Life Uncut

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

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Hey Lifers!
Today's episode is a little unhinged...

Producer Keeshia is filling in for Britt and we simply couldn't not address the girlfriend in the room watching you with her best friend. If you haven't seen MAFS this week, a very twisted retribution attempt was confessed about a past relationship & over coming infidelity. 
We have many thoughts...

Our vibes for the week:
Keeshia - at home brow lamination brow code lustre

Laura - Ready for it a Taylor Swift inspired podcast

Then we jump into your questions!
-My partner sees a female barber (this is fine), however she lives 30+ mins away, works from her house, wears skimpy aprons and gave him chocolates for Christmas. She also gave him a game to try recently… He sees her every 3 weeks and the last time he went, he shaved EVERYTHING. I’ve expressed my concerns and he said that I’m being insecure. Am I being insecure or is this weird?

-Can you ever put conditions on an engagement? One of my close friends (male) wants to propose to his long term girlfriend. They are in their late 20s. She has never got her driving licence. There is no trauma/history around driving preventing her getting it. She just never learnt to drive as everyone drives her around. He drives her to all her uni exams, appointments etc. Friends drive her to all events. I know it does upset him as it can be a burden to always be the driver. There are no other relationship issues. He has asked me if it’s ok to bring up with her that he will only propose if she gets her licence. I am SO unsettled by this. I cannot work out if it is ok to put this condition on someone. Any advice?

-My husband of 6 years and I have two beautiful boys aged 5 & 3. We always said we wanted 3 kids. Our perspective did change a little after our second as he was a handful. Now that they’re a little older I’m getting clucky again; except my husband is very adamant that he’s done having kids! I guess I just don’t know how to move past this feeling of having another baby. I’ve been thinking about it every day for a good 6 months I’d say. I know that if my husband isn’t on board then it is what it is- but how do I move past this feeling?

-My recent ex of 5 years is back on tinder a week after breaking up with me. We had a kind and respectful relationship and he had said he would take a long time before being able to move on. I think he may have checked out a long time ago but kept saying future affirming things which masked a lot of his behaviour in the lead up. He has technically done nothing wrong in terms of timing but how do I move on from this and the feeling of being so replaceable? 

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Hey lifers!

Today we are joined by the wonderful Megan Marx!
We could have done an episode for each of the really interesting parts of Megan's life.
She grew up in a cult, was married at 18 and divorced in her early 20s. 
She was one of the first bisexual people we ever saw on our screens in Australia & it wasn't exactly smooth sailing.
Megan also speaks about being diagnosed with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA6), a rare inherited neurological condition that progressively affects movement. She talks about being hyper aware of her own mortality and how the diagnosis has changed the way she lives her life. Megan speaks about the different considerations she now has when she dates, and how she felt explaining the diagnosis to the people she donated her eggs to. 

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Hey Lifers,

Britt is on her home run of recording from Scotland. We chat about navigating long distance & how it's going to work for her in 2024.
Laura is... propagating. Lots of propagating. She might be a lost cause at this point but at least the house will be filled with fresh oxygen!

We speak about a man who is suing people who outed him on a facebook group as being bad to date. Sounds a lot like someone who wouldn't be great to date to be honest...

We also unpack the new crackdown that the TGA is having on the advertising of cosmetic injections. While existing rules banned Botox ads, that didn’t stop clinics from scooting around them by using 'code words' like “anti-wrinkle treatment” and “lip filler”.
But not anymore! 
Essentially there's no longer going to be any advertising of these types of services.
We raise the question of 'is this going to reduce or increase patient education about the procedures that they may wish to have?' 
Is the TGA putting energy into scrutinising the right thing?

We previously spoke about our views on cosmetic injections and you can listen to that here!

Plus we have accidentally unfiltered and suck and sweet!

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

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Hey Lifers!
Laura is on struggle street. It's certainly not her year for health...
We have our brand new life uncut team member jumping in today and he's got quite the 'vibe' for us all.
Vibes for the week:
Jono: group dates

Britt: Jackbox

Laura: Mother Life plant light

Then we jump into 5 questions today!

• An ex who is still a part of my friendship group unfollowed me on instagram. He is now back with his previous girlfriend. Should I text him and ask why or cut him off?
• Can you ask out your chiropractor? We are both single and I think the interest is mutual but I don't know if it's crossing a professional line.
• My friend profited off a piece of furniture that I gave them mates rates on. I'm feeling pretty resentful that she took advantage of my generosity. Do I have the right to ask for the money that she made or is she allowed to do that?
• I've unintentionally become pregnant to a guy who I just want hangs and bangs from. I do not see a future. I've firmly decided to terminate the pregnancy but I don't know whether I should tell him or not. Does he have the right to know?
• What are your thoughts on your partner getting massages? I was having this conversation with my fiance and he said he’d “prefer it to be a girl” as opposed to a male massage therapist as "the nature of massages are quite intimate." Is this okay?

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Hey Lifers,
Are you a people pleaser? Do you say yes to far too many 'favours' when you'd like to be able to say no?
Setting boundaries is something that we all know we should do, but when it comes to the people who we love and care about, it can be a lot easier said than done.

Joining the podcast is psychotherapist and relationship empowerment expert Terri Cole. Terri joined the podcast in June of 2022 for an episode on cheating. You can listen to it here! Today Terri shares her insight into everything surrounding boundaries.
We chat about:

• Saying yes when you want to say no costs the relationship
• Why we don't want to disappoint people but we end up being people pleasers
• Having good boundaries will protect you emotionally
• Disordered boundaries and co-dependency
• The difference between control and having boundaries when trust has been broken
• Healthy parent-child relationship boundaries
• Why you shouldn't be best friends with your child

You can find more of Terri here!
You can get her new book here.

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Hey Lifers!

We reached 500 episodes but we didn't realise so today we are celebrating 512 episodes. This is the biggest thing we've ever stuck to in all of our lives!

Britt hates the happiest place on Earth and has a travel review that will really kick the Mickey out of you!

How old it 'too' old to have a child? Does it completely depend on the specific circumstances? We dive into whether it's selfish to bring a child into the world past a certain age. 

Plus, Laura's been saying it for years. If you're in a hetero relationship, your partner cleaning the house and contributing to raising your children will make you want to have sex with them! There's a study that examines 4 different ways that heteronormativity contributes to low sexual desire in women partnered with men. You can read the whole study here.

The TL;DR is your libido is not solely your issue to deal with. 

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

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Hey Lifers!
Welcome to your therapy Thursday where we answer your deep, dark and burning questions.
Laura nearly died on her way to work today, Britt's needs to look out for the sucky sharks and Producer Keeshia has a big life update.
Our vibes/unsubscribes for the week:

Keeshia: Drew Birnie's Traction Newsletter
Britt: American Nightmare on Netflix
Laura: unsubscribing from Saltburn

Then we jump into your questions!

• I have a beautiful friend. She is married and in a same sex relationship. She has one toddler and is pregnant with her second baby. Both share the same biological father, a sperm donor. I recently became good friends with a different mum friend through my husband. Her baby is the product of a sperm donation due to her husband’s fertility issue. The two children of my two different mum friends look identical. Eerily similar. Both are pretty vocal and upfront about their IVF and sperm donation stories and the donor information they have shared with me is crazy similar; same nationality, same height, same age, same hair/eye colour choices etc. Do I bring it up with either of them? It seems entirely possible but I don’t really know what to do. The kids look so alike!
  
  
• I’ve been with my partner for nearly 5 years. I have begun to realise that we are super different in many ways. He is really introverted and runs out of social battery fast. He prefers staying at home and gaming with friends whereas I love camping, going on road trips, adventures and travelling. We’ve tried some of these activities together and it uses up his energy pretty quickly or it just ends with a migraine from the sun and I don’t really enjoy gaming. It worries me that our differences will get the better of us long term but I still really like him. For milestones such as birthdays and anniversaries he isn’t very good at planning anything or getting any gifts and says that he has no time. Are shared interests really important in relationships/what would you do in this situation to decide if I’m in the right relationship?
  
  

• I go to a prestigious University and everyone there is well off and always very posh and well dressed (Rolex, Cartier, LV, the works). I’ve had to fake it till I made it my whole way through trying to fit in. I am often embarrassed in public by my family, they’re polar opposite of me and are very loud and obnoxious, very Aussie if you know what I mean. I am a very self-conscious person and it’ll ruin my day if I think someone is judging me and I’m scared this will happen. I don’t want to offend them and I love them but is it okay for me to ask them to act differently and tone it down for my sake? Any help is appreciated.
  
  

• One of my closest friends has an almost 1 year old baby. Her partner and her are the type of people who love having TV on in the background at their house most of the day (e.g. think music videos, sport etc.). I've noticed that since having baby they have continued with this. I don't think bub is getting direct screen time but I would say they're getting a significant amount of indirect screen time. For example, my friend has commented to me before how much the baby loves watching TV and in videos she shares of the baby, the TV is always on in the background. I don't think my friend is aware that screen time is not recommended for children under 2 years. My question is should I bring the screen time national guidelines to my friends attention and if so how should I do this in a kind and non-judgemental way?

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