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Postcards From Midlife

Postcards From Midlife

By: Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
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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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Episodes
  • Nuala McGovern: how she landed the Woman’s Hour top job & her meet cute love story

    Nuala McGovern: how she landed the Woman’s Hour top job & her meet cute love story
    Feb 15 2026

    BBC Woman’s Hour presenter Nuala McGovern on how to enjoy an extremely stressful career, getting up at 5.45am and how she stayed sane during the toughest of times. One the eve of Woman’s Hour’s 80th anniversary Nuala, 54, gives us a peek behind the scenes and chats about her remarkable journalism career that landed her the job two years ago. In a rare interview, Nuala also opens up about her childhood growing up in a Dublin pub, the impact of witnessing the Twin Towers attack & the raft of other ‘history in the making’ moments she has had a ringside seat at. She also shares how she met her hubby, living in the now tips & why you’ll always find her on a dancefloor.


    Plus: Trish & Lorraine’s list of new fun things to do with friends and 3 controversial novels to get your book club talking.


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    53 mins
  • Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert on addiction, loss, co-dependency, love, grief and rage.

    Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert on addiction, loss, co-dependency, love, grief and rage.
    Feb 8 2026

    Trish & Lorraine meet the international best selling author to pick up the story of her life detailed in her new memoir All The Way to the River: Love, Loss & Liberation. Elizabeth speaks with moving honesty about her love story with her ‘wife’ Raya, their descent into addiction, and the rage and pain of profound grief. She also shares her spiritual learnings & life philosophies for our midlife years, including how to stop ‘purpose anxiety’, why gentle curiosity rather than one big passion makes for a more interesting life, why women need to stop pouring themselves into others & her experiment in ‘honest ageing’.


    Plus: Margo the podcat turns 80, what to do with dreadful gifts & the mystery of the stock cube in the pyjama pocket

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Get the sleep your brain & body really needs. Plus beat insomnia & the 3am wake-up

    Get the sleep your brain & body really needs. Plus beat insomnia & the 3am wake-up
    Feb 1 2026

    Lorraine & Trish learn some surprising, reassuring advice & helpful tips from clinical sleep physiologist, Stephanie Romiszewski. Discover the easy morning routine that will boost your sleep drive & improve your sleep patterns in just a few weeks; spot the triggers that fuel sleep anxiety & the truth about magnesium, blue light, sleep tracking apps & the 8 hours myth exploded.

    Plus: gym shorts - yay or nay? And the personality test which called one of your hosts “corrupt, evil and defective”!


    Contact: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com

    Instagram: @postcardsfrommidlife

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    57 mins
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