Influencers

Exercise physiologist and founder of Flipping 50. Debra Atkinson has spent 35 years helping women over 50 maintain strength, energy, and vitality through hormone-supportive exercise and nutrition protocols.

Triple-board-certified OB/GYN and author of The Hormone Fix and MenuPause. Dr. Anna Cabeca creates products and programmes for hormonal balance, sexual wellness, and vibrant midlife health, delivered with warmth and a girlfriend’s frankness.

Research professor, author of Daring Greatly, The Gifts of Imperfection, and Dare to Lead. Brené Brown’s work on vulnerability, shame, and courage has transformed how millions of women relate to themselves — especially in midlife when the pressure to perform perfection often peaks.

Bestselling author of Untamed and Love Warrior, and host of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast. Glennon Doyle has become a cultural touchstone for women dismantling the lives they were told to want — particularly resonant for women in midlife reckoning.

Psychologist and Buddhist teacher, author of Radical Acceptance. Tara Brach offers meditation practices and teachings on radical acceptance that have helped countless women in midlife release self-judgment and find peace with their bodies, their aging, and their lives.

Founder of Afford Anything and host of the podcast of the same name. Paula Pant’s philosophy — you can afford anything, but not everything — applies as powerfully to midlife women reassessing their financial priorities as it does to anyone else.

Harvard Law graduate turned feminist life coach and host of UnF*ck Your Brain. Kara Loewentheil helps women unlearn the patriarchal beliefs that hold them back — particularly the beliefs about aging, desirability, and capability that make midlife harder than necessary.

Australian author and podcast host focused on mindset, self-love, and relationships. Melissa Ambrosini’s accessible, warm approach to personal development resonates with women in midlife seeking clarity and purpose.

Founder and editor-in-chief of the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, South Africa’s leading independent health news organisation. Mia Malan began her career at the SABC in 1995 as lead health correspondent during the height of the AIDS epidemic, and later worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi, and Washington DC. She launched Bhekisisa in 2013 and led it to independence as a nonprofit media startup in 2019. A Knight International Journalism Fellow and Oxford Reuters Institute Fellow, she has won more than 30 awards for her radio, print, and television work.