The Change

Dr Dimity Williams is a mother, nature lover, family doctor and advocate of nature protection for health’s sake.

She is also the author of Nature, Our Medicine: How the natural world sustains us.

On this episode Dr Williams chat to Cathy and Laura about writing ‘nature prescriptions’ for her patients and why just a few minutes in nature each day can help our mental and physical health. She describes the numerous benefits of being in nature for adults and why unstructured play outdoors will always be important for kids.

Finally, we chat about peri menopause and the changes in treatments for women over the years that Dr Williams has been a GP.

You can find out more about Dr Williams and buy her book on her website: https://natureourmedicine.com/

And via Dr Dimity’s Facebook page , Linktree and Instagram page. 

For general information on perimenopause and menopause, Dr Dimity recommends: 

https://www.menopause.org.au/

On mindfulness Dr Dimity recommends Mindful in May

On finding out more about the health benefits of nature and being outdoors: https://www.suestuartsmith.com/

And finally, just for some female empowerment and mental health comedy try: 

http://www.catherinedeveny.com/

Hosts:

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Guest: Dr Dimity Williams 

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

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Cathy and Laura are back for season 2! 

Just a warning this episode contains a bit of swearing so don’t listen around little ears if this is a worry for you. 

Catch up with Cathy and Laura as they have a change chat about all the things that have been tumbling through their minds over the season break. 

They reflect on their recent birthdays, life, relationships and other things women in their midlife are talking about ahead of season 2.

Most importantly what prompts Cathy to say “​​We just don’t have time to give f@#$ about things we don’t care enough about anymore”. 

Listen to the end for some great winter book and TV recommendations.

Hosts:

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Mentions:

Link to the Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/13/gender-inequities-are-important-why-couples-fall-out-of-love

Recommendations: 

Books: 

Tilda is Visible - Jane Tara 

Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict - Elizabeth Day 

Whenever You’re Ready - Trish Bolton 

Movie/TV Show:

Poor Things - Disney+

Death in Paradise - ABC iview/Binge

Beyond Paradise - Binge 

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

We appreciate your support and listens, so if you like what we do please tell your friends and leave a five star review! 

Send us a voice message here: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message⁠

And don’t forget to follow The Change on Instagram @the_change_pod and email us with your questions, feedback and ideas: [email protected]

Season 2 of The Change Podcast is Coming Soon!

Hosts:

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

We appreciate your support and listens, so if you like what we do please tell your friends and leave a five star review! 

Send us a voice message here: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message⁠

And don’t forget to follow The Change on Instagram @the_change_pod and email us with your questions, feedback and ideas: [email protected]

In this bonus episode we reflect on a fantastic first season and pull out some of our biggest learnings.

Cathy explains why she feels less invisible than she did at the start of season 1 and Laura shares some of the changes she wasn’t honest about in episode 1.

This is the last episode in season 1 and we’ll be back in May 2024 with more inspirational, smart women telling great stories about change for season 2.

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Mentions:

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

We appreciate your support and listens, so if you like what we do please tell your friends and leave a five star review! 

Send us a voice message here: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message⁠

And don’t forget to follow The Change on Instagram @the_change_pod and email us with your questions, feedback and ideas: [email protected]

Our last episode for season one  is with the phenomenal and incredibly accomplished Jessie Stephens. We all worked together at Mamamia and it a fabulous episode where we talk to Jessie about motherhood, writing a book (or two in Jessie’s case), being an aunty and everything in between. 

Anyone who is a Mamamia follower might remember the disagreement that Mia and Jessie had about being a stay at home mum. Mia took the side that being a stay at home mum is intellectually boring and not very stimulating, and at the time Jessie thought that it would be a fun thing to do. We ask Jessie how she feels about this now as a mum to a 7mth old! 

Jessie is already so accomplished as a writer, author, presenter (tv, radio and podcast) and script writer, what is left or next to do for Jessie? 

It is an episode not to be missed. 

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Mentions:

With thanks to Jessie Stephens https://www.instagram.com/jessiestephens90/ 

Buy Jessie’s books here:

Something Bad is Going to Happen 

Heartsick

National Geographic links about menopause and hot flushes

Is it possible to cure hot flushes? We may be getting closer.

What happens during menopause? Science is finally piecing it together.

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

We appreciate your support and listens, so if you like what we do please tell your friends and leave a five star review! 

Send us a voice message here: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message⁠

And don’t forget to follow The Change on Instagram @the_change_pod and email us with your questions, feedback and ideas: [email protected]

Not everyone hits 50 and feels invisible as today’s guest proves! Meet Teresa McNamara, a makeup guru and single parent to two now adult women who upended her life in her mid-forties and just a few years later was the happiest she has ever been.

At 50 she married her soulmate, and at 53 she launched her YouTube channel thats filled with relatable and practical makeup and skincare tutorials. 

Always filter free and realistic - Teresa is a product enthusiast and collector who wants to help other women look and feel good at any age. 

Forget feeling invisible in midlife - Teresa’s never felt more visible! 

Teresa McNamara’s You Tube: https://youtube.com/@teresamadelyne289?si=CgJZ3BG7jq6lBks0

Teresa McNamara Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/teresamadelyne?igsh=MTF3bmhmN2h2Z3Q0eA==

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Mentions:With thanks to Teresa McNamara

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

We appreciate your support and listens, so if you like what we do please tell your friends and leave a five star review! 

Send us a voice message here: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message⁠

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Imagine discovering in your mid-thirties that you were adopted and had a whole other family that had been searching for you for years? 

For Louise Wilkinson, dance school director and motivational speaker, this is exactly what happened when she received a surprise letter in the mail from her biological mother. 

But rather than let this shock news upend her life in a negative way, the letter and the huge changes that followed, were an opportunity for Louise to invite more love into her life. 

We chat to Louise about how she dealt with discovering this family secret and what it meant to her identity. She also reveals why the 'third act' is always the best and what it is like to become a grandma at age 46.

Credits:

Article on Mamamia about Louise: https://www.mamamia.com.au/secret-adoption/amp/

Louise Wilkinson’s  Website: https://www.louisewilkinson.com.au

Louise Wilkinson on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/louise_wilkinson_inc?igsh=MThrYmZkYml1b2RwcQ==

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Mentions:

Thanks to Louise Wilkinson

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

We appreciate your support and listens, so if you like what we do please tell your friends and leave a five star review! 

Send us a voice message here: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message⁠

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Writer, mother and self-confessed over-sharer Cathrine Mahoney has been through some big changes in the last decade. She split from former NRL player and TV commentator, Andrew Johns, and began dating again in her forties. 

She went from a career as a publicist to a podcaster, author and TV panel regular. 

We chat to Cathrine about all of these big career and relationship changes, as well as what happened when she recently began experiencing perimenopausal symptoms and started taking HRT.

Credits:

Cathrine Mahoney’s podcast ‘So I Quit Mt Day Job’: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/so-i-quit-my-day-job/id1496517561

Buy Cathrine’s book ‘Currently Between Husbands’ here

Cathrine Mahoney on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathrinemahoney/

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Mentions:

Thanks to Cathrine Mahoney

‘Romantic Comedy’ by Curtis Sittenfield ⁠

Queen Menopause by Alison Daddo

The Imperfects - Dr Louise Newson - Maybe it's Menopause

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

We appreciate your support and listens, so if you like what we do please tell your friends and leave a five star review! 

Send us a voice message here: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message⁠

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Lizza Gebilagin is a writer, podcaster and former editor-in-chief of Women’s Health magazine. She’s also a super fit mum who didn’t let a pandemic stop her pursuing her dreams! 

We chat to Lizza about her huge career changes that saw her leap from magazines to digital and back again and how she really managed the motherhood juggle alongside her dream editor-in-chief job. 

We discuss Lizza’s amazing career pivots during Covid and her foray into the world of professional boxing in her thirties! 

Mentions:

Lizza Gebilagin https://3amhuddle.substack.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lizza_marie/

Credits: 

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

We appreciate your support and listens, so if you like what we do please tell your friends and leave a five star review! 

Send us a voice message here: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message⁠

And don’t forget to follow The Change on Instagram @the_change_pod and email us with your questions, feedback and ideas: [email protected]

In this extended episode we have a heartfelt conversation with Jacynth Bassett all the way from the UK, we explore her reasons for the creation of The Bias Cut. Jacynth's vision for The Bias Cut has blossomed into a beacon of change in the fashion industry in the UK and beyond. 

We explore the origins of The Bias Cut, its impact on age-inclusive fashion, and the powerful narrative behind this initiative. We talk about the moment she knew that Ageism is Never in Style was going to be bigger than she could have hoped and when #ilookmyage became a global movement. 

Join us as Jacynth shares her story, showcasing how a simple act of love can spark a movement for positive change in the world of fashion and beyond.

Credits: 

https://www.thebiascut.com/pages/ageism-is-never-in-style-welcome

https://www.instagram.com/ageismisneverinstyle/

https://www.instagram.com/thebiascutboutique/ 

Cathy O’Brien https://www.instagram.com/cathy_l_obrien/

Laura Jackel https://www.instagram.com/lauracjackel/

Mentions: https://www.mamamia.com.au/i-look-my-age-campaign/ 

Audio Producer: 

Marissa Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/marissarobertsofficial/

Thanks for listening to The Change, a fully independent podcast. 

We appreciate your support and listens, so if you like what we do please tell your friends and leave a five star review! 

Send us a voice message here: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-change-pod/message⁠

And don’t forget to follow The Change on Instagram @the_change_pod and email us with your questions, feedback and ideas: [email protected]