Growing Pains with Jess

I am feeling the epitome of this podcast title right now - the pain of growth when growth seems SO far away. In this episode I rant about the hidden benefits of anxiety, the state of politics and my newfound joy at becoming part of my local community. Take care of yourselves bbies xx

Bob Vylan has made headlines by calling out the IDF - in this episode, we chat about their chants, the global response and how this reflects the world we're living in. It's not all ranty - we also chat about dr* gs and showing up as a better version of yourself. Enjoy bbies and take care of yourselves x

Hi angels, what a treat it is to be back with a new season! I'm in an itchy era. I am craving the next stage of my life, and I know this will only intensify the longer I stay in the comfort of my present life. All of this is driving me a little bit mad, and you'll hear the stream of agitated consciousness in the ep. Enjoy darlings xxx

We're joined by a VIP this week - LOML Jas chats all things growing up being called fat, tensions between societal, cultural and religious expectations, living life for YOU and raving in your 30s. All good stuff. Enjoy bbs xx

In ep 8, my wonderful long-term friend Leanne joins me in the garden to talk about her wild, harrowing but super fulfilling job in the youth justice service, plus remembering our time as teens and realising how close we might have come to being a youth offender like Leanne now deals with on a daily basis. Apologies for the crappy audio, I won't record in the garden again!

This week we're joined by the wonderful Georgie who lives with Chiari malformation, where the lower part of the brain pushes down into the spinal canal causing some pretty shitty symptoms. Despite this, and losing her best friend at 12 years old, G has a gorgeous outlook on life. Hope u enjoy xx

In the first of the new Growing Pains format, this week we're joined by Phoebe who has a pretty magical outlook on life. We discuss those delicious 'shooting star' moments in life, confidence, dating, being childfree by choice and completing ALL the side quests.

In part two of the Covid *special*, we get more into depth about the wild five years I've had since it all kicked off. On paper, my life was better five years ago, but it's ALMOST like societal metres of success isn't a one-size fits all?!

How the heck has it been FIVE YEARS since we were first put into a Covid lockdown. I know we don't like to think of that bizarre period of time - I don't either - but Covid totally turned my life upside down and I hit *several* rock bottoms. Let's get into it.

Trigger warning: sui* ideFeeling behind is a universal feeling - but behind WHAT? In this ep we discuss U turns in life and being 'late' to the party. I'm only just exploring my queerness, whilst I *could* have been married to a bloke and have a mortgage by now. Thank GOD it wasn't the latter...

In this episode of Growing Pains, we talk about unintentional celibacy, dating for the first time in seven years and giving *yourself* butterflies.

Hey friends! Welcome to Episode 1 of Growing Pains with Jess, because growing older and wiser is HARD. FLIPPIN. WORK.After years of going through the absolute mill, it's finally time to talk about it. This episode is an introduction to the series - a little dip of the toe let's say. Now we have the introductions out of the way, we'll soon get into the nitty gritty of it. Episode 2 coming soon!