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All* of my friends are ending their marriages
I'm pretty sure I know why
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The picture that prompted a life change
I hate this photograph, but I owe it an enormous debt
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Why do some marriages last, when others don't?
Thirty two years ago, I said "I do". That's an inconceivably long time. How come we're still here?
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"Women of a certain age" are full of rage and sick of everyone's shit
As British TV presenter Gregg Wallace has discovered
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“Men are afraid women will laugh at them, women are afraid men will kill them”
A personal story. (I guess I should add a content warning here. But that would mean putting one on many women’s lives)
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When do you stop being two people?
And, equally, when did you start?
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Five years of watching the menopause conversation change
In 2019 I had an idea for a book about perimenopause and midlife – (almost all) publishers told me no one was interested in middle-aged women. This week…
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When your job is your identity, what's left when you leave it?
It's taken me ten years to find the answer
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The time, life and brain-space-saving power of a uniform
How to always have something to wear for who you want to be today
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30 things women over 40 want you to know
Talking to each other is just the first step
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Do you need to reinvent – or should you just cut yourself some slack?
Reinvention is the buzz word of 2024 resolution season. But is it just another way of making us feel inadequate?
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It's time to write ourselves a new story
Where to start when there are no words
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