Talkin about Midlife

Kellie Stirling

Conversations about life transitions, relationships and trauma for people who want to understand what this life is about.

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Talkin about Midlife

Episodes (66)

Jul 27th Ep 66 The hands remember - painting the unspoken
May 4th Ep 65 Meeting yourself on the Journey with Damianne President
Apr 6th Ep 64 Roots: understanding somatic decolonisations

Talkin about Midlife

Jul 27, 2026
57½ minutes
43 MB

In this episode, I sit down with artist Leah — a former accountant turned figurative painter known for her portraits of women — to talk about art as a language for the body when words run out. We trace Leah's path from the audit floor to the easel, sparked by an unexpected, almost hormonal pull toward painting during her first pregnancy, and unpack why the hands are one of our most primal, expressive tools — closely tied to speech, gesture and emotion long before we could name what we felt. Leah opens up about painting women as a form of self-d...

Talkin about Midlife

Ep 66 The hands remember - painting the unspoken

Kellie Stirling

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