Her Best Life
Episodes
I want to be honest with you.
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dear lovely listeners, This week’s episode feels a little different… and honestly, it’s something I went back and forth on sharing ...
Protecting our kids from porn
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Gemma is joined by Dr Corry again this week to talk parenting in the digital age, pornography and protecting our kids from the algorithms. Plus, Gemma...
Belle was happily married for 21 years, then her husband left.
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gemma is joined by the wonderful Belle Burden, whose best-selling book Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage recently resonated with her in ways s...
Yes, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is coming to meet you all
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have a very special announcement… Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is coming to Sydney to meet you all at our upcoming Her Best Life retr...
They always come crawling back…
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gemma is joined by her lovely executive assistant Alex to talk “Terminator” men who always come back when they sense you’v...
Taking control of your life (Q&A)
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Gemma answers your questions in this week’s episodes - and a lot of them are focussed around how to take control of your life, not letting fear ...
When not to give up on a relationship (ft. Gemma’s boyfriend Scott)
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After much demand from listeners, this week Gemma’s boyfriend Scott (aka Kermit the green flag) joins her on the podcast to talk about how they ...
When to cut off your parents
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the Beckham family breakdown continues to dominate the headlines, this week Gemma is joined by therapist Dr Justine Corry to discuss if there&rsquo...
Jackie’s big realisation
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with our first episode of the year and it’s a big one with a few tears! Gemma’s manifest came true over the holidays, Jac...
Jackie’s new addiction
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What was meant to be a lighthearted moment from Jackie about a new “addiction" in her life led to a profound revelation happening in real time w...
Is he cheating through Instagram?
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our penultimate episode of the year and things get off to a bit of a chaotic start! Once Jackie and Gemma settle in, they cover everyt...
The M Word
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Her Best Life, Jackie and Gemma go there… and we mean there. Gemma kicks things off with an embarrassing story that leads the...
Stop trying to be the ‘perfect parent’ with Dr Shefali
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Her Best Life, Jackie and Gemma sit down with world-renowned psychologist and bestselling author Dr Shefali for an honest, empoweri...
It’s time to break the rules
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a lifetime of being a “good girl” and never wanting to rock the boat, Gemma is ready to rebel and Jackie has set her a challenge to ...
The 'Plan B’ boyfriend theory
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Things take an eerie twist this week as Gemma shares a psychic message she received from a man the other side, and she needs your help trying to track...
The secret to happiness
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A recent admission from Russell Crowe about his relationship status led to Jackie and Gemma questioning why people re-marry and if they really want to...
Do open relationships work?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode starts with Jackie reflecting on why she strives to look younger while discussing Kris Jenner’s viral facelift and Gem...
Stranded In The Wilderness
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back to our normal schedule now Gemma is back in Australia… and a lot happened while she was in the States. Including getting stran...
A little update…
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dear Besties, we’ve tried our hardest to never miss an episode, but sometimes life gets in the way! We promise we’ll be back to usual as s...
Most people have never been in love
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie stumbled upon a fascinating article about love this week, that got us really questioning things. Plus, we the ladies cover Brazilian waxes gone...
Am I too old to start again?
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After reading Erik Erikson's 8 Stages of Development, this week Jackie wanted to deep dive Generativity versus Stagnation and discuss and the stage in...
Things have gone too far…
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lot can happen in a week, especially for Jackie and Gemma! This week’s episode covers everything from an unacceptable invasion of privacy, an ...
Sexual Trauma
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Her Best Life comes with a trigger warning as Gemma opens up about the importance of processing the memories she’s suppressed fo...
Obsessive Thoughts (About Him)
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you can’t get a man off your mind, then this episode is one for you! Jackie and Gemma break down how to break free of this approach to dating...
Unexpected tears
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s pod covers everything from meeting the parents, a big relationship milestone and the rise of male escorts, including why more women ...
A beginner’s guide to sex toys (bonus episode)
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After Gemma’s recent trip to a local sex store was a little more vanilla than she’d have liked, Jackie arranged a surprise with Love Honey...
The Summer I Turned Pretty
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dead rats, signs from above and disastrous stories about meeting the parents, this week’s podcast is quite the rollercoaster as Gemma prepares t...
Sex shop drama (Q&A)
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To start our 50th episode Gemma shares a wild story about overcoming her unlikely fear of sex stores and Jackie introduces her to anal beads! Th...
Jackie’s serendipitous first date
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since last week’s episode Gemma has been bed bound with pneumonia and Jackie is back on the dating apps and went on a first date with someone sh...
Resentment kills love
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gemma’s been attending sex education classes at her son’s school and learned something new she couldn’t wait to share with Jackie! P...
Feeing unstoppable with Brittney Saunders
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to empowering women and proving that patience and persistence pays off, nobody is doing it quite like influencer turned entrepreneu...
Let’s talk about oral sex
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A surprising admission from Gwyneth Paltrow led to an unlikely conversation about oral sex, unfulfilling encounters and if an emotional connection gua...
The beauty of blended families
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Gemma’s relationship with Scott grows stronger, this week she reflects on how they’ve navigated blending their families together and sh...
How 'micro-rejections' affect our relationships
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jackie and Gemma debate whether cruise ships the ultimate holiday, or just a floating nightmare? Then, the girls dive into something a litt...
The truth behind Jackie’s “new man”
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jackie takes her crystal obsession to a whole new level — literally halting her entire home build to bury them in the ground for &ldq...
Sex, foreplay and spicing things up
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Has the spark fizzled out of your longterm relationship? This week Jackie and Gemma are talking about spicing up your sex life with a partner, little ...
The Power of Saying Yes
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After completing the Big 5 run in South Africa, a very sore Gemma came straight to Jackie’s from the airport to unpack not just the run itself b...
Our first live show (Ft. Gemma’s boyfriend Scott!)
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie and Gemma were joined by 250 of you lovely listeners for their first live show last week, and it was a night to remember! Before everybody star...
Getting over an ex and risqué sex
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Be warned, this week’s episode has quite the horny start as a fantasy came true in Adelaide! Plus, Jackie and Gemma discuss where men go wrong o...
Pride, privilege and the pressure to have more children
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a while now since Gemma got back together with her boyfriend Scott, and Jackie wanted to see how things are going… and there ha...
We have an announcement…
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To our lovely Besties community, before Gemma heads to South Africa for her Big 5 run we’d love you all to join us for a drink at The Clovelly H...
How to choose yourself every day (Part 2)
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part to this week’s podcast, Gemma discusses for the first time the emotional moment she thought her friendship with Jackie may be...
How to Vibrate at a Higher Level (Part 1)
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After talking about manifesting and vision boards last week, today we want to really look into how you can vibrate at a higher level to help these thi...
Wedding plans and manifesting revisited… what came true?
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, we did an episode on manifesting where Gemma revealed what was on her vision board… but how many of those things have come true? Plu...
A Very Honest Talk About Our Bodies And Ageing
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Jackie opens up to Gemma about her body insecurities, the pressure she feels to look a certain way due to the criticism ...
“How I re-gained my confidence after leaving a bad relationship”
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first Bonus episode of Her Best Life! Alongside the main weekly upload on a Wednesday, Jackie and Gemma want to start dropping extra mi...
How Long Is Too Long Without Sex?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie and Gemma have reunited on the sofa and there’s a lot to unpack! This week they talk awkward questions from children, lengthy dry spells ...
I’m back with my boyfriend…
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After last week’s emotional episode, Gemma reveals to Jackie she is now back with her boyfriend and unpacks what has changed, what she has learn...
The Boyfriend Update
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After teasing last week that one of us had a boyfriend, we then recorded an entire episode to post today spilling all on that exciting news… bu...
Let’s Talk About D*** Pics
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re talking breaking out of your comfort zone and chat to a lovely listener called Nicole, who is the perfect example of why we shou...
Adolescence
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are jumping on the bandwagon this week as we felt the need to unpack the current Netflix hit, Adolescence. We are chatting about what we loved, wha...
Men with Money
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ll admit, who we were looking for when we started our dating journey is vastly different to what we are now attracted to! Let’s discuss...
Triggered
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After all the self reflection and work we’ve done on ourselves, there are still moments and people that trigger us to a heightened state, that m...
Girls trip!
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re on our girls work trip to Europe and boy it’s been an eye opener! We made it to a sex club in Berlin and there is a lot to discuss! ...
What are you waiting for?
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes in life we wait, we sit in things that make us unhappy, we wait to do the things that bring us joy. This episode we discuss what holds us ba...
Friends with Benefits
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The time has come for us to consider friends with benefits! This is where we are at! But is it really what we want? Maybe some intimacy is better than...
Criticism
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A negative comment led one of us to a ‘a ha’ moment about how as humans we don’t need to be liked by everyone, and that’s ok! ...
Mini Update
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are moving our podcast to Wednesdays! But here's a mini bonus episode for you in the meantime. Follow us @wearebestiesofficial Check out the Red Fl...
All the woo woo stuff
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We can admit it, in our search for love and healing…we have tried A LOT of woo woo stuff. Healers, psychics, moon crystal clearing, EMDR, demon...
Sometimes it’s hard
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For all the fellow singleton’s out there we acknowledge sometimes it can be hard. Whilst we feel happy in ourselves majority of the time, someti...
Babies?
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We touch on our holiday to Fiji together and a big change in Jackie’s holidaying! We get deep with talk about babies, embryos, sperm donors and ...
Breaking up with Friends
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know that feeling when someone who you’ve been friends with for a long time suddenly doesn’t feel aligned to who you are – maybe...
We can’t believe we accepted that?!
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are removing all shame and embarrassment and talking about specific things we accepted from men in our past. We feel like burying these s...
Is your Ego calling the shots?
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about our embarrassing ego driven choices over the years, vs the authentic ones. It’s time to make choices that reflect...
Rebirth
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We chat about the beauty in your rebirth, how to push past fear and how to navigate the stages you might experience. In preparation for our girls trip...
Conversations with Partners
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do we like to talk to our partners about… when we each get one! It turns out we are quite different after all! Follow us @wearebestiesoffi...
He’s coming! Do we need to change?
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Well we’ve found a book that charts your astrological timing – and our partners of destiny are on the way next year, supposedly! So what a...
Narcissism
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We reflect on relationships with narcissists and how debilitating and traumatic it can be. The cycle of love bombing, devaluation, gaslighting and the...
Know your value
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry poddy listeners because this week we’re all over the place but so much to discuss! We start with the key tip to get through small talk this si...
Manifesting
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We get a bit deep and spiritual in this episode after getting many messages from people wanting to know more detail on what exactly we do as our medit...
More sex stuff (**explicit ep for 18+**)
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After our episode with sex therapist Chantelle Otton last week, we felt like we wanted to talk about sex more. We touch on how sometimes as women we s...
Let’s talk about Sex, Orgasms and Dating Profiles
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We find out whether Gemma had the guts to send a message asking for clarity to the guy she was sitting in ambiguity with! We’re also joined by Sexol...
Why won’t he pick me?
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week our therapist Dr Corry joins us to talk about some key things we struggle with. We cover off a fear of not being picked in a romantic sense,...
Jackie’s Addiction
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Jackie’s recent admission of her alcohol and prescription medication addiction and how it all came to a head. In true besties style it’...
Your questions
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve had so many amazing questions in our DM’s from our podcast listeners that we decided it was time to start answering some! From “How do I g...
Attachment styles
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk more about sex after long term relationships, plus we deep dive on attachment styles and which ones we are and how it impacts you in relations...
Let’s manifest
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are back together after a few weeks away and tackling the new moon, manifestations and weeing in the car! Follow us @wearebestiesofficial Check out...
Career Pondering + Pashing on the beach
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we solve whether Gemma is chatting to a red flag guy, we reveal some pashing action on the beach, we talk career learnings, negotiation and ...
Getting over Exes + Facing Fears
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we get real about how hard it can be to have an ex on your mind and why do we always hold on to the emotionally unavailable man?! Plus we...
Vibrators + Gwyneth Paltrow
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we talk to one of our favourite people… the amazing Gwyneth Paltrow joins us! Before that, we unexpectedly address the topic of vibrators...
We've Been There
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Setting up our quest for living our best lives! This episode we discuss hitting our low points, sex again after divorce, what we turned to after a bre...
Her Best Life Trailer
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Best friends Jackie Henderson and Gemma O'Neill are on the quest to live their best lives. Listen if you want to live yours too, or want to laugh at t...