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Spring Season Produce

Spring Season Produce

What’s in season will somewhat depend on where you live. But here is a list of some key foods coming into the season as winter is thawing and temperatures are warming.  March Artichoke, Beetroot, Cabbage, Carrots, Chicory, Cucumber, Leeks, Parsnip, Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Radishes, Rhubarb, READ MORE…

Spring Cleaning Your Home

Spring Cleaning Your Home

With spring upon us and summer just around the corner, it’s time to turn your attention to the unloved parts of your home. While the winter holds its icy grip on your house, the garden tends to fall victim to neglect. Room by Room Spring Cleaning Checklist Hallway Dust lighting fixtures. READ MORE…

What’s Your Vision for Spring Season?

What’s Your Vision for Spring Season?

I’ve never used to have a super detailed plan for my life in my younger days, I was brought up with the vision that once I finish my education, I’ll get married, settle down, raise a family and be a home-maker alongside working in a READ MORE…

The Art of Winter Reflection: Journaling and Soul Work in Midlife

The Art of Winter Reflection: Journaling and Soul Work in Midlife

I’ve always felt that winter holds a certain kind of magic. Not the Christmas-movie kind with shiny lights and matching pyjamas, but a quieter, deeper magic. The kind that arrives once the decorations are put away, when the mornings are pale and still, and the READ MORE…

Designing a Kitchen That Supports the Woman I Am Now

Designing a Kitchen That Supports the Woman I Am Now

My kitchen has always been more than a place to cook, but in midlife, it has become something else entirely. It’s become a sanctuary. A space where my nervous system softens, where my body feels supported, where nourishment begins long before a meal is made. READ MORE…

January: A Soft Dawn, A Fresh Page

January: A Soft Dawn, A Fresh Page

January feels like a hush. The festive sparkle fades, the year ahead stretches out blank, and nature itself seems paused. But within that pause is a possibility, a fresh page inviting us to slow down, reflect, and choose what we carry forward. For women in READ MORE…

MIDLIFE BY DESIGN MAGAZINE

MIDLIFE BY DESIGN MAGAZINE

A Seasonal Magazine for Midlife Women, Designed to be Returned to Slowly. { The Spring Edit arrives on 1st March 2026: A Space to Become Visible to Yourself, Slowly and Thoughtfully. } COMING SOON Becoming Visible to Yourself { 1ST OF MARCH 2026 } Becoming READ MORE…

Perimenopause Didn’t Break Me. It Woke Me Up

Perimenopause Didn’t Break Me. It Woke Me Up

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…

Closing the Chapter: A Midlife Woman’s Guide to End of Year Reflection

Closing the Chapter: A Midlife Woman’s Guide to End of Year Reflection

Every December, I find myself with a notebook in hand, candle lit, and a cup of tea by my side. It’s become a ritual, my way of honouring the year that’s passed before rushing into the one ahead. But it wasn’t always like this. For READ MORE…

When I Finally Chose to Begin Exactly Where I Was

When I Finally Chose to Begin Exactly Where I Was

Lately, I’ve been sitting with this quiet realisation that keeps tapping me on the shoulder: one day, I will thank myself for starting exactly where I was. Not improved. Not perfected. Not fully healed or fully ready. Just here, in all my truth, my weariness, READ MORE…