Welcome back to the Midpoint. Today, Gabby is joined by someone who embodies curiosity, resilience, and creative reinvention: Kat Wong.

In this midpoint episode, Kat helps us reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re heading next. Whether she’s unpacking personal turning points, sharing stories from behind the scenes, or offering insights that challenge the way we think, Kat brings an energy that pushes the conversation forward.

Kat has kindly offered a special discount for one year's membership to Oh Yeah for Midpoint listeners. Use the discount code MIDPOINTOY for 30% discount for a full one-year plan, applicable on all payment plans. Valid until December 31st 2025.

So settle in as we take stock, look ahead, and explore what it really means to grow through the middle of the story. 

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NB: PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EATING DISORDERS.

This week, Gabby’s joined by Olympic silver medallist and world champion hurdler Colin Jackson. Colin talks about life after elite sport — how he stays fit, focused, and motivated, even without the finish line in sight.

He also opens up about his long struggle with eating disorders, sharing how he’s learned to rebuild a healthy relationship with food and himself.

It’s an honest, inspiring conversation with one of sport’s most familiar and uplifting voices.

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For this episode of The Midpoint, Gabby is joined by Claire Davies — a former speechwriter and British diplomat whose career has taken her from East Anglia to London, Singapore, Madrid and Cairo. These days, Claire has swapped diplomatic briefings for bike routes, and now calls Hampshire home.

Since leaving the Foreign Office in 2022, she’s been dividing her time between writing and cycling — and often combining the two by blogging about her incredible solo cycle tours. Claire is currently on a mission to ride across everyEuropean country from end to end. Since 2023, she’s already pedalled the length of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Ireland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland — mostly on her own!

Her book, Braver Than You Think: Cycling to Self-Discovery, from Land’s End to John O’Groats, tells the story of the ride that started it all — a journey she began with little preparation, no support crew, and one big question: Are you braver than you think?

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This week on The Midpoint, we’re switching things up with a special episode dedicated entirely to comedy. Over the years, we’ve welcomed a brilliant mix of comedians, writers, and performers who have brought humor, sharp insight, and plenty of laughter to the show. In this collection, we revisit some of the funniest and most memorable moments from those conversations—celebrating the wit, creativity, and storytelling that make comedy such a vital way to navigate midlife!

It’s a chance to relive the punchlines, the anecdotes, and the unexpected turns that only our comedy guests bring.

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This special episode of The Midpoint takes a lighthearted look back at some of the best moments from our family Logan conversations across the different series.

From the excitement (and drama) of leaving home, to the tricky art of navigating awkward chats, and even the chaos that comes with planning Christmas, these clips capture some of the chats we have had as a family.

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This week’s edition of The Midpoint is a special one: a greatest hits episode celebrating some of the most memorable moments and insights from our lineup of sporting voices.

Across past conversations, we’ve heard from athletes, commentators, and experts who bring the games we love to life—not just through their performances on the field, but through the stories, reflections, and passion they share off it.

Why not revisit some of these episodes - and more - in full from the back catalogue of The Midpoint!

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This week, Gabby chats to both her twins together - Reuben and Lois - in a Mid.Point first!

On the day of their 20th birthdays, Lois and Reuben talk about how it feels to be properly into adulthood, moving further away from home and being more permanently independent.

Gabby reflects on this point in her life, two decades in to being a mum, and talks about how their relationship has changed over the years. There's also quite a bit of chat about leaf blowers and air fryers!

We'll take a short break for the summer now, but will be back with more great guests and expertise in September!

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Gabby is joined by Consultant Psychiatrist Professor Steve Peters, who - for the last thirty years - has helped people from all walks of life to better understand the way their brains work and optimise their psychological health. These people include elite athletes and Olympians, household names such as Sir Chris Hoy, who previously said on this podcast that Steve was a “once in a lifetime person”. 

We hear how Steve came to recognise psychological dysfunction when he was a junior doctor, and how he realised that psychiatry was crucial to people’s lives whilst training to become a GP. We learn how this set him on a course to developing the Chimp Paradox mind management model, and then - as he describes it - going undercover at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. Fast forward to today, and he has provided consultancy to over twenty Olympic and national sporting teams. 

As well as expanding on how the chimp paradox works, Steve also shares his thoughts on screening ADHD and later life diagnoses; ways we can teach children to understand their brains better, so that they are more mentally resilient later on in life; and how the teenage brain is different and influenced by feeling not fact, so we must adapt our language accordingly. We also learn more about Steve’s own sporting success, after he rediscovered sprinting in midlife, and his thoughts and advice for keeping our brains fit and healthy into old age. 

This is an uplifting episode, full of tips and tools to help keep your psychological health in check, which will leave you with the sense that we are all more resilient than we might think. 

If you want to learn more about Professor Peters’ mind management programmes, his books The Chimp Paradox and A Path Through The Jungle are available now.

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