Marie Claire and The Thinkergirls Present We Need To Talk About... Today's Topic: Should We Ban The Word Pretty? 00:38 - Foreword from Editor of Marie Claire Nicky Briger  1:13 - Kristie explains her complex relationship with the word 'pretty'  2:47 - Kristie realises that looks and 'being pretty' is a currency in her childhood  4:32 - When Kristie asked Mum at 11 'do you think I'm pretty?'  7:41 - The Thinkergirls ask little girls what they think of the word pretty?  14:43 -...

Marie Claire and The Thinkergirls Present We Need To Talk About... Today's Topic: Happiness 00:26 - Foreword from Editor of Marie Claire Nicky Briger   1:17 - Marie Claire writer Kathryn Madden shares her experience of completing Yale's 'Happiness Course'  6:12 - Obsessing over what you don't have is the killer of happiness  9:57 - Visualisation as a technique to promote happiness from the course  12:38 - Writer of 'Happy As' Lisa Portolan on why we're all so obsessed with being...

Marie Claire and The Thinkergirls Present We Need To Talk About... Today's Topic: Miscarriage 00:31 - Foreword from Editor of Nikki Birgger  1:13 - Co-founder of Pink Elephant Support Samantha Payne takes us through the stats of miscarriage  8:33 - How important is it that people around someone experiencing a miscarriage know how to support?  10:01 - Features Director of Marie Claire Sarah Grant  11:33 - Kristie goes through the do’s and don’t when someone around you has experienced...

Marie Claire and The Thinkergirls Present We Need To Talk About... Today's Topic: I Do - One Year on from Marriage Equality 00:56 - Foreword from Editor of Nicky Briger  1:23 - LGBTQI advocate / champion Jason Ball on where marriage equality is in 2019  7:40 - Luke & Craig said ‘I do’ this year. They share their story  10:47 - The powerful moment that made them realise what marriage equality actually means  18:36 - Has anything changed in their relationship post...

Marie Claire and The Thinkergirls Present We Need To Talk About... Today's Topic: Emotional Labour 00:44 - Foreword from Editor of Nikki Briger 1:27 - What actually is ‘emotional labor’ in a relationship to Stace and Kristie?  5:43 - Women bit by bit taking on more in relationships  8:18 - Feminine and masculine energy in relationships. We’re not just talking about men and women here  12:27 - Kids being a game-changer for ‘emotional labour’ in relationships  15:33 - What are some...

Marie Claire and The Thinkergirls Present We Need To Talk About... Today's Topic: Anxiety. 0:28 - A foreward from Editor of Marie Claire, Nicky Briger. 1:04 - The Thinkergirls interview Juanita Phillips; ABC News Presenter, author and mother of two. 7:14 - Marie Claire staff Millie, Robyn and Susie tell us how their anxiety started. 9:07 - The Thinkergirls interview Jill Stark; Author of Happily Never After. 15:41 - Millie shares how she deals with her anxiety through...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… STACE'S BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 05:30 - The big news Stace has to share with everybody!!!  07:15 - Why Stace is SO nervous about sharing it  08:45 - Where the decision came from  14:05 - The signs Stace felt on the day from people that had passed away  20:20 - Sorry, you NAPPED on this...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… The 411 - The giphy debate + Meghan Markle was too eager after her first date with Prince Harry 4:00 – The Gif/Jif debate leads to a discussion of the pros of Jiffy 6:51 – The NY times reported on this… in 2003! 8:46 – The founder of giphy said at the 2013 webby awards that he thinks...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Trinny Woodall on Aussie Style, Designing a makeup range and choosing not to regret 6:54 - Being in a partnership, over time you become the Yin and the Yang. 9:22 - What is Trinny Time and why does she love it so much? 13:27 - Trinny has so much self-confidence. How did she get to that...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Lola Berry On Heartbreak, Inner Strength & Knowing Your Worth When Dating 5:50 - What's the process of writing a book - how long does it take? 7:00 - How do you come up with ideas for the books? Lola has written 10 in 8 years!  9:20 - Lola shares how she was smashed after her 'Day...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Juliet Allen on how to know you've found 'the one' + tips for connected sex 1:00 - Kristie’s trick to affording walnuts. LOL  7:24 - are dudes using condoms more these days?  8:23 - as a sexologist are there trends / patterns in clients Juliet sees? What are they?  11:22 - do you want...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Not Coping With Sundays When You're Single + Period Chat 9:16 - Sunday’s have always been built on a feeling of ‘fun’s over’  11:36 - Feeling guilt. Is there a way to change the ideas of what you ‘should’ be doing. Are you being realistic?  14:17 - What are the things that symbolise you...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Rae Morris on learning through fear, the highs of her career and what editorial really means 6:00 - The reality of publishing a book is terrifying. 9:31 – What does it mean to be an editorial makeup artist? 13:41 - Rae explains the benefit of using a makeup brush on your hair. 15:43 -...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Talitha Cummins on beating anxiety + female binge drinking 7:15 - Where Talitha started her journalism career  9:36 - Talitha recalls her first job as a total introvert and how that felt to realise she was anxious  1:05 - The surreal anxious feeling where you go our of body in...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Motherhood Week - Stacey June shares her first experience as a Mum 3:43 - The Thinkergirls have a crack at a convo they've never had before....motherhood  6:23 - Stace & Ben's journey to conceiving & how convo's about kids happened very very early on  9:19 - Not being able to...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… The 411 - Bachie Live Recap with Osher Gunsberg 3:30 – We’re all a bit devo about Shannon leaving Bachie, but what goes on behind the scenes? Osher shares the reality… 5:33 – Where do eliminated contestants go when they get driven off set? 9:23 – The Sympathy Pash between Cass and...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Lucy Peach + The Power Of The Period Lucy shares how she became so fascinated and inspired by the menstrual cycle (4:46) We look at the female menstrual cycle as an inconvenience when it’s so much more powerful than that (7:21) Lucy breaks down the menstrual cycle broken down into the...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… The 411 - Royal Wedding Breakdown 6:30 – Who are all the kids at the wedding? Where did they come from?!   11:51 – Megan arrived alone and it made Kristie so sad for her.   14:02 – Prince Charles walked Megan down the aisle, rather than her mum.   18:13 – The tradition of “giving away the...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Julie Stevanja (Stylerunner CEO) on how to become a great manager Stace & Kristie don't throw the word 'inspire' around loosely & delve into why they find Julie to be exactly that (6:07) How do you learn to manage a team when you've never done it before? Julie explains...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Emma Isaacs On Letting Go Of The End Game + Never Having A 'Real' Job 7:09 - Emma on her new book ‘Winging It’  8:36 - Where do you even start when you’re writing a book?  10:53 - Where’s the line with trying to control versus trusting that what will be will be?  12:09 - How do you...

Welcome to our 2018 Summer Sessions! We’re going back and bringing you our fave eps from this year to get you through the summer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Thinkergirl!   This Episode… Meet The Thinkergirls: Stacey drops her engagement story and Kristie's first bday single Wanna know what the gals are reading/watching/listening to in TG Froths? (4:45) Kristie gets super vulnerable and shares why she was so nervous this Birthday...she's single (8:15) Stace speaks about the...

On Ep 149 of The Thinkergirls Pod Channel, besties Stacey June and Kristie Mercer - The Thinkergirls - break down the year that has been, sharing what happened month by month, from starting the Pod Channel, to Stace's marriage and Kristie owning her passion for singing. 3:12 – January: Stace was in equipment here + Kristie was feeling optimistic 8:20 - February: Reality sunk in for Kristie + Stace was feeling exhausted 12:05 - March: Kristie was feeling lost + Stacey fell...

We are thrilled to have you listen to the sneak peek of We Need To Talk About... covering our first topic: Anxiety. Anxiety is the leading cause of ill health in girls and women in Australia. 1 in 3 women, and 1 in 5 men, will experience Anxiety in their lifetime. Full season of We Need To Talk About... drops Monday 21st January 2019. Marie Claire and The Thinkergirls Present We Need To Talk About... Today's Topic: Anxiety. 0:28 - A foreward from Editor of Marie Claire, Nicky...

On EP 147 of The Thinkergirls Pod Channel, Stacey June and Kristie Mercer creators of some of the most successful female podcasts and content in Australia sit down with another amazing guest; Chief Brand Officer of Bumble and badass girl boss Alex Williamson! 5:09 - Bumble is the “It Girl” of dating apps and technology. 7:06 - Rejection breeds aggression, which is why women making the first move on Bumble has redefined the dating dynamic. 11:02 - Bumble’s goal is to end misogyny, and...