In midlife I have developed a fascination with the American zest for improving oneself. I knew that I was a procrastinator, lazy so-so between the hours of 5 to 6pm and that I was good at kicking things into the long grass but I have made a startling discovery of the shameful extent of these …
If your identity has been wrapped around a certain role in your life how do you move on in midlife when a phase ends and another starts? This question could be asked of those who have retired but miss their working life, become divorced after a long marriage or, even, of those who have lost …
There is very little preparation in motherhood for becoming an empty nester. One day you are cooing over your newborn baby, the years pass by in a whirr of activity and, suddenly, it’s the day that you will also remember for ever because it is your empty nester day. Today, 11 February, is my first …
