235 Episodes

  1. Joanna Cannon on why it took her 50 years to learn it's OK to be her

    Published: 5/16/2023

  2. Ruby Wax on building an emotional toolkit for the second half of your life

    Published: 5/9/2023

  3. Melanie Sykes on her autism diagnosis at 51 and being her own person

    Published: 5/2/2023

  4. Natasha Carthew on class, poverty and refusing to stay in her lane

    Published: 4/25/2023

  5. Marina Benjamin on emotional labour & the caring conundrum

    Published: 4/18/2023

  6. Curtis Sittenfeld rejects the idea that ageing is somehow bad or shameful

    Published: 4/11/2023

  7. Sarah Knight on finding the courage to make change and why selfish isn't a four letter word

    Published: 4/4/2023

  8. Anita B on why the beauty industry wants us to fear ageing

    Published: 3/28/2023

  9. Anna Murphy shares her take-no-prisoners approach to growing older

    Published: 3/21/2023

  10. Dani Shapiro on family secrets and coming into your full potential at 60

    Published: 3/14/2023

  11. Katherine May on burnout and why we all need a little more wonder in our lives

    Published: 3/7/2023

  12. Martha Wainwright on music, motherhood and finding love in your 40s

    Published: 2/28/2023

  13. Carolyn Hays on parenting a transgender child

    Published: 2/21/2023

  14. Charlene White on fighting the bias that still exists against older women

    Published: 2/14/2023

  15. Jojo Moyes on the total liberation of being in your 50s

    Published: 2/7/2023

  16. Cariad Lloyd on what she's learnt from 25 years in The Grief Club

    Published: 1/31/2023

  17. Clover Stroud on sex, sisterhood & looking forward to menopause - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 1/24/2023

  18. Kit de Waal on race, class – and her exceedingly cool hair! - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 1/17/2023

  19. Kat Farmer has the answer to all your "my wardrobe hates me" dilemmas - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 1/10/2023

  20. Poorna Bell on the unexpected power in being 40 - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 1/3/2023

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The Shift is a podcast that aims to tell the truth about being a woman post-40, created and hosted by writer and broadcaster, Sam Baker.  Did you ever wonder why you stop hearing so many women's voices once they pass 40? That's where The Shift comes in - a frank, funny, sometimes heartbreaking, always honest look at what it means to be a woman in midlife and beyond. Work, life, love, health, sex, money, identity, body image... What does it all mean when everything around you (and inside you...) is changing? Each week, award-winning author and journalist Sam Baker asks a different woman how she got here, where she's going - and how it feels to be where she is right now. Expect intimate conversation, big laughs, occasional tears and an awful lot of ripping up the rule book and stamping on it... Past guests have included Nicola Sturgeon, Marian Keyes, Guilty Feminist Deborah Frances-White, Minnie Driver, Philippa Perry, Anita Rani, Tracey Thorn, Isabel Allende, Bobbi Brown, Barbara Blake-Hannah and many more, talking everything from confidence to career reinvention, mental health, menopause and so much more. If you enjoy The Shift podcast, and you'd like to show the love, you can buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theshiftwithsambaker And if you really love The Shift and would like to hear more conversations with women over 40, why not become a member of our community and receive a weekly newsletter, get exclusive transcripts, join The Shift bookclub and so much more, please visit https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/ For advertising enquiries, email [email protected]