Adam Richard: age is just a number, until it's not The Fabulous Adam Richard is back to talk about something very special - his thesis on DEAR NELLY! Nelly and Adam also talk about aging, we get an update on Adam's new adventures in Ethical Non-Monogamy, life admin and some other stuff. Nelly and Adam take a raw and real listener call about se*ual boundaries and how they are NOT NEGOTIABLE. A wonderful episode with an old friend and Dear Nelly favourite. DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO D...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 90
Poh Ling Yeow: BONUS episode BONUS for MAY 2025! DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confidential information, counselling and support service that is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support people impacted by domestic, family or sexual violence: CLICK HERE 13YARN 24-hour national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Call 13 92 76 or visit www.13yarn.org.au Nelly...
May 26, 2025•29 min•Ep. 89
Poh Ling Yeow: I just can't face the bloody apps babe! Poh joins us this month to talk about being friends with your ex, being long term single and why she can't face all the messaging and shenanigans of the apps. Nelly also takes some great listener calls. A fabulous episode with a national treasure. MasterChef Australia: Back to Win continues Sunday at 7pm, and Monday to Wednesday at 7:30pm on 10 and 10 Play DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A ...
May 17, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 88
APRIL 2025 EPISODE This month we are joined by T-Rex - the President of the Melbourne chapter of the iconic Dykes on Bikes. T-Rex and I chart her journey from dirt-bike farm-girl to two marriages, some difficult relationships and ultimately, to finding herself and her person. T-Rex's journey is that of so many of us - a long and winding road to self-discovery and happiness with some pot-holes and fox burrows in between. You'll be inspired to find your own patch. TICKETS TO OUR NEXT LIVE SHOW ON ...
Apr 16, 2025•59 min•Ep. 87
IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU: NELLY COMING AT YOU SOLO WITH LISTENER CALLS AND LETTERS This month Nelly is going commando - no co-host - to tackle your listener calls and letters. We have everything from how to get hope back, to coercive control, to dating dilemmas. A solo ep with Captain Thomas at the helm. Enjoy! TICKETS AND INFO FOR KIRSTY WEBECK'S TOUR HERE Interview with Rebecca Solnit, “Hope in the Dark” https://youtu.be/htstajrxUIc?si=04pnJ-nlsqz3kVwB Coercive control: https://www.healthline.com/he...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 86
DO NOT DATE WHILst ON THE HORN: THE BAR will be TOO LOW! THE FABULOUS ADAM RICHARD is back with Nelly to tackle some listener letters and questions that they didn't get to last time. These range from how to set up your profile, to dating while s*x-starved to community to parenting whilst living with a mental illness. As always, they are hilarious and highly inappropriate. DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confiden...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 85
DEAR NELLY FAVOURITE SCOTT BRENNAN IS BACK TO HELP NELLY FIGURE SH*T OUT One of our favouite homosexuals is back to help Nelly answer some straight lady questions from listeners. Why? Because, why not. Scott has been sitting in the sh*t and we get into that. We take questions on hooking up with a work friend, sex toy etiquette and, how to enjoy big events on your won. We also take an inspiring call about dating in a regional area, later in life. A beautiful episode with a dear friend of both Nel...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 84
The Fabulous Adam Richard : how do we set up an open relationship? In addition to your guaranteed monthly episodes, Nelly will now drop in solo and/or with a guest to talk sh*t and take listener letters when she has time. We start today with a very long episode with Nelly's old mate The Fabulous Adam Richard. Adam and his long-term partner have just opened up their relationship and Adam is loving some aspects and finding others challenging. They GET INTO IT. Nelly and Adam also take some wonderf...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 83
This month Nelly is solo - not by her own choice, she had a fresh episode ready to go, but sadly due to technical issues here we are! An overall update on what's been going on with Nelly over the last little while - a real honest and raw update. DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confidential information, counselling and support service that is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support people imp...
Dec 20, 2024•26 min•Ep. 82
NOVEMBER 2024 EPISODE: DATING STORIES, MOLLS! This month Nelly has had a rough time and so she's decided to embrace the joy, mess and debauchery of life by making an entire episode out of dating stories. You'll hear the good, the bad and the ugly and if you don't cry/laugh multiple times, go get your pulse checked. An absolutely glorious episode. DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confidential information, counsell...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 81
SERENA WALKER: COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGIST IS BACK TO GET INTO IT Serena Walker is back to talk about all the things! We get into humour, hope and intentionality and how important they are to connection. We talk about a 30-day texting challenge, a 2-week sex challenge and how to honour grief and change. We get into Tina the Musical and a couple of memes. We take a beautiful listener call about recovering from an abusive relationship, finding a new romance and how to deal with that ending. We end on...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 80
Rusty Berther: Starting Again at 50 as a Straight Man in the Wild! Rusty Bertha's marriage of 27 years ended when he was 49 and he was shitting in the shit . Flash forward 7 years and he is happily remarried after doing a shitload of therapy and then meeting a wonderful woman on the apps. YES, IT DOES HAPPEN. Nelly and Rusty talk about all of that plus what sort of flirt he is and do's and don'ts of dating. They take a great listener call about boundaries and Rusty's BIG MISTAKE in dating and re...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 79
TOXIC PEOPLE THRIVE IN SILENCE In this ep, Nelly drops in to ponder how toxic people rely on silence and how liberating it is when you find your voice. She also muses on how egocentric we are when it comes to divorce, dating and all the things. She invites you to WWRPD - what would Ru Paul do - and ask yourself how important your current situation is in the Grander Scheme of Things. So you got divorced - sure it's huge, it's also nothing in the Big Picture view of human history and even, of your...
Sep 12, 2024•44 min•Ep. 78
Fifty, Fabulous and Facing the F'n Sh*t! Nelly turned 50 last week and she drops in to take some birthday calls and talk about the bug 5-0 milestone. Nelly gets into "un-fu*king" yourself and how aging can be an opportunity to shed all the negative crap that has held us back and, how joy is there to be taken. She also shares what she's reading, listening to and watching. DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confident...
Aug 27, 2024•41 min•Ep. 77
Rebecca De Unamuno: I don't know if you're interested until my pants are around my ankles! Bec and I talk about being long-term-single, how to flirt (or not) and why rending to your own garden is the most important thing. We take a great listener call from someone who is NOT embracing being single and a letter about a pash n' dash. A great ep with a golden girl of comedy. DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confiden...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 76
AUGUST BONUS: NELLY'S ADVICE STINKS! Nelly drops in take a listener call telling her she WAS WRONG (she sort of was?), to rant about Fake on Paramount Plus and some other stuff. You'll really love this episode if you've dated a fantasist/pathological liar/ predator. Info on FAKE here Info on The Dating Gamble (INSIGHT) here DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confidential information, counselling and support service...
Aug 05, 2024•57 min•Ep. 75
BONUS EPISODE: IT GETS BETTER! This week Nelly drops in with a Bonus ep dedicated to listeners and the stuff she's reading and watching. I AM CELINE DOCO HERE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS HERE COUPLES THERAPY HERE DR GABOR MATE HERE DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confidential information, counselling and support service that is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support people impacted by do...
Jul 24, 2024•53 min•Ep. 74
HARLEY BREEN IS BACK: what do we do if we catch feelings for our Friends with Benefits ? In an era of smaller and smaller families, how on earth did comedian Harley Breen end up living in Queensland with 4 kids? He blames Psilocybin! Harley and I discuss navigating the ups and downs of coparenting after divorce, feeding 4 kids and, who broke the world. We have a good chat about Love Languages and take two wonderful listener calls on whether or not our caller is too fussy and another on how to te...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 73
Bonus Free Episode for Everyone! Nelly is just dropping in with a few musings on holidays, love songs, TV and other stuff. Why? Just because she missed yas. DEAR NELLY PLAYLIST: HERE COUPLES THERAPY: HERE MELISSA ETHERIDGE DOCO HERE DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confidential information, counselling and support service that is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support people impacted by dome...
Jul 10, 2024•34 min•Ep. 72
Cath Davis is back for Thirsty Thirds: how low is that bloody bar?! The glorious Cath Davis is back! Cath and Nelly have a great chat about how to be included in conversation as a single person surrounded by married couples (hint: that's on the couples), Cath's favourite love songs and how Cath has been. They take two listener calls - one on learning absolutely nothing about menopause from doctors and another on the "Low Bar" for men in dating. They finish the free episode with a chat about Nell...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 71
New stuff happening at Dear Nelly HQ! DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confidential information, counselling and support service that is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support people impacted by domestic, family or sexual violence: CLICK HERE 13YARN 24-hour national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Call 13 92 76 or visit www.13yarn.org.au Nelly's website ...
Jun 05, 2024•2 min
Chris Ryan: It's not ADHD, he's just not that into you Chris Ryan is back with her delightfuLly direct and funny advice. She brooks no bullshit this one - including for herself.We talk about a Tori Amon song, I give Chris career advice and we take a call from a late-in-life remarried person who is happy as Larry. We chat about Tom Hanks and some other stuff too. In the Bonus ep we answer a listener letter about dating someone with ADHD - Chris has some thoughts, not all "gentle" (you'll see what...
May 29, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 70
Matt Kelly is back for Sloppy Seconds and Nelly wants her bloody special day! Matt Kelly is children's entertainer and all 'round lovely man. He's on the fence about anniversary celebrations, but here for other occasions (we unpack that). Matt asks Nelly for advice about communicating with his dad, they take a gorgeous listener call from a woman who wants the feels but doesn't want to share her life and they get into BIG MISTAKES. DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATRE...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 69
JANTY BLAIR: IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOU, DENZEL Janty Blair is 59 years old, has been engaged twice, proposed to 4 times and has never married. She's on the apps and living her best life with a current suitor sho's in Canada! A fascinating woman with a rich and wonderful life. DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSCRIBE TO DEAR NELLY PLUS VIA PATREON HERE SEND NELLY A MESSAGE: HERE 1800RESPECT is A Confidential information, counselling and support service that is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days ...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 68
SERENA WALKER: You don't have to be friends with your ex! Serena Walker is a Counselling Psychologist and new friend of Nelly's. Serena and Nelly met at the funeral of their mutual friend Cal Wilson and they gravitated toward each other. Serena has experience working with clients who have a history of trauma and abuse and or are having issues with depression, anxiety, worry, post-traumatic stress disorder, phobias, or relationship difficulties. Nelly and Serena talk about finding a career late i...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 67
Scotty Brennan is coming in Heavy Hearted for Thirsty Thirds Scott Brennan is one of our most beloved co-hosts and he joins us whilst sitting in the sh*t. As always, he still brings his tender, loving and funny self to the conversation. We go from Oscar Wilde to a married mum drowning under the mental load to the avowedly single Whoopi Goldberg. This episode has it all. Enjoy xxx Scott's Granny Bingo HERE DEAR NELLY LIVE IDAHOBIT SHOW : TICKETS AND INFO HERE DEARNELLYPODCAST.COM: HERE SUBSRCIBE ...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 66
Michelle Sheppard: I respect you to much to have sex with you! (WTAF) Michelle Sheppard is a leader in the realm of gender equity. Her own path as a transgender woman has given her a unique perspective, providing her with insightful insights into the complex issues of gender bridging. In recognition of her extraordinary contributions, Michelle was inducted into the Victorian Museum of Women and honoured with a coveted spot in the 2023 Victorian Honour Roll of Women as a Change Agent. In today's ...
Apr 24, 2024•56 min•Ep. 65
Danny Blay is back for Sloppy Seconds: how will your house SOUND when it is empty? Danny Blay is a wonderful man who works in behaviour change with men who use violence against women and children. Nelly and Danny have worked together for many years in the violence prevention space and are now mates. Danny is a very dedicated father and his kids have recently moved out of home. Nelly and Danny talk about how the "empty nest" hit him so hard. Nelly and Danny also take a listener letter from a mum ...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 64
Chris Ryan is back for Sloppy Seconds and thinks we're kidding ourselves about ENM! Comedian Chris Ryan joined us a while ago to share her terrible heartbreak after a long-distance relationship ended. She's back with a lovely update on that front and, some firm opinions on our listener questions. A caller asks if she MUST use the apps to date (spoiler alert: no) and a letter-writer seemingly asks for permission to go ENM even though her husband said no. Chris has some firm views on that. Chris a...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 63
NELLY HAS THE RONA! Dearest Nelly finally got the Covid... she's been hit hard and is resting up. BUT, don't fear, we have some stuff we've been saving for a rainy day! This episode features some never-before-heard material from the Live Show in Sydney with Yumi Stynes, Benjamin Law and Chris Ryan. It also has some clips Sammy has kept aside from previous eps. And don't fear, Nelly is getting better and we will be back to regular programming very soon. The Dear Nelly Team xxx DEARNELLYPODCAST.CO...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 62
