GRACE'S MUSINGS: Style & Identity - When the rules change
Hands up those who still have pieces tucked away at the back of the wardrobe - the dress from a different decade, the jeans we once loved, the jac...
Read moreNo one really talks about the emotional landscape of midlife. The quiet waves that rise and fall beneath the surface. The sudden tears that someti...
Read moreThere’s a quiet revolution happening. You can see it in the faces of women who are finally tired of hiding. The silver hair left uncoloured, the ba...
Read moreThere’s something about this time of year that invites reflection. The days are shorter, we spend more time inside, and suddenly we’re face to fac...
Read moreAre you addicted to being busy? It’s a question I’ve been sitting with lately, after hearing writer and broadcaster, Eleanor Mills describe busyne...
Read moreHave you watch Riot Women yet? Honestly, I can’t remember the last time I watched a series that made me laugh, cry and punch the air in the same h...
Read moreMenopause isn’t a full stop, even though we might feel it is. It’s a transition that’s been misframed for so many generations. We’ve medicalised i...
Read moreThere’s a quiet storm that so many women in midlife will recognise. It isn’t the loud, obvious kind that sweeps in with drama and noise, but the s...
Read moreThere’s something about autumn that makes me pause. The air feels crisp, the days shorten, and the trees slowly begin their ritual of letting go. ...
Read moreSharon Stone has long been one of my heroes - ever since “that scene” in Basic Instinct back in 1992. It caused huge controversy at the time: a sp...
Read moreOne of my all-time favourite books is Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. The protagonist, Howard Roark, has always fascinated me with his relentless pur...
Read moreI’ve got to be honest: I still struggle with the rhetoric around ageing. Like many of you, I’ve lived much of my life in a society that is both se...
Read moreI turned 59 on Thursday. Not a milestone birthday, but still there was an element of awe at the years that have flown by so very fast. And some he...
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