I'm Absolutely Fine! by The Midult The Midult

Anyone else feeling full-on feral? This week we talk about bed jumpers; run through the technicolour spectrum of walks we are taking and roll around in the ways we’ve aged since March 2020.

This time last year, we recorded a podcast with phenomenal therapist Mandy Saligari about self-esteem and how we can meet the demands that life throws at us without constantly running on empty. Little did we bloody know! Anyway now that we have nothing left to give - and yet more and more is asked of us - we thought we’d bring Mandy back. Because she’s a badass who helps people untangle their demons. We talk about how to feel your feelings, conquer that insidious personal isolation and why this is yet another f***ing growth opportunity...

As we enter the perineum of the year, we talk about all the things we’ve learned in 2020, ineffective stress busters and why we are all still rockstars on the inside - despite the 9pm bedtimes….

Thank you for all your wonderfulness this year… see you on the other side.

P.S. This episode is bravely sponsored by Skin + Me - personalised skincare, prescribed just for you, delivered to your door. Skin + Me are offering listeners their first month for free using the code MIDULT1220 (minus a £3.50 prescription charge). Check it out...

It’s beginning to look a lot like… Stressmas and we are acting out in all sorts of strange and uninteresting ways. So Annabel has rifled through her drawers (oh yes she has) to unearth some bath, skin and make-up discoveries to brighten up the most ruthless time of year.

Finds include…

Chanel No.5 Le Deodorant
Soaper Duper Nourishing Coconut Body Wash
Aroma Active Laboratories Muscle Recovery Soak
Neighbourhood Botanicals Face Off Cleanser Facial Oil
Dr Dennis Gross All-in-One Cleanser with Toner
Beauty Pie Dr Glycolic Pore Purifying Glow Toner (we have a Beauty Pie
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Laura Mercier Blurring Pure Canvas Primer
Vieve The Essential Eye Palette and Modern Matte Lipstick in Treasure
Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Lip Liner

This week we have the glorious Daisy Buchanan with us - a woman we trust with everything but most particularly books. Daisy is a wonderful author and host of the hugely popular literary podcast You're Booked and is a bit of an expert of the high brow and the low brow and the everything in between brow. And, right now, what do we need more than little, affordable portals of escape? A book - the most joyful way to think outside of yourself. Even when you’re stuck inside contemplating the end of the world as we know it.
P.S. Her shockingly sexy book Insatiable is out in February

For when you have misplaced all hope - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

For any kind of grief – The Consequences Of Love by Gavanndra Hodge

For all your party needs - Eve’s Hollywood by Eve Babitz

For when you’re on the brink of joining a cult – Untamed by Glennon Doyle

For missing friends – Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin

For when you have forgotten how to get dressed – Fabulous Nobodies by Lee Tulloch/How To Be Yourself by Simon Doonan

For romance to warm your cynical heart – Good Riddance by Elinor Lipman

For when all you need is love – Leonard and Hungry Paul by Roman Hession

In this week’s episode of I’m Absolutely Fine!, we talk guilt, girlfriends and gravy with the incomparable Claudia Winkleman.