Zoe Lyons
The Mid•Point with Gabby Logan
The Midpoint
4.3 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Comedian, Zoe Lyons, has learned some midlife lessons the hard way, after going through what she describes as a “pretty blokey” midlife crisis. Thankfully, she is out the other side – two sports cars lighter! – and Zoe shares all she learned from that experience with us on this week’s podcast.
From making a success of her career in the brutal world of comedy to the grief and relief she feels for our body as she navigates midlife, from the gutsy confidence of chin hair to menopause rage, and why developing alopecia at 50 finally made her “grow up” – Gabby and Zoe discuss it all!
They are also joined by Menopause Fitness Coach, Kate Rowe-Ham, to talk about how alcohol hits differently in midlife and what benefits can be felt from forming new habits.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Midpoint is brought to you by British Airways Holidays. Holidays, pretty special things, aren't they? |
| 0:06.6 | For most of us, they're the highlight of the year. I know for me, holidays are so important. |
| 0:12.0 | Giving me that chance to recharge, switch off my phone for a little bit longer than normal, |
| 0:17.2 | but the iPad away, read something that I wouldn't ordinarily open, |
| 0:21.0 | and actually have proper long conversations that can go anywhere with my loved ones. |
| 0:26.0 | Which is why British Airways holidays want us all to start taking our holidays a little bit more seriously. |
| 0:31.0 | Shockingly, 50% of UK workers don't take their full annual leave allocation. |
| 0:37.0 | They think it's time to change this, and I couldn't agree more. |
| 0:40.0 | There's actually some quite amazing science behind this as well. |
| 0:43.0 | With a 40-year study by the European Society of Cardiology, revealing that taking more holidays can actually help you live longer. |
| 0:50.0 | The study suggests that men who took more than three weeks of leave per year were 63% more likely to live longer than those who took three weeks or less. |
| 0:59.0 | Now with hectic work, social and personal lives, getting your holidays sorted is sometimes easier said than done. |
| 1:06.0 | And you want to know that your precious escape is in safe hands. |
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| 1:31.0 | To find out more, just head to ba.com forward slash holidays. |
| 1:39.0 | Hello, and welcome back to Midpoint. |
| 1:42.0 | It is so lovely to be with you again, and we're kicking off today with a fabulous guest, the comedian and presenter Zoe Lyons. |
| 1:49.0 | Looking at Zoe's CV, she seems to be quite a competitive beast and a prolific winner of Comedy Awards. |
| 1:54.0 | She's been live at the Apollo as well as a star on ITV Survivor. |
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