How to lead a more rebellious life: lessons in taking risks from explorer Robyn Davidson

Postcards From Midlife

Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin

Health & Fitness, Unknown, 579985, Culture, Mental Health, Perimenopause, Women, Relationships, Midlife Women, Fitness, Midlife, Lifestyle, Health, Menopause, Nutrition, Parenting, Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Kids & Family

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Trish and Lorraine meet the legendary Australian writer and explorer Robyn Davidson, whose international best seller Tracks recounted her 1700 mile solo walk across the outback with just her dog and four camels for company, and was also made into a Hollywood film. Now at 74, in a beautiful and moving conversation, she looks back on her unconventional life, from passionate and heartbreaking love affairs and choosing not to have children, to her mother’s suicide and building a life and identity from ‘scraps’. Plus where and how to travel solo as a woman. Plus: Rant incoming - what we really thought about that Panorama HRT documentary

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0:00.0	Picture this, static cars, idling engines, angry horns.
0:07.0	Now, picture you, zooming past it all, light and breezy.
0:15.0	Ah, the sweet feeling of whizzing past traffic.
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0:25.0	Avanti West Coast.
0:27.0	Feel Good Travel.
0:29.0	Time for a commercial message from Alzheimer's Society, the only charity tackling all aspects of dementia, the UK's biggest killer,
0:40.7	as well as providing vital support to people facing some of the hardest and
0:44.4	most frightening times of their lives, they fund groundbreaking research and
0:48.0	campaign to make dementia the priority it should be.
0:50.9	Trish, I have a little quiz for you. What is this list?
0:54.2	Kashmir Vest, Shop put Medal, bride d'I the Labrador.
0:57.7	Well, I think those are all of my favorite things that you really want to get your
1:01.8	mix on, Lorraine.
1:03.2	Bingo, these are things Trish I would like you to gift me in your will if you don't mind please
1:08.3	and thank you.
1:09.3	Well that's a bit cheeky I'll have to discuss giving you Brydee with the offspring but the rest is my gift to you because we have been talking about gifts in Wills recently
1:18.0	grown-up midlife as that we are yes well actually you my most organized, have been reminding me of the importance of updating my will,
1:26.0	and I'm thinking of doing just that with Alzheimer's society.
1:29.0	Did you know that they offer a free will-writing service,
1:32.0	whether in person with a local solicitor partner
1:34.9	online or over the phone, they can help you write
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