The Midlife Brief

August 7th 2026

Aug 07, 2026

I’m sharing the posts that I found most interesting and helpful this week.

Some are menopause specific, others are more midlife focused. All have been posts that made my “saved” list.

Let me know if you’ve saved posts and if you think I would find them helpful.

Menopause Transition

Pacific Health Update

Health Minute: Menopause

Health Minute Audio Summary…

11 days ago · PacificHealthTeam

My Favorite Herbs for Menopause

Menopause has been a hot topic in women’s health lately, and for good reason! As millennials start to approach this stage, more of us are looking for solutions - especially more herbal ones. I will be diving more into this topic in future blog posts as have more solutions to share…

10 days ago · Nicky Dawkins

Menopause and what comes next

Menopause and what comes next…

9 days ago · 2 likes · Bill Lyons

Debunking the Timing Hypothesis: Does Menopausal Hormone Therapy Really Protect Against Dementia, Depression and Cardiovascular Disease?

It’s been over a year since I wrote the last installment of The Menopause Files. In that time, enthusiasm (misplaced enthusiasm, IMHO) for hormone replacement therapy - now rebranded ‘menopausal hormone therapy’ or MHT - has only grown. Every week, I see female clients in their mid-to-late forties who have been prescribed some form of hormonal therapy f…

10 days ago · 6 likes · 11 comments · Robyn Chuter

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Midlife

A Creative Midlife

AI Might Be Midlife Women's Best Friend

Last week my partner spent almost thirty minutes in my office, helping me with a tech task. I had been struggling with the process and he graciously offered to spend the time doing it. That’s him-always kind, always happy to help…

11 days ago · 4 likes · 2 comments · Nicole Giordano

Midlife Upgrade Substack

Some Midlife Tea: Can We Normalize Separate Bedrooms?

This topic has been coming to us over and over so we decided it needed its own Substack post… separate bedrooms…

7 days ago · 1 like · Midlife Upgrade™

Becoming Everwell with Lindsay Hurty

The Midlife Breakfast Club

The closing scene of The Breakfast Club likely occupies some space in your memory if you’ve ever felt an affection toward Molly Ringwald. Five personality-clashing teens are stuck together for a full Saturday of detention, and despite all likelihood in a cliquey 1980’s high school that feasts on stereotypes, ultimately, they find common ground, mutual respect and even some self-respect…

10 days ago · 18 likes · 11 comments · Lindsay Hurty

The Real Girls Guide™

The Hidden Promotions of Midlife

“At some point you have to stop managing chaos and start leading your own damn life. That means stepping off the hamster wheel of over-functioning and letting other grown-ass adults handle their own mess. If you’re the hardest working person in every relationship, it’s time to STEP OFF…

5 days ago · 1 like · Angela Burk

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This is incredible and thanks for including me! Obsessed w/ this.

1 reply by Simon Salt

Thanks for including my essay, Simon.

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