Transformation Stories

Our Founder's tale of the life crisis that inspired Noon
Career change, illness and a looming empty nest prompted Eleanor Mills to start her next act

My new chapter - novelist at 78
All her life Kirsteen Stewart had wanted to write. It's never too late...

Party girl to clean living mum
A chronic health condition forced Emma Nyman to reconsider her priorities

Don't make me laugh...how I became a comedian at 60
Val Lee on conquering her fears and taking to the stage at 60

My menopause: not a journey but a full-on car crash
GPs only receive basic menopause training, so Kate Muir's doctors seemed to be in the dark

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The earthquake wrecked the life I'd built but saved my marriage
When the 2011 earthquake hit New Zealand, Emma and her husband lost everything. But there was a silver lining...

I had two kids, no parents, no husband and no idea how to pay the mortgage...
Tillie Harris on surviving a midlife meltdown

Clean living made me ill
Amy's obsession with healthy eating and exercise derailed her life. This is how she recovered.