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Ladies, We Need To Talk ABC listen
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4.7 • 3.5K Ratings
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Sex, heath, relationships: frank, funny, furious. Join host Yumi Stynes as she rips open the sealed section on life.
Ladies, We Need to Talk goes deep on the personal stuff that's hard to talk about, even with your closest mates.
From the wonders of our vulvas to managing the mental load to the search for orgasms and much more!
With sensitivity, personal stories, and serious smarts, this show is for women who feel the squeeze between work, their private life, and their pelvic floor.
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Rosie’s mum died. She’s kind of relieved
Rosie Waterland’s mum was, to put it mildly, chaos personified. Charming and caring one minute, abusive and cruel the next.
This year, she died. A moment Rosie was strangely prepared for. But her mum’s death left her to contend with the conflicting emotions of grief and relief.
Yumi Stynes sat down with Rosie for a heart to heart about growing up with an abusive parent, grieving and coming out of the other side of childhood trauma.
Featured in this episode:
Rosie Waterland, author and podcaster
Lifeline: 13 11 14
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Hey Yumi! How do I introduce a kink?
Would you like to flip the script and peg your partner?
Yumi spreads the word on pegging your boo, how to introduce anal play into your sex life and the ins and outs of doing it (or not) so everyone feels good.
If you’ve got a problem that’s doing your head in, never fear because your hottest, coolest agony aunt is primed and ready to help you out! Send us an audio note to ladies@abc.net.au -
PCOS: Infertility, beards and BS
Weight gain, bristly hairs, no period. Welcome to Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome.
PCOS is one of the leading causes of infertility worldwide and it can cause debilitating physical and psychological symptoms.
1 in 8 women have PCOS, so that’s at least a couple of friends in your group chat. So why do we still know so little about it?
Yumi Stynes catches up with ladies who’ve been battling PCOS for years and finds out how they get on top of it.
Featured in this episode:
Professor Helena Teede, female endocrine specialist from Monash University -
Hey Yumi! My partner's gone full slob
Do you have to pry your partner off the couch with a fork-lift? Are they living in skanky trackies 24/7?
Yumi spills the tea on what to do if your other half has gone full slob.
Got a life problem you just can’t solve? Help is at hand! We’re handing the mic over to you, our lush listeners and taking the burden of problem solving off your shoulders... because Ladies, We Need To Talk... Back!
Send us your questions as a voice note to ladies@abc.net.au - we can’t wait to hear from you! -
Adult Virgins
We live in a sex obsessed world, where hook-up culture is king and getting laid out like a spatchcocked chicken is a status symbol.
But what if you’re a fully-fledged adult, paying your own bills and you’re still a “virgin”?
Some women might hold off having sex for the first time because they want to meet the “right” person, others because they haven’t had the opportunity or are waiting until marriage. Whatever the reason, it can feel lonely and isolating when there so much noise around sex.
Yumi Stynes talks to women who haven’t yet had sex, either by choice or circumstance and to another who waited to have sex for over 40 years, until she met her perfect person.
We love hearing from you! Send us an email or a voice note to ladies@abc.net.au
Featured in this episode:
Amanda McCracken, writer on love and limerence -
INTRODUCING - our most intimate season ever
Are you a card-carrying virgin? Know what it's like to be the other woman? Horny as hell and can’t get enough?
Ladies, We Need To Talk is back and we’re going deep!
This season we’ll be meeting the truly gorgeous women who are eager to have sex for the very first time, but for whatever reason haven’t met the perfect person yet.
You’ll find out about the mysteries of PCOS and why it’s one of the leading causes of infertility. And we’ll hear from the women who are horny with a capital H, and we can’t get enough of it!
Also, for the first time ever we’re going weekly baby! With our new, spicy and short episodes of Ladies, We Need To Talk...Back! Your favourite hot Aunty Yumi will be dishing out her no-holds-barred advice on everything from slovenly partners and squishy vaginas and serious mum guilt.
The Ladies, We Need To Talk team love getting your messages so please get in touch at ladies@abc.net.au
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Customer Reviews
Can’t Believe I’ve Only Just Found This!
Old timer Australian feminist here. Loving this podcast. Can’t believe I’ve only just discovered it.
I’m not alone
It’s the community for the secret side of us. What we’re so often thinking about but rarely get to hear actually talked about. Love it.
Falling for a Narcissist
Thankyou for having Julia tell her story on Falling for a Narcissist. This is my story too so I feel much better to know that others out there like Julia are coping the same way as I have for the past 30 years. Leaving would be life threatening for both me and my son. I live in hope that my narcissistic partner will eventually leave of his own accord, but as Julia does, I try to savour the moments of joy I still have with other people around me and nature.