The Good Girl Confessional

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres welcomes back Tara Moss as we talk about her incredible new book and why the world needs more strong female role models. Since 1999 Canadian-Australian author Tara Moss has written 14 books, published in 19 countries and 13 languages. Her latest is the internationally released historical crime novel, The Ghosts of Paris, the sequel to her celebrated nov...

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with a remarkable woman and her journey to sobriety after an addiction threatened her life. Justine Whitchurch is a personal trainer, author, and recovered alcoholic (now thriving) 49year old Mum of two. There has never been a more pertinent time to speak a message of hope to all of those caught in the clutches of poor mental and physical health,...

Is your fear of public speaking holding you back? Are you struggling to get your message heard? Do you hate the sound of your own voice? Want to nail your next presentation? Command a room when you speak. Do you have to give a speech at a wedding or upcoming event? This might be the podcast episode for you! Today in the confessional, Sandy has a fun chat with Sally Prosser about voice coaching, co...

Karen Ostenried has worn many hats over the years. From professional singer to aerobics instructor, to the Chief Operations officer of an international biotech company. Karen impressively has three world firsts in medical technology accredited to her, and a number of Australian firsts in creating genetic models of human diseases. In 2009, Karen’s world would change forever. One week after she reti...

After a decade of teaching, Mish Wright started her second career as a Group Fit Instructor and Personal Trainer. Mish is the founder of the multi-award-winning fitness business franchise mishfit®, which specialised in training women. Sadly, it’s a fact that all education that fitness professionals undertake is based on the research of young fit men. Mish is passionate about educating everyone in...

Today in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Educator and Author, Debra Dank. Debra is a proud Gudanji/Wakaja woman who has worked in teaching and learning for over 40 years. Debra was the first Project Manager for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation when it was Constituted in 2011 and completed her PhD in Narrative Theory and Semiotics in 2021. She has just released her book, We Come with This Plac...

From Australian country girl to global citizen! If you are feeling fatigued, burnout and exhausted, chances are you are not alone! Today in the confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Sally Clarke, the Co-Director of Human Leaders, author, and Burnout expert. In 2012 Sally was working extremely long hours building a career in commercial law that she had long aspired for. That was until everythi...

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with an incredible innovator! There’s a raft of unspoken health and wellbeing issues great and small that are faced by the general public and sometimes the distress these issues can cause, means patients can go years before mustering the courage to seek help. With new technology, and the digitisation of health, finding a solution might be as simpl...

Today in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Virginia Maywald who writes incredible and popular erotic fiction for women under her pen name Anna Buckley. She writes books that are about women taking control of their lives - financially, emotionally and sexually. Her books are set across the world featuring art, architecture, design, fashion, food and wine. When Virginia first read erotic fiction li...

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres welcomes back delightful guest Kerri Sackville, an Australian author, columnist and mother of three. Kerri's new book - The Life Changing Magic of a Little Bit of Mess - is a humorous reminder to take ourselves, and our house work less seriously! If your housework is getting you down, this might be the book for you! "In an era of decluttering gurus, cle...

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres gets some home organisation tips from Eve Mizzi, the Founder of Ducks In A Row Home Organisation. Eve, as the founder and the head organiser at Ducks In A Row is Australia's answer to the Home Edit! Inspired by the Home Edit home organisers, Eve is passionate about helping people to organise their homes. She genuinely enjoys sorting, clearing and organi...

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with three generations of incredible women, a gorgeous family sharing their joy! You may know them as Isabelle, Kerry and Emmie Silbery from Foxtel’s and Channel 10’s series Gogglebox, in which they share their thoughts on the week’s TV highlights, and also show what a supportive and loving family they are. Grandmother Emmie Milligan, 92; mother K...

TW: Domestic Violence, trauma Today in the Confessional host Sandy Lowres chats with Pia Antico - the Founder of Essential Awakening Mentoring, a Crone Life Joy Reboot Mentor/Coach/Trainer, International Public Speaker & Best-Selling Author. Holding three three degrees in Psychology, Counselling Training, and Certification in the 3 Principles Paradigm, Pia intuitively guides single, empty-nest...

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is thrilled to be chatting with Jane Caro AM to chat about her new book The Mother, and Jane's political candidacy as she stands for the NSW Senate for the Reason Party. Jane's career is incredible. She is a Walkley Award-winning Australian columnist, author, novelist, broadcaster, documentary maker, feminist and social commentator. She spent 35 years a...

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres has a fantastic conversation with sexologist and yoga teacher Vanessa Muradian (she/they). Vanessa, and Armenian-Australian, is the founder of Mia Muse, a sex and wellness platform where people can explore their desires, eroticism and self-expression. Mia Muse offers workshops, somatic educational tools, courses, provocative conversations, sex toys, wri...

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Natalie Moore and Lisa Saunders. Natalie and Lisa help women achieve holistic health and wellbeing for work and life through their company Own Your Health Collective. They are also the hosts of the Peri Menopause Power Podcast. They have been those same ambitious women who have spent days juggling the many roles and expectations all while obl...

Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting with fellow red-head and marketing guru, Therese Tarlinton! Therese is passionate about marketing partnerships and is the author of SWAP! Marketing without Money. She created a start up that grew to a business in five countries manufacturing for Jeep, Sesame Street and United Colors of Benetton using this strategy. After selling her company,...

TW: Childhood abuse, Alcohol Recovery Today in the Confessional, host Sandy Lowres chats with Jewels. Jewels is an award-winning author, speaker, and award-winning bodybuilder who hopes to inspire others to push forward no matter the challenges. After enduring an abusive childhood, Jewels decided to use her earlier trauma to enter recovery, sexually liberate herself, and enter the competitive worl...

Today in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Lise Carlaw and Sarah Wills, also known as Those Two Girls. After they met in their mid-30s, Lise and Sarah became a duo with a difference and blasted onto the Australian media scene in 2017. Their genuine friendship led to a national radio show, sell-out events, interviewing well known guests and eventually the launch of FORTY: the podcast equivalent of...

Today in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Life Hacker, Mia Northrop! Mia is a trained coach, co-host of the Life Admin Life Hacks podcast and co-author of the book Life Admin Hacks. After a diverse and dynamic career in Melbourne, London and New York, she was on the cusp of burnout and partnered with a longtime school friend, also juggling work and home, to find a better way for themselves and o...

Today in the Confessional, Sandy chats with brave and beautiful Melissa Griffith. Melissa is a transgender authority and advocate based in Melbourne. As a diversity and inclusion consultant, Melissa has managed to get a gender identity policy introduced at various horse racing clubs including the Victorian Racing Club. Melissa has also consulted with Cricket Australia in development of their Guide...

Separation and divorce can be painful and lonely life experiences. If you are like many women faced with the prospect, you might be asking yourself what the hell are you meant to do now? Today in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Carolyn Tate and Gillian Moody, the founders of The Champagne Divorce Club. Together, the besties who run Champagne Cartel - an online magazine and community for women w...

Today in the Confessional, Sandy welcomes Annette Densham, an award-winning PR specialist, and the author of her memoir - How To Eat a Shit Sandwich...And Keep Smiling. When Annette lost her cushy corporate comms role, she had to reinvent herself using the skills she normally used on other people. Starting her own PR agency, she used her print journalism and corporate communications skills to help...

Today in the Confessional, Sandy chats with Shannah Kennedy who is a Life Coach and the best selling author of 7 books that have been changing the way people live their lives, including the extremely popular The Life Plan and her latest book, Plan B. Shannah, a Master Life Strategist and Coach, Wellbeing Specialist and keynote speaker, helps people to navigate what really drives us and what ultima...

This week Sandy chats with Dr Susie O'Brien in the confessional, a delightful journalist and columnist with a PhD in Education. For the last 19 years she has written about parenting and social issues for the Herald Sun and other News Ltd papers, and she appears weekly on Channel Seven’s Sunrise. She and her partner have five (yes, 5!) kids between them. Susie says they're the Brady Bunch, without...