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Positive ageing
Mia Mauge’s 6 rules for keeping your glow in midlife
Beauty
Gillian Anderson agrees – this £9 micro-collagen serum is skincare's next big thing for midlife women losing collagen
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‘I’m 50 and I wish I’d known how capable I was’. Why Emma Willis proves that 50 could be your most powerful career decade yet
From taking the reins of Strictly to women finding fresh confidence, purpose and ambition later in life, your fifties could be the decade when your career really comes into its own.
THE POWERHOUSES
HELLO!'s 2026 Power List revealed - featuring 16 of the most inspiring women over 40
The HELLO! Second Act Power List honours the trailblazing women ruling their second acts with style, substance, and zero compromise
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‘I’ve been on my knees’: Angellica Bell reveals she nearly lost her home - and why she’s only just getting started
Angellica Bell on inspiring the next generation, lessons from grief, new challenges, life pivots, and how she nearly lost her home.
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To the overworked woman on the brink of burnout: 'You were never meant to live for your job'
After a decade of corporate overwork, burnout expert Jo Hooper reveals why rest alone will never fix your exhaustion. She wants you to stop living for your job.More Second Act
