# Penny Lancaster on overcoming childhood trauma, reinventing yourself in your 50s and being Mrs Rod Stewart Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/postcards-from-midlife-103003/penny-lancaster-on-overcoming-childhood-trauma-reinventing-yourself-in-your-50s-and-being-mrs-rod-stewart Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/postcards-from-midlife-103003/penny-lancaster-on-overcoming-childhood-trauma-reinventing-yourself-in-your-50s-and-being-mrs-rod-stewart.md Podcast: [Postcards From Midlife](https://stenobird.com/podcast/postcards-from-midlife-103003) Published: 2025-09-28T01:56:41+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/postcardsfrommidlife/episodes/penny-lancaster-on-overcoming-childhood-trauma-reinventing-y Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/postcardsfrommidlife/e/68d895d9acc34956e60061f6/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/postcards-from-midlife-103003/episodes/penny-lancaster-on-overcoming-childhood-trauma-reinventing-yourself-in-your-50s-and-being-mrs-rod-stewart Duration seconds: 3118 ## Resource In a funny, frank & fascinating interview, model, TV presenter & Special Police Constable Penny Lancaster tells Trish & Lorraine about her roller coaster, rock n roll life - from the glitz & jet set glamour of being Mrs Rod Stewart, to the everyday practicalities of making a blended family work, the emotional resilience she drew on to get through three rounds of IVF, and why she thought she was having a breakdown in perimenopause. Penny also opens up about the childhood assault that haunts her and what really happened behind the scenes with Greg Wallace on Masterchef. Plus Penny’s advice on coping with midlife weight gain and why she sees her severe dyslexia as a superpower. Extra: it's the autumn book club - our pick of the best titles for your reading list! Handy links Contact us:  hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Follow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlife Join our private Facebook Group  here    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/postcards-from-midlife-103003/episodes/penny-lancaster-on-overcoming-childhood-trauma-reinventing-yourself-in-your-50s-and-being-mrs-rod-stewart/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/postcards-from-midlife-103003/penny-lancaster-on-overcoming-childhood-trauma-reinventing-yourself-in-your-50s-and-being-mrs-rod-stewart.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.