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Conversations with women (over 40)

Baroness Lola Young on uncovering the truth about her past in her 50s
"Not having wrinkles isn't some kind of achievement"
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"There's a tipping point for women where the anger penny drops, and they think, WTF?!"
Women aren't just angry, they're downright bloody furious. So now seems like a good time to chat to a woman who knows why – and what we can do about it…
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Louise Doughty on the untapped potential of the middle-aged woman
"To me the rewards of getting older hugely outweigh the debits of it. I've never been happier than I am now."
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Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole
"I think there's a build up of disruptive energy and you can either see that as a good thing and channel it – or you can burn the house down!"
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Conversations with women (over 40): Annie Macmanus, 46
"I do feel that I don't know who I'm going to be and that's really exciting. I want to be as open to change as possible. And I want to keep surprising…
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Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally losing her inhibitions at 62
"I can't envisage going grey, my soul is blonde"
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Conversations with women (over 40): Deborah Harkness, 59
"A lot of people have a troubling and destructive midlife crisis. I wrote a vampire novel and it's really opened up my life in ways I could never have…
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Jane Campbell on reinventing herself at 40 - and again at 80
"I work quite hard at being formidable, at being a difficult, arsey woman!"
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Marianne Power on sex, soulmates and living a "good" single life: New podcast alert
"Sex is not a reward for being young and hot!"
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Conversations with women (over 40): Taffy Brodesser-Akner, 48
"I can't believe how everybody taught me to be afraid of middle age. I wish I could have started in it. My whole life would have been so much better."
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Conversations with women (over 40): Maggie Smith, 47
"We think of what happens in midlife as a crisis, but I think it's the opposite, more of a recovery or a return... It's like a reappearing act."
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Conversations with women (over 40): Isabel Allende, 81
"You better train because old age is not for sissies. Be out there, work, be of service, be active, be curious, have purpose, engage, love, take risks…
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