Episode 79: Letters from Midlife: When Sleep Disappears in Perimenopause
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In this week’s episode of Letters from Midlife, Kiran reads a deeply familiar letter from a liste…
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Midlife, Menopause & Those Hot, Sleepless Nights: How to Actually Cope When It’s All Getting Too Warm
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, turning, READ MORE…
The Ultimate Guide to Menopause and Sleep: How to Reclaim Restful Nights
Menopause is a significant transition in a woman’s life, bringing hormonal changes that can affect nearly every aspect of well-being, including sleep. If you’re finding it harder to get a good night’s rest during menopause, you’re not alone. Sleep disturbances are one of the most READ MORE…
Tips for getting a good night’s sleep
Getting good quality sleep is crucial for maintaining a healthy body and mind. Here are some tips to help you get a better night’s sleep: By implementing these tips, you can improve your sleep quality and wake up feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the READ MORE…
What It Costs You to Stay Where You’ve Outgrown
Sometimes the hardest part of outgrowing something isn’t leaving, it’s admitting you’ve already left… internally. You’re still showing up, still performing competently, still meeting expectations, still doing what you said you would do. But inside, something has quietly detached. You don’t feel inspired. You don’t READ MORE…
What If Your Body Isn’t Behind, Just Becoming Honest?
There’s a particular panic that can creep in during midlife. You catch your reflection in a shop window and hesitate. You feel breathless climbing stairs that never used to bother you. You need more sleep. More protein. More recovery. More boundaries. And somewhere in the READ MORE…
Spring Movement for a Midlife Body That’s Done With Punishment
There was a time when movement, for me, was transactional. I moved to burn, to shrink, to compensate, to earn my dinner. Even when I told myself it was about “health”, there was often a subtle undertone of correction. Tighten this. Fix that. Undo what READ MORE…
Interview with Annie Coleman, Founder of RealiseLongevity
Midlife has a way of telling the truth. Not in a dramatic, blow-up-your-life kind of way, but in that quiet, unmistakable moment where you realise the old way of doing things is no longer sustainable. You can feel it in your body. In your energy. READ MORE…
The IWD Midlife Renaissance: Influential Midlife Women Defining the Next Era
International Women’s Day always makes me pause, not in a performative, hashtag kind of way, but in the quiet way. The kind where you look at your life and realise how many versions of you have existed just to get you here. Midlife has a READ MORE…
Interview with Donna Power, Founder of Meno-Pause
Donna Power has spent years at the intersection of clinical menopause care, workplace policy, and lived reality. Having worked alongside some of the world’s leading menopause clinicians, including helping to establish the Marion Gluck Training Academy to train doctors internationally, she has a deep understanding READ MORE…
