Mental Health
Midlife for women brings its own challenges when it comes to mental health. Read about the challenges and triumphs we experience.

The best midlife crisis books for women
Reading can get your though the tough times in life, says Sam Baker, including menopause.

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Skin hunger: Understanding the need to be touched
Lynn Ruth Miller has a satisfying life. She just needs to be touched.

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Can I stop being resilient now please?
Children, parents, careers and homes — the stuff of midlife comes with one hell of a to-do list and a mandate to just keep going. Must we handle it all?

Cold water swimming cured my panic attacks
Breathing, immersion in freezing lakes and comraderie helped Sharing Miranda Bailey heal herself

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Coming to Britain let us reinvent what a woman could be
Our lives in the UK are now unrecognisable to those of our mothers says Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

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I lost the job I'd had for 23 years. My world fell apart but now I am glad
Losing her job left Noon editor Eleanor Mills at sea. But then she discovered something new