In the week leading up to Christmas, we need to debrief. Christmas and all the societal expectations have us tired. As two retired people-pleasers, we're trying a new tradition - to do less.

So what's important to us then, what's the minimum standard for Christmas? What actual brings joy around the holiday period?

Let's be honest guys, this is pretty much just a casual yap fest, but hey, y'all seem to enjoy it, so we'll keep giving it to ya. Xx

CW: child s*x abuse, r*pe, violence, armed hold ups, suicide

We have one of our listeners (and dear friends) Katie join us on the pod for a vast and deep discussion about, life, trauma and healing. Katie talks about how she held everything in until a moment at work brought her crashing down into full blown PTSD.

We talk about how she went on to change her whole life, leave a marriage, come out, go to therapy, parent through the chaos and build her new, beautiful existence.

Also - we recorded this on Wear It Purple Day (in August!!). We've been keeping it in the barrel for a while... whoops.

"Did we just become best friends?"

We adored our chat with Jacquie, and felt like we could have kept waffling on forever!

Jacquie is a Psychologist, Mum and now Published Author based in Sydney, Australia who works with children, adolescents and their families, with a special interest in supporting people who experience Sensory Processing Sensitivity, more commonly referred to as 'Highly Sensitive Kids/People'.

We learn about Jacquie's transition from a corporate career to psychology, the traits of and unique challenges faced by highly sensitive individuals, the impact of societal expectations, and the importance of compassion in parenting.

We found this conversation to be light, fun, warm, validating AND energising all at once (we felt ready to take on the world fueled by love, compassion and empathy), we decided that Jacquie is now one of our Pod Besties, we'll probably start a commune together some day and we trust you'll enjoy the side quests and tangents along the way!

Sam + Jess

WANT TO SEE MORE OF JACQUIE'S WORK?

Instagram - @jacquie_ward_

Children's Book - Billy's Brilliant Butterflies

Online Course - Helping Your Highly Sensitive Child to Thrive

Website - www.jacquieward.com.au

We talk to Allira Potter - proud Yorta-Yorta woman, content creator, life coach, author, model, Instagram queen and all-around cool girl.

We chat influencer life, baby Allira dreams, her body kindness journey, dealing with trolls and joining the cult of running.

So many good topics, so little time!

Our young boys and men have inherited a sexist culture that harms girls and women. They didn't create it, they're not responsible for it, but they did inherit it, and they are responsible for and in control of what they do with it. They have a conscious choice to make. Will they continue to contribute to a culture that is unsafe for women, or will they commit to creating a culture that is safe for everyone?

In this episode we chat with Dave Kramer, Ambassador for SmallSteps4Hannah and the InnerBoyApp, and Founder of The HALT Program.

Dave's life work is in honor of his best friend Hannah Clarke and her 3 young children, Aaliyah, Laianah & Trey, who were tragically murdered in February 2020 by Hannah's Ex Husband and Father of the children, Rowan Baxter.

Through unfathomable loss leading to painful self-reflection, Dave shares his deeply personal learnings and experiences about his own contribution as a male to sexist culture, his awareness of and accountability to changing that, and his ongoing commitment to educating others, particularly young people, about respectful relationships. Dave is also passionate about raising awareness of coercive control, a serious form of domestic abuse not widely understood, too often leading to a lack of accountability for the perpetrator, majority of whom are men.

Hear more about Hannah, Aaliyah, Laianah & Trey on Spotify by listening to 'Hannah's Story', an 8 Episode Podcast Series by 9Podcasts.

Connect with Dave's work on Instagram at;

@_davekramer

@smallsteps4hannah

@thehaltprogram

@innerboyapp

Sam + Jess

Vulnerable chats today with Sam and Jess - quite often we wait until after we feel resolved in an issue to talk about it so frankly in the public eye, but we're skipping over it today and processing while it's happening.

Uncertainty can be a big, scary feeling, especially when it's relating to one of life's foundations (jobs, money, health etc.). Jess talks about her job and money instability and insecurities and Sam helps lead the conversation with some gentle fact checking. She truly is a good friend xx

Hellllloooooo!

It's been a little while... We have had some BIG LIFE STUFF happening and it's been a lot. This is a little life update + some chats about how capitalism is bad. You know, the usual xx

We LOVED this chat with Mel Browne, ex Financial Planner turned Financial Educator who is committed to empowering females to start giving a serious fuck about our finances, helping us to create financial choice.

No one size fits all, 7 step, hussle hussle bro BS, Mel provides accessible, easily digestible and genuinely helpful educational content designed to meet you where you're at.

We talk money shame, vulnerability, fairy smut, neuroinclusivity and the importance of cultivating self-awareness above all else to achieve transformational change.

We hope you love this chat as much as we did and encourage you to follow Mel on Insta for more juicy content that leaves you feeling low key obsessed with becoming an absolute boss bitch in control of designing your financial future!

Sam + Jess x

Find more of Mel HERE;

https://www.melissabrowne.com.au/ihearyou

Instagram: @melbrowne.money