Episodes

  • Revealed! The best budget-friendly Christmas food, booze, stylish gifts & new family games

    Revealed! The best budget-friendly Christmas food, booze, stylish gifts & new family games
    Dec 8 2024

    Whatever size and shape your Christmas will be this year, Trish & Lorraine get the inside track on how to make it go with a bang (and not go mad in the process). The duo are joined by Jane Bruton, the new Editor in Chief of Good Housekeeping, who shares the magazine’s expert know how on all the big and small details, from decor trends, best affordable presents and who really has the best mince pies. Plus: funny festive stories, alternative ways to spend the day & the woman who fell in love with a spatula



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    44 mins
  • Is an emotional vampire draining you? Here's how to love or leave that tricky friend.

    Is an emotional vampire draining you? Here's how to love or leave that tricky friend.
    Nov 27 2024
    Trish & Lorraine take a new friendship quiz to find out which pals drain us and which friends fuel us. And the duo, who've known each other for over 30 years, tackle the tricky problem of dealing with the friend who is an emotional vampire, always stealing your energy and possibly making you comfort eat! They learn how to walk away, set boundaries or find a path back to friendship joy. Plus: Lorraine fights the invasion of the 'man buns' in the sauna, and Trish tackles speedos in the steam room.

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    15 mins
  • Smart tips on managing & spending your midlife money with a finance pro

    Smart tips on managing & spending your midlife money with a finance pro
    Nov 24 2024

    Lorraine & Trish are joined by Financial Times Consumer Editor Claer Barrett to answer all the key questions about managing money in this post-budget, cost-of-living era. Find out how a financial rethink could be a game changer, what to consider if you’re reevaluating your career, the money mistakes too many couples make and how to teach your kids finance skills for life. Clear also reveals her personal daily habits to manage and make the best of her own money. Plus: Your lovely acts of kindness & Bridget Jones is back. Hallelujah!



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    48 mins
  • Mum masterclass: easy ways to help your teens manage sleep, screen time & lack of motivation

    Mum masterclass: easy ways to help your teens manage sleep, screen time & lack of motivation
    Nov 20 2024
    Trish & Lorraine have 6 kids between them (aged 13-22) and share their personal advice on parenting teens in today's world as well as asking experts for easy to implement tips that will improve family harmony. They reveal what to do when your teen won't wake up for school, questions to ask yourself about your teen's behaviour and the duo find out why the internet is not the 'smoking gun' causing teenager's to have anxious thoughts. Plus the resources that could help you. Share this episode with anyone parenting adolescents.

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    20 mins
  • Liz Earle’s healthy ageing masterplan & how she got back in the dating game

    Liz Earle’s healthy ageing masterplan & how she got back in the dating game
    Nov 17 2024

    Lorraine and Trish meet wellness guru Liz Earle who explains why she’s feeling fitter, healthier, happier, smarter and sexier aged 61 than ever before. She reveals the steps we can all take now to roll back the years so we can enjoy an energetic new chapter, which for Liz includes a relationship with a much younger man. Find out how she navigated the world of online dating post divorce and why 8 is now her lucky number.

    Plus: brain fog bloopers, surprising celebrity crushes & the joy of being ‘vintage’



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    58 mins
  • Improve your teeth: affordable, effective whiteners, exercises to stop grinding & the right oral routine

    Improve your teeth: affordable, effective whiteners, exercises to stop grinding & the right oral routine
    Nov 13 2024
    In their weekly bite size 'how to win at midlife' episode Lorraine & Trish find out the best way to protect your teeth as you age and why your oral health needs change over the years. They ask an expert about teeth whiteners, night time teeth grinding, hormones and gum health and why a 'toilet seat white" smile is best avoided! And should you use mouthwash or not? The duo answer all your teeth questions.

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    18 mins
  • Jodi Picoult on being America’s most banned novelist & why she believes Shakespeare was a fraud

    Jodi Picoult on being America’s most banned novelist & why she believes Shakespeare was a fraud
    Nov 10 2024

    Trish & Lorraine talk to Jodi Picoult - one of the most read living authors with 40 million books sold worldwide - about her new novel, in which she suggests it was a woman who wrote most of Shakespeare’s plays. And the 58-year old mum of three and grandma of two reveals why she’s compelled to tackle the most pressing political and social issues of the day, including reproductive rights, school shootings, death row inmates, race relations and gay rights in her groundbreaking novels. She also tells the duo about the best present she’s ever been given and the song that always gets her on the dancefloor. Plus: Must watch TV shows, happy hibernating habits & why air fryers are a teen’s best friend



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    52 mins
  • Why you need a 'boo basket' now & 6 irresistible cosy, winter warmer gift ideas

    Why you need a 'boo basket' now & 6 irresistible cosy, winter warmer gift ideas
    Nov 6 2024

    Baby, it's cold outside and Lorraine & Trish have found six brilliant, cosy, budget friendly things to buy which will boost your mood on darker days or make great gifts including a unique candle scent, luxe recycled slippers and vintage designer scarves. The duo also discuss their Scottish holidays and Trish's layering addiction.

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    19 mins