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EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 1H 2M

Stage Lights & Surgical Menopause: A Musician’s 0-60 Midlife Shift

from Wild, Wise & Curious... · host Michelle Haggerty-Wood & Lou Baker

Stage Lights & Surgical Menopause: A Musician’s 0-60 Midlife Shift This week we sit down with Tara, a woman who has lived her entire life under stage lights - a guitarist and vocalist who has travelled the world, taken thousands of requests on the fly and kept entire rooms dancing while her brain works at lightning speed. But behind the music is a story of grit and humour - and a body that has thrown her many different curve-balls. We talk about Tara's kidney transplant, the massive fibroid that changed everything and the moment she went from being 'possibly perimenopausal' to being in full surgical menopause. No tapering. No easing in. Just hormones off, overnight. It’s honest, funny, raw and full of the kind of midlife truth you only get from women who’ve really lived. To find out more about Tara, visit her website below - or follow on her socials: Website: tarasimms.com FB: Tara Simms Insta: @tarasimms   

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