Midlife Flow

How I'm turning midlife struggles into the adventure of a lifetime - and why you can too If you had told me five years ago that I'd be training to walk 800km across Spain solo at 44 , I would've laughed, poured another decafe coffee, and gone back to Googling "why do I wake up at 3 a.m. every night during perimenopause?" Because like 75% of midlife women, my forties have been marked by perimenopause symptoms that nobody prepared me for. The anxiety that hit during important meetings. The sleep disruption that leaves me foggy-brained. The weight gain that creeped in. Some days, managing work, kids, and family life while navigating hormone changes in midlife feels like the ultimate endurance test. And yet - here I am, beginning my Camino de Santiago training for a pilgrimage that's been quietly calling me for the last couple of years. Why the Camino Called to Me (And Maybe You Too) The Camino de Santiago first appeared in my life when I returned from P...

It started with sleep. Or rather... the lack of it. I’d wake up at 3 a.m., heart pounding, busting to go to the toliet. Some nights, I couldn’t fall asleep at all. Other nights, I was so restless I felt like crawling out of my skin. I thought I was just overwhelmed. Too much work. Too much noise. Too much... everything. But then came the mood swings. Snapping at my husband. Crying in the car. Feeling low for no reason at all. That’s when I knew this wasn’t just stress. This was something else. I realised I wasn’t just “tired and emotional” - I was deep in the messy middle of perimenopause . And no one had warned me how intense it could be. If you're wondering whether what you're feeling is "normal"... it is. But it’s also a wake-up call . In this blog, we’ll unpack the emotional, physical, and relational toll of dismissing perimenopause symptoms - and what you can do right now to start feeling like yourself again. The Emotional Toll Emotional? I...