Skip to content
HeyJared

Life's What You Make it

There are challenges as we grow older but there is also wisdom and opportunity to thrive and not fade into the background in later life. Join Valerie and Trish as they chat openly and honestly about reinvention, possibility and making the best of life you have.

Podcast · By Geal Productions · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
12
Latest publication
Sep 24, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Jul 9, 2026

Latest episodes

  1. Episode · Sep 24, 2026

    Episode 27 (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    This week, Valerie tells Trish about touring Spain in a thirty year old two seater and getting clamped on the first day, despite which they agree that the best holidays involved a bit of the unexpected and off the beaten track.

  2. Episode · Sep 17, 2026

    Episode 26 (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

    Read excerpt

    Farmer, beekeeper, researcher, and educator and all around glass half full force of nature Ailbhe Gerrard is the driving force behind Brookfield Farm, a family-run enterprise near Lough Derg in North Tipperary. Sharing words of wisdom, a healthy dose of iconoclasm and plenty of fun, she is Trish and Val's guest this week,

  3. Episode · Sep 10, 2026

    Episode 25 (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    The power of making a list, valuing your work and your worth and listening to your heart when looking at art are on the agenda today with the inimitable Trish and Val.

  4. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    Episode 24 (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    Among the many topics on todays menu are comte, raclette, fondu and blue - yes, it's the joy of cheese from the humble toastie to Welsh rabbit. And Trish talks about the joys of painting in the outdoors.

  5. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    Episode 23 (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    As the nights just begin to draw in, Trish and Val discuss the joys of night-classes - learning something new, meeting new people and, perhaps, meeting and learning the unexpected about a former partner!

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Not enough subject data for this period yet.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Life's What You Make it