Stay in the Loop with Lucy

The worst drought in 100 years is happening now in NSW. 80% of our state is in drought and it is time we stood together to support. Just because we don't live in rural Australia it doesn't mean you can't do something to help. Firstly, take time to understand the problem and then consider what part you can play to support - it might be by considering where you shop, what conversations we should be...

It is time to talk about Toxic Masculinity and see how this issue is so much more than a gender issue. Joining Lucy Dahill in the studio are Robyn Jones, Tony Sambell and Stephen Gammack.

Have you considered that the extremes of clutter start with the small stuff? At what time do we consider the small stuff to be big enough to do something about? Join Jenny Hayes and Lucy Dahill talk about decluttering your home, your wardrobe even your life! Includes top tips on where, why and how to start.

Time for a practical look at stress, how we get there and how we can start to address the patterns of behaviour we have taken as normal so we don't end up stressed. No perfection but looking at a simple commitment to appreciate and look at the quality of what we do... building consistency in that appreciation.

Do we know what Unconditional Love is? Imagine if there was a way to love and be loved that was so simple and normal that it was actually harder work not to Love in that way. In a world where Connection and Love seem to be what we all want but what we don't seem to achieve check out the latest episode from Stay in the Loop with Lucy.

CEO Deb Sazdanoff and her Daughter Layla talk about what is unique about Studio Artes, about inclusion, respect and FUN! They have their big fundraised production Wild at Hornsby RSL Friday 22nd June.

Is there a level of abuse we take as normal that should not be taken as normal at all and if this is the case what impact does that have on other areas of life? Does it raise the bar for what we will complain about or challenge? This show is a call to action to take a look at what we have taken as normal and question if it is in fact normal.

Join Lucy Dahill and Jean Gamble as they discuss the often painful world of hurts in relationship breakdowns. This is a show that has practical tools which can be applied to any relationship in your life, whether it be with yourself, an intimate partner, work colleague or your children.

Parents play a vital role in safe party practices for teenagers growing up from offering a safe space for teenagers to learn how to party safely but also how to offer the boundaries that they may not feel strong enough to make for themselves. Tenee Arthur, Jessica Curran and Nathalia Bennet represented the Mount St Benedict College Future Problem Solving team join Lucy Dahill just before they head...

Do you ever notice what kind of presents are given on mothers day? they are things that spoil, nurture, remind them of the gorgeous woman they are. Today's show on the importance of extending that for 365 days of the year so that one day is a celebration of how you live - as a woman first and foremost, embracing your expression as a mother as and when it is needed. My guests are Jenetta, Nicki Fer...

Can you imagine getting an opportunity to go to a youth science forum and finding yourself years later saying that was a decision that had the most enormous impact on where you are today? Well meet Rebecca Fry, a member of Rotaract and Rotary. Also Janelle Speight and Lucy Dahill share the fun of the Novus Foundation Gala Dinner - with a Great Gatsby theme. There is so much to discuss about who ru...

This is an up close and personal interview with Gabrielle Caplice and Annette Baker which will be a wonderful support to anyone who is open to bringing more understanding to loving relationships. They share what it feels like to not fit 'the picture' of what we are brought up to believe a relationship is supposed to look like.

There are four parts to this interview with Rob Carlton and each gives an insight into the man we see on our screens and hear through our radios. A Logie Award winning actor, a writer, a story teller and a man who talks about the importance of sensitivity in men. We have such a long way to go in this respect in life, men still feel they will not get work if they share how they are feeling yet the...

Join Lucy Dahill as she talks to Chris and Aileen Savill, the co-founders of United Tradies a fledgling local business formed from the desire to create a business that not only made people’s lives easier but also could help change lives for the better. It is a win win really - you get work done by tradies who believe in community and someone in the local community gets an opportunity to get a proj...

Sex offences brings a reaction, but add the word child in that context and you have violent reactions and responses from most people. My guests today are Sharon van Doorene and Naomi Millar-Powell who work with the families, partners and ex-partners of child sex offenders and offer us some insight into the ripple effect of having a convicted child sex offender in your life.

It is a great privilege to get up close and personal on a subject like God and Religion. Wayne, Nasrin, Andrew and Liane shared very different perspectives and yet with a connection to one common denominator, and that is Love with a capitol L! I have no doubt this is a longer conversation and there are many more stories to share but for now, enjoy and contemplate if your way of living is reflectin...

6 Women from the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai area got together to bring a Festival celebrating women and the importance of building self care to the leafy suburbs of the North Shore. 7 days, 30 events, 21 organisations, 20 businesses and 33 stalls later the conversation has been well and truly started!

A diverse mix of how and why local people go into politics and how it impacts on their lives as well as a check in with Steve Plain after he takes 6 children in wheelchairs up Mt Kosciuszko with 100 volunteers to make it happen. Don't forget it is the International Women's Festival Week so an update and a summary are also included!

When close to 9 out of 10 people will die from a lifestyle related illness we talk to Wal Edwards who is turning 102 this year and Dr Ross Grant who researches how lifestyle, exercise, stress, diet and emotions produce changes in our biochemistry and lead to either health or disease.

Mary Jo McVeigh set up Cara House in Sydney a place where children, parents and families are offered space to heal from the impacts of trauma and abuse. This raw, honest and empowering interview is one for us all regardless of background or having children in your life. As Mary Jo says - you are never too old for love and to heal.

Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai are celebrating International Women's Day with a program of events across a Festival week. There are menopause talks, breakfasts, plays, opportunities to celebrate women and big up some local men too!

Big events cannot happen without support from local businesses and here we highlight the businesses that have supported our Hornsby Ku-ring-gai International Women's Day Festival Week

Big events cannot happen without support from local businesses and here we highlight the businesses that have supported our Hornsby Ku-ring-gai International Women's Day Festival Week

This week’s show on Stay in the Loop with Lucy is a story about the intergenerational consequences of war. Does war end when the soldiers come home? or when the last bullet is fired? or is there a deeper intergenerational effect, perhaps even, affecting epigenetics? an interview with Elkan Spiller, the producer of touching, witty and haunting documentary about his cousin Hime ( I am working on pro...

Today was my monthly Rotary show where I co-present with Ian Stuart from Turramurra Rotary. We were joined in the studio today by Tanya Plain, the older sister of the subject of our show today - Steve Plain a man who is in the middle of 4 month world record breaking challenge to climb the 7 highest summits on the 7 continents in 4 months after breaking his neck and no-one thinking he would walk ag...