Say it Sister...
Lucy and Karen, two 40-somethings, are always chatting about life, and all that it has to throw at them, and now want to share their raw, honest conversations with you. Their journey of finding their own voices, self-discovery and healing is something many of us can relate to. We all possess a unique power within us, but life’s trials often knock us off course. They have the tools, the courage to speak up and simply say it as it is, so you might feel seen, and understood and gain practical tools and techniques for self-discovery and personal growth during the changes we experience.
Episodes
89 episodes
Hammocks, Hard Truths And A Bit Of Hope
We press pause for the summer to reflect on Season 2, the conversations that hit hardest, and the quieter growth underneath it all. We talk honestly about energy, voice, sisterhood and hope, then set intentions for rest so we can return in Sept...
Unmasking: Midlife Teaches Us To Stop Performing And Start Living
We come home from a night of music and sisterhood and use it to explore why women mask, how safety changes what we show, and what it means to unmask without oversharing. We talk honestly about perimenopause, grief, identity shifts, and the libe...
How Adult Friendships Really Form And Last
Friendship becomes easier when we understand what actually builds it and when we stop trying to do it alone. We share what friendship looks like at midlife, how safety and healing change our circles, and why sisterhood can feel like medicine.&n...
Matriarchy Now. Stop rescuing everyone.
Patriarchy has had thousands of years to prove itself, and we are watching the cracks spread in real time. So what happens if we stop treating “matriarchy” as a joke, a reversal, or a fantasy, and start treating it as a practical framework for ...
Life On Our Own Terms
We talk about midlife as a coming of age, where we stop apologising and start building a life that fits our needs, our bodies, and our values. We share the parts of ourselves we once hid and how freedom becomes real through honest choices, not ...
Hay Festival, Cally Beaton and Midlife Reinvention
We talk through the surge that hits in midlife when we stop shrinking ourselves and start choosing joy without apology. Lucy shares Hay Festival inspiration and we trace how small acts of rebellion can turn into real reinvention at home, at wor...
Being Unapologetic Starts With One Honest No
We go deeper on what it means to be an unapologetic woman, especially the everyday moments where we abandon ourselves to keep the peace. We share real family and workplace examples of choosing ourselves with clarity, and we end by reframing una...
Unapologetic Women
Ever had a moment where everything looks fine on paper, yet you can’t shake the feeling that something is missing? We start there, with a message that landed in meditation and hit like a bell: you are the part that’s missing. For so many women,...
Part 2. Seasons of a woman, 30's, 40's and beyond
In the last episode we talked about childhood, maidenhood and what that means for women. In this episode we reflect on how women move through their thirties, forties, and into the edges of fifty, and how identity can change through marriage, mo...
Generations. The life cycles of womanhood and celebrating each life stage
Turning 50 can feel like a private revolution: the moment you realise you’re done performing, done shrinking, and done saying yes when you mean no. We’re two middle-aged coaches and friends, and we’re standing on the edge of a new life stage wi...
What Changes When Shame Switches Sides
Week after week, century after century, stories about sexual violence continue, so we are talking solutions, and why even years of healing does not make it painless. We focus on hope and practical action, from women gathering and speaking out t...
Man Or Bear And Now It’s Your Husband
We sit with the shock of a widely reported online “r*pe academy” and what it reveals about drugging, consent, and the scale of misogyny online. We share personal stories, name the anger and exhaustion women carry, and get practical about safety...
The Power Of Awe and searching for daily hope
We talk about awe as a real force that lifts our energy and widens what we believe is possible, especially when winter feels relentless and the news is heavy. We share stories of everyday helpers, then turn that hope into a practical dreaming f...
How The Manosphere Hooks Boys And Harms Girls
We name how the red pill manosphere feeds on low self-worth and turns pain into a performance of power that harms girls, boys, and families. We share what we notice as midlife women, why smartphones and algorithms make this harder, and why inte...
Carla Crivaro : Bonobo Lessons For A Safer World
We ask what the world could look like if women organised power differently, using bonobo matriarchies as a surprising lens on violence, safety and social cohesion. Carla Crivaro joins us to talk ...
You Can Speak Up Without Sounding Bossy
We stop normalising the ways we soften, apologise, and shrink our words at work, then practise swaps that sound clear, warm, and authoritative. We also get honest about interruptions and unwanted attention, and how naming boundaries protects bo...
Matriarchy Isn’t Power Over - quite the opposite
We explore how love, care and community can be a serious strategy for change, starting at home and rippling out. Stories of protest, school halls, grandmothers and deep democracy show how matriarchy is a circle that centres children and the pla...
IWD 2026: Rights, Justice, Action
We centre International Women’s Day by dropping the fluff and focusing on rights, justice, and action for women and girls. We name the weight of the moment, then show how rest, boundaries, and strategy turn exhaustion into sustainable courage a...
Who Gets Blamed For Lonely Men
We challenge the blame placed on women for male loneliness and declining birth rates, and we map practical ways to build safer homes, better policies, and stronger role models. From South Korea’s 4B to UK school funding, we trace how systems sh...
Leading Through Crisis With Emma Streets
We sit down with crisis comms expert Emma Streets to unpack why old communication playbooks fail during rolling crises and how a trauma‑informed approach helps...
From Epstein Files To Everyday Patriarchy
We confront the Epstein files as a lens on patriarchy, institutional silence, and the dark triad of sex, money, and power. We share lived stories, map the deny–deflect playbook, and make space for anger, grief, hope, and healing.• centr...
Female Rage, Midlife Anger and turning it into power
We explore female anger as life force, tracing how resentment turns to rage, how society polices women’s voices, and how boundaries transform heat into clean power. Real stories, body wisdom, and practical steps to name it, own it, and act with...
We Don’t Care Club Tribute: and the stuff we wish we didn't care about
We celebrate the We Don’t Care Club energy, ditch some performative rules, and get honest about the things we still struggle to release. Inspired by the brilliant Melani Sanders, this conversati...
The Beckhams: An Example of How We Blame Women And Let Men Off The Hook
Headlines love a villain, and too often she’s a woman. We dive into a high‑profile family feud not to trade gossip, but to trace the pattern beneath it: the siren myth that dumps blame on women while absolving men as heroes or innocents. From c...
Taking Charge Of Sexual Health In Midlife With Dr Nneka Nwokolo
Dr. Nneka Nwokolo, is the co-founder of NewWoman Health, an online and in-person clinic offering holistic menopause care. She is also an Honorary Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London.