Family
Family issues for women in midlife are distinct from the earlier challenges. Parenting teens brings a host of concerns, ranging from wrangling your almost-adult into doing chores to more serious problems like eating disorders and self-harming. And we often care for older family members as well. You’ll find stories and advice here that relate to the real problems we experience now.
How to survive Mother's Day if you are childless not by choice
Advice on how to get through that most triggering of days from women in the Childless Not By Choice (CNBC) community
How to manage Christmas with a loved one with dementia
The busyness and general chaos of Christmas is wonderful, but can also be overwhelming for all of us. That’s even more true for people living with dementia. Here’s how to help them make it as enjoyable and safe as possible.
Helen Paris and Leslie Hill
“We have experienced being looked through, looked past or hidden away entirely”
As a young lesbian woman in the eighties, there were no older women couples Helen Paris could look as role models. Now married to her partner of 27 years, she questions whether lesbian couples are any more visible and recognised all these decades later.
Nesting co-parenting after divorce
When Beth Behrendt and her husband divorced they never imagined the temporary parenting arrangement they came to for their sons would be so beneficial to them all they’d still be doing it nearly a decade later.
'It's taken me my whole life to understand the only place you can be truly safe is within yourself'
As a child, Tracey Woodward lived in squats, went shoplifting with her mum and couldn't even read. She went on to become a wellness expert, entrepreneur and CEO, learning to live by her principles
I was childless and heartbroken. Nature healed me
Like nearly half of my generation I haven't had kids. Nature, wild swimming and the sea healed me
“Tragic circumstances forced me to redesign my future”
The devastating loss of her husband, aged just 49, led Liz Withyman to reassess her own life and health. Discovering Time Restricted Eating and embarking on a new career changed everything for her.
Welcome to the parent grief club
When Kerensa Jennings’ beloved mum died, she became a member of a club she never knew existed or wanted to join, and was left wondering why more people don’t talk about the special searing grief of losing a parent.
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Does menopause cause divorce?
Menopause is a contributing factor in the rise of divorce amongst midlife couples. Read more from research by a top law firm and tell us: Does menopause cause divorce?
How to say no...and not feel the guilt
Do you have a hard time saying no? Sylvia Cohen, a body language expert and a vocal coach, has shared her tips with Noon so that you can feel more confident saying “no” as a full sentence.
