The Parts We Hide Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-parts-we-hide Some things are easier to carry than to talk about. The worries. The grief. The questions. The expectations. The experiences that shape us. The parts we hide. The Parts We Hide is a podcast where evidence meets lived experience - honest conversations about the things we often carry quietly. Hosted by Victoria Braithwaite and Dr Pennie Taylor APD, we explore health, wellbeing, relationships, resilience, identity and the realities of being human. Pennie brings decades of experience across dietetics, nutrition, health and research science. Victoria brings lived experience, community connection, food education and nearly a decade of working closely with individuals and families through The Family Cook. We come to the conversation from different places, and that’s the point. One of us might bring the evidence, the other the question people are thinking but haven’t said out loud. Sometimes we’re the experts. Sometimes we’re the ones learning. And sometimes our own experiences become part of the conversation too. Together with our guests, we create space for conversations that are informed, curious, candid and human, without pretending there is always a neat answer. Because the parts we hide are often the parts that connect us. © 2026 The Parts We Hide 6454940c-bfbf-5cb3-8029-49f45f6b44b9 yes Victoria Braithwaite Dr Pennie Taylor APD The Parts We Hide: Trailer en Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:15:57 +0930 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:16:31 +0930 https://img.transistorcdn.com/0u_CtgxBRxBFoBSR7AleP0h6f1mp0qNgvAmveFD-1Qc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kNjA1/NDg1ODAxMGM5MzZj/ZmM4MTk2Yjc2OGQ2/YmQ4Yi5qcGc.jpg The Parts We Hide episodic Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD Some things are easier to carry than to talk about. The worries. The grief. The questions. The expectations. The experiences that shape us. The parts we hide. The Parts We Hide is a podcast where evidence meets lived experience - honest conversations about the things we often carry quietly. Hosted by Victoria Braithwaite and Dr Pennie Taylor APD, we explore health, wellbeing, relationships, resilience, identity and the realities of being human. Pennie brings decades of experience across dietetics, nutrition, health and research science. Victoria brings lived experience, community connection, food education and nearly a decade of working closely with individuals and families through The Family Cook. We come to the conversation from different places, and that’s the point. One of us might bring the evidence, the other the question people are thinking but haven’t said out loud. Sometimes we’re the experts. Sometimes we’re the ones learning. And sometimes our own experiences become part of the conversation too. Together with our guests, we create space for conversations that are informed, curious, candid and human, without pretending there is always a neat answer. Because the parts we hide are often the parts that connect us. Some things are easier to carry than to talk about. mental health, wellbeing, women's health, perimenopause, grief, vulnerability, community, South Australia, Adelaide, conversation, storytelling, dietitian, midlife, connection, mental wellbeing, women over 40 The Parts We Hide hello@thepartswehide.com No Yes Episode 04: Fearless Feeding with Charlotte Chambers 1 1 4 4 Episode 04: Fearless Feeding with Charlotte Chambers full 289b9523-20d6-43ff-81eb-290218282e79 https://thepartswehide.com/episodes/episode-04-fearless-feeding-with-charlotte-chambers Few things attract more judgement than how a mother feeds her baby.

Breast is best. Fed is best. Breastfeeding, formula feeding, combination feeding; behind those simple phrases are women trying to make deeply personal decisions at one of the most vulnerable times of their lives, often without access to all the information they need.

In Fearless Feeding, Charlotte Chambers, part of the first female-owned and operated infant formula company in Australia joins Victoria Braithwaite and Dr Pennie Taylor for an open conversation about infant feeding, motherhood and the judgement that can come with both.

Charlotte shares her own experience of trying to feed a newborn, the challenges that followed and how that lived experience ultimately became the beginning of a business.

Together, they explore the messaging around “breast is best” and “fed is best”, the laws and restrictions surrounding infant formula information and marketing, and an important question: what happens when parents don’t have all the information they need at one of the most vulnerable times of their lives?

How do we make reliable infant-feeding information and support more accessible to new mums? How do we better support women when breastfeeding doesn’t go to plan? And can we have more honest conversations about feeding our babies without judgement, guilt or shame?

Because fearless feeding isn’t about choosing one side or another. It’s about giving women the information, support and confidence they need to make the decision that is right for them and their baby.

]]> Few things attract more judgement than how a mother feeds her baby.

Breast is best. Fed is best. Breastfeeding, formula feeding, combination feeding; behind those simple phrases are women trying to make deeply personal decisions at one of the most vulnerable times of their lives, often without access to all the information they need.

In Fearless Feeding, Charlotte Chambers, part of the first female-owned and operated infant formula company in Australia joins Victoria Braithwaite and Dr Pennie Taylor for an open conversation about infant feeding, motherhood and the judgement that can come with both.

Charlotte shares her own experience of trying to feed a newborn, the challenges that followed and how that lived experience ultimately became the beginning of a business.

Together, they explore the messaging around “breast is best” and “fed is best”, the laws and restrictions surrounding infant formula information and marketing, and an important question: what happens when parents don’t have all the information they need at one of the most vulnerable times of their lives?

How do we make reliable infant-feeding information and support more accessible to new mums? How do we better support women when breastfeeding doesn’t go to plan? And can we have more honest conversations about feeding our babies without judgement, guilt or shame?

Because fearless feeding isn’t about choosing one side or another. It’s about giving women the information, support and confidence they need to make the decision that is right for them and their baby.

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0930 Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD Watch on YouTube Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD 3197 Few things attract more judgement than how a mother feeds her baby.

Breast is best. Fed is best. Breastfeeding, formula feeding, combination feeding; behind those simple phrases are women trying to make deeply personal decisions at one of the most vulnerable times of their lives, often without access to all the information they need.

In Fearless Feeding, Charlotte Chambers, part of the first female-owned and operated infant formula company in Australia joins Victoria Braithwaite and Dr Pennie Taylor for an open conversation about infant feeding, motherhood and the judgement that can come with both.

Charlotte shares her own experience of trying to feed a newborn, the challenges that followed and how that lived experience ultimately became the beginning of a business.

Together, they explore the messaging around “breast is best” and “fed is best”, the laws and restrictions surrounding infant formula information and marketing, and an important question: what happens when parents don’t have all the information they need at one of the most vulnerable times of their lives?

How do we make reliable infant-feeding information and support more accessible to new mums? How do we better support women when breastfeeding doesn’t go to plan? And can we have more honest conversations about feeding our babies without judgement, guilt or shame?

Because fearless feeding isn’t about choosing one side or another. It’s about giving women the information, support and confidence they need to make the decision that is right for them and their baby.

]]> Infant feeding, breastfeeding, formula feeding, combination feeding, feeding a newborn, newborn feeding, breast is best, fed is best, infant formula, breastfeeding challenges, breastfeeding support, feeding support, new mothers, new mums, motherhood, maternal health, postpartum, maternal guilt, mum guilt, feeding choices, informed choice, infant feeding information, formula marketing, infant formula regulations, MAIF, parenting, women’s health, Charlotte Chambers, Fearless Feeding, Victoria Braithwaite, Dr Pennie Taylor, The Parts We Hide, Australian podcast No Victoria Braithwaite Dr Pennie Taylor APD Charlotte Chambers Episode 3: Weighting for Change 1 1 3 3 Episode 3: Weighting for Change full 26cb5821-07e4-4f81-8ca4-c16f4a320b4b https://thepartswehide.com/episodes/weighting-for-change What if some of the things we’ve been taught about weight, food and our bodies deserve to be questioned?

In Weighting for Change, Victoria Braithwaite sits down with co host Dr Pennie Taylor APD for a conversation that challenges some deeply ingrained ideas about weight, health and what we see when we look in the mirror.

And for this conversation, Pennie brings an extraordinary depth of experience to the table. An Accredited Practising Dietitian, researcher and author, Pennie spent 18 years as a research scientist with CSIRO and is now Director of 360ME Nutrition and Director of Clinical Translation at VivaLab. Her career has spanned clinical practice, nutrition science, research and the translation of complex health evidence into information people can actually understand and use.

Her clinical experience includes supporting people navigating eating disorders, disordered eating, body dysmorphia and complex weight management, with an approach that reaches beyond food and numbers to self compassion, acceptance and the impact these issues can have on individuals and the people who love them.

Together, Victoria and Pennie unpack BMI and the messages we still teach young people about weight, diet culture, body image, weight loss medications and surgery, our relationship with food, and the way we learn to judge our own bodies.

Victoria brings the questions, lived experience and some of the beliefs many of us have absorbed without ever really questioning them. Pennie brings decades of clinical and research experience and isn't afraid to challenge a few of them.

Sometimes changing the conversation means being willing to question what we've always believed to be true.

Episode 3: Weighting for Change

Because the parts we hide are often the parts that connect us. 🎧


]]> What if some of the things we’ve been taught about weight, food and our bodies deserve to be questioned?

In Weighting for Change, Victoria Braithwaite sits down with co host Dr Pennie Taylor APD for a conversation that challenges some deeply ingrained ideas about weight, health and what we see when we look in the mirror.

And for this conversation, Pennie brings an extraordinary depth of experience to the table. An Accredited Practising Dietitian, researcher and author, Pennie spent 18 years as a research scientist with CSIRO and is now Director of 360ME Nutrition and Director of Clinical Translation at VivaLab. Her career has spanned clinical practice, nutrition science, research and the translation of complex health evidence into information people can actually understand and use.

Her clinical experience includes supporting people navigating eating disorders, disordered eating, body dysmorphia and complex weight management, with an approach that reaches beyond food and numbers to self compassion, acceptance and the impact these issues can have on individuals and the people who love them.

Together, Victoria and Pennie unpack BMI and the messages we still teach young people about weight, diet culture, body image, weight loss medications and surgery, our relationship with food, and the way we learn to judge our own bodies.

Victoria brings the questions, lived experience and some of the beliefs many of us have absorbed without ever really questioning them. Pennie brings decades of clinical and research experience and isn't afraid to challenge a few of them.

Sometimes changing the conversation means being willing to question what we've always believed to be true.

Episode 3: Weighting for Change

Because the parts we hide are often the parts that connect us. 🎧


]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0930 Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD Watch on YouTube Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD 2298 What if some of the things we’ve been taught about weight, food and our bodies deserve to be questioned?

In Weighting for Change, Victoria Braithwaite sits down with co host Dr Pennie Taylor APD for a conversation that challenges some deeply ingrained ideas about weight, health and what we see when we look in the mirror.

And for this conversation, Pennie brings an extraordinary depth of experience to the table. An Accredited Practising Dietitian, researcher and author, Pennie spent 18 years as a research scientist with CSIRO and is now Director of 360ME Nutrition and Director of Clinical Translation at VivaLab. Her career has spanned clinical practice, nutrition science, research and the translation of complex health evidence into information people can actually understand and use.

Her clinical experience includes supporting people navigating eating disorders, disordered eating, body dysmorphia and complex weight management, with an approach that reaches beyond food and numbers to self compassion, acceptance and the impact these issues can have on individuals and the people who love them.

Together, Victoria and Pennie unpack BMI and the messages we still teach young people about weight, diet culture, body image, weight loss medications and surgery, our relationship with food, and the way we learn to judge our own bodies.

Victoria brings the questions, lived experience and some of the beliefs many of us have absorbed without ever really questioning them. Pennie brings decades of clinical and research experience and isn't afraid to challenge a few of them.

Sometimes changing the conversation means being willing to question what we've always believed to be true.

Episode 3: Weighting for Change

Because the parts we hide are often the parts that connect us. 🎧


]]> body image, weight stigma, BMI, BMI in schools, nutrition education, weight management, diet culture, body confidence, healthy eating, weight loss, obesity, weight loss medications, GLP-1, bariatric surgery, teenagers and body image, Dr Pennie Taylor APD, Victoria Braithwaite No Victoria Braithwaite Dr Pennie Taylor APD Episode 1: The Brave Face with John Mannion 1 1 1 1 Episode 1: The Brave Face with John Mannion full 6bc8bbb7-c258-4ce2-ab3b-8835edd3615e https://thepartswehide.com/episodes/episode-1-the-brave-face-with-john-mannion The smile we wear when everything is falling apart. John Mannion of the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation joins Victoria and Pennie to talk about the exhausting work of appearing fine — why so many of us feel we have no other choice, and what happens when the brave face finally comes down.

If this conversation brings something up for you

This episode includes an open conversation about mental health and some of the things we often carry quietly.

If you, or someone you care about, needs additional support, please know that help is available.

For mental health support services and resources, visit the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation’s Get Help Now page:

https://breakthroughfoundation.org.au/get-help-now/

If you or someone close to you is in immediate danger, please call 000.

You don’t have to navigate it alone.

]]> The smile we wear when everything is falling apart. John Mannion of the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation joins Victoria and Pennie to talk about the exhausting work of appearing fine — why so many of us feel we have no other choice, and what happens when the brave face finally comes down.

If this conversation brings something up for you

This episode includes an open conversation about mental health and some of the things we often carry quietly.

If you, or someone you care about, needs additional support, please know that help is available.

For mental health support services and resources, visit the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation’s Get Help Now page:

https://breakthroughfoundation.org.au/get-help-now/

If you or someone close to you is in immediate danger, please call 000.

You don’t have to navigate it alone.

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0930 Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD Watch on YouTube Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD 3396 The smile we wear when everything is falling apart. John Mannion of the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation joins Victoria and Pennie to talk about the exhausting work of appearing fine — why so many of us feel we have no other choice, and what happens when the brave face finally comes down.

If this conversation brings something up for you

This episode includes an open conversation about mental health and some of the things we often carry quietly.

If you, or someone you care about, needs additional support, please know that help is available.

For mental health support services and resources, visit the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation’s Get Help Now page:

https://breakthroughfoundation.org.au/get-help-now/

If you or someone close to you is in immediate danger, please call 000.

You don’t have to navigate it alone.

]]> mental health, mental health support, mental health crisis, helping someone in a mental health crisis, barriers to mental health support, seeking mental health help, mental health research, suicide prevention, breaking mental health stigma, men’s mental health, mental health conversations, supporting someone with mental illness, mental health Australia, Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation, John Mannion, The Brave Face, The Parts We Hide No John Mannion Victoria Braithwaite Dr Pennie Taylor APD Episode 2: Nobody Warned Us with Dr Beth Russ 1 1 2 2 Episode 2: Nobody Warned Us with Dr Beth Russ full 5fa4f09a-0aef-4128-b902-3600699d46e6 https://thepartswehide.com/episodes/episode-2-nobody-warned-us-with-dr-beth-russ Half the population goes through it, yet almost nobody talks about it. Dr Beth Russ joins Victoria and Pennie for a frank conversation about perimenopause — the symptoms nobody mentions, the silence around them, and how to advocate for yourself when your own body feels like unfamiliar territory. 

]]> Half the population goes through it, yet almost nobody talks about it. Dr Beth Russ joins Victoria and Pennie for a frank conversation about perimenopause — the symptoms nobody mentions, the silence around them, and how to advocate for yourself when your own body feels like unfamiliar territory. 

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0930 Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD Watch on YouTube Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD 3267 Half the population goes through it, yet almost nobody talks about it. Dr Beth Russ joins Victoria and Pennie for a frank conversation about perimenopause — the symptoms nobody mentions, the silence around them, and how to advocate for yourself when your own body feels like unfamiliar territory. 

]]> perimenopause, menopause, women’s health, menopause symptoms, vaginal health, sex and menopause, hormones, midlife health, Dr Beth Russ, Pennie Taylor, Victoria Braithwaite No Victoria Braithwaite Dr Pennie Taylor APD Dr Beth Russ The Parts We Hide: Trailer 1 1 The Parts We Hide: Trailer trailer ac1abb25-45ee-401a-bccd-b7d7616099da https://thepartswehide.com/episodes/the-parts-we-hide-trailer The things we carry quietly -  the brave faces, the money worries, the health changes nobody warned us about. The Parts We Hide is a new podcast from Victoria Braithwaite and Dr Pennie Taylor APD, talking honestly about what it means to stop hiding. Season 1 begins 10 September. Talking about what people carry quietly. 

]]> The things we carry quietly -  the brave faces, the money worries, the health changes nobody warned us about. The Parts We Hide is a new podcast from Victoria Braithwaite and Dr Pennie Taylor APD, talking honestly about what it means to stop hiding. Season 1 begins 10 September. Talking about what people carry quietly. 

]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:34:10 +0930 Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD Watch on YouTube Victoria Braithwaite & Dr Pennie Taylor APD 577 The things we carry quietly -  the brave faces, the money worries, the health changes nobody warned us about. The Parts We Hide is a new podcast from Victoria Braithwaite and Dr Pennie Taylor APD, talking honestly about what it means to stop hiding. Season 1 begins 10 September. Talking about what people carry quietly. 

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