There is something about this kind of perimenopausal anxiety that I have first-hand experience of and how anxiety forms a really uncomfortable bridge between how things are and how we would like them to be. That's why I see anxiety as a helpful signal.

So what I would say is there are two options in life. To change something or to accept it.

That dangerous middle ground is where we resist it.

Well you might recognize Emma Reed Taro as the voice of podcast Best Friend Therapy

with Elizabeth Day and she's here to help us figure out how to stop repeating

the same patterns of unhelpful behavior over and over again. This podcast is the Lizz Our well-being show, the one that helps us all have a better second half.

I'm Liz Earl and it's my mission to find ways for all of us to thrive in later life by investing in our health and our well-being today.

Now have you found yourself having the same issues at work over the years, even though the environment has changed. Are you caught in the same arguments at home every weekend?

Have you noticed that your friend always seems to have the same problem with all the different men she dates. Well Emma's job as a therapist is to help us notice what we haven't spotted about ourselves yet.

After all, as hard a pill as it might be to swallow, who is the common denominator in all of your issues?

Yeah, it's you.

Well, Emma is one of the UK's best love therapists and after 15 years of treating clients

she's written a book called What Am I Missing to show us how to free ourselves of the

unconscious blind spots that cloud our minds and damage our relationships.

Now these blind spots are essentially gaps in our awareness that compound over time and create misconceptions like my needs aren't

important or I can't trust anyone but myself so I'm interested to know what

Emma thinks my blind spot is, but how do we break these cycles in our

minds, how do we rewrite our own stories, and how do we take back control of our own lives instead of repeating the same patterns over and over again. March is Women's Women's History Month.

Celebrate by exploring the life and work of artist Angelica Calvman in a new exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Calvman was one of the most sought after 18th century artists,

with Queens and Countesses among her sitters.

Visit the RA and you can among her sitters.

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