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Embrace your vital third act: postmenopause as an opportunity to thrive.
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Being the Change

Thriving in postmenopause - 'Meticulously researched and will give all women much needed hope' (Christie Watson)

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    2 February 2027

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Summary

Inclusive, compassionate … Stella Duffy shows us how to grasp with both hands the vibrant new story that’s waiting for us during our ‘vital third act’

We live between a quarter or even a third of our lives in postmenopause. But although there’s been a welcome focus on perimenopause and menopause recently, postmenopause often remains ignored, misunderstood and even feared.

Psychotherapist Dr Stella Duffy wants us to ask: what if menopause isn’t the end, but a wake-up call to ou…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349020372
ISBN-10:034902037X
Author:Stella Duffy
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:2 February 2027
Dimensions:22mm x 153mm x 234mm
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Being the Change by Stella Duffy - ISBN: 9780349020372
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Critics Review

Inclusive, compassionate and skilfully straddling the line between inspirational and down-to-earth, Stella Duffy shows us how to flow with the current of change, and to grasp with both hands the vibrant new story that’s waiting for us during our ‘vital third act’ * Sharon Blackie, author of Hagitude and Ripening *
Being The Change is erudite, important and timely. Stella Duffy’s postmenopause guide is meticulously researched and will give all women much needed hope * Christie Watson *
Stella Duffy is always both witty and wise, a rare and incredibly useful combination * Jenny Colgan *
Uplifting and celebratory, Duffy’s writing is like a great friend holding your hand and cheering you on as you embrace the transformative potential of menopause * Sophie Harman, author of Sick of It *
Duffy’s compassionate, energising, and gently defiant prose convinces me that our ‘vital third act’ can be our best one yet * Julia Bueno, author of Everyone’s a Critic *

About The Author

Stella Duffy

Dr Stella Duffy is a psychotherapist working in private practice who teaches existential psychotherapy theory and practice. She holds a doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy, with her research focusing on the embodied experience of postmenopause.

In addition to her therapeutic work, Dr Duffy is an award-winning writer with seventeen novels, over seventy-five short stories, and fifteen plays to her name. In 2016, she was awarded the OBE for services to the arts.

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