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Saffron at the gym
THE BIG READ
FITNESS  /  MIDLIFE  /  REAL LIFE

What makes me want to keep exercising?

A personal take on fitness, confidence, ageing and why I keep showing up at the gym, even when my brain is saying no.

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The Edit.

Stories, questions and things currently occupying my slightly overactive brain.
Midlife and reinvention
Midlife & Reinvention
Confidence, identity, ambition, relationships, change and reinvention, without treating age as a problem that needs fixing.
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Women's health and wellbeing
Women’s Health & Wellbeing
Changing bodies, energy, health and the questions women are often left to work out for themselves.
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Family and motherhood
Family & Motherhood
Modern family life, motherhood, relationships and the everyday decisions that rarely make it into the glossy version.
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Fitness and strength
Fitness & Strength
Movement, strength, gym life and staying active without turning exercise into another full-time job.
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Culture and identity
Culture & Identity
British and Persian influences, family traditions, food, identity and belonging.
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Lifestyle and experiences
Lifestyle & Experiences
Travel, places and experiences that genuinely add something to everyday life.
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SAFFRON & CYRUS

Life, actually.

Health headlines worth questioning, numbers that don’t tell the whole story, and the things that look rather different from this side of 50, from childhood stories to the family moments modern life has a habit of squeezing out.
At 50, I finally understand the film Labyrinth
MIDLIFE & REINVENTION

At 50, I finally understand the film ‘Labyrinth’

I thought it was about finding Prince Charming. At 50, I see a story about getting lost, finding yourself and realising you had more power than you thought.
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HRT and dementia risk in women at midlife
WOMEN’S HEALTH & WELLBEING

HRT and dementia risk: what a new UK study means for women in midlife

A promising headline, a large UK study and one rather important question: what does the research actually prove?
Biological age and BMI in midlife women
FITNESS & STRENGTH

Biological age in midlife: why your BMI doesn’t tell the whole story

We measure our bodies constantly. The more useful question may be what they can actually do.
Bedtime stories and modern family life
FAMILY & MOTHERHOOD

No time for the bedtime story? How modern life is stealing our family moments

What happens when ordinary family moments are the first things squeezed out?
THE SAFFRON EXPERIMENT

I wondered what would happen if… so I tried it.

Products, health claims, trends and ideas. I try them, look at the evidence and work out what’s useful, what isn’t and what probably wasn’t worth the bother.

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Apple cider vinegar, wheatgrass, supplements, skincare, haircare and products explored for The Saffron Experiment
Saffron, founder and editor of Saffron and Cyrus
BEHIND THE WORDS

Meet Saffron.

Former newspaper journalist, PR professional, mum and the woman asking rather too many questions around here.

At 50, I’m interested in what happens when we stop accepting everything we’re told and start looking a little more closely.

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TRAVEL & PLACES

Places we’ve been.

Family escapes, hotels and the places that leave us with something worth talking about when we get home.
Family holiday in Crete, Greece
CRETE, GREECE

Celebrating 50 in Crete

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

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Family break at Forest Holidays Strathyre in Scotland
STRATHYRE, SCOTLAND

A family escape to the woods

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

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Family stay at the Atrium Prestige hotel in Rhodes, Greece
RHODES, GREECE

Atrium Prestige, Rhodes

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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Why Persian sefidab is my unexpected beauty obsession as a new mum over 40
The Saffron Experiment | Newcastle

Why Persian sefidab is my unexpected beauty obsession as a …

As a new mum over 40, I’m obsessed with everything and anything that will help with my daily beauty routine. That means a) Get rid of my lines and wrinkles and b) Stop the kids calling me “grandma” in future in the playground.

sefidab

My weekly ritual

If you’d told me a year ago that I’d be smuggling powdered animal fat across continents, I’d have laughed. Yet here I am, a new mum over 40, utterly obsessed with sefidab (or Rooshoor, if you want to sound fancy), the Persian exfoliator that has become my weekly ritual for keeping my skin, eyes, and hands from looking like I wrestled a toddler for 12 hours straight.

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