Real Life Stories
Honest, relatable stories about life’s ups and downs, lessons learned, and insights from a midlife perspective.
How Shirley Valentine made me dream bigger, even as a teenager
H, and Cyrus on the beach during a recent holiday in Crete, Greece Pauline Collins: My teenage heroine When I was a teenager, Pauline … View Post
My 50th birthday year Botox disaster and how to avoid the same mistake
Fifty. Half a century. And I decided the only way to mark my 50th year on this planet was with a little Botox. I’… View Post
Mirror, mirror: Growing up with body dysmorphia
I’ve spent most of my life in a complicated truce with the woman staring back at me in the mirror. As I inch … View Post
Personal reflections and lessons learned during the pandemic
Pandemic: what lockdown taught us As Cyrus straps on his backpack, so excited for the first proper day of school in what feels like … View Post
How I found happiness in grief, words, and throwing punches
Grief does not arrive with a timetable. Mine arrived the day before I was due to start a new job, when my mum died … View Post
When you lose your mum in mid-life, you lose your map too
The hardest thing about being a mum over 40 after losing my own was that she was always the first person I'd call - good … View Post- 1
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