All Episodes

Katie Derham: Everything I learnt from losing my mum to early on-set Alzheimer's

Jenny Powell: Having a hysterectomy at 56 changed everything after decades of pain

How can I stop myself reaching for the biscuits when I've had a bad day?

Andi Oliver: How I saved my own life after a complete nervous breakdown

Kerry Ellis: I still pick myself apart in photos after toxic Noughties dieting culture

Why am I suddenly so flipping angry?

Robinne Lee: A car crash taught me not to sweat the small stuff

Emma Straub: How I learned to cope with grief after the death of my father

Why is it so hard to lose weight now I’m over 40?

Paula Sutton: My mum died and we were crumbling – inside my midlife move out of London

Midlife on Your Own Terms: Second Act Live with Jo Good

Fran Cutler: How I navigate midlife as a lone wolf

Nisha Katona: Whatever your age, you can make a career from something you love - here's how

How do you know whether to stay or go?

Jane Green: How I knew it was time to end my marriage after 18 years

Nicki Chapman: What really happened in the 90s

I'm single in midlife but dating apps terrify me - help!

Shazia Mirza: I led a secret double life as a comedian

Andrea McLean: I was 24 hours from death – here's what I learnt

Gabby Logan: My biggest mistakes and why I’m owning up to them

Karen Millen: How I bounced back at 63 after losing everything

Bryony Gordon: At 45 I'm scared of getting addicted to Botox

Adele Roberts: Bowel cancer at 42 gave me the chance to live again

Glynis Barber: Why you need to stop dressing for your fantasy life

SJ Mee: How I navigate having a blended family in my 40s

Hermione Norris: I dropped my mask after menopause

Donna Ashworth: I stopped fighting Mother Nature and started loving my ageing body

Sarah Beeny: Breast cancer at 50 reshaped my entire life

Gaby Roslin: I've been sober for 8 years and it's changed everything

Yasmin and Amber Le Bon: How motherhood changed everything for us

Heidi Range: I wasn't prepared for perimenopausal rage

Caroline Quentin: Gardening in my 60s has given my life new meaning

Jo Malone CBE: At 62 I don't let people bully me anymore

Kelly Holmes: Why I waited until I was 52 to come out

Kathy Sledge: This is the secret to a happy 45-year marriage

Jane Fallon: I became brave and bonkers after perimenopause

Ellie Taylor: No one has a marriage set up like we do – it's hard

Mia Maugé: Motherhood was the best time in my life but now I relish my empty nest

Laura Day: These midlife rituals will help you find love

Second Act Festive Special

Denise Lewis: The one thing that causes a marriage to break down in your 50s

Amanda Wakeley: I worked myself to the point of exhaustion so I turned my life around

Marie Helvin: How I achieve inner confidence at 73

Kathy Lette: I'm having the best sex of my life at 66

Holly Tucker: Why I went to therapy after my son left home

Louise Boyce: I had a midlife breakdown, then learned to ask my husband for help

Bobbi Brown: The midlife beauty secrets every woman over 40 needs to know

Sherise Blackman: This is my no. 1 rule for staying married in midlife

Rachel Stevens: I didn't grieve the end of my marriage before starting my next relationship

Menopause Awareness Day Special

Ronni Ancona: I'm learning to say no and stop being a people pleaser in my 40s

Val Garland: I'm paying more attention to what I want in midlife

Esther Freud: I felt like a failure after my divorce but I found love again in my 60s

The Night Shift with Nadia Alibhai, Osteopath

Penny Lancaster: Rod Stewart is 26 years older than me but here's why the age gap never bothered me

The Night Shift with Charlotte Faure Green, Nutritionist, Writer and Speaker

Eve Myles: I lost both my parents then had a baby at 43

The Night Shift with Kathryn Pinkham, founder of The Insomnia Clinic

Tanya Moodie: After two divorces, I handle heartbreak differently at 53

The Night Shift with Poppy Delbridge, Rapid Tapping Expert

Patsy Kensit: It broke my heart when my sons left home

Grace Dent: I wasted time on men whose names I can't remember

Adele Parks: I married my one night stand

Cally Beaton: I didn't expect the pain of an empty nest

Deborah Frances-White: I escaped a cult and learned to live again

Mazz Murray: My best friend died at 41 and it changed my life

Adjoa Andoh: How to survive 'combustion moments' in a 24-year marriage

Jo Good: Living alone at 70 is the ultimate freedom

Mariella Frostrup: I broke a pattern in my dating life when I met my husband

Sally Gunnell: I'm challenging what my body can do in my 50s

Jo Wood: I reclaimed my independence after divorce

Jo Glynn-Smith: How I created my dream career after 40

Michelle Griffith-Robinson: The secret to my happy 20-year marriage? Lots of therapy

Naga Munchetty: I was diagnosed with a debilitating gynaecological condition at 48 after decades of pain

Tamzin Outhwaite: I left a happy relationship to be single at 54

Introducing... Second Act with Ateh Jewel