If you have landed on this page, then welcome and hello. As the blog title suggests, this is a shared space for navigating the murky avenue of ‘midlife’. I created this blog, so that I can share with you, all the weird and wonderful things I have trialled, adopted and dabbled in, during this strange transitioning time of life. My life now, looks 100% opposite, to how it was 5-10 years ago. There was a significant period of change for me and in all honesty, my transforming is still evolving. I’m now in a place where I accept that life is a continuous journey and we all have a story to tell, so that we can share, learn and support each other. Let me get straight to it – my roles have changed, my body (internal and external) have changed, my outlook of life has changed, what I place importance on has changed, my relationships have changed, my relationship with myself has changed and my priorities have changed. Please use this platform to recognise that you are not alone and we...
Midlife sobriety So todays post is all about 1 major changes I’ve made to my diet and lifestyle. In the last year, I decided to give up alcohol. Main reason is the physical effects it has on my body. More so now but this has always been the case. You’d think after 47 years, I would instinctively know what my body can and cannot tolerate. Although to some extent this is true, the difference now is that I’m actually more inclined to listen to my body and do something about it, rather than ignore it. Effects of alcohol in midlife I’ve known from the very start of drinking anything alcoholic in my late teens, that my body was very sensitive to it. Not just in regards to getting drunk ridiculously quick but the wider, physiological changes that occur as a result. For example, terrible tummy upset, palpitations, redness, flushing, dehydration, fatigue, irritable dry skin – Im not talking hangover stuff here and all of these symptoms had become exacerbated and more intense as I...