Housemates, Ness and Tallulah, are strong women, friends, and outspoken advocates who say what they want, when they want. Ness is a CEO of a social enterprise for good (YEmpower) and Tallulah, a social science student by day and a waitress by night. They talk all things spirituality, sex, politics, and gender.
Eavesdrop on a conversation between Ness and Tallulah on a locked down evening.
They explore what it means to be on pause, how you can move through this period of uncertainty with joy, and outline upcoming YEmpower events designed to create confidence, hope, and excitement.
9 Jul 2021
Making Your Inner Child Proud with Mama Medusa
After driving a great distance from her home in Wollongong, all-round queen, artist, show curator, and drag and burlesque performer, Mama Medusa illustrates her story in words with Ness and Tallulah. The three talk about the occasional need to throw caution to the wind and trust in yourself, the importance of being motivated by your inner child, and how following through on your intuition's guide can lead to true happiness.
27 Jun 2021
Transforming Corrosive Emotions Through Music and Community with Zeadala
After a nourishing dinner together, Ness and Tallulah sit down with special guest, Zeadala, a musician, all-round creative, youth worker, and environmental scientist. They talk everything from patriarchy's hold on our perspectives to transforming corrosive emotions. Zeadala also shares the inspiration behind her collaboration on the mental health documentary, 'Can We Talk?'.
20 Jun 2021
Matters of the Heart
On this soul-to-soul episode, Tallulah and Ness explore how we love in this world.
Drawing some inspiration from the documentary entitled "The Power of the Heart", the two discuss the power of love languages, the subconscious messages in our dreams, and why the importance of the heart can take a back-seat in Western culture.
10 Jun 2021
Storytelling for Courageous Championship with Maria Calibo-Sales
On this episode, Tallulah and Ness converse with STEMinist, business founder, and change advocate, Maria Calibo-Sales.
They discuss courageous championship, why it is important, and how storytelling is key to unlocking courage in others. This episode explores the strength in being vulnerable and how that is enacting courage in and of itself.
2 Jun 2021
Living Purposefully and Mindfully for a More Conscious World with Yemi Penn
Ness and Tallulah sit down with inspirational speaker, Yemi Penn.
They talk everything from the problems we are facing as a collective to the solutions we can create in our community. They discuss their mutual mission of awakening those around them to bring about a more conscious world.
24 May 2021
Corseted and Off the Rails with Lachie
In a When Strong Women Talk first, Ness and Tallulah converse with special guest Lachie.
Listen along as they discuss what it's like growing up queer, the pressures of body image, and the complexities of language in our society.
3 May 2021
The Power in Custodianship, Spirituality & Women
Join Ness and Tallulah as they discuss the relationships between power, custodianship, spirituality, and women. This episode explores how societal attitudes towards power need to change to better our world - exposing frailties of the patriarchy, the importance of retelling the past accurately, and how we can connect with one another.
25 Apr 2021
Consent and Representation Ain't That Hard
Ness and Tallulah delve into the topic of consent, how it is currently taught, and how it should be taught. They explore their thoughts on the representation of women, men, and marginalised people in film and television.
12 Apr 2021
Mentoring for Community in an Unprecedented World
00:00 - 00:20
Our Bloc Studios Note and Apology to Listeners for unwanted sounds in today's show
00:20 - 01:20
When Strong Women Talk Introduction by Ness and Tallulah
01:20 - 01:40
Acknowledgement of Country (Spoken by Ness)
01:40 - 03:20
Ness and Tallulah set out the main topic for the episode, ''Why Mentoring Is Important", and give a brief description about YEmpower.
03:20 - 05:55
Tallulah and Ness shout-out all those who have given feedback, the general positive reception to the podcast, and how our community of listeners can help contribute to the shows direction.
Ness shares a very positive review for the first episode
05:55 - 09:20
Ness details why mentoring is important to her and her career story, and how YEmpower delivers empathetic and holistic mentoring to others.
09:20 - 12:45
Tallulah details her experience with mentorship with YEmpower, and why she believes it is important.
Ness and Tallulah describe different ways in which mentoring can take place.
12:45 - 29:00
Tallulah and Ness outline the circumstances of Covid-19 our local communities and global community finds itself, the goods and bads of the economic systems of which we tend to operate in, and how mentoring is a potent remedy for most of the worlds ills.
29:00 - 33:00
Prevailing ideas of leadership - and how can we change the narrative in politics?
33:00 - 34:00
Ness details YEmpower's partnership with the International Social Media Association, and how YEmpower and the ISMA Youth Council are helping to launch a cross-generational dialogue about the use of social media through the Take Control Campaign.
34:00 - 52:00
Ness and Tallulah share stories and statistics, as well as advice around how we can make better use of social media and how we can better guide young and old people through its deep societal impacts.
52:00 - 54:00
The benefits of mentoring.
53:00 - 57:00
How human communities have changed, and how we can steer them to become more empathetic, connecting and grounding.
Thinking more as a global community - how to remove tribalism.
How Climate Change impacts can be alleviated through community and individual action.
57:00 - 62:00
Ness outlines her dream inter-organisation that delivers campaigns for positive change and how it can be manifested, as well as how community led initiatives are taking the reigns on change.
Tallulah discusses how we must forgive our past-selves choices.
62:00 - 63:00
Ness and Tallulah discuss their future ability for parenthood.
63:00 - 65:00
Tallulah and Ness close out the second episode of When Strong Women Talk.
1 Apr 2021
Who Are We and Why Do Women Need to Speak?
Join YEmpower CEO and Founder Ness Song and YEmpower Co-founder Tallulah Watson-Moyle for the first episode of When Strong Women Talk.
This episode covers everything from advocacy, to Ness and Tallulah's reconcilation, and the introduction of the key themes of the show.
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