Archive - The Shift With Sam Baker

All* of my friends are ending their marriages

I'm pretty sure I know why

Apr 18, 2024 •

The picture that prompted a life change

I hate this photograph, but I owe it an enormous debt

Jun 6, 2024 •

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?

Apr 3 •

"Women of a certain age" are full of rage and sick of everyone's shit

As British TV presenter Gregg Wallace has discovered

Dec 5, 2024 •

“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)

Sep 12, 2024 •

When do you stop being two people?

And, equally, when did you start?

Sep 5, 2024 •

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…

Oct 3, 2024 •

When your job is your identity, what's left when you leave it?

It's taken me ten years to find the answer

Nov 2, 2023 •

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

Apr 4, 2024 •

30 things women over 40 want you to know

Talking to each other is just the first step

Jun 5 •

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?

Jan 4, 2024 •

Notes to my ten years younger self

Apologies if this sounds like I’ve eaten a Pinterest board. There's wisdom on them there boards!

Oct 31, 2024 •

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