{"id":2207505,"date":"2025-12-21T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2207505"},"modified":"2025-12-21T13:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T13:05:07","slug":"zoe-ball-and-jo-whiley-debate-whether-women-ever-reach-the-stage-of-fewer-cares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/zoe-ball-and-jo-whiley-debate-whether-women-ever-reach-the-stage-of-fewer-cares\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley debate whether women ever reach the stage of fewer cares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"70549037-c23a-4002-afa2-8339fcc3bae5\">Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley&#8217;s excellent <em>Dig It<\/em> podcast is certainly a welcoming and informative place for midlife women in need of some solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>The amiable pair, whom many will have watched and listened to growing up, cover so many poignant and relevant topics.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"70549037-c23a-4002-afa2-8339fcc3bae5-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Jo has opened up about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/jo-whiley-caring-for-elderly-parents-at-christmas\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/jo-whiley-caring-for-elderly-parents-at-christmas\/\">caring for elderly parents<\/a> and her thoughts on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/jo-whiley-hrt-menopause\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/jo-whiley-hrt-menopause\/\">HRT<\/a>, while Zoe&#8217;s account of facing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/zoe-ball-christmas-without-mum-ways-to-honour-loved-ones\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/zoe-ball-christmas-without-mum-ways-to-honour-loved-ones\/\">Christmas without her mum<\/a> was so raw and moving.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t before:border-solid&#10;font-article-heading pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333] flex custom-thumbnail-list-styles\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">During a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1623315&amp;xcust=womanandhome_gb_9247708104830900302&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fdo-we-really-give-fewer-f-ks-with-age%2Fid1825368127%3Fi%3D1000741627372&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.womanandhome.com%2Flife%2Fnews-entertainment%2Fzoe-ball-jo-whiley-debate-women-fewer-cares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/do-we-really-give-fewer-f-ks-with-age\/id1825368127?i=1000741627372\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"skimlinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1623315&amp;xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fdo-we-really-give-fewer-f-ks-with-age%2Fid1825368127%3Fi%3D1000741627372&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.womanandhome.com%2Flife%2Fnews-entertainment%2Fzoe-ball-jo-whiley-debate-women-fewer-cares\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">recent episode<\/a>, the iconic pair debated whether women ever really reach the stage of having fewer cares, or if this is just something of myth and legend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Kicking off, Zoe says, &#8220;There&#8217;s this whole subject that as you get older, you get a bit more &#8216;f*** it,&#8217; and you stop worrying about things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">She adds, &#8220;There&#8217;s been quite a few articles about &#8216;yes, you give less f**** as you get older,&#8217; and I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">She wonders whether you stop caring about some things that concerned you when you were young, but other things just step in and replace those worries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-J4vqQFpaRoLNvo5xfGNB7J\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-J4vqQFpaRoLNvo5xfGNB7J slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to our free daily email for the latest royal and entertainment news, interesting opinion, expert advice on styling and beauty trends, and no-nonsense guides to the health and wellness questions you want answered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">She explains that &#8220;as you come through menopause,&#8221; she hopes there&#8217;s a stage where you no longer care about how you look or how life is, and just let it all go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Jo disagrees that this stage ever existed, or can be reached. &#8220;I think it just gets harder,&#8221; she says of life, adding, &#8220;you then have your children who have so many issues that you&#8217;re trying to help them with, and you have your parents &#8211; I can&#8217;t see an end to it to be honest with you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"b75ab2af-c95b-4ba7-b3f9-d50c7663958e\">Jo adds, &#8220;I can only see a time where you&#8217;re supporting everyone around you, always,&#8221; which must be the reality for a lot of women.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t before:border-solid&#10;font-article-heading pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333] flex custom-thumbnail-list-styles\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Life is hard and painful, and has lots and lots of issues. You just have to deal with it and get through things,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t see that there&#8217;s this magical rainbow moment where you go, &#8216;this is glorious, this is wonderful!,'&#8221; Jo tells Zoe.<\/p>\n<p>Jo believes that the peak time for zero cares is in your 20s &#8211; you just don&#8217;t know it then. However, there is a distinction between having zero cares about things such as ageing, weight, and what you&#8217;re wearing, and literally having none at all.<\/p>\n<p>It might be possible to let go of cares about physical appearance, which is something that&#8217;s easier to control than external factors impacting your ability to have no cares &#8211; parents, children and other things demanding your attention can&#8217;t be cast aside.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"zfMvocG3lLw\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-zfMvocG3lLw\" data-yt-video-token=\"zfMvocG3lLw\" title=\"Do We Really Care Less As We Get Older? - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Do We Really Care Less As We Get Older? &#8211; YouTube<\/span><br \/>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"play-button\" viewbox=\"0 0 234.67 165.33\"><path fill=\"red\" d=\"M229.763 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