Postcards From Midlife

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Are you living in a hormonal hothouse, feeling a little overwhelmed and in need of some positive, uplifting and comforting guidance on how to lead a more magnificent midlife? Well, you're not alone and this podcast is for you. Hosts Lorraine and Trish chat with celebrities and experts on all things midlife, from menopause and perimenopause to parenting teens via fashion, beauty, wellness, nutrition, fitness, careers, relationships and finances. The witty duo, who have been editing glossy magazines for more than two decades, have six children, two husbands, two dogs and one cat between them. They share their personal stories alongside the advice and wisdom of spirited women with extraordinary stories to tell. And they ask experts all the questions you need answered to have a healthier, happier and more harmonious second act. 


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Recent Episodes
  • Sally Phillips on Bridget Jones, friendship, divorce, botox, family and Hugh Grant
    Apr 6, 2025 – 44:37
  • The stylish midlife hair colour everyone wants: how get the right grey for you
    Apr 2, 2025 – 19:36
  • Molly Jong Fast: My mum Erica, dementia, alcoholism & the year that changed my life
    Mar 30, 2025 – 45:50
  • Two new skin cover-ups for rosacea & sun spots plus other useful Spring buys
    Mar 26, 2025 – 17:59
  • Caroline’s Circuits shares her 6 week training plan to help you get physically & mentally stronger
    Mar 23, 2025 – 48:01
  • The 11 min health trick to boost your immune system, heart health & weight loss goals
    Mar 19, 2025 – 20:24
  • Celeb chef Melissa Hemsley's easy tips for saving cash, cutting waste & re-organising your kitchen
    Mar 16, 2025 – 51:48
  • Collagen & you: what it does, why you need it & how to boost it in midlife
    Mar 12, 2025 – 35:09
  • Unleash your midlife energy & make change happen with the Heart Whisperer
    Mar 9, 2025 – 51:37
  • Listeners' questions answered: how to cope with a grumpy husband & recover from an identity quake
    Mar 5, 2025 – 21:40
  • The new science on protein: why you need to eat more & how to get it from plants
    Mar 2, 2025 – 53:47
  • Useful everyday wins: from a miracle grime remover to a life changing seasoning
    Feb 26, 2025 – 18:02
  • Marriage, dating, sex, divorce, adultery: brilliant advice from a top love coach
    Feb 23, 2025 – 58:40
  • Boost fitness and maintain weight goals with these at home fitness gadgets
    Feb 19, 2025 – 20:56
  • Jojo Moyes on midlife divorce, dating, forgiveness & the stress buster she swears by
    Feb 16, 2025 – 53:00
  • Booze & You: new lower alcohol wines tested and tips on cutting back
    Feb 12, 2025 – 16:55
  • Food & emotions: how your eating habits influence relationships with The Kitchen Shrink
    Feb 9, 2025 – 41:52
  • Book Club! 10 unmissable new reads for Spring
    Feb 5, 2025 – 21:23
  • Sara Davies on beating imposter syndrome & saying no to mum guilt
    Feb 2, 2025 – 50:02
  • Cure midlife foot problems and beat bunions: your guide to pain-free feet
    Jan 29, 2025 – 19:56
  • Pepsi Demacque: the Wham! star on fame, friendship finding herself & building a life without children
    Jan 26, 2025 – 48:54
  • Beat wrinkles, redness & dark spots with these skin repair gadgets
    Jan 22, 2025 – 20:03
  • 5 easy exercises to kick off your fitness goals, what to eat pre-workout & how to visualise your success
    Jan 19, 2025 – 50:20
  • Will a DNA test help you lose weight and get healthier? We find out
    Jan 15, 2025 – 21:13
  • Hold the front page! We're back with a sneak peak at the guests, experts and topics for 2025
    Jan 12, 2025 – 7:35
  • Revealed! The best budget-friendly Christmas food, booze, stylish gifts & new family games
    Dec 8, 2024 – 44:18
  • Is an emotional vampire draining you? Here's how to love or leave that tricky friend.
    Nov 27, 2024 – 15:12
  • Smart tips on managing & spending your midlife money with a finance pro
    Nov 24, 2024 – 48:24
  • Mum masterclass: easy ways to help your teens manage sleep, screen time & lack of motivation
    Nov 20, 2024 – 20:28
  • Liz Earle’s healthy ageing masterplan & how she got back in the dating game
    Nov 17, 2024 – 58:19
  • Improve your teeth: affordable, effective whiteners, exercises to stop grinding & the right oral routine
    Nov 13, 2024 – 18:06
  • Jodi Picoult on being America’s most banned novelist & why she believes Shakespeare was a fraud
    Nov 10, 2024 – 51:37
  • Why you need a 'boo basket' now & 6 irresistible cosy, winter warmer gift ideas
    Nov 6, 2024 – 18:56
  • Confused about menopause & HRT? Dr Juliet Balfour answers all your questions
    Nov 3, 2024 – 58:06
  • Reboot your pelvic floor with these surprising but easy tips
    Oct 30, 2024 – 15:59
  • Careers special: second act adventures - how to make the shift & change your life
    Oct 27, 2024 – 57:02
  • How hormones affect sleep & what you can do about it
    Oct 23, 2024 – 17:12
  • How to lead a more rebellious life: lessons in taking risks from explorer Robyn Davidson
    Oct 20, 2024 – 48:42
  • Never say 'I've got nothing to wear" again & love everything in your wardrobe
    Oct 16, 2024 – 17:55
  • Are you drinking too much in midlife? Amanda Lamb says she was, we find out why
    Oct 13, 2024 – 47:00
  • Sex, love, desire, mystery & family dynamics: 8 books to read this autumn
    Oct 9, 2024 – 20:01
  • Patricia Cornwell: from foster care to crime thriller queen
    Oct 6, 2024 – 52:26
  • 9 Game changing household gadgets you didn't know you needed
    Oct 2, 2024 – 18:18
  • Prof Tim Spector: what no one tells you about protein, exercise, weight loss & menopause
    Sep 29, 2024 – 44:04
  • How to end a dying friendship, get the truth from your older kids & stop the family stealing your stuff
    Sep 25, 2024 – 19:10
  • Stop people pleasing, avoid burnout & cope better with midlife stress
    Sep 22, 2024 – 50:18
  • The 7 questions to ask if you're having a relationship wobble
    Sep 18, 2024 – 24:00
  • Hit your fitness & weight goals by getting out of your comfort zone today
    Sep 15, 2024 – 45:42
  • Autumn blues? We've got an easy, stress-free plan for you
    Sep 11, 2024 – 20:00
  • Strictly's Janette Manrara on marriage, parenting & finding confidence in her 40s
    Sep 8, 2024 – 53:53
Recent Reviews
  • malp31987
    Five stars!
    I’m not yet to perimenopause age, but I cherish this podcast and think of the hosts and guests as wise older sisters. Thanks for a great show ladies! With love from the US
  • OrsiG
    Love the show
    Please don’t change a thing - this is brilliant, joyful listening, with helpful encouragement and advice and fascinating guests.
  • LR771
    Feel good
    I love listening to these two and their guests. Full of advice and laughs. Makes you feel normal and that you’re not the only one going through the trials and tribulations of midlife!
  • hoooo2394
    Not for me
    There seems to be an assumption here that all midlife women have had amazing careers, like these two, and the concomitant respect and wealth. We haven’t. Some of us have been undervalued and underpaid our whole lives. I’d like to hear a podcast covering that reality for most women
  • Debbie Waidl
    This really hit home!!
    A Must Listen! I am a big proponent of natural healing and as a functional health coach support women struggling with migraine pain and symptoms that often come during menopause. Your podcast, The Power of Positivity Everyday with Gaby Rosli, really hit home with what I teach my clients through my Migraine Freedom Protocol™ ….talking about how mindset and being positive plays a huge role in how we feel each day.
  • Alisonhowse
    Uplifting and fun!
    The highlight of my Monday is a new episode from these 2! Always interesting guests talking about issues that are very relevant to this midlife woman, and I also love listening to Trish and Lorraine bantering away, really cheers me up!
  • ann-atx
    HRT is not an option for all!!
    I would love to see a podcast focused on the challenges of mid life / menopause that doesn’t just talk about HRT! As a woman with a blood clot disorder, HRT, estrogen, bio-identical hormones—none of those are an option for me. Doctors have not been any help because even “natural” treatments and supplements can mimic estrogen in the body and form blood clots. There are also women with cancer history whom this is not an option for. Maybe think about this as you develop future shows—you’re leaving a whole subsection of menopausal women out the conversation and we are suffering with no answers.
  • Orangecrayz
    Not your typical listener?
    While I may have little in common with Lorraine and Trish, I very much enjoy their conversations and interviews. I feel like I very often learn a little something new or gain a new perspective on a topic. Thanks for your show!
  • lilli willi
    Ab Fab
    Love love love this podcast. Trish and Lorraine have brought so many midlife issues and taboos out into the open and shone a light for us all. Their guests are always interesting, inciteful and relevant and I love the nostalgia noodling and jibber jabber. They have a wonderful friendship and comforting presence on air and it’s like having a couple of friends sitting at my kitchen island having coffee.
  • US_fan
    A life saver
    This podcast has been a godsend. Trish, Lorraine, and their guests provide critical and hard-to-come-by information about peri menopause and menopause to empower women to get the medical care they need and deserve. The podcast is also fun and inspiring. I look forward to it every week.
  • Macduck48
    Like having 2 best friends around the kitchen table!
    Absolute god send during the pandemic, totally agree like hanging out with old friends! Living abroad and feeling cut off in the height of covid last year, this podcast brightened my week and made me feel connected to the motherland. Informative, funny and comforting all rolled into one, tell your favourite people, I've told all mine! When I look back on those covid years, Postcards from mid life will be something I remember !
  • C@m79
    Love it! Entertaining and informative
    I throughly enjoy this podcast and look forward to it every week. I’ve learned so much from it.
  • Natterjacktoad
    Keeps me sane
    I love the show. It really helps to navigate this tricky time of life to have advice from Trish, Lorraine and all their lovely guests.
  • Suze NJ
    It’s like hanging out with friends
    Trish and Lorraine are such great company - their friendship shines through and being a Brit living in the USA , I appreciate their sense of humor and how they tease each other, as well as the cultural references to things I remember from my 1970/80s childhood. The guests are great and cover a range of topics relevant to women in midlife. I especially appreciate the discussion and tips around parenting teens as a mom with 2 teens. Highly recommend this podcast. Great fun while being informative.
  • SarahHealx
    Highly recommended!
    Inspiring podcast - funny, relatable & informative with fabulous guests & a wonderful community of women supporting women.
  • ElizabethSuisse
    Essential listening for all women 40+
    This is an absolute treasure trove of information for all women who are approaching or have reached midlife. It is full of well-researched facts, knowledgable experts and is presented with empathy and humour. Trish and Lorraine are not afraid to share their own midlife experiences and do so with great openness and honesty. I feel fully equipped to head into my own peri menopause and menopause, safe in the knowledge I will be able to visit my own doctor armed with all the facts and information I need, as and when I need to.
  • jacob215614
    Fantastic podcast
    My absolute favorite podcast. Informative, relatable, funny, real . I have learnt a lot from listening to these ladies and their fabulous guests. Like chatting to good friends. I do laugh out loud on occasion!
  • Dr Zarei
    Maryam zarei
    Thank you for the joy and laughter you have brought to my walks. People must think im crazy, because you two constantly crack me up, and laugh out loud, sometime have to stop laugh so hard. Im a mom, wife, doctor, persian, and can so relate to your stories. You are a breath of fresh air. “Brilliant” with my best British accent i can muster. Thank you.
  • englishgirl1011
    So true!
    Great to hear that everyone’s experiencing the same things and also makes me laugh! Thanks ladies
  • AAAAA40s
    I like to know what’s coming
    Really enjoying this podcast. Very relatable and fun to listen.
  • The paper bicycle
    You’re not on the radio
    Team, your voices and insights and experiences are required reading and listening for the adult in the modern world. The podcast is not the place to simply extend that truth. It is the place to sacrifice the saccharine and use the sugar. It is the place where you use the butter and cream and do some real cooking. In other words, it is the place you tell the truth that no one once to hear. You are new. You are nascent. It is exciting that you’ve started this journey and I’m a big fan. What do I want though? Not 100 of what you’ve done so far. Maybe 30. For example. If you are going to talk about sex, then do not rush the conversation. Slow it down and sacrifice anything else mentioned in the edit. Same thing with every topic. 900 mentions and 1 topic do not a podcast make. 1 in depth topic with an important lesson (like the climax of the story) is what is missing. I’ll never stop listening. I will keep feeding back though.
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