Changing Career After The Menopause: Embracing New Opportunities
The menopause is a significant milestone in our lives. It marks the end of our reproductive years and signifies the beginning of a new phase. During this transition, many…
Embracing The Bright Side: A reminder of the positives of the menopause
Menopause, often depicted as a daunting phase in a woman's life, carries a myriad of misconceptions and negative connotations. However, amid the physical and emotional changes, lies a remarkable transformation—one…
How Folding Clothes The Marie Kondo Way Changed My Life (a bit)
I first became aware of the Marie Kondo method of tidying when I was having my nails done at a local beauty salon. The client next to me was telling…
LISS v HIIT Why A Slower Pace of Exercise Can be Better than a Sweaty Session
I wrecked my knees jogging and put them back together by walking, proof I believe, that when it comes to exercise, faster and sweatier isn’t always better than adopting…
Things I wish I’d Appreciated When I Was in My Forties
On my twentieth birthday I felt like I was over the hill. I mourned the passing of my teens, dyed my purple hair back to brown and bought a duffle…
Why Carbs Are Not Always The Enemy
When people want to lose weight they usually try to shun all carbs in the belief that it’s the holy grail to losing weight fast. Whilst it’s true that…
Five Pieces of Keep Fit Equipment To Replace Those Extortionate Gym Fees
Gyms are sweaty, expensive and they never have the sound or the subtitles on the telly but you don’t need to go to the gym to keep fit. Here are…
August’s Book of the Month – Mrs Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
I have read and loved all of Rachel Joyce’s books but Mrs Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce is my favourite so far. This is a girls’ own adventure set in…
A Hula Hoop Room– one of seven reasons why life is still great (despite my advancing years)
Sometimes as I peer through the haze of the meno-brain fog (which really should have gone now that I’m well over the hump in the road that is the menopause)…
I said I wanted a catnap not a cat app!
My Five Favourite Apps
I am a bit app obsessed and I have over two hundred apps on my phone to cover just about every area of my life. Whether it’s banking, checking the…