A cure for burn out, stress & overwhelm with Katherine May
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Trish and Lorraine meet author Katherine May to talk about coping with the never-ending day-to-day hustle of midlife, her strategies to recover from burn out, and the wonder of discovering who we really are and how we want to be in this world. She also opens up about her autism diagnosis and gives unique insights and advice for parenting neuro-diverse children. Plus: Fashion & home buys for a joyful summer & a close encounter with a Muppet!
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| 0:00.0 | So, I took my dear old dad to the cinema the other day, Lorraine. We had a very nice afternoon, |
| 0:12.7 | except of course it was spoiled. I know what's coming. |
| 0:16.0 | They don't you. This is a russling story, isn't it? |
| 0:19.0 | A russling story. It's a food story. So, unfortunately, the man I was sitting next to |
| 0:23.6 | had the most enormous bucket of popcorn, and I would say he munched through all the commercials, |
| 0:29.5 | all the trailers, and about half an hour of the film, munch, munch, munch, munch, russle, russle. |
| 0:34.8 | And in the end, I went a bit Marion, and I turned to him and I just said, is there anyway, |
| 0:39.6 | you could just please stop eating? That's quite proud of myself, because he did stop eating. |
| 0:45.0 | Would you have done that? No, I did probably passively, aggressively, |
| 0:48.8 | hulfton, heraldon, moved, and juggled, and got my phone out. |
| 0:52.8 | Well, I did all of that, obviously. There was a lead up to you saying, |
| 0:56.9 | I was trying to do that enough. I did a few looks, I did a few, yeah, just didn't work, |
| 1:01.6 | and there were no seats to move to, and obviously I didn't want to maneuver my 80-year-old dad |
| 1:05.4 | into another room. So, did you did it nice and calm, you see? |
| 1:08.8 | Because I would have got to the point where I'd have probably just been shuffling him |
| 1:12.1 | in front of everyone else. It was quite calm. He did look quite shocked. |
| 1:15.1 | I didn't think he, I don't think he wanted to cross Marion, midlife Marion, |
| 1:18.6 | the rage of a midlife woman. It's quite useful sometimes. It is. |
| 1:27.2 | Welcome to Postcards from Midlife. I'm Lorraine Candy, and I'm Trish Halpin. |
| 1:36.6 | If you're living in a hormonal hot house, feeling a bit overwhelmed, |
| 1:40.2 | and in need of some positive uplifting and comforting guidance, |
| 1:43.6 | on how to lead a more magnificent midlife than this is the show for you. |
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