Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause and Beyond

Guest Bio: Rachel Lankester

Rachel Lankester, is an author, podcast host, midlife mentor, and founder of Magnificent Midlife, an online hub helping women over 40 thrive through the often messy middle of life, so they can ditch negative narratives about aging, feel great, and create the next chapter of their dreams. She's the author of Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause and Beyond and host of the Magnificent Midlife Podcast. She’s also the editor of The Mutton Club online magazine for women 40+ which is where it all started!  

Given an initially devastating early menopause diagnosis at 41, which ended her dreams of a second child, but which she was able for a short while to reverse, Rachel uses her experience to help women thrive through the menopause transition and feel better about getting older. Her mission is to challenge overwhelmingly negative narratives about midlife, menopause and aging in general and give women more control over their hormones. She wants women to be prepared, not scared.

Rachel's been featured in/on BBC Woman’s Hour, i News, Sheerluxe, Thrive Global, The Sunday Times, Authority Magazine, Woman’s Weekly, Prima Magazine etc. and numerous podcasts including Make Time For Success, We Should Talk About That, Experience 50 and The Happy Menopause. 

Rachel's midlife reinvention came after a long and successful career in financial communications which took her all over the world, including 3 years working in New York and as communications manager for a FTSE 100 company.  She has an MBA from Imperial College, London and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, as well as reasonable French.