Illustrative character
After 50 · Sleep
“2:47 a.m. again. Marcus didn’t even move.”Dawn, 54 · Columbus
Worth reading
Still waking at 2 a.m. after trying everything? One mineral may be the missing piece.
Read the full article →Nº N1
Early Autumn Edition · Health After 50
An almanac for the second half.
Honest notes on sleep, hair & weight after 50, from women living it. Small things worth knowing, the way a neighbor would tell you.
This week’s pages save these
After 50 · Body
The woman behind the viral recipe says the videos left out two steps.
An interview worth your morning coffee.
Read the 3 steps →Nº S4
After 50 · Hair
On GLP-1 and losing hair faster than weight?
It shows up on the pillowcase and in the shower drain first. Nobody mentioned this part.
Read why →Nº C4
After 50 · Sleep
Why you fall asleep fine but wake up at 3 a.m.
Falling asleep isn’t the hard part. Staying there is. Here’s what’s actually happening.
Read the full article →Nº N3
Illustrative character
After 50 · Body
“I’m not trying to be 30. I just want my jeans to stop winning.”Joanne, 56 · Knoxville
Worth reading
The baking soda shot everyone’s trying is missing 2 of its 3 steps.
Read the full article →Nº S1
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3 small things women our age notice first
After 50 · Hair
Her curls got her on Broadway at 9. In her 40s she watched them thin.
A story about hair as identity, and what she found out.
Read her story →Nº C2
After 50 · Body
Before you try the baking soda trick every morning, read this.
Read the full article →Nº S2
Illustrative character
After 50 · Hair
“I did hair for 30 years. I couldn’t fix my own.”Teresa, 58 · San Antonio
Worth reading
Why nothing on the shelf reached the part of the scalp that matters.
Read the full article →Nº C1
After 50 · Sleep
Go look at the back of your melatonin bottle.
then read this.One woman went through 14 brands before she turned a bottle around.
See what the article explains →Nº N2
After 50 · Body
Same meals for 14 days. Two very different results.
The article shows both columns.
Read the full article →Nº S3
Why “second spring”
It’s an old name for the change. We liked it better.
A new season, not a loss. This almanac keeps the small, useful notes: the hour, the object, the room where you noticed it.
Meet the women →No pages here yet. New ones arrive daily.
The women behind the notebooks
Three women. Three things nobody mentioned.
Each topic has a face you’ll start to recognize. Joanne, Teresa and Dawn are illustrative characters, based on what many women our age share with us.
Mail carrier · Columbus, Ohio
“2:47 a.m. again. Marcus didn’t even move.”
Up at 5 for her route. Awake at 2:47 for no reason at all.
Salon owner · San Antonio, Texas
“I did hair for 30 years. I couldn’t fix my own.”
Knows every bottle on the shelf. Saw her own part getting wider.
Dental office receptionist · Knoxville, Tennessee
“I just want my jeans to stop winning.”
Married to Rick for 31 years. Tried the programs. Kept a notebook instead.