For the September issue, Prima caught up with fashion model and TV broadcaster Lisa Snowdon to chat about everything from her aspirations for a new TV gig to how her health has affected her career in her fifties.
Speaking openly about her experience with the menopause, the This Morning presenter shared how much the hormonal changes she’s experienced have affected her professionally, “At the height of my menopause, anxiety really impacted my work. My confidence was at rock bottom and I was having panic attacks thinking, ‘I can’t do my job.’ My mind was playing tricks on me. One time, I had a hosting job in front of 1,000 people, all in the industry, and I had panic attacks, thinking, ‘How do I get out of it?’ It messed with my head, I lost myself. There were jobs I turned down that I should’ve done, but I can’t dwell on it,” she explains.
And it wasn’t just Lisa’s professional life the menopause affected, with the hormonal change affecting her relationship with alcohol, too. “I found that wine would trigger rages for me,” she shares. “I used to get so angry after a few glasses. All of a sudden, I’d turn into the devil and I had no idea why. I felt groggy and heavy and I didn’t sleep. Now, I have much less alcohol. I’m not going to deny myself, but it’s about balance,”.
Yet despite it’s difficult moments, Lisa is still resolute about embracing her exciting next life chapter, including still having fun with fashion in her fifties, “Dressing ‘for your age’? I hate that concept. ‘Oh, is it age appropriate?’ Yes, it is! If you like it and you feel good in it, absolutely wear it. Society has got all these rules for us. Rip up the rule book, I say.”
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The former Britain’s Next Top Model host also discussed details about the type of television job she hopes to do next, “I would love another big TV presenting gig,” she reveals, “Taking part in Strictly was such fun, and I would have jumped at the chance to be a new presenter, but that didn’t come up for me. I’d like to do a show offering midlife makeovers for everyone – it’s not just women that come to a crossroads in their life, men do, too. Something that speaks to my soul, that helps people not just dress in a different way, but also live in a different way.”
Her desire to show the positives of midlife come from her own personal experience, with the 54 year-old telling Prima she’s feeling great about the future, “I see this time in my life as a new chapter. It’s important to reframe aging in a more positive way. It takes time for that readjustment to happen, but now I’m in this powerful place where it’s about, ‘What do I want? What do I need?’ I don’t have children, so it’s easier for me than mums juggling teenage children, but it’s a powerful time for us to reconnect with ourselves and make big life changes. It’s the second spring,” she reveals.
Prima’s September issue, with Lisa’s full interview, is on sale now.
