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Why senior women matter
Having more women in senior positions not only improves diversity, it lifts up other people too, writes Eleanor Mills

Dr Lucy Ryan
The Silent Revolution – why midlife women are walking out at the peak of their careers
Why are so many midlife women leaving corporates just as they should be coming into their work prime? Lucy Ryan reveals a silent revolution
Dr Lucy Ryan author of Revolting Women

Incontinence: One of the Last Taboos for Queenagers?
Women in their forties and fifties speak about the embarrassment they feel towards their incontinence. Conversations need to be had to provide women with accurate and helpful information.

What would you do if you weren't afraid?
Eleanor Mills talks about finding success after failure, moving into a next chapter, founding Noon and challenging cultural stereotypes about older women.

Reimagining the Second Half of Life
Sharon Blackie author of Hagitude. psychologist and academic, spoke to Noon founder Eleanor Mills on her first ever Instagram Live about her life's work: reclaiming the stories of female elders and their wisdom which have vanished from our culture. (Go to @uponnoon on Instagram to watch our live). This is an extract from her new book Hagitude.

Why midlife is the best time to start hitting the festival scene
If there are seven ages of man, there must be five ages of festival-going women. Jane Dyball, co-founder of Primadonna festival and stalwart of many other festival weekends, is here to talk you through them…

Studies show HRT can reduce women's risk of Alzheimer’s – could it have saved my mum?
Kate Muir discovered that menopause doesn't just affect our bodies, it affects our minds.

Queenagers: Why only a fool would ignore midlife women
Dubbed ‘Queenagers’ - with spending power and influence - midlife women are finally becoming the people they were meant to be. So why aren’t people taking more notice?

Catherine Mayer on the physicality of grief
Catherine Mayer’s beloved husband Andy died at the beginning of the pandemic, only weeks after her stepfather. Since then she and her mother have been sharing their bereavement journey together, culminating in writing Good Grief, a book which is searing about loss but optimistic on how to re-embrace life. Here is an edited extract of a brand-new chapter about how grief affects body as well as soul.

See yourself differently in midlife
For the #seeyourselfdifferently campaign Noon features 7 women, including brand ambassador Jo Whiley, and how they see themselves differently.