Say YES to life
In the middle of our journey, there’s a moment when life asks us directly: "Will you leap?" This isn’t about grand gestures or big risks—it’s…
Midlife Women: The Untapped Goldmine in Advertising
Imagine a demographic that controls nearly half of the UK's wealth, experiences life with unprecedented diversity, and yet feels largely ignored by the very industry…
Where Are All the Wonder Women? My Quest for Midlife Role Models
Have you ever noticed how many role models we have as young girls – the astronauts, the pop stars, the fictional heroines who slay dragons…
Decoding Your Husband’s Midlife Crisis: It’s Not Just About the Red Sports Car (and How to Help)
A midlife crisis can feel like a hurricane hitting your marriage. But guess what? Sometimes women (and the menopause rage) are not the only ones…
Will you be the next 2023 Forbes ’50 Over 50′ woman?
Success has no age limit. Rather than just hanging on, experience and wisdom nowadays in midlife mean our most productive days are in front of us.…
7 Books So Powerful They Can Change Your Midlife
With thousands of books published every week, sometimes it's difficult for many of us to decide which one to pick up. That's especially true when…
Change, Evolve, Enjoy, Repeat! | Midlife Confidential – Episode 4
How can we release the past and get unstuck? How can we finally move on? If you are a middle-aged woman searching for some clarity,…
Money, Business & Midlife Power | Midlife Confidential – Episode 3
How can we improve our relationship with money? Is there a way to avoid a financial 'midlife' crisis? Is midlife the right time to reboot a career? How can we find motivation and then stick…
Where Has My Sex Appeal Gone? | Midlife Confidential – Episode 2
The best-kept secret about today's mature woman is that once she has outgrown the proscriptions to be a good girl, she may allow herself a…
Nothing can stop the midlife revolution! | Midlife Confidential – Episode 1
Enjoy the first episode of Midlife Confidential, the Virtual Parlour for Women Over 40. Join our chief editor, Michela Di Carlo, for a lovely chat with such a fantastic bunch of…
Are You A Female Midster?
What do Susan Sarandon, Helen Mirren, Tilda Swinton and Patti Smith have in common? They are all Midsters. Born between 1960 and 1980, Midsters are…
Meeting the Gen X
Savvy, sceptical and self-reliant: we are the Gen Xers. Aged 38 to 53, we are those ones able to reinvent our identity shaking off stereotypes…
The Late Bloomer Factor
Prodigies are easy. They advertise their genius from the early beginning. Late bloomers are hard. They require tolerance, self-control and blind faith. A surprising number…
When Barbie turns 60
She is 60 this year and still doesn’t have a single wrinkle. Blonde or brunette, slender or curvy, black or white, princess or president, Barbie…
FOMO, JOMO and other stories
Feeling anxious about missing out on something or that other people are having more fun than you? Are you always hyper-connected to keep up with…
Cracking the Code of Ageing
All around the world, people are trying to avoid what they consider one of the most worrying conditions of their life: ageing. Why? What's so…
Surfing on the Happiness Curve
Life may begin at 40, but the fun really starts at 50. In the meantime, we all experience a self-eating spiral of discontent. It's not…