Through the Ruth - A Podcast where we get to the heart of home

Season 4 Episode 1 - Domestic Servitude or Partnership

In many homes, one person runs everything and the other sits back and reaps the rewards.  This episode is not about gender BUT STATISTICALLY it is the Male that is not meeting their share.  If this is not your household, then great, but what if it is? Is it fair for the female to be doing more than half the role of home (including cleaning, cooking, paying bills, getting extensions, going to shops, chemist, doctors appointments, booking all appointments, taking kids to sport, paying for these, cancelling when they are sick, taking time off work to tend to sickness in the house, booking leave ahead for appointments etc. etc. ) and then be expected to also work full time? and maybe then also sharing the cost fifty fifty? As an adult, who doesn't simply want a second mum, needs to step up and take HALF the role of looking after home.  Gender should not be an excuse for servitude.  Free domestic labour.  Because it's a second FULL TIME ROLE and true partnership is exactly that.  Partnership.  I am one of the lucky ones.  But saying that alone is sad. Lucky ones? So many of my friends do not have that 'fortune' with their partners and then the partners say they were blind sighted when they finally leave.  Partnership.  What do you think that means exactly.  What can change for the better now, so it doesn't change for the worse later and you 'never saw it coming'.

Season 3 Episode 8 IF ONLY THESE WALLS COULD TALK

Have you ever thought about who sees you. The real you.  The one behind closed doors.  We automatically think about the people inside these areas only.  But the home itself sees and knows the real you.  The one you cant hide from others.  And perhaps that's why we are so comfortable being at home. It doesn't judge us, or tell others. It just listens.  Thank you for listening, Ruth xoxo

Season 3 Episode7 - The Direction Of Divorce

No one starts a family with the expectation it will end in Divorce. Even if not married but you have a family together, separation hits home hard, even when the split is amicable.  Todays episode we have guest speaker Billie who works for a Law Firm discuss what to consider to keep the change moving in a successful direction.  If your heading towards the big D word, what can you do now to prepare, and what should you do even when your both in agreement of the next direction for the family.  A big shout out to Billie for sharing her knowledge base in an effort to keep the process flowing successfully.  **Note: No content on this Podcast is Legal Advice.  It is recommended you seek your own advice for your circumstances at all times** xoxo Ruth

Season 3 Episode 6 Your Home & Your Nervous System

Join me as we discuss the way our home affects our nervous systems! What makes the atmosphere feel different? What can we do to change it? thank you for joining me again,  Ruth xoxo

Season 3 Episode 5 - Reinventing Yourself Each Time You Move

In this episode we discuss the philosophy of how homes shape who we are, who we want to be and who we used to be.  We can look back at memories and know we are not the same person as we were when we lived there.  We would now make different choices, and sometimes we wouldn't change a thing.  If only walks could talk hey, imagine the versions of people that resided there before and after you AND who are now different to who they were too at that time.  That version of all those people no longer exists.  Fascinating.    Thank you for joining me again, in my journey to find get to the heart of home.  xoxo Ruth.