The Undone

Lucy reckons there's two types of people in lockdown: those who save and those who shop. If you are the latter you have probably made some great purchases, and not so great. Lucy and Em talk round up our listener's best and worst lockdown purchases so far.

Plus, we speak to Mamamia's Head of People and Culture, Nicolle Stuart, about exactly how to ask for a mental health day at work, and answer a listener dilemma from someone who can't seem to get past the first date.

The End Bits 

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This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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On today's episode, Em and Lucy are joined by queen of the internet and hilarious human Tanya Hennessy, to tell us some of her worst dating stories, and they. Are. Wild. She also tells us about what it's like dating her younger partner, and gives some very practical advice to Em for meeting people on dating apps.

Plus, we discuss why this lockdown this year feels VERY different from last year.

Thanks to our guest, Tanya Hennessy.

The End Bits 

Click here to read 'My sister got me through lockdown in 2020. Now she's not here and I'm lost.'

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This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

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On today's episode, Em and Lucy are joined by queen of the internet and hilarious human Tanya Hennessy, to tell us some of her worst dating stories, and they. Are. Wild. She also tells us about what it's like dating her younger partner, and gives some very practical advice to Em for meeting people on dating apps.

Plus, we discuss why this lockdown this year feels VERY different from last year.

Thanks to our guest, Tanya Hennessy.

The End Bits 

Click here to read 'My sister got me through lockdown in 2020. Now she's not here and I'm lost.'

Have a confession? We want to hear it: forms.gle/CMPWyPdQY3KNbepm9

If you like the show, subscribe and leave us a review. 

Slide into our DMs @theundonepodcast @emilyvernem & @lucymneville 

Click here to sign up to Em's newsletter The Lonely Girls Guide.

If you want to share your dating story email us at [email protected]

CONTACT US

Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386

Send us a voice memo to [email protected] 

This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chantelle Otten is one busy woman. Not only is she a psycho-sexologist and writer, she is also the host of Sealed Section, Mamamia's sex podcast where nothing is off limits. She joins us this episode to chat about how she became a sexologist, the problems she hears most often at her practice, and the one client that managed to surprise her. She also answers a few anonymous listener questions about vibrators, masturbating when you live with your parents, and being 'better' at sex.

Also, can you give yourself a nickname? In the FYI Lucy tells Em about the time she tried to 'reinvent herself' with a new nickname, and it didn't go down well.

The End Bits 

Thank you to our guest Chantelle Otten. You can listen to Sealed Section here.

Have a confession? We want to hear it: forms.gle/CMPWyPdQY3KNbepm9

If you like the show, subscribe and leave us a review. 

Slide into our DMs @theundonepodcast @emilyvernem & @lucymneville 

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If you want to share your dating story email us at [email protected]

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Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386

Send us a voice memo to [email protected] 

This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chantelle Otten is one busy woman. Not only is she a psycho-sexologist and writer, she is also the host of Sealed Section, Mamamia's sex podcast where nothing is off limits. She joins us this episode to chat about how she became a sexologist, the problems she hears most often at her practice, and the one client that managed to surprise her. She also answers a few anonymous listener questions about vibrators, masturbating when you live with your parents, and being 'better' at sex.

Also, can you give yourself a nickname? In the FYI Lucy tells Em about the time she tried to 'reinvent herself' with a new nickname, and it didn't go down well.

The End Bits 

Thank you to our guest Chantelle Otten. You can listen to Sealed Section here.

Have a confession? We want to hear it: forms.gle/CMPWyPdQY3KNbepm9

If you like the show, subscribe and leave us a review. 

Slide into our DMs @theundonepodcast @emilyvernem & @lucymneville 

Click here to sign up to Em's newsletter The Lonely Girls Guide.

If you want to share your dating story email us at [email protected]

CONTACT US

Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386

Send us a voice memo to [email protected] 

This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How many group chats are you in right now? According to Emily, there are 7 different types of people in the group chat (and they're not all good), and Lucy breaks down the chat etiquette rules.

Plus, lately we've received some dm's about friendship breakups, and how heartbreaking they can be. Em and Lucy discuss how to save a friendship, whether it's worth it and how to let go. And, our friend and colleague Maddie joins us to tell us about the date that literally changed her life, and it all started with changing her dating profile preferences.

The End Bits 

Click here to read Maddie's article "I found myself wanting to kiss her." I thought I never wanted to have sex. Then, at 24, I met a woman.

Have a confession? We want to hear it: forms.gle/CMPWyPdQY3KNbepm9

If you like the show, subscribe and leave us a review. 

Slide into our DMs @theundonepodcast @emilyvernem & @lucymneville 

Click here to sign up to Em's newsletter The Lonely Girls Guide.

If you want to share your dating story email us at [email protected]

CONTACT US

Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386

Send us a voice memo to [email protected] 

This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How many group chats are you in right now? According to Emily, there are 7 different types of people in the group chat (and they're not all good), and Lucy breaks down the chat etiquette rules.

Plus, lately we've received some dm's about friendship breakups, and how heartbreaking they can be. Em and Lucy discuss how to save a friendship, whether it's worth it and how to let go. And, our friend and colleague Maddie joins us to tell us about the date that literally changed her life, and it all started with changing her dating profile preferences.

The End Bits 

Click here to read Maddie's article "I found myself wanting to kiss her." I thought I never wanted to have sex. Then, at 24, I met a woman.

Have a confession? We want to hear it: forms.gle/CMPWyPdQY3KNbepm9

If you like the show, subscribe and leave us a review. 

Slide into our DMs @theundonepodcast @emilyvernem & @lucymneville 

Click here to sign up to Em's newsletter The Lonely Girls Guide.

If you want to share your dating story email us at [email protected]

CONTACT US

Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386

Send us a voice memo to [email protected] 

This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week, Lucy asked her Instagram followers what they wished they could tell their younger selves about sex, and was inundated with responses. Some were funny, but all of them were telling about how damaging a lack of understanding and education about sex can be. Lucy and Em discuss some of the responses, and what they wish they'd known.

Plus, does your skin somehow get worse during lockdowns, despite wearing less makeup and using more skincare? You're not imagining it, it's called 'Isolation Skin' and You Beauty's Erin Docherty joins us to give us some tips. And we read an anonymous listener confession that had Lucy and Em in stitches.

Trigger Warning: During The Big Issue we discuss sexual assault.

The End Bits 

Listen to You Beauty here.

Click here to read Lucy's article 28 women on what they wish their younger selves knew about sex.

Have a confession? We want to hear it: forms.gle/CMPWyPdQY3KNbepm9

If you like the show, subscribe and leave us a review. 

Slide into our DMs @theundonepodcast @emilyvernem & @lucymneville 

Click here to sign up to Em's newsletter The Lonely Girls Guide.

If you want to share your dating story email us at [email protected]

CONTACT US

Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386

Send us a voice memo to [email protected] 

This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week, Lucy asked her Instagram followers what they wished they could tell their younger selves about sex, and was inundated with responses. Some were funny, but all of them were telling about how damaging a lack of understanding and education about sex can be. Lucy and Em discuss some of the responses, and what they wish they'd known.

Plus, does your skin somehow get worse during lockdowns, despite wearing less makeup and using more skincare? You're not imagining it, it's called 'Isolation Skin' and You Beauty's Erin Docherty joins us to give us some tips. And we read an anonymous listener confession that had Lucy and Em in stitches.

Trigger Warning: During The Big Issue we discuss sexual assault.

The End Bits 

Listen to You Beauty here.

Click here to read Lucy's article 28 women on what they wish their younger selves knew about sex.

Have a confession? We want to hear it: forms.gle/CMPWyPdQY3KNbepm9

If you like the show, subscribe and leave us a review. 

Slide into our DMs @theundonepodcast @emilyvernem & @lucymneville 

Click here to sign up to Em's newsletter The Lonely Girls Guide.

If you want to share your dating story email us at [email protected]

CONTACT US

Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386

Send us a voice memo to [email protected] 

This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mahalia Handley has a face you might recognise; she's an internationally regarded model who has has worked for some of the world's biggest brands, and she's also an activist who tirelessly campaigns for more diversity and inclusion in the modelling industry.

But this interview is about something else: Body Dysmorphic Disorder. BDD is an illness that makes people who experience it incredibly anxious about perceived flaws in their appearance, and Mahalia is open and candid about her diagnosis and treatment.

In this interview (which was recorded pre-lockdown) Em and Lucy discuss with Mahalia about how she manages her BDD when modelling, how social media plays into it and why she still loves her job.

Trigger Warning: we discuss eating disorders extensively in this episode. If you need any support please visit visit The Butterfly Foundation at butterfly.org.au/ or call 1800 33 4673. 

Thank you to our guest Mahalia Handley and Vivien's Model Management.

CONTACT US

Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386

Send us a voice memo to [email protected] 

This episode was produced by Emmeline Peterson 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.