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Life on the B Side

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

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Episode 29: Class of 2025 – Lessons I have Learned as...

Life on the B Side ·

2025/06/18

Just because school’s out doesn’t mean we don’t keep learning a thing or two.What a f*cking ramble this is! It’s been like a parent therapy session for me :) The ‘lessons’ and observations in here apply to school life whether your child has just finished formal education or they’re just starting out. TBH they probably apply beyond the school years so if you wanna hear someone chatter on about catholic convent school in the 80s and 90s, modern creative way kids can torture each other and how there

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30:53

Episode 28: A Tale from the A-Side...Stories from the...

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2025/06/09

What do a broken penis, a bad acid trip and a gun have in common?Answer is they are all stories from one 6-month house-share. These are absolute A-side stories because I’m not sure my B-side brain could cope with this level of drama these days. There are definitely some lessons to be learned from these events but some took longer than others to sink in. Still, they’re great ice breakers I guess…

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Episode 27: My Fashion Sense Has Left the Chat:...

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2025/06/03

There was a time I had a look. I was styled, curated, possibly even iconic (in my own head). But now? My wardrobe won’t return my calls.In this episode, I’m digging through my style history — from the fashion highs of the 90s to the current-day chaos of not knowing what to wear... at all. Was there a peak? Did I miss it? And what do you do when your clothes no longer feel like you? If you’ve ever stood in front of your wardrobe and wondered what happened to your once-glorious fashion intuition —

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Episode 26: Things I miss from the 80s and 90s

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2025/05/27

This week on Life on the B Side, I’m taking a nostalgic trip back to the 80s and 90s — the mixtape years where we learned about patience and the lost art of just being bored.Join me as I share three things I genuinely miss from those decades, and why they still echo in my life today. Whether you grew up in that era or just love a bit of retro comfort, this episode is a warm, reflective journey to things being a lot bloody simpler!

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Episode 25: It’s a Small World Charlie Brown, and it...

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2025/05/20

Is it just me, or does life start to feel... compact as we get older? Not in a minimalist, Zen kind of way — more like, “When did my idea of a big night out become a garden centre café and a browse in B&M?”As the world quietly shrinks — fewer last-minute adventures, more “meh, it’s too far” — I’m wondering: am I being charmed into becoming a local lifer? Or is there a chance that the next phase of life might actually expand my world again? Maybe I’m ready to rediscover the city (and myself) —

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Episode 24: Success on the B Side - Part 2: Beware...

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2025/05/13

It’s really easy to let encouraging and supporting your child to reach their potential turn into living through them and their achievements. In doing so you can end up claiming victory for yourself while your child is left pursuing a dream that is no longer theirs.But don’t panic! It’s never too late to let that inner child out to play…

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20:32

Episode 23: Success on the B Side - Part One:...

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2025/05/06

You don’t get to this age without the odd look around to see how successful you are in comparison to others.But wait! Should we really be measuring our life’s success in monetary value and volume of possessions? Even if you think you should have been more ‘successful’ in life by now (whatever that means), there is still plenty of time for some personal bests…

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23:34

Episode 22: Things About Being an Adult That Are Not...

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2025/04/29

PART ONE: Getting Your Timing RightFrom talking to teenagers, sliding doors moments and bank robberies. Adulting is all about timing. And that’s not sexy. Or fun.

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27:35

Episode 21: You are here. But where are you going?...

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2025/04/10

While this episode started off under the guise of being about GCSEs and real-life work experience, it ended up using the phrase ‘faecal chatter’ more than once.All I can do is apologise for this one.

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28:24

Episode 18: C*ke Sniffing Exes, Mouldy Holiday...

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2025/04/03

We all chase a dream – the dream life, the dream bod, the dream relationship, the dream bank balance! And in pursuit of these goals, we invest HEAVILY. We invest our money, our energy and our time. But sometimes the goal shifts or it just gets trickier to attain, and the amount we have already invested becomes a dead weight, anchoring us to the spot, to the dream.“If you stop now you’ll have lost all that time / money / energy…” News flash! It’s already gone regardless of whether you hit your

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Episode 19: Factory Reset Friends: What they are and...

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2025/03/27

There’s a saying - "What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while". But sometimes, what you do once in a while can have a profound effect on what you do every day.It can be hard to reset yourself but if you’re lucky enough, you might have a Factory Reset Friend who comes along and pushes the right buttons to get you back to what was normal before normal was this. Make sense? It will.

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Episode 18: Moments of Disconnect: Uncertainty, going...

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2025/03/20

Moments of disconnect happen to everyone, right?Join Maria as she takes on a little exercise to identify why she can’t create a vision for her life and what the biggest barrier to discovering her purpose is. The 5 why’s exercise: https://www.oakland.edu/Assets/upload/docs/Pawley/Lean-Enrichment-Activities/LEA---5-Whys.pdf Good ol’ Bob Proctor for a bit of woo woo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3w4OIypyneo&t=0s

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Episode 17: Midlife: Crisis or Rebrand? Some dos and...

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2025/03/12

Once the journey into midlife gets underway, one town you might visit is Crisis-ville. It’s situated somewhere near Parent Village and Invisibility Central.Navigating your way through Crisis-ville isn’t as tricky as you might think though. Just remember, that YOU are your map. And if you change yourself entirely en route, you are 100% bound to get lost.

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Episode 16: Five Subtle Signs You’re Living Life on...

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2025/03/07

Show name change! Why?Because I refuse to talk to myself, or a wall. Because actually, this is just Life on B Side. And some B sides have been known to be better than the A sides. Not sure if you’re on the B Side? Well, if you know what a B Side is then tag, you’re it. But just in case, here’s 5 subtle clues to help you recognise your B Side status. You’re welcome :)

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Episode 15: The 3 things that prove I am a bad...

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2025/02/18

There’s not much I don’t feeling guilty about.Being a sh*tty daughter is near the top of the list though. I’m not always sh*tty. Only when it matters. And just when I learned to live with the weird warmth of accepting that I could have done better, my Dads diligent note-taking came back to haunt me...

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Episode 14: All You Need Is Love…plus maybe these 10...

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2025/02/12

ME: Valentine’s Day is utter horseshit, yes? Can we agree on that?THEM: OK, so what’s really important in a long-term relationship? ME: Earplugs, distance, a good solicitor? THEM: *unimpressed* ME: OK, so after 20 years of marriage, here’s what I think…

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Episode 13: Why the f*ck do I say sorry all the time?...

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2025/02/06

When Maria finds herself apologising to food, it sparks a few questions…Why do we say sorry so much? How do our past experiences of apologising shape why we say sorry? And why, oh why, did she apologise for her boobs and a work colleague’s punctured testicle?

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35:57

Episode 12: Why the f*ck are the small things in life...

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2025/01/28

Lists, lists and more lists. Apple watch notifications.And the world’s most annoying app. The constant stream of tiny things to do, questions to answer and general background noise can be a f*cking nightmare… Send help! (Here’s a link to a bunch of suggestions on how to handle ‘overwhelm’:https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/01/make-a-much-shorter-to-do-list-15-quick-simple-ways-to-avoid-overwhelm Please Note: I haven’t tried any of these….yet)

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35:29

Episode 11: How do you know when to quit?

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2025/01/16

It might be a New Year thing or an age thing, but quitting things is definitely a topic of discussion at the moment.Maria looks at how you know when it’s time to quit something and how it’s better to reframe the decision for the positive.

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Episode 10: The Dating Game: A Quick Guide to the...

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2025/01/08

Maria has unlocked a new level of parenting – guiding your children through their first broken hearts.Listen as Maria examines her own break up CV (she has plenty of experience) and provides her guide as to how she sees the new rules for today’s dating game. Good luck kids! This game is getting more complicated every day...

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