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What's got my attention this week #75

Live chat tonight at 9pm

Look what happens when women take control of TV

Baroness Lola Young on uncovering the truth about her past in her 50s

What's got my attention this week #74

"There's a tipping point for women where the anger penny drops, and they think, WTF?!"

Wise women and midlife reinvention

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It's time to write ourselves a new story

Louise Doughty on the untapped potential of the middle-aged woman

November Bookclub reveal!

What's got my attention this week #72

Notes to my ten years younger self

Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole

Conversations with women (over 40): Annie Macmanus, 46

What's got my attention this week #71

Why do so many women love to be scared?

Catch up with Cathy Rentzenbrink on The Shift Bookclub Live

Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally losing her inhibitions at 62

Conversations with women (over 40): Deborah Harkness, 59

What's got my attention this week #70

What wearing a uniform really looks like

Jane Campbell on reinventing herself at 40 - and again at 80

What's got my attention this week #69

The power of unravelling

Marianne Power on sex, soulmates and living a "good" single life: New podcast alert

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Five years of watching the conversation around menopause change

October Bookclub reveal!

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The unexpected power of the #OOO

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“Men are afraid women will laugh at them, women are afraid men will kill them”

September Bookclub reveal!

Catch up with Catherine Newman on The Shift Bookclub Live

What's got my attention this week #65

When do you stop being two people?

Link for Monday's online bookclub with Catherine Newman

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Conversations with women (over 40): Taffy Brodesser-Akner, 48

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No The Shift newsletter this week

Catch up with Marian Keyes on The Shift Bookclub Live

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Conversations with women (over 40): Maggie Smith, 47

August Bookclub reveal!

LINK for Friday's bookclub with... Marian Keyes!

What's got my attention this week #61

Sticking two fingers up to "shouldn’t"

What's got my attention this week #60

How I found unlikely sanity in soil

New podcast alert: Zandra Rhodes, the legendary fashion designer on ageing uncompromisingly

What's got my attention this week #59

Childless cat ladies (stepmothers or not) of the world unite!

Catch up with Saima Mir on The Shift Bookclub Live

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July Bookclub reveal!

Why I'm shopping my book-wardrobe this summer

What's got my attention this week #57

Why do we still have so much trouble talking about money?

What's got my attention this week #56

The illicit joy of bunking off

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Conversations with women (over 40): Isabel Allende, 81

What's got my attention this week #54

At 57 I'm suddenly part of a gang

June Bookclub reveal!

What's got my attention this week #53

Things I think about when I'm meant to be working

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The picture that prompted a life change

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Books to help you traverse the tricky middle

Conversations with women (over 40): Miranda July, 50

What's got my attention this week #50

The sad truth is we (almost) all still want to lose 7 (or 10) lbs

What are your sanity-saving tips?

Catch up with Eleni Kyriacou on The Shift Bookclub Live

What's got my attention this week #49

Clover Stroud on home, belonging and learning to let go

What's got my attention this week #48

What the hell is "ageing appropriately"?

What's got my attention this week #47

So many books and nothing to read?

What's got my attention this week #46

Is silence holding you back?

What's got my attention this week #45

All* of my friends are ending their marriages

Catch up with Emily Howes on The Shift Bookclub Live

April Bookclub reveal

What's got my attention this week #44

Conversations with women (over 40): author Helen Garner, 81

What's got my attention this week #43

The time, life and brain-space-saving power of a uniform

A bank holiday bonanza of things to read, watch & listen to this weekend

What's got my attention this week #42

Why would you miss the “male gaze”, when all it does is find us wanting?

Conversations with women (over 40): no longer Accidental Icon, Lyn Slater

What's got my attention this week #41

Nahid De Belgeonne on tackling a midlife identity crisis

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March Bookclub reveal

Catch up with Jennie Godfrey on The Shift Bookclub Live

Why do I put so much faith in moisturiser?

What's got my attention this week #39

The kindness of other women

What's got my attention this week #38

One Day, Tracy Chapman and why we're obsessed with looking back

Your weekly links and recs round-up #37

Araminta Hall on living post-MeToo

An intro to The Shift with Sam Baker podcast

Your weekly links and recs round-up #36

Have you hit peak ENOUGH?

Catch up with Araminta Hall on The Shift Bookclub Live

What's got my attention this week #35

How to break out of a dark months reading slump

February Bookclub reveal

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How to determine your own value

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"Fighting insomnia is exhausting. I decided to embrace it"

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Time travelling (with coffee and buns)

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Do you need to reinvent – or should you just cut yourself some slack?