Midlife? No crisis!!
Two midlife mates navigating their 50s, no filters, and plenty of laughs. A funny, honest podcast about friendship, women, and surviving midlife with humour, nostalgia, and too much Prosecco. Expect real talk about relationships, teenage memories, and the chaos of life after 50.
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Episodes
75 episodes
Midlife: September - New Season, Same Old Shit?
September has arrived, we're both 50, the kids are getting older, summer is disappearing… and apparently we're supposed to use this moment to completely reset our lives.But do we actually need a September Reset?In this ep...
CRISIS TALKS: LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD? CONFIDENCE, CLOTHES & GETTING OLDER
In this week’s Crisis Talks, we’re carrying on our conversation about confidence — but this time we’re getting into the complicated relationship between confidence, appearance, clothes and getting older.Does looking good really make you...
Midlife: 50, Fabulous & Faking It. Confidence, Women & Turning 50
50, Fabulous & Faking It: What Actually Makes Us Confident?Katy is five hours away from turning 50 and, naturally, the countdown involves bad sleep, Prosecco, questionable sunglasses and a serious discussion about whether she ...
Crisis Talks: It's Outside the Circle of Control!
It's Wednesday. It's Crisis Talks. And we're back to normal and very much NOT taking Ivan Rose's advice about being calm, rational and living in the moment. 😂After our conversation with Ivan about midlife, anxiety and emotional regulatio...
Midlife: Where Did I Go? Losing Yourself & Finding Yourself Again in Midlife
What if the problem isn't that you've lost yourself in midlife but that you've got stuck in a few unhelpful loops?This week we're joined by therapist, author and international speaker Ivan Rose, whose work focuses on helping women naviga...
Crisis Talks: The Things We Actually Love About Summer ☀️
After spending Monday’s episode putting pretty much everything into Room 101, this week’s Crisis Talks is our Reverse Room 101 a celebration of the things we absolutely LOVE about summer.Because despite the flies, spiders, ...
Midlife: We're back … and Everything’s Getting Our Goat! 🐐
After three weeks away, Katy and Katie return for Season 4 and their second year - and despite having promised themselves they’d be more professional this year, it takes approximately 30 seconds for things to descend into chaos.We’...
Midlife: Turning 50, Climbing Ben Nevis & Our Summer Room 101
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 frustrat...
Midlife: We're so back! Cruises, House Moves and Bird Watching updates incoming....
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, b...
Midlife repeat: Menopause cures
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...
Midlife Repeat: Does my Bum look big in this?!
Whilst we are on a break, we're replaying some old episodes you may have missed. This is one of our most downloaded - have a listen to find out why!In this episode of Midlife, No Crisis, we dive into the pressures of im...
Crisis Talks: Tiny Joys, Big Difference
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 episo...
Midlife: Mildly Furious Again - Room 101
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, ...
Crisis Talks: The Diary Files - Our Teenage Years
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, l...
Midlife: Backpacking, Bad Decisions & Midlife Reflections
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 ...
Crisis Talks: From CrossFit to Podcasting
Is CrossFit a cult? We investigate…In this Crisis Talks episode, Vikki’s back and we’re chatting all things CrossFit, confidence and podcast plans.From women’s fitness and strength training in your 40s to th...
Midlife: Strong Not Skinny - Midlife Fitness & CrossFit After 40
Can CrossFit change your life in midlife?This week on Midlife No Crisis, we’re joined by Vikki Gwilt, a dedicated CrossFit athlete and international competitor who discovered strength training later in life and nev...
Crisis Talks: Help I've got a teenager, but it ok coz I've also got van life dreams!
This week on Crisis Talks we talk about the emotional rollercoaster of parenting teens during GCSE season, learning how to let go and the challenge of balancing trust with boundaries.We also return to our happy place - van life!...
Midlife: Talking Crap & Chasing Freedom
This week sees us catching up after two busy weeks apart and doing what we do best - chatting rubbish while accidentally getting deep.This week we cover:• Corporate guff and work chaos• Decluttering and shed clear-outs
Midlife: Hangovers heels and home before 10pm!
This week on Midlife No Crisis, Katy and Katie dive into the evolution of nights out - from underage raving at Wigan Pier and sticky dancefloors in Bolton, to modern-day “day raves” where being home by 10pm feels like the ultimate luxu...
Crisis Talks: Can you take a pac a Mac to a rave?
This week on Crisis Talks, Katy and Katie continue their hilarious deep dive into how nights out evolve as you get older - from chaotic clubbing memories to carefully planned “day raves” with strategic toilet locations and emergency Pa...
Crisis Talks: The Power of Paying It Forward
After discussing selfishness in the main episode, this week’s Crisis Talks flips the conversation around and asks:Are people actually more kind and selfless than we realise?From surrogacy and fundraising to helping stranger...
Midlife: Self-Care or Selfishness?
In this episode, we ask a big question: have we become a selfish society?What starts as a catch-up about sensible nights out, camping trips, work events and intermittent fasting quickly turns into a deeper conversation about burno...
Crisis Talks: 50 Episodes Later - What Podcasting Has Really Taught Us
50 episodes in… and we’ve actually learned a few things!In this Crisis Talks episode of Midlife, No Crisis, we reflect on what it’s really like starting (and sticking with) a podcast — from chaotic beginnings to ...
