LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

The river at Alet-les-Bains sparkled in the late afternoon sun as I stood beside it, gripping a smooth pebble in my palm. Around me, five other women, all somewhere between 48 and 62, prepared to do t

‘If I gave up work, what would I do?’

It’s funny, isn’t it that, despite all the modernity around us, our life paths remain fairly old-fashioned: dating, settling down with someone, marriage, buying a home, kids, grandchildren then growin

Naomi Holbrook, 50, spent most of her life yo-yo dieting until she ditched her usual tipple and made some big changes

Although Carrie had often heard other women talk about ‘empty nest syndrome’ and the changes it brought to life, the stories she’d heard always implied it was an unsettling and distressing time and ul