T'is the end of the year. We made it (almonst!). It's The perfect time to have a look back at the year and have a little think about what you're leaving behind in 2025 and all the stuff you're brining into 2026.

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In this Q&A special, Kate dives into some listener questions. She talks openly about the realities of perimenopause, the ever-present mum guilt, and what it’s really like trying to juggle work, kids and a brain fog. plus, her hopes and dreams for 2026.

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In this episode, Kate sits down with cdoctor and skin-health expert Dr Michelle White to unpack what your skin is really telling you during the messy, magical middle of life.

Midlife comes with a hormonal cocktail - perimenopause, stress spikes, sleep changes, inflammation, shifting collagen — and your skin reacts long before you realise what’s going on internally. Michelle explains how to recognise the early signals: dryness, redness, adult acne, pigmentation, sensitivity, breakouts that appear “out of nowhere,” and that sudden feeling like your face has changed overnight.

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Mel Bampton is one of Australia’s most recognisable creative voices — a former Triple J presenter and producer who famously created Like A Version, the segment that went on to define a whole era of Australian music.

She’s spent decades interviewing the biggest artists in the world, shaping music culture, and telling stories that resonate. After leaving radio, Mel shifted gears into a life of reinvention, changed her name, and becoming a yoga and meditation teacher.

Today, she blends all those worlds: media, mindfulness, creativity and midlife transformation.

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This week on Midlifery, we’re talking midlife makeup — the subtle art of looking fresh, lifted and alive… even when you’re running on coffee, crumbs and questionable sleep.

I’m joined by Sara, makeup artist and absolute wizard at enhancing faces in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond. Forget the trends that were made for 19-year-old beauty influencers — this is about makeup that works for YOU.

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What started as a spontaneous trip to reset became five months in Queensland, followed by travel through Europe, solo. Monique Van Tulder took a Grown Up's Gap Year.

Through that journey, she reconnected with herself, practised saying “no” to the expectations she’d long carried, and began crafting a life rooted in purpose and self-priority.In this episode, we sit down to talk about midlife transitions, the courage it takes to leave the “default path,” the emotional weight of the mental load, and how to step into midlife with clarity and freedom.

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