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Browse honest discussions about identity, ambition, relationships, bodies, ageing and what comes next. Each episode includes a companion article written by Barbara, so you can watch, listen or read.
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Episode 13
clarity
Your Head Is Too Full
Work. Kids. Parents. Relationships. Health. Life admin. What’s next. No wonder your head feels full.
In this solo episode, Gill works through five questions to help clear the noise, including what deserves your energy, what feels harder than it should, what you’re ready to stop carrying, and what you actually want now.
Because at this stage of life, you might want to build something enormous, make your world quieter, or still be figuring it out.
Episode 12
midlife
Do We Really Need to Optimise the Sh*t Out of Midlife?
Apparently midlife now comes with a checklist: eat enough protein, lift weights, walk your steps, take your supplements, remember your hormones, look after your cholesterol, work on your mobility, get enough sleep... and while you’re at it, perhaps meditate and practise some self-compassion.
Episode 11
Relationships & identity
Midlife Is When You Stop Performing
Letting go of who you thought you had to be and becoming more of who you really are.
Episode 10
Work & ambition
Building Your Second Career In Your Third Chapter
What does a career look like when you no longer feel the need to prove yourself?
Episode 09
Generations
Why Younger Women Are Playing a Different Game
What younger women are doing differently, and what Gen X women can learn from it.
Episode 08
Clarity
You Can’t Declutter This With a Bin Bag
When the thing making life feel crowded is not actually in your cupboards.
Episode 07
Awareness
Are You Living on Autopilot Without Realising It?
How capable women can become passengers in lives they are expertly managing.
Episode 06
Bodies & ageing
Is This Perimenopause… or Am I Just Losing It?
The symptoms, confusion and identity wobble nobody properly prepared us for.
Episode 05
Change
Losing Control: When the Old Blueprint Stops Fitting
What happens when the plan that once held everything together stops working.
Episode 04
What comes next
You Don’t Want a New Life — You Want to Feel Awake in This One
Why reinvention does not have to mean abandoning everything you already love.
Episode 03
Work & ambition
It’s Not Too Late: Reinventing Yourself in Midlife
Career change, momentum and the courage to begin something new.
Episode 02
Identity
Identity: It’s Not a Crisis, It’s a Shift
Why not recognising yourself can be a transition rather than a breakdown.
Episode 01
Midlife
How Did We Get Here in Midlife?
The beginning of the conversation: what changed, what surprised us and why now.