Slow Living in the Big City with Paula Hines

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Striving to thrive

Striving to thrive

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“One of the beautiful things about this life season is that I can intentionally lean into my softer side, to optimise my life. One can strive to survive or one can strive to thrive.” – Mia Maugé

I know that social media is typically a series of highlight reels whose curation is to be taken with a pinch salt, but one of the reasons I’m still on Instagram is partly because I like to see midlife women and women older than me enjoying their lives. Enjoying being who they are in their fullness.

Midlife women are often dealing with a lot, whether that includes being a parent or not. Throw into the mix the impact that hormonal shifts can have on many of us (I wrote a bit about that here) and it’s no surprise that for all sorts of reasons we can end up putting ourselves last in our own lives.

When I saw the above words from Mia Maugé on one of her recent posts, they resonated with a part of me that had been stuck for quite some time. You see, I learned survival mode – it was a familiar companion when I was growing up – and I’d

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