“I was overweight and unhappy!” Liz Earle’s perimenopause and midlife reinvention
4/23/20261 hr
What if your best decade is still ahead of you? At 62, broadcaster and healthy aging expert Liz Earle is fitter, stronger, and happier than ever.
In this chat with Fearne, Liz shares how she went from overwhelmed, overweight, and exhausted during perimenopause, to thriving in her 60s. She shares the small lifestyle shifts that transformed her health, and why women in midlife shouldn’t feel selfish moving themselves up the priority list.
Fearne and Liz dig into the science of aging well, including the power of sunlight (and whether we should be wearing SPF year-round!), and why we should be prioritising sleep and strength training.
Plus, what happened when Liz’s younger boyfriend took her clubbing for the first time at 60 years old...?
Liz’s book, How To Age, is out now.
Listen to Liz’s podcast, Age Better, here!
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First 90 secondsFearne Cotton· Host0:00
[gentle music] Hello, I'm Fern Cotton, and this is Happy Place, the show that demystifies all the confusion around how to feel good in your skin. Today, I'm chatting to Liz Earle.
Liz Earle· Guest0:13
I feel very fortunate to be here in my 60s now with a great young boyfriend who's kind of given me renewed energy and kind of hope in the future and, and all of that. You know, when I look back to my 40s, perimenopause, I was overweight, I was unhappy, I was stressed, I wasn't sleeping. And yes, life can be shit. Yes, life is challenging and tough. Of course it is. But, you know, how we choose to respond to that, that's our own making, and if we can equip ourselves in the best possible way physically, then everything becomes easier as a result.
Fearne Cotton· Host0:47
I'm really excited about this. I read this book, right? Recently, me and my kids, uh, went to Paris, which was so brilliant. I was very nervous as a single parent to do a city break on my own with my kids. But my God, did we all enjoy it. You know, all the things that you start worrying about, like, are we gonna be able to get cabs okay, or are certain places walkable, or will I get mugged? You know, like, all the f- silly fear stuff that you've got in your head about going somewhere new just were totally [laughs] dismantled within five seconds of being there. We were just stood in awe looking at the architecture and all the gorgeous little shops and obviously stuffing our faces with croissants and macarons and crepes and all sorts of delicious pastries. It was so brilliant.