The Art of Surrender and the Getting of Intimacy
It’s not a coincidence that I broke free when I did: found my partner when I did; took that first terrified, courageous breath; tentatively blew the dust from my voice. Collectively we are at a turning point - a moment - and that moment is now.
Unpacking Menopause and weight gain
Menopause should be a reason to bust out the bubbly and celebrate the end of periods, period pain, leaking, mood swings and for any...
Why you need to become a half arsed parent
When I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, kids were free-range, like the underarm hair.
Back then, we knew less, we cared less,...
Top 10 women to watch 2022
We're searching for the top 10 amazing women we should all be following in 2022. Could this be you?!
Do you know an amazing woman aged...
To ignore it is to condone it – why we all...
“The statistics quoted were so overwhelming they left me with no doubt, no wriggle room to find anything redeemable.”
“So be gone you grubby creatures that ‘do it’ and ‘condone it’ as the full power of the law is set to now descend upon you and protect victims of bullying, sexual harassment and sexual assault.”
“As for those who ignored it, I will do some paraphrasing of my own in stating that evil thrives when good people do nothing.”
The Good Girl Confessional Podcast – 10,000 Downloads!!!
THANK YOU so much for your incredible support of the podcast but also for your support of the incredible and kick ass women who...
Why women’s health is suffering and what we can do about...
The unwritten Gender Code means, women take on as much as 77% of unpaid labour, in-line with the belief that women should be the carers, and should be putting everyone else’s needs ahead of their own.
PAVLOVA WREATH
Yes, you want a non-traditional meal. But try and host a party without a pavlova as the central feature of a dessert spread and...
Stop worrying about the crumbs in the icing
So when it comes to deciding to make the birthday cake, it can feel like there are only two choices. One, have a go myself, fail, let my child down and look like an idiot in front of everyone on the socials. Errrrm, no thank you.
Grief – From the mouth of an adult orphan
‘I am an orphan.
I survived my change of environment throughout adolescence.
I battled my way through the confusion of romantic relationships in my 20’s.
I held...
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...
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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...
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?
#116 Sonya Lovell | Menopause advocate, personal trainer, podcast host |...
This week host Sandy Lowres is chatting with an incredible and resilient Menopause advocate - Sonya Lovell.
Sonya is a Speaker, Podcaster and Personal Trainer....
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...
The low down Podcast
We are going to continue to recognize and acknowledge birth trauma awareness week. Even though it's a designated one week out of the year,...
115 Alison Brahe-Daddo | Author & Podcaster | From Dolly Cover...
Today in The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting with Ali Brahe-Daddo who exploded onto the Australian modelling scene at the age...
#114 Lee Christine | From Corporate trainer to successful best selling...
Today in The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting to Lee Christine. A bestselling Australian author who is proving that, at 60,...
Podcast 113 Lisa Gallate | Author | Grief, loss and transformation
New Episode Out Now! TW: this episode has discussions of death, loss, grief, suicide.
We will all experience loss at some point in our...
Podcast #112 | Faye Brown and Lauren French |Founders of Fashion...
Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Faye Brown and Lauren French, the mother/daughter fashionista duo behind the successful clothing brand, Motto.
When...
Podcast #111 Sarah Steel | Let’s Talk about Sects Podcast host...
🎉🎉NEW EPISODE OUT NOW (link in bio)
Today on The Good Girl Confessional I’m chatting with Podcaster and producer, Sarah Steel. Sarah is the author...
Podcast #110 Anita Jacoby AM.| TV Producer – Author
Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting with acclaimed television producer and author Anita Jacoby, AM.
Anita has an extraordinary career across both...
#109 Dr Vanessa Atienza-Hipolito | Breast Radiology Specialist & Author
Today in The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Dr Vanessa Atienza-Hipolito - Fellow of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of...
Podcast 108 Hacia Atherton | Disrupting the skilled trades sector
Hacia Atherton is the Founder of Empowered Women in Trades (EWIT), a charity established in 2020 to increase female representation in skilled trades in...
107 | Mel Kenny & Trish Gordon | Don’t Give A...
When you hit your 50's should you really give a flying fifty about the stuff that shouldn't matter?
Meet Mel Kenny and Trish Gordon, two...
106 Kelly Pearson | Sharing the Ladygarden Love | The art...
If you're a wine lover, have you ever wondered how the magic happens to get it from a tiny vine to your table? Then...
105 Nikki Mottram | Australian Crime Writer
If you love a good crime novel, you will love our special guest!
Today in The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Crime...
Artificial Intelligence is here to stay but does it really mix...
This week I introduced Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Menopause; I wasn’t happy with the result. AI art yielded the same negative stereotype I...
104 Louise Pfeiffer | Philanthropy, Politics & Animal Rights
Today in the award winning The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting with Louise Pfeiffer, a passionate philanthropist, politician and animal rights...
103 Shantelle Thompson | The Warrior Heart of a World Champion
Trigger Warning: This podcast episode shares references and conversations about abuse, trauma, depression and suicide.--
Today in the Good Girl Confessional studio, I am honoured...
#102 Marci Warhaft | From the Good Stripper to Life changer
Today in the Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with the dynamic and wonderful author Resiliency Coach, and Podcast Host Marci Warhaft about...
#101 FAITH AGUGU | The Silver Siren redefining ageing
Happy New Year and welcome back to The Good Girl Confessional Podcast! Our first episode for 2023 features a brilliant special guest. Faith Agugu...
#100 Kayte Murphy | Pioneer Blogger – From rehab to artistic...
I'm Sandy Lowres, the host of The Good Girl Confessional Podcast and I am so excited to bring you the 100th Episode today with...