Good Girls Don't Podcast

#41 Good Girls Don't Talk About Racism in Australia

Louise O’Reilly is a Warrwa-Noongar Aboriginal woman based in Boorloo (Perth, Western Australia) on Wadjuk Country. Through her experiences with identity and personal journey of self-discovery, she realized society wasn't always accepting of her identity, community, or culture. Louise provides online courses to stimulate harmonious & inclusive change in the world where every global citizen can say I'm #FreeToBeMe. That’s the big picture goal. For now, she is focused on cultural diversity & i...

#40 Good Girls Don't Talk About Child Death

Hummingbird House is Queensland's only Children's Hospice. We provide a home away from home for children and their families with a life-limiting condition. We care for children from birth to aged 18 and support families with short break stays crisis and symptom management care, end of life and after death care. Andrea is a Paediatric Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner. Andrea is a UK trained children's nurse, Andrea moved to Australia with her young family 13 years ago. She has extensive n...

#39 Good Girls Don't Talk About Sex Offenders

After our own Ashleigh Rae successfully charged a man with sexual violence, she shares with us what happens when it comes to sentencing and what it means for the victim and the offender. Please note that the conversation refers to Victorian legislation around sex offending and the specifics do not represent the legislation and regulations of other states and territories. Here’s what we spoke about; The difference between a plea hearing and a sentencing hearing. Why does the register exi...

#38 Good Girls Don't Talk About Miscarriage

In Australia, up to one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. 103,000 Australian families are impacted each year. And yet, for many, it remains a silent trauma. Miscarriage is a taboo topic affecting 282 Aussie women a day that can cause long-lasting grief and mental health problems. Why are we not talking about this? So we want to start a conversation about it and create an episode dedicated to allowing women to share their stories around miscarriage. We want to stop the silence a...

#37 Good Girls Aren't Non-Binary

In a  society that dictates a strict definition of what masculinity is and demands rigid expectations upon how men and women should conform to binary gender roles, the struggle to inform others that non-binary people exist is real. Nic Lawrance takes the time to chat to us about their incredible experience of living as non-binary person, growing up without the language to express their identity and journey of acceptance from family and peers, finding that safe space to explore and express ge...

#36 Good Girls Don't Get Raped

Co-host Ashleigh Rae shares her experience of seeking justice after being raped as a child. It's a deep conversation and not for the faint hearted. We discuss her compassion for the offenders family, the obstacles and support through-out the process of seeking justice and the complexity of emotions around obtaining accountability and justice.  We discussed; The reactions and responses from loved ones. The rights of survivors and offenders of sexual violence. The sensitivity and insens...

#35 Good Girls Don't Have Sex

Soo...what happens when your sex life is dead? We know how it goes: find the man, get married, have the kids, and that's the end of your sex life. But what if that isn't how it has to be? What if we could have a deeply intimate sex life with our spouse, and toe-curling orgasms to-boot?  We were curious if such a thing was possible, so we sat down with one of Australia's most qualified Sexologists, Isiah McKimmie. But she isn't just a Sexologist. She's also a Couples Therapist, a Sex ...

#34 Good Girls Don't Talk About Mental Health

Mental health care is a crisis in Australia, affecting 1 in 4 Australians at some point in their lives - so what does our mental health care system look like, and what’s it like to experience a mental health condition in Australia?  On this episode of Good Girls Don’t Ashleigh shares her story and experiences of navigating the convoluted system that works to devalue and deny the experiences of people with mental illness, including the dramatic impact of trauma.  We chatted about:  How e...

IN THE WILD: I'll Say I Do When I'm Me and You're You with Margie McCumstie from The Wedding Wombat

Sometimes, out in the wild, we find ourselves in front of a microphone on someone elses podcast and they're kind enough to roll with it and see what happens. Today, Verity is interviewed by Margie McCumstie from The Wedding Wombat... In this special Valentine’s Day edition, we meet Verity Mansfield, Relationship Coach and extraordinary woman with a powerful message about love, sex, romance and marriage. We talk about how to make your relationship juicy and your marriage even juicier! 8 y...

[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Accept Infertility

As women, we’re designed to have babies. Even if we don’t want them our bodies are ensuring they remind us every month, for every year for over a 40yr span that we’re baby-makers. Granted there are women who have ZERO interest in having kids and that's absolutely their right to choose. But what happens and what does it REALLY feel like to know that you do not even have a choice? What happens when we desperately want a child but our body just won’t allow it? Today Marie Louise shares her pe...

Bonus: How the Supreme Court Changed Abortion Laws in Victoria

While we take a moment to catch our breath and re-organize the universe, we've partnered with the good folks from the podcast, Gertie's Law to bring you an incredible episode on how the Supreme Court of Victoria changed women's ability to access abortion safely:  Fifty years ago, the Menhennitt Ruling was an example of judge-made law and it determined the legality of abortion in Victoria. In this episode of Gertie's Law, we find out why it was left to the Supreme Court, and not the parliam...

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[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Know They're Enough

Sometimes it's the small things we deny ourselves that have the biggest ripples throughout our lives. At least, that's what happened for our guest this week, Shilpa Agarwal, when she kept denying herself the permission and freedom to go for a simple jog.  We sat down with Shilpa to talk about what it means to be worthy, to be enough - and the hard, painful things that get in the way of our embodying it. The truths this powerful speaks ripple out across all the parts of our lives from profe...

BONUS Curiosity with Richard Hill, The Online Therapy Podcast by Renee McDonald

Weekly Bonus Time!  Rebels and Comrades, gather round because it's time for another bonus episode. This week we're thrilled to bring an episode of The Online Therapy Podcast hosted by Renee McDonalds on the topic of Curiosity, with guest Richard Hill (father of Jess Hill, author of See What You Made Me Do).  The Online Therapy Podcast provides information to practitioners and clients about providing therapy online, the latest technology, people who can support your practice and we help y...

IN THE WILD: Verity Breaks the Good Girl Rules on The Recovering Perfectionist Podcast by Claire Riley

Sometimes, we venture onto other people's podcasts and they're kind enough not to kick us off their platform immediately.  This week's bonus episode comes courtesy of Claire Riley from the Recovering Perfectionists Podcast.   On this episode you'll hear Verity being interviewed by Claire about Breaking the Good Girl Rules: - Growing up she was obsessed with her body 'not being perfect' - Body image and conforming to what society refers to as 'beautiful' - What beauty is for us? ...

[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Take Up Space

Women are told since childhood not to take up too much space. Whether we’re told to ‘don’t be too smart’, or that we talk too much, or that being ‘big’ is bad and we all have to be thin and skinny, women are constantly exposed to these subliminal messages that we shouldn't take up too much space.  So how does this affect us in business, whether we’re entrepreneurs or vying for a position on the board? What stops us from taking up space in the business world and getting more vocal and more ...

BONUS Socially Conscious Business with Elle Roberts on the So Crisp Podcast

Coronavirus got ya bored and a little nutty?  We have you covered with our special bonus episode series from our good mates in the podcasting world, to bring you delicious ear food every Thursday.  Today we're thrilled to share with you former guest, (Episode 11 Good Girls Don't Smash the Glass Ceiling) Jay Crisp Crow's So Crisp Podcast.  Enjoy! 

#33 Good Girls Don't Poop & Fart

While Verity grew up in a family that never talked about poops or farts, Ashleigh's family turned these bodily functions into a game that rivaled the Olympics.  With Covid#19 on the loose and the Great Toilet Escapades running havoc in cities across Australia, what better time to bright up your day with an episode about - poo! You know we got down to the nitty-gritty of Poop and Fluffs too, asking the BIG and important questions: Who farts more? Men or women? What’s the “Dead Rat Rating...

BONUS EPISODE: Like I'm a Six Year Old with Tom Ballard and Adam Bandt

Rebels and Comrades have we got a treat for you!  If you find yourself in isolation right now - this ought to cheer your feminist heart right up.  This episode is a special bonus from our good mate, comedian Tom Ballard's podcast, Like I'm a Six Year Old recorded with a live audience in December 2019 with special guest, Adam Bandt who was at the time, the Federal Member for Melbourne, of the Greens Party - and is now the Leader of The Greens Party.  Connect with Tom Ballard here: Twi...

#32 Good Girls Aren't Polyamorous

Talking about open relationships feels pretty taboo, gossipy and darkly intriguing and yet Tani Beister creates the most beautiful and honest conversation of what it really takes to consciously create a loving open relationship. Explore the deeper values of intimacy, connection, transparency and freedom. Why having open relationships doesn’t make us sex fiends. The difference between open relationships and infidelity. What the real landscape of open relationships honestly looks like. ...

EXTRA BONUS: How to Be Kind, According to Hugs

Comrades and Rebels,  Prepare to have your mind blown and heart melted by the wonder that is Hugs.  Hugs is 7, and the son of former guest, Jay Crisp Crow (from episode 11) and his podcast is all about how to be kind.  Share it with your kids and family.  Hugs may be our youngest and fiercest recruit to the cause yet, and we want to give him a massive high-five and snaps for starting his own podcast! Subscribe to How to Be Kind on Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/show/3A6eCAOz2u...

BONUS EPISODE: From Panic to Growth with Bob Doppelt on Transformational Resilience

Rebels and Comrades,  Welcome to a special episode we're bringing you in partnership with our mates over at Climactic. Bob Doppelt is the Executive Director of the Resource Innovation Group (TRIG) and the founder and Coordinator of the International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC). Trained in both counseling psychology and environmental science, he has combined the two fields throughout his career. He is also a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction instructor from the Univer...

#31 Good Girls Don't Serve Feminism

Jay Kimber is a long time self-driven entrepreneur. who lives by her values - authenticity, freedom, and health. Her mission is to bring balance and harmony back to the masculine and feminine energies in the world. She does this by guiding people to live from the INSIDE OUT. She is in service to the new feminist movement, the liberation of the feminine, in both women AND men. The importance of surrendering into the feminine; pleasure, flow, and intuition Why women need to give themselve...

IWD BONUS EPISODE Good Girls Don't Ask Questions with Ashleigh Rae and Nicol Heard

Can we get a Whoop Whoop?! It's bonus episode time to celebrate and honor International Women's Day 2020 and you're in for a treat with a bonus episode interview by Nicol Heard from Courageous You and Biz Bestie interviewing your lady comrade in arms and podcast co-host, Ashleigh Rae on how curiosity fostered her feminism and steadily unraveled internal patriarchal conditioning.  You can connect with Nicol here: YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQHmIeSHRQ-hzH0kusyKJMA ...

#30 SPECIAL EPISODE International Women's Day 2020: Generation Equality

It's International Women's Day 2020 - a day to honor and celebrate the women in your life, those who've come before you, and those who will come after.  We asked a few of our former podcast guests to share with us what International Women's Day means to them, and on today's episode you'll hear from Tyran Mowbray, Sarah Ireland and Anita Bentata share their thoughts and best wishes for girls and women around the globe.  Connect with Our Guests Here  Tyran  Email: tyran@thehairyhealer....

#29 Good Girls Don't Break Cycles of Poverty

Sally Hetherington OAM is the founder and CEO of Human and Hope Association Incorporated (Australia). At the age of 25, Sally bought a one-way ticket to Siem Reap, Cambodia, with the goal of helping people living in poverty. A few months into her journey in Cambodia, Sally realized that the sustainable development of a community cannot be achieved through the involvement of short-term foreign volunteers. The realization led Sally to transform a community center that was reliant on foreign vo...

#28 Good Girls Don't Fight Fires

Kelly Petering is a superhero. And a female! So often in society Superheroes are depicted as male-orientated. Even in cartoons like Paw Patrol, the ones taking the risks and saving the world are male. So when we came across Kelly who has been a volunteer firefighter and a community officer assisting paramedics in her community, we just had to pounce on her! Kelly is an Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Trainer and helps women around the world build confidence within themselves so they can SHI...

#27 Good Girls Don't Talk About Female Genital Mutilation

**WARNING** This episode contains a lot of swearing and deals with strong themes of sexual violence. Please take care while listening and look after your mental heal and wellbeing. Female Genital Mutilation is on the rise in Australia where it is strictly illegal - but why is this the case? On today's episode of Good Girls Don't Podcast, Verity and Ashleigh sat down with activist, advocate, and all-round fierce feminist, Khadija Gbla to attempt to wrap our heads around what FGM is, and how...

#26 Good Girls Don't: Valentines Day Rebellion

Why does Valentine’s Day trigger so many people? You either REALLY love it or you REALLY hate it. Why do we feel so much pressure to conform on Valentine's Day or to completely dismiss Valentine’s Day, leaving many partners worldwide feeling angry, unappreciated, resentful and dismissed? Valentine's Day for people in relationships can be a minefield waiting to explode. Why do we dismiss Valentine's Day as commercialized and yet engage in the radical commercialization of Christmas, Easter, F...

#25 Good Girls Don't Talk About Infidelity

Tzara Attwater walked in one day on her partner (of 10yrs) and best friend (of 18yrs) having sex. Double betrayal. After her journey of recovery and healing, Tzara dedicated her work to helping others to also recover from betrayal, to heal their wounds and to move forward in a new direction - with or without their partner. When current statistics state that 1 in 4 relationships experience sexual betrayal and the emotional pain of infidelity, it's highly likely you know someone who's been thr...

[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Do Big Business

Sarah Ireland is the CEO of One Girl, an Australian non-profit organization that harnesses the power of education to drive change for girls and their families in Sierra Leone and Uganda.  We fell in love with Sarah’s story from questioning her ability to be a CEO to breaking her own glass ceilings and redefining what a CEO should be and thus paving the way to inspire females of all ages to never shay away from their dreams. Who is Sarah Ireland, Anyway? Sarah is currently the humanitar...

[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Embrace the Sacred Prostitute

Women the world over are pushed and pulled between two opposing ideas of who we must be: the Saintly Mother, or the Whore.  The expectations and pressures of both run deep inside all of us and permeate our cultures regardless of language, religion or politics.  For centuries, we've been torn between both opposing identities and now in the modern world women are finally, in some corners of the world, able to be much more than a Saintly Mother or Whore. She can be both, she can be more - s...

[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Smash the Glass Ceiling

Society seems obsessed with being skinny and perfect. But while getting skinny isn’t going to get you #instafamous, the fear of ‘fat’ can limit us to staying small and living off the scraps of love and worthiness (including paychecks). We talk with the larger than life Jay Crisp Crow on how her disability became a superpower, how she smashed her own self-imposed glass ceilings, why it's’ important to feel the fear and do it anyway and why you can be both fat AND beautiful. Who is Jay Crisp...

[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Have Periods

Why is there so much shame around our periods? Why do our periods seem like a burden, something that diminishes us and our ability to function in the world instead of being a source of empowerment? In today's world of self-empowerment, our periods are still used to control, and negate a female's sense of self, especially in disconnecting her from her body. This was such a fabulous and educational conversation about menstruation, and how to work with our hormones instead of against them. We...

[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Talk About Period Poverty

Remember that time you were in the car, at the meeting, picking your kids up from school or doing the groceries and suddenly you realized your period had leaked through your clothes? We’ve all been there and been embarrassed and most of us have probably had a tampon or pad in our handbag or asked another woman for one whose gladly given it.  But what if you live below the poverty line and you have to choose between food and pads? What if you’re homeless the only options available to you ...

Christmas Crackers: The Rebels Blooper Reel

Happy Holidays, Rebels and Rulebreakers!  Today we gift you the awkward, silly behind-the-scenes outtakes in creating the very first season of Good Girls Don't Podcast.  A heartfelt thank you to all our listeners, and to the incredible humans who let us pick their brains in 2019.  We'll be back in 2020 with the second season of Good Girls Don't, but until then we'll be sharing some of your favorite episodes to delight in all over again.  Merry Christmas!  Ashleigh and Verity  @go...

#24 Good Girls Don't Build Buses

Show of hands: do you know how to use a power drill, or install windows on a bus? Neither do we.  And it’s one of the unlikeliest places you’d expect, at least based on patriarchal gender roles - for a woman to find her purpose. But not only did Sarah Taylor find a deep, meaningful purpose to building her internet-famous bus, Ms. P, she also discovered who she was and exactly what she was made of.  Today, we spoke to Sarah about how humans like you and us can choose to create businesse...

[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Explore Their Sexuality

We're on break this week while Ashleigh celebrates her Birthday - but while we're off the airwaves, you can soak up the single most popular episode to date: Good Girls Don't Explore Their Sexuality with Amy Towle.  Enjoy, Rebels!

'Tis the Day of Cake and Celebration

We're taking this week off the airwaves so Ashleigh can celebrate her Birthday. Don't fret though, because we have you covered with an episode dropping Monday morning!

#23 Good Girls Don't Talk About Money

>> Help Make Good Girls Don't Awesome in 2020 Here << Money. We love it. We hate it. Its one of the craziest relationships we have and while it can bring us so much joy, we often find ourselves, especially as women, stuck in a world of shame and guilt over the stuff. And that's where Debbie Sassen comes in! Debbie is a Money Mindset Coach for Women in Business. She shows them how to manage their minds so they can make more money - and take care of it better. Debbie's coaching approac...

#22 Good Girls Don't Talk About Domestic Violence

Didn't we solve this with #AustraliaSaysNo and all the other awareness campaigns? Heck no!  And that's why we tracked ourselves an expert to talk to us about what's really happening in Australia when it comes to domestic violence. Enter, 25-year psychotherapy veteran, Anita Bentata.  We chatted to her about: Feminine principle hemispherectomy. What is it and why it’s CRUCIAL to resolving domestic violence. Why women don’t want to identify with being in domestic violent relationships...

#21 Good Girls Don't Get Menopausal

Why do we not talk about Menopause? And when we do, it’s all the fear and drudgery of it that never leaves us feeling empowered to be a female or to look forward to aging with grace and wisdom. Chantal Vanderhaeghen chatted to us today about the truth about menopause and debunking the myths and fear around the ‘crone’ as an ugly, jealous malicious archetype that is so personified by the wicked stepmother and evil witches of folklore and fairytales. Here we had 3 generations chatting ab...

#21 Good Girls Don't Get Menpausal

Why do we not talk about Menopause? And when we do, it’s all the fear and drudgery of it that never leaves us feeling empowered to be a female or to look forward to aging with grace and wisdom. Chantal Vanderhaeghen chatted to us today about the truth about menopause and debunking the myths and fear around the ‘crone’ as an ugly, jealous malicious archetype that is so personified by the wicked stepmother and evil witches of folklore and fairytales. Here we had 3 generations chatting ab...

#20 Good Girls Don't Have Opinions

We love feminism and yet so many people keep asking us exactly what do we mean by ‘feminism’? Well, who else would be more perfect to talk to than emerging Author, Copywriter, Blogger, Mother and #OpinionatedWoman, Jennifer Zeven. Jennifer's articles have been featured in Whimn, Kidspot, and Roooar! Magazine. She is one of Medium's Top Writers in Feminism and is taking time away from copywriting to write her first manuscript. Visceral, raw and necessary, Jennifer shares her experiences o...

#18 Good Girls Don't Accept Infertility

As women, we’re designed to have babies. Even if we don’t want them our bodies are ensuring they remind us every month, for every year for over a 40yr span that we’re baby-makers. Granted there are women who have ZERO interest in having kids and that's absolutely their right to choose. But what happens and what does it REALLY feel like to know that you do not even have a choice? What happens when we desperately want a child but our body just won’t allow it? Today Marie Louise shares her pe...

#19 Good Girls Don't Accept Infertility

As women, we’re designed to have babies. Even if we don’t want them our bodies are ensuring they remind us every month, for every year for over a 40yr span that we’re baby-makers. Granted there are women who have ZERO interest in having kids and that's absolutely their right to choose. But what happens and what does it REALLY feel like to know that you do not even have a choice? What happens when we desperately want a child but our body just won’t allow it? Today Marie Louise shares her pe...

#18 Good Girls Don't Ask For It

If good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people, and if the good are rewarded and the naughty are punished, what happens when bad things happen to good people? This premise is the basis of ‘Victim blaming’. Instead of holding a criminal responsible, society screams, “Well she must have been asking for it!”.   Did you give mixed signals? Why were you alone at night? Where you drunk? How short was your skirt? She was dancing like a slut. She slept with the ...

#17 Good Girls Don't Let Men Rise

Working with women in relationships, women constantly ask, “How do I get my partner to open up?”. As women rise, so many of us are feeling like our men are getting left behind. So how do we support them and inspire them to rise while acknowledging and accepting their own divine timing to step up? And this is where we stumbled across Aaron Spence. If you haven’t met Aaron you probably should. He’s cool, confident, intelligent and has a great sense of humour all in a laid back, easy-to-get-t...

#16 Good Girls Don't Date Bad Boys

If you go looking for it, you will find a plethora of women’s empowerment circles and communities - but for real equality to rise, there also needs to be space for men to gather together and take part in their own spiritual, emotional and psychological development.  So we sat down with Tyran Mowbray, affectionately known as The Hairy Healer to talk about bringing men into the fold, developing their own spiritual practice, healing and maintaining emotional health - and boy oh boy, does Tyra...

[RE-BROADCAST] Good Girls Don't Fight the Child Sex Trade

Verity and Ashleigh are kicking back with tea and tim-tams for another week and while they're gearing up for more episodes, you can re-live the incredible, inspiring work of Dr. Lorel Mayberry from Borderless Friendships Western Australia.  This episode originally aired on July 28th 2019. Child sex trafficking. We know it happens but most of us assume there is NOTHING we can do. How wrong we are. Dr. Lorel Mayberry, the president of Borderless Friendship WA opened our eyes up to the trut...