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It’s not the big birthdays ending with 0 that throw us – it’s the 365 days before them, says Clare Bowie. Here, she reflects on life ‘on the cusp’

If you feel like the more years go by, the more you have to worry about, you’re not alone. Here, our experts give the answers to some of those most pressing concerns…

For all the strides we’ve made in our careers, Red ’s survey of over 2,000 readers reveals that women are still facing very real obstacles in the workplace. So, what’s the real picture? And who can help us rewrite the story?

Being fearless in midlife is hard, because to be fearless we might have to change or challenge parts of our identity that we have leaned on for years: things we were taught about ourselves as a child,

On urgency, impulsivity, and the joy of unexpected recklessness

MIDLIFE BROUGHT A REVELATION FOR AUTHOR MIMI SPENCER: FOOD IS FOR JOY, NOT WORRY. A DECADE ON FROM PUBLISHING HER BESTSELLING BOOK, THE FAST DIET , SHE SAYS SHE NOW EATS WITH LOVE – AND HER BODY LOVES IT, TOO