Changing Lanes

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Welcome to Changing Lanes, the podcast for women and mums who know they want more and are ready to make a change, take on something new, or figure out what comes next. Hosted by Rachel and Susan, mums of three, business owners and co-founders of The Pilates Retreat Club, this podcast shares honest conversations, real stories and interviews about life, business, career, health, family and growth. Follow Changing Lanes for relatable stories, practical ideas and support as you navigate your next lane change.

  1. 1d ago

    Domestic Violence: What It Looks Like Behind Closed Doors

    Our next Pilates Retreat Club retreat is on the Gold Coast in March 2027. Find out more and grab your spot → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au/goldcoast-retreat This episode talks about domestic violence and abuse, so please listen with care. Please skip this episode if you need to. We'll be back with a new episode next week.If you need support in Australia, call 1800RESPECT any time, day or night. If you're in immediate danger, call 000. Domestic violence doesn't always look like what we expect, and it often happens behind closed doors. In this episode of Changing Lanes, Rachel and Susan share two survivor stories of domestic violence. The first is a close friend's story of coercive control, love bombing and the seven attempts it took her to leave. The second comes from someone who grew up in a home with domestic violence, where their mum never left. It's a heavy chat but a hopeful one. They finish with practical advice from Kerriann Campbell-Jones, CEO of the Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre, on spotting relationship red flags and how to help a friend in an abusive relationship. Kerriann joins Rachel and Susan next week for a full episode, so make sure you're subscribed. In this episode, we cover: Domestic violence in Australia, including the stat that 1 in 5 women have experienced violence from an intimate partner How coercive control builds slowly, from cutting her off from family to taking her keys so she couldn't leave Love bombing, emotional manipulation and why she kept going back Emotional abuse and psychological abuse, and believing everything he said about her Why it can take seven attempts to leave an abusive relationship Life as a domestic abuse survivor, including PTSD and getting mental health support Growing up with domestic violence and how childhood trauma shows up in adult relationships Why mums stay: the kids, money, fear and worrying no one will believe them The signs of domestic violence we can easily miss in a friend How to bring it up, how to help (like a code word or holding onto important documents), and why you should never confront the partner CONNECT WITH US Changing Lanes Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/changinglanesthepodcast Pilates Retreat Club Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pilatesretreatclub The Pilates Retreat Club → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au If you are a busy woman, mum, professional, business owner or someone navigating a life change, career change or next chapter, subscribe to Changing Lanes for honest conversations and practical encouragement.

  2. Oct 28

    Kath Carlin: Celebrity Makeup Artist Turned Comedian

    💛🌴Come away with us! Our next Pilates Retreat Club retreat is on the Gold Coast in March 2027. Find out more and grab your spot → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au/goldcoast-retreat In this episode of Changing Lanes, Rachel and Susan chat with Kath Carlin, the celebrity makeup artist turned comedian behind some of the funniest early 2000s reels on your feed. After more than 20 years doing makeup for Channel 7, 9, 10 and Fox, plus trips to Wimbledon and the US Open with the tennis commentary team, Kath had the career, the partner and the baby. But at around 37, she kept asking herself, "Is this all there is?" They talk about everything from writing "I think I wanna be a comedian" in her journal and scrunching it up straight away, to starting an anonymous TikTok, the fake tan video that hit a million views, and her brother-in-law asking if it was her on Father's Day. Kath also opens up about saying no to good-paying makeup work to make room for content, reshaping her work around her daughter, and the heartbreak of trying for a second baby. A funny, honest chat for any woman who's ever wondered if it's too late to change careers. In this episode, we cover: From makeup school to working for Channel 7, 9, 10 and Fox at the same time The "is this all there is" feeling, even when life looks great on paper Starting a midlife career change with an anonymous TikTok at 38 The fake tan video she nearly deleted her account over How to stop caring what people think, especially the people you know Saying no to weddings, private clients and TV to make space for something new Career change for women after kids, and why what suited her before her daughter stopped working Letting go of the "shoulds" around pregnancy, birth and how life is meant to go 2000s nostalgia, aging backwards and Thursday tan night in the nursing home Kath's advice on career reinvention after 40 for women who think they're too old CONNECT WITH KATH CARLIN Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/kathcarlinmakeup/ TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@kathcarlin CONNECT WITH US Changing Lanes Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/changinglanesthepodcast Pilates Retreat Club Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pilatesretreatclub The Pilates Retreat Club → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au If you are a busy woman, mum, professional, business owner or someone navigating a life change, career change or next chapter, subscribe to Changing Lanes for honest conversations and practical encouragement.

  3. Oct 21

    Losing Everything and Starting Over | Career Change

    Join our next retreat 🧘‍♀️ → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au/shop Her husband was about to burn the newspaper. Then he spotted the ad. In this episode of Changing Lanes, Rachel and Susan chat with Susan Dean, founder and CEO of Dean Publishing. Susan has done it all, from working in jobs that weren’t fulfilling, to mature age study to running businesses.  Then came the newspaper ad. Four words, “do you like helping people,” torn out of the paper her husband was ripping up to build a fire. She rang the number and became the world’s first female Mars Venus coach for Dr John Gray. In this episode, we cover: The newspaper ad her husband nearly burnt, and the career change that followed Becoming the world’s first female Mars Venus coach for Dr John Gray Going back to study as a mature age student after saying no to uni at 18 Leaving a successful business because it wasn’t the one she wanted How to write a book when you don’t know where to start What stops people from writing their book, and the fears she hears most How to publish a book, and getting picked up by bookstores Losing everything and starting over when you can’t pay the mortgage The authors whose stories still stop her, years later Running a business around school hours, assemblies and small kids Working with her two daughters now they’ve come back to the business CONNECT WITH SUSAN DEAN Dean Publishing → https://deanpublishing.com/ Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/susandeanofficial  CONNECT WITH US Changing Lanes Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/changinglanesthepodcast Pilates Retreat Club Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pilatesretreatclub The Pilates Retreat Club → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au If you are a busy woman, mum or someone figuring out your next chapter, subscribe to Changing Lanes for honest conversations, real stories and practical encouragement to support you as you navigate change.

  4. Oct 14

    She Went Back to Uni at 30 With a Six Month Old

    Join our next retreat 🧘‍♀️ → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au/shop In this episode of Changing Lanes, Rachel and Susan chat with Marika about changing careers over and over again, including starting a science degree with a baby on her hip. Marika is a functional nutritionist now, but she got there the long way. She was living in New York when the GFC hit. She lost her job, her husband lost his. And with $13.67 in their account they came home. Built an e-commerce business out of her mum’s house, grew it into a store and a wholesale label, then sold it when she fell pregnant.  They talk about everything from going back to uni as a mum, to losing almost everything during COVID, to her son’s autoimmune diagnosis. In this episode, we cover: Going back to uni at 30 with a six month old, and finishing just after her second baby Why first year nutrition is chemistry, physics and anatomy, not cooking Changing careers in your 30s when you never thought of yourself as academic Starting over with $13.67 after losing your job in the GFC Building an e-commerce business from her mum’s house, and selling it when she fell pregnant What happened to their gym through the Melbourne lockdowns Working two jobs, homeschooling, and a day a week at the Royal Children’s Hitting rock bottom and self-medicating with coffee, alcohol and sugar Why failure is a step forward and indecision is the thing holding you still Testing a new career with a short course before you commit to a degree Being ambitious and a mum at the same time CONNECT WITH MARIKA Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/marika.ward.nutrition/?hl=en  CONNECT WITH US Changing Lanes Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/changinglanesthepodcast Pilates Retreat Club Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pilatesretreatclub The Pilates Retreat Club → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au If you are a busy woman, mum or someone figuring out your next chapter, subscribe to Changing Lanes for honest conversations, real stories and practical encouragement to support you as you navigate change.

  5. Oct 7

    Her Best Friend Had an Affair With Her Husband

    Join our next retreat 🧘‍♀️ → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au/shop You sent us your friendship breakup stories, and some of them left us speechless. In this episode of Changing Lanes, we read the stories you sent in after last week's friendship breakups episode. A best friend who had an affair with a husband and is now the children's stepmum. A mum friendship that ended with an ultimatum at a train station and then silence. A friendship from school that fell apart over a bridesmaid fitting. We couldn't fit every story into the episode, so the rest are on our Substack → https://changinglanesthepodcast.substack.com/p/the-friendship-breakups-we-never In this episode, we cover: Losing a best friend to an affair, and what happens when she becomes your children's stepmum Why being ghosted is the hardest kind of friendship breakup How to get over a friendship breakup when you never get a reason Mum friendship breakups, and the kids who grieve their friends too A bridesmaid fallout that ended a friendship from school What happens when a friend apologises years later Why a repaired friendship is rarely quite the same One-sided friendships and a friend who became dependent How different life stages pull friends apart Noticing your other friendships get stronger after you lose the wrong one CONNECT WITH US Changing Lanes Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/changinglanesthepodcast Pilates Retreat Club Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pilatesretreatclub The Pilates Retreat Club → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au If you are a busy woman, mum or someone figuring out your next chapter, subscribe to Changing Lanes for honest conversations, real stories and practical encouragement to support you as you navigate change.

  6. Sep 30

    How to Get Over a Friendship Breakup

    Join our next retreat 🧘‍♀️ → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au/shop Losing a friend is a breakup too, and we don't talk about it enough. In this episode of Changing Lanes, we get honest about friendships in our 30s and 40s. We talk about how friendships change through the years. What it means to outgrow friends and how it feels to be in a one-sided friendship.  We both share friendship breakup stories and what it taught us. If you're going through something with a friend right now, this one's for you. In this episode, we cover: How friendships change after 30 when kids and work take over Making friends as an adult through the school gate and kids' sport One-sided friendships and the little check-ins that keep friendships alive Why some friends aren't happy for you, and whether support has to be public Love languages in friendship Outgrowing friends when your life changes direction Why a friendship breakup hurts like the end of a relationship How to get over a friendship breakup when you never get the reason why Drifting apart from friends versus a sudden breakup Losing friends after 30 compared with your 20s How to be a good friend by listening, asking questions and being honest CONNECT WITH US Changing Lanes Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/changinglanesthepodcast Pilates Retreat Club Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pilatesretreatclub The Pilates Retreat Club → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au If you are a busy woman, mum or someone figuring out your next chapter, subscribe to Changing Lanes for honest conversations, real stories and practical encouragement to support you as you navigate change. Music: 'Arise' by Tristan Barton on #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/c/tristan-barton License code: RPCGEBG1TYCZS2IO

  7. Sep 23

    Why We Replay Everything We Said (and Other Whys of Life)

    Join our next retreat 🧘‍♀️ → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au/shop In this episode of Changing Lanes, Rach and Susan chat about the whys of life. These are the everyday habits that seem to come up with every woman they know. If you're a people pleaser who replays every conversation on the drive home, this one's for you. They talk about everything from why we feel guilty when we rest and how hard it is to say no without feeling guilty, to why we downplay our achievements, compare ourselves to strangers on social media and keep waiting for the right time while feeling stuck. They also get into why we seem to care less about what people think in our 40s (they're blaming the hormones). It's a fun, honest chat between two friends owning all their habits, and by the end they've decided everyone needs a little therapy. In this episode, we cover: Why we're always running late, overcommitting and leaving no buffers Why women downplay their achievements and wait for recognition Why someone else's success can trigger us, and how to use it as inspiration People pleasing and why we want everyone to like us Wanting more from life when life is already good Saying no without feeling guilty, and why it's easier to say no to our own family Why we feel guilty when we rest Comparing yourself to others on social media and the highlight reel Why we overthink everything we say Why there's never a right time to make a change, and the truth about your 40s CONNECT WITH US Changing Lanes Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/changinglanesthepodcast Pilates Retreat Club Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pilatesretreatclub The Pilates Retreat Club → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au If you are a busy woman, mum or someone figuring out your next chapter, subscribe to Changing Lanes for honest conversations, real stories and practical encouragement to support you as you navigate change.

  8. Sep 16

    Nobody Tells You This Before You Start a Business

    In this episode of Changing Lanes, Rachel and Susan chat about the reality of running a business and the things people don’t tell you before you start.  They talk about everything from freedom and flexibility to long hours, boundaries and the moment you realise you cannot do it all.  This is an honest and relatable chat about what it really takes to run a business. In this episode, we cover: Running a business and what no one tells you The reality of business ownership Business freedom, flexibility and balance Phone boundaries and after-hours messages Always being switched on Outsourcing and business support Knowing your numbers Hiring the right people Business burnout and loneliness Remembering your why  CONNECT WITH US Changing Lanes Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/changinglanesthepodcast Pilates Retreat Club Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pilatesretreatclub The Pilates Retreat Club → https://www.thepilatesretreatclub.com.au If you are a busy woman, mum or someone figuring out your next chapter, subscribe to Changing Lanes for honest conversations, real stories and practical encouragement to support you as you navigate change.

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Welcome to Changing Lanes, the podcast for women and mums who know they want more and are ready to make a change, take on something new, or figure out what comes next. Hosted by Rachel and Susan, mums of three, business owners and co-founders of The Pilates Retreat Club, this podcast shares honest conversations, real stories and interviews about life, business, career, health, family and growth. Follow Changing Lanes for relatable stories, practical ideas and support as you navigate your next lane change.

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  • Creator
    With Rachel and Susan
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © With Rachel and Susan
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