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What happens when you can't pay the rent or find anywhere cheaper? Perhaps you or your dependents are ill, divorce or loss has left you short, or you're unemployed or retired with minimal savings, or you've left a bad situation. No one imagines they will one day become homeless. Women over 55 are the largest growing cohort in Australia. What's it like to face homelessness?
TA = temporary accommodationHAAG = Housing for the Aged Action Group https://www.oldertenants.org.au/haag/aboutCHIA = Community Housing Industry Association https://www.communityhousing.com.au/Wesley Edward Eagar Lodge Crisis and emergency accommodation in Sydney, NSW.Homeless Persons hotlineCBT = Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Departing of Community Housing https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/nswgovdirectory/dcj-housing
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, the guests share their stories of hardship, how they came to the point of homelessness and the subsequent impact on their lives.
In the first episode, they share their life stories and the process they went through to find a home; in this second episode, they share personal triumphs and trials, discuss their views on what needs to change and offer advice for others who may find themselves facing homelessness or want to advocate for others.
Please note: * Content warning for discussion of child sexual abuse and sexual violence that some may find distressing. If you need help, please call Lifeline or Beyond Blue.COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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TA = temporary accommodationHAAG = Housing for the Aged Action Group https://www.oldertenants.org.au/haag/aboutCHIA = Community Housing Industry Association https://www.communityhousing.com.au/Wesley Edward Eagar Lodge Crisis and emergency accommodation in Sydney, NSW.Homeless Persons hotlineCBT = Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Departing of Community Housing https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/nswgovdirectory/dcj-housing
What happens when you can't pay the rent or find anywhere cheaper? Perhaps you or your dependents are ill, divorce or loss has left you short, or you're unemployed or retired with minimal savings, or you've left a bad situation. No one imagines they will one day become homeless. Women over 55 are the largest growing cohort in Australia. What's it like to face homelessness?
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, the guests share their stories of hardship, how they came to the point of homelessness and the subsequent impact on their lives. In this first episode, they share their life stories and the process they went through to find a home; in the second episode, they discuss their views on what needs to change, share personal triumphs and trials and offer advice for others embarking on the process.
* Content warning for content covering child sexual abuse and sexual violence that some listeners may find distressing. If you need help, please call Lifeline or Beyond Blue.COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Sound production: Unison Sound.
Producer: Luke Mynott, Beth Armstrong
Host: Beth Armstrong
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Part Two - we highly recommend listening to Part 1 first!
In Australia, drinking alcohol is invariably a rite of passage into adulthood, an intrinsic part of our culture for better or worse. It’s fun, relaxing and a social lubricant; sometimes, it becomes a coping mechanism to deal with stress, anxiety or unpleasant emotions. What happens when you’re compelled to drink even though you know it’s causing you problems?
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, the guests share their stories of how drinking alcohol became problematic and the steps they took to get help, recover and grow from the experience. Speaking anonymously, they share the misconceptions, silver linings and pitfalls and offer advice for others embarking on the process.
* Content warning - adult themes. If you need help, please call Lifeline or Beyond Blue.Share women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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In Australia, drinking alcohol is invariably a rite of passage into adulthood, an intrinsic part of our culture for better or worse. It’s fun, relaxing and a social lubricant; sometimes, it becomes a coping mechanism to deal with stress, anxiety or unpleasant emotions. What happens when you’re compelled to drink even though you know it’s causing you problems?
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, three articulate women share their stories of how drinking alcohol became problematic and the steps they took to get help, recover and grow from the experience. Speaking anonymously, they share misconceptions, silver linings and pitfalls and offer advice for others embarking on the process.
* Content warning - adult themes. If you need help, please call Lifeline or Beyond Blue.Share women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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We leave school with plans to study or work and an idea of how life might unfold, but as the saying goes: "Life is what happens when we're busy making other plans." Some people want to change course or expand, returning to study at a later age. Is it ever too late to start again? Tonight's club is Mature Age Students.
Beth Armstrong guides a conversation between three generous, articulate and thoughtful women who speak anonymously about how and why they came to study in mid-life and beyond, their fears, experiences, and discoveries.Share women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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This is Part 2. We highly recommend you listen to Part 1 first.
When we partner and have children, no one imagines they will end up in family court fighting to access those children or keep them safe from a person once trusted. What is it like to deal with the family court in Australia?
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, the guests share their stories of how they came to be at Family Court, their experience and how it has impacted their families and lives. Speaking anonymously, they give their views on what needs to change and offer advice for others embarking on the process.
* Content warning for discussion of coercive control, domestic violence, suicidality and child abuse. If you need help, please call Lifeline or Beyond BlueShare women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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When we partner and have children, no one imagines they will end up in family court fighting to access those children or keep them safe from a person once trusted. What is it like to deal with the family court in Australia?
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, three guests share their stories of how they came to be at Family Court, their experience and how it has impacted their families and lives. Speaking anonymously, they give their views on what needs to change and offer advice for others embarking on the process.
Please note this episode is a little unusual in that the first part is the story of one woman who had to purge her story; the other two stories and discussion are in Part 2.
* Content warning for discussion of coercive control, domestic violence, suicidality and child abuse. If you need help, please call Lifeline or Beyond Blue
For an in-depth ABC article on this subject, please read "False Witness" by Heidi Davoren for Background Briefing:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-19/family-court-report-writer-recording-expert-witness-ahpra/102185414?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
And a podcast link:
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Part Two (We highly recommend listening to Part One first)
Humans are social creatures wired to seek connection, and we grow up with stories of romantic love and the assumption we will partner. What’s it like when you’re not looking for love, you’ve been there, done that, or content single - or partnered - and then you’re struck by cupid’s arrow?
Beth Armstrong guides a conversation between three generous, articulate and thoughtful women who speak anonymously about their experiences of falling in love unexpectedly and how it impacted their lives.
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue at 1300 224 636 or Lifeline at 13 11 14.Share women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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Host: Beth Armstrong
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Artwork: wisebrownfox
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Humans are social creatures wired to seek connection, and we grow up with stories of romantic love and the assumption we will partner. What’s it like when you’re not looking for love, you’ve been there, done that, or content single - or partnered - and then you’re struck by cupid’s arrow?
Beth Armstrong guides a conversation between three generous, articulate and thoughtful women who speak anonymously about their experiences of falling in love unexpectedly and how it impacted their lives.
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue at 1300 224 636 or Lifeline at 13 11 14.Share women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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Producer: Luke Mynott, Beth Armstrong
Host: Beth Armstrong
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Composer: Biddy Connor
Artwork: wisebrownfox
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Part Two ( We highly recommend you listen to Part One first)
Our fathers are pivotal in our lives, assuming they're present as role models and caregivers - we hope they love us and have our best interests in mind. The father/daughter relationship is key to a girl's development and self-esteem. So what happens when it's dysfunctional, toxic or broken down to the point of estrangement?
The conversation continues between three women, strangers with a commonality: they became estranged from their fathers.
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, the guests discuss in-depth how this came to be and the impact on their esteem, relationships and families, and their thoughts and advice to others who may be joining the "club."
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.Share women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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Host: Beth Armstrong
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Artwork: wisebrownfox
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Our fathers are pivotal in our lives, assuming they're present as role models and caregivers - we hope they love us and have our best interests in mind. The father/daughter relationship is key to a girl's development and self-esteem. So what happens when it's dysfunctional, toxic or broken down to the point of estrangement?
This is a conversation between three women, strangers with a commonality: they became estranged from their fathers.
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, the guests discuss in-depth how this came to be and the impact on their esteem, relationships and families, and their thoughts and advice to others who may be joining the "club."
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.Share women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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Sound production: Unison Sound.
Producer: Luke Mynott, Beth Armstrong
Host: Beth Armstrong
Editor: Tom Herdman, Mija Healey.
Sound Engineer: Micayla Laurence, Cihan Siral.
Composer: Biddy Connor
Artwork: wisebrownfox
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Part Two
This is a conversation between three women from different countries (Brazil, Singapore and India), strangers with a commonality: they emigrated to Australia.
The decision is to pack up and move away from your extended family, friends, and culture to live in a foreign land. Perhaps for work, to broaden opportunities, education, love or adventure, or to live a better or a different life. We imagine it might be a certain way, but it's a leap into the unknown. What's it like to emigrate to Australia?
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, the guests discuss in-depth why they emigrated and the experience of doing so. Speaking anonymously they share how it has altered them; it's an intriguing, winding and frank conversation.
Topics include:
The pandemic experience
Gains and losses of Emigration
Stereotypes
Sense of Belonging
Food discrimination
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Host: Beth Armstrong
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The decision is to pack up and move away from your extended family, friends, and culture to live in a foreign land. Perhaps for work, to broaden opportunities, education, love or adventure, or simply to live a better or a different life. We imagine it might be a certain way, but it’s a leap into the unknown. What’s it like to emigrate to Australia?
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, the guests (from India, Singapore and Brazil) discuss in-depth why they emigrated and the experience of doing so. Speaking anonymously they share how it has altered them; it's an intriguing, winding and frank conversation.
Topics include:
Perceptions of Australia prior to emigrating
Racism
Multiculturalism
Australianisms
Raising children away from your own culture
Mother-guilt
Aussie spirit
Finding new friends
Approach to relationshipsShare women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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Sound production: Unison Sound.
Producer: Luke Mynott, Beth Armstrong
Host: Beth Armstrong
Editor: Tom Herdman, Mija Healey.
Sound Engineer: Micayla Laurence, Cihan Siral.
Composer: Biddy Connor
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As children, we read stories about romance and living happily ever after. We learn there’s a script to follow: find our passion, our job, meet somebody and create a family. What happens when your life doesn’t follow that script, and you are single and want to have children?
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Host, Beth Armstrong guides a conversation between three bold, funny and wise women who speak together anonymously to share their stories of how and why they decided to raise children independently.
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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You’re married or partnered, maybe have children, a career and your identity is heterosexual, but then you’re single again and unexpectedly you fall in love with a woman. How does that work?
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Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, three bold, funny and wise women speak together anonymously to share their stories of coming out later in life and how it has affected their lives.
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing for some listeners. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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Part Two (We recommend listening to Part One first)
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The conversation continues. Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, three bold, funny and wise women speak together anonymously to share their stories of coming out later in life and how it has affected their lives.
You’re married or partnered, maybe have children, a career and your identity is heterosexual, but then you’re single again and unexpectedly you fall in love with a woman. How does that work?
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing for some listeners. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Topics include:Share women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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Sound production: Unison Sound.
Producer: Luke Mynott, Beth Armstrong
Host: Beth Armstrong
Editor: Tom Herdman, Mija Healey.
Sound Engineer: Micayla Laurence, Cihan Siral.
Composer: Biddy Connor
Artwork: wisebrownfox
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Part Two (We highly recommend you listen to Part One first)
The host, Beth Armstrong, guides an in-depth discussion between three brave, astute and articulate women who speak together anonymously to share their stories of abuse when they were children and how it affected their lives.
As children, we grow and learn the ways of the world and what is right and wrong. Our parents and carers, who we rely on, are our guides. But what happens when those adults or any person asks you to do something, or someone does something to you, touches you in a way that doesn't feel right or makes you feel strange? Maybe you're told it's special or a secret, or that it's your fault. When someone who professes to love you and should protect you, hurts you, it's confusing and damaging at any age, especially for vulnerable children. How do you make sense of it, escape it and cope? Tonight's episode is the Child Abuse Club.Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing for some listeners. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Topics include:
why the perpetrator sexually abuses a child? love/coercion/grooming/using the idea of love as manipulation abuse begets abuse as an excuse forgiveness stranger assault inflicting devastation on children invisible harm, but mental devastation strategies of violence or emotional manipulation to comply sexual abuse survivor triggersmistrust and defensiveness, violent reactions scepticism from others because of nondisclosure as a child scepticism because you didn't go to the police facing/confronting the perpetrator many years later visualising name change/moving away from the perpetrator hatred strength, using your voice/ validating having experience confirmed Hannah Gadsby show, “Nanette” family dysfunction/ ripple effectparenting style anti-secrecy / body autonomyShare women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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As children, we grow and learn the ways of the world and what is right and wrong. Our parents and carers, who we rely on, are our guides. But what happens when they or any person asks you to do something, or someone does something to you, touches you in a way that doesn't feel right or makes you feel strange? Maybe you're told it's special or a secret, or that it's your fault. When someone who professes to love you and should protect you, hurts you, it's confusing and damaging at any age, especially for vulnerable children. How do you make sense of it, escape it and cope?
The host, Beth Armstrong guides a conversation between three brave, astute and articulate women, strangers who speak together anonymously to share their stories of abuse when they were children and how it has affected their lives.
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing for some listeners. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Topics include:
sexual assaultgrooming/ pornographic imagesemotional abuse sexual responses / out of body experiences violencesecrecy disclosure intergenerational traumamultiple perpetrators recriminations social difficulties / brain development / learning difficulties healing non-abusive parental guiltsigns of abuse / sleeping difficulties/ eating disordersrunningmasking true emotions - clown facetrust difficultiescelibacy / turning to religion sexually promiscuous distorted true nature suicide family reputation accusations of victim being somehow partly responsibledistorted ideas of love, manipulationvictim feeling sexual pleasure is an indicator of guilt, confusion whistleblower syndrome, where the victim is seen as the troublemakerthreats of violencepower of the voice, of speaking out self-punishment drugs as a coping mechanism/ angerShare women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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We meet someone, fall in love, and develop a relationship, but then something happens, and your partner hurts, manipulates or frightens you. Perhaps you address it, but it's denied, or it's somehow your fault, or they apologise and promise it won't happen again. And we all make mistakes, so you trust this person who has hitherto loved you to redeem themselves. But what happens when this becomes a pattern, and you slowly realise you are walking on eggshells and embroiled in a volatile or destructive relationship?
The host, Beth Armstrong, guides an in-depth discussion between three brave, astute and articulate women who speak together anonymously to share their domestic violence stories with an intimate partner, how they escaped, and how it has affected their lives.Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing for some listeners. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Topics include:
impact of domestic violence / overt and covert abuseemotional, physical and sexual abusestereotypes / cross-cultural and class family law courtalcoholismonline connectionscharming, manipulative and deceitful frog in boiling water analogyabusive childhoodcontrol - creating dependence/ jealousy preference for a boy baby / obsessed with perfection - “mini-me” childperpetrator playing the victim - accusations of affairs and deceitrelationship models from childhood compassion - women brought up to fix things emotional investment for love, wanting the dreamtheir hurt, wronged by past partners, comparisonsfriends who call out abusive behaviour as enemies, perpetrator criticising themisolation / managing safety for childrenguardian angel friendscycle of violencepsychological abuse and coercive control/ physical intimidationperpetrators in the police forceimage-based abuse - fake profile - publishing intimate photos onlinenavigating escapeShare women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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Our mothers birth us and/or raise us, and if so, are naturally pivotal in our lives as role models and caregivers - we hope they love us and have our best interests in mind and that we love them. But what happens when that isn't the case, or they are dysfunctional, or the relationship between you is toxic or broken down to the point of estrangement. How does that affect you and your place in the world?
Beth Armstrong guides the conversation between three brave, astute and articulate women who speak together anonymously to share their stories of how they became estranged from their mothers and the consequences.
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing for some listeners. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.Topics include:
abandonment/ family dysfunctionparental deathfavourtismemotional/ physical abuse / sexual assault alcoholism / drugs, sex and alcohol as a means of copingbisexualityfather as primary carerJehovahs Witness philosophy of "don’t spare the rod, you’ll spoil the child"black sheep/ running away/ hiding - faking it untill we make itshame / intergenerational trauma gaslighting / criticismbody dysmorphia / anxiety / depression / perfectionism child as parentkilling desire to become a parentpost-natal depressionweaponising grandchildren unconditional loveresilience / therapy / self-care self-punishment / lonelinessaffirmations / belongingfriends become familyunpredictability / sabotagemeditation / peace / acceptanceworkaholic / unemploymentShare women's wisdom worldwide - for everyone.
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