Everything changed the morning of January 27, 2016 for Ashleigh Barber.

Her brother Harley, who she was extremely close with, had been killed along with his passenger in a horrific car accident.

And just to make everything worse, it was all over the news, social media and the papers. 

His final moments were inescapable, beamed everywhere, with the media desperate for a grab about the single worst moment in Ash and her family’s life.

For the first time, Ash opens up about how she put one foot in front of the other in the months following Harley’s death, the relentlessness of the media, court, and everything that followed, grieving her brother and the future he now won’t have, why siblings are the forgotten mourners, writing as an outlet for grief and how she’s found her purpose in helping others through volunteering her time with a service to support grieving siblings.

Thank you Ash for so bravely sharing your story with so much heart and vulnerability.

A trigger warning – we discuss suicide.

• Follow Ash's page Life After Harley here, you can find out more about the bereaved sibling support service here
• As always, you can connect with me here
• 24 hour support is available through Lifeline on 13 11 14
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Growing up, Jessica Sanders never felt out of place. But it was somewhere during puberty she pieced together the only comments she received, were about how she looked. And being taller than everyone else, that’s what was pointed out. Every single time she met someone. 

So, she began to hate her body. She wanted to be smaller. Thinner. Shorter. She wanted to fit in with the other girls. She didn’t want to stand out. And she certainly didn’t want another person to comment on how much bigger or taller she was since the last time they saw her.

Enter years of fad diets, yo-yo weight fluctuations, restrictive eating and that lie we all tell ourselves. I’ll be happy when... I lose that last 5 kilos. 

Until one day… she realised no matter how many calories she counted… this was her body. For life. So, she flipped her mindset, and decided to embrace who she is and what she looks like and love it for all that it is.

She’s written a children’s book – Love Your Body – full of the kind of information and body positivity she needed to hear when she was young.

Jess followed it up with two more books, Me Time and a follow up to Love Your Body for boys called Be Your Own man. I’ve read it to my son – and it’s a game changer.

This is such a vital listen for mums or mums to be, or anyone who has struggled with dieting.

We chat teaching children resilience and gratitude, role modelling body positive talk, equipping kids with tools to encourage positive mental health and bringing young boys into the conversation about self care and self love.

• Follow Jess here, check out her website here where you can buy her incredible books - a great Chrissy present!
• As always, you can connect with me here
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It's that time of the month again! No, not that one – it's The Juice with Monique Barry!

In this bumper episode, we answer questions from listeners and bring our own experiences from the last 6 weeks to the table. Yep, we're discussing whether there are in fact any eligible men left on this earth, self worth, breaking up with a friend, what surrendering actually means and how to navigate festive stress.

Moni recommends: Tao Te Ching/Joe Rogan/Schitts Creek

Elizabeth recommends: All Our Shimmering Skies/The Crown

Moni is my life coach, biz coach (she helped me create Lemonade!), dear friend and scorpio soul sis. She's a fellow single mum and has dealt with her fair share of lemons throughout her life, but she's turned those adversities into an opportunity to not only grow and evolve, but help others navigating a rough time as well.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

    •    If you enjoyed this chat, why not share it on your social media and tag me and Moni!? We'd be so grateful!

    •    Also, if you've got a sec to leave a review, hit five stars, and subscribe, it would mean the absolute world.

Enjoy!

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Mim Jenkinson’s life was ticking along just as she expected. A wonderful husband, a thriving career, two beautiful children.

Then, one day, she was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer. 

After an intense period of treatment, she beat the cancer.

But while her body had won the fight, her mind was a mess.

Mim developed PTSD. She was traumatised that at any moment something could go wrong, She could get sick again and she’d be taken away her away from her children forever.

So she turned to alcohol. It was how she numbed out the anxiety, the stress, the uncertainty.

But what felt good at the start, eventually became a serious addiction. It was another fight she had to win for the sake of her health, her kids and her marriage.

Mim is now sober, she’s five years free of cancer and she’s never been happier or healthier.

She’s a written a book about her experience called Less Wine, More Time.

• Follow Mim here, check out website here and her book Less Wine More Time.
• As always, you can connect with me here
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You probably know Bridget Hustwaite as the host of Triple J’s Good Nights.

You may or may not also know, she has endometriosis, it’s something she’s lived with since she was a teenager. Except, she didn’t know it.

In fact, she was told a number of times her extremely painful periods were nothing to worry about and that others have it way worse.

After five years of painstakingly searching for answers, she was finally diagnosed with stage 4 endo two years ago.

It’s been quite the journey - and one that is way too familiar for anyone living with the condition.

So, Bridget started EndoGram - an Instagram account to encourage conversations about endometriosis, raise awareness about the condition, and hopefully reduce the time it takes for a woman to be diagnosed – which is around 6.5 years on average.

Around 1 in 9 women have endo – that’s 830 thousand Australians – made up of our mums, sisters, friends, perhaps even you. 

I adored this hilarious yet insightful chat with Bridget and I learnt a lot - I hope you enjoy it too.

• Follow Bridget here and check out EndoGram
• As always, you can connect with me here
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Welcome to this BUMPER episode of Lemonade!

It's my humble little poddy's first birthday – I can't believe it! Where does the time go? They grow up so fast!

For this very, very special episode, I've trawled the archives to take a trip down memory lane with you all. I've picked out powerful snippets from eight episodes over the last year - think of this ep like Lemonade's Greatest Hits.

It kind of felt like picking my favourite child, it was actually really tough, there are so many others I wish I had the time to feature as well and mum's already weighed in with who she reckons should've made the cut. But unless you've got hours spare (ok, if you're in Melbourne you prob do), I am so proud of the conversations I'm sharing in this anniversary ep and I hope you enjoy revisiting some of the listener's favourites over the year.

I then finish the episode with a supercut of every guest I've ever had answering the same question - it gives me allllll the tingles listening to it, I hope you find it just as inspiring, particularly if you're going through a rough time

Thank you so much for all of your support over the last year, I couldn't be more appreciative for every download, every review, every DM, every social media share. From the bottom of my heart – thank you! It means everything to me knowing this podcast is helping people.

If you'd like to give Lemonade the best birthday gift of all, please leave a review/hit five stars/share it on your social media, it'll help boost the podcast, and will mean more people listen to the words of my incredible guests.

• As usual, you can find me: @elizabethanile
• Connect with Mel Greig, Georgia Love, Kate Malvenan, Sarah Jane Young, Khadija Gbla, Erika Cramer, Jo Betz and Hugh van Cuylenberg

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It's that time of the month again! No, not that one – it's The Juice with Monique Barry!

In this ep, we chat all about what it means to feel triggered and bringing awareness to our triggers so we can heal them.

We also discuss how past traumas are impacting your relationships now, codependency, giving and taking in relationships and what successful relationships have in common, then we finish with a chat about how the pursuit of balance is causing more stress and why it isn't a realistic goal.

Moni recommends: The Body Keeps the Score/Emily in Paris

Elizabeth recommends: All Our Shimmering Skies/Bunga Bunga/Emily in Paris

Moni is my life coach, biz coach (she helped me create Lemonade!), dear friend and scorpio soul sis. She's a fellow single mum and has dealt with her fair share of lemons throughout her life, but she's turned those adversities into an opportunity to not only grow and evolve, but help others navigating a rough time as well.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

    •    If you enjoyed this chat, why not share it on your social media and tag me and Moni!? We'd be so grateful!

    •    Also, if you've got a sec to leave a review, hit five stars, and subscribe, it would mean the absolute world.

Enjoy!

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Blake Worrall Thompson is on a mission to improve men's mental and emotional health.

He reckons it’s only once blokes feel comfortable opening up and expressing themselves, we can cultivate generational change.

But it’s been quite the journey for Blake to reach this point in his life.

He endured a traumatic childhood, where he says he rarely, if ever, felt safe.

Then there was a tumultuous 18 month period where he lost everything. And I mean everything – his job. His money. His girlfriend. His car. His house. Even his health.

But Blake wouldn’t change any of it for the world – because it was only once he was stripped of everything he valued – he was able to step into his true purpose.

And that’s MoMENtum, a movement aiming to empower men to improve the quality of their lives.

There were so many lightbulb moments in this chat for me to understand how I, as a woman, can better understand and support the men in my life and raise my son to feel safe and supported to embrace his authentic self.

A language warning with this one if you've got little ears around.

Also, Blake was in beautiful Byron Bay for this interview so you'll likely hear the birds singing their hearts out in the background. It was a nice touch for me in dreary Melbourne!

• Follow Blake here, check out moMENtum here.
• As always, you can connect with me here
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We all have an idea of the kind of life an influencer lives.

They go to all the cool parties. They wear the best clothes. They get sent everything for free and somehow manage to get a table at that restaurant that’s always too full for your booking. It must be so easy. Right?

You probably know Tully Smyth as an influencer and former Big Brother housemate. You’d be forgiven for assuming her real life is just as sparkling as her Instagram feed.

But as Tully says, behind closed doors, it’s a very different story.

Just over a year ago, Tully’s mother passed away after a torturous 23 year battle with early-onset dementia. 

Tully described the entire experience - from diagnosis to her eventual death - as a living nightmare. 

She gives us a really candid, honest and raw insight into how this insidious disease devastated her family. But she also opens up about what it taught her, how it changed her, why adversity is our biggest teacher, and why she’s passionate about raising awareness so no other family experiences a similar torment.

Tully's story is a testament to the saying that we should never, ever judge a book by its cover because we really have no idea what’s happening behind the scenes.

This is the second instalment of my two-part chat with Tully.

If you haven’t listened to part 1, do that first so it all makes sense, then come back and join us here.

• Follow Tully here and check out her podcast Too Much Tully
• As always, you can connect with me here
• If you’re enjoying this podcast, I’d be so appreciative if you could leave a review, hit five stars, subscribe, share it on your social media!

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We all have an idea of the kind of life an influencer lives.

They go to all the cool parties. They wear the best clothes. They get sent everything for free and somehow manage to get a table at that restaurant that’s always too full for your booking. It must be so easy. Right?

You probably know Tully Smyth as an influencer and former Big Brother housemate. You’d be forgiven for assuming her real life is just as sparkling as her Instagram feed.

But as Tully says, behind closed doors, it’s a very different story.

Just over a year ago, Tully’s mother passed away after a torturous 23 year battle with early-onset dementia. 

Tully described the entire experience - from diagnosis to her eventual death - as a living nightmare. 

She gives us a really candid, honest and raw insight into how this insidious disease devastated her family. But she also opens up about what it taught her, how it changed her, why adversity is our biggest teacher, and why she’s passionate about raising awareness so no other family experiences a similar torment.

Tully's story is a testament to the saying that we should never, ever judge a book by its cover because we really have no idea what’s happening behind the scenes.

I’ve broken this chat up into two parts - it was far too powerful and vulnerable to cut anything out - part 2 will be released next week.

• Follow Tully here and check out her podcast Too Much Tully
• As always, you can connect with me here
• If you’re enjoying this podcast, I’d be so appreciative if you could leave a review, hit five stars, subscribe, share it on your social media!

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