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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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    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

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.

    INTRODUCING - our most intimate season ever

    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 

    Follow Ladies, We Need To Talk hosted by Yumi Stynes on the ABC Listen App and your fave podcast apps now so you never miss an episode, oh, and tell don’t forget to tell ALL your girls about us. 

    • 2 min
    Pongy vagina

    Pongy vagina

    Uh oh, what’s that you smell... a funky odour down below? The thought of having a stinky crotch is nightmare fuel for some women, but do we even need to worry about our musky bouquet?  




    The delicate aroma of our lady-garden can be affected by things like our menstrual cycle and our lifestyle but how do we tell when the stank goes from normal to full on malodorous pudenda territory and what can be done about it?  




    It’s time to take off those undies and confront the smelly minge in the room with your bestie Yumi by your side for support.  




    Featured in this episode:  
    Deborah Bateson, Professor of Practice and an expert in sexual health at the University of Sydney 
    Sarah O'Neill, comedian  

    • 27 min
    Staying for the money

    Staying for the money

    What happens when you want a divorce but the cost of leaving your marriage would cripple you financially?  

    Would you ever stay in an unhappy marriage for the security money offers?  

    It’s no secret, life is bloody expensive right now. From soaring rents to the cost of a bunch of broccoli, times are tough! So, sticking it out in a relationship you’re no longer happy in can seem appealing.  

    Yumi Stynes talks to women who’ve had to make that extremely difficult choice.  

    Featured in this episode:  

    Victoria Devine, host of She’s on the Money 

    Emily Maguire, CEO of Respect Victoria 

    Rachel Voysey, Founding Director of the Relationship Room 







    Some names have been changed to protect identities 

    Life Line: 13 11 14

    1800 Respect: 1800 737 732

    • 26 min
    Clementine Ford on the case against marriage

    Clementine Ford on the case against marriage

    What if we put a stop to marriage...for good? Like, just stop with flouncy white dresses, walking down the aisle and having a dude give us away.  

    In her new book, I Don’t, Clementine Ford is calling for just that. She reckons that a ring on a finger is a bridal march to losing your identity. 

    From the moment we come screaming into the world, we’re pushed the line that to find “the one” to get married and settle down is the be all and end all. You might discover a cure for cancer, scale Mt Everest and be a total baddie but if you’re unwed you haven't quite made it in the eyes of society. 

    Clem Ford talks to Yumi Stynes about her call to arms for us to ditch the bouquets and our man's dirty laundry for a life on our own terms. 

    Featured in this episode: 
    Clementine Ford, author and feminist  
     

    • 26 min
    BEST OF - Pelvic flaw in all of us

    BEST OF - Pelvic flaw in all of us

    Do you wizz when you sneeze? Or avoid star jumps at the gym? One in four of us (!) have pelvic floor problems which can lead to incontinence and prolapse (eek). 

    But don’t stress! Yumi Stynes has kegel’d her way back to the Ladies archives and dug up some reassurance that you can definitely turn things around. Just be prepared to clench. 

    • 29 min
    Falling for a narcissist

    Falling for a narcissist

    You think you’ve met “the one” and they seem totally perfect for you, but is it all too good to be true? Could you be dating a narcissist?  

    What starts out as a dreamy relationship filled with fancy presents and compliments galore, suddenly turns sour and you’re left wondering if you’re slowly losing your mind.  

    Narcissists make up only 1% of the population but the impact they have on the women who date them can be truly devastating.  

    Yumi Stynes meets women who have fallen in love with a narcissist and uncovers the psychology behind their charm.  

    Featured in this episode:  
    Tamara Cavenett, clinical psychologist  

    Some names have been changed to protect identities 

    Life Line: 13 11 14

    1800 Respect: 1800 737 732

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
3.5K Ratings

3.5K Ratings

Suzie Q555 ,

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.

what nickname is untaken? ,

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.

Kaymill111 ,

One of my favourite podcasts ever!

Thank you for your delightfully honest and frank podcast.
Fascinating insight into every day issues.

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