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The Latte Lounge is excited to announce our largest-ever event - The Midlife Festival - coming this October.
We are excited to announce the official date for the festival:
Monday 9 October - Friday 13 October
Make sure you save the date now for the most inspiring and informative week of the year.
Get your free tickets to the UK’s biggest and boldest online festival of midlife.
It's going to be five full days of expert advice, tips and inspirational talks. We'll cover women's health, self care & wellbeing, fitness & nutrition, perimenopause & menopause, sex & relationships, and so much more.
And the best part? It's all free, and it's all online, so you can watch from the comfort of your own home.
Our incredible line-up of experts will inspire, encourage, support and guide you towards a happier, healthier and more fulfilled life.
Best-selling and award-winning author and TEDx speaker Reena Vokoun will talk about the foundations of fitness in midlife. Reena is a certified health and wellness expert and the founder of Passion Fit.
Founder of Menopause Pilates, Dinah Siman, will be talking about doing pilates in midlife.
Dinah views menopause as an opportunity for powerful, positive and long-lasting change. Her extensive studies and experience enable her to help women improve their health and wellbeing during the stages of menopause.
Experienced fitness instructor Jacqueline Hooton guides us through finding time for fitness.
Having craved peace and a better work/life balance for some time, when her children left home, Jacqueline took the opportunity to create ‘Her Garden Gym’, a personal training studio and peaceful haven for busy women.
Gastroenterologist Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed, will share food for boosting your gut health. Saliha was the winner of MasterChef 2017 and is a regular on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen. She has also published several books, her most recent being 'The Kitchen Prescription'.
Sophie Medlin talks us through gut health and nutrition. Sophie is a well-recognised consultant dietitian, founder of CityDietitians and the Chair of the British Dietetic Association for London. Sophie is a go-to spokesperson for media when it comes to evidence-based nutrition, regularly featuring in print, broadcast and social media.
Nigel Denby has specialised in menopause for over 20 years and is the author of no less than ten books. Nigel’s diet and nutrition mantra is simple: No fads, no gimmicks and no quick fixes – just good, evidence-based nutrition.
Award-winning dietitian and diabetes specialist Fareeha Jay will share with us some simple steps to prevent diabetes as you age. Fareeha is passionate about spreading knowledge and awareness to empower people to make healthy food and lifestyle choices.
GP, menopause specialist and author Dr Naomi Potter will cover all you need to know about the menopause. Dr Potter partnered with Davina McCall for her award-winning book ‘Menopausing’, and she believes passionately, as we do, that women should have access to clear, evidence-based information to help them make informed choices on managing menopause.
Dr Alison Macbeth is a Breast Speciality Doctor and accredited British Menopause Society Menopause Specialist. She has been a GP with a special interest in Women’s Health and Genito-Urinary medicine since 1999 and is passionate about meeting the often overlooked needs of women in all stages of treatment and recovery from breast cancer and also those with a high-risk family history of breast cancer.
Dr Laura Flexer and Dr Kuki Avery from The Chelvney Menopause Group are GPs and Menopause specialists who are passionate about women accessing individualised, evidence-based menopause care.
Women’s health specialist GP, TV doctor, medical educator, campaigner, and author Dr Nighat Arif will speak on the past, present and future of women’s health. Dr Arif has over 15 years of experience in the NHS and private practice and recently published her book ‘The Knowledge: Your Guide to Female Health – from Menstruation to the Menopause’.
Prof Guy Leschziner will share the secrets of a good night’s sleep. Professor Leschziner is a Consultant Neurologist and a Professor of Neurology and Sleep Medicine at King’s College, London. He is a published author and has presented two series on the brain and sleep for BBC radio, and you may recognise him from "The Secrets of Sleep" on Channel 4.
Dr Kate Bunyan is a menopause specialist and Medical Director at Stella, the experts who power our online menopause clinic, The Latte Lounge Plus. Dr Kate dives deep into Hormone Replacement Therapy to advise and reassure anyone considering taking it.
From gynaecological cancer research charity, The Eve Appeal, Athena Lamnisos will explain what we need to know about gynaecological cancers.
Certified Sexological Bodyworker and somatic sex coach Dr Claire Macaulay will share with us how to improve our sex lives. She is passionate about supporting people to create the kind of sex life that is right for them and describes the support she offers as 'science-based, no bull-shit, real-world sex education for mid-life women', which she delivers with compassion and humour.
Celebrity stylist Gayle Rinkoff has, over the past 25 years, made her way to the very top of the fashion industry. She worked with many leading celebrity clients over the years, including Zoe Ball, Helen Mirren and Alesha Dixon. And even styled Katie for a recent Hello Magazine Menopause Awareness Shoot!
Multi-award-winning beauty journalist, influencer, broadcaster and diversity advocate Ateh Jewel will share her beauty tips and skincare advice for women over 40.
Learn how to look after and improve your skin post-40 with Clarins Beauty Coach Specialist Alison Jensen-Goodall. She’s also joined by Clarins Head of Training, Marie Schmid, who will talk us through the key ingredients to look out for in your skincare.
Creative Brand Ambassador at HELLO! Magazine Rosie Nixon was formerly HELLO!’s editor-in-chief and editor, having worked for the brand for the last 15 years. The author of three novels, Rosie is a passionate believer in the power of kindness and loves speaking on this subject; she thrives in communities with a common goal to spread joy and make the world a better place.
Tanith Carey is an award-winning writer and author of 12 books on psychology, parenting and social history. Her most recent book ‘Feeling Blah? Why Anhedonia has left you joyless and how to recapture life’s highs’ is the first for the general reader to pinpoint the reasons for feeling like this, ranging from stress to hormone shifts.
Award-winning Menopause Specialist and Founder of Vital Wellness Clinic, Dr Wendy Molefi, will share with us tips for how to cope with anxiety in midlife. She has a special interest in the psychological impact of the menopause on women’s quality of life and, with a background in wellness coaching and mindfulness teaching, takes a holistic and preventative approach with her patients.
Maternal health and sex positivity advocate and journalist Clio Wood is the founder of &Breathe, an award-winning wellbeing retreat company which she created after she experienced the traumatic birth of her first daughter and subsequent postnatal depression, PTSD and pelvic floor issues.
Julianne Miles MBE is CEO and Co-Founder of Women Returners. She will talk about your second-act careers and returning to work after a break.
Julianne is a Chartered Psychologist, and her mission is to remove the career break penalty, making career breaks a normal part of a 40-to-50-year working life.
Much-loved TV presenter, journalist, triathlete and author Louise Minchin joins us to talk about how to live life fearlessly and the pursuit of adventure.
Award-winning freelance health journalist and author Sarah Graham talks about her book Rebel Bodies and the gender health gap.
Founder of The Midlfe Festival and The Latte Lounge, Katie Taylor, will draw upon her experiences at work and her expertise as a menopause in the workplace consultant.
Award-winning American journalist, broadcaster, speaker, author and menopause advocate Tamsen Fadal will speak about being single in midlife. Nicknamed the “TikTok Fairy Godmother”, Tamsen shares tips and advice with over 200k+ followers so that women do not feel alone during this stage in their lives.
Career coach Zoe Hendricks will talk about the changing career later in life. Zoe is a master's qualified career coach and founder of WorkClever Career Coaching.
She has a deep understanding of the challenges and complexities of the working landscape faced by women in midlife and empowers her clients to develop the confidence, skills and approaches to take back control and create rewarding careers.
We have the perfect mix of 25 expert speakers sessions across 5 days - all 100 % online so you can watch from the comfort of your home, and the best thing about this is it’s absolutely FREE for all to attend!
No problem, grab yourself one of our all-access VIP passes now for just £19.99* with some added extras thrown in, too! Your VIP pass will give you on-demand access to all of our sessions to re-watch at your leisure. These will be available immediately after the festival.
Add the session recordings from our 2021 and 2022 festival speakers, including Davina McCall, Nadia Nadia Sawalha, Andrea McLean, Dr Avrum Bluming, Dr Alka Patel, Diane Danebrink and many more for just £5 when you purchase this year’s pass!
*VIP is available for just £19.99 before the festival, with the price going up to £24.99 once the festival is over.
We are proud to support The Eve Appeal - the charity that raises awareness of and funds research into the five gynaecological cancers - ovarian, vulva, vaginal, cervical and womb cancer.
For every VIP pass sold, we will donate 5% to our charity partner – The Eve Appeal.
The week of our festival is free for all to attend, thanks to our headline Sponsor Clarins and our sponsor YES®.
Clarins
As a brand, Clarins have always embraced the ageing process. For many years they have developed products specifically designed to address the concerns of skin going through hormonal change, launching their first super restorative products some 18 years ago.
Clarins are active supporters of a drive for change, sharing our belief that it is vital to lift the taboo on talking about menopause and its effects on women, just one of the many reasons we are proud to work with them as our headline sponsor.
YES®
Our friends at YES® are passionate about Making Vaginas Happy®! Their intimate health range contains certified organic products which respect and care for the vagina & vulva. Designed to be side effect-free, natural and pH matched to the vagina.
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