Postcards From Midlife

• Dr Gabriel Weston’s life-saving advice & how she tames her ‘menopause beast’

  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 linksDiscover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & TrishContact us: [email protected] us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlifeJoin our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Avoid injury and get fitter with our guide to midlife exercise

  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 linksDiscover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & TrishContact us: [email protected] us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlifeJoin our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• How to have difficult conversations & resolve conflict at work & home

  Award-winning humanitarian Elizabeth Nyamayaro 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 wardrobeHandy linksDiscover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & TrishContact us: [email protected] us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlifeJoin our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Summer book hotlist: 8 unmissable new reads & book festival tips

  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 linksDiscover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & TrishContact us: [email protected] us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlifeJoin our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Infidelity explained: how to affair proof your love life & recover from adultery

  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 linksDiscover our content website & sign up for our newsletters: Postcards From Lorraine & TrishContact us: [email protected] us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlifeJoin our private Facebook Group here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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