EXCITING NEWS!

My new baby, ‘MIDLIFE MATTERS’, is out now!

‘MIDLIFE MATTERS’, published by DK RED, has been an absolute labour of love, that started two years ago when my now literary editor Emily (who happened to be a member of The Latte Lounge Facebook group), messaged asking if I'd ever considered writing a book?  

I told her that I was flattered she thought I was worthy of a book and that I love writing, but running The Latte Lounge full time, whilst juggling life as a mum of 4 kids, meant there was just never enough time in the day.  And where would I even start and why would any publisher or person want to hear from me?!!

A coffee shop in Harrow 

And so from a little coffee shop somewhere in Harrow, over a latte or two (of course), we met and started to plot out what said book may look like, who it would appeal to and most importantly why it was needed.

We established that I would act as the book's guide and we would include q and a sections covering all matters of midlife from many of the leading experts I've worked with over the past decade and weave in some personal stories from women in our community too.

I imagined it being the sort of book that one of my friends may have bought me for my 40th or 50th birthday gift - a little trusted bible of all things midlife health and wellbeing!

The phone call

I never really believed any publisher would be interested in me, an unknown ‘normal’ person (well not sure my kids think i’m normal lol!), so when Emily phoned me many weeks later to say that one of the publishers she had submitted it to, DK RED,  had loved our proposal, and wanted to offer me a book deal, I nearly choked on my latte!!

The dream team

And what a dream DK RED has been to work with. Providing me with so much support, guidance and patience the entire way through, taking my long winded brain dumps and thousands of emails and messages from myself and over 40 leading experts, and turning them into the most wonderful illustrated book I could ever have imagined.

I am immensely proud of MIDLIFE MATTERS, beyond grateful to every single person who has contributed to it and I cannot wait for you all to see and read it too. 

So what’s in the book, and who should read it?  

Well, it's got something for everyone, no matter what your current situation may be, and I feel quietly confident that it is going to help so many women (and those that know, love, care about or work with a woman), at various different points throughout their lives too.

MIDLIFE MATTERS is divided into 4 sections: 

HEALTH, WELLBEING, RELATIONSHIPS, WORK & FINANCE with q and a contributions from so many of the leading experts i have interviewed before for this website, covering everything from: Menopause, heart, bone, gyny, brain and mental health, nutrition, fitness, sleep, skin, hair, style & beauty to: Sex, libido, dating, friendships, parenting, ageing relatives, relationship issues, divorce, grief, careers, finances & re-invention.

Please help me to make this book a resounding success by pre-ordering via the link below - pre orders really do make a huge difference to the success of the book:

Please spread the word to all your friends, family and followers too!

Thank you so much

Katie xxxxx