Unleashed

Grace went in for a friendly hello hug and came out with a handful she didn't ask for. Ginni got pulled up by immigration over a joke about cathedrals and thought her holiday was over. Grace also wants to outsource half her husband and most of her son, starting with his ears. And Cath got the best test results of her life and somehow felt worse than ever. Plus: the party guest who needed an ambulance, the neighbours whose sex life runs like clockwork, and the Unleasher who paid nearly a thousand dollars to be ghosted by a dating agency. And a HUGE thank you to everyone who attended The Spring Fling AKA Cath's formal. We share a little BTS audio as to what went down on the night.  In your ears today: Mary Coustas, Grace Lam, Ginni Mansberg and Cath Mahoney. Check out our Unleashed music playlist for some feel good throwbacks! The End Bits:Follow us on Instagram, DM us thoughts, feelings and questions @unleashed.showLove the show? Hit follow on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Gen X women find us.This show was produced and created by Mia FreedmanCreated and developed by Monique Bowley Executive Producer Grace RouvraySenior Audio and Video Producer Tina MatolovSocial Media Producer Annaliese Todd Skip the 12-week waitlist. Subscribe to Mamamia today and you’ll automatically go in the draw to win a $5,000 B2C Furniture voucher to spend online or in-store on pieces available right now. Subscribe today. T&Cs apply. Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here! Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au and join me today. You hot? Same. Become a Mamamia subscriber and get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts and early listening, subscriber-only articles, monthly giveaways and our home workout app, MOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're bringing you a special divorce episode because we know so many of you are either in the messy middle of it, or have come out the other side and found some unexpected freedom (aka the silver linings amongst the heartbreak). First up, the Unleashed hosts have done the research and found some of the wildest ex stories to prove that, whatever your ex has done, yours might not be the worst. There’s a tampon “found on the street”, a cheater who sent a Brené Brown video as an apology, and a man who took out an AVO against his own five-foot-five ex after she caught him cheating. Sally, Ginni and Cath are the divorcees of the group, and they’re joined by Mamamia host Annaliese Todd to share their hard-earned wisdom in a very non-advice advice episode. Ginni hired an actual dating coach and became a self-described dating maniac. Annaliese ditched her married name the second she saw it on a restaurant reservation card. And Cath wrote a memoir called Currently Between Husbands because, at the time, she didn’t know a single other divorced woman. Because sometimes the best divorce advice is simply hearing someone else say: yep, me too. This special episode is made possible by our friends at HBO Max. War is the hot new HBO original series on the divorce of the century streaming now only on HBO Max. In your ears today: Ginni Mansberg, Annaliese Todd, Cath Mahoney and a special voice note from Sally Hepworth. Buy tickets to The Spring Fling. Check out our Unleashed music playlist for some feel good throwbacks! The End Bits:Follow us on Instagram, DM us thoughts, feelings and questions @unleashed.showLove the show? Hit follow on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Gen X women find us.This show was produced and created by Mia FreedmanCreated and developed by Monique Bowley Executive Producer Grace RouvraySenior Producer and Audio Editor Tina MatolovSocial Media Producer Annaliese Todd Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here! Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au and join me today. You hot? Same. Become a Mamamia subscriber and get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts and early listening, subscriber-only articles, monthly giveaways and our home workout app, MOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Buy tickets to The Spring Fling. Cath went to the gynaecologist and came out with a story that involves stirrups, a giant screen, and a confession about waxing she did not mean to make. Sally used her own best friend as a human shield during a school egg fight. Also up for discussion is why nobody throws you a party for the last time you push a pram, and whether Gen Z has just figured out boundaries before the rest of us caught on. Plus, could Bruna win Survivor, Love Island or Australia's Next Top Model.  In your ears today: Sally Hepworth, Ginni Mansberg, Bruna Papandrea and Cath Mahoney. Check out our Unleashed music playlist for some feel good throwbacks! The End Bits:Follow us on Instagram, DM us thoughts, feelings and questions @unleashed.showLove the show? Hit follow on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Gen X women find us. Executive Producer Grace RouvraySenior Producer and Audio Editor Tina MatolovSocial Media Producer Annaliese Todd Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here! SUBSCRIPTION GIVEAWAY: The You Beauty hosts have bundled together their all-time favourite beauty products and two Mamamia subscribers are winning the lot. Subscribe to Mamamia to be automatically entered to win. Current subscriber? You're already in the draw. T&Cs apply. Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au and join me today. You hot? Same. Become a Mamamia subscriber and get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts and early listening, subscriber-only articles, monthly giveaways and our home workout app, MOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Buy tickets to The Spring Fling. Sally's dad had chest pains, so she drove him across town... to the wrong hospital, because he wanted the nicer one. Then she ended up with actual poop on her hands walking the family dogs. Cath did a full CSI-style deep clean before a friend came to stay, and Ginni confessed she is, unsettlingly, guest-ready at all times, no cleaning frenzy required. Oh, and Bruna has given herself a new job title. Plus: the exact age science says is the unhappiest of your whole life, and why one of them is only one year off it. In your ears today: Bruna Papandrea, Ginni Mansberg, Sally Hepworth and Cath Mahoney.  Buy tickets to The Spring Fling. Check out our Unleashed music playlist for some feel good throwbacks! The End Bits:Follow us on Instagram, DM us thoughts, feelings and questions @unleashed.showLove the show? Hit follow on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Gen X women find us.This show was produced and created by Mia FreedmanCreated and developed by Monique Bowley Executive Producer Grace RouvraySenior Producer and Audio Editor Tina MatolovSocial Media Producer Annaliese Todd Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here! Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au and join me today. You hot? Same. Become a Mamamia subscriber and get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts and early listening, subscriber-only articles, monthly giveaways and our home workout app, MOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.