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Yumi Stynes

Want to know how to close the orgasm gap? Riding your hormonal rollercoaster blindfolded? Feel like kicking your mental load to the kerb? You're not the only one.

Ladies, We Need To Talk dives headfirst into the tricky topics we often avoid talking about, like our alcohol consumption, the struggles of monogamy and the wonders of our vaginas.

With sensitivity, personal stories, and serious smarts, this show is for women who feel the squeeze between work, their private life, and their pelvic floor.

Join host Yumi Stynes as she tears open the sealed section on life.

Email us at ladies@abc.net.au.

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Latest

Ladies, We Need to Talk...Back

Do you have a conundrum you can’t talk to your mates about? Or maybe you’ve tried, and they’ve awkwardly mumbled something while staring at the ground.

Published: MonMon 20 Nov 2023 at 3:00pmwith Yumi Stynes

Ladies We Need To Talk

Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds

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Staying for the money

What happens when you want a divorce but the cost of leaving your marriage would cripple you financially? Would you ever stay in an unhappy marriage for the security money offers? It’s no secret, life is bloody expensive right now.

Ladies We Need To Talk

Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds

Published: 13 Nov 2023Mon 13 Nov 2023 at 3:00pmwith Yumi Stynes

Clementine Ford on the case against marriage

What if we put a stop to marriage...for good? Like, just stop with flouncy white dresses, walking down the aisle and having a dude give us away. In her new book, I Don’t, Clementine Ford is calling for just that.

Ladies We Need To Talk

Duration: 26 minutes 4 seconds

Published: 30 Oct 2023Mon 30 Oct 2023 at 3:00pm

BEST OF - Pelvic flaw in all of us

Do you wizz when you sneeze? Or avoid star jumps at the gym? One in four of us (!) have pelvic floor problems which can lead to incontinence and prolapse (eek).

Ladies We Need To Talk

Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds

Published: 16 Oct 2023Mon 16 Oct 2023 at 3:00pmwith Yumi Stynes

Falling for a narcissist

You think you’ve met “the one” and they seem totally perfect for you, but is it all too good to be true? Could you be dating a narcissist? What starts out as a dreamy relationship filled with fancy presents and compliments galore, suddenly turns…

Ladies We Need To Talk

Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds

Published: 2 Oct 2023Mon 2 Oct 2023 at 3:00pmwith Yumi Stynes

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Published: 16 Oct 2023Mon 16 Oct 2023 at 5:21am

Further reading

Why more women are suggesting open relationships

Contrary to the stories we are told about male and female sexuality, it is actually women who are primarily asking for polyamorous and open relationships.

Three people laying on the ground smiling in a story about why more women are suggesting open relationships.

Published: 12 Oct 2020Mon 12 Oct 2020 at 1:30am

For our parent's generation, splitting up was a blood sport. Here's how we avoided that

Breaking up "well" isn't something you think about when you're in the flush of new love. But here's how I learnt to do it, writes Yumi Stynes.

A graphic of a woman holding the words 'break' and 'up' for an article about breaking up well.

Published: 8 Sep 2020Tue 8 Sep 2020 at 1:31am

The moment Claire realised why she couldn't teach her daughter about her body

Two decades after the first female urologist in Australia mapped the clitoris, there's still a lot of misinformation about this sex organ — and it's holding us back from experiencing pleasure.

Claire and Tessa Waters take a selfie

Published: 29 Jul 2020Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 8:20pm

Yumi has mastered the art of saying 'no'. Here's how it's done

Obligations are often perceived, not real. Let's face it, you not showing up to a birthday party probably won't break someone's heart, writes Yumi Stynes.

Yumi Stynes in front of a graphic with the words 'no' in the background in a story about learning how to say no.

Published: 14 Jul 2020Tue 14 Jul 2020 at 1:19am

Videos

Video: Women who cheat

Why are people drawn to affairs? Psychologist Rebekka Sommer explains how people feel when having an affair for the first time.

Couple in bed with the lights off.

Published: 27 Apr 2018Fri 27 Apr 2018 at 12:09am

Video: How many drinks did you have last night?

How many drinks did you have last night? Probably way more than you think.

Published: 4 Oct 2017Wed 4 Oct 2017 at 12:23am

Video: Dr Gemma Sharp

The number of Australian women undergoing cosmetic surgery on their genitals has increased threefold over the last decade — here's why that's concerning.

Dr Gemma Sharp

Published: 4 Oct 2017Wed 4 Oct 2017 at 12:25am

Video: Meet Dolly Doctor

Were you one of the thousands of Australian teenagers who wrote to Dolly Doctor? Dr Melissa Kang would have likely answered your question.

Yumi and 'Dolly Doctor' Melissa Kang

Published: 14 Sep 2017Thu 14 Sep 2017 at 5:20am

Bonus interviews

Bonus — Ellidy Pullin, Young Widows

Ellidy Pullin and her partner, Alex “Chumpy” Pullin were in the prime of their lives and planning their future together when the love of her life died suddenly.

Australian snowboarder and Olympian Alex Pullin with his girlfriend Ellidy Vlug and their dog Rummi on the beach.

Duration: 16 minutes 26 seconds

Published: 27 Apr 2023Thu 27 Apr 2023 at 1:56am

Dr Susan Evans – The rage in my pelvis

More than a million Australian women live with persistent pelvic pain, causing physical and psychological distress. As a gynaecologist and pain physician, Dr Susan Evans has seen the toll this pain takes on women and girls.

Duration: 20 minutes 5 seconds

Published: 27 Apr 2023Thu 27 Apr 2023 at 1:54am

Jamila Rizvi and Clare Bowditch – A love letter to our friends

A great friend is an anchor - a source of comfort, understanding and belly laughs.

Duration: 22 minutes 40 seconds

Published: 27 Apr 2023Thu 27 Apr 2023 at 1:54am

Clementine Ford – Birth Trauma

One in three Australian women describe their birth as traumatic; writer Clementine ford is one of them.

Duration: 19 minutes 58 seconds

Published: 27 Apr 2023Thu 27 Apr 2023 at 1:53am

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