456 Club

In this episode of Full Plate, Liz Ellis speaks with Dr. Rhea Liang, a trailblazing breast surgeon, medical educator, and champion for cultural change within medicine. For nearly thirty years, Dr. Liang has broken barriers—including serving as the first woman in her surgical department—while navigating the profession as an autistic woman. She reveals how her neurodivergence fosters the...

In this episode of Full Plate, Liz Ellis sits down with Sharon Windsor, a proud Ngemba woman and the founder of Indigiearth. Sharon shares her journey of turning a lifelong passion for collecting bush fruits and catching yabbies into a successful business that champions native Australian ingredients.  She discusses the challenges of being a pioneer in the native food industry, the importance...

Professional athlete and nutritionist, Teigan O'Shannassy is a cereal expert and ex-perfectionist with a very full plate - who also has a 90 year old housemate.  In this episode, host Liz Ellis, former netball champion turned busy mum, sits down with the NSW Swifts defender to talk about life at "game on" pace. Balancing elite sport with the mental load of her business, Tossed Together, Teiga...

In this episode, Liz Ellis sits down with author, athlete, coach and entrepreneur Turia Pitt. Known across Australia as a beacon of fierce resilience, Turia reveals a candid, hilariously unfiltered side of herself as she opens up about the chaotic reality of parenting two young boys while running a business.  She shares how she had to unlearn her hyper-competitive athlete mindset to survive t...

Comedian Lizzy Hoo has a very full plate.  Host Liz Ellis, former netball champion turned busy mum, sits down with comedy star Lizzy Hoo to talk about life at "game on" pace. Trading a corporate 9-to-5 for the unpredictable chaos of the stage, Lizzy discusses balancing a high-octane career with the everyday messiness of her 40s. They explore how she manages a "full plate" when she's mid-tour,...

Welcome to the rogue, unfiltered and slightly unhinged podcast for Gen X women who need a laugh. Forget inspirational life coach energy. Forget toxic positivity. This is the show for the woman who is looking for an antidote to the bin-fire of right now. From the brain of Mia Freedman comes a podcast that’s not inspirational in the slightest. You don’t need to learn anything or rem...

On today’s episode, writer, comedian and host of Mamamia's 456 Club podcast, Cathrine Mahoney joins us to share her unfiltered experience of parenting a teenager. With her trademark humour, Cathrine Mahoney offers hilarious reality checks about what's coming in the teenage years from endless food bills to impossible-to-wake mornings, and the unexpected melancholy of the parenting moments you...

Hello 465 Club!  You probably know Julie Goodwin’s incredible reality TV story. As the beloved MasterChef winner, cookbook author, and radio personality, she’s been a household name for years. But behind the scenes, Julie was always taking care of everyone—except herself. In this episode of our Gen X podcast MID, she opens up about her journey with mental health in recent ye...

Welcome to a special episode from Mamamia's podcast for Gen X women, MID.  This episode is all about all. Specifically, it’s about finding it in your MID years. Maybe for the second, fourth, first time. This is a story about Dr Amantha Imber, an organisational psychologist who got divorced a few years ago. When Amantha knew she wanted to re-partner, she went about it with a typical...

Friendships are some of the most important relationships in our lives, but just how much time and care are you really giving to your friendship garden? Today we chat with Bec Sparrow from the Friendship Project and Chaotic Social's Chrissy Flanagan about how to friend new friends, keep old friendships going strong and repair the connections that are fading out.  A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUESTS:  Re...

This week on the 456 Club we are talking about the complexities of parenting children who aren’t children. How do you maintain healthy boundaries? Can you be friends with your kid? And what do you do when you profoundly disagree with choices your adult child is making? This episode we speak with Mia Freedman, about her relationship with her adult son, becoming a grandmother, and what the experienc...

From grey hair, to saggy bits and everything in between! There’s no denying our bodies change as they age and our relationship does with them as well. So how do women in their 40’s and beyond feel about their bodies? And faces? And hair? Today we’re speaking to Tracey Spicer and Virgie Tovar about all the things you’re not supposed to say about ageing bodies. SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUESTS:  Tracey...

Growing up, your parents are your world, and sometimes sooner than you think the carers become the ones who need to be looked after. Welcome to the ‘ sandwich generation’  sometimes you’re parenting young children and your parents at the same time, and all the while you are trying to hold down a job and still have a life. It’s tough, we see you and this episode is for you. This episode we are spea...

Have you ever felt invisible? From being overlooked for career opportunities, to being isolated from loved ones, and feeling overshadowed by children this week we get vulnerable to prove that we are in this together. Plus we chat with Carlii Lyon, a personal brand expert who helps women in their 40’s and beyond rebrand themselves to feel relevant in their lives again. SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUESTS:...

Want to know what it’s like online dating for the first time in your 50’s? Or what the key to spicing up a long term relationship is? Then this episode is for you! This week on 456 Club we’re talking about dating, relationships and dating again. From great dates to duds, it’s a mixed bag in the 456 Club and we dive head first into all of it. SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUESTS: Fiona & Laura Jackel C...

SEX! Now we’ve got your attention... it’s time to talk about it. When it comes to what you do or don’t do in the bedroom, we know everyone’s experience in their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s is unique and that’s more than okay. For episode two we are joined by two women on very different sides of the fence. Susan Jarvis is in her 50's and having the most passionate sex of her life, while Monica Zwolsman tur...

Welcome to the very first episode of 456 Club, hosted by journalist and Studio 10 presenter Narelda Jacobs and author and podcast host Cathrine Mahoney. We’re kicking off talking about menopause, and peri menopause and everything in between. From mood swings, to sleep anxiety to a dry vagina, it can be a lot. Especially when you’re going through it and you don’t know where to turn. Narelda has bee...

In your 40s, 50s or 60s? Welcome to the 456 Club. Hosted by Narelda Jacobs and Cathrine Mahoney each week, we’ll discuss the topics in your world from sex, dating, menopause, ambition, motherhood, not-motherhood, and what you’re not supposed to say about aging bodies. The first episode drops Friday the 28th of April.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.