MIDLIFE BY DESIGN: CURATING YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
Let’s be honest – midlife can feel like one long, unpredictable heatwave even on the coolest days. Between perimenopause, menopause, and the glorious unpredictability of British summers, sleep can quickly become a distant memory. Hot flushes at 2 am. Night sweats leave you tossing and READ MORE…
Menopause is so often spoken about in clinical terms, symptoms to manage, hormones to correct, productivity to preserve. But Kate Codrington, menopause facilitator, author, and speaker, has spent years offering women a radically different lens. One rooted in cycles, seasons, and rites of passage. Rather READ MORE…
Perimenopause and being 48 have stripped away a lot of the noise for me. It’s made me far more honest about what actually supports me and what looks good on paper. When my hormones are all over the place, sleep is hit or miss, and READ MORE…
Menopause is often discussed in terms of symptoms, protocols, and fixes. What’s spoken about far less is the inner terrain, the thoughts we carry, the stories we absorb, and the relationship we have with ourselves as everything begins to shift. Lisa R Triggs, widely known READ MORE…
There are days when I feel deeply steady in my work. Rooted. Clear. Almost unshakeable in my knowing.And then there are days like today. Today wasn’t about being triggered. It wasn’t about insecurity or self-doubt. It was something quieter, sharper. I felt annoyed. The kind READ MORE…
I woke up this morning with a strong pull to write this. The kind you don’t ignore. We talk about perimenopause and menopause as something to dread. And I won’t sugar-coat it; parts of it can feel brutal. I’m 48 now and around three and READ MORE…
It’s day two of my cycle today, and everything feels a little slower, a little heavier, the way it always does. But this morning carried a different kind of weight, a gentler one, a meaningful one. Today was the first day I applied my HRT READ MORE…
Menopause changes many things: our energy, our hormones, our confidence, and, for many women, even our reflection in the mirror. Clothes that once felt effortless suddenly don’t feel like us anymore. That’s where Claire Causton, also known as The Menopause Stylist, steps in. Claire helps READ MORE…
In this week’s episode of Letters from Midlife, Kiran reads a deeply familiar letter from a liste…
Your pantry can be your anchor. A place of stability while the world (and inside you) changes. Seasonality matters. Because what nourishes you in summer may not sustain you in winter, and midlife is full of seasons, physical, emotional, and energetic. Why staples + seasonality READ MORE…
