Family special: getting teens ready for university & coping with an empty nest
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
(Brought to you by John Lewis & Partners and Samsung.) As Lorraine and Trish get set to pack their teenagers off to university, they share their tips and tricks for making sure all the family are ready for this major life milestone. They’ve even persuaded their daughters Sky, 21, and Esme,19, to join in the chat and share their own university experiences, from living in halls, adapting to a new way of learning, making friends and getting through freshers week in one piece! Plus: how to cope with empty nest syndrome and a nostalgic trip back in time to uni days in the 80s and Trish’s enormous quiff!
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| 0:00.0 | I've got something to show you, Lorraine. Excited already? Who is this? Oh my god, it's |
| 0:12.9 | Madonna recording holiday in Spain. How gorgeous and young is that lady? Is it uterus? It is. |
| 0:21.4 | And can you guess where I am? And when it was? That was Brighton Beach for your university. |
| 0:26.9 | How exciting. I'm going to say that was probably 1986, 1987. Wow. With my quiff, my university quiff. |
| 0:33.8 | I can see what Neil fell for there. And the reason that is relevant is his thoughts. Well, |
| 0:40.7 | we're going to welcome you all to a bonus episode of the podcast and this is a university special |
| 0:47.4 | episode of postcards from Midlife sponsored by John Lewis and partners and Samsung, your perfect study |
| 0:53.7 | partners. Welcome to postcards from Midlife. I'm Lorraine Candy and I'm Trish Halpin. If you're |
| 1:09.3 | living in a hormonal hot town, it's feeling a bit overwhelmed and in need of some positive |
| 1:13.8 | uplifting and comforting guidance on how to lead from the magnificent midlife, then this is the show |
| 1:19.6 | for you. We chat to celebrities and experts on all things midlife from menopause and perimenopause |
| 1:25.3 | to parenting teens by a fashion beauty wellness, nutrition fitness careers, relationships caring |
| 1:31.2 | for elderly relatives and your finances. Yes, we ask experts and famous guests all the questions |
| 1:37.0 | you need answered to have a happier, healthier and more harmonious second-hand. |
| 1:43.3 | Now Trish, note I said university special, not university challenge, so don't go all Jeremy |
| 1:49.0 | Paxman on me because I know you love a quiz and you get really competitive, don't you? Yes, |
| 1:53.4 | I do and actually can I just say Amel Rajan these days. No more Jeremy. No, these days. Well, |
| 2:00.1 | I never watched university challenge. I hate to put it this way. But don't worry, I'll definitely |
| 2:04.2 | be leaving that one to the students, but we know so many of our lovely listeners will have children |
| 2:09.6 | heading to university for the first time or maybe going back for their second or third years, |
| 2:14.3 | or maybe you lovely listeners are going yourself, but it's always such a big and exciting step |
| 2:19.9 | and to help you get ready, we've joined forces with John Lewis and Samson to share experiences |
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