The Midlife Mentors

Send us Fan Mail Five years ago, the world looked very different.  We were navigating a global pandemic, rebuilding our business, and trying to make sense of an uncertain future. Like so many people, we had no idea what the next few years would bring. If we could go back and sit down with our younger selves, knowing everything we know now, what would we say? In this episode, we're sharing the...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're discussing How To Thrive In A World We Weren't Made For. We're living in the safest, most technologically advanced time in human history... so why do so many of us feel stressed, anxious and mentally exhausted? According to neuroscientist and author of The Evolving Brain Dr Paul Goldsmith, it's because we're trying to navigate a twenty-first ce...

Send us Fan Mail What if we look back on social media the same way we now look back on smoking? In this thought-provoking episode, we're joined by Lord Bethell, one of the leading voices behind the push for stronger online protections for children and the proposed social media legislation in the UK. We explore why governments are finally stepping in, what age verification could mean for young...

Send us Fan Mail Why is it that one piece of criticism can stay with us for years, yet we quickly forget the things that are going well? The answer lies in our psychology. Human beings are wired to spot threats and problems. It's how we survived. But in today's world, that negativity bias can leave us stressed, anxious and focused on what's wrong. In this episode, James is flying so...

Send us Fan Mail This week, I, Claire - go solo for a beautiful conversation with executive coach Hazel Martin and, honestly, this episode went somewhere completely different from where I expected. We started out talking about career change for midlife women and how our purpose shifts as we enter our menopause years, but what unfolded was a much deeper conversation about the stories we tell oursel...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Midlife Mentors we’re talking about health optimisation.   Today we find ourselves living in a obsessive health optimisation culture where we're tracking our sleep, monitoring our HRV, counting steps, taking supplements, cold plunging, fasting and trying to optimise every aspect of our lives. Twenty years ago most people just wanted to lose a bit of wei...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever looked at your life and thought, "I don't feel like me anymore?" Maybe everything looks fine on the surface. The career, the family, the home, the responsibilities you've spent years building. But underneath, something feels different. You feel restless, disconnected, flat... or perhaps you're questioning things that once seemed certain. If t...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a really important conversation and honestly, one we don’t hear enough about. Because Claire has spoken about female childlessness on this podcast a few times, but we’ve not discussed male childlessness… particularly the emotional impact of it, the silence around it, and why so many men feel they have to carry that experience alone. Whether it’s through circumst...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re exploring why 'resilience' needs a rebrand.  The old model went out of fashion. It was all about pushing through, staying positive and performing no matter what - especially in the work environment. But in a world of relentless uncertainty and rising pressure, many of us aren’t just tired - we’re chronically dysregulated. True resilience has had to...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Midlife Mentors, we’re diving into one of the most talked-about and misunderstood  areas in health right now: peptides and longevity. We’re joined by Dr. Enayat, a GP and founder of Human Longevity Clinics, who’s working at the cutting edge of personalised, preventative medicine. You’ve probably seen peptides all over social media,  touted as the new shortcut to f...

Send us Fan Mail Today on The Midlife Mentors, we’re joined by Lyndsey Simpson, serial entrepreneur, author of The Age Rebellion - and a powerful voice challenging everything we’ve been told about getting older. Because here’s the truth - we’re living longer than ever before - decades longer, in fact - and yet so many of us are still following an outdated societal script of winding down, playing s...

Send us Fan Mail A recent Age UK study found that nearly a third of adults still feel affected by their school PE experiences… with many put off exercise for life. Not because they’re lazy, but because of how it made them feel. Being picked last. Feeling judged. Not fitting in. And what’s interesting is - those moments didn’t stay in childhood. They shaped the story you might still be telling your...

Send us Fan Mail If you're in the position where you still have a parent, or both parents, alive and well - this episode poses the question - how well do you really know them? Not just as mum or dad - but as people, with their own stories, struggles and choices. After losing his father, our guest on today's episode - Neil Taylor, realised something most of us avoid. He'd run out of...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re tackling a tricky subject - separation after infidelity…  This episode was inspired by a workshop we were asked to run for a corporate client on the subject, and despite the tough emotional angle, we were blown away by the engagement from participants, so we thought we’d share what we talked about here. This isn’t about blame or picking apart what went wrong. It’s abou...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we’re joined by Casey Davidson, a life and sobriety coach from Seattle and host of the Hello Someday podcast. Casey helps high-achieving women who feel stuck in the cycle of trying to moderate their drinking take a step back through a 100-day alcohol-free challenge. We talk about the myths around moderation, why midlife can be a turning point for many women’s relat...

Send us Fan Mail Most people think success comes from doing more. More hours, more strategy, more hustle. But what if the real edge isn’t in your work schedule, but in your body? Today, we’re talking about the overlooked foundation of success and why the most successful people in the world prioritise their health first. Support the show Please remember, if you find the show helpful or it makes you...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re in midlife and raising teenagers, you’ll know it can sometimes feel like you’re living with a complete stranger.  One minute they’re the child who used to tell you everything… and the next they’re behind a closed door, headphones in and phone glued to their hand. It can leave even the most loving, well-meaning parent wondering: am I getting this right? In this episode we...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we’re revisiting something we get asked about a lot! Midlife nutrition tips. This isn’t about complicated diets or biohacks, it’s simple principles - how and what should we really be eating in midlife to stay healthy and happy? Because the truth is, the way many of us ate in our 20s and 30s often stops working in our 40s and 50s. Energy drops, weight creeps up, and...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re joined by Dr Max Pemberton and Dr Courtney Raspin, authors of The Weight Loss Prescription , to unpack one of the most talked-about health shifts of our time: GLP-1 weight-loss medications. Are they a miracle? A medical breakthrough? Or a shortcut that risks creating new problems? In this conversation we explore what happens when you remove someone’s primary coping mec...

Send us Fan Mail In our 20s and 30s, expectations feel hopeful - like there’s always more time, more chances, more room to fix things.  But in midlife, expectations hit us differently. They’re no longer just about what might happen…they’re about who we thought we’d be by now. In this episode, we’re diving into why the disappointment of unmet expectations feels more personal in midlife, what’s happ...

Send us Fan Mail Calling all budding espionage writers… In this solo episode, James sits down with one of the most respected names in modern spy writing, Charles Cumming , author of the critically acclaimed Box 88 series - novels celebrated for their psychological depth, moral tension and razor-sharp realism. But this isn’t just a conversation about spy stories. It’s about beginnings. How does a s...

Send us Fan Mail Procrastination - we all do it. But what happens when it’s stopping us from moving forward with goals that are really important to us? We can get really stuck in a rut with this, believing that we’ll never move ahead, which makes us procrastinate more! In this episode we discuss why we procrastinate, what kinds of people suffer from it the most and what are the main psychological...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re talking about masculinity - what it means, what it’s allowed to be, and why so many men feel increasingly unsure how to show up in the world and at work - without being labelled toxic, outdated, or problematic. Our guest is David Maywald, author of The Relentless War On Masculinity. David argues that while some harmful behaviours needed challenging, we’ve al...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about the shifts we’ve both had to make in how we approach health, training and nutrition in midlife. We talk honestly about what wasn’t working anymore, the habits that were quietly backfiring and the practical changes we’ve made to support energy, hormonal balance, recovery and long-term health and happiness. If you’re someone who’s tried harder and hard...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode we’re joined by someone who’s making a real impact in the mental health space. Neil Smith is the co-founder of Mettle alongside Bear Grylls , an innovative mental wellbeing app designed to help men build confidence, resilience and emotional strength through practical, science-backed tools. The focus of Mettle is on everyday mental fitness - n ot waiting until cr...