love life. It was her vagina.&nbsp;
What follows is a conversation that moves between laugh-out-loud absurdity and profound emotional honesty. Georgie and Lally unpack the stories women tell themselves about love, desirability,&nbsp;self-worth&nbsp;and the dangerous habit of mistaking longing for intimacy.&nbsp;
In this conversation, Lally and Georgie talk about love, sex, shame, motherhood, creativity, heartbreak and the messy, humiliating, funny, deeply human things women do while trying to be chosen, understood and loved.&nbsp; &nbsp;
This episode covers:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">The psychic reading in New York that inspired My Cursed Vagina&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Why women can mistake intensity,&nbsp;longing&nbsp;and obsession for love&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">The boyfriend who called Lally his &ldquo;flatmate&rdquo; for eighteen months and refused to give her a key&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1">Chasing emotionally unavailable men across cities and continents&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1">Tinder, one-night stands, dating chaos and romantic fantasy&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1">Receiving a herpes diagnosis and deciding to talk openly about STI stigma&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1">The advice that helped Lally stop wasting her childbearing years with the wrong person&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1">Meeting the man who would become her husband and marrying him in Las Vegas three months later&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Miscarriage, motherhood and wanting both creative fulfilment and family&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="10" data-aria-level="1">Turning heartbreak into art and why writing everything down became a survival mechanism&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
At its heart, My Cursed Vagina is not really about sex,&nbsp;psychics&nbsp;or even bad relationships. It is about the universal desire to be loved, the private stories women build around that longing, and what happens when a woman stops&nbsp;apologising&nbsp;for wanting everything: love, work, sex, art, adventure,&nbsp;children&nbsp;and purpose.&nbsp;
If you have ever stayed too long, loved too hard,&nbsp;overanalysed&nbsp;a text message, mistaken pain for passion, or wondered whether everyone else has somehow figured relationships out before you, this episode will hit home.&nbsp;
Listen now to&nbsp;You&rsquo;re&nbsp;Gonna&nbsp;Want&nbsp;To&nbsp;Hear This with Lally Katz.&nbsp;
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Credits:&nbsp;
Host: Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt&nbsp;
Edited by Charlie Potter&nbsp;
Supervising Producer Leah Porges
Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain&nbsp;
Learn More:&nbsp;You're&nbsp;Gonna&nbsp;Want to Hear This is a production of Marie Claire and Are Media.

Playwright, screenwriter and memoirist Lally Katz joins Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt to talk My Cursed Vagina, emotionally unavailable men, psychic curses, herpes stigma, motherhood, miscarriage, Vegas weddings and the stories women tell themselves in the pursuit of love. 

A Psychic Told Lally Katz Her Vagina Was Cursed - And It Changed Her Life

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Why do so many women wake up one day and feel like they want out? In this episode of You’re Gonna Want to Hear This, Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt sits down with renowned psychoanalyst and bestselling author Stephen Grosz for a conversation about love, resentment, affairs, marriage, desire, emotional labour, and the complicated reality of trying to build a life with another person without losing yourself. 

After more than 40 years inside the consulting room, and more than 75,000 hours listening to people talk about heartbreak, betrayal, longing and intimacy, Stephen has come to believe that love is not simply something we fall into. It is something we work at. Often, that work begins at the exact moment relationships stop feeling easy. 

Together, Georgie and Stephen unpack why resentment can quietly poison even strong relationships, why contempt is often far more dangerous than anger, and why many people do not leave because they have stopped loving their partner, but because they no longer recognise themselves inside the relationship. 

They also talk about affairs and what people are really searching for when they step outside a marriage, the emotional complexity of long-term love, the impact children can have on intimacy and desire, and why some couples emerge stronger after betrayal while others cannot recover. 

Georgie opens up about her own experience with marriage counselling, co-parenting, and the small daily rituals that can soften even the hardest relationships. 

This episode covers: 
Why love requires labour 
The resentment that can destroy relationships 
Why contempt is often more dangerous than anger 
The real psychology behind affairs 
How children can change intimacy and desire 
Why people leave because they dislike who they have become 
The power of appreciation inside long-term relationships 
What happiness in love can really look like 
The line from Stephen that Georgie says “quietly rearranged the furniture” in her brain 

Stephen Grosz is the author of The Examined Life and Love’s Labour. 

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Credits: 

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Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain 

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Why do so many women wake up one day and feel like they want out? In this episode of You&rsquo;re&nbsp;Gonna&nbsp;Want to Hear This, Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt sits down with renowned psychoanalyst and bestselling author Stephen Grosz for a conversation about love, resentment, affairs, marriage, desire, emotional&nbsp;labour, and the complicated reality of trying to build a life with another person without losing yourself.&nbsp;
After more than 40 years inside the consulting room, and more than&nbsp;75,000 hours&nbsp;listening to people talk about heartbreak, betrayal, longing and intimacy, Stephen has come to believe that love is not simply something we fall into. It is something we work at. Often, that work begins at the exact moment relationships stop feeling easy.&nbsp;
Together, Georgie and Stephen unpack why resentment can quietly poison even strong relationships, why contempt is often far more dangerous than anger, and why many people do not leave because they have stopped loving their partner, but because they no longer&nbsp;recognise&nbsp;themselves inside the relationship.&nbsp;
They also talk about affairs and what people are really searching for when they step outside a marriage, the emotional complexity of long-term love, the impact children can have on intimacy and desire, and why some couples&nbsp;emerge&nbsp;stronger after betrayal while others cannot recover.&nbsp;
Georgie opens&nbsp;up about&nbsp;her own experience with marriage counselling, co-parenting, and the small daily rituals that can soften even the hardest relationships.&nbsp;
This episode covers:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Why love requires&nbsp;labour&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">The resentment that can destroy relationships&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">Why contempt is often more dangerous than anger&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1">The real psychology behind affairs&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1">How children can change intimacy and desire&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1">Why people leave because they dislike who they have become&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1">The power of appreciation inside long-term relationships&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1">What happiness in love can really look like&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">The line from Stephen that Georgie says &ldquo;quietly rearranged the furniture&rdquo; in her brain&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Stephen Grosz is the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-examined-life-9780099549031">The Examined Life</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/loves-labour-9781784744335">Love&rsquo;s Labour</a>.&nbsp;
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Listen and follow on&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2Vsxq2nZIMJLnywOXfuxqZ?si=c0d2da6b5e2e4340">Spotify</a>&nbsp;
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Credits:&nbsp;
Host: Marie Claire Editor Georgie McCourt&nbsp;
Edited by Charlie Potter&nbsp;
Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain&nbsp;
Learn More:&nbsp;You&rsquo;re&nbsp;Gonna&nbsp;Want to Hear This is a production of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.marieclaire.com.au/">Marie Claire</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aremedia.com.au/">Are Media</a>.&nbsp;
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Psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz joins Georgie McCourt to unpack love, resentment, affairs, marriage, desire, emotional labour, and why some people leave relationships they once fought to keep.

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