I’ve been working on something quietly in the background for a while now — a book about midlife I didn’t know I needed to write until I started.
If you’ve been around here for a bit, you’ll know I talk a lot about midlife, menopause, intuition, and that slightly bewildering stage of life where you wake up one day and think:
“Hang on… when did I lose my tolerance for bullshit?” Or: “My life looks fine. So why do I feel so… off?” Or even: “Is it just hormones, or am I actually waking up to something?”
Turns out, it’s often a bit of all three.
This is the book about midlife I wish I’d read
I’m writing a book called The Enchanted Midlife: Awakening the Witchy, Wise & Wonderful You
and I want to tell you straight away what it isn’t.
It’s not preachy. It’s not fluffy “love & light”. It’s not about manifesting a new personality, a new wardrobe, and a Lamborghini by next Tuesday. And it’s definitely not about “fixing” yourself.
This book about midlife is meant to feel like a friend. The kind you can pick up whenever you need it.
The kind who sits next to you on the sofa and says, “Yep. Same. You’re not imagining this.”
Midlife isn’t a breakdown — it’s more like an unravelling
A quiet one. The kind where your old ways of coping stop working. Your intuition gets louder. Your body starts calling the shots. And your soul (for want of a better word) starts tapping you on the shoulder saying, “Erm… excuse me. We need a chat.” This book is about that moment. About menopause not just as a physical thing, but as a turning point. About always feeling a bit different and finally understanding why. About learning to trust yourself again — not in a dramatic, reinvent-your-life way, but in a real, everyday one.
It’s witchy… but in a normal, lived-in way
Yes, there’s intuition. Yes, there’s energy. Yes, there’s a bit of magic. But it’s the kind of magic that exists alongside:
- sore joints
- hot flushes
- tired days
- big feelings
- and the sudden urge to say “no” to things you used to tolerate
Very glamorous, I know 😄
And it’s not just for midlife, either
Something interesting has happened while this book has been coming together.
My dear friend Jill — who’s also been my proofreader for the past 15 years — is reading it now. After the first two chapters, she said this:
“How very different this book is, but somehow still very you (and I mean that in a nice way).
The chapters are very thought-provoking — and not just relevant to 40/50-year-olds. I imagine they’ll be relevant for the rest of your life.”
That meant more to me than I can say.
Because while midlife is the doorway, what this book is really about is that moment — at any age — when you start questioning old stories, listening to yourself more closely, and realising you might not be lost at all. Just changing.
Why I’m telling you now
Right now, the book about midlife is very nearly ready for publication. I’ve got some brilliant blogging friends who’ve written pieces that will be included, and I’m letting the whole thing unfold in its own time. It’s currently being read by some dear friends and I’m just waiting to get that first feedback (with baited breath!). But I wanted you to know first. Because if you’ve been reading my blog, watching my videos, or nodding along thinking “Oh thank god, it’s not just me” — then this book was written with you in mind.
I don’t want it to be something you read once and put back on the shelf. I want it to be the book you reach for when:
- you feel lost
- or restless
- or like you’re changing and can’t quite explain how
The one that reminds you you’re not broken — you’re becoming. I’ll share more very soon (hopefully it will be to let you know it’s out in the big wide world), but for now just know this:
Something is coming. It’s honest. It’s grounded. And it’s very much written like I talk. Which means tea, truth, and the occasional “what the hell is going on?” moment. Midlife is doing something. And this book is my way of sitting with you in it.
If this resonates, stay close.
I’ll be sharing more very soon — about the book, the audiobook, and how to get your hands on it when it’s ready.
And if you’re reading this thinking, “Oh… this feels familiar” — then you’re already exactly where you need to be.
