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  • Lost Sparks, Raving & Relationship Advice | Midlife & Menopause Podcast

    Lost Sparks, Raving & Relationship Advice | Midlife & Menopause Podcast
    2026/09/01
    Welcome to the brand new season of 40ish - the midlife and menopause podcast for women in their 30s, 40s & 50s. This week: a couple who are healthy, financially secure and stable, but have completely lost their spark. How do you start enjoying life and each other again? Plus, is raving the new midlife self-care? We're asking whether swapping the spa day for a crop top and loud music actually counts as wellness. Also in this episode: Nicole has a full nervous breakdown over new studio tech, Lauren goes deeply evangelical about arch support and flip-flops (this is genuinely where we are in midlife), and has a disturbing realisation in a school uniform shop that she's turning into her own mother. And today's meltdown: a woman wants it made very clear that marrying another woman does NOT automatically mean you get a partner who does the housework. Is it time for a formal domestic performance review? New season, same 40ish chaos. Let's get into it. We love to hear from you! hello@40ish.co.uk @40ish.podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 分
  • From The Archives: Aussie Deception Drama & Varicose Veins

    From The Archives: Aussie Deception Drama & Varicose Veins
    2026/08/27
    We are taking a break over the summer holidays . In the meantime, please enjoy this classic episode from the archives. This week on 40ish: Lauren and Nicole receive an email offering varicose vein treatment, a listener is in a bit of a pickle after lying at work and one woman in desperate need of a wee completely loses her sh*t in public and now regrets it. We would love to hear from you! To share your dilemmas, rants, funny stories or general complaints about midlife please be in touch. We love to hear from you! To share your feedback, dilemmas, rants, funny stories or general complaints about midlife please be in touch Email hello@40ish.co.uk Instagram https://www.instagram.com/40ish.podcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@40ish.podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    32 分
  • From The Archives: Period Necklaces, Parking & Homebase

    From The Archives: Period Necklaces, Parking & Homebase
    2026/08/20
    We are taking a break over the summer holidays . In the meantime, please enjoy this classic episode from the archives. This week on 40ish; a woman asks if it’s sweet or if it’s weird to give her daughter a necklace to celebrate her first period. Lauren is hoping the idea may inspire Nicole’s husband to buy her a very special wedding anniversary gift. Plus, a listener asks what happened to her rock n’roll husband who used to play the guitar but now the only bass he is interested in is Homebase. We love to hear from you! To share your feedback, dilemmas, rants, funny stories or general complaints about midlife please be in touch Email hello@40ish.co.uk Instagram https://www.instagram.com/40ish.podcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@40ish.podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    37 分
  • From The Archives: Nipple Tassels, Top Gun & Frozen Shoulders

    From The Archives: Nipple Tassels, Top Gun & Frozen Shoulders
    2026/08/13
    We are taking a break over the summer holidays . In the meantime, please enjoy this classic episode from the archives. This week on 40ish: Nicole has embarrassed her daughter, Lauren is dressing like an extra from Top Gun, a listener wants to make a raunchy dance video for her lover and a woman has a very unnerving situation with her shoulder surgeon. We love to hear from you! To share your feedback, dilemmas, rants, funny stories or general complaints about midlife please be in touch Email hello@40ish.co.uk Instagram https://www.instagram.com/40ish.podcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@40ish.podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 分
  • From The Archives: I Told A Huge Lie, Sex Dreams & James Nesbitt

    From The Archives: I Told A Huge Lie, Sex Dreams & James Nesbitt
    2026/08/13
    We are taking a break over the summer holidays . In the meantime, please enjoy this classic episode from the archives. This week on 40ish we are diving into a listener’s crush that's ruining her life. We choose our middle age Spice Girl names. Nicole is asked out by Jimmy Nesbitt and is convinced Lauren is having sex dreams about her. Plus, one listener has her got herself in hot water after telling a whopping lie about her mother-in-law and she’s about to get caught out. We love to hear from you! To share your feedback, dilemmas, rants, funny stories or general complaints about midlife please be in touch Email hello@40ish.co.uk Instagram https://www.instagram.com/40ish.podcast TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@40ish.podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 分
  • My Husband Has Money Secrets & Why I'm Done With "Sexy"

    My Husband Has Money Secrets & Why I'm Done With "Sexy"
    2026/07/16
    HRT and breast cancer fears — the real talk women are having about how hormone replacement therapy has genuinely changed their lives. Plus: a listener's husband won't explain a mysterious £600 missing from their joint account ("I can't say who it's for"), and Clare has an epiphany about being completely done wanting "sexy" on holiday — she just wants a spa, room service, and nobody touching her or asking where anything is. This week on 40ish, Lauren and Nicole talk perimenopause, menopause, midlife marriage secrets, financial infidelity, and why "sexy hotel" era is officially over for some of us. Also: 70 metres of medieval embroidery nearly ends a friendship (Lauren does NOT care about the Bayeux Tapestry, Nicole is obsessed). Tell us your most 40ish moment — you know you've got one. hello@40ish.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 分
  • We are on Holiday (well Nicole is)

    We are on Holiday (well Nicole is)
    2026/07/14
    A quick one from us today just letting you know we will be back on Thursday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 分
  • My Husband Shaved WHAT?! and The Great Midlife Shorts Debate

    My Husband Shaved WHAT?! and The Great Midlife Shorts Debate
    2026/07/09
    Today on 40ish, Lauren and Nicole spill the behind-the-scenes gossip from their live show, where, as you'd expect, absolutely anything can happen once they're let loose in front of an audience. A listener takes a passionate stand in the great midlife shorts debate. Strong legs? Absolutely. Thigh chafing, uncomfortable wedges and feeling like a busted can of biscuits? Not a chance. Then comes a dilemma that has Lauren and Nicole in stitches. After 23 years of marriage, one listener's husband decides to shave off all his pubic hair just days before they head to Spain. Is it simply a practical way to stay cool? A midlife confidence boost? Or enough to send anyone's overthinking into overdrive? The conversation quickly turns to their shared appreciation of hairy cavemen and why absolutely nobody wants their husband looking like an unusually tall newborn. If you love funny podcasts about midlife, relationships, marriage, menopause, fashion and the everyday chaos of life after 40, this episode is for you. If you're loving 40ish, please follow the podcast, leave us a review and share this episode with a friend who'll laugh right along with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    40 分