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The Confessional invites empowering women and other allies to share their incredible stories about their life, careers, survival, dating, relationships and everything else beyond 40, 50, 60 and beyond. Encouraging women to support other women, these are real stories of amazing humans.

The Good Girl Confessional Sandy Lowres

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 27 Ratings

The Confessional invites empowering women and other allies to share their incredible stories about their life, careers, survival, dating, relationships and everything else beyond 40, 50, 60 and beyond. Encouraging women to support other women, these are real stories of amazing humans.

    #118 Bron Williams | Reconnecting women with their power!

    #118 Bron Williams | Reconnecting women with their power!

    Today in The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting to a former good girl, Bron Williams. Are you uncertain about your future? Do you have unfulfilled dreams? Then meet Bron Williams!

    At 67, Bron has a lot of hard-won wisdom. She is a powerful woman dedicated to helping other women reconnect with their own power. Despite her achievements - including an honours degree, serving as a school principal, being an ordained minister, and having experience working with asylum seekers, Bron once struggled to tap into her full potential because of the expectations of family and society.

    Through her own journey, which has placed her as a bias expert and keynote speaker, she has come to understand the importance of knowing one’s values and needs and being clear about them. By guiding women to understand their own drivers, needs and values Bron helps women reconnect with their own power so they can confidently negotiate their salaries and pursue leadership positions, unapologetically celebrating their achievements along the way.

    You won’t want to miss Bron’s wisdom!

    You can follow Bron here:
    https://www.bronwilliams.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/bronwilliams
    https://www.facebook.com/bronwilliams
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    The Good Girl Confessional is the award-winning Podcast of WB40 - Women Beyond Forty, a platform for women 40, 50, 60 and beyond. Join the revolution:
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    Wb40 and The Good Girl Confessional Acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we record this podcast on, the Wurrundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations and pay out respect to their elders, past, present, and emerging.

    • 58 min
    #117 Kerri Sackville | The Secret Life of You - how a bit of alone time can change your life, your relationships and maybe the world

    #117 Kerri Sackville | The Secret Life of You - how a bit of alone time can change your life, your relationships and maybe the world

    Have you ever wished you had more downtime or time just to think and reflect? Or does the thought of spending time alone feel indulgent or implausible? Maybe the thought of spending time alone seems like a scary concept.

    Today in The Good Girl Confessional we welcome back Sydney-based Author and Columnist Kerri Sackville who has explored the concept of spending time alone and the huge benefits it can bring to your life. In her powerful new book The Secret Life of You: How a bit of alone time can change your life, your relationships and maybe the world, Kerri unpacks the concept of alone time and we chat about society's attitude towards solitude.

    Kerri's new book is life changing! When Kerri decided to stop filling every idle moment with distractions and learn to be comfortable with her own thoughts, her quality of life began to soar. She started to see that her productivity and creativity increased and she realised her connection with others became deeper. In a world of smart phones, social media, and endless streaming options, along with the demands of work, family and friends, spending time on your own can feel impossible. Kerri explores the roadblocks to unplugging and contemplates aloneness versus loneliness.

    She also provides practical advice on how to become comfortable in your own company and learn to enjoy time on your own.

    The Secret Life of You is now available in all good bookstores.

    You can follow Kerri Sackville here:
    https://kerrisackville.com.au
    https://www.instagram.com/kerrisackville


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    The Good Girl Confessional is the award-winning Podcast of WB40 - Women Beyond Forty, a platform for women 40, 50, 60 and beyond. Join the revolution:
    www.wb40.com
    https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondforty
    https://www.instagram.com/thegoodgirlconfessional https://www.facebook.com/thegoodgirlconfessional

    Wb40 and The Good Girl Confessional Acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we record this podcast on, the Wurrundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations and pay out respect to their elders, past, present, and emerging.

    • 1 hr 12 min
    #116 Sonya Lovell | Speaker, Menopause Mentor, Personal Trainer & Podcaster | Dear Menopause

    #116 Sonya Lovell | Speaker, Menopause Mentor, Personal Trainer & Podcaster | Dear Menopause

    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 also a Breast Cancer survivor who experienced the chaos of an induced menopause, when she was 47. Sonya leans heavily into her lived experience of being unsupported, unprepared and seriously under educated through her own menopause to support and educate women navigating their midlife and menopausal transition.

    As a speaker, Sonya is an accomplished voice in normalising the conversation around menopause in the workplace and through her own story empowers leadership and resilience.

    Sonya has created a platform - Stellar Women by Sonya, where she provides advice and resources around perimenopause and menopause, and through her ewonderful podcast Dear Menopause, she speaks with other women and specialists about the menopause journey. She is passionate about helping to normalise the conversation around menopause and providing support thorugh advocacy!

    Sandy and Sonya chat about her journey through surviving cancer, and how the power of telling her story has helped so many other women to feel less alone.

    You can follow Sonya Lovell here:

    https://stellarwomen.com.au

    Dear Menopause Podcast here (or on your favourite podcast apps):

    https://stellarwomen.com.au/podcast/

    Instagram:

    https:www.instagram.com/stellarwomen_by_sonya

    Facebook:

    https://www.facebook.com/stellarwomenbysonya

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    The Good Girl Confessional is the award-winning Podcast of WB40 - Women Beyond Forty, a platform for women 40, 50, 60 and beyond. Join the revolution:
    www.wb40.com
    https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondforty
    https://www.instagram.com/thegoodgirlconfessional https://www.facebook.com/thegoodgirlconfessional

    Wb40 and The Good Girl Confessional Acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we record this podcast on, the Wurrundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations and pay out respect to their elders, past, present, and emerging.

    • 1 hr 7 min
    #115 Alison Brahe-Daddo | Author & Podcaster | From Dolly Cover Girl to Menopause Advocacy

    #115 Alison Brahe-Daddo | Author & Podcaster | From Dolly Cover Girl to Menopause Advocacy

    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 of 16 and became the cover girl of Dolly Magazine. Over the years Ali's life would take her in many different directions including moving to Hollywood with her husband of 30 years, motherhood, (she has 3 children), fitness and teaching.

    Her first book, QUEEN MENOPAUSE – a friendly, frank, compassionate and comprehensive companion for any woman experiencing menopause – was published in 2022 by Allen & Unwin. She also Co-hosts with her husband, actor Cameron Daddo, on their hit podcast “Separate Bathrooms”. Interviewing some of the most interesting couples in Australia, they take a look behind the closed doors of their relationships.

    With her gorgeous smile and all-Australian beach body, she lit up the covers of Australia’s top fashion and pop magazines. Cleo, Dolly and Cosmopolitan, kept her face front and centre with fashion spreads and stories. It was rare that she was not on the cover every month of one of these publications, well into the 90’s. Now Alison's daughter has just signed to a modelling agency, in her 20's.

    Alison talks opening and honestly today about her perimenopause journey, and why sharing this journey has been so important in helping other women to navigate perimanopause. She is also open about attending therapy and how a 30 year marriage requires genuine work!

    This is a brilliant conversation!

    You can follow Ali Daddo here:

    https://www.instagram.com/alidaddo

    Queen Menopause is available at all good book stores and is available on Audible.
    https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Queen-Menopause-Audiobook/B09TWX4Q37
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    The Good Girl Confessional is the award-winning Podcast of WB40 - Women Beyond Forty, a platform for women 40, 50, 60 and beyond. Join the revolution:
    www.wb40.com
    https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondforty
    https://www.instagram.com/thegoodgirlconfessional https://www.facebook.com/thegoodgirlconfessional

    Wb40 and The Good Girl Confessional Acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we record this podcast on, the Wurrundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations and pay out respect to their elders, past, present, and emerging.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    #114 Lee Christine | From corporate trainer to full time Best selling crime Author!

    #114 Lee Christine | From corporate trainer to full time Best selling crime Author!

    Today in The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting to Lee Christine. A bestselling Australian author who is proving that, at 60, it’s never too late to turn lifelong dreams into reality, Lee is the writer of six romantic suspense novels and three alpine-crime novels, including the best-selling and award-winning Charlotte Pass, and best-selling Crackenback.

    In the past decade she has firmly cemented herself as one of Australia’s most compelling crime writers. Born and bred in Newcastle, Australia, Lee always hankered to write. During her high school years, she sang and played guitar in a band, playing regular gigs around town – often penning her own songs, something she says is the very essence of storytelling. In her teenage years, Lee joined a soft rock band recording one LP. So enamoured by music, she would also study a male-dominated instrument - the saxophone. Life would lead her to teach, and then into the corporate world. In mid-life Lee made the brave decision to leave her corporate life as a trainer, to start writing novels as a full-time career. Now in her 60's Lee is a successful crime and mystery writer. Her trilogy of crime novels with romantic elements is set in Australia’s iconic Snowy Mountains of NSW, Australia.

    Dead Horse Gap was published by Allen and Unwin in February 2022, Crackenback in February 2021, and Charlotte Pass in February 2020. Lee's writing has become known for engaging places and elements she knows as characters - mountain ranges, a ski lift, and mountain huts. Her ability to transport the reader into places she is passionate about is a gift. Charlotte Pass recently won the Australian Romance Readers Association award for Favourite Romantic Suspense in 2020. Lee loves connecting with her readers and has appeared on a panel discussions and live events. The mother of grown children, Lee lives in Newcastle with her husband and her Irish Wheaten Terrier, Honey.
    She is currently writing her next book set in Newcastle.

    Today we chat about music, writing, the creative soul and how you are never too old to follow your passions and dreams.

    You can follow Lee Christine (and find her books)here:
    https://leechristine.com.au/books/
    Https://www.facebook.com/leechristine59
    https://www.instagram.com/leechristine59

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    The Good Girl Confessional is the award-winning Podcast of WB40 - Women Beyond Forty, a platform for women 40, 50, 60 and beyond. Join the revolution:
    www.wb40.com
    https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondforty
    https://www.instagram.com/thegoodgirlconfessional https://www.facebook.com/thegoodgirlconfessional

    Wb40 and The Good Girl Confessional Acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we record this podcast on, the Wurrundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations and pay out respect to their elders, past, present, and emerging.

    • 57 min
    Podcast (Rebroadcast) Sara Cunningham | Free mom hugs

    Podcast (Rebroadcast) Sara Cunningham | Free mom hugs

    Sandy Lowres, host of The Good Girl Confessional, chats with Sara Cunningham, Founder of Free Mom Hugs. Sara’s journey from midwest Christian mother to her gay son Parker, to creating an organisation that wraps its arms around the LGBTI+ community is inspiring and heart warming. Free Mom Hugs now has a chapter in every state of the USA and has inpired other groups around the world including Australia. Her book ‘How We Sleep at Night: A Mother’s Memoir’ has been optioned by Jamie Lee Curtis and will be released as a film.

    Helpful Links:
    How We Sleep At Night: A Mother’s Memoir by Sara Cunningham
    https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Sleep-A...

    Free Mom Hugs (USA)
    https://www.freemomhugs.org/

    PFLAG (USA)
    https://pflag.org/

    Free Mum Hugs (Australia)
    https://www.facebook.com/FreeMumHugsAus/

    PFLAG Australia
    https://pflagaustralia.org.au/

    Parker Cunningham – Music
    https://www.facebook.com/parkercunnin...

    The Good Girl Confessional Podcast:
    https://www.facebook.com/GoodGirlConf...

    Spotify – The Good Girl Confessional Podcast
    https://open.spotify.com/show/66ab1o9...

    • 1 hr 1 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
27 Ratings

27 Ratings

LindaLegras ,

Great interviews, great community, everyone is welcome

Sandy has created a fantastic podcast for Women 40 plus. I love the variety of interviews and conversations, never a dull moment and topics are so relevant. Plus I love that everyone is welcome, all women from all diversities. Sandy has shown me how small my world is and how much more fascinating, interesting, brave women are out there. Thanks Sandy xx

regina.petra ,

Heartfelt conversations

Sandy is an authentic and curious host and with her podcast creates a platform for women to share, learn and witness relevant information and stories.

wobblysteps ,

Women supporting women - so good

New to these pods. Wish I’d found them sooner. Looking forward to going back and listening to them all. Love to casual style and such interesting guests. Well done!

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