40ish - Laughing Our Way Through Midlife, Perimenopause & Menopause

Family Feuds, Gym Friendships & Hangovers

11 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish, Nicole has become friends with ‘Hogman’ - the weight-hogging man at the gym. The man everyone silently judges while waiting for th...

HRT Hack, Midlife Confidence and Padel is for Losers

09 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish, the ladies embrace their latest career pivot as unofficial vaginal wellness influencers.  If anyone had “vaginal hydration gel ...

Driving Anxiety, Midlife News & A PCOS Update

04 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish, Nicole finally concedes defeat as Lauren is crowned the people’s champion and the “who’s more down to earth?” debate is of...

Live Show is Live!

03 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Come join us 5th July in London for our first live show! Get your tickets here - https://podlifeevents.com/event-details/40ish-live-show-5-jul-2026-t...

Itchy Pubes, Friendship Fallouts & the Fear of a Shrinking Fanny

02 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish, James is drafted in to settle the highly important debate over which one of the ladies is actually more down to earth.Nicole is sporti...

Making Female Friends in Your 40s & Becoming ‘Mumsy’

28 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish, Lauren ponders whether becoming “mumsy” is actually contagious, whilst Nicole continues her impressive streak of losing dog le...

Sienna Miller, Emotional Affairs & Marriage Red Flags

26 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren and Nicole win a comedy award and celebrate in true 40ish style - by having a yogurt and an apple on the way home. Huge congrat...

Hot Doctors, Freelance Farts and the Anxious Vagina

21 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On today's show: Nicole has an anxious vagina and is feeling mumsy on a Saturday night out, whilst Lauren is trying to play matchmaker in A&E with...

Why Midlife Friendship Breakups Hurt So Much & The Mental Load

19 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Nicole and Lauren find themselves nominated alongside fellow 40-something Romesh Ranganathan for a comedy award which, considering...

Midlife Problems: Pelvic Floors, Ex-Husbands & Dorothy Perkins

14 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Nicole goes to the women’s physio and discovers that pelvic floor assessments are essentially the medical equivalent of rummaging ar...

More Menopause Symptoms, Tarty Shoes and the Toddler Turd

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Lauren has put her neck out by sleeping on the wrong pillow, which feels deeply unfair considering that in our twenties we could s...

Weight Loss in Your 40s, Menopause at Work & Ottolenghi

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish Lauren reaches peak midlife as she attends an wholesome Ottolenghi Cooking Club; yet somehow gets embroiled in a conversation about...

Friendship Breakups in Your 40s, Menopause Feedback & Midlife Mean Girls

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish Lauren wonders if Nicole is a totally new person post menopause. It  kicks off with what may genuinely be the world’s worst lunch an...

Midlife Spring Style Special

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren ambushes Nicole with a Spring Style Special - a surprise absolutely nobody asked for (least of all Nicole), but like all good m...

Pesto, Patches & Public Farts: A Podcast of Petty Problems

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40-ish: Nicole is in BAD MOOD and Lauren is not helping by regaling her with her wholesome tale of foraging and pesto making. Of course, ...

HRT at the Pool, Menopause Questions & The Holiday Food Shop Fail

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish, Lauren is feeling self conscious about rocking up to the pool with her HRT patch fully on display and Nicole has zero empathy. She...

Overpacking for Holidays, Menopause Drama & a Tricky Parenting Dilemma

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish, we’re discussing one of the most delusional acts of midlife optimism: packing holiday clothes for a version of yourself that abs...

Is It Hormones or Annoyance? WFH Washing Up Wars & Easter Egg Drama

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish, Lauren has to calculate exactly what a wee is worth and if a parking ticket is better or worse than wetting yourself. Nicol is deb...

Am I Becoming a Hermit? Too Many Jeans and Social Burnout.

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish Lauren reveals the unreasonable number of jeans she owns - it’s essentially a denim museum at this point and Nicole is nostalgic ...

Waving Goodbye, Hotmail Shame & the £100 Bottle of Wine

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In todays show: Lauren is sporting something brand new on her bum cheek and can’t wait to show Nicole - who is somewhat miffed at the pulling down o...

Drunk in Barcelona, Movicol and Menopause Awareness

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s show: Nicole goes to Barcelona. Nicole gets very drunk. Nicole takes  electrolytes and Movicol before bed and decides that it would be s...

Peace Signs, Petty Parking & Protecting Your Energy

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Nicole has officially had enough of the algorithm, and Lauren is launching a bold new driving movement: replacing the universal thank-...

Empty Nest, Earl Grey and The Itty Bitty Saggy Titty Committee

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Lauren is entering her Earl Grey Era. It’s a bit like a Taylor Swift Era but a lot more middle aged. Meanwhile Nicole takes time...

Saturday Night Spin Cycles & Celebrity Crushes

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: It may be Nicole’s most rock n’ roll Saturday night ever as she treats herself to “putting on a small washing load” and Lauren...

Meditation, Mumsnet & Moany Neighbours

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish:, things get deep (briefly) because Nicole meditated (we know, who is she?), and we also tackle the Oscars - mainly how illegally a...

Fibre, Friendship Fallouts & Where Are We With Facebook?

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish, Nicole reports from the glamorous world of post-surgery recovery where the main event of the day is… taking painkillers. Timing ...

Perimenopause Rage, Burnt Tables & The Screenshot Crisis

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Perimenopause, brain fog and relationships  This week on 40ish: Nicole debates if she’s doing too little or too much post surgery - (the fact she ...

Gossip, Gratitude and Sneakerinas

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: It’s Lauren’s birthday and she’s apparently a fortune teller now. Nicole is feeling grateful for all her ‘get well soon’ gif...

Mother’s Day, Midlife Algorithms and Cycle Synching With Your Dog

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Nicole returns to work post op, but now she’s officially menopausal and quietly wondering if she’s evolved beyond the podcast....

The Sexy Lady Lamp, Two Fridges & The Great Lactose Hack

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: James is back! giving us a peek inside the internal world of the midlife male brain including a deep dive into his two-fridge conundru...

DJ Daddy, Dog Groomers and The Surprise Co-host

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: James stands in for Nicole bringing a whole new male perspective on 40-something life. Lauren asks why is everyone on loudspeaker ...

Thumbs-up. The Pesto Revelation & Nicole’s Replacement

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish, Nicole is facing every podcaster’s worst nightmare: being replaced. (Temporarily, while she recovers from her op - but still.) Enter...

The Immaculate Bob Lady and The Icon

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Stop the Press! Nicole has changed foundation brands and has also been rebranded “The Immaculate Bob Lady” Lauren is in some v...

Wuthering Heights and The World's Saddest Sandwich

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren reports back from the cinematic gothic f***fest where the wind was wild, the passion was feral, and one drenched Jacob Elordi o...

Wuthering Heights and The World's Saddest Sandwich

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On 40ish: Lauren reports back from the cinematic gothic f***fest where the wind was wild, the passion was feral, and one drenched Jacob Elordi on hors...

Birthdays, Bums and Brownies

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: it's Nicole's birthday. Both Lauren and her padel friends have baked for her although Nicole has to quite literally ‘spell it out’...

Oatbran, Botox and Trying On Knickers

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren buys oat bran.She doesn’t know why. She doesn’t know how to use it. She just knows she should. Nicole, newly Botoxed and fe...

PIN Numbers, Prime Purchases and Padel

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish, Lauren and Nicole debut a brand-new game: What’s the Most Middle-Aged Thing in Your Amazon Basket? Brace yourselves; there is nothin...

Savage Brides, Social Faux Pas & Jeggings

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Nicole is still in wardrobe crisis. She’s retreated back to skinny jeans and some decidedly mumsy leather trousers (absolutely do no...

Beckhams, Bed Injuries and Best-Before Dates

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish Lauren has done her back in by making the bed. Tragic? Yes. Painful? Also yes. Meanwhile Nicole is floating serenely on a cloud of oest...

FOMO, HRT & Bin Bag Rage

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Nicole is just one more day away from her HRT implant and her husband is bravely counting down the hours until he can exist, speak, or...

Lost Keys, NPC’s and A Very Awkward Appointment

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren innocently considers buying some new trainers and is promptly informed by her son she’s an “NPC”. Rude. Confusing (Isn’...

Chat GPT, Breathing Wrong and Birthday Singlongs

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Nicole finds unexpected emotional support from ChatGPT and, honestly, it’s more validating than most real-life husbands. Speakin...

Bad Cake, Skinny Jeans & a Tampon Emergency

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode of 40ish: Lauren is spiralling over the sudden disappearance of Hermesetas and asking how is she supposed to drink a hot beverage...

Halfords, “Healthy January” and the Highway Code

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish Lauren faces the ultimate midlife thrill - a trip to Halfords - does she know where her wheel nut key is? Does it exist?  Meanwhile, N...

Midlife injuries, Feeling mumsy and Timothée Chalamet

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the first episode of 40ish for 2026. Nicole returns from holiday feeling mumsy, while Lauren kicks off the new year by injuring her s...

Architraves, Eyebrows and Twinning with your MIL

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and what says xmas better than a heated debate about architraves? Nicole is spiralling o...

Bald Eyes, Bad Jeans and Christmas Cockapoos

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, Lauren somehow manages to accidentally pull out her own eyelashes and is now sporting a festive single-lid look… while Nicole ...

Falling, Fibbing and Airing the Fanny

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish. Things are looking up for Lauren in the laundry room, but the moment she steps outside? Down she goes. Did she fall over… or, at...

Cosy, Cranky and Passive aggressive punctuation

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Nicole publicly outs Lauren’s escalating email rudeness. Is this the moment we finally admit that yes, midlife has arrived -and appa...

Granola, Puppy Pandemonium & A stolen kiss in the stables

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Things go completely off the rails today when Lauren’s puppy’s antics push James to the brink… and he in turn pushes them right out of the studi...

Ankle Boots, Plant based buffets and Netflix Negotiations

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren wonders if long-term marriage really just comes down to which Netflix series you can both tolerate, while Nicole’s deeply unc...

Face Blind, Feline Rescue and 6-7

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: A listener writes in about her rescue cat (that she quite frankly hates), and Lauren discovers she’s face-blind - which is awkwa...

Piercings, Tantrums and Nothing says I love you like a Dustbuster.

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish Lauren's husband romances her with a new DustBuster. (Nothing says I love you like Dyson) whilst Nicole is radiating extra bougie e...

A Spanx tantrum and the John Lewis Ad

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: the ladies unwrap the new John Lewis Christmas ad and it’s got them feeling deeply middle-aged. Lauren has what can only be desc...

Skips, Gorilla cream and Um Bongo

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Lauren is cooing over the Costco catalogue and Nicole is along for the ride - heated fleece blanket anyone? The pair debate over w...

Capes, Loafers, and Vinted Fails

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish it’s midlife shopping gone wrong. Lauren suffers a Vinted fail while Nicole debates whether she’s officially lost the plot afte...

Pumpkins, Paranormal Activity & Panic Buys

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: It’s Halloween, and things are getting spooky. We can’t decide what’s scarier: Lauren’s truly terrifying childhood tale, o...

Awkward Invites, Admin & The Green Bin

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: The ladies are feeling truly middle aged. Nicole’s eyesight has decided to take early retirement, while Lauren laments the sheer amo...

Secrets, Spreadsheets and Storming Out

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Nicole’s got a new padel partner;  there’s a shared spreadsheet involved and Lauren’s not thrilled. Meanwhile, the listener inb...

Sore Muscles, Sharp Comebacks and Nicole Scherzinger

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren no longer understands teen fashion (when is a baggy jean just many sizes too big?) while Nicole is not impressed with Nicole Sc...

Les Mis, plastic bag hoarding & subscription hell

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren and Nicole debate if there is anything worse than being asked to share a “fun fact” about yourself. In happier news, they’...

Party Pants, Fibre and Overpriced Soap

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren comes undone at a party -quite literally - while Nicole is done, full stop, with cleaning the kitchen worktop for the millionth...

Dynasty, Divorce and Dodgy Driving

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Nicole is channelling Dynasty in her new jumpsuit and we are absolutely here for it, but a QR code has her on the verge of a technolog...

Waistbands, Wash Day & Wandering Wires

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren finally reaches laundry nirvana… until the puppy redecorates the bed with vomit. Meanwhile, Nicole has officially hit the sta...

Peter Andre, Doggy Dress Up and Fire Pit Flirtation

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Nicole is nostalgic for Peter Andre (yes, mysterious girl, waterfall etc) and has officially lost patience with people who think we ne...

Affairs, Armchairs & ATM Rage

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Lauren has a full on rant about people who linger at cashpoints - what the f are they doing? Whilst Nicole is confused yet slightly ar...

Earlybirds, Booby-ganoush & Bedroom boredom

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Nicole makes a shocking confession: she’s officially joined the early-bird dinner brigade (yes, she’s that person eating dinner at...

Germy Germs and the Ozempic Vulva

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: A listener wants advice after her boyfriend casually admits he doesn’t wash his hands after using the loo (bleugh!). Nicole brings a...

From Grazia to Good Housekeeping & Contemplating Crocs

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish Nicole has serious concerns as Lauren contemplates if Crocs are a valid life choice. One woman is panicking after slagging off a fe...

Menodivorce, Menstrual Cups And Jon Hamm’s Bulge

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on 40ish: Menodivorce is on the rise (and honestly, we get it). One poor woman goes twelve rounds with a rogue menstrual cup at a dinner party s...

Slippers, Buddymoons & Graham Norton

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the brand-new season of 40ish! On today’s show, Lauren is on a mission to figure out: where exactly are we with slippers? Are they c...

Avocados , Gut Health and The Big Wash

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish Lauren confesses her deep (possibly unhealthy) love for The Big Wash, while Nicole revels in the rare and glorious joy of 11 child-...

Viagra, Pillow Menus and It’s Called ‘Fashion’

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the brand new season of 40ish!  This week Lauren has bought a functional rubber mac and is feeling super smug whilst Nicole is strug...

We are on a break!

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A little reminder that we are now OOO - that's Out Of Office for anyone who may not know AKA Lauren! We will be back in September. Have a great sum...

Unfiltered - Lamination, Arseholes and the roadside poo

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Unfiltered Charlize Theron is bragging about her one night stand with a 26yr old. Would you? Could you be bothered? Lauren laments about lami...

Sex, Storage Bags & The Meddling MIL

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Lauren’s found joy in vacuum storage bags (yes, really), while Nicole’s ready to stage an intervention over Lauren’s hyper-e...

Unfiltered - Babybels in the bra and Bendover Tuesdays

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Unfiltered; Nicole is asked if she can really trust Lauren and has us all asking: What exactly are “Bendover Tuesdays?” Lauren is close t...

Blood Tests, Sexy Exes and Husbands Hiding in the Loo

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish, Lauren and Nicole ponder how many more blood tests they can possibly endure before qualifying as human pin cushions (answer: It’...

Unfiltered - Hollywood Handshakes, Rashes and Public Humiliation

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Unfiltered: Paul Hollywood confesses to being in a permanent midlife crisis, and honestly bitch? Same. Lauren admits she'd kill for a Hollywo...

Nip Slips Bowel Pics and Jacket Potatoes

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish, things get a little… exposed. Literally. A listener shares a pool party nip slip in Ibiza that was witnessed by her ex, a teenag...

Unfiltered - Padel Rackets, The Golden Girls and Getting Jiggy With It.

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s unfiltered: Nicole is devastated to discover she’s been sold a “special needs” padel racket. Could it be that she’s not the epic ...

BBQ, Birdwatching and Bedroom Antics

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Lauren has a keen interest in birdspotting, because nothing screams midlife like getting excited about tits… the feathered kind....

Unfiltered- Dropped Pins, Disappointed friends and Desperation

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On today's unfiltered: Nicole is in need of directions - literally and Lauren’s attempt to rescue her using a dropped pin goes just about as well as...

Botox, Bras and Bunions

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Nicole fears that she has aged out of Botox. What is a woman to do if you can't afford the full Kris Jenner facelift? Meanwhile, L...

Unfiltered - Baristas, George Clooney and The Bubonic Plague

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Unfiltered we are serving hormones, humiliation, Hollywood heartthrobs, and 14th-century pandemics. Lauren has forgotten where she parked the...

Beachwear, Baggage and Mummy’s Boys

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Nicole is on a bikini rampage. Will she find the perfect two-piece, or is it time to just set the girls free and go full Euro-topl...

Unfiltered - Jeans, Genes, and Generational dread

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Unfiltered: Nicole’s midlife meltdown is simply this: teens. Full stop.  Lauren’s in a crisis over a swimsuit return - but the real iss...

Father’s Day Fail, Ozempic and the Tupperware Fairy

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Lauren takes on Moonpig and somehow sends a blank Father’s Day card (nailed it). Nicole’s makeup has mysteriously vanished, an...

Unfiltered - Printers, Posing Nude and Psycho spritzing

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on unfiltered, Lauren flirts with the idea of posing nude for a painting in Paris  (but only if it’s giving “airbrushed Kate Winslet on the...

Jesus, Foreplay and Flirting in the banana aisle

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Lauren finds her kindred spirit in the banana aisle of the supermarket and has worried herself into a hole about where on earth Ni...

Lightbulbs, Chickpeas and The Everything Rant

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on unfiltered, Nicole's is in the grip of a midlife meltdown encompassing everything that perimenopause has thrown at her and the list is long -...

Face Age, Neck Rage and Bladder Fails

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Nicole discovers the scientifically calculated age of her face - and she's not thrilled. Meanwhile, Lauren sustains the most 40ish...

Unfiltered - Cuddles, Control Freaks & Competitive Chat

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on unfiltered, Lauren is riding so high on the puppy cuddling oxytocin she can’t even muster up a midlife moan. Meanwhile, Nicole is... not qu...

Puppies, Pubes and Flappage

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish: Nicole is worried she’s become boring, (yawn) while Lauren has a new puppy and is, frankly, obsessively unhinged. Nicole suspect...

Unfiltered - Bill Sykes, Sticky Floors and The Professional Numpty

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on unfiltered, Lauren falls victim to Nicole’s practical joke at the Podcast Show and spends the day sporting an extremely inappropriate lanya...

Lauren's Mum, Nicole's Menopause and The Nice Willy

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish Lauren’s mother - Jackie - joins the ladies in the studio and they give her quite the initiation. It’s dirty talk, toilet rolls...

Unfiltered - Bionic Arms and Broken Hearts

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on unfiltered, Nicole's rocking a bionic-level tennis elbow brace (think superhero chic meets medical misery), but Lauren's officially winning t...

Furry four legged heartbreak and the over familiar friend

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on 40ish Lauren's week is ruff (pun intended), and not in a good way! 🐾 as we're navigating heartbreak of the furry kind, and the memoria...

Unfiltered - Insomnia, Old Ladies and Sondheim

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on unfiltered: Nicole's perimenopause is her new personal alarm clock, gifting her the joys of 4am wake-up calls. Meanwhile, Lauren's still in d...