Life Uncut

Hey Lifers!

Welcome to your therapy Thursday!

This episode is not brought to you tourism Magnetic Island, but it would be understandable if you were mistaken. Happy 70th birthday to Laura's dad and big shout out to all of the koala's.

Today we lost it laughing hearing all of your misheard lyrics! We officially feel better about the silly lyrical mistakes we make!

Vibes for the week:

Keeshia - Sleep! Sleep tracking, rain sounds (rain, rain and myNoise are good) and this episode of a podcast with Dr Matt Walker on the Diary of a CEO

Britt: Chrome coloured nails

Laura: the Life Uncut live show!

Then we jump into your questions:

1. My partner doesn’t yawn at the same time as me. He doesn’t “catch” my yawns. Does that mean he isn’t emotionally connected to me?
2. My bf and I have been together 5 years, lived together for 2, bought our dog a year ago. We both see our future together and always talk about it. I feel really strongly about getting engaged and have been pretty clear about it but it is not on his mind. He always says things like "what's the rush" and "we have everything we need" and I think he genuinely believes and means that. He says he doesn't "feel ready" and that it's not me it's him. His parents are divorced, so are his grandparents, uncle, Auntie, sister's husband. The family is full of divorce. I am from a family where there has been no divorce. I think we see marriage and engagement very differently because of this. It has created some tense conversations and we both understand how each other feel but neither of us will budge. Am I being stupid getting so worked up over a ring when everything else is great?
3. My best friend has always struggled with not feeling good enough for the men she dates. She has had a few situationships but last year she got into her first official relationship. I really don’t like her boyfriend but I haven’t said anything. However, over this past year I’ve heard him make comments about her weight. She has also lost A LOT of weight since being with him. Last night we went out for dinner and he made comments like ‘you should work out more’ ‘when we get done with dinner you should jog back to the car’ and ‘are you finishing all of that?’. I’m worried about what his comments are doing to her mentally. How do I talk to her about this?

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Hey Lifers,

Today we've got a big ol' announcement to make!
We are doing a live show tour in October!

We're hitting up Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Auckland, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth! Details will be added here once we have links but for now, jump on to our Instagram for all of the details!

Laura moved house, and the jury isn't decided on whether a box of 'personal' items should have been unpacked or not. Britt gives us an update on her egg freezing & fertility journey. If you'd like to listen to the episode we did 2.5 years ago about egg freezing you can here!

Joining the podcast today is South Sudanese Australian model, actress and artist Aweng Chuol. Aweng's story is a big one to summarise.
She lived in a refugee camp in Kenya before coming to Australia when she was 7.
Aweng is the oldest of 12 kids; her mum was only 15 when she was born, her dad a child soldier, her grandfather a pastor.

Aweng was working at fast food restaurants when she was scouted. She has gone on to model for some of the world's biggest brands and worked with the likes of Rihanna and Beyonce.

In this chat we speak about:

• Being a Black, queer woman and having her community turn on her
• Forgiving parents and giving them grace for the wrong decisions they made raising us
• Healing from generational trauma
• Love not being enough, resilience and perspective

You can follow Aweng on instagram here!

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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!

Producer Keeshia is filling in for Britt today and she  would love your thoughts on whether or not saying "I love you" for the first time needs to be a special moment or not?

We unpack the 'rules' of who can and can't be cancelled, why that is and whether there's a set of standards for some, and a different set for others.

Vibes for this week:
Keeshia: Ultraviolet queen screen SPF 50+

& podcast The Money Expert: "Do Not Buy A House!"... The 10 Ways To Make REAL Money! Ramit Sethi

Laura: Dry brushing your body

Then we jump into your questions:

• My uncle who I love has written a self published book, which is amazing. The problem? I hate it and would say it’s potentially one of the worst books I have ever read. The female characters in particular are very one dimensional and are written as perfect wives or sex objects and nothing in between. He is over the moon and keeps pushing me to promote it in the many writing forums I am a member of. He has now asked me five times if I could write a review on a very public and prolific online book club to help promote it - what do I do?
  
  
• Can you tell someone if you don't like the present they got you?
  
  
• I met a guy on Hinge and to begin with things were really great. We 'made it official' at the 3 month mark, I'd met his friends etc. Not long after this he broke up with me via text while I was away for work. Fast forward to May, he apologised, said he knew what he did was wrong he still didn’t know why he did it but he wanted a second chance. We began spending time together, taking things very slow just dinners and a couple of dates. We start sleeping together again and he tells me how happy he is. He then goes on a work trip and has since ghosted me. What the hell happened! What should I do? I haven’t heard from him for 2 weeks.

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Hey Lifers,

First up today, do you think you can fully 'regret' a previous relationship?
What if that relationship ended because the person passed away? Does that change things?
We unpack the last episode of "And Just Like That' where Carrie asks the question "what if Big was a big mistake?"

Joining the podcast today is TV host, sports presenter, model, dancer, and 2013 Miss World Australia, Erin Holland.

Erin has been with her husband, Australian cricketer Ben Cutting for 8 years now. They still live in different states.

In our chat we speak about:

• How to survive long distance relationships
• The types of relationships that can do distance v those that can't
• Prioritising your career over other aspects of your life
• Navigating the journey to parenthood when you live separately 

Erin also spoke openly about her challenging fertility journey, and PCO.

You can follow Erin and her journey here!

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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!

First up today, we unpack all of the terms that you hate, and, ahhh we might need to amend our vocabulary! There's also a woman who fell in love with the man who robbed her (yep, we checked. The article isn't satire).

Vibes for this week:
Laura: The Deepest Breath on Netflix

Britt: We the Wild Plant Care

Keeshia: To end all war: Oppenheimer & the atomic bomb on Binge

Joining the podcast for a special edition of Ask Uncut is sex and relationships educator, social worker, Agony Aunt, author and podcaster Lalala Let Me Explain! Lala is a top secret squirrel and remains completely anonymous online, but unpacking dilemmas and giving top shelf advice is what she does best!

Today we jump into these questions:

• How do you gain confidence with men in public and approach them if you wanna shoot a shot?
• My boyfriend who I lived with for a year just ended things. I’m currently sharing a bed with my mum, all my belongings are in my car while I wait for my childhood bedroom to be cleared out for me to move back in. I'm also having to find a new job. I genuinely feel so dependent on him like I don’t know who I am anymore without him. How do I get back on track? 

• How important is it for your partner to get along with your friends? Everything else in our relationship is great, my problem is that he doesn't like my friends and becomes closed off and quiet around them. He says they're 'weird' and he is quite judgemental of them.  How big of a red flag is this when everything else is so great?

Check out Lala's Instagram!
She has a killer pod that you can listen to here!
And you can get a copy of her book.

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Hey Lifers,

Grab your morning coffee because ya girls have had a big night at the Australian TV's night of nights, the Logies! Laura's causing havoc on the red carpet with her rogue breasts and Britt battling to keep the limelight away from Delilah.

We also unpack the unusual reporting of Ariana Grande's alleged affair with her wicked costar Ethan Slater and the power dynamics at play.

Then we are joined by the wonderful and anonymous Lalalaletmeexplain!

Lala has been working in social work, helping women experiencing abuse and in the dating and relationship world for over 2 decades. In this chat we talk:

• Why Lala remains completely anonymous
• When to talk to kids about sex
• How to be single and genuinely content
• Spotting red flags in dating
• How to spot a f*ck boy
• Different types of f*ckboys: feminist, narcissistic, spiritual and no labels f*uckboys

Check out Lala's Instagram!
She has a killer pod that you can listen to here!
And you can get a copy of her book.

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Hey Lifers!

First up today we unpack the Ashley Madison Affair doco (on Disney Plus).

We were glued to our screens and it brought up a lot of questions within the team! Questions about infidelity and consent, what's worse; cheating or leaking everyone's data? Did this website 'save' relationships? We unpack.

Vibes for the week:
Laura: Esther Perel's podcast episode Donor Daddy
Britt: "Hijack" on Apple TV
Keeshia: Grace Beverley's podcast episode with Caroline Calloway

Then we jump into your questions:

• I have just found out I’m pregnant. I have been sleeping with the same two guys for months now and it could be either one of them as the father, as I slept with them both 2 days apart and I conceived somewhere in there. Other than being super confused about what to do with the pregnancy, I am also confused about what is best to do in regards to telling these guys. Should I tell them both? 
• I met a guy at a work conference, had a hot fling and he's gone back to London. We are planning on meeting up in Bali soon! He's just told me that he lives with his ex (they broke up last year). She was meant to move out but hasn't. The long distance thing is something I can handle, but am I being unreasonable to tell him that now he really has to stop living with her if he actually wants to be with me even though I’m on the other side of the world?
• I met a guy on tinder 7 weeks ago. Initially we both said that we were just wanting to spend time with, hangout, have fun and get to know before getting into anything serious. We've now been on a weekend away together but haven't slept together. I've just found out that he's still matching with and dating other people. We are still going on dates and kissing/holding hands. Should I keep seeing him or end it?

Link to Matthew Hussey's episode that is mentioned in the episode is here!

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Hello beautiful Lifers, 

Joining us today is the wonderful Chloe Fisher from the Darling Shine podcast

Chloe's life looks incredible from the outside. She travels the world with her husband, Grammy award nominated DJ Fisher. They look like they have it all; except the one thing that they truly want more than anything else, a baby. 

Chloe has undergone IVF treatment 7 times, and had 4 miscarriages. She speaks very openly about her struggles with fertility and the toll that it can take. 

In this chat we talk:

• The mental load that fertility takes on us
• How it can affect your relationship
• How to help a friend going through fertility issues
• The actual process of IVF

You can follow Chloe's journey on Instagram

You can also listen to Chloe's podcast Darling Shine

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