Life on the B Side

Episode 6: The Non-Scientific Science of Love, Life & Friendships

How, after almost 30 years of consigning university to a bin labelled failure, reliving shared experiences with old friends helped Maria salvage a part of herself she had forgotten. There was physics, biology and a bit of chemistry.
You can’t rewrite the past, but you can reframe it.

Episode 5: Student Reunion: Let's All Meet Up in the Year 2024 or Don't Look Back in Anger?

27 years after graduating it’s finally time to attend a reunion of sorts. But after almost 3 decades, Maria can finally admit that university didn’t turn out the way she’d hoped at 18 and that she probably shouldn’t have gone in the first place…
And also, what does she wear?

Episode 4: Opinions are like ar$eholes...

Everyone’s got one.
Some folks are so desperate to share their opinion (not their, well, you know what) that they won’t wait to be asked.
But not all opinions are created equal and the trick to getting value from someone else’s thoughts is to work out what you need and who you need it from…
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/10/the-best-advice-ive-ever-been-given-celebrities-share-their-wisdom

Episode 3: How Many 90s Band & Artist Names Can You Hear?

Aah the 90s. Who doesn’t look back on that decade with fond memories? Memories is all we really have as there’s very little photographic evidence of what we got up to.
We still have the music though! Maria’s obsession with Absolute Radio 90s inspires this very short episode but don’t be fooled, you’ve got a job to do…
Can you find the 60+ band names hidden in this episode?

Episode 2: How to Kill a Friendship in your 40s

Thought teenage friendships were difficult to navigate? Well not much has changed. Except maybe the new ways we can kill our friendships these days.
Maria didn’t expect to use social media to assassinate a friendship in her 40s, but that didn’t stop it happening. And just when she thought it was resurrected, well what goes around comes around doesn’t it?

Episode 1: F*ck Shame, Let's Talk

What makes a 48 year old woman with a crippling fear of failure suddenly decide to launch a podcast?
Maria explains why now is the time for Gen X women to ditch any obsession with perfection, forget shame or embarrassment and look beyond the constraints of being the sandwich generation.
There are stories to be shared, lessons to be learned and even more ridiculous adventures to be had. And this is Maria’s first…