Postcards From Midlife

The best-selling author joins Lorraine & Trish to talk about her new novel, the long awaited sequel to Hideous Kinky, in which she picks up the story of a mother and her two daughters living an adventurous, unconventional life in the 80s. Esther also speaks with searing honesty about trying to keep her marriage together, the part peri-menopause played in the break up and the healing journey that led to new love and a new way of living. Plus: the unexpected way to keep your cool when summer is making you even more of a hot mess Handy links Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The comedian tells Trish & Lorraine how a conversation with Joan Rivers inspired her to start a midlife side hustle as a stand up before quitting her boardroom job for good. Her advice? Dream big but start small, stop aiming for perfection and remember that there is no success without failure. Cally also shares her tales of life on the dating scene, being ghosted and why she’ll never stop eating cinnamon buns. Plus: what’s with all the big birthday nudes & would you rank your friends? Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorraine & Trish are joined by the world’s first film & TV intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien, whose movement choreography on shows such as Normal People, Sex Education, It’s a Sin & I May Destroy You have redefined on-screen sex scenes, while setting clear boundaries to keep the actors within their comfort zone. She shares helpful tools and advice from her new book on how we can feel more sensuous in our own bodies and experience desire, connection and intimacy through our midlife years and beyond. Plus: Trish has another crazy dream & Lorraine asks what if a friend refuses to take your photo off their social media Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trish and Lorraine share body positivity expert Dr Charlotte Ord's reassuring new guide to loving what you see in the mirror and they discuss how you can turn the volume down on your negative inner critic. The duo also find out how you can change your mindset around your body image to encourage your teens to have a more positive outlook too. Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Her recovery from two catastrophic breakdowns led mum-of-five Rachel Kelly into a career researching scientifically backed ways to boost mental health every day, and the campaigner shares her advice alongside her personal experience. Hosts Lorraine & Trish get tips on beating overwhelm and treating depression and anxiety. They discuss everything from medication, HRT to the best ways to support friends and family including your teens when they face mental challenges. Parenting author Rachel also shares the phrases to use in moments of burnout and how she overcame suicidal ideation.Plus: Are you brave enough to call out litterbugs in public and would you wear a see-through leotard on a hen night? Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fearful of your next midlife health check-up? Overly worried about the results of a test? If you're battling health anxiety right now Lorraine and Trish have created a complete guide to spotting it, beating it and boosting your midlife mental health after interviewing psychotherapist and health anxiety expert Anna Mathur. Plus the duo find out why women are more prone to it as we age and how we can comfort those facing it. Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trish and Lorraine are joined by Dr Gabriel Watson, surgeon, author and TV presenter for a fascinating and funny interview about her professional and personal experiences of the NHS. From the sexual harassment she's witnessed as one of only 14% of female surgeons in the UK, to living with her own chronic heart condition as well as parenting a teenager through a devastating, life-threatening illness, she shares her life saving advice for your heart health and trusting your instincts as a parent to advocate for a sick child. There are life affirming stories aplenty too, from unleashing her menopause ‘beast’ and how having a ‘midlife benign, ruined look’ can change your career for the better. Plus: Good vibes at a sound bath adventure & confessions from a motorway service station loo. Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Staying fit as we age is non-negotiable but as Lorraine & Trish explain you need to modify the way you workout in midlife to stay safe while exercising. The duo ask experts how we can meet our fitness goals while avoiding things like sore knees, bad backs and sticky hips. Plus the two fitness routines every midlife woman must do and why Creatine could be your new gym buddy. Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Award-winning humanitarian Elizabeth Nayamayaro joins Lorraine & Trish to discuss her new book, Human Skills in which she shares the valuable lessons she’s learned from a childhood facing starvation in her Zimbabwe village, to becoming a senior advisor at the UN in New York and launching the groundbreaking He For She campaign. Find out how to equip yourself for conflict, tune into self awareness and harness emotions, as well as why it is that our struggles can actually be the most powerful catalyst for discovering our purpose. Plus: the brain fog bloopers making us laugh this week & what’s lurking at the back of the wardrobe Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorraine & Trish's reading list for your summer holiday which covers comedy, crime, love, 90s nostalgia and a memoir about the surprise demise of a marriage. Trish road tests an author new to her whose comedic wedding scene resonates and Lorraine reunites with one of her favourite, award winning writers of all time for a murder mystery. Plus which book festivals do the duo think you should head off too this year? Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With one in five relationships likely to be affected by infidelity, Lorraine and Trish meet psychoanalytic psychotherapist Juliet Rosenfeld to discuss the surprising findings of her new book Affairs: True Stories of Love Lies Hope & Desire. Using real stories of illicit sexual relationships she explains the root causes of why some people are prepared to put themselves and those they love in great jeopardy for the sake of an affair, what to do if you suspect your partner of being unfaithful or find yourself on the brink of one as well as the aftermath of betrayal and how to talk to your children when affairs affect a midlife marriage. Juliet also offers comforting advice on recovering from grief in midlife. Plus: when is the right time to downsize & what does Trish’s bizarre Jon Hamm dream really mean? Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trish and Lorraine turn agony aunts to answer listeners questions & offer life advice on coping with overwhelm at work, husbands who don’t help when in-laws descend and beating a tricky eating habit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Please note there is some swearing in this episode Lorraine & Trish are joined by actor Julie Graham to talk about her remarkable career and life including how she got through the worst of times - divorce, losing her home, menopause and the death of her closest friend - to the best of times, from the friendships that sustain her to falling in love with a younger man who makes her feel ‘vibrant, sexy and alive’. She also shares how parenting her daughters healed unresolved pain from her own childhood, and why no woman should ever look back and regret staying in a relationship. Plus: Trish & Lorraine announce the launch of the ‘Put it Away & Clean Your Paws’ campaign & how to respond the first time someone asks if you’re a granny (when you’re not) Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Check us out on YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's exam season for parents & caregivers of teens so hosts Trish and Lorraine deliver the complete guide to helping the whole family cope with stress, anxiety, panic and nerves. From when to step in with revision, questions to ask post exam, easy tricks to make their days calmer, tips to avoid nagging and how to be the parent they come to for advice. Plus how to motivate the 'bare minimum' child. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorraine & Trish are joined by the breakout star of MAFS Australia who won the hearts of millions across the globe with her warm hearted empathy, wisdom, loving care and advice. Lucinda shares her life philosophies, including the ‘5 agreements’ she lives by; how she healed from heartbreak & put herself back together as well as coming to terms with never being a mum. Find out what happened when the cameras stopped rolling and how she discovered the real purpose the world had for her. Plus: Why rowing is good for your relationship & - wardrobe update - why Trish is sporting compression socks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final show of the season Lorraine & Trish meet feminist comedy legend Sally Phillips, who plays Bridget Jones ride or die Shazzer in all four films. Sally chats about filming Mad About The Boy, the fourth and most successful movie of the franchise, as well as the power of her female friends, ageing on screen, life as a mum of 3 sons, and what it's like to find your power in your 50s. Plus: practical life, love & health tips from the past 24 shows and why Lorraine won't allow hats indoors, shrugging or sweaters as scarves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why going grey is now the cool new choice for women & how you do it with style : Lorraine & Trish talk to the experts about every aspect of going grey from the cuts and colours to how to do it yourself at home. This is your complete guide to letting your grey grow out whatever hair type or shade you have. Handy links For your exclusive 30% discount on Josh Wood products, listen to the episode and head here Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Check us out on YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For Mother's Day, Lorraine & Trish take a deep dive into motherlove in all its forms. The duo meet journalist and political commentator Molly Jong Fast to discuss her moving new memoir chronicling her mother Erica Jong’s descent into dementia at the same time her husband Matt was diagnosed with cancer. She talks to the duo about childhood trauma, growing up with the celebrated feminist and author of Fear of Flying, Erica, who she describes as an alcoholic narcissist, as well as her own battle with drug and alcohol addiction in her teens. Find out how Molly broke the cycle to become the mother she always wished she’d had, her advice for looking after a parent with dementia and what it means to forgive. Plus: Is your heart younger than you & the mystery of the missing airpods is finally solved. Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Check us out on YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trish and Lorraine reveal two hard working make-up buys that they love which cover-up redness and blemished skin in midlife in their short midweek show plus supermarket homewares to snap up and an idea for that special birthday gift for him or her. Links to everything we mention on the podcast are on our weekly Substack newsletter here Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In her first ever podcast interview, midlife fitness phenomenon Caroline Idiens, aka Caroline’s Circuits, who has over 2 million followers on Instagram, tells Lorraine & Trish about the career change that transformed her life and the reason women can’t get enough of her short and effective strength workouts. She also shares the 6 week exercise, nutrition, & mindset plan that she credits with looking and feeling great in midlife and how it inspired her new Sunday Times best-selling book Fit at 50 - including what supplements she swears by and the breakfast that powers her day. Plus: How to save a midlife friendship & Lorraine’s unfortunate ‘intimate’ incident Handy links Discover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & Trish Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group here Check us out on YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.