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Losing My Cool with Paige LeaceySZN1 EP7 Unrequited obsession, procrastination & ethically sourced Vitamin B(Js) with Melanie ManawaIn this episode, I get schhhvitzy with Mel, my spirit guide and fellow witch sista. We (well, mostly me) crank the sauna a little too high, but still manage a fairly robust discussion about being in the sorts of connections where your worlds revolve around completely different things ie. your world around theirs, and theirs around… the surf? We ruminate on the concept of rejection as a symbol, procrastination when it comes to sitting down to work on your own personal projects, feeling drained versus feeling invigorated by someone else’s company and our experiences with open relationships.
We...2021-08-1947 minLosing My Cool with Paige LeaceySZN1 EP6 Sex positivity, bi-curiosity & seeking more from casual relationships with Mariama RoseIn this episode, I sweat with Mariama Rose Mansfield-Njie aka Maz, who hails from Brighton England, and is a creator of social justice content as well as the host for a radio show called ‘Babycakes’ which focuses on sex positivity. Maz and I chat shit (as she’d say in her pommy cadence) about the timeless moral dilemma of following your heart versus adopting society’s programming, especially when it comes to sleeping around and being in connection with multiple people at once. We discuss the blurred lines of consent when you’re not being totally honest about who (and how ma...2021-08-1251 minLosing My Cool with Paige LeaceySZN1 EP5 Deep connection, dads & crying after dates with Ruby ShineIn this episode, I get sweaty with Ruby Shine – the co-owner of Trybe Wellness and my best friend of 18 years.
Rubes and I talk through my hysteria and extreme panic following a recent date, we contemplate our voyages moving back to our hometown of Byron Bay after COVID hit and the changes that had occurred in us after spending a decade living away. We examine our relationships with our dads and how they’ve influenced patterns in our romantic partnerships, and we get honest about being inadvertently judgemental in the face of rejection.
This is a sp...2021-08-0548 minLosing My Cool with Paige LeaceySZN1 EP4 Friendship, falling in love and adult ADHD with Gemma ClarkeIn this episode I chat to Gemma Clarke – my Bay FM radio co-host slash sometimes-boss slash long-time close friend. We melt in the sauna over a discussion about how we manage (and often mismanage) co-dependency in friendships, striving and struggling to meet the diverse needs of the people we love, and dart between talking about falling in love, sharing financial responsibly in partnership, and Gem’s newly discovered marijuana-induced eyelid eczema. We also ponder whether or not we both have adult ADHD.
Gemma is the founder and editor of Global Hobo, a travel publication whose intention is to e...2021-07-2251 minLosing My Cool with Paige LeaceySZN1 EP3 Keeping secrets & managing power with AliceTrigger warning for this episode: we will be discussing eating disorders.
My guest this sweat sesh is Alice. She is without a doubt one of my most compassionate and emotionally intelligent friends (and also happens to be a sex worker). We turn up the heat during a conversation about privacy, power and putting a price on sex. I tell her a story about an ex-boyfriend reaching out to me after reading an essay I penned on having a secret, and we swap notes on what it’s like to hide big things from the people we love. We...2021-07-1448 minLosing My Cool with Paige LeaceySZN1 EP2 Cheating, programming & spirituality in sex with Bryn NewmannMy second ever guest is my wonderful friend Bryn Newmann. Bryn is a multi-skilled creative who earns her keep as a marketing consultant and website designer. She also runs freelance art workshops in the Northern Rivers and it’s probably important to note that she is 100% responsible for the sick aesthetic of the @losing.my.cool Instagram. But what makes Bryn an incredible woman outside of her art is her open mind, philosophical lens on life and her ability to see all of her relationships as spiritual practices without bypassing the (sometimes messy) human experience.
In this ep...2021-07-0748 minLosing My Cool with Paige LeaceySZN1 EP1 Navigating inflammatory language (& sh!t banter) with Mardi WilsonMardi and I get hot and sweaty as I explain an incident I got myself into defending a girl at a party after she was casually called “dumb” by a guy she’d slept with at that same party. We go deep on toxic patriarchal behaviours, constructive ways to handle gendered insults, that all sexes need to come to the table with more commitment to having peaceful relationships, and we examine how some “banter” should be questioned – not normalised. Mards recently completed a PhD in Cultural Sociology, specialising in gender and sex, with her thesis titled: ‘Everyday Coercion: An exploration of...2021-07-0150 min
Losing My Cool with Paige LeaceySEASON ONE TRAILERLosing My Cool is a podcast by Paige Leacey about trying to stay warm in a world full of "cool" people.
SEASON ONE COMING SOON.
Photo credits: Byrn Newmann
Audio production: Alain De Carne2021-06-2103 min
SleepTalker#14: Sleep DebtTonight on SleepTalker, Paige Leacey willingly keeps herself awake and tries to find out what happens to our bodies when we miss out on rest.
This story (then called ‘Sleep Tight’) first aired on All the Best, in an episode called ‘In the Red’. Head to www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com to find a link to the original. That’s also where you’ll find links to follow Paige on Twitter and Instagram.
This episode was produced by Paige Leacey, with help from Selena Shannon.
Music credits:
‘Cosmic Drifting’, ‘Waves of Sleep’ and ‘Dream Colours’ by Lee Rosevere
‘Almost Heaven’ and ‘Summer’s End’ by Homage
'Mother Cavern'2016-10-2114 min
FBi's Book ClubThe Island Will Sink by Briohny DoylePaige Leacey fills in for Samira this month, along with Justin Wolfers and new Book Clubber Holly Isemonger, to discuss The Island Will Sink by Briohny Doyle2016-09-0435 min