Blood & Guts Podcast

In Part 2 of Obsession With Being Small, we continue our journey through the ever-changing female body ideal - beginning with the thin, toned and disciplined woman of the 1980s, through heroin chic in the 90s, the size-zero obsession of the 2000s and into the body ideals we’re living through right now.

We look at how exercise became increasingly tied to appearance and self-discipline, how women’s bodies became entertainm...

When did women learn that being smaller made us more beautiful, lovable, worthy or acceptable?

In Part 1 of Obsession With Being Small, we start with our own earliest experiences of learning to take up less space — physically, emotionally and socially. 

From body comments we heard growing up to being praised for thinness, people-pleasing, staying quiet and learning not to “rock the boat,” we explore how smallne...

For both of us, veganism started from a place of care.

It helped us feel more connected to animals, nature and the planet. It made us think more deeply about where our food came from, pushed us to get creative in the kitchen, and gave us a sense that the way we ate reflected the kind of people we wanted to be.

But over time, things became a little more complicated.

In this episode, we’re talking about what happens when a way of ...

Female friendship can be one of the most grounding, empowering and healing parts of our lives. Butttttt finding your people, especially as an adult, isn’t always easy.

In this episode, we’re talking about what healthy female friendship actually looks like, the red and green flags we’ve learnt to recognise, and why the right friendships should make you feel more like yourself, not like you need to shrink to belong.&...

Most of us know someone who was put on the pill as a teenager. Maybe for contraception. Maybe for acne. Maybe for painful periods. Maybe because our doctor simply said, “This will help.”

But how many of us were actually told what it was doing inside our bodies?

This week, we’re talking all things the pill — what it actually is, how it prevents pregnancy, why the bleed you have while taking it isn’t techn...

Okay, Off Campus fans… we need to talk about Garrett Graham. 🏒🤍

This week, we’re using the relationship between Hannah and Garrett in Off Campus to open up a much bigger conversation about intimacy, consent, trauma and what it actually means to feel safe with another person.

What the series gets so right is that safety isn’t just about someone saying the “right” things. It’s about having the spa...

How do you actually know if your menstrual cycle is healthy?

Is period pain normal? What about PMS? Should your cycle be the same length every month? And what is your body trying to tell you when something changes?

These are the questions we wish someone had answered years ago.

In this episode, we break down the menstrual cycle in a way that’s simple, empowering, and easy to understand. We chat about what a healthy cycle actuall...

This week, it’s Milli’s turn to share her story.

From growing up as a dancer and high achiever to being diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, Milli opens up about the years she spent chasing perfection and believing that being smaller would somehow make her happier, safer, or more worthy.

Together, we explore how our relationship with food and our bodies is shaped by the world around us, and why so many women spend years tryin...

This week, the spotlight is on Annie.

From partying her way through Melbourne’s nightclub scene, to climbing the corporate ladder in finance, to quitting it all to start her own business… Annie’s path has been anything but conventional.

In this episode, Annie shares the messy, honest, and often unexpected journey that led her to create Flow in Cycle and ultimately co-create Blood & Guts.

We talk about what it fe...

Welcome to Blood & Guts. If you’ve made it here… you’re our kind of woman. 🩸

In this very first episode, we’re introducing ourselves, sharing how we met, and telling the story behind why this podcast exists.

What started as two women opening up about our own experiences quickly became something much bigger. We realised that, despite our age difference and completely different life journeys, we’d bo...