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Postcards From Midlife

Kacey Ainsworth: talks careers, family & midlife positivity

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

4.61.2K 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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