Denise Lewis on reclaiming yourself at 50 and learning to say no

Dirty Mother Pukka with Anna Whitehouse

Heart

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Is it time to redefine the mid-life crisis? In this week's episode Anna and Polly talk to Olympic champion and presenter Denise Lewis about navigating the loss of your identity after motherhood and retirement, and why she's reclaiming herself at 50.

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0:00.0	This is a Global Player Original podcast.
0:14.8	Welcome to this episode of Dirty Motherpucker.
0:18.5	I am your host, Anna Whitehouse, the founder of Motherpucker. I'm going to let
0:22.4	you say your name. Oh my God. It's Polly Hazelwood in the house. Nailed it, mate. Oh, thanks. Nailed it.
0:29.0	Coming up, we have the absolutely brilliant Dame Denise Lewis. She's going to be talking about how to
0:35.1	own mind, body, soul, all of it aged 50, and also
0:40.5	how to come back from retirement and find yourself.
0:45.2	One to listen to, but for now.
0:47.2	Do you know what I haven't nailed?
0:49.4	So I've had extreme tattoo regret.
0:52.0	You've had an extreme amount of tattoos. Two-thirds of the tattoos on my
0:56.4	body I don't like anymore. Yeah, and it was a very quick split decision, wasn't it? All of them.
1:01.9	All of them. I think it was sort of, I think just going back, looking over it, potentially not a great
1:08.9	time to get permanently inked in the middle of a divorce. Listen, we were all thinking it, potentially not a great time to get permanently inked in the middle of a divorce.
1:12.1	Listen, we were all thinking it, but you know, you can be very assertive.
1:18.0	No.
1:18.5	And we are quite scared of you when you're on a mission.
1:21.8	No.
1:22.1	No, no, no.
1:22.7	Yes, yes, that's the truth.
1:23.9	I remember saying to you, I want to get this quote from the song Lord and the flipping albums called melodrama, for God's sake. It's time we dance with the truth. Okay, you were in a very dark place. In my defense, you were in a very dark place and I was doing a lot of holding, holding and lifting. No, you were going, yes, queen! Yes, babe! I love it, babe!
1:44.5	Yeah, but as the tears are literally flooding out of your eyes.
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