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Tell your story and join forces with entrepreneurs and self-starters, health experts, creatives of all kinds, and women who get sh** done.

Aug 12, 2025 • The Midst and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

Gifts for women made by women

Guaranteed not to be like any other gift guide

Nov 24, 2025 • The Midst and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

'It’s f#ing insane to live here.'—Minneapolis menopause coach

+ The return of LYLAS

Feb 12 • The Midst and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

Stop being everything but yourself

How to overcome self-abandonment, by psychologists Badass Rebellion

Feb 10 • The Midst

Why the f#ck did it take 25 years to diagnose my endometriosis?

+ The Midst at [M] Factor 2 in Chicago • Get sexy times back

Feb 8 • The Midst and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

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Aging out of f#cks: The neuroscience of why you can’t pretend anymore

Nov 30, 2025 • The Midst and Ellen Scherr

What the actual f#ck is happening to our work?

Oct 23, 2025 • The Midst and Cool Best Friend

Let's talk about Kristin Davis' filler removal

Jun 11, 2025 • The Midst

After Barnes & Noble acquisition, Emily McDowell enters her post-burnout reinvention period

Aug 13, 2025 • The Midst and Emily McDowell

Become the woman you're meant to be. And want to be.

Recent posts

All the cool girls get fired

+ Kathleen Hanna, Natasha Lyonne, Kim Gordon at Sundance

Feb 4 • The Midst and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

Your February horoscope = a beautiful month

Menopause according to Roxanne Gay, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Cheryl Strayed

Feb 2 • The Midst

Turn chores into a strength-building workout

This woman created the 1st app that tracks the fitness of chores like vacuuming

Jan 29 • The Midst and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

The decline of the job search + the rise of Midfluencers

+ The Midst's new submission guidelines

Jan 27 • The Midst and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

If you want to live a long life, move to this state

+ "Should I use an estradiol patch for night sweats?" A pharmacist in perimenopause weighs in

Jan 26 • The Midst, Daphne Berryhill, Colette Jane Fehr, LMFT, LMHC, and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

How DIY Queen Jennifer Perkins built her one-woman craft empire

Meet the HGTV & DIY Network show host who created a thriving personal brand before personal brands were a thing

Jan 21 • The Midst and Jennifer Perkins

How DIY Queen Jennifer Perkins built her one-woman craft empire

Meet the HGTV & DIY Network show host who crafted a thriving personal brand before personal brands were a thing

Jan 21 • The Midst

And the healthiest state is:

+ 21 self-care ideas to prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder

Jan 19 • The Midst

Autoimmune forced me out of corporate—which saved my life

+ Show of hands: Would you be interested in going to a Midst event in Los Angeles?

Jan 15 • The Midst

Reiki orgasms + The We Do Not Care Club Handbook

Meet Daydree Horner aka Good Love Coach

Jan 13 • The Midst and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

The Midst submission guidelines

Help us reinvent this thing called midlife

Jan 11 • The Midst and Amy Cuevas Schroeder

When sugar addiction replaces alcohol

Enjoy this exclusive excerpt of "Humble Pie: Sober Menopause, Sugar Addiction, and the Sweetness of Recovery" by Dana Bowman

Jan 11 • The Midst and Dana Bowman

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