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Want to know how to close the orgasm gap? Riding your hormonal rollercoaster blindfolded? Feel like kicking your mental load to the kerb? You're not the only one. Ladies, We Need To Talk dives headfirst into the tricky topics we often avoid talking about, like our alcohol consumption, the struggles of monogamy and the wonders of our vaginas. With sensitivity, personal stories, and serious smarts, this show is for women who feel the squeeze between work, their private life, and their pelvic floor. Join host Yumi Stynes as she tears open the sealed section on life.

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    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.7 • 212 Ratings

Want to know how to close the orgasm gap? Riding your hormonal rollercoaster blindfolded? Feel like kicking your mental load to the kerb? You're not the only one. Ladies, We Need To Talk dives headfirst into the tricky topics we often avoid talking about, like our alcohol consumption, the struggles of monogamy and the wonders of our vaginas. With sensitivity, personal stories, and serious smarts, this show is for women who feel the squeeze between work, their private life, and their pelvic floor. Join host Yumi Stynes as she tears open the sealed section on life.

    Aunty Yumi is in the house and she needs your questions!

    Aunty Yumi is in the house and she needs your questions!

    Have you ever had a problem you couldn't quite solve? An issue none of your mates could give you advice on? 

    Enter Yumi Stynes! Your resident agony aunt and all around hottie with the best guidance for all your life problems.

    Whether you need help with your relationship, dating woes or friendships (just to name a few) Yumi is your gal and she would love to help you out!

    Send a voice note through to ladies@abc.net.au and the gorg ladies team will be in touch! 

    Pongy vagina

    Pongy vagina

    Uh oh, what’s that you smell... a funky odour down below? The thought of having a stinky crotch is nightmare fuel for some women, but do we even need to worry about our musky bouquet?  




    The delicate aroma of our lady-garden can be affected by things like our menstrual cycle and our lifestyle but how do we tell when the stank goes from normal to full on malodorous pudenda territory and what can be done about it?  




    It’s time to take off those undies and confront the smelly minge in the room with your bestie Yumi by your side for support.  




    Featured in this episode:  
    Deborah Bateson, Professor of Practice and an expert in sexual health at the University of Sydney 
    Sarah O'Neill, comedian  

    • 27 min
    Staying for the money

    Staying for the money

    What happens when you want a divorce but the cost of leaving your marriage would cripple you financially?  

    Would you ever stay in an unhappy marriage for the security money offers?  

    It’s no secret, life is bloody expensive right now. From soaring rents to the cost of a bunch of broccoli, times are tough! So, sticking it out in a relationship you’re no longer happy in can seem appealing.  

    Yumi Stynes talks to women who’ve had to make that extremely difficult choice.  

    Featured in this episode:  

    Victoria Devine, host of She’s on the Money 

    Emily Maguire, CEO of Respect Victoria 

    Rachel Voysey, Founding Director of the Relationship Room 







    Some names have been changed to protect identities 

    Life Line: 13 11 14

    1800 Respect: 1800 737 732

    • 26 min
    Clementine Ford on the case against marriage

    Clementine Ford on the case against marriage

    What if we put a stop to marriage...for good? Like, just stop with flouncy white dresses, walking down the aisle and having a dude give us away.  

    In her new book, I Don’t, Clementine Ford is calling for just that. She reckons that a ring on a finger is a bridal march to losing your identity. 

    From the moment we come screaming into the world, we’re pushed the line that to find “the one” to get married and settle down is the be all and end all. You might discover a cure for cancer, scale Mt Everest and be a total baddie but if you’re unwed you haven't quite made it in the eyes of society. 

    Clem Ford talks to Yumi Stynes about her call to arms for us to ditch the bouquets and our man's dirty laundry for a life on our own terms. 

    Featured in this episode: 
    Clementine Ford, author and feminist  
     

    • 26 min
    BEST OF - Pelvic flaw in all of us

    BEST OF - Pelvic flaw in all of us

    Do you wizz when you sneeze? Or avoid star jumps at the gym? One in four of us (!) have pelvic floor problems which can lead to incontinence and prolapse (eek). 

    But don’t stress! Yumi Stynes has kegel’d her way back to the Ladies archives and dug up some reassurance that you can definitely turn things around. Just be prepared to clench. 

    • 29 min
    Falling for a narcissist

    Falling for a narcissist

    You think you’ve met “the one” and they seem totally perfect for you, but is it all too good to be true? Could you be dating a narcissist?  

    What starts out as a dreamy relationship filled with fancy presents and compliments galore, suddenly turns sour and you’re left wondering if you’re slowly losing your mind.  

    Narcissists make up only 1% of the population but the impact they have on the women who date them can be truly devastating.  

    Yumi Stynes meets women who have fallen in love with a narcissist and uncovers the psychology behind their charm.  

    Featured in this episode:  
    Tamara Cavenett, clinical psychologist  

    Some names have been changed to protect identities 

    Life Line: 13 11 14

    1800 Respect: 1800 737 732

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
212 Ratings

212 Ratings

SweetPotato*78 ,

“Ladies” is helping me heal from purity culture

I’m so glad I’ve found the “Ladies” podcast. I’m a 43-year-old woman who was raised in American Christian purity culture. Though I’ve been deconstructing the faith tradition I was given and have been completely free of those beliefs and worldviews for many years now, the “Ladies” podcast has accelerated my healing and given me the tools to reconstruct a value system that honors womanhood apart from patriarchy and prioritizes my wants and needs. The generous and profoundly intelligent conversations between Yumi and the experts she interviews have inspired confidence and strength in me. I look forward to every episode and recommend this podcast to all the women I know!

Ch3llyx ,

UPDATE!

Is there anyway we can get an update on them”Women who cheat” episode? Especially the second woman is the affair still going on/did it survive quarantine/lockdown?

Anne Nordmann ,

So happy you're back!

I have missed you! Very happy you're back for another season. I came for the childfree by choice episode and never left. The topics covered here are a lot of the things I think about but don't get to talk about too often. This podcast is interesting, enriching, and absolutely delightful.

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