Getting Over Yourself

Sarah and Lizzie and back! They've crawled out of the depths of depression that was the Victorian lockdown and have survived to tell the tale.

In this episode, Sarah and Lizzie talk honestly about how the last 7 months has impacted their mental health and what it was like being locked down for so long.

The pandemic isn't over yet just because restrictions are lifting. Please continue to be responsible and if you're in Victoria, just wear the damn mask.

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This week Lizzie talks all about gaining weight since her wedding and how she's using kindness to get herself through it.

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This week we discuss dating during lockdown; how does it work and well does it actually work? Sarah shares her experiences on the dating apps and Lizzie talks about what it's like being in a relationship when you can't leave the house.

Today's episode is dedicated to our friend, Emily Burke.

Sadly, over the weekend, we lost our dear friend to her battle with a brain tumour.

Emily has left a huge hole in our lives - she was forever the life of the party, a wonderful friend, loving wife, daughter, sister and aunty, great listener, teller of hilarious jokes and seasoned champagne consumer.

So many people are feeling the loss of Emily so today we are republishing our conversation with her to honour her memory.

Emily we love you and will miss you forever.

We're getting older and boy are we feeling in.

In this episode, Sarah opens up about what it feels like to see yourself as an older woman in holiday snaps and Lizzie laments about young people being more successful than she is... it's all happening folks

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also - do yourselves a favour and listen to this gem of a podcast episode. We recommend it to all our female friends and it always hits a nerve. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/paleo-solution-episode-364-jason-seib-body-image-fat/id340221970?i=1000385241633

Every year on Jan 1 we wake up, often with a cracking hangover, vowing that we are going to do things differently this new year - gone are the days of your standard 1280x1024 resolutions, it's time to wake up and make some promises that will make you a better you with this fresh start.

In this episode, Lizzie and Sarah talk about the year that was 2019, assess what's to come in 2020 and give some tried and true, useful tips on how to keep those New Year promises to yourself for longer than the first week of Feb.

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In today's episode we talk to our friend, Chris Redman, about his coming out story.

Like so many people, Chris was bullied in school. Whether it be because he was friends with girls, he had red hair or he was a little bit on the chubby side, Chris copped it all. He also got called words like faggot and homo on the daily.

It was because of this relentless bullying that Chris hid his true identity for over 10 years.

Ultimately, this is Chris's coming out story but it's also a story about the perils of bullying, the importance of good friends and the realisation that it gets better.

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it.

If you, or someone else you know is struggling, please call Life Line on 13 11 14

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We're BACK for season 2!

It's been a long few months between chats but we're back and bigger and badder than ever.

In today's episode we jump straight into the deep end - that's right, we're talking about numbing our emotions. It's something most people do habitually, yet it's rarely spoken about. Numbing our feelings can be so much easier than feeling them - feelings are difficult and often scary. They're draining and sometimes leave us feeling raw and vulnerable.

In this episode, we open up about the ways we personally numb our feelings - something that we both have in common is binge drinking. We binge drink when we're happy, we binge drink when we're stressed and sad. Hell, sometimes we'll binge drink because it's a weekend and that's what you do on a weekend.

Lizzie takes us through her escalating drinking before and then surprisingly after getting married and Sarah opens up about drinking away her work stress and the vicious cycle that comes from it - drink to feel better, feel worse because you're hungover, drink to feel better. Wash, rinse, repeat.

If you like what you hear, please help us out by subscribing and then giving us a rating and a review. We'd love to be able to reach more women who need to hear what we're talking about.

If you or anyone you know is struggling, please reach out for help:

Lifeline - 13 11 14

Alcohol and Drug Information Network - 1800 177 833

Alcoholics Anonymous Australia - 1300 222 222

Counselling Online - https://www.counsellingonline.org.au

Narcotics Anonymous - 1300 652 820

Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636

The Butterfly Foundation - 1800 33 4673

When it comes to work, Lynne Scrivens has it all sorted. Currently an Executive Producer for the 6pm Channel 7 News, she's been in TV for 13 years and the 10 years prior to that, she had a very successful radio career. Work wise, she's always killed it.

But while Lynne was kicking goals in the news room, she was coming home to an empty house, a Lean Cuisine meal and a bottle of wine. Lynne was unlucky in love and sad about it.

Cut to 2013, Lynne decided to do something about it. Enter: The Grateful Project.

Everyday for 365 days, Lynne dug deep and told her Facebook friends (and more importantly, herself) what she was grateful for that day. As with anything, it started out hard; Lynne thought maybe maybe she was in over her head but the more Lynne was grateful, the happier she became.

One interstate sea change and a blind date later, The Grateful Project helped Lynne to see how much of a rut she'd been in and leaning into gratefulness helped her bag a husband.

Join Lizzie, Sarah as they are regaled by the heartwarming tale of how Lynney Got Her Groove Back - there's a lesson here for all of us

Today we touch on something super important: Mental Health.

In 2019, there's still a huge stigma around mental health - so many of us are suffering from it yet not enough people are talking about it.

We wanted to tell our stories purely to share our experiences. We're not ashamed to say that we've fallen victim to the Black Dog at stages in our lives and if you have too then that's ok.

If sharing these stories helps just one person to seek help then it's been worth it.

If you need help, here are some places to start:

Reachout.com - https://au.reachout.com/articles/sexual-assault-support

1800 RESPECT - https://www.1800respect.org.au

Lifeline - 13 11 14 - https://www.lifeline.org.au

Info on mental health care plans - https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-care-plan

A great podcast to recommend the men in your life is "What's Your Problem? Podcast"