A manifesto for thriving at midlife

Refuse to be irrelevant. You have a voice and you have the right to use it.

Cultivate a sense of mystery. I think, as women grow older, that we miss mystery and we miss magic. But deep down, part of us knows that mystery still exists, and that it’s not out of reach. The part of us that can’t sleep properly when the moon is full, that stands on the seashore at sunrise, singing to seals. The part of us that yearns to set off... See more

The origins of the word chaos illuminate its medicine: it is derived from the Greek khaos , referring to the void which was said to exist before the cosmos was created. Chaos, then, is the womb which waits patiently for new life: the potential out of which an entirely new world might be born. It can take you on a pretty wild ride, but that might ju... See more