Don‘t Give A Fifty

In episode #44 Mel and Trish sit down with Trish’s good friend Michelle Cross, aka Roona to chat about her career and the value of taking a risk.

Michelle was a busy, full-time working mother with a long career in the very stable and secure institution of teaching and educating when she hit a crossroad. Feeling unfulfilled, she put her career and financial stability on the line, trusted her instinct and co-founded The Performers Studio. At the time, The Performers Studio was created in response to the need for quality education and training for emerging artists to be industry-ready professionals. Basically, Michelle identified a gap in the market and, never one to sit still and just think about things, took action, and brought about major change – for herself, her family and the many students who have passed through its doors.

However, Michelle’s story doesn’t end there. Like many remarkable 50ishers, she continues to reinvent herself and thrive in the process.

Enjoy.

The Performers Studio Website

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In episode 43, Mel and Trish sit down with Susan Jarvis, the visionary behind the website and online community, The Spicy Boudoir and host of the podcast The Maven’s Private Diaries to talk about the often-stigmatised topics of sexual expression and intimate devices.

The girls always said there was no topic off limits and today they’re going there. Mel and Trish bring you into the world of Susan Jarvis – visionary, businesswoman, communicator, educator, and advocate for sexual freedom and ageless sexuality. Susan describes herself as an ordinary woman who discovered her extraordinary self by tapping into her sexual energy and so begins the chat…

She believes the importance of self-pleasure can never be understated because if you can ask what you want in the bedroom, you can ask what you want in the boardroom and that’s powerful!

She shares her stories, her experiences, and her wisdom with the girls on this revealing, entertaining and important episode.

Enjoy an insight into the liberated and reclaimed life of Susan Jarvis, the Maven.

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Website and Resources

The Maven's Private Diaries Podcast

Online forum for older women embracing their sexuality

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In episode 42, Mel and Trish sit down together for the second addition of their new segment, ‘Just the Two of Us.’

This week, Mel and Trish chew the fat (a favourite expression of Mel's and one that makes Trish gag!) about what their fifty’n loving – TV Shows, celebrities, podcasts etc as well as one issue they’re both fifty’n hating.

Enjoy, a very typical chat between two long term 50ish girlfriends.

Podcast: Ladies We Need To Talk

Podcast: Mamamia No Filter

Podcast: The Imperfects

Podcast: Shameless

Podcast: My Dad Wrote a Porno

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Episode 42 sees Mel and Trish chatting to the girl everyone wanted to be growing up, Alison Brahe Daddo about life and her book Queen Menopause: Finding the majesty in the mayhem.

Alison Brahe was a household name, the girl we all saw on the cover of Dolly, Cosmopolitan and Cleo magazines throughout the 80s and 90s who then went on to marry Australia’s most eligible bachelor, Cameron Daddo. Fast forward 25+ years and 50isher Alison, or Ali, would be facing the same challenges most women do as they navigate through the mind field of changes that accompany perimenopause and menopause.

It was this journey of self-discovery that compelled her to write Queen Menopause: Finding your majesty in the mayhem. The book combines research on different modalities and treatment options along with word-for-word entries from her private journals and learnings shared by other women.

This chat reveals Ali is not just a pretty face, nor a wife and mother to three children. She is a screenwriter, podcaster, teacher and more. She has faced some enormous challenges and celebrated some amazing highs during her life in the public eye.

Enjoy the delightful and very grounded Ali Brahe Daddo.

Queen Menopause: Finding your majesty in the mayhem

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For their 40th episode, Mel and Trish invite the incredible Anita Jacoby onto the podcast to chat about her recently released book Secrets Beyond the Screen.

Some women are born destined to have fascinating lives on multiple levels and Anita Jacoby easily falls into that category. She held senior production roles with all of Australia’s commercial networks as well as the ABC, SBS and Foxtel on programs such as 60 minutes, Gruen Transfer, Witness, Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, LAWS, Good Morning Australia and the Today Show. She was also the first woman in media to be appointed managing director of an international production company.

As well as holding positions on numerous boards including Women in Media, Headspace and the ABC Advisory Council, she has recently written a book Secrets Beyond the Screen which not only covers her career in television but also the fascinating discoveries of secret parts of her father’s life whom she shared a close, loving relationship with and thought she knew so well. In her own words it’s a story that “proves that children, no matter how wise or old they become, never truly know their parents.”

Enjoy the many fascinating stories of gorgeous Anita Jacoby.

Secrets Beyond the Screen

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In episode 39, Mel and Trish chat to one of their 50ish idols Faith Agugu about re-defining ageing and what exactly that means.

Faith founded Silver Sirens in 2018 as a way of offering women an alternative narrative to ageing. Specifically, she wanted to push back and disrupt the negative stereotypes associated with women and ageing. The fifteen guiding principles of the Silver Sirens include ideas such as emboldening women to embrace the ageing process, discouraging the judgement of women based on her age, weight, body shape, beauty, success, or failures and always, encourages individual expression.

Faith sees midlife as a time to thrive, when we can finally begin to explore our own agency, reclaim our passions and purpose, create opportunities to fulfill our full potential and explore our own dreams and desires. She is a powerhouse of positivity and a joy to listen to.

Faith is also a psychotherapist with a degree in Social Sciences majoring in counselling and runs a private practice, The Healing Process.

Enjoy every moment of this remarkable 50isher.

Silver Sirens Website

Silver Sirens Facebook group

Silver Sirens Instagram

The Healing Process Website

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In episode 38, Mel & Trish sit down to chat with gut-health guru Kirsty Wirth.

Kirsty is the super smart brainchild and founder of Kultured Wellness, a company whose mission is to inspire and educate people to take control of their health by eating real and fermented foods that nourish both the brain and the gut.

She is the creator of Kultured Wellness Culture Starters, functional supplements, gut healing programs and is the co-author of Gutalicious. She is mum to two gorgeous kids, a huge nature lover and real-life adventurer.

As with all our guests, there is an incredible back story that set Kirsty on the path of wellness.

Enjoy the infectious enthusiasm of Kirsty Wirth.

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Instagram

Facebook

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In episode 37 Mel and Trish invite Bronwen Healy into the studio to tell her compelling story.

At the age of 18, Bronwen found herself with a heroin addiction that led to a life of crime and prostitution for the next six years. But as we discover, Bronwen’s re-emergence from this life was just the beginning of extraordinary things to come.

She is an author, motivational speaker, a charity and social enterprise founder, mum to three young adult daughters and currently a student studying counselling. She has shaken hands with the future King of England, sat on a charity board with her friend, the Lord Mayor of Brisbane and was a Queensland finalist for Australian of the Year.

She has shared and hosted meals for women struggling with addictions and caught up in the sex industry. She is a remarkable woman with a deep understanding and acceptance of who she is and also happens to be one of the best huggers ever!

Enjoy the girl's chat with Bronwen.Love.Bronwen's Instagram

Bronwyn Healy Instagram

The Truth Collective Instagram

Bronwyn's Facebook

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In episode 36, Mel and Trish introduce a new segment to their program, ‘Just the Two of Us.’

Since launching their podcast in August 2021, Mel and Trish have shared the studio with well over thirty incredible women and one incredible man so every now and then it will be time to pause, take stock and have a one-on-one chat about anything and everything relating to midlife women.

Running off the back of last week’s episode, the girls are talking friendship with reference to ‘A Season, A Reason, A Lesson, A Lifetime.’ Some friends are with us through a particular season of our lives, some come into our lives for a reason, some to teach us a lesson and to guide us and some are there for a lifetime. Our friends provide the joy and the barriers through life and when bad things happen, its these people, we turn to first. The good news is, women are good at making friends.

Don’t we know it!Ladies We Need to Talk

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In episode 35, Mel and Trish invite six girlfriends into the studio to chat about their recent biking adventures in Victoria.

What is it about a girl’s trip away that’s so special? Special enough that nine friends headed off to Victoria to ride 80+ km from Beechworth to Bright. There were many laughs, and a few adventures including:-

. An infamous wrong decision at an important juncture on the first day’s ride.

. One spectacular skid and stack.

. A hill that nearly broke their hearts.

. A serious hallucination in the middle of the above hill climb.

. The overconsumption of expresso martinis.

. Some devastating moves including the group’s signature move called the S-drop.

. A scintillating talk at the pumpkin-seed factory.

What goes on tour most definitely doesn’t stay on tour when you’ve got girlfriends who podcast.

Enjoy!

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