Are you a bit miserable? Do you feel as though you’re failing? As though you’ve missed the life you could have had. Because most grown-up women are finding themselves living in a total shit show. But – as we always say – if we’re not in it together, we’re not in it at all. So, it’s very exciting that just before we fully surrender to our nervous breakdowns, we have a real authority on the line. Ada Calhoun has written the definitive analysis about why Generation X women feel so close to the abyss: In Why We Can’t Sleep – Women’s New Midlife Crisis she looked at housing costs, employment trends, debt, divorce, perimenopause and at every turn she saw a pattern – Gen X women were in crisis. See? It’s never just you…

P.S. The podcast is taking a break, see you in September. Love, A&E x

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