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MIDLIFE BY DESIGN: CURATING YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

MIDLIFE BY DESIGN: CURATING YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

Yazan: Kiran Singh
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 Midlife isn’t a crisis. It’s an invitation. Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter is a podcast for women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond who sense that something is shifting and want to meet that change with intention, honesty, and self-trust. Hosted by Kiran, Award-winning Midlife Lifestyle Coach, Author, and founder of The Sattva Collective CIC, this podcast explores what it really means to come home to yourself in this chapter of life. Through personal storytelling, reflective solo episodes, expert conversations, and listener letters, Kiran speaks openly about perimenopause and menopause, identity shifts, nervous system health, relationships, boundaries, purpose, and the quiet art of rebuilding a life that feels aligned rather than performative. This isn’t about fixing yourself or chasing a “better” version of who you are. It’s about slowing down, listening in, and designing a life that supports the woman you’re becoming now. Each episode offers perspective, permission, and practical wisdom to help you feel steadier in your body, clearer in your choices, and more at ease with where you are and where you’re heading. If you’re navigating midlife with curiosity, courage, and a desire to live more intentionally, you’re in the right place. Here’s to the next chapter. One honest conversation at a time.

www.kiransinghuk.comKiran Singh Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success
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  • From an Idea on a Bus to a Global Movement: The True Story Behind The Sattva Collective

    From an Idea on a Bus to a Global Movement: The True Story Behind The Sattva Collective
    15 Oct 2026
    Earlier today, I had an amazing conversation with a lovely woman in the UK, and it inspired me to share the real, unfiltered story behind why I started The Sattva Collective.To be completely honest with you, last year, I was on my way to Cambridge for a day trip (and a helicopter lesson!) when I had the idea to start a charity. I looked into it, and while a charity sounded great on paper — mostly for the validation — it was complicated to set up. So, I looked into the next best thing: a CIC (Community Interest Company).Within two weeks of that bus ride, my CIC was live. But here is the truth: back then, it was just something I wanted to add to my CV. It was about accolades. It started as a way of feeling validated by others that I was doing something right. Much like when I first started my Substack, I was just scheduling an article a week, hoping for a miracle, and leaving it at that.The Shift Then, earlier this year, after my surgery, something profound shifted inside me. I realised this was about so much more than me, and it was about so much more than just publishing articles. We are talking about women’s lives.I decided it was time to bring in South Asian experts. We started with one weekly interview, and it grew. For our first anniversary on the 14th of May, we launched Sattva Day, an annual awareness day to celebrate South Asian women going through midlife and menopause. Then came My Sattva Story, giving women a platform to share the life and menopause journeys we simply do not talk enough about in our culture.But it hasn’t been an easy road. When I started hosting our monthly meetups last year. At first, no one came. It was a little heartbreaking when you put in so much effort. I recently hosted a one-on-one drop-in session, and again, no one came. I understand why. In the South Asian community, midlife, menopause, and women’s health are completely taboo. We are so afraid that something is wrong with us, or that we will be judged, that we stay silent.I even emailed a local temple multiple times to see if we could use one of their rooms for our monthly women’s meetups. The temple is run by men. After five or six ignored emails, I finally called them. They said they would “discuss it at the board meeting” and get back to me. A month has gone by, and I have heard nothing.This is exactly why The Sattva Collective exists.Breaking the Silence Lately, since putting my heart and soul fully into this mission, we have grown immensely. We were even named the UK’s Platform of the Year for South Asian women’s midlife and menopause!But the real reward has been the conversations. I am naturally someone who prefers to hide behind my laptop, but stepping outside my comfort zone to have these video calls has been life-changing. Almost every woman I’ve spoken to lately has cried. They cry because, finally, they feel seen and heard.Unintentionally, we have gone global. I am speaking to women in New Zealand, Australia, the States, and India. The dilemma is the same everywhere. We want to be free and independent, but if you go against societal norms or expectations in the South Asian community, you are labelled a “bad girl.”I know this firsthand. I am a divorcee. I remember when I got divorced, my ex-husband told me that while he would easily move on, he was going to ruin things for me because “no one wants a secondhand woman.” That is how toxic the mindset can be.A Generational Legacy It breaks my heart that in 2026, when we have AI and the entire world at our fingertips, women are still suffering in silence because they are afraid to break cultural conditioning.I think about my mum often. She didn’t know she was going through perimenopause. She was actually pregnant with my youngest brother at the time, and the pregnancy was incredibly difficult. Looking back now, I recognise the hot flushes, the anxiety, the tears. My mum never used to get angry, but during that time, she did. It is heartbreaking to realise what she went through blindly, something I can’t even fathom navigating without support today.Next year, on our second anniversary, we are hosting a major summit in central London: Thrive through Midlife and Menopause. On that exact day, my next book is releasing. It’s called Good Girls Don’t Talk About This. Until Now.The cover features a beautiful illustration of three generations: my mum, myself, and my daughter, Khushi (who is the co-director of the CIC!). I want to share the dedication of the book with you, because it is the true heartbeat of everything I am building:“For my mum, for always being the good girl and for everything you carried quietly, I see it now. And for Khushi, who will never have to carry it alone and who never has to stay silent.”I am so grateful to stand between these two generations. I get to be the one who breaks the cycle for the women coming after us.The Sattva Collective started as an idea on a bus to validate my existence: that “I am ...
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  • Forget Algorithms. Here's How We're Growing on Substack Over 40

    Forget Algorithms. Here's How We're Growing on Substack Over 40
    12 May 2026
    First of all, Thank you Laurie Flynn, Janelle Wright, rhonda doruiter, Wallflower Riot, Emma Louise Hudson, Elizabeth Norvell, Human Doing Being and many others for tuning into my live video with Csilla 🌹 Feminine in midlife 💃, it meant a lot x Nobody tells you the truth about growing on Substack.They tell you to post consistently. To find your niche. To optimise your headlines. To study what’s working for other people and reverse-engineer it.What they don’t tell you, and what I’ve been learning, slowly, sometimes painfully, is that none of that is actually the point.The point is connection. Real, human, sometimes awkward, occasionally vulnerable connection. And if you’re a woman over 40 who has spent years being told to be more polished, more strategic, more algorithm-friendly? That might be the hardest thing you ever learn to do.I had this conversation live on Substack recently with Csilla 🌹 Feminine in midlife 💃; a Hungarian woman living in Spain, former corporate finance executive, pole dancer, choir singer, and the writer behind Feminine Energy for Midlife Women. We had never met in person. We had exchanged a few messages, and a brief call last week, and within forty minutes, we had covered burnout, joy, vulnerability, perimenopause, and the strange quiet ache of rebuilding yourself after forty.That’s Substack, when it works.Csilla’s story: from three subscribers to a movement about joyWhen Csilla first joined Substack, she had three subscribers. One of them was herself.For about six months, she wrote into the void. Posted occasionally. Waited. Nothing happened.“I didn’t know anything,” she told me. “So I just left it.”It wasn’t until November last year that something shifted. She decided to actually try, not just write, but show up. She started commenting on other people’s notes and articles. When a new subscriber found her, she would DM them a welcome message and ask a simple question: “What resonated with you enough to subscribe?”Many people didn’t reply, some did, and those who did became the beginning of something.By April, she had hit 100 subscribers. Five months, three to one hundred. She let herself feel the weight of that milestone.And then, on a spontaneous Saturday afternoon, she had an idea: she wanted to ask women a question. Not a complicated one. Not a therapy-adjacent deep dive. Something lighter, but still real: “What are three things that bring you joy? And what do you celebrate about yourself after 40?”She reached out to about twenty women, ones she had been in conversation with, even briefly. She sent the message by DM. She asked them to contribute to a co-authored article.Almost every single one said yes immediately.“I think it’s because the questions were easy,” she explained. “Joy isn’t so vulnerable. Some questions can feel like too much to share publicly. But joy, most women were willing to talk about that.”The articles went out. Ten women, ten photos, ten voices talking about what lights them up after forty.* No Filter. No AI. Just 10 Women Over 40 and Our Joy. PART 1* No Filter. No AI. Just 10 Women Over 40 and Our Joy. PART 2In the two weeks that followed, she gained 45 new subscribers.To put that in perspective: it had taken her five months to reach the first hundred. One article, built on genuine connection and a simple joyful question, nearly tripled that pace.The most visited article on her publication now has 475 views, a 49% email open rate, 63 likes, and 65 comments. For a writer who was publishing to silence just months before.What actually made it workCsilla was generous in walking through the mechanics, and I want to share them here, because this is the kind of thing that gets lost when people talk vaguely about “community.”Before the article went out, she posted shoutout notes for each contributor. Something like: “Kiran will be the fifth woman in this article,” and then she tagged me. Which meant her audience saw my name. My audience saw it. The circle widened before a word of the piece was published.On the day of publication, she sent the article to every contributor and asked them to comment, share, and restack. They were in the piece. Of course they wanted to celebrate it.Every co-author appeared as a guest author on the article, which meant it showed up on each of their pages, regardless of their subscriber count. Csilla’s 100th subscriber had only three followers herself. Csilla included her anyway. Because the point was never about numbers, it was about the compound effect of ten women, showing up together.She also did shoutout notes after the article, featuring one woman at a time, her photo, a line about what brought her joy. Each one tagged. Each one linking back to the full piece.Was it a lot of work? Yes, she said plainly. It is not a thirty-minute project, but it was also the moment her Substack stopped being something she was doing alone.My story: dropping the expertI came to ...
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  • Episode 97: Curating the Life You Actually Want to Live

    Episode 97: Curating the Life You Actually Want to Live
    29 Apr 2026

    In this episode of Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter, I’m talking about the quiet but powerful work of curating your life, not in a perfectionist or picture-perfect way, but as an act of alignment.

    Midlife has a way of showing us what no longer belongs: the old routines, clothes, digital spaces, business profiles, cupboards, habits, and identities that once made sense but now feel like quiet friction. And sometimes, the reason we feel overwhelmed isn’t that our lives are too much; it’s because we’re surrounded by too many things that no longer fit who we are becoming.

    This episode is an invitation to look at your life with fresh honesty: your home, your wardrobe, your phone, your pantry, your calendar, your business, your to-do list. Not to overhaul everything overnight, but to ask one simple question: “Does this still belong to the woman I am becoming?”

    We explore why curation is not superficial; it’s self-respect. It’s about creating a life where the things around you feel chosen, useful, beautiful, supportive, and true. It’s about giving your future self room to breathe in your present life.

    If you’ve been feeling cluttered, stuck, or quietly out of sync, this episode will help you begin gently: one drawer, one shelf, one app, one routine, one honest decision at a time. Because curating your next chapter isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s about choosing what gets to come with you, and letting the rest go.

    If this piece stirred something in you, I’d love to know.

    Tap the ♡ below, leave a thought in the comments, or share it with a woman who might need these words today.

    And if you’re ready to go deeper, you’re warmly invited to join The Midlife Circle, where I share reflections, private audio, prompts, and gentle guidance for women navigating midlife with greater intention and self-trust.

    You can also buy me a Matcha Latte as a small thank-you for the work I pour into this space. Every single one is received with so much gratitude.

    Mostly, though, thank you. For being here. For reading. For reflecting. For walking this season with me. It means everything to know these words are landing somewhere real x



    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.kiransinghuk.com/subscribe
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