I have been sitting on this episode for eight months.

When I first sat down with Perth hairdresser, author and entrepreneur Wendy Naumovski, there were things she was creating that simply weren't ready to be revealed yet. Now they are.

After more than 30 years behind the salon chair, Wendy had heard countless women talk about the changes they were experiencing as they moved through perimenopause and menopause. Then it happened to her.

Brain fog. Exhaustion. Rage. Changes to her body, her identity and even her hair.

Instead of quietly pushing through it, Wendy started talking.

In this episode of The Buzz with Bernadette, Wendy opens up about her own menopause experience, why women need to have these conversations more openly, and how that journey led her to write Wendy Talks Menopause: What No One Told Me, What I Learned & How You Can Thrive.

We also talk about what happens to a woman's confidence and sense of self during this stage of life, her decades working with women as a Perth hairdresser, and the beginnings of something much bigger.

And now, eight months after we recorded this conversation, Wendy is finally unveiling the products and projects she's been quietly working on.

This isn't about menopause being the end of something.

It's about what a woman can build next.

John Farnham’s emotional tribute concert, a heartbreaking update on Presley Gerber, Raygun turning her five minutes of fame into a business, and a major first for Perth’s film industry. There was a LOT to talk about this week.

In this solo episode of The Buzz with Bernadette, I unpack the latest update on John Farnham and the incredible Australian artists who came together to celebrate him, plus why I’m devastated I completely missed the concert screening.

We also talk about the sudden death of Cindy Crawford’s 27-year-old son Presley Gerber, and why sometimes the families who appear to have everything remind us that we never really know what is happening behind closed doors.

Then we lighten things up.

I caught up with Chris and Courtney Murphy from The VHS Pirates at Perth’s Astor Theatre and quickly discovered that getting a serious answer out of these two is almost impossible.

Plus, Charlie Puth cancels his Australian tour, Raygun launches merchandise and gets me thinking about what happens when someone tries to turn viral fame into an actual business.

And back home in WA, Two Birds becomes the first production filmed at the new Perth Film Studios, while an actual wheat field has appeared inside a Perth CBD office building.

Celebrity, music, business, Perth and the wonderfully random things that caught my attention this week.

That’s The Buzz.

Celebrity chaos, Prosecco, nostalgia and a little Love Is Blind rabbit hole!Welcome to my very first solo episode of The Buzz with Bernadette!I decided to sit down, turn on the microphone and just have a chat about everything that's been happening lately, and let's just say... there's a bit to unpack.In this episode, I'm talking about:✨ Meeting Debbie Gibson at the Astro Theatre and why meeting one of my teenage pop icons was such a special moment. Plus, why I absolutely LOVE that she performed the original songs and dance routines exactly as we remember them.🎤 My Peter Cox interview disaster. The microphone wasn't working, the video didn't save, I knew things were going wrong while I was interviewing him... and somehow I still posted the interview!👱‍♀️ The woman I met who used to date Peter Cox when they were both around 25. Because apparently that's the kind of random celebrity connection you discover at an event!🍾 Bangla South Perth's bottomless brunch, including bottomless food, Prosecco, cocktails and a very impressive beef dish. Plus, a shout-out to my friend Dion for finding it.🚗 My Uber and Waze drama, including the moment my driver finally discovered there was a crash on the freeway... approximately 20 minutes after I'd already told him.📺 Love Is Blind UK and Kira's "finer things in life" conversation, which got me thinking about dating, men paying for dinner and what women expect from relationships.💍 And finally, my completely random investigation into who actually pays for the engagement rings on Love Is Blind. Some of those rings look pretty expensive, so I had questions!This is a little less polished, a little more personal, and basically a peek inside my brain.If you enjoy celebrity stories, reality TV, Perth events, restaurants, pop culture, nostalgia and a good rant, you're in the right place.Subscribe to The Buzz with Bernadette and let me know what you think of my first solo episode.And tell me in the comments:Do you want nostalgia artists to perform their songs exactly as you remember them, or do you like it when they reinvent them?💗 The Buzz with Bernadette#TheBuzzWithBernadette #BernadetteMaree #DebbieGibson #PeterCox #LoveIsBlindUK #RealityTV #Perth #PerthEvents #Podcast

Gisella's back and she's opening the episode by singing our theme song with me, and honestly, what a moment. Then we get into the real stuff — her brand new single You Stay On My Mind dropping 28 August, her pets, and what's actually coming next for her.

It's been wild watching her go from Australian Idol to performing at Optus Stadium and touring with Tina Arena. This week we find out what's really keeping her busy behind the scenes, and the story behind her second single. No filter, just the honest version.

You Stay On My Mind drops 28 August everywhere. Go pre-save it right now.

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This week, I'm taking you through Perth's unmissable lineup. From Australia's Biggest Op Shop Sale where I'll definitely be in the champagne lounge, to 120,000 books at the Save the Children Winter Book Sale, to Come Alive - The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular with gravity-defying acrobatics that'll make you leave your seat smiling. If you're wondering what to do this week in Perth, this is your episode. Everything you need to know, all in one place.

Recorded at Forever Classic 6iX Perth.

Catherine Alcorn is an Australian performer who's been channelling Bette Midler for 17 years. She created The Divine Miss Bette in 2009, and now she's got a brand new show called Midler and Me. She trained under Steve Ostrow, the man who discovered Bette Midler, and he told her he saw that same fire and star quality in her that he saw in Bette.

We went backstage at The Glasshouse in the City of Belmont to chat before her show. She talked about how she gets into character, whether Bette has ever seen her perform, what makes this new show different, and how she juggles performing, her podcast The Catheteria, and her work as a TV producer.

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This week on The Buzz I sit down with Kate O'Keeffe, a marriage celebrant and FIFO relationship coach who has seen love from every angle. She marries couples, she coaches them through the hard parts, and once a year she does something I could not stop thinking about: one minute marriages on a single special day.

We get into the honest stuff. What she has learned standing at the front of hundreds of weddings. Why the wedding is the easy part and the marriage is the real work. And what actually happens to a couple when one person flies out for weeks at a time, which so many of us here in WA know too well.

Kate is warm, straight talking and full of stories, and this one gave me a lot to sit with. There is also a new segment, Ask the Insiders, where I put a real question to you and read out exactly how you voted.

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Claire Ghabrial is a former Australian champion boxer, and her story is not the one you think it is.

In this episode we talk human connection

We get into the real version. The ten years she spent out of the sport and in her own way, telling herself she wasn't good enough.

The turning point where she started owning what she had actually done.

Flying overseas on her own just to get a fight because the funding wasn't here. And where she is now, mentoring the next generation of young Australian talent and building something bigger than herself.

Since the last time Claire was on the show she has been featured on Slo Mo with Mo Gawdat plus six other podcasts, so it is a big moment to have her back.

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A girl knocked on my door at midnight. Frantic, and she kept looking behind her.

We could see her on the camera. What we could not work out was whether she genuinely needed help or whether it was some kind of set up. So we made a call that covered both.

That is where this one starts.

Tracey throws a bag into her car, does one wrong movement, and pays for it.

We are off to see Abbie Chatfield Loves Men at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco, so we get into what the show is actually about. Modern masculinity, dating delusions, podcast philosophers and the men writing books about being alpha. Chatfield has said it is a comedy, but that she is seriously talking about the harm patriarchy does to men.

It plays the Regal on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 July, both nights at 7pm, then Adelaide, Hobart, the Gold Coast, Geelong, Brisbane and Canberra through to 29 July.

And then AI, and how far into our everyday lives it has quietly got, whether we invited it in or not.

The Buzz with Bernadette is a video first talk show hosted by Bernadette Maree, Perth TV Presenter and Event Host. New episodes every Wednesday on YouTube and Spotify.