Life on the B Side
de Maria
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Episode 49: The Inside of my Head Hurts – and that’s the best title…
Episode 49: The Inside of my Head Hurts – and that’s the best title…
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Life on the B Side is where the raw, real, and often humorous side of Gen X life gets talked about. Hosted by Maria, this podcast dives into the ups and downs of being a grown-up whose A Side played out in the 90s.
With a mix of personal stories, (mildly questionable) advice, and reflections on how life has changed since the 80s and 90s, tune in for stories that resonate with anyone who’s walked the line between cassette tapes and smartphones.
If we learned anything from B sides, it’s this: don’t underestimate them.
You might just find a hidden gem, and they’re always worth a listen.
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- Episode 49: The Inside of my Head Hurts – and that’s the best title you’ll get out of me today. · 21 min · Episódio 49What can I tell you about this episode? It might be the last one. No plan, no script, no clue.I need someone to tell me whether I should keep going with this. I can’t concentrate…
- Episode 48: The Hat Trick – no wonder we’re all so f*cking tired. · 10 min · Episódio 48This week’s episode is a little different — no deep dive, no wrap-up, just a short, sweet dose of real life from the slightly foggy, slightly festive edge of midlife. You know…
- Episode 47: Is one really the loneliest number? Depends on what you’re doing… · 22 min · Episódio 47This week I’m talking about doing it all on my own — not the kind of “solo” you’re thinking of (behave), but the scary kind where you have no one to blame but yourself. It’s…
- Episode 46: Less 'too drunk to f*ck', more 'too tired to carpe diem' · 20 min · Episódio 46Going out used to be easy. Now it takes a rare planetary alignment and a motivational speech just to put proper shoes on. This week I’m talking about the great energy shift —…
- Episode 45: Will Run a Marathon for a Snickers: It’s not a comeback, it’s a midlife crisis with trainers · 15 min · Episódio 45Shorter one today and it's about my first silly decision in my 50s! It’s been 11 years since I last ran a marathon — and I swore I’d never do it again. Yet here I am, lacing up…
- Episode 44: How to Stop Ruining Your Own Birthday: From San Francisco to Northumberland — A Tale of Two Birthdays · 19 min · Episódio 44This week on Life on the B Side, it’s my birthday — the big 5-0 — and I’m finally learning how to stop sabotaging my own celebrations. From chip shop dinners and awkward family…
- Episode 43: The Time I Was Susanna Hoffs – Sometimes It’s Hard to Be a Good Neighbour · 22 min · Episódio 43This week on Life on the B Side, I’m taking a short break from moaning about my impending 50th birthday (yes, it’s still happening) to share a story I first wrote six years ago —…
- Episode 42: 50 & Fully Loaded - 5 Decades without an Instruction Manual · 21 min · Episódio 42Turning 50 isn’t the big, shiny reinvention everyone makes it out to be. You don’t wake up on the morning of your birthday suddenly wiser, richer, or with fewer wrinkles — the…
- Episode 41: Fear, F*ck Ups & Finding My Voice – A Year of Talking to the Wall · 23 min · Episódio 41Episode 41: Fear, F*ck Ups & Finding My Voice – A Year of Talking to the Wall Almost a year ago, I hit “publish” on my very first podcast episode (recorded in a cupboard, no…
- Episode 40: Give a Girl a Bad Name: Why I’m finally choosing my own · 21 min · Episódio 40I’ve had two names in my life and I’ve never liked either of them. One no one could pronounce properly, the other belongs to a family I barely see. Neither feels like me. So…
- Episode 39: The Autumn Excuse: Therapy, ROMO, and Comfort TV · 26 min · Episódio 39Autumn has always felt like a natural reset — a season for slowing down, turning inward, and finding comfort in small rituals. And I am going ti milk autumn as an excuse for all…
- Episode 38: Office Politics – How I married my colleague · 22 min · Episódio 38Today I am celebrating 21 years of marriage to a man I met at a work event. And with that in mind, I decided to share (without planning or script or anything for that matter) the…
- Episode 37: Hedonistic Heights of A-Side Holidays - Lessons learned from Tan Lines, Tequila and Terrible Decisions · 26 min · Episódio 37It's a bit of a stretch to say that there are life lessons to be found in foam parties and champagne diving in the Med. But as I've had cause to think about the holidays I took…
- Episode 36: Life Moves Pretty Fast: On Perspective & Advice from Ferris Bueller · 24 min · Episódio 36Need some life coaching? Best place to start? Classic 1980s John Hughes films… What does a day off with Ferris Bueller have to do with how we see our own lives? Quite a lot…
- Episode 35: Living Inside Out: Camping through every season of family life · 35 min · Episódio 35Camping isn’t just a holiday — it’s a crash course in family life.From sleepless nights in a teepee tent to teens glued to campsite WiFi, and one unforgettable trip with a…
- Episode 34: The Worst Summer Holiday of my Life: 16 and stuck in Las Americas with Roy Chubby Brown (sort of) · 24 min · Episódio 34Bit of a nostalgia trip in this episode — but not the dreamy, golden kind. Today I’m taking you back to the summer I was 16. A holiday that was meant to be a break from real…
- Episode 33: The Linchpin Life: On Emotional Labour, Mental Load & Midlife Self-Rescue · 22 min · Episódio 33Ever feel like you're the glue holding everything (and everyone) together? Same. In this episode, I dive into the reality of being the family linchpin and the trap of being a…
- Episode 32: Life After Last Orders – What I lost – and found – when I gave up drinking. · 25 min · Episódio 32I gave up booze – and it wasn’t all gains. In this episode, I talk honestly about what I lost, what I found, and what surprised me when I stepped away from alcohol. No preaching…
- Episode 31: ‘The Art of Procrastination’ The Experts Guide to Getting F*ck All Done · 25 min · Episódio 31This episode is 4 days late. 4 days! And that’s all down to the one skill I have comprehensively mastered, honed and turned into an art form. Procrastination. Come with me to…
- Episode 30: Sixteen Years and The Ghosts We Grew From · 40 min · Episódio 30Yes, I have been missing for two weeks! But I come back and bring you tales of post-natal ghosts, house-buying and my very own Nurse Ratched. And yes they are all linked!!
