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The Good Girl Confessional#133 Danielle Colley | Can you build a delicious life After 40? Danielle Shares How!Welcome to The Good Girl Confessional Podcast! I’m your host, Sandy Lowres, and today we’re diving into the realities of hustle culture, burnout, and the search for balance with a very special guest, Danielle Colley.Danielle is a life coach, speaker, and the author of the new book The Chocolate Bar Life.After being fired from a high-profile role at The Australian Women’s Weekly, Danielle found herself on the fast track to burnout. But instead of spiraling, she found a new way to live—a life that embraces a Mars Bar mentalit...
2024-10-221h 05The Good Girl Confessional#132 Anna Johnston - Author | The Borrowed Life of Frederick FifeThis week we are thrilled to welcome debut author Anna Johnston as our special guest.Anna’s first novel, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, is a charming and heartwarming tale inspired by her best friend and grandfather, Fred, and her time working in aged care. After Fred was diagnosed with dementia, Anna made the life-changing decision to step away from her medical degree and join the nursing home where Fred had moved, in order to spend more precious time with him.Through this experience, she became a passionate advocate for positive aging—a theme that beau...
2024-10-0145 minThe Good Girl Confessional#130 Michelle Scheibner | Uncovering family secretsIn this compelling episode of The Good Girl Confessional podcast, host Sandy Lowres speaks with author Michelle Scheibner about her deeply personal journey, as chronicled in her book Hush. Michelle delves into the psychological and physical effects of inherited family trauma, uncovering how unresolved pain and secrets from past generations can shape our present lives.Michelle opens up about her struggle with identity, feeling like an outsider, and the void left by her disconnected relationships. From her brother's disappearance to discovering her father's hidden past, Michelle's story is one of searching for answers and healing.
2024-09-101h 09The Good Girl Confessional#127 Dr Hilary Caldwell - Sex Worker, Sexologist & author of SLUTDOMReclaiming Our Power: A Spotlight on Dr. Hilary Caldwell’s SLUTDOMHave you ever been called a slut? The word is oftn weaponsised against women.Despite decades of activism, women are still burdened with the effects of slut shaming in everyday life. Dr. Hilary Caldwell’s new book, SLUTDOM, argues convincingly and passionately for women’s enjoyment of sex as a force to advance gender equality.Joining host Sandy Lowres, Hilary is delving into topics such as pleasure, pain, empowerment, and real women’s stories. Hilary is uniquely placed to understa...
2024-08-1355 minThe Good Girl Confessional#126 Holly Deane Johns | 7 Years in a Thai Prison - A Journey Through Hell and BackTW: This episode features conversations about drug use, addiction and suicide.In an intimate and revealing conversation, Sandy Lowres sits down with Holly Deane-Johns, author of "Holly's Hell: Seven Years in a Thai Prison," to delve into Holly's harrowing journey from addiction to redemption. Holly shares her firsthand account of the challenges she faced growing up in a dysfunctional family in Western Australia, her descent into heroin addiction, and the life-altering consequences that led to her incarceration in a Thai prison.This episode explores Holly's transformation within the prison walls, her battle with mental health, and...
2024-02-181h 15The Good Girl Confessional#124 Kirsty Jagger | Author of Roseghetto - an extraordinary debut novelTW: This conversation touches on themes of abuse, proverty and violence.Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with the remarkable and down to earth Australian author, Kirsty Jagger. Kirsty is a journalist by trade. In 2019, she won the inaugural Heyman Mentorship Award, established by acclaimed Australian author Kathryn Heyman for a writer from a background of social or economic disadvantage. Roseghetto takes some inspiration from growing up in the housing commission estates of Sydney’s western suburbs. This is her first novel.Roseghetto is a stunning debut novel which follows Shayla, a yo...
2023-08-141h 07The Good Girl Confessional#123 Kez Wickham St. George | Best Selling Award-winning author | The Writer's Consultant"May you all have enough."This is the catch cry of Kez Wickham St George, a #1 bestselling award winning Author who has a passion to champion people from many diverse backgrounds to reveal the best in their creative side. Now in her 70's, Kez published her first book in her fifties and now has an increible career. Kez has published 14 books including Metal Mermaid - a Number #1 best seller in 5 categories and 6 countries and she has the ability to draw out the very best in story telling from her clients. This has made her a popular...
2023-07-3050 minThe Good Girl Confessional#122 Megan Rogers | Author - The Heart is a StarToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chat with Megan Rogers, the Australian author of The Heart is a Star - an absorbing and gripping novel, told beautifully.This is a powerful novel that explores the messiness and complexity of midlife, about the ways in which we navigate an intricate, complicated world; and about how we can uncover our true selves when we are forced to face the myths that make us."Layla Byrnes is exhausted. She's juggling a demanding job as an anaesthetist, a disintegrating marriage, her young kids, and a needy lover. And most...
2023-07-231h 16The Good Girl Confessional#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.
2023-05-2958 minThe Good Girl Confessional#116 Sonya Lovell | Speaker, Menopause Mentor, Personal Trainer & Podcaster | Dear MenopauseThis 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...
2023-05-071h 07The Good Girl Confessional#115 Alison Brahe-Daddo | Author & Podcaster | From Dolly Cover Girl to Menopause AdvocacyToday 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 Bathro...
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Dear Menopause56: Sandy Lowres: Celebrating Wisdom & Experience of Women Beyond 40"You can't be what you can't see, and so representation matters." Sandy Lowres is a fierce advocate of women's rights and empowerment and is determined to bring the often-ignored voices of women over 40 to the forefront while challenging hypocrisy and taboos.Sandy is the innovative founder of Women Beyond 40 (WB40), a platform dedicated to uplifting and empowering women through community and storytelling. As the host of The Good Girl Confessional podcast, Sandy interviews inspiring women who are challenging societal norms and making a difference in the world. Her work focuses on breaking the ba...
2023-04-2754 minThe Good Girl Confessional#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...
2023-04-2357 minThe Good Girl ConfessionalPodcast (Rebroadcast) Sara Cunningham | Free mom hugsSandy 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...
2023-04-161h 01The Good Girl Confessional#112 | Faye Browne and Lauren French | Owners, Designers & Fashionistas - MOTTOToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Faye Browne and Lauren French, the mother/daughter fashionista duo behind the successful Australian clothing brand, Motto.When Faye, a powerhouse in the fashion industry, started Motto in 1986, she couldn't have predicted that years later she would be working side by side with her daughter. While both design the collections Motto is renowned for, they each bring their own unique flair. Motto has a chain of successful stores, and like many retail brands, they needed to rethink their way of working when the pandemic hit....
2023-04-0252 minThe Good Girl Confessional#111 Sarah Steel | Let's Talk about Sects Podcast host and FilmmakerToday on The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Podcaster and producer, Sarah Steel. Sarah is the host of the award winning podcast Let’s Talk About Sects. When Sarah launched her podcast in 2017, a podcast dedicated to talking about cults and sects was a hew concept. The popularity of her podcast surprised ever Sarah. She is a filmmaker and writer with a keen interest in social sciences, culture and psychology. She has now written a book on the subject of cults and coercive control, Do As I Say and is a sought after expert on th...
2023-03-261h 03The Good Girl Confessional#110 Anita Jacoby, AM | Acclaimed TV Producer & AuthorToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting with acclaimed television producer and author Anita Jacoby, AM.Anita has an extraordinary career across both print and television media and has worked with industry greats and on award-winning shows, including Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, The Gruen Transfer, Good Morning Australia, Today and 60 Minutes, as well as documentaries such as Angels & Demons and Chelmsford Hospital. During her distinguished career, Anita has won many awards - AACTAs, AFIs, an Order of Australia Media Award (60 minutes) and even a Logie Award.In 2021, Anita received the Gold Distinguished Service...
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Crone Life™️ Revolution PodcastCrone Joy Chats: Pro-ageing and why women in midlife are kickarse with Sandy LowresCrone Joy Chat with the sparkly Sandy Lowres "Pro-ageing and why women in midlife are kickarse"
Our gender, sexuality, age affirming chinwag about finding your joy after 40 was an absolute hoot covering everything from loving your menopausal curves to swooning over Harry Styles.
Sandy Lowres is a pro-ageing advocate, writer, speaker and podcaster. She is the Founder of award winning platform, Wb40 - Women Beyond Forty, helping women 40, 50, 60 and beyond to rise.
She is the host of the award-winning podcast, The Good Girl Confessional, sharing the heart centric stories of diverse women.
Sandy is a writer and magazine publisher who is...
2023-03-1448 minThe Good Girl Confessional#109 Dr Vanessa Atienza-Hipolito | Breast Radiology Specialist & AuthorToday in The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Dr Vanessa Atienza-Hipolito - Fellow of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. She is a Clinical Director, Specialist of Breast Imaging and Intervention and solopreneur/business owner at Women's Breast Imaging (WBI) in Cottesloe, Western Australia.Vanessa is also a qualified and fellowship-trained subspecialist in Musculoskeletal Imaging, Interventional and Vascular Radiology and Paediatric Radiology in Perth Western Australia. Dr Vanessa is a passionate educator and is an Adjunct Clinical Senior Lecturer at Curtin University, The University of Western Australia, and Edith Cowan University....
2023-03-121h 21The Good Girl Confessional#105 Nikki Mottram | Australian Crime WriterIf you love a good crime novel, you will love our special guest!Today in The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Crime Writer Nikki Mottram. While at home with a new baby and a toddler, Nikki was looking for a creative outlet and so began a love affair with writing. When Nikki had her own children, she started to see her career in child protection in a whole new light. Drawing on those experiences in child protection, but affected by a 30 year old unsolved murder of two women she had read about, Nikki's...
2023-02-0547 minThe Good Girl Confessional#104 Louise Pfeiffer | Philanthropy, Politics & Animal RightsToday in the award winning The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting with Louise Pfeiffer, a passionate philanthropist, politician and animal rights advocate. Louise is a woman who doesn't do things by halves. Down to earth and approachable, Louise is quietly passionate about the things she believes in, and living a life that aligns with her values. Louise is a proud South Australian, and the Director of Philanthropy at The Life You Can Save, an organisation that makes smart giving simple by recommending charities that save lives and improve well-being where each dollar goes the furthest...
2023-01-2958 min
NOT An Inspirational Business PodcastEp 025 Sandy Lowres | Founder WB40Pʀᴏ-Aɢɪɴɢ, Pʀɪɴᴛ Mᴇᴅɪᴀ & Rᴇᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
Sandy is a pro-aging advocate and founder of WB40, a platform that supports women in their forties and beyond.
After growing increasingly frustrated by the lack of representation of women beyond the age of forty in mainstream media, Sandy started writing a blog in 2013, which became a podcast in 2019 and in 2020, she launched the WB40 website and printed the first edition of her magazine.
We talk about:
→ Sandy’s journey and how she got to where she is today
→ Challenges that come with publishing a print magazine
→ Roadblock...
2023-01-191h 12The Good Girl Confessional#102 Marci Warhaft | From the Good Stripper to Life changerToday in the Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with the dynamic and wonderful author Resiliency Coach, and Podcast Host Marci Warhaft about her incredible journey from stripping to helping others to live their lives fully. You won't want to miss this episode!In her 30s, Marci found herself living a life she had never envisioned for herself. She had been a good student who had been accepted into a prestigious theatre school, she was a doting mother with two young sons, and yet, somehow she found herself taking it all off in front of paying customers...
2023-01-151h 16The Good Girl Confessional#101 Faith Agugu | The Silver Siren Redefining AgeingHappy New Year and welcome back to The Good Girl Confessional Podcast! Our first episode for 2023 features a brilliant special guest. Faith Agugu is a Pro-Aging advocate who is helping women to embrace aging! Faith chats with host Sandy Lowres about how she is changing the narrative around ageing.Faith is the Founder of Silver Sirens, a movement which is passionate about redefining ageing and celebrating the rise of culture's fascinating 40+ female demosgraphic. Faith is a qualified psychotherapist and she knows the power of embracing yourself for exactly who you are. Faith has always had the...
2023-01-0835 minThe Good Girl Confessional#100 Kayte Murphy | Pioneer Blogger - From Rehab to Reinvented ArtistTW: This podcast includes themes of addiction, suicidal thoughts, depression, eating disorders, rehabI'm Sandy Lowres, the host of The Good Girl Confessional Podcast. I am so excited to bring you the 100th Episode today with our special guest Kayte Murphy!!Over the years, Kayte has worn many hats - As Mrs Woog, she became one of Australia's most successful professional pioneer bloggers (@woogsworld). She has also created a thriving community of like-minded women. Kayte is also an author and writer and was the co-host of the popular podcast The Hot Flush, where she and...
2022-12-111h 02The Good Girl Confessional#99 Jan Latta | Wild at heart | Author & Wildlife PhotographerToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Jan Latta, an brilliant and adventurous woman in her 80s whose passion for wildlife has taken her around the globe.After decades of trailblazing the advertising and publishing world as an independent woman, an up-close-and-personal encounter with a mountain gorilla in the wilds of Rwanda – think Dian Fossey and Gorillas in the Mist – that Latta, who has more than 15 children’s book titles under her belt, credits with sparking the fire in her belly that doesn’t look anything like going out even after over 20 years.“I came face...
2022-12-0441 min
MAP IT MarketingMarketing To 40+ Year Old Women - with Sandy LowresMarketers used to ignore anyone over forty. And many big agencies still do. And for this Generation Xer who already has a slight chip on her shoulder about being the generation no body talks about… that feels like a big deal now I’m over forty! There’s a bunch of outdated notions around people over forty. There’s even more about women over forty It’s something that our guest today, Sandy Lowres is hitting straight on with her business and movement Women Beyond Forty. Sandy is a passiona...
2022-12-0154 minThe Good Girl Confessional#98 Nicole Webb | China Blonde musings | Author, Journalist & Book PublicistThere is no doubt that moving to a new country can be exciting but also disruptive, jarring, and disorienting. Having a baby shortly after brings a whole new set of challenges and learnings. Nicole Webb, a journalist and news reader turned media consultant and author, chats with host Sandy Lowres about what she experienced when moving from Australia to Hong Kong and eventually China while adjusting to her life as a new mother. Nicole chats about how she managed to adapt and thrive in the midst of tremendous professional and personal change. She is open and honest about...
2022-11-2748 minThe Good Girl Confessional#97 Jenny Valentish | Author and Journalist | Addictions, Muay Thia and MemoirsToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with inspiring journalist and author, Jenny Valentish about writing, addictive behaviours and pushing yourself to your limits. Starting her Journalism career in London, her career in Australia began when she edited national music magazine Jmag (for the radio station Triple J) before taking the helm of Time Out Melbourne, sister mag to Time Out London. Now a freelance writer for publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Guardian, the ABC, The Saturday Paper and The Monthly, Jenny also teaches courses on memoir writing. Jenny...
2022-11-2058 minThe Good Girl Confessional#96 (Rebroadcast - Episode 22) | Sally Leydon - Searching for her missing mum, Marion Barter | The Lady VanishesTW: Missing Person/SuicideToday, we are re-sharing this powerful episode where Sandy chats with Sally Leydon. Sally has never given up searching for her mother, Marion Barter, who has been missing for 25 years. Marion is a missing person, much-loved mother and a celebrated teacher. Marion's disappearance is the subject of the hugely popular Channel 7 Podcast, The Lady Vanishes, now with over 10 million downloads globally. Host Bryan Seymour and Executive Producer Alison Sandy have helped Sally to gain incredible traction regarding information and clues about Marion's sudden disappearance. Along with a group of volunteer super sleuths...
2022-11-141h 48The Good Girl Confessional#95 Kate McCaffrey | 5 x award-winning author launches Double LivesWhat a brilliant chat with Kate McCaffrey on everything from her inspiration to write young adult fiction, to our love of true crime podcasts, and writing her first adult novel in her 50's. Today on The Good Girl Confessional Podcast our special guest is Kate McCaffrey, who has an incredible career as a YA author. When she was 17 years old, she broke up with her boyfriend who had a car accident the same night and couldn't remember much, except for her. It's a powerful true story and one that she bravely drew on as she began writing YA...
2022-10-301h 02The Good Girl Confessional#94 Carol Hay | The Magic of women connectingToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Carol Hay, a gorgeous woman who has brought 50 Victorias women over 50 together to create a wonderful hard copy book, aptly named Who You Are: Victoria 50. As Carol was heading towards her 50th birthday, she started thinking about how often women in their 50s felt overlooked and yet, she knew from experience that a lot of women in their 50's and beyond were just getting started! Carol, who has a 34 year career in the Navy, and is married to a former Army man, travelled the world and now settled in Geelong in...
2022-10-231h 00The Good Girl Confessional#93 Sandy Davies (Rebroadcast) | Facing PeriMenopause head on | Founder Happy Pause Menopause BalmTW: This podcast mentions Suicide, grief and loss. Please listen at your own discretion. If this podcast raises issues for you, please contact Life Line on 13 11 14.Today in The Confessional, Sandy chats with Sandy Davies, entrepreneur and founder of Happy Pause Menopause Balm. Necessity is often the mother of invention and when Sandy Davies found herself going through peri-menopause, she found herself going through many physical changes, but not getting a lot of answers from doctors. After trying products that she reacted badly to, Sandy founded Happy Pause, an all natural product to help women suffering from dryness...
2022-10-1647 min
Don‘t Give A Fifty‘The Good Girl Confessional,’ a chat with the podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur Sandy Lowres.In episode #55, Mel and Trish invite the seriously awesome 50isher Sandy Lowres to chat about the vibrancy, bravery and brilliance of women over forty.Sandy is a powerhouse. A woman with a diverse career that has seen her wear many hats – writer, business owner, manager, coordinator and successful blogger. She is the creator and host of the ‘Good Girl Confessional’ podcast and the founder and creative director of WB40 or ‘Women Beyond 40 Magazine,’ a platform dedicated to promoting women over forty.She is passionate about changing the narrative of how women view themselves, a firm advoc...
2022-10-0949 minThe Good Girl Confessional#92 Juls Rollnik | Spilling the secrets to become an Airbnb Rockstar!Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with delightful guest Juls Rollnik. When her husband was diagnosed with cancer, Juls realised she could be facing financial insecurity. Having stayed at home to raise their children, she didn't know how she would make ends meet if she lost her partner. Taking a risk, Juls leveraged her mortgage and bought a city apartment, and so began her journey in the world of Airbnb. Juls found her calling, quickly becoming a Superhost, and now she is sharing her hard-won wisdom in her new book Secrets of a Superhost: How to become an...
2022-10-0955 minThe Good Girl ConfessionalPodcast #91 | Sandy Davies & Susan Jarvis | Bullying, abuse and trauma. How do women find the strength and resilience to rise above?Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with the Editor of the powerful anthology, The Power To Rise Above, Sandy Davies; and fellow author Susan Jarvis. Sandy Lowres is proud to be a part of this book also where she has shared her story of overcoming childhood abuse.Sandy Davies has brought 30 women from across the globe together to share their very human stories of overcoming adversity. She is also the founder of Happy Pause, creating the revolutionary HappyPause Menopause balm, supporting women going through Perimenopause and menopause experiencing vaginal dryness. Susan Jarvis also wrote...
2022-09-251h 00The Good Girl Confessional#90 Regina Petra Meyer | How much would you risk for the thrill of adventure? | Author & AdventurerToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Regina Petra Meyer. Petra is an emerging author, a lover of life, an adventurer, a spiritual seeker, and a passionate humanitarian.She loves philosophical and honest conversations in stimulating company, best enjoyed over a mouthwatering meal and glass of wine. Regina is an explorer at heart. Driven by an insatiable curiosity and a zest for life, her path has been filled with unexpected adventures, confronting learning experiences, and an abundance of fun and frivolous moments. Regina's love of freedom led her to follow her dream and set...
2022-09-1846 minThe Good Girl Confessional#89 Susan Dean | Have you ever wanted to be a published author?! Look no further | Founder Dean PublishingHave you ever wanted to be a published author? Look no further! Today in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Susan Dean, the founder of Dean Publishing and a woman who is passionate about helping others to share their stories or their expertise, guiding people to become published authors. As the founder of this heart-centred family business, Susan started her career working with disenfranchised youth, and she found the power of storytelling to support them was so beneficial. This is something that led her to coaching and working with John Gray, the author of Men are from...
2022-09-0448 minThe Good Girl Confessional#88 Sam Bloom | From surviving trauma to inspiring a Film | World Champion Para Surfer, AuthorToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with special guest Sam Bloom. Sam's life would be changed forever when, on a family holiday in Thailand, Sam fell 6 feet from a broken railing leaving her paralysed. Her recovery was long, involving moments of intense darkness. An unexpected visitor to the Bloom household arrived in the form of a baby native bird - a Magpie they named Penguin. Her husband Cameron, a photographer, captured the most heartwarming images of Penguin with Sam and the family. Penguin would help Sam, and the whole family to heal.Sam's extraordinary journey was...
2022-08-2838 minThe Good Girl Confessional#87 Brianne Davis Actor | Recovering from Love & Sex Addiction | Hollywood Actor| Author | Podcast HostToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Brianne Davis, a working actor, director, producer, author and a recovering love and sex addict. In film and television, Brianne most recently starred on the History Channel’s “Six” (2016-18). Brianne was a scene-stealer as “Lena,” a teacher and wife of lead SEAL Team Six commander “Joe Graves” (Barry Sloane). Additional TV credits include Netflix/FOX’s “Lucifer,” Hulu’s “Casual,” FOX’s “Rosewood,” HBO’s “True Blood,” and CBS’ “The Mentalist.”Recognising that an addiction to love and sex was hindering her life, Brianne started on a journey of healing, self-awareness, and re...
2022-08-2148 minThe Good Girl Confessional#86 Tara Moss | Creating a Female Private Investigator & a WWII Mystery | Author, Feminist, AdvocateToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres welcomes back Tara Moss as we talk about her incredible new book and why the world needs more strong female role models. Since 1999 Canadian-Australian author Tara Moss has written 14 books, published in 19 countries and 13 languages. Her latest is the internationally released historical crime novel, The Ghosts of Paris, the sequel to her celebrated novel, The War Widow focusing on a gutsy female protagonist, Private Investigator, Sydney-born Billie Walker. The Ghosts of Paris is already receiving brilliant reviews and we highly recommend it! A beautifully written novel filled with intrigue and heart-felt...
2022-08-141h 12The Good Girl Confessional#85 Justine Whitchurch | Recovery beyond Alcohol addiction | Author – Sobriety Delivered Everything Alcohol PromisedToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with a remarkable woman and her journey to sobriety after an addiction threatened her life.Justine Whitchurch is a personal trainer, author, and recovered alcoholic (now thriving) 49year old Mum of two. There has never been a more pertinent time to speak a message of hope to all of those caught in the clutches of poor mental and physical health, alcoholism, and addiction during this challenging time of COVID19 and its aftermath. Every day, people are suffering and self-medicating with alcohol which Justine refers to as...
2022-08-071h 03The Good Girl Confessional#84 Sally Prosser | From TV Presenter to Ice Baths | Voice, Public Speaking and Media CoachIs your fear of public speaking holding you back? Are you struggling to get your message heard? Do you hate the sound of your own voice? Want to nail your next presentation? Command a room when you speak. Do you have to give a speech at a wedding or upcoming event? This might be the podcast episode for you! Today in the confessional, Sandy has a fun chat with Sally Prosser about voice coaching, confidence building, manifesting a partner and ice baths!Sally Prosser is an experienced journalist, TV news reporter and a company spokesperson who...
2022-07-3144 min
The Lowdown with Bravemumma48: Do you feel your birth was traumatic? Sandy Lowres shares her top tips to avoid trauma in your next birth.DESCRIPTION
We are going to continue to recognize and acknowledge birth trauma awareness week. Even though it's a designated one week out of the year, we feel that it's something that can continually be talked about 365 days of the year.
Today on the show, you are going to hear from a beautiful woman called Sandy Lowres. She's a podcast host, and has her own magazine for women beyond 40. Sandy talks about all things, menopause, and women's pelvic health.
I love that Sandy is able to share her story with so much heart. She al...
2022-07-271h 17The Good Girl Confessional#83 Karen Ostenried | PTSD Recovery | Horse Therapy & Team BuildingKaren Ostenried has worn many hats over the years. From professional singer toaerobics instructor, to the Chief Operations officer of an international biotechcompany. Karen impressively has three world firsts in medical technologyaccredited to her, and a number of Australian firsts in creating genetic models ofhuman diseases.In 2009, Karen’s world would change forever. One week after she retired from thefield of science, she would be faced with the devastating Black Saturday bushfiresthat tore through Victorian bushland causing widespread devastation and thegreatest loss of life fr...
2022-07-2440 minThe Good Girl Confessional#82 Mish Wright | Fitness in Perimenopause | Writer, Fitness Educator and SpeakerAfter a decade of teaching, Mish Wright started her second career as a Group Fit Instructor and Personal Trainer. Mish is the founder of the multi-award-winning fitness business franchise mishfit®, which specialised in training women.Sadly, it’s a fact that all education that fitness professionals undertake is based on theresearch of young fit men. Mish is passionate about educating everyone in the fitnessindustry in what she calls the “missing education” of women’s health. Mish has createdEVEolution™ an online program to help women navigate exercise – no matter what age orstage they ar...
2022-07-1857 minThe Good Girl Confessional#81 Debra Dank PhD | Gudanji/Wakaja Educator and Author - We Come With This PlaceToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Educator and Author, Debra Dank. Debra is a proud Gudanji/Wakaja woman who has worked in teaching and learning for over 40 years. Debra was the first Project Manager for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation when it was Constituted in 2011 and completed her PhD in Narrative Theory and Semiotics in 2021.She has just released her book, We Come with This Place. The collection of recounts which form We Come with This Place, tells something of who the Gudanji are as a community and as a family. The experiences reflect the events and the...
2022-07-101h 07The Good Girl Confessional#80 Sally Clarke | Surviving Burnout | Co-Director Human Leaders | Author | Burnout ExpertFrom Australian country girl to global citizen! If you are feeling fatigued, burnout and exhausted, chances are you are not alone!Today in the confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Sally Clarke, the Co-Director of Human Leaders, author, and Burnout expert. In 2012 Sally was working extremely long hours building a career in commercial law that she had long aspired for. That was until everything changed. While visiting her brother in France, she collapsed at the airport. She was suffering from severe and debilitating burnout. This experience forced Sally to re-evaluate what she really wanted in her...
2022-07-0350 minThe Good Girl Confessional#79 Dr. Lisa Beckett | Medical GP & Tech Entrepreneur | Founder of CandorToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with an incredible innovator! There’s a raft of unspoken health and wellbeing issues great and small that are faced by the general public and sometimes the distress these issues can cause, means patients can go years before mustering the courage to seek help. With new technology, and the digitisation of health, finding a solution might be as simple as picking up your phone or opening your laptop.Dr.Lisa Beckett has built a successful career as a medical GP in Australia but after recognising a void with medical consultations, Li...
2022-06-2639 minThe Good Girl Confessional#78 - Virginia Maywald | Raunchy Reading! | Anna Buckley Books - Erotic Fiction WriterToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Virginia Maywald who writes incredible and popular erotic fiction for women under her pen name Anna Buckley. She writes books that are about women taking control of their lives - financially, emotionally and sexually. Her books are set across the world featuring art, architecture, design, fashion, food and wine. When Virginia first read erotic fiction like 50 Shades of Grey, she realised that there was a need for more erotic fiction, based around believable women who took ownership of their sexuality. Virginia wanted to create books that would allow the reader to...
2022-06-131h 04The Good Girl Confessional#77 Kerri Sackville | Don't sweat the mess! | Author, Writer & ColumnistToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres welcomes back delightful guest Kerri Sackville, an Australian author, columnist and mother of three. Kerri's new book - The Life Changing Magic of a Little Bit of Mess - is a humorous reminder to take ourselves, and our house work less seriously! If your housework is getting you down, this might be the book for you!"In an era of decluttering gurus, cleaning bloggers and aspirational pantries, Kerri Sackville has studied the evidence and declared, 'Nah, way too much trouble.'Instead, she has embraced domestic imperfection and discovered the...
2022-06-0545 minThe Good Girl Confessional#76 Eve Mizzi | Organisation made easy | Founder - Ducks In A Row Home OrganisationToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres gets some home organisation tips from Eve Mizzi, the Founder of Ducks In A Row Home Organisation. Eve, as the founder and the head organiser at Ducks In A Row is Australia's answer to the Home Edit! Inspired by the Home Edit home organisers, Eve is passionate about helping people to organise their homes. She genuinely enjoys sorting, clearing and organising all day long. Her Melbourne based team are helping people get their ducks in a row by creating functional homes with simple systems anyone can follow. She loves helping busy...
2022-05-1532 minThe Good Girl Confessional#75 The Silberys | Emmie, Kerry and Isabelle | Gogglebox AustraliaToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with three generations of incredible women, a gorgeous family sharing their joy! You may know them as Isabelle, Kerry and Emmie Silbery from Foxtel’s and Channel 10’s series Gogglebox, in which they share their thoughts on the week’s TV highlights, and also show what a supportive and loving family they are. Grandmother Emmie Milligan, 92; mother Kerry Milligan, 68; and daughter Isabelle Silbery, 36, are three generations of the Silbery family. Close-knit and supportive, the Silberys have appeared on TV's Gogglebox since 2016, with the trio known for their strong opinio...
2022-05-0144 minThe Good Girl Confessional#74 Pia Antico | Embracing the Inner Crone | Founder Essential Awakening Mentoring | Best selling authorTW: Domestic Violence, traumaToday in the Confessional host Sandy Lowres chats with Pia Antico - the Founder of Essential Awakening Mentoring, a Crone Life Joy Reboot Mentor/Coach/Trainer, International Public Speaker & Best-Selling Author.Holding three three degrees in Psychology, Counselling Training, and Certification in the 3 Principles Paradigm, Pia intuitively guides single, empty-nester, women over 40 to ditch their regrets, claim their unapologetic authenticity, age disgracefully, & quit being an unwilling bystander in their lives! At 50, Pia has survived three near deaths before 30, two abusive marriages, and a major head injury. Her mission is...
2022-04-2559 minThe Good Girl Confessional#73 Jane Caro | Standing in her Power | Feminist, Author and Senate CandidateToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is thrilled to be chatting with Jane Caro AM to chat about her new book The Mother, and Jane's political candidacy as she stands for the NSW Senate for the Reason Party. Jane's career is incredible. She is a Walkley Award-winning Australian columnist, author, novelist, broadcaster, documentary maker, feminist and social commentator. She spent 35 years as an award winning copywriter and 7 years teaching Advertising Creative in the School of Communication Arts at Western Sydney University. These days she is a full time writer, social commentator, speaker and broadcaster.As...
2022-04-1045 minThe Good Girl Confessional#72 Vanessa Muradian | Gender Non-Conforming Sexologist | Founder Mia MuseToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres has a fantastic conversation with sexologist and yoga teacher Vanessa Muradian (she/they). Vanessa, and Armenian-Australian, is the founder of Mia Muse, a sex and wellness platform where people can explore their desires, eroticism and self-expression. Mia Muse offers workshops, somatic educational tools, courses, provocative conversations, sex toys, writing and art — all designed to nurture and expand your relationship with your body and your pleasure. Vanessa's new project is an incredible deck of cards called Big Pussy Energy: Fire Up Your Fierce Femme Power."Big Pussy Energy pr...
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Peri Menopause PowerWomen Beyond 40 with Sandy LowresIn today's episode, we excitedly share with you our inspiring chat with Sandy Lowres. Sandy Lowres is the Creative Director of award-winning platform Wb40 - Women Beyond Forty, and the host of the popular podcast The Good Girl Confessional. With a background in writing, Sandy is an advocate for representation of Women over the age of 40, 50, 60 and beyond. Wb40 is creating opportunities for female writers and creatives, and producing fabulous content for women around subjects that are too-often taboo such as menopause and sexuality beyond forty. Wb40's Magazine and podcast share the stories of wo...
2022-03-2835 minThe Good Girl Confessional#71 Natalie Moore and Lisa Saunders | Talking Perimenopause | Own Your Health CollectiveToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Natalie Moore and Lisa Saunders. Natalie and Lisa help women achieve holistic health and wellbeing for work and life through their company Own Your Health Collective. They are also the hosts of the Peri Menopause Power Podcast.They have been those same ambitious women who have spent days juggling the many roles and expectations all while oblivious to the power within them.Both are fully accredited coaches who have come together with complimentary passions around health and well-being by using their own individual expertise to help women...
2022-03-2748 minThe Good Girl Confessional#70 Therese Tarlinton | Marketing Guru - Author of Swap: Marketing without MoneyToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting with fellow red-head and marketing guru, Therese Tarlinton!Therese is passionate about marketing partnerships and is the author of SWAP! Marketingwithout Money. She created a start up that grew to a business in five countriesmanufacturing for Jeep, Sesame Street and United Colors of Benetton using this strategy.After selling her company, she now works with the big brands creating campaigns thatcollaborate with other businesses, with a focus on delighting their mutual customers. Shehas helped charities raise funds, a SAAS get...
2022-03-2059 minThe Good Girl Confessional#69 Jewels | Dominatrix | Body Builder, Speaker & Author - The Making of A WomanTW: Childhood abuse, Alcohol RecoveryToday in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Jewels. Jewels is an award-winning author, speaker, and award-winning bodybuilder who hopes to inspire others to push forward no matter the challenges. After enduring an abusive childhood, Jewels decided to use her earlier trauma to enter recovery, sexually liberate herself, and enter the competitive world of bodybuilding. At age 49, Jewels placed 3rd at the NPC North American Championships in 2021.During her book launch tour, Jewels has appeared on over 20 podcasts to discuss a variety of important topics from her memoir including...
2022-03-1359 minThe Good Girl Confessional#68 Lise Carlaw & Sarah Wills | Those Two Girls - Forty Favours The BraveToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Lise Carlaw and Sarah Wills, also known as Those Two Girls. After they met in their mid-30s, Lise and Sarah became a duo with a difference and blasted onto the Australian media scene in 2017. Their genuine friendship led to a national radio show, sell-out events, interviewing well known guests and eventually the launch of FORTY: the podcast equivalent of a little black book for the middle years.Lise and Sarah have just launching their new book - Forty Favours the Brave. Before joining forces, Lise and...
2022-03-0659 minThe Good Girl Confessional#67 Mia Northrop | Life Hacks! | Author & Podcast Host - Life Admin Life HacksToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Life Hacker, Mia Northrop! Mia is a trained coach, co-host of the Life Admin Life Hacks podcast and co-author of the book Life Admin Hacks. After a diverse and dynamic career in Melbourne, London and New York, she was on the cusp of burnout and partnered with a longtime school friend, also juggling work and home, to find a better way for themselves and other working parents. She now supports individuals and employees to streamline their life admin so they can win back more free time and mental space...
2022-02-2856 minThe Good Girl Confessional#66 Melissa Griffiths | Transgender Advocate | Diversity & Inclusion ConsultantToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with brave and beautiful Melissa Griffith. Melissa is a transgender authority and advocate based in Melbourne. As a diversity and inclusion consultant, Melissa has managed to get a gender identity policy introduced at various horse racing clubs including the Victorian Racing Club. Melissa has also consulted with Cricket Australia in development of their Guidelines for inclusion of Gender Diverse and Transgender People in Cricket. She is also currently a board director of Sydney based non-profit organisation JustSociale and previously a board director of Elder Rights Advocacy in Victoria. Overcoming many...
2022-02-2034 minThe Good Girl Confessional#65 Carolyn Tate & Gillian Moody | Living Beyond Divorce | Champagne Divorce ClubSeparation and divorce can be painful and lonely life experiences. If you are like many women faced with the prospect, you might be asking yourself what the hell are you meant to do now?Today in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Carolyn Tate and Gillian Moody, the founders of The Champagne Divorce Club. Together, the besties who run Champagne Cartel - an online magazine and community for women who want to live a Fuck Yes life - have created a one-stop-shop for advice and support on separation, divorce and finding yourself after the dust settles.Both...
2022-02-1348 minThe Good Girl Confessional#64 Annette Densham | How To Eat A Shit Sandwich | Author, PR Specialist, Journalist, ComedianToday in the Confessional, Sandy welcomes Annette Densham, an award-winning PR specialist, and the author of her memoir - How To Eat a Shit Sandwich...And Keep Smiling. When Annette lost her cushy corporate comms role, she had to reinvent herself using the skills she normally used on other people. Starting her own PR agency, she used her print journalism and corporate communications skills to help small businesses share their stories. Annette works with with entrepreneurs sharing stories worth telling and helping dozens enter and win business awards. With over 35 years experience in media, PR and communications, Annette...
2022-02-061h 19The Good Girl Confessional#63 Shannah Kennedy | Best Selling Author - The Life Plan | Life CoachToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Shannah Kennedy who is a Life Coach and the best selling author of 7 books that have been changing the way people live their lives, including the extremely popular The Life Plan and her latest book, Plan B. Shannah, a Master Life Strategist and Coach, Wellbeing Specialist and keynote speaker, helps people to navigate what really drives us and what ultimately makes us happy.Her latest book, Plan B, focuses on how we cope with change - something so timely as we navigate Covid-19. "Whether you have faced...
2022-01-3048 minThe Good Girl Confessional#62 Dr. Susie O'Brien | The Secrets of Half-Arsed Parenting | Journalist & AuthorThis week Sandy chats with Dr Susie O'Brien in the confessional, a delightful journalist and columnist with a PhD in Education. For the last 19 years she has written about parenting and social issues for the Herald Sun and other News Ltd papers, and she appears weekly on Channel Seven’s Sunrise. She and her partner have five (yes, 5!) kids between them. Susie says they're the Brady Bunch, without Alice to cook dinner every night!Susie chats about her fabulous book The Secret of Half-Arsed Parenting: Raising kids with half the guilt. The Secret of Half-arsed Parenting is a fu...
2022-01-2434 minThe Good Girl Confessional#61 Jane Vandermeer | Finding Your Style To Find Yourself | Holistic Stylist & EntrepreneurToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Jane Vandermeer, a delightful entrepreneur who has built a number of award winning businesses including Finesse Business & Style, and Intuitive Whispers. Jane has been working in the fashion industry for 30 years, wearing many hats including designer, tailor, pattern maker, buyer, Wholesale & Retail sales, Lecturer, Business Owner and creator. Jane describes herself as a holistic and soulful stylist who is helping women to feel good about themselves regardless of their size or shape. When Jane talks about her clients, it's immediately obvious how much she cares about them. She explains that she...
2022-01-1652 minThe Good Girl Confessional#60 (Part 2) Stephanie Thompson | The Day My Vagina Broke | Author, Founder of Bravemumma.com | Birth Trauma AdvocateTrigger Warning: This podcast contains information about Birth Trauma and may be distressing for some. Please use discretion. If you haven't heard Part 1 of this podcast, we encourage you to go back and listen. --Sandy chats with Stephanie Thompson, author of The Day My Vagina Broke and the founder of Bravemumma. In 2015, Stephanie suffered a traumatic childbirth injury her life and her body forever. Stephanie talks openly and honestly about her lived experience of birth trauma, a subject that should be talked about openly, but is often considered taboo. In Part 2 of this...
2022-01-0953 minThe Good Girl Confessional#60 (Part 1) Stephanie Thompson | The Day My Vagina Broke | Founder Bravemumma.com | Birth Trauma AdvocateTrigger Warning: This podcast contains information about Birth Trauma and may be distressing for some. Please use discretion.--Welcome to the first podcast episode of 2022. Sandy chats with Stephanie Thompson, author of The Day My Vagina Broke and the founder of Bravemumma. In 2015, Stephanie suffered a traumatic childbirth injury her life and her body forever. Stephanie talks openly and honestly about her lived experience of birth trauma, a subject that should be talked about openly, but is often considered taboo. Stephanie is now on a mission to share her story and start conversations...
2022-01-0353 minThe Good Girl Confessional#59 Gillian Holden | Recruiting for a Cause | Founder of Clover Lane ConsultingToday in The Confessional Sandy chats with Gillian Holden, Director and Founder of Clover Lane consulting. Gill is an industry professional, with a clear and exciting vision for disrupting traditional recruitment methods and paving the way for modern recruitment practices. Gill is a visionary when it comes to people, purpose, passion and how we should be engaging the employee within our organisations, thinking outside the box to connect the right people beyond CV's. Gill shines a light on our hidden talents with a unique and subtle approach, to unlocking our purpose and then, guiding the path, as we...
2021-12-1951 minThe Good Girl Confessional#58 Sally Hepworth | NYC Billboards & Best selling Novels | Aussie Author takes on the WorldHost Sandy Lowres chats with very special guest Sally Hepworth in the Confessional about Sally's amazing career as a full time author and her incredible new book The Younger Wife. In this warm chat, they also discuss Sally having an epic billboard in Times Square and her exciting collaboration with Amy Poehler! She also shares some insights about her next novel.Australian author Sally Hepworth is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, most recently The Younger Wife (Out now in Australia and coming soon in the USA and UK). Drawing on the good...
2021-12-1241 minThe Good Girl Confessional#57 Lou Duggan | Let Them Eat Cake! | Head Baker Girl & Owner of Cake 2 The RescueToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with a genuinely lovely (and funny) human who is determined to help parents stop agonising over birthday celebrations.Scottish born, Queensland-based Entrepreneur Lou Duggan is the founder of Cake 2 The Rescue, an award-winning DIY cake kit company which has helped more than 40,000 Australian families pour their love into a homemade cake.With a background in engineering and design, Lou has spent the last ten years building Cake 2 The Rescue into a thriving ecommerce business, with more than 250 cake kit designs, and a loyal online audience of 60,000+ cake fans. Sandy...
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The Good Girl Confessional#56 Colleen Callander | From Sportsgirl CEO to Entropreneur | Author Leading by DesignSandy was so excited to chat with award-winning CEO and Founder of Mentor Me Women, Colleen Callander, in the Confessional. Colleen, with 30 years of retail experience, was at the helm of Sportsgirl and the Sussan Group. She has wealth of knowledge and a proven track record in building brands, establishing winning cultures and creating environments that allow people to shine. Colleen wants to inspire women to lead in their own lives whether that be in boardrooms, organisations, communities or even the home and wants them to believe it is possible to become the leader they always wanted to...
2021-11-2850 minThe Good Girl Confessional#55 Jo Stanley | Bringing Women's Voices to Radio | TV & Radio Personality & Founder Broad RadioToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Jo Stanley about her incredible new project, Broad Radio. Jo is synonymous with radio and TV. She is also a columnist and a Key note Speaker. As a radio presenter, Jo built an amazing career spanning 20 years. Having appeared on all TV networks in Australia, Jo is currently co-host of The House Of Wellness on Channel 7, where she loves sharing her passion for mindfulness, meditation, gratitude and self-compassion. She also appears regularly on The Project on Ch 10, writes a column in the Sunday Life Magazine and is the creator of the...
2021-11-2149 minThe Good Girl Confessional#53 Susan Jarvis | Sex in your 50's and beyond! | Founder - The Spicy Boudoir | Host - The Maven's Private DiariesLike the Spice Girls, do you want to spice up your life?! Well, who wouldn't? If you're curious, this is definitely the podcast episode for you! Today in The Confessional, Sandy chats with Susan Jarvis, the visionary behind The Spicy Boudoir and the host of The Maven's Private Diaries Podcast! Susan is an incredible woman who discovered her extraordinary self by tapping into her sexual energy, beyond the age of 40!"I have experienced a transformation from a stale and empty life, to one full of love, passion, laughter and yes, bloody good sex. All because I...
2021-11-071h 07The Good Girl Confessional#52 | Rachel Walker Mason - Painting the World with Music! | International Award winning musicianToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Rachel Walker Mason, an extraordinary woman who has achieved so much in her stellar career, and isn't finished yet! Rachel is a multi-award winning musician and songwriter, winning Album of the Year for 2020. She is also the author of the Amazon best seller - Not The Only One, on her experiences of postnatal depression. Rachel is an ambassador for maternal mental health and this year was named as a recipient of the 2021 UK Citizen of the Year. In fact, Prince Harry even said she is an inspiration! Rachel works with grammy winning performers...
2021-11-0246 minThe Good Girl Confessional#51 Michelle Bowditch | Who says women can't do tech?! | CEO & Founder Door 20aToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Michelle Bowditch. While many of us are struggling to keep up with technology, Michelle embraces it! Michelle is the founder of Door20a, a tech consulting agency supporting Women in Business and Executive Assistants to accelerate their careers to the next level. Through strategic coaching, she helps professionals amplify their workplace presence, master influence, and road map their ambitions into existence.With over 15-years of experience as a C-Suite Executive Assistant across public and private sectors, Michelle has extensive insight around tech loopholes that (even the most successful) professionals fall culprit...
2021-10-241h 18The Good Girl Confessional#50 Jenn Donovan | Helping Bush businesses to thrive | Change Maker, Marketing Thought LeaderToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Jenn Donovan a marketing thought leader, change maker, Social entrepreneur and coach and mentor for small businesses. She is also a keynote speaker and podcaster (Small Business Made Simple).Founder of Social Media and Marketing Australia, founder of the extremely successful community Facebook group - Buy From a Bush Business (currently 333,000 members) and the Co-Founder of Spend With Us - Australia's answer to Amazon but only for rural and regional small businesses. Jenn's takes her clients from Invisible to Invincible and is also a community leader, and a community...
2021-10-1742 minThe Good Girl Confessional#47 Justine Martin | Surviving & Thriving with MS | Award winning artist, Resilience Consultant, MS AdvocateOur special guest is Justine Martin, who speaks with Sandy about her successful corporate life being turned upside down in 2011 when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Since then, she has battled three cancers and overcome a long list of serious medical conditions. Rather than allowing her hardship to overcome her, she has used it as a platform to inspire and make a difference in the lives of others.Justine is a resilience consultant and speaker, plus an advocate for medical care.She uses her own experiences of living with a disability to encourage others...
2021-09-1240 minThe Good Girl Confessional#46 Libby Moore | Oprah's former Chief of Staff | Human Connector & CoachToday in the Confessional, Sandy chats with very special guest, Libby Moore about her extraordinary career and her very personal life journey of discovering who she is. Libby worked as Oprah Winfrey's Chief of Staff for 11 years through to the end of the Oprah Winfrey Show. She also worked as a consulting producer with the original team that created the Emmy award winning Super Soul Sunday on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Libby is a Certified Life Coach, speaker/story teller, adventurer, and creative connector, who loves inspiring people to reconnect to Possibility in their life and career. She is on...
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Have A Seat...Conversations With Women In The WorkplaceWomen Beyond Forty Founder + Creative Director, Sandy LowresSend us a text“As women, I do think we start to come into our own in our 40’s and more so as we get older into our 50’s, as you get to this age you start to think there’s actually some pretty cool things about getting older” Meet Sandy Lowres, Founder and Creative Director of the independent platform WB40 - Women Beyond Forty, a digital + print magazine and host of The Good Girl Confessional Podcast. WB40 mag is written by women for women, changing the narrative around women beyond the age of forty.
2021-08-0133 minThe Good Girl Confessional#42 Sandy Davies | Facing PeriMenopause head on | Founder Happy Pause Menopause BalmTW: This podcast mentions Suicide, grief and loss. Please listen at your own discretion. If this podcast raises issues for you, please contact Life Line on 13 11 14.Today in The Confessional, Sandy chats with Sandy Davies, entrepreneur and founder of Happy Pause Menopause Balm. Necessity is often the mother of invention and when Sandy Davies found herself going through peri-menopause, she found herself going through many physical changes, but not getting a lot of answers from doctors. After trying products that she reacted badly to, Sandy founded Happy Pause, an all natural product to help women suffering from dryness...
2021-07-1847 minThe Good Girl Confessional#41 Sue Brabender | Tackling Burnout & Exhaustion | Founder Me Time. Just For Me.Sue Brabender joins Sandy in The Confessional for her very first podcast (ever!) to talk about the misnomer that we can "have it all". Sue was successful and working almost 60 hours a week in the corporate world...which came at a huge cost to her mental and physical health. Suffering with exhaustion, for Sue the burnout was real - her work suffered, her family suffered, and she ultimately suffered, losing herself along the way. For Sue, it took losing someone very dear to her to have an epiphany that she didn’t have to live this way anymore. Wh...
2021-07-1148 minThe Good Girl Confessional#38 Sam White | Taking on the male domain of Insurance, for women! | Meet CEO - Freedom Group | Stella InsuranceSam White joins Sandy as our special guest in The Confessional. Sam started her own business after losing her mother, breaking her leg and breaking up with her boyfriend, all within a very short space of time. She’s now the founder and CEO of five very successful businesses, including launching Stella Insurance in Australia. An insurance company run by women, focusing on women.Sam is an absolute force to be reckoned with and a real change instigator. She is driven and powered by a desire to fundamentally change the insurance industry for the better. A vocal supporter of...
2021-06-2148 minThe Good Girl Confessional#37 Ailsa Wild | The Covid Front Line Heroes | Author - The Care FactorToday in the Confessional, Sandy is joined by Ailsa Wild! Ailsa is an author, performer and community artist with a history of deep collaboration who writes for children, young adults and Adults. Ailsa’s most recent book, ‘The Care Factor: a story of nursing and connection in the time of social distancing’, is a snapshot biography of her dear friend Simone Sheridan, who worked as a nurse during the 2020 coronavirus waves in Melbourne. Ailsa has written two junior fiction series: ‘Squishy Taylor’ and ‘The Naughtiest Pixie’ – both full of cheekiness and adventure. She is the lead writer of Small...
2021-06-131h 04The Good Girl Confessional#36 Kathy Barron | So you want to be a Podcaster? | Meet the founder of Women Who Podcast MagazineWhen one magazine publisher meets another!Kathy Barron is the host and producer of the successful California-based podcast Women Who Sarcast, and she joins Sandy in the Confessional as our special guest to chat about her exciting new venture - the launch of Women Who Podcast Magazine!As the Editor-in-Chief of Women Who Podcast Magazine, Kathy is building a podcast empire by creating the very first magazine solely highlighting female podcasters and sharing the stories of the women behind the podcasts. As podcasts become more popular, female hosted podcasts are gaining popularity in what was previously...
2021-06-0652 minThe Good Girl Confessional#35 Tracey Spicer AM | Misogyny & the women in Media | Author, Journalist, BroadcasterToday one good girl chats to another in the Confessional as Sandy chats with special guest Tracey Spicer AM.Tracey is a multiple Walkley Award winning author, journalist and broadcaster who has anchored national programs for ABC TV and radio, Network Ten and Sky News.In 2019 she was named the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year, accepted the Sydney Peace Prize alongside Tarana Burke for the Me Too movement, and won the national award for Excellence in Women’s Leadership through Women & Leadership Australia.In 2018, Tracey was chosen as one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100...
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Thriving After 40038 - Sandy Lowres -Writer, Podcaster, Founder and Creative Director of WB40 (Women Beyond 40) MagazineSandy talks about the importance of believing in yourself, supporting other women, overcoming a great storm of difficulties and how it feels as life finally begins at the age of 40. Sandy Lowres is a writer, creative and podcaster based in Melbourne’s west. She is the founder and Creative Director of Wb40 – Women Beyond Forty Magazine and the podcast host of The Good Girl Confessional. Sandy has enjoyed a diverse and interesting career spanning business owner, manager, coordinator, writer, blogger and creative. She has never been afraid to challenge herself and has always had an entrep...
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Women Who SarcastSandy Lowres with Women Beyond FortySandy Lowres, founder of Good Girl Media, host of the Good Girl Confessional podcast, and founder and creative director of the Women Beyond Forty platform and magazine joins Kathy to talk all about the WB40 Empire. Sandy created the WB40 magazine to showcase women and their stories. Tune in and find out how it all got started! You can find Sandy Lowres and Women Beyond Forty at www.wb40.com. If you enjoy Women Who Sarcast podcast, please consider leaving a review. Follow WWS on Instagram and Twitter @womenwhosarcast. We want to...
2021-01-2637 minThe Good Girl Confessional#23 Stephanie Wood | The perils of on-line dating - taking back her life beyond catfishing | Author, Award-winning JournalistImagine falling in love with a man, imaging your life together and then finding out that everything he claimed to be was a lie. This is Stephanie Wood's story, chronicled in her book 'Fake'. A startling true story about love in a world of liars, cheats, narcissists, fantasists and phonies. Stephanie's raw honesty in the telling of this story is nothing short of brave. "Joe" who she met online, is a serial fabulist who created a web of lies filled with many twists and turns. Stephanie Wood is an author and award winning Australian journalist. When she ended the relationship...
2020-09-2341 minThe Good Girl Confessional#22 Sally Leydon | The Lady Vanishes Podcast | The ongoing search for her missing mum - Marion Barter Missing Person AdvocateTW: Missing Person/SuicideSally Leydon, has been searching for her mother, Marion Barter, for 23 years. Marion is a missing person, much loved mother and a celebrated teacher. Marion's disappearance is the subject of the hugely popular Channel 7 Podcast, The Lady Vanishes, now with over 8 million downloads. Host Bryan Seymour and Executive Producer Alison Sandy have helped Sally to gain incredible traction regarding information and clues about Marion's sudden disappearance. Along with a group of volunteer super sleuths around the world, they edge closer to unravelling this unsolved case.Sally joins me in the confessional to...
2020-09-111h 48The Good Girl Confessional#19 Susan Francis | Secrets, life's shocking twists & unconditional love | Author - The Love That RemainsSusan Francis is the author of her true memoir, The Love That Remains. After spending over twenty years searching for her biological parents, Susan met the love of her life. After a whirlwind romance, they married and set off on an amazing adventure to live overseas, but things took an unexpected turn. Susan joins host, Sandy Lowres, in the Confessional to tell her story - a story about secrets, life's shocking twists and unconditional love - in her own words. The Love that Remains is an honest and beautifully written memoir. You can follow Susan at:https...
2020-03-241h 41The Good Girl Confessional#18 (Part 2) Claire Ashman | From Cult Survivor to Ted X TalkerClaire Ashman is a remarkable woman. She grew up in a sect, a break away from the Catholic Church, and at 18 married a man who would lead her into an even more sinister community. For almost a decade she lived by the whim of a man who called himself "Little Pebble", the leader of a doomsday cult called The Order of St. Charbel. Forced to join the religious order, she took a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience and attended prayer sessions three times a day, It was the concern for the safety of her eight young children that eventually...
2020-02-231h 21The Good Girl Confessional#18 (part 1) - Claire Ashman | From Cult Survivor to Ted X Talker | Lessons of a Cult SurvivorClaire Ashman is a remarkable woman. She grew up in a sect, a break away from the Catholic Church, and at 18 married a man who would lead her into an even more sinister community. For almost a decade she lived by the whim of a man who called himself "Little Pebble", the leader of a doomsday cult called The Order of St. Charbel. Forced to join the religious order, she took a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience and attended prayer sessions three times a day, It was the concern for the safety of her eight young children that eventually...
2020-02-181h 03The Good Girl Confessional#16 Nadine Marsh & Dr. Sarah Hennessey | Menopause Talk!Many women listening or of a certain age, will be going through peri-menopause or menopause. Host Sandy Lowres chats to Nadine Marsh, a Women's Health facilitator, and Sarah Hennessey, Natural Health practitioner and Doctor of Chinese Medicine, about their innovative workshops for women - Menomorphisis: Reclaiming, Reframing and Reinventing Menopause. When Nadine started to go through her own menopause journey, she started to research and then work with other people to reclaim herself. Joining forces with Sarah after they realised there was a gap in the information women were seeking, they started Menomorphosis Workshops to help women feel the best...
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The Good Girl Confessional#11 Becky Paroz | Women in Construction - taking on a male domain | Meet this #GladiatHerGuest #11 Becky Paroz doesn't always fit in, and she's not sorry! As a disruptor and an engineer, she has built a 30 year career in the male dominated construction industry, taking names and making one for herself. Becky is an industry leader, an author, a coach, a mentor and a keynote speaker. Becky was recently a cover girl for Y-Mag and is the co-founder of PineappleLit, a bespoke publishing company, and of Imaginarium 2.0, supporting independent and self published authors. In 2019, Becky has received a wave of awards and she dropped into the Confessional to chat to Sandy about surviving trauma, building...
2019-11-041h 09The Good Girl Confessional#8 Karen Andrews | Have you ever wanted to be a writer? | Meet this blogger & AuthorWant to be a blogger? Karen Andrews is an expert and talks about life and all things blogging! Karen has been blogging since 2006 at KarenAndrews.com.au (originally Miscellaneous Mum) and is one of the most established parenting/personal bloggers in Australia. She is a two time finalist in the Best Australian Blog Awards. She has run successful blogging courses for many years. (Fun Fact - The Good Girl Confessional started after Sandy attended one of Karen's courses in 2013!). Karen is an award winning writer, author, editor, poet and publisher (Miscellaneous Press). She is a mentor with Writers Victoria and...
2019-10-111h 05The Good Girl Confessional#6 Isiah McKimmie | Spice Up Your sex Life! | Meet Sexologist Isiah McKimmieLet's talk about sex! Today in the confessional, Sandy chats with Isiah McKimmie, one of Australia's most qualified relationship and sex experts. Isiah is a couples therapist, sex therapist, sexologist and tantra expert. Isiah writes a weekly column for new.com.au and is a regular contributor to Huffpost and numerous print and digital publications. She is also the host of the podcast Wholehearted, Love, Sex & Intimacy. We chat about sexuality, the g-spot, menopause, therapy, orgasms and exactly what a sexologist does. You can follow Isiah at www.isiah-mckimmie.com where you can find excellent advice of sex, intimacy and...
2019-09-2600 minThe Good Girl Confessional#5 Sandy Lowres | Confessions, breaking the Good Girl mould and starting a podcast at 50!Host Sandy Lowres chats about where The Good Girl Confessional began, how it was named and all the exciting things coming up! She answers lots of questions about how this became much more than a blog and about the upcoming relaunch of the digital online format that is coming! She also answers the questions of the gorgeous women following The Good Girl Confessional on Social Media, with gratitude and love.Follow us on instagram: @thegoodgirlconfessionalThe Good Girl Confessional Podcast is a production of Wb40 - Women Beyond FortyCraving more? You can find us...
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