Kacey Ainsworth: talks careers, family & midlife positivity
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Trish and Lorraine meet actor extraordinaire Kacey Ainsworth to discuss domestic violence, portraying realistic midlife women on screen and parenting a child with Aspergers. Plus, why she’s gone platinum blond in her 50s and being a paparazzi decoy for Gwyneth Paltrow.
Also in this episode: celebrating - not shaming - midlife bodies; our TV obsession Yellowjackets & a Nostalgia Noodle hangover
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| 0:00.0 | So we had a bit of fun and japes last week with our ancient old fashioned names, didn't we, Lorraine? |
| 0:06.2 | Well, I was reading a survey this week, found a little survey that says there's a new generation of |
| 0:12.4 | vintage names, vintage, old, very old, very old names. Guess what number one on the new vintage |
| 0:19.7 | names list is? Oh, don't tell me. Is it Patricia? Yeah. It's Patricia. I am officially a vintage name. |
| 0:29.3 | Can you believe that? Well, you're in my holy trinity of Patricia's, actually, in my life. |
| 0:36.0 | So there's Patty Smith, obviously. Oh, yes. Good one. Big love for my life. |
| 0:41.6 | Patty Stone. That's my other Patricia. And then there's you. We're all quite different. |
| 0:48.1 | That's the help and very different. Exactly. I'll tell you a few of the other names on the |
| 0:52.8 | vintage list. There's no Lorraine just saying that now. There's a new church. It's exotic and |
| 0:57.9 | it's there. There's Anita and Rita. Rita. Barbara, Gloria and Ruth. |
| 1:03.2 | Oh, my sister's called Barbara. There you go. Can I just do? I'm going to do some really scary |
| 1:08.0 | maths on this. So these are vintage names now, right? And that I'm 55, 55, but vintage names for |
| 1:15.3 | me when I was born. So the equivalent of these babies would have been 1912. Oh, God, you're helping |
| 1:24.4 | me do more projects. These are these suffragettes. My vintage names when I was a baby would have |
| 1:30.5 | been pre-suffragettes. And now it's Patricia. I mean, go figure. |
| 1:36.5 | Hello. Hello. Welcome to Postcards from Midlife. I'm Trish Halpin. And I'm Lorraine Candy. And |
| 1:43.1 | we're on a mission to help you make the most of your magnificent midlife. We'll be tackling |
| 1:47.6 | everything from mind and body wellness to HRT and your sex drive. Trish and I are here to help |
| 1:53.2 | you have a stylish second act and answer all your midlife questions on fashion, beauty, careers, |
| 1:58.4 | relationships, family. And as always, the challenges and joys of parenting teams. |
| 2:05.2 | Well, hello, everyone. We have a bumper show for you this week. We've got it all going on. |
| 2:09.7 | Haven't we? My vintage friend. I haven't got a vintage name. You'll know because I'm younger than |
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