Life Uncut

If you don’t already know who Brooke McIntosh is, you absolutely should! Brooke is running 14,000 km - solo around Australia; that’s between 60 and 100km a day, every day for 200 days, all with the ambition of raising $1.4 million for the Blue Tree Project’s mental health initiative. Brooke is doing this run without corporate sponsorship or media hype, just grit, purpose, and a small caravan crew.

There’s a bit of a gender discrepancy here because it’s likely you might not have heard of Brooke, despite her surpassing some other guys who did similar running challenges that got a lot of media attention.

Today we wanted to get a bit of an understanding of what Brooke is actually experiencing on the road: running through PMS cramps, worrying about creeps and safety, and dealing with online trolls all while staying committed every kilometre of the way.

We spoke about:

• Brooke’s mental health battle with drugs and alcohol before a bad car accident
• Why she got into running
• Why the woman running the country isn’t getting as much media attention compared to the blokes
• Pants off Friday
• The safety precautions Brooke has had to take 
• The Blue Tree Project
• The physical impact on Brooke’s body and whether it’s more of a mental challenge

If you’re able to donate, you can do so here! 

You can find everything from Brooke at her website 

You can follow Brooke’s instagram 

Brooke will soon become the first and fastest female to run the lap of Australia—14,000km in the same calendar year—while choosing conversations over kilometres, stopping in schools and workplaces to spark JUST ONE MORE conversation.

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

Or join the Facebook Discussion Group

Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey lifers,

Today was utterly unhinged and if you’re in the need of a giggle, press play.
Britt has a huge life update that she was forced into sharing. We aren’t in the business of gaslighting you so here is the official notice that it is not in fact a huge announcement at all. Maybe unless you’re Marie Kondo.

Have you or your partner had a vasectomy? Laura has asked Matt to get the snip and the chat didn’t go as well as she expected it to!

Today’s episode includes a very, very BTS look into what happens ‘off’ record because we decided to make it ‘on’ record after Laura laughed so hard she had a coughing fit and simultaneously wet herself. We love each other like sisters (who can be honest). 

What’s something people do in public that absolutely grosses you out? How would you feel about people popping pimples in public?

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

Or join the Facebook Discussion Group

Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to ask uncut where we unpack your dilemmas and give our enthusiastic advice! 

Laura has a dilemma of her own; she’s feeling unsure about the name she picked for her baby that will be born in 8 weeks. Did you have doubts about the name you’d chosen for your baby or did you even change it after the baby was born?

Vibes for the week:
Laura - Baby Name App and Hask Argan Oil Serum  
Keeshia - No Filter Podcast - How Sally Hepworth Survived Her Divorce
Britt - Liberty Lost podcast 

Then we jump into your questions!

I HAVE A CRUSH ON MY HUSBAND'S BROTHER
For context, my husband & I live in Australia, both of our immediate families are overseas. We’ve been together for 13 years, married for 8 and share a 2 year old daughter. I love him! We have ups & downs like any normal couple. Right now, my brother in law is visiting from overseas with his 7 year old daughter and is currently staying with us for 2 weeks. His wife will be joining him at a later part of the holiday in another city so we won't be seeing her at all. Ever since dating my husband, every time I see his brother, I do feel like I want to impress his brother. This is the first time he has come to Australia. I feel like this crush is getting more intense. I even have this sexual fantasy with him in my head, I feel horny and try to put out the fire by banging my husband instead (good for him I guess). I can’t explain it. Not that it’ll ever lead to anything, but the fact I constantly want to impress him drives me crazy. What should I do?

NO GREETING IN WORK EMAIL- RUDE?
I work in a professional field and on the daily, I receive emails from people who address me at the start of an email with JUST my first name. For example, the email writes - Sally Body of email* - No, “Good Morning,” no “Dear,” not even a damned “Hi” !! I want to know what people's thoughts are on this? I know it’s something small and probably insignificant but I find it incredibly rude and also condescending! It’s not hard to put a tiny greeting to ensure the rest of the correspondence is pleasant. It actually happens so much these days I find myself responding to them in the same way, or sometimes not even addressing them at all, which is crazy considering I don’t know these people and whatever we’re talking about shouldn’t warrant a rude interaction. I guess I’d like to know if people realise this is something that does come across rude or if I am being overly dramatic and it shouldn’t bother me at all?

FRIEND ASKED ME NOT TO BE PREGNANT FOR HER WEDDING
I am just wondering if I could get ANY advice on this situation I’ve been put in recently, I really don’t know how I should be feeling. A bit of a backstory, I am a mum to a beautiful one year old boy. At the start of the year my best friend got engaged and I’ve been asked to be a bridesmaid (which I obviously said yes to). Recently, the bride to be (late next year) has asked me to make sure I’m not pregnant again as the dresses she’s picked for the bridal party won’t ‘go’ with pregnancy.  I am so conflicted as we had a conversation at the start of the year about my hopes to have a second baby next year! WHAT DO I DO?! Is this an acceptable thing to ask someone?

PARTNER AND I HAVE DIFFERENT MONEY VALUES
My partner and I are both nearing 30. We’ve been together for 4 years and currently living together for 2 years. I’ve always known a rough figure of his savings and vice versa however have recently just discovered that those savings have significantly reduced. We grew up very differently surrounding finances and savings. He has lived out of home for 10 years, has lived the whole uni/party life, grew up with a single mum and a bit of travel. I have lived out of home for 5 years, lived with both my parents prior to that and have always been taught about savings and I have travelled a lot. I have always had a “do not touch” account and have stuck to it to put towards my future (house/travel/ kids etc) as that’s really important to me. I proudly have 6 figures of savings.
He has had a similar account however he withdraws from it. I only recently re-discovered his total savings is a 4 figure number which is a lot lower than expected. This obviously shocked me. I feel like I’m making more of an effort to plan for our future. Can this work? Will I resent this and his inability to save even for our future together? Is this something I can even have a say about?

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

Or join the Facebook Discussion Group

Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's our weekly round up! The best of the week from our National radio show THE PICKUP.

What's on the show:

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we’re joined by Carly Findlay — she’s an award winning writer, speaker, and an appearance and disability advocate. Carly was born with a rare skin condition called ichthyosis which is  a rare genetic condition where the skin over produces dry, scaly, thickened skin and can be incredibly painful. Carly has spent much of her life navigating a world that hasn’t always made room for her differences. 

Carly has spoken widely about what it was like growing up, how she came to embrace the term “disabled” later in life, and the pressure to constantly explain or justify your body to other people and she has published two wonderful books titles ‘say hello’ and ‘Growing up disabled in Australia’

We also wanted to speak to Carly about a more recent challenge that she faced with her ovarian cancer diagnosis and what that has meant for her body now after going through early menopause and having a  hysterectomy. 

We spoke about:

• What is was like growing up and having to face a lot of judgement and comments from strangers
• Why Carly decided to become an advocate for disabled people
• Laura being complacent with her ovarian cyst until Carly reached out and encouraged her to advocate for herself
• The early signs Carly experienced of ovarian cancer
• The confusing diagnosis
• Being faced with having to have either a half or full hysterectomy 
• Having the choice of children taken away
• The additional things Carly had to navigate throughout treatment like chemo
• The ridiculous trolling Carly received like saying that she was ‘faking’ a cancer diagnosis
• The really practical ways you can support a loved one through a cancer diagnosis

You can find more from Carly’s website 

You can follow Carly on instagram 

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

Or join the Facebook Discussion Group

Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey Lifers!

Our twinkle toes has wrapped up her dancing journey and it wasn’t her year to take home the mirror ball. We go behind the scenes and speak about a few things you didn’t see on air on your TVs.

There were some big surprises at the Logies this year! Britt shares some details from the night. Special shout out to Muster Dogs Collies and Kelpies. Also special shout out to Matt for Britt’s dress removal…

Laura had quite a different weekend at a trade show in Melbourne where she had a bit of a realisation about the Melbourne v Sydney rivalry. 

If you are in the dating trenches and need a bit of a giggle, today’s episode will serve it up on a platter and you’ll probably feel better about your own terrible dates. We share 15 minutes worth of your dating disasters! Some of them are unhinged, others are illegal. 

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

Or join the Facebook Discussion Group

Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to ask uncut where we unpack some of your deepest and weirdest dilemmas!
One of our lifers has done the (most) homework and tried out ‘hamstering’ so you didn’t have to. We respect it but we are likely not to attempt this for ourselves.

Vibes for the week:
Britt - Cord Organiser 

Laura - Chekoh Wrap 

Keeshia - My Mom Jayne on HBO Max 

Then we jump into your questions
HELP! SAW MY GAY DADS SEX TOYS
Help a girl out. This is one of the most awkward moments of my life. I’m 25 and quite close with my dad. My dad is gay and has been all my life… It's a long story. Anyway, I’ve just hopped in the back of his car because we are going to visit my sick grandma in hospital and there’s a sex toy in the back seat on the floor!!!   Black anal beads/butt plug kind of vibe. Do I ask him what it is?! Do I pretend I never saw it? Do I kick it under the front seat so he’s not embarrassed with it laying out in plain sight and knows I saw it?! Help a scarred girl out!

GIFT RECEIVER DOESN'T OPEN GIFT IN FRONT OF ME - I FIND IT STRANGE!
Is it common practice for people who are receiving gifts to open them while the gift giver is present? I’ve been to both a baby shower and a kids birthday recently where I brought a gift but to my disappointment the gifts were not opened during the event but taken away to be opened at a later time. As a gift giver, I think it’s nice to see the receiver open my gift; mainly to see if they liked it. When you put time and enough into picking the perfect gift I feel like it’s a bit anticlimactic to not actually see them open (and hopefully enjoy) it. Am I wrong in thinking it’s strange to not open gifts at the event in front of the givers?

I KISSED MY GP IN AN EMOTIONAL TIME (I’M MARRIED)
I’m 29yo. I’ve been with my husband for over 6 years and we have 2 gorgeous sons (4 and 2). I’ve been feeling like we’re roomates rather than partners for a long time now. We rarely have sex, don’t communicate very well and I’m feeling so lonely. Earlier this week, I had an appointment with my GP. A 53yo man who has been our Dr for 5yrs. It was a long appointment, and we shared and cried over our joint experiences of losing our daughters in very traumatic circumstances (they passed away on the same day, 5 years apart and Monday was their anniversary). At the end of the appointment, we hugged for a very long time, then there was a moment, and we ended up kissing. Nothing hot and heavy, but it was very nice. Now, I can’t stop thinking about him and that kiss. He is divorced, and has been such a source of comfort for me during some very darks times, and he says the same about me. What was this kiss? Is it just because we’re both lonely and were emotional over our daughter’s anniversaries? Or is it more than that? Please, please help

AM I UNREASONABLE NOT WANTING HUSBAND TO GO TO FRIENDS FUNERAL?
I don’t know if I’m being unreasonable with how I’m feeling. So my partner works fifo 2 weeks away, 1 week back and we have a 4 month old baby. He got some news about an old friend of his who suddenly passed away who lived interstate so would need to travel for the funeral. I don’t know this friend but he apparently played a large role in his life back when he was younger.
The funeral is the day after he gets back, so now instead of coming home he will pack a back and fly away again for a few days. I feel so incredibly upset with this decision. I understand the importance of this friend and I get that he wants to say goodbye. But I feel like given the circumstances, it isn’t just as easy as him jumping on a plane and going. Am I wrong to feel this way? Maybe I’m just being hormonal I don’t know. Please don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love being a mum, I wouldn't change it for the world. I just feel like I count down the days for him to get home so we can have time together as a family and I can get just a little bit of break or time to myself. It’s not like I get to just jump on a plane for a few days away whenever I want. Not that money is an issue but it’s also costing over $1000 for these flights as they’re last minute. 

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

Or join the Facebook Discussion Group

Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's our weekly round up! The best of the week from our National radio show THE PICKUP.

What's on the show:

• Laura accidentally called her dad ‘daddy’
• A woman named after Mickey Mouse has asked parents to stop naming kids ridiculous things
• The story that almost didn't make it to air
• Should you stay friends with someone that has cheated on their partner?
• Michael Theo chats Austin Season 2 and the Logies
• Laura is officially a Soccer Mum
• The first ever Fun Fact Friday

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Disordered eating is something that so many people, especially women, have experienced. Sometimes this is so normalised by society that we don’t even realise our approach to food is disordered or could be defined as such. 

We’re joined by psychiatrist Dr. Kieran Kennedy. Kieran is consultant psychiatrist specialising in the diagnosis, support and treatment of a range of eating disorders and body image struggles; everything from binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, body dysmorphia and the intersection between fitness, appearance pressures & mental health.

Today we speak about:

• How you may have disordered eating without even realising it
• Women identify more with disordered eating but rates of men and all genders are increasing - ‘muscle dysmorphia’
• The messaging around weight and eating is deeply ingrained in our culture
• ‘Health and fitness’ may be disordered eating in a different costume
• Our relationship with food can impact our social and romantic lives
• Whether you can comment on someone’s body 
• Body image in the ‘ozempic era’
• The link between disordered eating and depression, OCD, anxiety and ADHD
• Binge eating disorder is by far the most common eating disorder
• How we can recognise concerning body image thoughts in loved ones and kids

If you’d like to check out Dr Kieran Kennedy’s Instagram 

You can access Dr Kennedy’s clinical practice here 

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

Or join the Facebook Discussion Group

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey Lifers!
There’s brain fog and general chaos today.
We’re so excited for Tanya Hennessy with her pregnancy news. You can listen to our previous episode with her here.

If you’re in the dating world, are you video calling your potential dates first? If you are, is it to see whether you have a bit of chemistry/compatibility or is it to check they’re ‘real’ and not a bot?

We’d love your horror dating stories in our DMs.

Gen Z would literally probably die if they were forced to go clubbing in 2010. We shared some of our nostalgic memories of our club era and we wouldn’t take our jacket piles and grinding men back for anything!

Original video from @Marysantoracomedy

What nostalgic memories do you have from your 2010 club era?

Is There an “Effort Mismatch” in Your Relationship?

Are you the ‘change’ partner or the ‘acceptance’ partner?

We unpack the work of Dr Alexandra Solomon around “Effort Mismatch”. Usually this is caused by one partner being the ‘change’ partner and the other being the ‘acceptance’ partner.

We break down what the qualities and behaviours of each of the partners are and chat about which we think we identify with.
Original video from @baya_voce

You can watch us on Youtube

Find us on Instagram

Join us on tiktok

Or join the Facebook Discussion Group

Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.