A little context

My WHY…

Does life really have to get smaller as we get older? I don’t think it does.

At some point, women are expected to just accept the changes. Our bodies, our energy levels, our ambitions and our place in the world.

I’m not quite ready to do that. So I write from the messy middle, ask the questions I genuinely want answers to, challenge the assumptions, look at the evidence and try things for myself.

From midlife and women’s health to fitness, family, culture, identity and wellbeing, I’m interested in what happens when we stop taking the things we’re told for granted.

This is my story of strength, weakness, reality and utopia

Four sides of a life still being written.

Why I exercise and what I really want from a fitness instructor

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Why I exercise (and what I really want from a fitness instructor)

A personal take on fitness, confidence, ageing and why I keep showing up at the gym, even when my body has other ideas.

FAMILY ADVENTURES & TRAVEL
Places we’ve been, things we’ve tried

Family escapes, hotels, adventures and the places that give us something to talk about when we get home.

CRETE, GREECE

Nine days at the Mitsis Royal Mare, with family beach days, moussaka, cats and a little midlife indulgence.


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STRATHYRE, SCOTLAND

A log cabin, Loch Lubnaig, canoeing, cycling, Persian barbecue and an unreasonable number of wasps.


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RHODES, GREECE

A family stay in Rhodes, looking beyond the glossy photographs to see what a hotel actually feels like with a child.


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A few more things I’ve been writing about lately.

At 50, I finally understand the film ‘Labyrinth’

I thought Labyrinth was about finding Prince Charming. At 50, I realise I was watching a film about getting lost, finding myself and finally understanding that I have more power than I realised.

Aura Reading at 50: What my aura colours revealed | The Saffron …

A psychological thriller, a slightly ridiculous question and an aura reading at 50. What I discovered made me think rather differently about spirituality, intuition and finding myself again.

HRT and dementia risk: what a new UK study means …

A new UK study has linked HRT use with a lower risk of dementia. But what does the research actually tell us about HRT, menopause and brain health?

Biological age in midlife: why your BMI doesn’t tell …

We are surrounded by numbers telling us whether we are healthy enough, slim enough or young enough. But in midlife, perhaps the better question is not how old your body looks on paper, but how well it works in real life.

Three in five Brits now use AI to self-diagnose. That …

If we’re increasingly asking AI what’s wrong with us, perhaps the bigger question is why we’re finding it easier to ask a chatbot than a doctor.

I had a plan for turning 50, but life had other …

A year of motherhood, midlife, work, family, fitness and the things I didn’t quite expect to learn about myself.

Shab-e Yalda at our place, light, poetry, and far too …

A Persian-British family, an old tradition, a house full of food and a reminder that some of the things we inherit are worth keeping.

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