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That's Not Very Ladylike

That's Not Very Ladylike

By: Tracey Willingham
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That’s Not Very Ladylike is the podcast for every woman who was told to be polite, stay calm, or stop being so dramatic, meanwhile her hormones, boundaries, and sanity were quietly falling apart. Hosted by Tracey Willingham, licensed social worker and the voice behind That Hormone Girl™, each episode starts with one rule: Ladies don’t…and then they do it anyway. Together, we unpack the unspoken expectations, the emotional labor, the generational BS, and the hormone chaos modern women are carrying and we get honest about what it actually takes to feel like yourself again. If you’re ready to question the rules, trust your body, and stop shrinking to make everyone else comfortable, you’re in the right place.© 2025 Tracey Willingham, That’s Not Very Ladylike Podcast. All Rights Reserved. Personal Development Personal Success Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Ladies Don't Call It an Emotional Affair. They're Just Really Good Friends Who Text a Lot.
    Jul 16 2026

    In this episode I get into why women are reading a real thing correctly and then talking themselves out of it because nobody gave them a word for it. We get into what the research actually says, over ninety percent of women admit to an emotional affair, and 64% of couples say it does as much damage as a physical one or more. We get into why the woman on the other end was doing it, because the history of women having no way to get emotional needs met except through a man does not disappear just because we have therapy apps now. And we get into the hardest part, knowing what is yours to hold and what belongs to someone else to manage.

    The last thing you need is one more reason to call yourself paranoid. Trust what you see. Name it out loud before you can prove it. And that's the most unladylike thing of all.

    Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/break-it-down License code: 1S4TI94HJFOHIGSH

    If you are interested in That Hormone Girl information, visit my everything page: https://www.thathormonegirl.com/thg-hq

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    29 mins
  • Ladies Don't Get Pushed Into Poverty. They Get Kept There by Design.
    Jul 9 2026

    Women in the United States could not open a bank account without a man's permission until 1974. They could be denied credit for being female. They could be fired for getting pregnant. And the things we know actually support women financially, education, independent income, access to credit, the ability to leave, are exactly the things women have been guided, pressured, and sometimes forced away from for generations.

    In this episode I get into why women are not falling into poverty. They are being kept in the conditions that guarantee it. What those conditions look like, how they get dressed up as love and protection, and why refusing to stay is still considered the unladylike choice. The last thing you need is one more reason to stay small. Know the system. Name it. And that's the most unladylike thing of all.

    Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/break-it-down License code: 1S4TI94HJFOHIGSH

    If you are interested in That Hormone Girl information, visit my everything page: https://www.thathormonegirl.com/thg-hq

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    25 mins
  • Ladies Don't Post Without Filtering First. They Edit the Evidence of Being Human.
    Jul 2 2026

    In this episode of That's Not Very Ladylike, here's the deal: no matter what you post, someone has an opinion. Too much. Too personal. Too polished. Too raw. Too much for a woman your age. Too messy for someone who has a brand. You are going to be judged either way, so who exactly are you editing for when you sand yourself down into something safe enough to publish?

    In this episode I get into why we learned to filter before we post, what it costs us when our social media becomes one more place we perform acceptable womanhood, and why the version of you that didn't make the final cut is probably the one people actually need to see. The last thing you need is one more place to disappear. Post for you. Let them deal with it.

    Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/break-it-down License code: 1S4TI94HJFOHIGSH
    If you are interested in That Hormone Girl information, visit my everything page!

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    16 mins
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