You know, I did a full Thelma and Louise off the cliff. I had a big bad menopause, you know,

really, really didn't know what was going on in perimenopause and really affected my brain and my

mental health. So I had that memory thing. I got divorced. I moved out of the family home. I gave up

my job at the times and my dog died.

I was keeping going and I was getting on with it and doing my full-time job.

And then I burst basically.

And I couldn't cope anymore.

You of course know Kate Muir.

She's the woman's health investigative journalist who's been on the show before

talking about hormones and bones. Now, she's

thinking about how to have a magnificent midlife crisis. Hello there. I'm Liz Earle. Welcome to the

Lizzole well-being show, the podcast, helping us all have a better second half. And my mission, as I'm sure

you know by now, is to find ways for all of us to thrive in our later life especially by investing in our health and our well-being today.

So then, did you have, or are you having a bit of a midlife crisis?

And what does that phrase conjure up for you of the feeling of being frazzled, juggling too much,

just wanting to throw everything up in the

air and run as far away from your life as possible, or could it perhaps be a moment to make

active changes and choose to fill the second half of your life with the activities, the people,

foods and hormones that will really help you thrive? Kate Muir is a women's health expert,

investigative journalist and documentary maker. She created and produced two groundbreaking

channel four documentaries on the menopause, presented of course by Davina McCall,

and wrote a brilliant book called Everything You Need to Know about the Menopause.

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