Life At The Midpoint with Gabby Logan

Gabby answers your questions on divorce, co-parenting and relationships. How honest should you be with your children about a difficult divorce? And how do you respond when friends seem to constantly complain about their partners? Gabby shares her thoughts on navigating separation, knowing when relationship gripes are harmless and when they’re a sign of something more serious, and why it’s important to look at our own behaviour in relationships too. If you have any questions, dilemmas or things you’d like to discuss, please get in touch email hello@midpointlife.com or you can find us on social media @midpointlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do we find the courage to speak the truth about our past, and what happens when we finally do? Gabby is rejoined by broadcaster and Long Lost Family presenter Nicky Campbell. Nicky has been a fixture of British broadcasting for decades, hosting on BBC Radio 5 Live and fronting ITV's Long Lost Family, now in its 16th series. Nicky spoke to Gabby about going public with his story of childhood abuse at school, and the overwhelming response from people who had never told anyone. He revealed how his ADHD and bipolar diagnosis helped him understand why broadcasting suits him, and shared emotional stories from the new series of Long Lost Family. Nicky also opened up about his adoption journey, including the extraordinary coincidence of discovering his half-sister had been in the same house decades earlier. He reflected on his four daughters' bond, the shifting lines of free speech in comedy, and the loss of his beloved dogs. Long Lost Families is available to watch on ITVX. If you have any questions, dilemmas or things you’d like to discuss, please get in touch email hello@midpointlife.com or you can find us on social media @midpointlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gabby answers your questions on money and saving. How do you cope if you and your partner have different attitudes to saving and spending? And when is the right time to start saving for the future? Gabby talks about how she and Kenny deal with money matters. If you have any questions, dilemmas or things you’d like to discuss, please get in touch email hello@midpointlife.com or you can find us on social media @midpointlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do we unlock the lack of research into women’s health and menopause? Gabby is joined by philanthropist Melinda French Gates. In 2015 Melinda founded Pivotal, an a group of organisations working to accelerate the pace of social progress for women and young people in the U.S. and around the world. Melinda is frequently listed as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes magazine, and is worth over $30 billion. She talked to Gabby about her new project exploring care during the menopause, which revealed that women were too often navigating perimenopause without adequate information, care or support. Melinda also revealed what it’s like parenting as a billionaire, the importance of female friendship and what it was like to start dating again. If you have any questions, dilemmas or things you’d like to discuss, please get in touch email hello@midpointlife.com or you can find us on social media @midpointlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gabby answers your questions on exercise, and keeping fit and healthy. Gabby talks about how and when to start exercising, and the huge changes a small amount of movement can bring to your quality of life. If you have any questions, dilemmas or things you’d like to discuss, please get in touch email hello@midpointlife.com or you can find us on social media @midpointlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you’ve spent all your adult life teaching people how to get fit, what else is there left to learn about staying healthy? Fitness coach and presenter Joe Wicks found out…lots! Joe chats to Gabby about his new project testing his own body and mind and discovering what it really takes to be healthy. He also explores how he approached parenting after his own childhood was shaped by his father’s addiction problems and mother’s struggle with mental health. What it was like getting famous during lockdown and why he won’t run a fast marathon anymore. Health or Hype from Joe Wicks and Bupa is available now, click link here to find out more. You can send in your thoughts and reflections to hello@midpointlife.com . Watch and subscribe on YouTube @midpointlife Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @midpointlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gabby answers your questions on careers, confidence and feeling stuck. She shares her own experiences of learning to network, offers advice on reaching out and putting yourself out there, and explores why we can still feel like we haven’t reached our potential, even in midlife. Plus, Gabby tackles a dilemma from someone craving change after years of the same routine, and why sometimes small steps and a little movement can be more powerful than blowing everything up. If you have any questions, dilemmas or things you’d like to discuss, please get in touch email hello@midpointlife.com or you can find us on social media @midpointlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you get from your mum despairing about your future, to being one of the most in-demand comedy actors in the UK? Tom Davis talks to Gabby about the moments that have changed his life. From feeling lost in his thirties and discovering stand-up comedy, to the anxiety and imposter syndrome that eventually forced him to stop performing, and how he came back to the stage. Tom opens up about his relationship with alcohol, his changing attitude to his health, and the seven-year journey to becoming a father. They also talk about masculinity, why men can struggle to have honest conversations, the pressure of social media, and whether getting older makes it easier to enjoy the life you've built. You can send in your thoughts and reflections to hello@midpointlife.com . Watch and subscribe on YouTube @midpointlife Follow the show on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @midpointlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to reach a turning point in your life? Because things change. Our bodies change, relationships evolve, priorities shift, and what we once wanted can start to look very different. Every Tuesday on Life At The Midpoint, Gabby talks candidly to well-known faces about the moments, choices and challenges shaping their lives. From identity, family and ambition to health, relationships and what comes next, Gabby explores the big questions that come with midlife, and what it means to realise there’s still so much life ahead. Every Thursday, there’s To The Point, a bonus episode where your questions, dilemmas and the things you really want to know are put straight to Gabby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tabitha Webb has packed a lot into one career. She launched her luxury fashion brand in 2013 and has built it into a label with an impressive fan base — Miranda Kerr, Pippa Middleton and Fearne Cotton among them. But fashion is only part of the story. Tabitha has also carved out a second life as a novelist, and her latest book Playing the Field is out this summer. In this episode of Midpoint, Gabby sits down with Tabitha to talk about building a business from scratch, reinventing yourself, and what it actually takes to juggle entrepreneurship with creativity. This is a r conversation about ambition, taking risks and backing yourself at every stage of life. Playing the Field by Tabitha Webb is available to buy now, published by HQ, HarperCollins (£9.99) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Foster is one of Britain's most decorated swimmers — a six-time World Champion and one of the most recognisable faces in British sport over the past three decades. But this conversation goes well beyond his professional career and achievements. In this episode of Midpoint, Gabby sits down with Mark for an honest and open discussion about his career, his life and his decision to come out publicly. Mark talks with real honesty about what that process was like, what it meant to him personally, and why he chose to share it. His new book, My Double Life, tells the story of his pursuit of sporting excellence alongside the very personal journey of finding a way to live as honestly as possible — and it is out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Menopause is something most women know is coming — but for many it still arrives as a shock. Hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog, anxiety, exhaustion — the symptoms are so common they have almost become expected. But Katie Brindle, one of the UK's leading Chinese medicine practitioners and founder of The Hayo'u Method, has a very different take. After more than twenty years in clinic she doesn't believe women are failing at menopause — she believes modern life is failing women. In Chinese medicine, menopause is known as the Second Spring — not a decline but a transition into a new chapter marked by wisdom, confidence and renewed purpose. In this episode of Midpoint, Gabby talks to Katie about what that reframe can mean in practice, and how ancient wisdom might offer something that modern medicine hasn't always managed to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frida Redknapp grew up in a small town in Sweden and left at fifteen to model in Paris. Since then she has built a very different kind of life — mother of five, former model and now founder of food brand Frood, which launched last month. In this episode Gabby talks to Frida about what the modelling world was really like, how her relationship with food and her body has changed over the years, and what eventually led her to start her own business. Frood came out of a late night idea and a conversation at a school gate, and is designed to make genuinely healthy eating quicker and easier for busy families - something most of us would welcome! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Midpoint, Gabby sits down fellow broadcaster Sophie Raworth. Sophie is one of Britain's most recognisable faces on the BBC news for over thirty years, and someone who has covered some of the most significant moments in modern history and interviewed some of the most important figures of our time. But this conversation tis around a different subject. Away from the newsroom, Sophie has built another passion entirely. At 40, having done almost no exercise for decades, she decided to run the London Marathon. She collapsed two miles from the finish. She got up and did it again. She has now completed all seven World Marathon Majors, more than twenty marathons and ten ultra-marathons, including the 150-mile Marathon des Sables across the Sahara. Her first book, Running on Air, published by Bloomsbury, tells the story of how running changed her — not just physically but in the ways that actually matter. This is a conversation about resilience, getting things wrong and what it takes to keep going and how MidPoint is often, the perfect time to try something new. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sunetra Sarker has been a familiar face on British television for decades — from Brookside and No Angels to nearly a decade in Casualty, and more recently Ackley Bridge. But it's what she has done since leaving the security of that long-running role that makes her such a good MidPoint guest. Sunetra talks openly about hitting the MidPoint as a real turning point — the moment she stopped playing it safe and started taking more risks. She also talks honestly about the menopause, and how it was actually being on Loose Women and hearing her fellow panellists talk so openly about their own experiences that made her realise what she was going through herself. Becoming more comfortable in her own identity as a British Asian woman who grew up in Liverpool, whose parents were suspicious of her professional path, exploring new projects and how she’s tried new things are themes of this conversation. This episode reminds us again of why being in the MidPoint is actually alright and brings its own benefits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Weight and weight loss is something that we have struggled to understand properly for decades. Whether its a fad diet, a new theory or an alternative approach, it's something we have been discussing and often misunderstanding, for many years. With the introduction of GLP1s, this has only increased. GLP-1 medications have changed the conversation around weight, appetite and health in a way few of us could have predicted. But what happens before you start, while you're on them, and after? Dr Fede Amati, who has joined us on The Midpoint before, is a Medical Scientist and Registered Public Health Nutritionist who has been at the forefront of the research into how food and our bodies interact — and her brilliant new book tackles one of the most talked about topics in health right now. In this episode of Midpoint, Gabby sits down with Dr Amati for a conversation about what these medications actually do, why what you eat alongside them matters more than you might think, and how to build a relationship with food that serves you at every stage of life. No judgement, no fads — just really good science explained clearly. Dr Fede Amati's new book, The Appetite Reset: How to Eat, Drink and Thrive Before, During and After GLP-1s, is published by Penguin Michael Joseph and is out now, priced £25. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Although we speak a lot about women's health on The Midpoint, it's also important to look at men's health and what we should take notice of. Kenny's diagnosis changed a lot of things with regards to our awareness of health and proved that we should always get ahead of what can go wrong or actually look for the signs before something really does become an issue. Today's guest is someone who is at the absolute forefront of Men's Health in this country. Professor Vaibhav Modgil is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary and one of the UK's leading experts in andrology — which is essentially the study of male health and the male reproductive system. He has just won one of the most prestigious awards in British urology and his whole career has been built around not just treating men, but understanding them. He has introduced pioneering microsurgical techniques to the North West, and his specialist practice covers everything from erectile dysfunction and testosterone deficiency to complex reconstruction. He founded the Manchester Andrology Research Collaborative, has published over sixty academic papers, and has contributed to international guidelines on men's health across Europe and America. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Trends in Urology and Men's Health. Whether this is relevant to you, or someone you care about, hopefully you will find something useful to take away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is someone whose life reads like a series of things most of us would consider utterly impossible. Vicki Anstey is a world record holder, a human performance coach, an entrepreneur and an adventurer — and that only scratches the surface. She was one of the first women to reach the final stages of SAS Who Dares Wins, rowed the mid-Pacific unaided, and in 2024 cycled 3,000 miles across America in one of the toughest endurance races on the planet. She has raced 250 kilometres across the Arctic in minus 35 degrees and across the Savannahs of Kenya in 50 degree heat. Vicki is also a passionate advocate for girls and young women through her role as UK Ambassador for Inspiring Girls International. She is a perfect Midpoint guest because at the heart of everything she does is a belief that we are all capable of so much more than we think — and her own life is the proof. Her brilliant new book, Other People Are Like The Weather, is published by Northside House and is out on the 17th of June in hardback from Waterstones and Amazon. You can also pre-order a signed and dedicated copy — https://vickianstey.co.uk/product/other-people-are-like-the-weather/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gabby' s guest today is one of Britain's greatest ever Olympians. Victoria Pendleton is a nine-times world champion cyclist who won gold at two Olympic Games — and then, just to keep things interesting, retrained as a jockey, attempted Everest and walked a high wire over the Olympic Stadium. Victoria has never been someone who stands still. She has a new book out called The Fear Opportunity, and at the centre is a powerful idea — that the things that scare us most are actually the greatest opportunities we have to grow. But this book is also something much more personal than a self help guide, and Victoria talks with real openness today about the experiences that shaped it. She is a brilliant Midpoint guest because her whole life has been about pushing through fear to discover what you are truly capable of — and she has learned some hard lessons along the way that she shares with extraordinary honesty. This is an inspiring, moving and honest conversation. Victoria's book The Fear Opportunity is out now and is published by Bluebird. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Jossel is one of the most respected names in beauty journalism — a woman who has built a brilliant career helping people look and feel their best while navigating all the twists and turns that come with life in a fast moving industry. In this episode of Midpoint, Gabby sits down with Sarah for a conversation that is part career deep dive, part listener Q&A — because you had questions and Sarah had answers. From the secrets of the beauty world to the bigger questions about confidence, ageing and how we feel about ourselves as we reach our own midpoints, this is a really open and honest conversation. Sarah is warm, knowledgeable and refreshingly straight talking — and your questions made it even better. This one is for anyone who has ever wanted to know what really is behind the beauty myths and what actually works! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.