Summary
Overview
Jo and Zoe catch up on their recent adventures, from swimming escapades to family celebrations and weddings. They dive into wedding etiquette debates, discuss the spectacular rose season in their gardens, share music recommendations, and get candid about the challenges of being the sandwich generation caring for aging parents while supporting their children.
Personal Updates and Life's Juggling Acts
Jo opens from her new studio space in a stable block while Zoe recounts her active week including DJing at Chelsea Flower Show and outdoor swimming. The conversation shifts to heavier topics as Jo discusses navigating her parents' health challenges - her mum's post-operation recovery, her dad's Parkinson's disease, and her sister France's hearing loss. This vulnerable sharing highlights the reality of being in the sandwich generation, managing family needs while maintaining their own wellbeing.
- Jo has relocated to a new studio in a stable block that was previously used by her daughter India
- Zoe DJed at Chelsea Flower Show where people were bouncing alliums in the air while she played
- Jo's father has Parkinson's disease and distinguishing what's the illness versus his personality is challenging
- Jo's sister France is experiencing severe hearing loss to the point of being almost deaf
- Swimming and talking are Jo's coping mechanisms for dealing with family stress
" When you've got hands on everything and then something comes along, it's a curveball, and you're like, oh, God, I don't know how to deal with this. "
Letting Go of Bucket List Items
The conversation takes a liberating turn as they discuss accepting which life experiences they'll never pursue. They bond over realizing it's okay to cross things off the bucket list rather than constantly adding to it. This leads to humorous revelations about their limits with heights, roller coasters, and various physical activities that their bodies simply won't cooperate with anymore.
- Jo has decided she will never swim the English Channel and is okay with that realization
- Zoe can't do tequila shots anymore and has accepted this limitation
- Jo is terrified of heights and couldn't abseil even from just three floors up
- Despite her fear of heights, Jo has jumped out of planes twice - once with Keith Chegwin for the Big Breakfast
" As you get older, these things that you come to an acceptance of, I'm never going to do that in my life. And that's OK. "
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