I have recently started sharing over on Substack – are you over there much too? Here is the link for Our Midlife Experiment where I...

Something is shifting. I’m hearing it more and more in conversations with women, especially those of us living abroad, navigating midlife far from where we...

Nothing was wrong, exactly. The days are full in the usual way. School runs, work, messages, meals, juggling the quiet mental load of keeping everything...

No one really talks about this part of living abroad. You picture the move/this stage of life – the light, the space, the lifestyle. The...

I am sure you have had a similar experience when you have been out for dinner and noticed something quietly heartbreaking. At the table next...

I have always loved swimming in the sea. Maybe it was something to do with growing up in London and the excitement of going to...

There’s a moment in midlife that many women recognise but struggle to name. It’s not dramatic.It doesn’t always arrive with fireworks. It feels more like...

Menopause and perimenopause are often framed in Western culture as something to fix, fight or simply endure. Hormones decline. Energy dips. Tolerance lowers. We’re told...

What are you most hoping, planning, aspiring for in 2026? If you are navigating change, uncertainty, overwhelm at times, maybe stuckness. I have just the...

The holiday season can bring bright lights, festive music, and warm traditions – but for many, it also brings loneliness, grief, and heavy emotions. If...