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Smart Stories For Midlife Bloomers

7 Effective Ways To Get Over Rejection

Sep 25, 2020

10 Key Pieces For A Stylish Fall

Sep 7, 2020

Fall is right around the corner and before you know it, there will be a subtle crisp feel in the air, rich colours and warm…

Feeling Invisible? 5 Steps to claim your power back

Aug 31, 2020

Being ignored or feeling invisible is hard to handle at any age but it seems more difficult to deal with especially at midlife when sexism…

From Low To Glow: How I Reinvented Myself At 60

Aug 28, 2020

Three years ago I found myself in a dark place staring down at my 60th birthday. I was clinically depressed and probably should have been…

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Sep 24, 2020

CrunchyTales Team

LifeStyle

Say Goodbye To Dull Skin With Medical Grade Skincare Products

Glowing, healthy skin is top of our beauty wish list; whether its taking action against ageing, busting acne once and for all or triumphing over hyper-pigmentation, we want to see results. However, with so many products at our fingertips, it…

Sep 21, 2020

Valentina Harris

Food & Wine

Top Wild Fruits To Forage This Autumn

I’ve always really loved this time of year. Summer is effectively over, and the weather has thrown its usual late early September tantrum of stormy nights and chilly days. But always, as now, the sun returns for a couple of…

Sep 20, 2020

CrunchyTales Team

People

CELEBS | Salma Hayek: “Perfection Is A Mirage”

Her career has spanned more than three decades already but it looks like nothing can spoil her timeless glamour. Mexican-American producer and award-winning actress, Salma Hayek, 54, believes that ageing isn’t something to fear but to embrace. For too many…

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Sep 18, 2020

CrunchyTales Team

LifeStyle

Style Guide: Wearing A White Shirt In Your 50s

A classic white shirt adds versatility, functionality and elegant style to any wardrobe. Ageless, egalitarian and gender-neutral it has been the winning card on the clothes rail for many stylish women: from Lauren Bacall to Marylin Monroe, from Julia Roberts…

Sep 14, 2020

Vanessa Rhodes

LifeStyle

Are You A Midlife Juggler? 7 Rules for Effective Delegation

I’ve just had a phone call with a friend. She spent time telling me how tired she feels and how frantically busy her life is at the moment. During our call, she reeled off a ‘to do’ list of magnificent…

The Gift Of Empathy

Midlife is when we discover ourselves not simply through self-reflection, but by becoming interested in the lives of others. Perhaps it’s because we have less to prove. It is also that time of life when we have the ability to step into the shoes of another person eventually becoming more…

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Manifesto

Call us Perennials, late bloomers or simply grown-ups. We are still Crunchy Women with a story to tell, ladies over 40 who need to be seen, heard, and celebrated. Together we can reset the meaning of middle age.

Midlife Confidential

Do you still believe Midlife is boring? Think twice!