Hello you lovely lot,

As the Madness song goes …

Welcome to the house of fun, now you’ve come of age.

I’m Janette (formerly Miss Menopausal), and now Founder of The Happy Midlife Project™

I’ve created this open and honest online space for middle-aged rebels and misfits, who just like you and I, enjoy lively, down to earth, feisty, funny and practical conversation based around all the issues that affect women in midlife and beyond. 

Stuck in that space where we’re too young to be old, and too old to be young, what we ARE is ready to put our life, body and brain back together after what has seemed like a never ending rollercoaster of a menopause.

A ride that’s probably left you feeling fat, fed up, skint, leaky, emotional and a bit lost – with an annoying whining voice in your head that keeps telling you how much you’ve let yourself go, and asking “so what the f*ck happens now”?

The answer? Well I can think of 2 options. 

We can either fall into the stereotype and disappear into a safe world of carpet slippers and beige, prematurely thinking and acting like the nice (or not so nice) old ladies we’ll be one day.

OR, we can get over ourselves, pull our big knickers up, give menopause the middle finger and take ourselves on a journey of self-discovery to make this second half of our life full, fun and rather effing fabulous!

Janette x