MIDLIFE BY DESIGN: CURATING YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
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…
In this episode of Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter, I’m talking about the in-betwee…
Over-explaining is one of those habits that looks like communication, but often comes from fear. Fear of being misunderstood. Fear of being seen as difficult. Fear of someone being disappointed. Fear of someone thinking you’re selfish, cold, too much, not enough. So we pad the READ MORE…
For most of my adult life, I was “good” at managing my health: I tracked, I planned, I adjusted, I controlled. On paper, it looked responsible. Disciplined. Together. But if I’m honest? It was tense. There was always something to optimise. Something to tighten. Something READ MORE…
There’s a quiet moment that happens sometimes when you’re standing in your own kitchen, the kettle’s on, there are crumbs on the counter, a laundry basket is judging you from the corner like it pays rent, you’re wearing the same leggings you swore you’d stop READ MORE…
April is the month of emergence. After months of dormancy, the earth bursts alive; blossoms open, birds sing louder, colours return. There’s freshness in the air, a sense of movement, of becoming. For us in midlife, April can be both energising and overwhelming: the pressure READ MORE…
Spring has a way of revealing things, not in a harsh, exposing way, but more like… a curtain being pulled back. The light returns, and suddenly you can see what you’ve been living with in dim lighting: a life that looks fine from a distance, READ MORE…
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…
Let’s just say it: A lot of women in midlife don’t struggle to find pleasure. They struggle to allow it. We know what we enjoy, we know what would feel good, we know what would soften us, nourish us, bring us back to ourselves, but READ MORE…
In this special Podcasthonepisode of Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter, I’m exp…
