This week, Amanda and Anita are joined by Di Westaway — founder of Wild Women On Top and Coastrek. She shares the setbacks that strengthened her, the lessons she’s learned along the way, and why getting out into nature is a game-changer for your mental wellbeing.

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On this episode of Double A Chattery, we reflect on the emotional cost of being informed, the impact of negative feeds, and why humans simply aren’t equipped to absorb this much distress on repeat. Amanda shares a striking insight from the psychology of exhaustion: that confusion has become one of the most effective tools of control, leaving people doubting not just the news — but their own ability to know what’s true.

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In this episode, Amanda and Anita chat with one of Australia’s leading female gaming developers, Clara Reeves. Clara is a long-time video game player and developer; she’s the President of Hipster Whale – the local games company behind runaway indie success Crossy Road. And, in this week’s episode, she shares with us why, for the first time in Australian history, women make up the majority of gamers!

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It’s the first episode of the year and Amanda and Anita are diving headfirst into one of the biggest invisible jobs of all: the mental load.

From imagining what the holidays would look like if women had the freedom to simply ‘show up’, to discussing how the food labour isn’t the same as putting the kids to bed. They unpack the unseen work that makes family life function and some of the science behind it. 

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Amanda and Anita are taking a little holiday break. A chance to recharge, overindulge in tea, and maybe plan a few more of their famous walks. But we didn’t want to leave you high and dry without your dose of chatter, so we’ve lined up some of our favorite episodes to keep you company over the holidays.

A Double A Chattery Mother's Day Special

It’s Mother’s Day this weekend, so we’re celebrating by bringing in Amanda's sons, Jack and Liam, for a special episode where they spill the tea about what it was really like growing up with a mum in the spotlight. Expect affection, awkwardness, and a whole lot of oversharing.

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Amanda and Anita are taking a little holiday break. A chance to recharge, overindulge in tea, and maybe plan a few more of their famous walks. But we didn’t want to leave you high and dry without your dose of chatter, so we’ve lined up some of our favorite episodes to keep you company over the holidays.

A Story of A Mother's Love

Anyone who’s heard Amanda talk about her love for Barry Manilow has probably also heard her mention her childhood best friend, Melanie. Earlier this year, Melanie’s world was turned upside down when her daughter, Jess, was suddenly diagnosed with renal failure. Jess is now on the waiting list for a kidney transplant — and Melanie is her donor. In this episode, we’re honoured to have both Jess and Melanie join us in studio to share their story.

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Amanda and Anita are taking a little holiday break. A chance to recharge, overindulge in tea, and maybe plan a few more of their famous walks. But we didn’t want to leave you high and dry without your dose of chatter, so we’ve lined up some of our favorite episodes to keep you company over the holidays.

It’s a woman’s world

Amanda has brought in a treasure for this week’s episode, the 1950’s book “Woman’s World”: a time capsule of outdated expectations and eyebrow-raising advice that’s both hilarious and horrifying. Buckle in, cause this one’s a wild ride through the “ideal womanhood” of yesteryear.

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Amanda and Anita are taking a little holiday break. A chance to recharge, overindulge in tea, and maybe plan a few more of their famous walks. But we didn’t want to leave you high and dry without your dose of chatter, so we’ve lined up some of our favorite episodes to keep you company over the holidays.

Sober-ish: The New Trend in Drinking

The holiday season is upon us, and with it, a new trend: the rise of being sober-ish. In this episode, Amanda and Anita discuss drinking habits, the effects of alcohol on health, and the changing patterns of alcohol use among younger generations.  

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It’s our final episode for the year, and it’s a special one!

Anita’s son Ben joins us in the studio while he’s home from Canada for Christmas. Ben is an advanced care paramedic, and we talk about the work he does, the situations he’s been in (from London’s busiest ambulance service to disaster response overseas), and what it takes to protect your mental health in a job where you see people on their worst days.

Then we circle back to something many of our teacups related to: how do you make Christmas feel like Christmas when you grew up with snow and cold… and now it’s blazing hot? 

Thanks for being with us this year, teacups. We’ll see you in January. 🎄🫖

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This week on Double A Chattery, we wade into one of the trickiest topics there is: going no contact with family.

Anita breaks down what narcissism actually is as a clinical diagnosis, and why the word is being thrown around far too loosely online. Together, she and Amanda unpack the rise of adult children cutting off parents, TikToks about “narcissistic mums and dads,” and the messy reality behind those decisions.

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