Managing Midlife and the Menopause

An authentic, honest, and empathetic blog supporting you through the emotional challenges of midlife, perimenopause and beyond

  • My Dark Night of the Soul

    Or night of the dark soul as I mistakenly thought it was entitled for some time. What’s it all about? Believed to be coined originally by John of the Cross, a Spanish priest who lived in the 1500s. He penned a poem, or some say prayer, about a spiritual crisis that led to a loss…

  • Email subject: Turning 40… a complaint from a perimenopausal 45 (nearly) year old woman

    To whom it may concern, I have a complaint to make, and it regards when I reached my 40th birthday. Just to clarify, I am now 44 years and 8 months old. For some reason I find myself rounding up and calling myself 45, but maybe when you get to this age it’s just easier…