Walking This Way

In this episode of Walking This Way, Lise is joined by Tallulah Bamford (nee O'Hea), founder of The Body Conversation, for an open, thoughtful and deeply compassionate discussion about body image, body awareness and how our relationship with our bodies evolves across a lifetime.

This conversation moves beyond surface-level body confidence and into something much richer: how early messages about bodies shape us, how those messages linger into midlife, and how awareness - rather than judgement - can be a powerful place to begin healing.
Tallulah brings insight from her work with people of all ages, from school settings through to coaching midlife women, offering a rare intergenerational perspective on how body image is formed, challenged and reshaped.

In this episode, Lise and Tallulah explore:
  • How body image conversations often begin far earlier than we realise
  • The long-term impact of language, messaging and comparison
  • Why midlife can resurface old beliefs about bodies, and why that matters
  • The difference between body image and body awareness
  • How to reconnect with your body in a way that feels safe and supportive
  • Why neutrality and curiosity can be more powerful than forced positivity
  • How we can model healthier body conversations for the next generation
This is a gentle but important reminder that our bodies are not projects to be fixed, they are places we live, experience joy, navigate change and carry wisdom.

About Tallulah
Tallulah Bamford is the founder of The Body Conversation, working across generations to open up honest, supportive conversations about body image and body awareness. She works in schools as well as with adults and midlife women, helping people reconnect with their bodies in healthier, more compassionate ways.

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Produced by The Good Studio - thegoodstudio.co.uk

Creators and Guests

Host
Lise Thorne
Host of Walking This Way and champion of midlife women
Producer
Tim Beynon
Podcast producer and Founder of The Good Studio

What is Walking This Way?

Welcome to Walking This Way - the upfront, no-nonsense podcast about midlife for women who are done with pretending it’s all fine.

Join Lise Thorne for honest conversations, unfiltered stories and a good dose of humour as she explores what it really means to be a woman in midlife - from shifting priorities and changing bodies to rediscovering joy, purpose and self.

Real talk. Real women. Real midlife.

Because this isn’t about surviving midlife - it’s about walking it your way.

Walking This Way is produced by The Good Studio.