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Welcome to the the Midlife Butterfly Club Magazine.
These articles, videos, and podcasts aim to help you deal with some of the usual difficulties that midlife women have to face, particularly to do with Health, Finances, Partners, Confidence and Family.
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Welcome to the Midlife Butterfly Club Magazine
The articles, videos and podcasts here aim to educate, entertain or inspire you about issues faced by midlife women during their Midlife Transition. This midlife transition we talk about is the journey women make from being ‘a young woman’ to being ‘a midlife woman’ and defining themselves and their roles…
Breathe For Life No 1 – Jackie Brennan
Breathe For Life No 1 – Jackie Brennan In this video Jackie brings us some fascinating information about breath and breathing, and its power to transform our health and our life. She also starts a series of guides to better breathing techniques with a routine to clear a blocked nose.…
Childhood Care & Romantic Relationships No.2
Childhood Care and Romantic Relationships No 2 Understanding the connections between early childhood care and romantic relationships Attachment styles theory originates back with John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth in the late 1950s, looking at the relationships between mothers and babies. It was from here that the connection was made between…
Putting on the Style
Putting on the Style - Annie Den Haan In the first of a new series Annie tells us how we can be stylish without breaking the Bank! Three Surprising Ways Midlife Women Can Wear Autumn/Fall Trends This season’s fashion trends are disrupted for real midlife women Every Fall/Autumn one of…
How Chess helps to find Love in Middle Life
The characteristics of four male pieces in the game of Chess are surprisingly similar to men. Also there is only one woman in a Chess team and she is the most powerful piece. She represents a valuable model for a midlife woman entering the ‘Game of Midlife Love’. You can…
Shamed for what she wore! Part 3
I was Shamed for What I Wore as a Young Woman - Annie Den Haan Part 3 In Part Two Annie told us how her experience as a young woman ( as described in Part One) affected her subsequent life and made her hide behind a People Pleasing image. Inside…
Music Sunday
Happy Music Sunday, Midlife Women! Today's track is an absolute classic: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by the iconic Whitney Houston. Turn up the volume and let's groove to the timeless beats of this song. It's all about celebrating life and having a blast! Tell us, what's your favourite dance…
What Money Type are you?
What Money Type are you? By Olivia Stephanino - Financial Management Expert "Money is a powerful medium for life - and when we understand our emotional relationship with money, everything else starts to fall into place too..." Have you ever wondered what story you're 'running 'about money - and why…
What does it mean to be a Midlife Woman?
It can be a confusing time to be a woman in midlife transition. Many women get through this uncomfortable transition without realising what it was, until it is over. Others get tangled up in the issues of the midlife transition and become stuck or make unfortunate mistakes. For these reasons…
The Machismo Kiss!
It may almost be worth England losing the Women’s Football Championship because the blow to ‘Machismo’ that was achieved following Spain winning the competition. In case you are unfamiliar with the term Machismo it is defined as ‘having a strong sense of manly pride and exaggerated masculinity’. It has been…
How intelligent do you think you are?
If you were ever told by a teacher that you were stupid, thick, or some equivalent, do you think you would remember? Well, now it would appear that it was probably the teacher who was stupid, thick, or some equivalent. Over the last 70 years, the education system has been…