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Pause for Conversation: Stories of Women, Midlife, and the Beautiful Complexity of Being Human
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By: Catherine Murnin
Publisher: Orla Kelly Publishing
Published: September 2026
Pages: 164
Categories: Non-Fiction
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781917728492

Life does not fall apart in midlife. It might shift, upend and rearrange. For many women, this season is the Messy Middle: a deeply transformative stretch where the old stories no longer fit, new chapters unfold, and the emotional landscape can change fast. You can feel disorientated, liberated, lost, excited, overwhelmed, even invisible, sometimes all in the same week. Pause for Conversation is an invitation to stop powering through and start listening to yourself and to the women walking beside you. Created from Catherine’s work through The Wellbeing Pathway and inspired by her signature question, “What matters to you?”, this book gathers insights and real-life snippets from women navigating change, alongside practical tips, reflective practices, and words to steady you when life feels unclear. Each story offers space for what is often rushed past: identity shifts, hormonal and physical changes, career and life transitions, family dynamics, grief and healing, and the quiet reawakening of purpose. Woven throughout is Catherine’s simple but powerful A B C approach, offering a supportive structure you can return to again and again. Because you are not alone. The messiness is real, and it matters, and the conversation might be the beginning of your next chapter, living life on your terms and embracing all that it is to be a woman in midlife

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