How to have great friendships by the A-listers' favourite therapist

Postcards From Midlife

Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin

Menopause, Culture, Nutrition, 579985, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Mental Health, Women, Midlife Women, Midlife, Relationships, Kids & Family, Health, Perimenopause, Lifestyle

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In our friendship special, Trish and Lorraine meet Janet Reibstein, the relationship therapist Gwyneth Paltrow calls 'life changing' and ask her how we revive midlife friendships, have healthy arguments and set proper boundaries. Plus how to make exciting new friends and nourish the ones you have. We also discuss new research on how to have a long and happy life, the ex-editors share memories of their Ab Fab inspired glossy magazine days.

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0:00.0	baby sale now on at the baby room at Smith's, in-store and online, with amazing
0:05.6	savings on selected car seats, frams, cots, high chairs and much more. Baby sale now
0:10.9	on at the baby room at Smith's, sale ends Monday the 15th of January.
0:16.9	Trisha terrible thing happened to me, I need your advice on it as my long-term friend.
0:33.2	Okay, okay. I was dropping my lovely mabel off at a play date party and somebody, one of
0:40.2	the mums, gave me, I don't know her, I've never met her before and in prompt to hug.
0:45.4	It was a really big one, it was a nuzzling into my neck, big old hug. Oh no, I froze, Trisha.
0:53.7	You know, I think huggers should be arrested and that I don't like people touching me.
0:58.0	She clearly doesn't listen to this podcast because she would know to give you a sort of two-metre
1:03.1	perimeter, wouldn't she? Not wow, anyone there you go. What did you do? Well, I froze, stepped
1:09.8	back and said I wasn't a hugger and she said she was a hugger and I said, well, I'm not
1:14.3	a hugger and then I felt bad about not being a hugger. Then I felt bad about not being
1:18.9	a hugger in front of me. And then I thought, hold on a minute, it's my personal space and
1:24.6	then I thought, oh my god, what about the flu? I don't want to get that again. Oh my gosh,
1:29.2	yeah, okay. So it was a whole set of thoughts based around a hug. I did a bit of you, I did
1:34.6	a bit of oversinking on it. What do you think? I feel though it is my space. Well, it is.
1:39.1	I think that's a big topic for another episode but I just want to remind you, you know how
1:43.5	I start my day with who I hug first thing in the morning, don't you? Oh, not that very first thing.
1:49.5	Yes, we have a little bit of furry love. We call it first thing in the morning, Margo and I
1:53.5	and it sets the day off very well indeed. I don't like the sound of furry love, sounds like code
1:58.1	or something terrible. Welcome to Postcards from Midlife. I'm Lorraine Candy and I'm Trish
2:12.8	helping if you're living in a hormonal hot house feeling a bit overwhelmed and in need of some
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