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Health & HappinessFebruary 5, 2018

Healthy Ageing Events

By Jane

My lovely friend Ashlyn Gibson is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to getting things done and bringing interesting people together. She also happens to have one of the loveliest , most stylish homes – so stylish… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 23, 2018

Working through the Menopause

By Jane

Around five years ago – roughly around the same time I started my business, I started feeling anxious. Not just a little bit stressed and uptight, but super anxious, anxious, in a panic attack way, that made me feel like… Read More

Health & HappinessAugust 23, 2015

Suzanne Moore on the menopause

By Jane

For those who didn’t see this brilliant feature on the menopause, written by Suzanne Moore in the New Statesman. Here it is again. One of the most honest and insightful views on the never discussed subject I have read -it… Read More

Health & Happiness, Middle Aged MumAugust 4, 2015

Middleagemum.com: making it through the menopause

By Amanda

There I was, quietly getting on with menopausal life, dressing in easy-to-whip-off layers, learning how to count to 150 before calmly putting down the kitchen knife and not murdering one of my offspring for putting his coffee cup on top… Read More

Health & HappinessFebruary 22, 2015

Weekend Womon: Mariella Frostrup

By Amanda

I’ve just read Mariella’s excellent article in today’s Observer Magazine on ‘Life After 50’ and for this, she gets to be our Weekend Woman. In it she explains what turning 50 was like in terms of her professional life -a… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 11, 2014

Advice for menopausal skin from Stratum C

By Jane

We are always on the look out for skin/hair care that helps our skin look better (we know its not going to change our lives) so when the lovely people from skin care brand Stratum C asked if we would… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 12, 2014

See this: The Rebel Menopause

By Jane

85 year old Therese Clerc thinks “Menopause is when a woman’s life begins,” and reveals her thoughts on ageing as a ‘time of complete freedom’ in the new film Rebel Menopause. Therese is a militant feminist whose passion for politics… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingApril 15, 2014

Toss The Gloss, Beauty Tips, Tricks and Truths for Women of 50+, by Andrea Robinson

By Amanda

I’ve just ordered this from Amazon after reading about it in this excellent article by Bee Shapiro in the New York Times. For anyone with any interest in using cosmetics after 50, it looks a must read. She won me… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 3, 2014

Face creams for menopausal skin, from REN

By Amanda

Being menopausal is sometimes a bit like reliving your teenage years, skin care wise. Forget anti ageing and anti wrinkle, what a lot of us want now is skincare that stops us breaking out in spots and dehydrating to the… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 13, 2014

Menopause Matters

By Jane

Like any phase in our lives, it’s impossible to truly empathise, until you have personally experienced it. You can nod sympathetically at the new mother who is up five times to feed at night, or lend an ear to friends… Read More

Middle Aged MumJanuary 21, 2013

Middleagemum.com: a word or two about diets

By Amanda

I refuse to talk about spring clothes with five inches of snow on the ground so while we are having a momentary fashion pause, I’m going to have a quick middleagemum.com rant about diets in January. Ever since time began,… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 16, 2008

Middleagedmum.com: Is it me or is it hot in here?

By The Womens Room

Its -4 outside and I’m having a personal Summer. I am driving the office mad by opening windows, my husband is sick of sleeping in a room that feels like the Ice Hotel and I look like I should be… Read More