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.
(Mid)Life
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Magnificence in Midlife & Beyond – what we got up to!
A review of the fabulous Magnificence in Midlife & Beyond event held in London on 12 November 2016. The Muttoneers had a blast!
Giving up on celibacy but not God – a journey of faith and being gay
An anonymous writer tells of giving up on celibacy after a long and painful journey, and finally accepting her gay sexuality, with God’s blessing.
What Women Want 2.0 – What Do You Want?
The What Women Want 2.0 survey is seeking a million women to answer the question: what do you want? And so change the world! Have your say!
Beautiful lingerie after breast cancer – Millie Lingerie
Sue Pringle is on a mission to enable women to have gorgeous lingerie after breast cancer. The first prototype from Millie Lingerie is in development.
Our dog love affair. Who needs kids?
Avril Broadley never wanted a child and is delighted her gorgeous dog fills the hole in her life more usually reserved for one.
The Iron Nun at 86. Sister Madonna Buder
The amazing Sister Madonna Buder is still competing in triathlons at 86 years of age. She’s the running, biking, swimming Iron Nun. What’s your excuse?
Building confidence through changing limiting behaviours
Building confidence can be as easy as changing those limiting behaviours that hold you back. Here are some easy tips to help you up your game.
How To Get The Best Orgasm In Midlife & Beyond
How to get the best orgasm, especially as we get older, using imagination, lube, toys and other products to help get us going!
5 Things That Happen When You Start Pilates
Kelly Vero explains how Pilates has transformed her life in her 40s and talks about the changes it has made to her body and self image.