Anthea Turner

Midlife love & how to age well with Anthea Turner

October 2, 2022

TV presenter Anthea Turner chats to Lorraine and Trish about finding love and happiness on the other side of a painful divorce in the midst of her menopause. Plus: The agony aunts are in! Your hosts solve an assortment of midlife dilemmas from ageism at work to loud friends

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Joely Richardson: how I found a sense of freedom in my fifties

April 7, 2024

Trish & Lorraine meet the fabulous Joely Richardson to go behind the scenes on her latest role in Renegade Nell and why she’s having the time of her life playing maverick midlife women. She also reveals how friendships carry her through and why she documents life with her mum Vanessa.

The RSC’s Tamara Harvey on her work/family blend

March 31, 2024

Lorraine and Trish meet the first female co-artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company to find out how she is putting her stamp on the national institution and what she’s learned about following a creative passion while raising a young family. Also this week, somatic movement educator and breathwork coach Nahid de Belgeonne: learn how your nervous system works and techniques to give your mind and body peace.

Lessons in love, loss & good journaling with Cathy Rentzenbrink

March 24, 2024

Live from the Postcards from Midlife retreat in Cornwall, Trish and Lorraine talk to the best-selling memoirist, writing tutor and literary festival president Cathy Rentzenbrink who shares what she’s learned about healing after personal tragedy and how to get started with writing - journaling, short stories, family memoirs or novels - and the process that will make you stick at it.