THE COMEBACK ERA: 10 reasons why starting late is your biggest advantage
LATE BLOOMERS
Rich & Rox Pink
5.0 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of LATE BLOOMERS, Rich and Rox are calling time on the idea that you’re “behind.” From failed careers to addiction, debt, and starting again in their late 30s and 40s, they break down why everything you’ve been through might actually be your biggest advantage.
They share 10 powerful reasons why starting late hits different — from resilience and self-awareness to having nothing left to prove and everything left to gain. It’s honest, a bit chaotic, and full of moments that will make you rethink your entire timeline.
If you feel like you’ve missed your chance, this is your reminder: you haven’t. You’re not late. You’re in your comeback era.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you feel like it's too late for you to achieve your dreams? Do you feel behind everybody else? |
| 0:06.1 | Have you given up on even dreaming because you think it's too late for you? We are here to change |
| 0:12.4 | your minds and convince you that actually starting later is your biggest advantage. |
| 0:24.9 | This is the late bloomer's podcast. Where we are getting our lives together. Eventually. Wow, what an intro. |
| 0:29.9 | Brought you by our amazing sponsor loop earplugs and I do just have to very quickly say |
| 0:35.9 | a massive thank you to our incredible, gorgeous listeners |
| 0:42.0 | who have been sending us the kindest messages about our new book, The Cherry Tree Theory Theory. |
| 0:47.8 | We have read all of the reviews and all of your comments and we have been blown away. |
| 0:53.9 | So thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts. |
| 0:56.5 | Yeah. Right. Are you ready for some late bloomer propaganda? I'm always ready, I think. |
| 1:03.9 | Because I have had a white monster today. So I am like pumped. Is your heart okay? |
| 1:28.9 | My heart is good. I'm just ready to convince people that now is the time that it is not too late. So many people feel like it's too late. I felt that way until my late 30s. Same. I'd miss my chance. I was never going to achieve my dreams or find true, true happiness, |
| 1:33.9 | whatever that thing is. I feel like so many neurodivergent people feel that way. |
| 1:41.4 | Babe, I was in a job for 20 years that I hated in the bank, 20 years. And now, what am I? |
| 1:47.1 | Podcast, influencer, app developer, author. Like, what is actually insane? |
| 1:49.6 | Well, your dream is always to be like a Dermot O'Leary. |
| 1:51.2 | Yeah, I love Dermott. |
| 1:56.8 | And look, you're not on the TV presenting X Factor, but you are on TikTok making funny shorts for that ADHD, so. |
| 1:57.9 | But yeah, but whilst there's no romanticising TV anymore, you get loads of |
| 2:02.5 | people watch us on social media. So you've literally made your dreams come true. And my dream was to do |
| 2:07.9 | music. I did music for 20 years. A lot of projects didn't work out. I gave up, swore I'd never do it again. |
| 2:14.6 | Started doing it again. And then last year at the age of 41, got a top 10 album in |
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