Life Goes On….Mourning Mum
Losing your mum is devastating. Tracey Herring writes movingly about mourning her mother and how she is coping day to day.
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Sensitive Topics To Discuss At End Of Life
The end of life is always hard. But it’s still better to talk about what’s to come. Helen Calder shares her list of topics to discuss with those at the end of life.
How To Enjoy Gigs On Your Own!
Single and enjoy live music? No problem! Here are Suzi Grant’s top tips for how to enjoy gigs on your own. No need to miss out!
How To Find Meaning In Midlife – Following Your Calling
Your career is what you’re paid for, your calling is what you’re made for. How to find meaning and follow your dreams in midlife and beyond.
Fighting Insomnia – How To Sleep Well
Sleep can be a precious commodity especially as we age. Here are top tips to help you battle insomnia and get the rest you need.
On Osteopathy And Midlife
Osteopath Emily Dux writes about her osteopathy practice and how she helps many women in midlife and beyond maintain optimal health.
Dating Tips For Women In Midlife – A Personal Tale
What it’s like dating in midlife and how to get back out on the market and have some fun in the quest to find a new romance.
How To Get Your Libido Back (Would You Rather Just Read A Book?)
By Christine Webber. Women with poor libido often ask if there’s a female equivalent of Viagra. The answer, alas, is ‘no’. But even if…
Top Tips For How To Choose A Nursing Home Or Care Home
Choosing a nursing home or care home for elderly parents can be an emotional task. Here’s a practical list to keep you focused on what needs to be considered.
On Becoming A Midlife Sex Educator – Walker Thornton
Walker Thornton talks about her mission to help older women find the resources and inspiration to live fully expressed sexual lives.
As Good As It Gets? Let’s Hope Not! Mature Love & Sex
We don’t stop falling in love and having sex when we get older, but society doesn’t like to admit that. Gudrun Frerichs says we should celebrate mature love!
The art of tango – rediscovering sensuality in midlife
How Alana Kirk rediscovered her long-buried sensuality learning how to dance tango and finding her inner goddess in Argentina.
Let’s Talk About Midlife Sex
What you still may not know about sex and why talking and learning in midlife is still important for a great sex life long term.
Mature Women And Beauty – It’s Not Reserved For The Young.
Why do we believe beauty is the exclusive domain of youth? Rachel Lankester says we should start appreciating the beauty of mature women in all their glory.
A Year Of Adventure! How To Reclaim Your Own Life
How Mary Mayfield decided to live a year of adventure, recreating her own life rather than borrowing from her now grown-up children’s.
Saying No To Opportunities Even When They Might Be Golden
Vanessa Vinos writes about how she trusted her gut and said no to a potentially golden opportunity!
Finding Purpose Through Adversity – Louise Ennis
How cancer survivor Louise Ennis found purpose through adversity, reinvented herself, took up running and began transforming the lives of other survivors.
Overcoming Infertility and Choosing Adoption
How Elaine Rizzo went through the pain of infertility, to finally experiencing the joy of adopting her daughter Amy from China.
Chemo Summer – an uplifting breast cancer journey
How Jane Hoggar came to write Chemo Summer, a very personal, no-holds-barred account of her chemotherapy experience and breast cancer journey.
millie lingerie – beautiful bras after breast cancer
All about millie lingerie, the company making beautiful bras for women after breast cancer. Supporting and making women feel beautiful again.
Stuck In The Middle – The Sandwich Generation
Alana Kirk writes about her own experience of being in the sandwich generation caring for both her kids and her elderly mother.
On becoming a humanist celebrant for a different kind of funeral
A look at Kate Domaille’s path to becoming a Humanist celebrant in midlife and how a Humanist funeral can be a welcome alternative to a religious one.
The Sandwich Years Review – A Great Read
A review of The Sandwich Years by Alana Kirk, a memoir of the writer’s own experience of looking after small children at the same time as caring for her elderly mother.
Thoughts on feeling invisible in midlife and beyond
Margaret Hart ponders feeling invisible in midlife and beyond, women she knew who certainly weren’t, and how sometimes it can be a good thing.
Make 2017 The Year of Saying YES!
Alana Kirk writes about her plan to make 2017 her year of saying yes – to anything and everything and especially what she’d often say no to.
Where are the midlife women in novels?
Christine Webber, author of Who’d Have Thought It ponders the curious absence of midlife women in novels and how she felt compelled to challenge that.