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Recommended by Alana Kirk

What if change take time? What if rather than quick fixes we learned how to accept that anything worth having is worth working towards? What if we committed to showing up for ourselves every day for 365 days in the pursuit of happiness?

Midlife Strong

By Maryann Jacobsen

Empowering women to navigate midlife with clarity and confidence, offering the latest research, insights, and steps for optimal health and vitality.

Women in midlife are the busiest and least supported. This substack is full of practical information and guidance that can really help us women thrive, not just feeling we survive modern midlife.

- Alana Kirk

The Shift With Sam Baker

By sam baker

Women don't vanish after 40. Who knew?! Amplifying and celebrating the voices of women in midlife and beyond by the former editor of Red, Cosmopolitan (and Just 17!)

On Knowing Yourself

By Natalie Lue

Where you get to know yourself (a little) better to help you through the shit and the joy life throws at you.

Great Sex Guidance

By Michael Castleman

Enjoy the Best Sex of Your Life

Amid Life with Catherine Palmer

By Catherine H Palmer

Lessons learned amid life and career reinventions, written for (and by) resilient, restless, and rebellious women writing their next chapters.

I just love the lilt and learning from Catherine's writing. So much of what she writes resonates with me on this exciting and exhausting journey through midlife. (love the title too Amid life... )

- Alana Kirk

Big Questions Collaborative Thinks

By Sarah Faye Cohen

I love asking questions. I love seeing where questions take us. I’m curious. These weekly posts ask, explore, and then offer prompts for you to discover for yourself. https://www.bigquestionscollab.com

Curiosity is the key to it all. I always say the three superpowers of midlife are curiosity, intentions and an attitude of gratitude... this is a wonderful substack that helps on that process

- Alana Kirk

The Queenager with Eleanor Mills

By Eleanor Mills & Noon

The noon.org.uk newsletter: Midlife, joy, new chapters and everything in between.

The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

✨ a cosy online space for curious readers ✨ from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. On books, work, wellbeing & creativity. 5th literature Substack globally. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" —The Times

The Midst

F@ck middle age. You're in The Midst.

Such a great range of topics and voices and never-ending entertaining and informative. Has become a weekly must-read for me.

- Alana Kirk

Things Worth Knowing with Farrah Storr

By Farrah @Substack

A smart new corner of the internet to talk fashion, feelings and creativity with the former editor-in-chief of ELLE & Cosmopolitan. Plus join my invite-only community. We're nice...I promise.

The Anxious Writer 🌿 By Helen Redfern

Personal essays exploring confidence and creativity in an online world.

Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar

This is the home of two newsletters. Paid subscribers get Cheryl's Dear Sugar Letter monthly, plus her free newsletter several times a year, which includes her "Tells Us" author series. Free subscribers get everything but the monthly Dear Sugar Letter.