Suck It And See with Nathy G

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. We know the passage of time dulls our memories somewhat - the edges of recollection fray, pain is forgotten or maybe regrets sharpen up to cut deeper. Today - I nose into a bit of my own nostalgia. This time 20 years ago (at the time of typing these notes) - I was 29 hours into a 30 hour labour - the result of which was my son Luca, who (it should come as no surpris...

Consider yourself warned.  In this bonus episode (specially dropped for International Women's Day) Megs and I will be exploring that most polarising of words - C**t.  Never ones to back down from an expletive - we take the time to actually research where the word came from, (25th century BC folks!!) why it's got such a bad rap in recent centuries, (hello the patriachy demonising women's sexuality,...

Turns out - memory isn’t something that you ‘have’, it’s something that you ‘do’. So says brain coach Jim Kwik. About 30% of our memory is genetic, but the rest - a whopping 70% is born from practice and purpose. After a crushingly embarrassing name forgetting incident that happened over the summer - I thought it time to investigate how I can enhance my name recalling skills. There were some great...

How often do you use other people’s names when interacting with them? Maybe you do with people you know - but what about people you don’t know? I became an avid name user and learner when I started running workshops, because instinctively - I knew that it was a quick way to develop rapport. (With an unusual name myself, I’ve always appreciated when people have inquired after it, and bothered to ta...

Move over Circadian Rhythms - I'm dancing to a new beat.  The beat of my Ultradian Rhythms.  Yes folks - turns out those mid-morning snack attacks, the mid-afternoon face plants on my desk, and those times when my brain just disconnected itself from reality were not just a result of big nights, no sleep and hangovers - nossssirrrreeeee.  That sexy beast science has delivered yet again with the rev...

Do you remember when you first said ‘I love you’ to your significant other? We’re you relaxed or were you terrified? Did you immediately regret it the nano-second the words galloped away from your lips? That was pretty much me. In today’s bonus Valentines Day episode, I share the lead up to the fateful declaration of ‘amore’ and how - despite the fact that I wasn’t looking for love - apparently it...

What do you choose to do on any given day?  Eat less crap?  Walk an extra 2000 steps?  Not binge the entire season 4 of Ozark in one sitting? Every day we choose our intentions and actions - and in today's 'small talk' episode I examine the choices that you can make to 'not be a C*#T'. It's not all profanity - there's a story - involving a 40 kg dog called Jack, a snake bite, 2 dribbling neanderth...

In this Big Talk episode I spend time with the amazing performer Nikki Bennett - NOT to be confused with Nikki Webster - Nikki B has been gracing Aussie and International stages and screens since winning a major prize in the Australian Singing Competition when she was a teenager. From there she went on to wow audiences in the rock musical ‘Hair’.  In the 20 or so year since then, this powerhouse p...

Spoiler Alert!  I don't know of a James Bond fan on the face of the earth who won't have seen the latest Bond film by the time this episode comes out, but don't say you haven't been warned - we do lift the lid on the good, the bad and the ugly of Daniel Craig's latest ab revealing Bond'scepade. With my good pal Meaghan Archunde (Megs), we go toe to toe in a critique of the latest Bond flick - whic...

In this slightly more reflective episode I share elements of my recent festive season experience and how it left me feeling far from relaxed and rejuvenated. Caring for (and about) others - whilst a great character trait - can leave naturally empathetic and highly sensitive people (yes folks I am soft and squishy on the inside), feeling not just depleted and exhausted - but quite frankly over ever...

Karen-Lee Roberts is a force of nature people.  Prevented from enrolling in primary school, with teachers at the time labelling her 'retarded' she went on the graduate high school in the top 3% of the state.  Diagnosed with Bi-Polar at 20 - with one of the worst cases her professor/psychiatrist said he had ever seen, she spent 20 years in and out of hospital, on so many drugs she rattled when she...

In this Silly Season short session - I’m mulling over the responsibilities of gift giving as an Auntie. With Covid keeping us apart most of the year - I’m finally with my family - including my 10 year old nephew - for Xmas. And as such, I want to be the cool Aunty, who’s gifts make the kids faces light up when they rip the paper off tomorrow morning. And what’s wrong with that? But - what is the r...

In this first of the ‘Silly Season Sessions’ - Australian’s obsession with getting sunburned over summer is put under the spotlight (UV rays not included listeners!). Nathy laments her misspent youth pursuing the great Aussie suntan. While she misguidedly applied baby oil and brown vinegar to try to tan her Anglo/Irish hide in the 70’s - and ended up more blistered than bronzed; she marvels at the...

Where do our senses of humor come from?  Over dirty martinis, one of my funniest friends Meaghan Archunde joins me to talk about how the torment of siblings builds your sense of humor, why Jesus of Nazareth should have had an R rating, and we ponder - just how young is too young to have seen the Exorcist? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...

You could say I have a love/hate relationship with money.  Love it when I have it, hate it when I don't.  Pretty simple you'd think? Yeah, but nah. Money seems to have caused me grief throughout much of my adult life whether I had it or not.  Spending my younger years perched high on the shoulders of my father while he laid bets at the races - horses, dogs, cats or whatever could run that you coul...

Did Covid change your shopping habits?  Have you bought stuff in the past 18 months that you would never have bought under normal circumstances?  Yeah me too!  Shopping has changed - and it's changed us.  And you can buy some crazy s**t online.  My latest online purchase?  Live lady bugs.  I s**t you not! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...

Author Nikki McWatters and I get up close and personal about motherhood, writing memoir, shagging pop stars and more.  We marvel at our sliding door lives of growing up on Queensland's Gold Coast - same schools, same teachers, same careers - pondering if our parents had in fact sneakily had it off with each other and are we in fact sisters!!  We also reminisce about our (almost famous) acting care...

Decision Fatigue is real and it's usually bashing down your door by 6pm - undoing all the good decisions you've made throughout the day - like exercising, eating well, and resisting online shopping deals - but come the end of the day when you're tired, cranky, and over the world - watch those good decisions come a tumbling down... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with ot...

Hooray!!! I made it to launch day - and I'm still sane (relatively) Welcome lovely listeners to my first episode! XXX Are you one of those people that insist on 'editing' photos of you taken on other people's phones?  Hey no judgement here - me too!  Vanity and opportunity collide to make everyone a Vogue Editor these days.  But just think of all those pics of you that don't make the cut - in ten...

Revised Trailer - the who, the what, the why and the how. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nathygaffney.substack.com