Two Women Chatting

Welcome to Two Women Chatting - the podcast where midlife gets real, inspiring, and finds the joy in our second chapter. Hosted by broadcaster and book lover Michelle Ford, each week we dive into the topics that matter most to women in their 40s, 50s and beyond: midlife reinvention, menopause, confidence, parenting grown-up kids, and navigating relationships. From bestselling authors like Elizabeth Day, and Donna Ashworth to wellbeing experts, celebrities, and women with extraordinary stories, Two Women Chatting is a space for connection, laughter, and wisdom. If you’re searching for a podcast about midlife, menopause, women’s health, book club recommendations, lifestyle and inspiration, you’re in the right place. 👉 Follow the show so you never miss an episode, and share it with a friend who could use a little m

Two Women Chatting is a society podcast hosted by Michelle Ford, with 127 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Michelle Ford hosts Two Women Chatting, a society show with 127 episodes published.

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  Book Club | Linwood Barclay | Not A Word

  Sep 25, 202622 min

  Michelle Ford is joined by internationally bestselling thriller writer Linwood Barclay to discuss his gripping new novel,  Not a Word . When Reece visits his parents’ home, he makes a horrifying discovery: his father is dead and the woman beside him is not his mother. What initially appears to be a murder-suicide soon raises troubling questions and Reece is drawn into a dangerous web of family secrets connected to his father’s former employer. Linwood talks about creating the twists, tension and ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances that have become hallmarks of his writing. He also reveals how growing up watching television in the 1970s helped shape his instinct for storytelling and how his years working as a journalist taught him to edit tightly, tell the story and keep readers hooked. The conversation also turns to Stephen King: from receiving every thriller writer’s dream endorsement to the genuine friendship that has developed between the two bestselling authors. This interview originally aired on Michelle’s Book Club on Brooklands Radio. Hear new author interviews every Thursday afternoon on Brooklands Radio. Listen on DAB across Surrey and West London, through the Brooklands Radio app, on your smart speaker or online. Catch up with more interviews on the  Michelle Ford Interviews  podcast and watch on YouTube at  @michellefordinterviews . Publishers & authors:  If you would like to submit a title for consideration for Michelle’s Book Club, please email  michelle@twowomenchatting.com . Follow the show so you never miss an episode, and share it with a friend who could use a little midlife magic. Explore the 'midlife library' at  www.twowomenchatting.com Connect with Michelle at  twowomenchatting@gmail.com  for collaborations, ideas, and comments! Remember to rate, review, and share our show to join the laughter-filled conversation about midlife empowerment and beyond... Follow Michelle on Instagram at @michellefor dofficial or Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Book Club | Anthony Kavanagh | Pop Scars

  Sep 22, 202639 min

  Pop star Kavana - Anthony Kavanagh - joins Michelle Ford for a candid, funny and deeply moving conversation about his memoir,  Pop Scars , now available in paperback. From growing up in a working-class Manchester family to appearing on the cover of  Smash Hits , performing on  Top of the Pops  and achieving extraordinary fame across Asia, Anthony recalls the dizzying highs of becoming a pop star while still in his teens - and the painful reality of feeling like a failure by just 21. Anthony talks openly about hiding his sexuality while being adored by thousands of girls, living with ADHD, chasing dopamine and the spiral into alcohol and drug addiction that followed his move to Los Angeles. He shares some of his darkest moments, including taking drugs in a dumpster and searching bathroom cabinets for anything containing alcohol, as well as the realities of recovery, relapse and learning to live with sobriety. Yet  Pop Scars  is far from a relentlessly bleak memoir. Anthony’s remarkable eye for detail and wicked sense of humour bring every scene vividly to life: eating Pot Noodles on the sofa in Manchester; learning that his single had reached number eight while his mum passed him the phone searching for her teeth; and Victoria Beckham spilling Pimm’s down his white Kappa tracksuit] - before making amends with an unexpected first-class upgrade 20 years later. He also shares memories of the Spice Girls before global fame, his friendship with Amy Winehouse - whom he first met making meatballs in her Camden flat - and the affectionate nickname she gave him. At the heart of the conversation is Anthony’s love for his mother, Rita: a Manchester fortune teller who helped keep him grounded and who is now living with Alzheimer’s disease. Honest, compassionate and frequently hilarious, this is a conversation about fame, identity, addiction, recovery and survival - and the truth behind Anthony’s powerful observation: “Everybody has a rock bottom, and sometimes rock bottom has a basement.” This Book Club bonus episode of  Michelle Ford Interviews  was recorded live at the Brooklands Radio studios and first broadcast in November 2025. Please note: this episode contains frank discussion of alcohol and drug addiction, relapse and recovery. Connect with Us: Instagram: @michellefordofficial @michellefordinterviewspod Facebook: @michelleford TikTok: @michellefordofficial YouTube: @michellefordinterviews Email: twowomenchatting@gmail.com Website: michellefordinterviews.com Media/brand enquiries: @kindlingtalent Follow the show so you never miss an episode, and share it with a friend who could use a little midlife magic. Explore the 'midlife library' at  www.twowomenchatting.com Connect with Michelle at  twowomenchatting@gmail.com  for collaborations, ideas, and comments! Remember to rate, review, and share our show to join the laughter-filled conversation about midlife empowerment and beyond... Follow Michelle on Instagram at @michellefor dofficial or Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Book Club | Rosie Nixon | The PRO Method - three simple steps

  Sep 16, 202632 min

  What if reaching breaking point isn’t a crisis - but a calling to change? In this episode recorded live in the Brooklands Radio studio, Michelle is joined by author, coach and former  HELLO! magazine Editor-in-Chief Rosie Nixon to discuss her powerful new book,  The PRO Method: Three Simple Steps to Reinvent Your Life . After years at the helm of one of Britain’s best-known magazines, Rosie was diagnosed with psychological exhaustion. Taking time away from a demanding career allowed her to reconsider how she was living and working - and ultimately inspired a major personal and professional reinvention. Drawing on that experience, her training as a life coach and the science behind navigating change, Rosie created the PRO Method: Pause  – calm the nervous system and create space to reset Reflect  – identify what matters and what may need to change Organise  – turn those discoveries into realistic, achievable plans Rosie and Michelle talk candidly about burnout, overwhelm and the pressure to keep going - even when our minds and bodies are telling us to stop. They explore why pausing can feel so uncomfortable, how midlife can become an opportunity for reinvention and why meaningful change doesn’t have to mean blowing up your entire life. Warm, honest and filled with practical advice, this conversation is for anyone who feels exhausted, stuck at a crossroads or ready to find a different way forward. The PRO Method  by Rosie Nixon is out now, published by HarperCollins. This interview was first broadcast on Brooklands Radio in September 2026. Follow or subscribe to  Michelle Ford Interviews  for free wherever you listen to podcasts, and share this episode with someone who might need to hear it. YouTube Channel available @michellefordinterviews Instagram @michellefordinterviewspod Get in touch via email: twowomenchatting@gmail.com Follow the show so you never miss an episode, and share it with a friend who could use a little midlife magic. Explore the 'midlife library' at  www.twowomenchatting.com Connect with Michelle at  twowomenchatting@gmail.com  for collaborations, ideas, and comments! Remember to rate, review, and share our show to join the laughter-filled conversation about midlife empowerment and beyond... Follow Michelle on Instagram at @michellefor dofficial or Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Book Club | Adele Parks | Eyes On You

  Sep 14, 202630 min

  Adele Parks on  Eyes on You , the Power of Words and Her 26th Novel Michelle welcomes bestselling author Adele Parks MBE back to Book Club to talk about  Eyes on You , her gripping 26th novel. Having interviewed Adele several times over the years, there’s an easy familiarity to this conversation as they discuss her remarkable writing career, her enduring love of words and how she continues to find fresh ideas and themes after more than two decades as a published author. Eyes on You  is a compelling psychological thriller exploring grief, obsession, isolation, revenge and the secrets that shape our lives. At 15, Amy witnessed her father murder his secret lover. Years later, when Oliver Harrington walks into the restaurant where she works, their shared understanding of troubled pasts creates an immediate connection - but is it love, or something altogether more dangerous? Adele also talks passionately about her work supporting literacy and why helping people discover the joy and power of reading remains so important to her. And, of course, Adele shares the book she thinks everyone should read - but what will her recommendation be? This interview originally aired on Michelle’s Book Club on Brooklands Radio. Hear new author interviews every Thursday afternoon on Brooklands Radio. Listen on DAB across Surrey and West London, through the Brooklands Radio app, on your smart speaker or online. Catch up with more interviews on the  Michelle Ford Interviews  podcast and watch on YouTube at  @michellefordinterviews . Follow on instagram Michelle's instagram @michellefordofficial and the podcast @michellefordinterviewspodcast Publishers & authors:  If you would like to submit a title for consideration for Michelle’s Book Club, please email  michelle@twowomenchatting.com . Follow the show so you never miss an episode, and share it with a friend who could use a little midlife magic. Explore the 'midlife library' at  www.twowomenchatting.com Connect with Michelle at  twowomenchatting@gmail.com  for collaborations, ideas, and comments! Remember to rate, review, and share our show to join the laughter-filled conversation about midlife empowerment and beyond... Follow Michelle on Instagram at @michellefor dofficial or Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Book Club | TM Logan | The Weekend

  Sep 11, 202620 min

  What would you do if you found a backpack containing thousands of pounds in cash? That’s the moral dilemma at the heart of  T.M. Logan’s gripping psychological thriller  The Weekend  - a story about friendship, secrets, temptation and how quickly everything can unravel when money enters the equation. In this episode of  Book Club | Michelle Ford Interviews , I’m joined by Sunday Times bestselling author  T.M. Logan  to talk about his latest thriller,  The Weekend . Six old friends head to a converted farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales for a New Year’s Eve weekend. During a walk, they’re caught in a storm and take shelter in an old lead mine. There, they make an extraordinary discovery: a backpack containing more money than they’ve ever seen. Of course, they know they should hand it straight to the police. But as the storm continues and the weekend unfolds, temptation starts to take hold. Each of the friends has their own problems — debt, obsession, career worries and secrets — and suddenly that seemingly simple decision becomes much more complicated. As cracks begin to appear in the friendships,  The Weekend  becomes a tense exploration of  trust, betrayal, greed, friendship and the choices we make when we think nobody is watching . T.M. Logan is the Sunday Times bestselling author of  The Holiday ,  The Curfew ,  The Catch ,  The Daughter ,  Lies  and  29 Seconds . His thrillers have sold more than three million copies in the UK and have been translated into more than 20 languages.  The Holiday  was selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club and adapted into a four-part television drama, while  The Catch  was also adapted for television. In our conversation, we talk about the fascinating  “what would you do?” dilemma  at the centre of  The Weekend , the psychology of temptation, whether we ever really know our closest friends, and why moral grey areas make such compelling thriller territory. T.M. has said that the idea was inspired partly by his fascination with the choices people make when faced with a difficult moral dilemma - and by thrillers such as Scott Smith’s  A Simple Plan . The Weekend  is out now in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook. ️ About Book Club | Michelle Ford Interviews Book Club | Michelle Ford Interviews  brings you conversations with bestselling authors about their books, the stories behind them and the ideas that make us want to keep turning the pages. The\is interview with T.M. Logan was  first broadcast on Brooklands Radio . If you enjoy psychological thrillers, crime fiction, book recommendations and author interviews, make sure you subscribe to  Michelle Ford Interviews  on your favourite podcast platform and on YouTube - always free. Connect with Michelle Follow Michelle Ford for more author interviews, book recommendations, radio and podcast content, and conversations about books, life, confidence and everything in between. Podcast:  Michelle Ford Interviews YouTube:   @michellefordinterviews #TMLogan #TheWeekend #BookClub #MichelleFordInterviews #PsychologicalThriller #BookRecommendations #AuthorInterview #ThrillerBooks #CrimeFiction #BestsellingAuthor #BookPodcast #NewBooks #BookLovers #ThrillerRecommendations Follow the show so you never miss an episode, and share it with a friend who could use a little midlife magic. Explore the 'midlife library' at  www.twowomenchatting.com Connect with Michelle at  twowomenchatting@gmail.com  for collaborations, ideas, and comments! Remember to rate, review, and share our show to join the laughter-filled conversation about midlife empowerment and beyond... Follow Michelle on Instagram at @michellefor dofficial or Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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