Katie has officially joined the 50 club... by climbing Ben Nevis in sideways rain, hailstones and cloud.

In our final Summer Special before we're back in September, we catch up on birthday adventures, surprise poems, house-moving frustrations, Egypt plans, Kendal Calling, festival fashion, and our latest Summer Room 101 entries.

From blisters and watering plants to suncream, estate agents and menus asking you to "choose your protein"... nothing is safe.

Plus Katie reads a poem inspired by one of Britain's worst train journeys.

This episode is basically two friends catching up after a busy summer—and we suspect you'll recognise yourself in at least one of the moans.

We chat about:

• Katie climbing Ben Nevis on her 50th birthday
• Why turning fifty feels so strange
• Friendship spanning over 35 years
• The birthday poem that nearly made Katie cry
• House move updates (and conveyancing frustrations)
• Why we swapped Dubai for Egypt
• Kendal Calling highlights
• Festival fashion then vs now
• Summer Room 101
• CrossCountry trains
• What's coming next for Midlife? No Crisis!

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Welcome to our Summer Special!

We're back with a proper catch-up after a few weeks apart, and as always, we somehow manage to go from bird watching to house buying, with a detour via Mykonos, Rome, the world cup, birthday plans and a cruise full of unexpected observations.

This episode is everything Midlife? No Crisis! is about – honest conversations, lots of laughs, and the reminder that midlife is anything but boring.

In this episode we chat about:

☀️ Why bird watching might actually be the coolest new hobby after 50

🏠 The emotional rollercoaster of buying (and hopefully moving into!) a new house

🚢 Katy's honest review of her Mediterranean cruise – the highs, the lows and what surprised her most

🇬🇷 Falling in love with Mykonos (and surviving the heat in Rome!)

👨‍👩‍👧 How life changes once your teenagers become adults

⚽ Our thoughts on another football tournament and why we still convince ourselves "this time it'll be different"

🎙️ Celebrating another podcast milestone and looking ahead to what's next

🎂 Summer birthdays, future plans and everything in between

As always, it's a conversation between two friends navigating midlife with humour, honesty and absolutely no pretending we've got it all figured out.

We'd love to hear from you!

Have you discovered a hobby later in life?

Have you been on a cruise?

Or are you currently navigating the emotional chaos of buying or selling a house?

Come and tell us over on Instagram or Facebook—we genuinely love hearing your stories.

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Whilst we are on a break, we're replaying some old episodes you may have missed. This is where we invented our very own menopause cure - we’ve talked about lot about the menopause in our chats!

In this week's Crisis Talks Katy and Katie dive deeper into the messy, maddening, and occasionally hilarious world of menopause. From being dismissed by doctors to battling sleepless nights, anxiety, and brain fog, they share real experiences with HRT, hormone chaos, and the impossible hunt for testosterone on the NHS.

Again we have to point out - we are not medical experts and tea butter is not an advisable menopause cure!!

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This week on Crisis Talks, we’re talking about the small things that pull us back to ourselves when life feels overwhelming.

From wildflower meadows and gardening to kind strangers, comforting TV shows, and quiet moments alone, this episode explores the everyday things that bring calm, joy, and perspective.

This isn’t about forced positivity or pretending life is perfect. It’s about noticing the tiny moments that soften hard days — and why those moments matter more than we realise.

If life has felt noisy, heavy, or relentless lately, this episode is your permission to slow down and reconnect with what makes you feel good.

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This week on Midlife? No Crisis!, we’re covering everything from the emotional rollercoaster of selling a house to the mysterious world of social media shadow bans.

We chat about moving stress, parenting, hormones, upcoming travel plans, and why modern life sometimes feels unnecessarily irritating. Plus, a classic Room 101 rant takes aim at airport queues, personal space invaders, and those baffling hydration breaks during football.

Expect laughs, mild outrage, and plenty of “surely it’s not just me?” moments.

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This week we're opening the vault and reading from our teenage diaries. What could possibly go wrong?

From embarrassing crushes and dramatic friendships to getting into trouble and desperately trying to fit in, we're reliving the highs, lows and utter cringe of being a teenager in the 90s.

Looking back, it's hilarious to see how much time we spent worrying about things that don't matter now, but it's also a reminder of just how hard those teenage years can be. We chat about confidence, friendships, relationships, parenting teenagers and why we're actually quite proud of the women we've become.

Expect plenty of laughs, a healthy dose of second-hand embarrassment and proof that somehow, despite everything, we turned out alright in the end.

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This week we're catching up on all things life, family and travel before taking a hilarious trip down memory lane with our old Australia diaries.

From new nieces and solo adventures to menopause chats and the reality of getting older, we cover the stuff that happens when you're firmly in your midlife era. Then things get interesting as we dust off our diaries from our backpacking days in Australia and relive some of the adventures, questionable decisions and unforgettable memories that helped shape who we are today.

Expect plenty of laughs, a few moments of nostalgia and proof that while we've grown up a bit, we're still very much the same people underneath it all.

Whether you're reminiscing about your own travels, navigating midlife changes or just fancy a laugh with two friends who've known each other for over 30 years, this one's for you.

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