The Midlife Mentors

Send us Fan Mail Something we started to focus on towards the end of last year is the issue of ageism in the workplace. We started to hear more and more anecdotal stories about people being unable to find new roles on the basis of their age, and even spoke to recruitment professionals off the record who told us that clients were filtering applicants by age. Clearly there’s a huge personal cost to...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of The Midlife Mentors podcast and today we’re diving into a topic that’s more relevant than ever: Navigating Political Polarisation … . In today’s world, it’s hard to escape the constant tension and divisiveness that seems to be everywhere. From social media to family dinners, it can feel like political opinions are driving us further apart. But what do...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode of The Midlife Mentors podcast we’re absolutely thrilled to be joined by Kate Muir, who is well known for being the creator and producer of the groundbreaking documentary with Davina McCall on the menopause which premiered in 2021 and changed the menopause conversation in the UK forever. As a women’s health advocate and author of books on the menopause and t...

Send us Fan Mail As promised at the end of 2024, this podcast is all about setting yourself up for an amazing 2025. We’re covering goal setting but in an uplifting, fun and engaging way. We’ll take you through a process, share what we’ve got in store in our own lives and business this year and also address how habits and beliefs can hold us back.  This is a super practical alternative to many of t...

Send us Fan Mail It’s that time of year when we naturally take stock of how the year’s panned out. A vast majority of us tend to think about what we didn’t do or achieve rather than what went well - in fact it’s human nature.  So in this episode we’re going to take you through a 5 step process to review and celebrate 2024 with us, encouraging you to reflect on key lessons and potential areas to fo...

Send us Fan Mail In November research was released that showed the average age at which candidates are considered “too old” for job roles is 57. This ties in with what we’ve heard anecdotally working with organisations and clients - that ageism is now a significant issue in the workplace. We have an ageing population and an increasing life span with many people happy to work beyond retirement - so...

Send us Fan Mail By the time we hit mid-life it’s highly likely we’ve experienced a lot of disappointments and things just generally not turning out the way we expected them to. This can often crush our spirit, leading to self doubt, negative self talk and a feeling of hopelessness. Perhaps we even give up on our dreams. So in this episode we discuss what causes disappointment in the first place a...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Men’s Health Awareness Month, so it’s fitting that for this episode we’ve got engineering and history TV presenter Rob Bell talking about the importance of male friendships and the strength of having a community of men around you. We discuss why men find it more of a struggle to maintain social networks as they age and what can be done to encourage either group or one to one...

Send us Fan Mail Are you feeling fulfilled at midlife? In this week’s episode we’re joined by Bernie Borges, the founder of the Midlife Fulfilled podcast and an advocate for finding purpose and happiness in midlife . Bernie is all about redefining what it means to live a fulfilling life beyond the standard metrics of career success and financial stability.  Bernie shares  the insights he’s gained...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I, Claire, go solo...discussing how there’s a very real battle going on for our attention. We’ve become slaves to mind dumbing dopamine hits - 24 hour news channels, doom scrolling, switching back and forth between apps, distracting ourselves and arguing with strangers online. It’s sucking the very life out of us and hijacking our ability to focus on what’s really...

Send us Fan Mail As we head into winter, with the colder, darker days, we’re more likely to feel anxiety, low mood and perhaps even depression.  So in this short episode, we offer some simple reminders about what we can do to help ourselves move through this season with greater ease and positivity. Book your free consultation call here: https://themidlifementors.com/freecall Support the show Pleas...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode we’re thrilled to be speaking to Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave. Steve is the most successful male rower in Olympic history, and the only man to have won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games in an endurance sport. We talk to Steve about the challenges of finding direction after such a long and stellar career, the challenges of midlife and the imp...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss how to balance striving vs letting go. This is easier said than done, especially in today’s ‘always on’ society. The expectations we place on ourselves have multiplied and it can lead to a great deal of unhappiness and even burnout.  So we walk you through some key insights, hopefully providing you with some ideas on how to achieve your goals and aspirat...

Send us Fan Mail Making a career change at any point in your life can feel scary or overwhelming, but in midlife we may have career changes forced upon us - or we may just realise that what we are doing isn’t lighting us up. In this episode I, James am joined by Patrick Reid who at the age of 38 gave up a successful career in television to move into something in which he had no experience - tradin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I Claire, go solo, talking about my fitness and health journey over the past 18 months.  It’s been really up and down and I want to share what forced the change, as well as what I learnt and what I had to let go of.  There was a sort of personal identity for me around fitness and health and going through these shifts was humbling but incredible for my self growth....

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode, we sit down with Michelle Ford - host of the incredibly successful podcast, Two Women Chatting.  Michelle shares her story about becoming an empty nester, to discovering her love and passion for podcasting.  She also describes how, as she’s entered this new  phase of her life, she’s overcome many of her doubts and fears. So much so that Michelle has intervi...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s podcast episode we’re joined by J.J. Virgin,  a world-renowned celebrity nutrition expert, fitness authority, and New York Times best-selling author of books such as The Virgin Diet and The Sugar Impact Diet .  She’s helped millions of people transform their health by challenging conventional wisdom and offering practical strategies for eating, moving, and living be...

Send us Fan Mail As life progresses, it’s easy to fall into a routine with your partner—going through the motions of daily life, handling responsibilities, and sharing the same space. But sharing space doesn’t necessarily mean you’re sharing a connection.  By midlife we can begin mistaking proximity for intimacy, believing that just being physically present is enough to maintain a strong relations...

Send us Fan Mail Being a parent isn’t easy, and being a modern father carries its own set of challenges. Larry Hagner spent half of his childhood without a father figure in his life and the other half with toxic father figures that came and went.   He made one decision as a young boy, and it was that his kids would know who their father was.  Larry knew firsthand the devastating effects of growing...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss the concept of time and how we spend it - in particular how we’re in an endless pursuit of trying to be productive, only to feel like we’re failing. The truth is there will always be more to do, and they’ll always be things you can’t achieve.  Accepting that we are limited beings and deciding to focus on what’s truly meaningful, is where we can begin to...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, we have a fascinating conversation with Professor of Public Policy Bobby Duffy, about generational myths and stereotypes, focussing specifically on Generation X, who are midlifers just like us!  Bobby’s career spans 30 years and is not only the Director of the Policy Institute at Kings College London, but author of two books  - The Perils of Perception – Wh...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to nutritionist and hormone expert Nicki Williams about the “Feisty Four” hormones that are crucial for women at midlife as they navigate peri-menopause and menopause. Nicki talks us through her personal journey where her own symptoms and research inspired her to leave the corporate world to study nutrition and hormones so that she could help empower other...

Send us Fan Mail Many people are opting to go alcohol free for various health reasons and Claire is one of them. She's done long stints alcohol free since 2021 and now, she's excited to publicly commit to a year. Claire knows it’s going to happen because her mindset is in the right place. In this episode James interviews Claire about the reasons for her choice, the upsides to being alcoh...

Send us Fan Mail Burnout - we hear this word more and more but actually - what is it? How do we know if we’re in burnout? What causes it? And how do we either avoid it or recover from it? In this episode we’ll share why burnout is at an all time high in western society - and increasing year on year. We’ll draw on our own personal and professional experience - diving into why stress is different to...

Send us Fan Mail Navigating the complexities of modern day relationships can be overwhelming and often we don’t have the tools and understanding to deal with it effectively. In this episode we talk to psychologist and licensed sex therapist Dr Kate Balestrieri about retroactive jealousy, infedelity, sex and intimacy and how to best communicate our emotions.  This is an incredibly real and enlighte...