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Episode 49: The Inside of my Head Hurts – and that’s the best title you’ll get out of me today.
What can I tell you about this episode? It might be the last one. No plan, no script, no clue. I need someone to tell me whether I should keep going with this. I can’t concentrate for longer than…
Episode 48: The Hat Trick – no wonder we’re all so f*cking tired.
This week’s episode is a little different — no deep dive, no wrap-up, just a short, sweet dose of real life from the slightly foggy, slightly festive edge of midlife. You know that feeling when your…
Episode 47: Is one really the loneliest number? Depends on what you’re doing…
This week I’m talking about doing it all on my own — not the kind of “solo” you’re thinking of (behave), but the scary kind where you have no one to blame but yourself. It’s about fear, freedom, and…
Episode 46: Less 'too drunk to f*ck', more 'too tired to carpe diem'
Going out used to be easy. Now it takes a rare planetary alignment and a motivational speech just to put proper shoes on. This week I’m talking about the great energy shift — from 90s chaos and…
Episode 45: Will Run a Marathon for a Snickers: It’s not a comeback, it’s a midlife crisis with trainers
Shorter one today and it's about my first silly decision in my 50s! It’s been 11 years since I last ran a marathon — and I swore I’d never do it again. Yet here I am, lacing up my trainers and…
Episode 44: How to Stop Ruining Your Own Birthday: From San Francisco to Northumberland — A Tale of Two Birthdays
This week on Life on the B Side, it’s my birthday — the big 5-0 — and I’m finally learning how to stop sabotaging my own celebrations. From chip shop dinners and awkward family anniversaries to…
Episode 43: The Time I Was Susanna Hoffs – Sometimes It’s Hard to Be a Good Neighbour
This week on Life on the B Side, I’m taking a short break from moaning about my impending 50th birthday (yes, it’s still happening) to share a story I first wrote six years ago — one that marked the…
Episode 42: 50 & Fully Loaded - 5 Decades without an Instruction Manual
Turning 50 isn’t the big, shiny reinvention everyone makes it out to be. You don’t wake up on the morning of your birthday suddenly wiser, richer, or with fewer wrinkles — the dishwasher still needs…
Episode 41: Fear, F*ck Ups & Finding My Voice – A Year of Talking to the Wall
Episode 41: Fear, F*ck Ups & Finding My Voice – A Year of Talking to the Wall Almost a year ago, I hit “publish” on my very first podcast episode (recorded in a cupboard, no less).…
Episode 40: Give a Girl a Bad Name: Why I’m finally choosing my own
I’ve had two names in my life and I’ve never liked either of them. One no one could pronounce properly, the other belongs to a family I barely see. Neither feels like me. So, what’s a girl to do?…
Episode 39: The Autumn Excuse: Therapy, ROMO, and Comfort TV
Autumn has always felt like a natural reset — a season for slowing down, turning inward, and finding comfort in small rituals. And I am going ti milk autumn as an excuse for all of the above this…
Episode 38: Office Politics – How I married my colleague
Today I am celebrating 21 years of marriage to a man I met at a work event. And with that in mind, I decided to share (without planning or script or anything for that matter) the brief story of how…
Episode 37: Hedonistic Heights of A-Side Holidays - Lessons learned from Tan Lines, Tequila and Terrible Decisions
It's a bit of a stretch to say that there are life lessons to be found in foam parties and champagne diving in the Med. But as I've had cause to think about the holidays I took in my twenties, I…
Episode 36: Life Moves Pretty Fast: On Perspective & Advice from Ferris Bueller
Need some life coaching? Best place to start? Classic 1980s John Hughes films… What does a day off with Ferris Bueller have to do with how we see our own lives? Quite a lot, actually. In this episode…
Episode 35: Living Inside Out: Camping through every season of family life
Camping isn’t just a holiday — it’s a crash course in family life. From sleepless nights in a teepee tent to teens glued to campsite WiFi, and one unforgettable trip with a stubborn VW campervan…
Episode 34: The Worst Summer Holiday of my Life: 16 and stuck in Las Americas with Roy Chubby Brown (sort of)
Bit of a nostalgia trip in this episode — but not the dreamy, golden kind. Today I’m taking you back to the summer I was 16. A holiday that was meant to be a break from real life... but turned into…
Episode 33: The Linchpin Life: On Emotional Labour, Mental Load & Midlife Self-Rescue
Ever feel like you're the glue holding everything (and everyone) together? Same. In this episode, I dive into the reality of being the family linchpin and the trap of being a ‘capable woman’. And I…
Episode 32: Life After Last Orders – What I lost – and found – when I gave up drinking.
I gave up booze – and it wasn’t all gains. In this episode, I talk honestly about what I lost, what I found, and what surprised me when I stepped away from alcohol. No preaching, just real talk about…
Episode 31: ‘The Art of Procrastination’ The Experts Guide to Getting F*ck All Done
This episode is 4 days late. 4 days! And that’s all down to the one skill I have comprehensively mastered, honed and turned into an art form. Procrastination. Come with me to discover how you too can…
Episode 30: Sixteen Years and The Ghosts We Grew From
Yes, I have been missing for two weeks! But I come back and bring you tales of post-natal ghosts, house-buying and my very own Nurse Ratched. And yes they are all linked!!
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