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  #29 | Becoming a Mum in My 30's: My Honest Thoughts.. 15.09.2026 49min

  Thank you for being here! 🤍Disclaimer: If motherhood, fertility, loss or TTC is something that feels tender or difficult for you right now, please know there is absolutely no pressure to listen to this episode. Please take care of yourself first and if you are navigating something difficult in this space, I’m sending you so much love. 🤍This episode is a really personal chat about becoming a mum in my 30s, why I’ve never questioned whether I want to be a mum, but why getting older has completely changed the way I think about when and how I enter motherhood.With three of my close friends becoming mums recently, motherhood has suddenly felt a lot closer and more tangible, and it’s had me thinking about what I want to experience, build and prioritise before I step into that season of my life.We get into:Why I’ve always known I want to be a mumHow getting older has made me feel LESS rushed, not less certainWhy I believe in “selfishly first, then selflessly”The foundations I’m intentionally trying to build before motherhoodThe things I want to experience with Cruise before we have kidsWhy I want to romanticise this current season of my life instead of constantly rushing towards the next oneWhat I think motherhood will ask of me and why I want to be ready for it to be hardThe kind of mum I want to be and the kind of woman I want to becomeThe pressure around age, timelines and what the internet tells us about fertilityThe fears and “what ifs” I sometimes have about becoming a mumWhy I’m learning to focus on what I can control now and surrender the restCreating a life that gives me the freedom to choose what motherhood looks like for meThis is obviously just my own experience and perspective, and I’m not here to tell anyone what they should or shouldn’t be doing before becoming a mum. Everyone’s journey is so different. 🤍If you’re in your 20s or 30s and thinking about motherhood, I hope this conversation makes you feel a little less rushed and a little more grounded in your own timeline.Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs to hear that there’s no one “right” way to prepare for motherhood 💌⁠⁠⁠📲 Instagram⁠⁠💌 ⁠⁠⁠Personal YouTube⁠⁠⁠❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube⁠⁠Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #28 | 'Lifemaxxing' is a Lie. 08.09.2026 50min

  Thank you for being here! This episode is for anyone who feels like they should be optimising every single part of their life right now and is quietly burning out trying to do it.The biggest performance on your FYP "lifemaxxing" aka the trend of trying to optimise your health, your career, your relationship, your body, your morning routine, all at once, all the time, and why it's one of the most unproductive things you can chase..We get into:Why maxing everything at once is actually working against the outcome you wantWhy a regulated nervous system will always outperform an overwhelmed oneThe "balls in the air" analogy and why something always has to giveWhy intention, not maxing, is what actually gets you resultsThe season I intentionally pulled back so I could come back strongerWhy comparing your season to someone else's highlight reel is keeping you stuckDefining your own version of success and defending it, even when it looks different to everyone else'sWhy leaving space in your life gets you further than filling every second of itThe questions to ask yourself every few months to figure out what deserves your energy right nowIf you've ever felt like you're not doing enough because you're not doing all of it, this one's for you.Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs to hear it's okay to not be maxing everything right now 💌⁠⁠📲 Instagram⁠ ⁠🤳🏼 Personal YouTube⁠ ⁠❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube⁠Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #27 | 5 Sentences That Re-Wired My Brain 01.09.2026 53min

  Thank you for being here! This episode is a bit different instead of one topic, I'm sharing the one liners and quotes I have collected over the years that have HUGELY shifted the way I see and move through life.These are the sentences I come back to when I'm doubting myself, when something falls apart, or when I need to remember why I keep going.some are mine, some are borrowed and given my own spin, but all of them live rent free in my head :)))We get into:Why your life isn't a result of what happens to you, it's a result of how you respondThe two-people-same-job story that changed how I see every hard thing that's ever happened to me"Why blame gives your power awayYou will either fail through action or fail through inaction, so choose wiselyWhy action (not time, not thinking) is what actually cures anxietyKnowing who you are removes the need to prove it - and what it means when you're still trying to prove somethingThe season of my life where I needed everyone to know how hard I was working, and what that was really aboutLife shrinks or expands in proportion to your courageMore is lost by indecision than by a wrong decisionWhy I believe even the detours are alignment, and how to actually trust thatRelax, nothing is under control (and why that's a relief, not a threat)Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure - and what fulfillment actually looks like for meIf you've ever needed a reminder mid-scroll, mid-spiral or mid-hard-day, this episode is basically my personal notes app read out loud.Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs one of these today 💌⁠⁠📲 Instagram⁠ ⁠🤳🏼 Personal YouTube⁠ ⁠❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube⁠Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #26 | How to Keep Going When Life Feels Heavy 25.08.2026 47min

  Thank you for being here!This episode was actually prompted by a question a friend asked me recently: how do you keep showing up when you’re navigating something really hard behind the scenes? For a long time, I really struggled with that.I felt guilty sharing the good when something so hard was happening behind the scenes. I felt like posting my life without sharing the entire reality somehow made me dishonest. And at the same time, I knew I didn’t want to give the internet access to parts of my life, my family or my grief that I deeply wanted to protect.Over time, I’ve realised that both things are allowed to be true and one does not invalidate the other.We get into:* Navigating something incredibly difficult behind the scenes while still showing up for your life* Why you don’t owe the internet every detail of what you’re going through* The difference between being authentic and giving everyone access to your private life* Learning to protect your privacy without feeling like you’re hiding something* Why I struggled for years to share the good parts of my life without feeling guilty* The moment I finally opened up about struggling and why it changed the way I showed up completely* Allowing yourself to be seen without having to share every detail* How grief, happiness, gratitude and ambition can all exist at exactly the same time* Feeling guilty for having an amazing life while someone you love is struggling* Why your hardest seasons don’t have to become the reason you stop pursuing your dreams* Turning pain into purpose and using the things you cannot control to put the rest of your life into perspective* Why I now feel even more determined to take every opportunity I have* The mindset shift that helped me stop caring so much about the things that genuinely don’t matter* Giving yourself grace on the days where showing up simply isn’t possible* Knowing the difference between pushing yourself and actually needing to stop* Why some of the most sacred parts of your life should never make it to social media* Letting yourself experience the absolute depths of your pain AND the absolute heights of your joy* And of course sooo much more!!!There is a moment in this episode where I get emotional talking about my dad and something I’ve had to remind myself throughout this season: who am I to not go after every single dream I have when I know that’s exactly what he would want for me?Life gets to be really hard and really beautiful at the same time.On the days where you need to be in the hard, let yourself be there. But when you can get back up, keep moving forward, keep chasing the things that matter to you and keep creating a life that makes you proud.You are so much more capable of holding both than you probably give yourself credit for 🤍Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it 💌📲 Instagram - @christinapengilly🤳🏼 Personal YouTube - @christina.pengilly❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube - @TalkTherapy.PodcastEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #25 | Husband Q&A: Our Honest Views on Marriage, Money, Conflict & Roles 18.08.2026 1h 30min

  Thank you for being here!This week’s guest is officially my most requested guest EVER! My husband, Cruise 🤍We asked you guys what you wanted to know and ended up chatting for an hour and a half of us talking about marriage, relationships, money, FIFO, family, roles within our marriage and pretty much everything in between.You guys see Cruise online, but you don’t often get to hear this side of him. He is genuinely one of the most grounded, hardworking and intentional people I know, and sitting down together like this brought out the best conversations.This episode isn’t us telling you how to have the perfect relationship, it’s just an honest conversation about what has worked for us, what we’ve had to learn along the way and what seven years together has taught us about choosing each other and continuing to grow together.We get into:How we navigated five years of FIFO and why we actually think it helped our relationship in the beginningHow we divide responsibilities in our relationship without subscribing to strict “50/50” rulesCombining finances, having different incomes and finding a system that actually works for your relationshipOur approach to money, property and delaying gratification for the life we want laterThe sacrifices behind building a life that might look very different from the outsideWhy making big life decisions doesn’t have to feel so permanent and how we’ve approached moving, work and taking risks togetherHow our values changed after meeting each other and growing togetherWhy we don’t believe you need to have everything perfectly aligned from day oneGetting engaged young and why that level of commitment changed the way we approached hard seasonsConflict, communication and learning to actually listen instead of immediately defending yourselfWhy the repair after an argument matters more than never arguing in the first placeThe conversations we think couples should have before marriage, especially around kids and what life looks like when things get hardMaintaining independence in a relationship and why your partner doesn’t need to be your entire worldMaking time for your own hobbies without making your partner feel like they come secondBeing a united front And of course sooo much more!!!I am very grateful to call this man my husband and very excited for you guys to get to know him a little better through this one 🤍Go find Cruise over on IG & YouTube at @cruisetubegolf and @cruise_pengilly on IG!Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it 💌⁠⁠📲 Instagram⁠⁠🤳🏼 Personal YouTube⁠⁠❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube⁠Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #24 | Shellee Rose - Breaking Generational Trauma & Building the Life She Was Never Given 11.08.2026 1h 21min

  Thank you for being here!This episode touches on addiction, trauma, grief and loss. If today isn't the day for this one, honour that. We are sending you so much love. 🤍This is one of those episodes that I genuinely cannot put into words. My best friend Shellee joined me and what followed was just over an hour of the most raw, real and honest conversation I have ever had on Talk Therapy.Shellee grew up surrounded by heavy addiction, became the black sheep who got out, raised her brother, navigated Crohn's disease, went through things that would break most people and somehow built what she describes as her absolute dream life. Not despite all of it. Because of it.This episode is not about having it all figured out. It is about choosing to show up anyway.We get into:Growing up surrounded by addiction and becoming the one who got outBeing the only person in your family who escapes that cycle and the guilt that comes with itWhy Shellee believes her family's purpose was to give her her purposeCrohn's disease and how her body finally forced her to stop burying everythingThe difference between being a victim and staying a victimBuilding an image of success to avoid being seen as broken and when that stopped workingSecondary gain what you are actually getting from the pain you say you don't wantWhy fulfillment comes from the inside first and the things secondThe duality of carrying grief every day while still building a beautiful lifeAcceptance and forgiveness and why they are the keys to everythingThe part no one talks about the guilt of thriving when the people you love aren'tWhy both truths get to exist at the same timeWhat it means to give life a red hot crack and get to 85 with no regretYou will overcome the things you never thought you would and that becomes your evidenceIf you don't already follow Shellee go find her @shelleerose🤍Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it 💌⁠📲 Instagram 🤳🏼 Personal YouTube ❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #23 | The Real Reason You Never Follow Through 04.08.2026 47min

  Thank you for being here!This episode is for anyone who has talked themselves out of something before they even tried, because someone else told them it was too hard, too risky or just not possible.Today I am going fully off the riff on something that I think about constantly and that I believe is one of the biggest things holding people back from the life they actually want.Other people's limitations are not your limitations. And the sooner you stop treating them like they are, the sooner everything changes.We get into:Why we blindly adopt other people's beliefs as our own - and how to stopThe podcast example - how I almost talked myself out of the best thing I've ever doneWhy someone else's truth is never the universal truthSecondary gain - what you are actually getting from the limitations you say you don't wantHow 90% of your decisions are made from your subconscious mind without you even knowingThe neck video that almost gave me an insecurity I never hadWhy your brain will always look for evidence to confirm what you already believeHow your actions (not other people's experiences) determine your realityReal examples of limitations people project onto you and what the actual truth isWhy hard things are not a sign to stop - they're a sign you're growingPoint the finger at yourself and why that actually gives you all the powerWhen someone says you can't, ask yourself "is this a fact or just their limitation?"I also get really honest about a season of my life where I adopted a belief that was never mine - and what it cost me until I figured out why I was holding onto it.This episode will make you want to go and do the thing you have been putting off. So consider this your sign.Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs the kick up the bum today 💌⁠📲 Instagram🤳🏼 Personal YouTube❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #22 | Riley May - Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Optional. 28.07.2026 1h 7min

  Thank you for being here!This episode is for anyone who has ever looked at someone else's life and thought "they're so lucky" (Spoiler: they're not. They're just choosing differently than you are.)My gorg friend Riley May Dixon. one of the most quietly elite humans I know, joined me for what ended up being one of my favourite conversations on Talk Therapy yet. Riley is a brand new mum to the most beautiful little boy Mana, and this episode covers everything from eleven years of love, to cancer at seventeen, stepping away from business to fully becoming a mum, and why every single one of those decisions came from the same place.We get into:- Eleven years together - what it actually takes to love someone through every season- T being diagnosed with cancer six months into their relationship at fifteen and seventeen, and what that taught them about what a real problem actually is- Removing ego from every decision and following the path of least resistance- Stepping away from business in motherhood and why that was the most intentional thing she has ever done- Masculine and feminine energy in relationship, and why polarity changed everything for them- Why they have never been happier than they are right now with a newborn- Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional, and how Riley actually lives by this- The difference between luck and choices, and why what you see online is never the full story- How to contribute to your own suffering without even realising it- You sacrifice for the project, not for each other- The question everyone should ask themselves, if you couldn't post about it, would you have done it?- Trust is built through repetition and showing up when you don't want toThis episode will make you want to call your person, put your phone down and just be in your life.Go follow Riley @therileymay 🤍Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it!! 💌⁠📲 Instagram🤳🏼 Personal YouTube❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #21 | How To Achieve Your Goals When NOTHING is Going To Plan 21.07.2026 47min

  Thank you for being here!This episode is for the person who is doing EVERYTHING they said they would do and still feels like they are nowhere near where they want to be. The one who is questioning whether the goal is even possible anymore.It is. And this episode is going to remind you why.Today I am going fully off the riff and sharing my own journey - from finishing my psych degree and working in a cafe, to meal prep, protein balls, online coaching, GoodLife gym and everything in between - and why every single one of those pivots was not a step backwards. It was the thing that got me here.We get into:Why locking in on your goal but letting go of the path is the most powerful place you can operate fromThe difference between conviction and attachment - and why one gets you there and one blocks youWhy the decision that looks like you're going backwards is almost always the one that propels youHow to know when to pivot versus when to push throughWhy your brain will always try to talk you out of the decision that is about to change your lifeThe only two outcomes that exist - you win or you quitWhy nothing good ever comes from forceHow to find your why so deep that nothing can shake you off the pathWhy you can only ever connect the dots looking backwards - and what to do with thatI also share the reason behind every single decision I have ever made in my career - the one driving force I have always come back to, and why that has been the thing that kept me going even when it felt like I was failing.If you are in a season right now where nothing is going to plan, this one is for you. The plan was never the point. You are.As always I would love to hear from you. Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it 💌⁠📲 Instagram🤳🏼 Personal YouTube❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #20 | Lily Ritchie - Leaving a Toxic Relationship & What Came After 14.07.2026 55min

  Thank you for being here!Online Fitness Coaching Link: https://tally.so/r/Y5r0JWThis episode is for anyone who knows deep down that something in their life is not right - but keeps finding reasons to stay. The relationship. The job. The friendship group. The city. Whatever it is. This one is for you.My beautiful friend Lily Ritchie - bodybuilder, coach, entrepreneur and one of the best people I know!! sat down with me to talk about the seven year relationship that slowly made her someone she didn't recognise. And the one decision that changed the entire trajectory of her life.This is not just a breakup story. This is a story about what happens when you finally choose yourself.We get into:Seven years with the wrong person - what it actually looked like behind closed doorsWhy she stayed so long and the moment she finally knew it was overHer dad's one question that gave her the answer she already knewWhy she ended it over FaceTime and why that was the right decision for herHow the wrong relationship slowly made her someone she didn't recogniseWhat it actually feels like to leave everything that is familiar and comfortableGoing from 12K months solo to $1 million a year with the right person by her sideWhy your environment will make or break you - and how to get out of one that's shrinking youConfidence is built through evidence not affirmations - and what that actually meansStill working through it years later - why that doesn't make you weakThe panic attacks that came when everything was going right - and what that was really aboutWhy feeling comfortable is the most dangerous place you can beFailing forward - and why Lily now actively looks for failureThe worst case scenario is just ending up where you are right nowLily also shares the advice she gives herself by writing letters to her younger sisters - and why that one reframe changed everything.If you are in a relationship or a season of life right now that is keeping you small — this episode is your sign.Go follow Lily - @fitwithlilyy @rawreallity across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. And if you are looking for a coaching team that actually gets results, check out Inform Coaching - link below. 🤍Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs to hear it 💌⁠📲 Instagram 🤳🏼 Personal YouTube ❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #19 | For My Dad 💌 Turning Pain to Purpose. 07.07.2026 55min

  Thank you for being here <3This episode is deeply personal and I'm grateful to be able to share it with you. This is not a polished episode. I cried about ten times and I hope it lands in that way you need it to.I came into this episode with two notes and a full heart and just let it go where it needed to go and I think that is exactly what I needed.This episode is for anyone who is navigating something really hard right now behind closed doors. Anyone who keeps showing up even on the days where they genuinely don't know if they can. And anyone who has ever wondered how to find meaning in the middle of the most painful chapter of their life.Today I am talking about something I have kept close to my chest for a long time. I share about my wonderful dad. About pain. About what it actually means to turn the hardest seasons of your life into something that gives you, and other people, a reason to keep going.We get into:What it means to turn your pain into purpose - and why it is one of the most powerful things you will ever doYou never know when the last time is going to be for anything - and why that changes everythingThe quiet difference between people who have been through something genuinely hard and those who haven'tWhy being strong is beautiful - and why I also wish I didn't have to beSharing your story online with grace - the difference between vulnerability and trauma dumpingWhy authenticity and realness will always create more connection than perfection ever willThe real types of hard in life - and how to stop avoiding the ones that actually matterWhy the people who get it just get it - and what that kind of connection feels like"Whilst I wouldn't wish my family's current season on anyone, I equally feel a sense of gratitude for the depths to which I see life as a result."You are not alone. And your pain is not wasted. 🤍Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it today 💌⁠📲 Instagram🤳🏼 Personal YouTube❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #18 | Why You Feel Stuck Even Though You’re Always Busy 30.06.2026 1h 1min

  Thank you for being here ❤️In this episode, I’m breaking down a truth that might feel confronting, but could also completely shift how you see your life right now: most people aren’t actually burnt out from being “too busy”… they’re burnt out from being unfulfilled.Because there’s a big difference between a full life that energises you… and a life that drains you, even when you’re not doing that much. And once you understand that difference, everything starts to make a lot more sense.We get into:Why burnout isn’t always about being busyThe real root cause of feeling exhausted and stuckWhy you can do “less” and still feel completely drainedThe difference between fulfillment vs obligationHow self-responsibility changes everythingWhy your mindset is shaping your reality more than your workloadSmall shifts that start bringing your energy back onlineI also talk about the uncomfortable truth around staying in things that no longer align with you - and how easy it is to normalise feeling flat, unmotivated, or disconnected and call it “just life.”If you’ve been feeling stuck, heavy, or like something just isn’t clicking anymore… this episode is going to give you a new way to look at what’s actually going on.As always, thank you for listening. It would mean the world if you shared this with someone who needs it or tagged me in your stories @christinapengilly 🩷⁠⁠⁠📲 Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠🤳🏼 Personal YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube⁠⁠Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. Can't wait to see you next week! xx
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  #17 | How to Stand Out as a Content Creator 23.06.2026 57min

  ⭐️ My Viral Protein Ball Ebook is LIVE! Linked here: https://stan.store/christinapengilly/p/the-tastiest-balls-ebook ⭐️Thank you for being here ❤️If you've ever felt frustrated by slow growth, wondered why other creators seem to be getting ahead faster than you, or felt tempted to compare your journey to someone else's - this episode is for you.Today we're diving into the realities of building a creator career beyond the strategy. Because while media kits, outreach and brand deals matter, none of it works if you're not willing to stay in the game long enough to see the results.We get into:Why passion has to come before outcomes if you want long-term successThe biggest mistake aspiring creators make when starting outWhy consistency matters more than motivationHow to approach brand outreach in a way that actually stands outWhy generic emails don't get resultsThe importance of following up and nurturing brand relationshipsTreating UGC like a business instead of a side hustleBuilding systems, forecasting income and thinking like a CEOWhy anyone can go viral - but not everyone can build a brandThe difference between taking inspiration and copying other creatorsWhy authenticity will always be your biggest advantage onlineHow to stop relying on external validation and keep showing up anywayThis is the conversation I wish more creators were having. Whether you're building a personal brand, pursuing UGC, growing a business online or simply chasing a goal that matters to you - this episode is a reminder that success belongs to the people who keep showing up.As always I would love to hear from you. Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it 💌⁠⁠📲 Instagram⁠ ⁠🤳🏼 Personal YouTube⁠ ⁠❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube⁠Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. Can't wait to see you next week! xx
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  #16 | Sophie Jayne Miller - Losing Her Mum at 13 & What Grief Actually Looks Like 16.06.2026 1h 5min

  Thank you for being here.This episode speaks openly about grief, loss and the death of a parent. If today isn't the day for this one, honour that. We are sending you so much love. 🤍This is one of the most special conversations I have ever had not just on Talk Therapy, but in my life. My beautiful friend Sophie Jayne Miller - full time creator, entrepreneur, cookbook author and one of the most genuinely extraordinary humans I know, sat down with me to talk about something very close to her heart.Sophie lost her mum Jayne to breast cancer when she was 13. This episode is about what grief actually looks like. Not the version we are told it should look like - but the real, messy, complicated, sometimes wtf?, sometimes devastating truth of living with loss for over a decade.We get into:Only knowing your mum through a 13 year old's eyes - and grieving someone you can barely rememberThe anger that comes with grief and why it is completely validThe moments grief sneaks up on you years later - at the supermarket, at your wedding, scrolling social mediaWhy the anniversary is never the hardest day - it's always the random ThursdayThe guilt of being happy, successful and thriving after lossWhy pushing away anything feminine is a response Soph experiencesWhat support actually looks like - and why avoiding the topic makes it so much worseHow to be a friend to someone grieving without making it weirdKeeping someone's memory alive through the small everyday moments"I don't need a solution. I just need you to see me."The last thing Jayne ever said to Soph, and how that impacts her today. This conversation is for anyone navigating grief right now. Anyone who lost someone a long time ago and still feels it in the most unexpected moments. And anyone who has ever wondered how to show up for a friend through loss without saying the wrong thing.Grief is never just sadness. It is everything, all at once, forever. And that is okay.Go follow Soph - @sophiejanemiller across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Get her cookbook. Binge her content. She is the best of the best 🤍Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it 💌⁠📲 Instagram🤍 Personal YouTube❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #15 | Kellie Finlayson - 4+ Years *Thriving* With Stage 4 Cancer 09.06.2026 1h 6min

  Thank you for being here ❤️This episode touches on cancer, terminal illness and discussions around mortality. If today isn't the day for this one, honour that. We are sending you so much love. 🤍This is the most powerful conversations I have ever had on Talk Therapy. My friend of 15 years, Kellie Finlayson - bestselling author, keynote speaker, mum and truly one of the most extraordinary humans I know, sat down with me to share her story.Kellie was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer just three months postpartum. She has been living with that diagnosis for almost four years. And if you met her on the street, you would never know.This episode is not about Kellie's diagnosis, it's about how she chooses to show up when life gave her no choice.We get into:Kellie's diagnosis - what led to it, what was missed and the seven years it took to get answersBeing three months postpartum and receiving a terminal diagnosisWhy her daughter Sophia is the only reason she gets out of bed on the hardest daysWhat support actually looks like - and why the people closest to her forget she has cancerBeing called Belle Gibson 2.0 and told she should be in jail - and why she finds it hilariousThe waterfall analogy that will change the way you think about resilience foreverWhy she never plays the cancer card - even when she absolutely couldChoosing to travel, live and say yes - with stage four cancer and half a lungHow to advocate for yourself when doctors dismiss youWhat she would say to anyone sitting in a waiting room right now not being taken seriouslyWhy the people who have been through the hardest things are always the ones still showing upKellie is proof that you can be in the trenches of the hardest thing imaginable and still choose to find the light. Not because it is easy. Because it is the only option worth choosing.Go follow Kellie and get her book - links below. And if you know someone who needs to hear this today, please share it with them. This one could change someone's life. 🤍Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this episode with someone who needs it 💌Follow Kellie on Instagram - Here"There Must Be More" Kellie's best selling book - Linked⁠📲 Instagram 🤳🏼 Personal YouTube ❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx
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  #14 | How to Get PAID as a UGC Creator (Everything You Need to Know) 02.06.2026 52min

  ⭐️ My Viral Protein Ball Ebook is LIVE! Linked here: https://stan.store/christinapengilly/p/the-tastiest-balls-ebook ⭐️Thank you for being here ❤️This is the episode I wish existed when I first started out as a creator. Whether you have been curious about how to make money online, you have heard the term Influencing/UGC thrown around and had no idea what it means, or you are already creating and just not getting paid for it yet - this one is for you.Today I am breaking down everything. No fluff, no gatekeeping. Just exactly what you need to know to start getting PAID to create content from your phone.We get into:The difference between influencer brand work and UGC - and why it mattersExactly how influencers get paid - affiliates, brand posts, gifting and beyondWhat UGC actually is and why brands are willing to pay for itWhere to start if you have never done this beforeHow to build a media kit that actually gets you noticedHow to find and outreach to brands the right wayWhat to say and how to say it - outreach that actually convertsHow to show a brand you genuinely care and can get them a real outcomeUnderstanding ROI from a brand's perspective so you can pitch with confidenceThis episode is your complete starting point. Whether you want to do this as a side hustle or build it into a full time income - the roadmap is here.As always I would love to hear from you. Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it 💌⁠📲 Instagram 🤳🏼 Personal YouTube ❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. Can't wait to see you next week! xx
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  #13 | Why Not You? How to Back Yourself & Build the Life You Actually Want 26.05.2026 51min

  Thank you for being here ❤️My Protein Ball Ebook is HEREEE! Linked here xxThis episode is for the person who keeps watching other people live the life they want and telling themselves it's just not for them. The one who has the dream, the desire, the knowing - but keeps waiting for permission that is never coming.Today's conversation is a simple but life changing question.Why not you?We get into:Why seeing someone else achieve your goal is actually evidence that it's possible for youThe difference between comparing yourself to someone's step ten when you're at step oneWhy your dreams are absolute - and what that actually meansMoving with conviction without arrogance - the difference and why it mattersWhy closed mouths don't get fed and asking for what you want is a skill not arroganceHow to stop apologizing for your ambition to make other people comfortableWhy the people meant for your journey will never be intimidated by your growthWanting a different life but still seeking approval from people committed to staying the sameSelf belief is built through evidence not intentionWhy most people quit right before the snowball starts rollingThe biggest risk in your life right now - and it's not what you thinkI also get really honest about the seasons where I played small, diluted what I wanted and waited for permission I never needed in the first place.You can either choose discomfort now or regret later. Either way you are going to feel it. So you may as well feel it moving towards the life you know you are here to live.This is the episode I want you to relisten to. Write notes. Put them on your wallpaper. Send it to someone who needs it. And if you're ever going to leave a comment on Talk Therapy - make it this one. 💌Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs to hear it 💌⁠📲 Instagram 🤳🏼 Personal YouTube❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. Can't wait to see you next week! xx
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  #12 | Overcome Anxiety & Overwhelm to Achieve Your Dreams 19.05.2026 48min

  Thank you for being here!! This episode is for the person who has been sitting on their dreams for TOOOO long. The one who knows they are capable of so much more but keeps waiting for the right time, the right feeling, the right moment of confidence (Spoiler - the 'right time' is never coming)Today I am expanding on the quote that genuinely changed my life and the way I relate to anxiety, overwhelm and fear forever.Ambition without action equals anxiety.We get into:Why you are not anxious because of what you have to do - but what you are yet to doThe difference between temporary relief through procrastination and actual relief through actionWhy your brain exaggerates every task and how to stop letting it run the showThe rubbish bin analogy that will change the way you think about mental load foreverHow open loops are stealing your capacity to go after what actually mattersWhy anticipation is almost always more painful than the realityThe 15 minute rule that will get you started on anythingA practical brain dump exercise to clear your mental load todayWhy confidence is just competence - and competence only comes through doingI also get really honest about my own experience!This episode is not here to make you feel good for ten minutes and then go back to doing nothing. I want you to leave this one and actually move. So consider this your sign.If there is someone in your life who needs a loving kick up the bum - share this one with them. And if this lands for you I would love to hear from you. Slide into my DMs and tell me the one thing you are committing to after this episode 💌Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs it 💌⁠📲 Instagram 🤳🏼 Personal YouTube ❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. Can't wait to see you next week! xx
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  #11 | Feel Like You're Going Backwards? Listen to This. 12.05.2026 57min

  I'm so happy you're here!This episode is for anyone who is in a middle ground right now. Anyone who knows they need to make a decision but is terrified of what it means about them. Anyone who feels like they are going backwards. Anyone who is sitting in the shame of feeling like they have failed. This one is for you.I am sharing the full story of walking away from my business of three and a half years at the height of it, the internal rock bottom that led me there, and the decision that every single part of me did not want to make - going back to a 9 to 5.We get into:Why I walked away from full time self employment after three and a half yearsThe ego, the shame and the fear of feeling like I was going backwardsWalking into Goodlife gym and asking for a job with no planHow going backwards became the absolute slingshot to everythingGrowing from 5k to 27k followers while working a 9 to 5The power of radical honesty with your communityWhy I asked a simple question at mini golf that changed everythingIf you don't ask, the answer is always noIf you are in a season of feeling lost, defeated, confused or just knowing that there is more for you - I promise you this episode is going to land exactly where it needs to.As always, I would love to hear from you!! Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this with someone who needs to hear it 💌
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  #10 | This is Why You're Not Confident.. Q&A. 05.05.2026 58min

  In this episode we are doing something a little different and much more casual! Think a life update, bestie catch up, and me answering all of your questions. Think less podcast, more just two besties sitting down and chatting about all the things.I give you a little life update including my trip back home to Adelaide, navigating being a long distance daughter with everything going on with my beautiful dad, and my very chaotic experience at the most incredible influencer event I have ever been to!!We get into your questions:People pleasing - why it's actually not the selfless thing you think it isHow to let go of friendships that no longer serve you (without the guilt)How to know when you've outgrown friends - even long term onesThe number one thing that actually builds confidence Setting boundaries in friendships without ruining themHow to start putting yourself first without overhauling your entire lifeHow to deal with homesickness when the people you love are far awayHow I started my wellness and gym journey - and tips for anyone just starting outIf you love being here as much as I love having you here, I would absolutely love to hear from you!! Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this episode with your bestie 💌PS!! I need your help naming this segment! Drop your ideas in my DMs or tag me in your stories. I want it to be something fun that we do every few weeks xx📲 Instagram⁠⁠🤳🏼 Personal YouTube⁠⁠❤️ Talk Therapy YouTubeEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. Can’t wait to see you next week! xx