Eliza Hull Owning her musical space
Australian indie folk artist Eliza Hull is known for her stirring lyrics and haunting vocals and it’s not hard to understand why she has...
How to choose the right vibrator
I was 35 when I bought my first vibrator and I wish that I had had one from a much younger age! If you...
GIRLS CAN DO Anything
What being an extra on the set of teen drama Dive Club reminded 2 menopausal besties!
Growing up in the 1970s the messages on the...
Hearten up – must know facts about heart attacks and menopause
Our hearts and heart attack symptoms may be different to those of men, but our risk factors of heart disease are not.
The Colours of Music Rachel Walker Mason
While chatting with Rachel Mason Walker, who had just dropped her child at school, it’s almost impossible not to smile, such is her infectious...
Kylie Sahb | Behind the lens
Kylie Sahb is an award-winning photographer who has combined her love of music with her passion for photography. She is the Founder and owner...
Holding Space
Isn’t it time men held the space? If my 6 year old daughter can do it, dudes can too
I’ve been told many times I’m...
Sandra Reynolds | Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
I'm a sucker for a romcom, even though it rarely mirrors real life. In the midst of a grey Melbourne winter made extra cold...
Felicity Abell | To the Bush with Love
After the birth of her second child, Felicity Abell picked up a life coaching book and stared at the questions about where she hoped...
Cheree Stokes
Coming back to country
Cheree Stokes is by her own admission spiritual with a belief that the universe will guide you to where you should...
A post-bushfire quest for Joie de Vivre
Looking back now, I feel again that sense of foreboding in late December when ash from far away fires started to sprinkle down on me, my family, neighbours and friends, as I pottered in the garden.
A Brand New Chapter
Forging a business with passion
When Western Australian Kerry Ridley suddenly found herself on the end of a work place redundancy from her admin role,...
Sisterhood in the time of Pandemic
Recently, during the binge watching of so many streamed shows due to lock downs and restrictions brought on by the Pandemic, it was heartening...
The Future of Fashion
"What fashion week shows us about how we approach inclusion in Australian fashion, by Jasmine Wallis Disabled Creator and Activist”
Skate – Mates
I kept seeing videos of women rollerskating. Black women; fat women; queer women; women wearing hijabs, a woman using a mobility aid. Skating seemed to be for everyone!
Sheree Rubenstein – Gathering women under One Roof
Sheree Rubinstein has a burning passion to bring women together to network and raise each other up. A former corporate lawyer turned entrepreneur, she...
A time for Healing, Life beyond HSV2
Saying goodbye to 2013 was one of the happiest moments of my life. I had finally extricated myself from a long-term relationship with a...
Sisters in Steel Caps
How does one write about sisterhood when referring to the masculine and male-dominated world of construction, mining, building, and the associated industries like trades,...
Emotional Labour – why are women still carrying the load?
“My husband is a good man, and a good feminist ally. I could tell, as I walked him through it, that he was trying to grasp what I was getting at. But he didn’t. He said he’d try to do more cleaning around the house to help me out. He restated that all I ever needed to do was ask him for help, but therein lies the problem. I don’t want to micromanage housework. I want a partner with equal initiative.”
– Gemma Hartley
Donna Stolzenberg A force for Good
Donna Stolzenberg has just been awarded the honor of Victorian Australian of the Year 2021, and with good reason.
She hasn’t had a single day...
Cover Artist – Cathy Frank – WB40 Edition 1
Cathy Frank is an Australian, Coogee-based artist who works in digital and analogue media.
Using surrealist techniques, colour and contrast, she creates impossible worlds and...
Gayle Kennedy: On writing and Growing up Disabled in Australia
Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, is a long way from the country town of Ivanhoe, NSW, where Gayle Kennedy was born, and the country...
She’s the Boss Podcast with Sandy
https://youtu.be/lYKcW0MmChI
Sandy Lowres, Founder of WB40 magazine (Women Beyond 40) and The Good Girl Confessional podcast is a woman who has found her groove. And...
Empire State of mind
I’m a city girl. It’s in the city, most any city, where I’m me. Some people love to be in nature and crave time...
Who is there to help the families of men who use...
Image Credit Pexels | Kat Jayne
Trigger Warning* - Child online sexual abuse, trauma
It was just after dinner about a year ago and the...
5 Great ways to feel more relaxed
2020 was the mother of all years. It’s fair to say that as the global pandemic extends into 2021 it has shaken so many...
The Job Market – Are you feeling lucky?
With rising unemployment, underemployment and a recession, although potentially a short-lived one, a strong and consistent sentiment for many is “I’m lucky to have...
Sandy on the cover of US based Magazine | Women who...
Sandy is now a cover girl... 👧 very humbled 😀
If you are a podcaster or just love listening to women who podcast head...
The healing of Alex, A mother’s dream for her son
“When I explained that the abuse he suffered was not his fault and why, I did not need to tell him twice,” Leceta explains, “His eyes became bright! The healing began.”
Mother Earth is Feeling the Change
The next time you lament the private summers brought about by changing hormones, spare a thought for Mother Earth. Instead of hormones, greenhouse gases...
Your Place of Work – Does it work for you?
You might not appreciate the impact the built environment or a particular place has on you, until you no longer work there. You might...
Fashion – What on Earth are you wearing?
The UN recently declared that the fashion industry is the second largest polluter in the world; hot on the heels of the oil industry.
It...
Will the real men please stand up?
I heard a journalist ask 26-year-old, Australian of the Year, Grace Tame recently - “how do we sidestep shame?”. They were talking about...
In Ruth we trust…
It’s hard to write only a few words about Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Just the initials RBG have a mythical aura. Icon. Rebel. Hero. Powerhouse....
COVID and the Arts
Artists are often called on to provide support for fundraisers and to build community spirit. But in 2020, the impacts of COVID-19 put the...
The National Women’s Health Survey 2020
The Australian health system is lauded as one of the best in the developed world, providing safe and affordable healthcare for all. So, it...
Inclusive Fashion, What is it and why should we care?
Inclusive Fashion. It’s like the fashion world’s version of an over played song on the radio; you can’t help but have heard of it....
How to know when its time to change your job
Are you feeling stuck in your job or career? Perhaps you’ve been striving and working towards something, and now you’ve achieved it, it still...
Between divorce and dating, Pause
I’ve written a great deal about dating over years, since hitting the scene shortly after my divorce. I’ve offered all sorts of advice to...
The Power of self love
With each article that I write about Self Love I find myself getting more and more radical in my beliefs and convictions about it...
The Owl & The Pussy Cat. A Sanctuary of love
The Byron Bay region of Australia is picturesque and has long been synonymous with alternative lifestyles, down to earth people, and more recently a...
Lets talk Vagina
Imagine for a moment that you are at the point of climax ... you know ... the world is fuzzing out, your body feels...
WB40 Gold Winner for the 2020 Roar Success Awards – Wildcat...
The WB40- Woman Beyond Forty Launched this year and has been nominated for the Roar Awards in the category "Wild Cat of the Year"...
Pieces of Me – A #MeToo Story
Trigger Warning: Rape, Trauma, Recovery
Pieces of Me is a true story of surviving and recovering from rape, shared by Trauma coach and writer Lisa Westgate.
Diary of a peri-menopausal warrior Queen
Please note: for all things medical, physical or emotional, we recommend you reach out to your medical health practitioner for advice
Back in July,...
9 Female Podcasts We’re loving
Female Hosted Podcasts are on the rise! Needing a bit of lady love and inspiration in your life? Here's 9 fantastic podcasts hosted by Women for your listening pleasure.
Surviving a break up – Ten Tips towards recovery
I'm fairly confident of this - as contrite as it seems, time heals most wounds. It doesn't erase memories, but it does heal. When a relationship ends and leaves us bleeding, we hope (some will pray) for time to speed up.
Good Little Girl Syndrome
Are you a people pleaser who is living your life by other's rules and expectations in an effort to make everyone happy? If you're tired of living like this, here's how you can survive being a "Good Girl" and be your authentic, powerful self.
Emotional Labour – why are women still carrying the load?
Two years after an essay emerged in Harper's Bizarre about the Emotional Labour women carry, has anything really changed? Why are women still carrying the emotional and physical lion's share?
#76 Eve Mizzi | Founder – Ducks In A Row Home...
Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres gets some home organisation tips from Eve Mizzi, the Founder of Ducks In A Row Home Organisation.
Eve,...
Always leave them laughing
My Nan used to roll out the saying ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’ when I would ask her to do something...
Over-sharing: crime or community service?
“ Not only did I butt-in but proceeded to wave my hands about with the pageantry of a peacock train-rattling his plumage.”
#75 The Silberys | Emmie, Kerry and Isabelle | Gogglebox Australia
Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with three generations of incredible women, a gorgeous family sharing their joy! You may...
How to be a Rockstar at work
I remember seeing a shift in how others saw me as I moved from my thirties into my forties. I was noticed less, passed...
Perimenopause: buckle up girls!
“I console myself with the knowledge that turtles can breathe out of their butts, wisdom imparted from
the trivia printed on the strip of an overnight maxi-pad.”
“The disorienting midnight toilet visit that follows comes with fears that I may be too late, praying my
nightie is drenched from sweat.”
#74 Pia Antico | Founder Essential Awakening Mentoring | Best selling...
TW: Domestic Violence, trauma
Today in the Confessional host Sandy Lowres chats with Pia Antico - the Founder of Essential Awakening Mentoring, a Crone...
#73 Jane Caro – Feminist, Author and Senate Candidate
Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is thrilled to be chatting with Jane Caro AM to chat about her new book The Mother,...
Contributor | Jane Caro
Jane Caro AM is a Walkley Award winning Australian columnist, author, novelist, broadcaster, documentary maker, feminist and social commentator. She spent 35 years as...
Always leave them laughing
My Nan used to roll out the saying ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’ when I would ask her to do something...
Empty Nesting – Finding the ‘real’ you after decades of motherhood
Your youngest child has left to begin their independent life, you close the door behind them & turn around to an empty home of...
Contributor | Pia Antico
Pia Antico is the Founder of Essential Awakening Mentoring, a Crone Life Joy Reboot Mentor/Coach/Trainer, International Public Speaker & Best-Selling Author.
She intuitively guides single,...
Peri Menopause Power Podcast
Sandy was a guest on the Peri MenoPause Podcast.
See it here. https://ownyourhealthco.com.au/peri-menopause-power-podcast-own-your-health-collective/
https://open.spotify.com/show/2WlDuXAYXfASVO6peEDKx6
Podcast #72 | Vanessa Muradian | Founder Mia Muse
Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres has a fantastic conversation with sexologist and yoga teacher Vanessa Muradian (she/they). Vanessa, and Armenian-Australian, is the...
Contributor | Vanessa Muradian
Vanessa (she/they) is a sexologist, yoga teacher, speaker, community facilitator and pleasure activist of Armenian and Anglo-Australian descent living, loving and working on the...
Should I stay or should I go
How to know when it's time to change your job
Are you feeling stuck in your job or career? Perhaps you’ve been striving and working...
Podcast #71 | Natalie Moore and Lisa Saunders | Founders Own Your...
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Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Natalie Moore and Lisa Saunders. Natalie and Lisa help women achieve holistic health and wellbeing...
Contributor | Natalie Moore and Lisa Saunders | Founders | Own Your...
They are Natalie and Lisa.
They help women achieve holistic health and wellbeing for work and life.
They have been those same ambitious women who have...
Alex The Seal: A new podcast about music, nostalgia and the...
Alex The Seal is the new Podcast co-hosted by Jo Pybus (Columnist and Late Onset Feminist) and Sandy Lowres (Creative Director of Award-winning...
Podcast – Sexy Ageing with Tracy Minnoch – Nuku
Sandy joined Tracey on her Podcast.
You can find it here.
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mind-the-good-girl-confesses-sandy-lowres/id1553709670?i=1000554754506
https://anchor.fm/s/44da5f2c/podcast/rss