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Barbara in her book The Middlescence Manifesto highlights one of the key challenges for midlife professionals and that is breaking the stereotypes of the over 50s as ‘past our prime’.

Barbara argues that our longer expected life span has given us the gift of time and not at the end of our life but right in the middle. The question is how do we harness this gift?

8 minutes 35 seconds read

When friends told me that Victoria had left publishing to become a nurse I knew I had to speak to her. The idea of going back to school in your mid-40s and starting right at the bottom again seemed slightly crazy and extremely brave. As Victoria admits it was very scary but also invigorating. Victoria is proof that we can do hard things at any age.