S4 Trailer: The Women Who Bring The Sunshine

For women rethinking their careers in midlife, Season 4 of The Wobbly Middle is here and this summer it belongs to the women who bring us the sunshine.The holiday you book. The book you pack. The swimwear you brave. The financial confidence to enjoy it.Host Patsy Day speaks to women who have navigated a career crossroads in midlife and gone on to build businesses, solve overlooked problems, or finally pursue long-neglected dreams. Like the mum of five who built a multi-million pound travel business and the US postal worker in her 60s who became a mermaid. There is also the Vogue editor leaving the ladder down for others to follow.Season 4, the Summer Edit, drops Monday 22 June, then every second Tuesday.Show NotesWelcome to Season 4 of The Wobbly Middle — The Women Who Bring Us the Sunshine.This is a podcast for women rethinking their careers in midlife - that in-between space where you know what you don't want to go back to, but haven't quite worked out the path forward. That's the wobbly middle.If you're at a career crossroads in your 40s or 50s, wondering whether a midlife career move is still possible, please give our pod a listen. We speak to women who have changed direction, backed themselves, and built things when the market didn’t provide. Together, their stories make the case that that restless feeling we have (call it our returning ambition?) is… well…normal.This season features:Rita King — A US postal worker who, in her 60s, returned to become one of the legendary mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida.Helen Cannon — A superscaler who started building the multimillion pound Ison Travel when her fifth babe was wee.Bea Searle — The accidental influencer who became a go-to guide for families travelling Europe on a budget, and one of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2025.Dolly Jones — Former digital editor at Vogue.co.uk, Digital Strategy Director at Condé Nast, and author of Leaving the Ladder Down on what she learned and why she's determined to bring other women with her.Danni Hewson — BBC business correspondent turned Head of Financial Analysis at AJ Bell. She swapped the newsroom for the analyst's chair to help make the world of finance more accessible for women.Georgina Magnotta — She faced redundancy, then founded Toppsta, the UK's biggest children's book review platform. Now she's launching Readerama, a new home for second-hand books.Sarah Jordan — Former Head of Digital Strategy at Oxfam, turned underwear entrepreneur and founder of Y.O.U Underwear. Purpose-led from the start.New episodes drop every second Tuesday from 22 June 2026.Help Us GrowIf The Wobbly Middle has ever made you feel less alone in your career thinking, please share it. Tell a friend who needs a little career sunshine this summer.Leave us a review - it helps more women find us at their career crossroadsSubscribe to our newsletter for weekly inspiration between episodes: thewobblymiddle.substack.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=s4-trailerFollow us @thewobblymiddle on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.The Wobbly Middle is hosted and produced by Patsy Day. For press enquiries: [email protected]