When Life Gives You Lemons

Rosie Nixon spent over two decades at the heart of the media world including being the Editor-in-Chief of HELLO!
But then, after hitting a wall, and experiencing a period of ‘burnout’ she did something brave…..she walked away from one of the most coveted roles in British media to reinvent herself entirely. She is now a qualified life coach, author of five books including her new book The Pro Method, and is founder of Rosie's Reinvention Retreats - a series of day retreats for midlife women navigating their next chapter.
In this warm and deeply relatable conversation, we explore burnout, identity, values, and what it really means to rewrite your own story.

In this episode:
· Two decades at the top of celebrity media - the royal weddings, the exclusives, and the Robbie Williams scoop
· How burnout crept up slowly and the hotel room moment that changed everything
· The link between perimenopause and burnout and why so many women miss it
· Why values are the foundation of everything and how to find yours
· The PRO Method - Pause, Reflect, Organise and why the pause is the hardest part
· Letting go of limiting self-beliefs and rewriting the stories that hold us back
· Rosie's Reinvention Retreats and the gap she spotted in the market
· The science of kindness and why it is genuinely good for your heart

📖 The Pro Method - available now
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For generations, women have been told that painful, heavy periods are just part of life. That they are normal. That they should get on with it.
Dr Liz Murray is on a mission to change that.

A former NHS doctor, women's health activist, founder of the charity Mortal and Strong, and author of Not Just Painful Periods. In this conversation, Liz brings something rare in that she is both the doctor and the patient. Diagnosed with endometriosis, lupus, and connective tissue disease after years of dismissal, multiple miscarriages, wrongly advised IVF, and ultimately a hysterectomy in her early thirties, Liz knows this system from both sides of the consultation room.

And she is determined to make sure no other woman goes through what she went through.

In this episode, we have an important, honest, and eye-opening conversation about women's health that will leave you fully armed to advocate for yourself next time something just doesn’t feel right.

In this episode:

What endometriosis actually is and why it takes an average of nine years to diagnose
Liz's own journey from medical student in a wheelchair to a hysterectomy at 32
The multiple miscarriages, wrong advice, and £12,000 of IVF that should never have happened
The miracle pregnancy after clearance surgery and her rainbow baby
Why painful periods are not normal and what to do about it
Some truths about the contraceptive pill
The emerging link between neurodiversity, hypermobility, and endometriosis
How to advocate for yourself in a healthcare system that doesn't always listen
The Japanese art of kintsugi and why Liz built a charity around it

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When Max Thorpe attempted to row 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, the unimaginable happened.
On day nine, leading the pairs race and ahead of world record pace, a 40-foot wave capsized their boat. What followed was a fire in the cabin, a night barricaded in a storage space the size of a suitcase, and a rescue by a 110,000-tonne oil tanker that nearly killed them both. Max was separated from the boat in the middle of the Atlantic at night, in a storm, with nothing to hold onto. He survived by grabbing the last foot of a stepladder in the darkness.

He came home, processed the experience, and then unbelievably decided to go again.

Two years later, Max crossed that same finish line in Antigua - breaking the world record by just 14 minutes after 37 days at sea.

This is one of the most extraordinary stories of resilience, decision-making under pressure and the power of refusing to be defined by your worst moment that you will ever hear.

In this episode:
· Why a sporty kid with something to prove ended up rowing the Atlantic
· The nine days of brutal conditions before everything went wrong
· The capsize, the fire, and the night barricaded in a cabin the size of a suitcase
· Being separated from the boat in the dark and grabbing a rope with his last strength
· Coming home and deciding to go again and why
· The second row - breaking oars, rebuilding them at sea, and a two-hour sprint finish
· Breaking the world record by 14 minutes
· How facing his own mortality changed the way he lives

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Thomas Hal Robson-Kanu was on the path to becoming a professional footballer when at 15 years old, a tackle ruptured all his knee ligaments. After two gruelling surgeries and two years of rehabilitation, the club doctors handed him a prescription for painkillers and told him to get on with it. But his body rejected the painkillers and he was in agony every morning.

So Thomas and his father did something remarkable. They started researching. They looked at ancient cultures, Ayurvedic practices, herbs and spices used as medicine for centuries. They went on to create a homemade golden elixir from whole raw ingredients; turmeric, ginger, pomegranate, watermelon, that within six weeks left Thomas completely pain free for the first time in years.

What followed was a Premier League football career, an iconic goal at Euro 2016 for Wales and eventually, the founding of The Turmeric Co, one of the most exciting health drinks businesses in the UK.

But this episode is about much more than turmeric. It's about rejection, reinvention, purpose, and what the world could look like if we put prevention before treatment.

In this episode:
Two ACL ruptures at 15 and the surgeon who told him to find a new career
How his father's Nigerian grandfather, a herbalist, inspired the remedy that changed everything
The Premier League career nobody thought he would have and the iconic Euro 2016 goal
What professional football teaches you about rejection that most people never learn
Why reinvention isn't luck - it's a decision
The truth about the juice industry and why fresh doesn't always mean fresh
What the world would look like if the NHS put prevention before treatment
Why sugar is the biggest drug in the world

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What does it take to be the best in the world and keep coming back every time life knocks you down? Lucy Charles-Barclay is one of the most dominant athletes in the history of long-course triathlon. A 2023 Ironman World Champion, two-time 70.3 World Champion, and the fastest swimmer in the sport, Lucy's journey to the top has been anything but straightforward.

She started as an elite competitive swimmer, trialled for the London 2012 Olympics, and when she didn't make it, walked away from the sport entirely. She then signed up for an Ironman almost on a whim and what followed is one of sport's most remarkable stories of reinvention.

But it's not just the victories that make Lucy's story so compelling. It's everything in between. Stress fractures, a calf tear on mile one of the marathon at the very race she went on to win, a life-threatening DNF in Kona when her husband and coach Reece pulled her from the course. Then, just four weeks later she was back on top of the podium as 70.3 World Champion in Marbella.

And through all of it, she recently received a diagnosis of coeliac disease that explained years of unexplained injuries and finally gave her the answers she'd been searching for.

This is a conversation about resilience, reinvention, the power of a great team, and what it really means to never stop coming back.

In this episode:

Missing out on the London 2012 Olympics and how it accidentally led to triathlon
What a peak training week really looks like - 30 hours, 5am starts and very little sleep
The coeliac disease diagnosis that changed everything and explained years of injuries
Being pulled from the Kona World Championships by her husband
Four weeks later winning the 70.3 World Championships in Marbella when the world had written her off
The mental strategies that get her through the darkest moments in a race
What still drives her at the very top of the sport
Her big goal for October 2026 - returning to Kona to go one better

🎧 Follow Lucy on Instagram @LucyCharles93 and on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@LucyCharlesBarclay

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