Not everyone hits 50 and feels invisible as today’s guest proves! Meet Teresa McNamara, a makeup guru and single parent to two now adult women who upended her life in her mid-forties and just a few years later was the happiest she has ever been. At 50 she married her soulmate, and at 53 she launched her YouTube channel thats filled with relatable and practical makeup and skincare tutorials.  Always filter free and realistic - Teresa is a product enthusiast and collector who wants to help other women look and feel good at any age.  Forget feeling invisible in midlife - Teresa’s never ..read more

Imagine discovering in your mid-thirties that you were adopted and had a whole other family that had been searching for you for years?  For Louise Wilkinson, dance school director and motivational speaker, this is exactly what happened when she received a surprise letter in the mail from her biological mother.  But rather than let this shock news upend her life in a negative way, the letter and the huge changes that followed, were an opportunity for Louise to invite more love into her life.  We chat to Louise about how she dealt with discovering this family secret and what it me ..read more

Writer, mother and self-confessed over-sharer Cathrine Mahoney has been through some big changes in the last decade. She split from former NRL player and TV commentator, Andrew Johns, and began dating again in her forties.  She went from a career as a publicist to a podcaster, author and TV panel regular.  We chat to Cathrine about all of these big career and relationship changes, as well as what happened when she recently began experiencing perimenopausal symptoms and started taking HRT. Credits: Cathrine Mahoney’s podcast ‘So I Quit Mt Day Job’: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas ..read more

Lizza Gebilagin is a writer, podcaster and former editor-in-chief of Women’s Health magazine. She’s also a super fit mum who didn’t let a pandemic stop her pursuing her dreams!  We chat to Lizza about her huge career changes that saw her leap from magazines to digital and back again and how she really managed the motherhood juggle alongside her dream editor-in-chief job.  We discuss Lizza’s amazing career pivots during Covid and her foray into the world of professional boxing in her thirties!  Mentions: Lizza Gebilagin https://3amhuddle.substack.com/ https://www.instagram.com/li ..read more

In this extended episode we have a heartfelt conversation with Jacynth Bassett all the way from the UK, we explore her reasons for the creation of The Bias Cut. Jacynth's vision for The Bias Cut has blossomed into a beacon of change in the fashion industry in the UK and beyond.  We explore the origins of The Bias Cut, its impact on age-inclusive fashion, and the powerful narrative behind this initiative. We talk about the moment she knew that Ageism is Never in Style was going to be bigger than she could have hoped and when #ilookmyage became a global movement.  Join us as Jacynth sh ..read more

When we are parents to littles we all have this vision that when our littles become big, being a parent will be somehow easier. So what happens to our sense of who we are when we get relegated to the sidelines and are no longer the participant parent in our kids' lives?  In this episode we speak with Bron about life as a mum and how this has evolved over the past nearly 20 years, and what she is most looking forward to in her third act!  Bron is a passionate advocate for working parents.  She has written extensively about life balance, common sense and the ‘good enough’ mother ..read more

Have you heard of the term “sexually nebulous”? We hadn’t prior to speaking with Amy! This episode we speak with Amy Lovat about her big change - falling in love with her soulmate Laura after years of dating men.  Amy is the author of Mistakes and Other Lovers, founder of Secret Book Stuff and program manager of the Newcastle Writers Festival.  Credits:  Amy Lovat: https://www.instagram.com/thatamylovat/ Amy’s article for the Guardian on meeting Laura:  https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/20/the-moment-i-knew-i-had-a-realisation-if-the-plane-crashed-id-die-wit ..read more

Have you ever wondered why some people breeze through change and others find it to be their kryptonite?  We speak to Tracey Williams a registered clinical psychologist about the psychology of change. She helps us unpack some of the big questions around change, and we also talk about how it is possible to ‘flip the script’ on change and get a little more comfortable with it even in the darkest moments.  Credits:  Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/ Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/ Audio Producer:  Marissa Roberts https://www.instagram ..read more

Get to know Laura and Cathy, your hosts of The Change as we chat about some of our biggest life changes in recent times that have shocked or rocked us.  We get real about how we feel about change with no judgment or shame and we discuss our experiences and feelings about “The Change”, a life stage otherwise known as the menopause and perimenopause.  Mentions:  Cathy’s article:  'I'm in my early fifties, and I feel like I'm becoming invisible.' https://www.mamamia.com.au/invisibility-of-older-women/ Laura’s article:  "I didn’t have an impressive career or kids and I fel ..read more

The Change is a podcast about the changes in life that shake, break and make us. Coming soon to wherever you get your podcasts! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message ..read more