Eleanor Mills is editor-in-chief of Noon.org.uk. Eleanor had worked in news and features journalism for nearly 30 years when she lost her job as editor of the Sunday Times Magazine - a moment which, as you’ll hear, left her feeling like she’d died. But this period of instability also became one of personal reflection and incredible growth. It led her to set up Noon - to share the stories of other women who had reinvented themselves in midlife. Noon is now known as the home of the “Queenager”, it’s going from strength to strength, and has taught Eleanor an awful lot along the way.

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Lavina Mehta is a personal trainer, wellness coach, mum of three and TV and radio fitness expert. Lavina started her working life in management and quickly ascended to a Global Project Manager role at BP, but eventually chose to leave this role to focus on her family. It’s a decision that so many women have to face in their careers - but for Lavina it was an opportunity for an amazing reinvention. As you’ll hear, she became more and more interested in fitness and it ignited passion in her for exercise and nutrition. At age 40 she qualified as a personal trainer and became committed to helping other Asian women like her look after their health. During lockdown she offered twice daily “snack” workouts to help people keep fit from home. It snowballed into a global phenomenon and in October 2020 she was awarded in MBE for services in Health & Fitness over the covid pandemic. She’s won multiple other accolades and awards for her work and is about to publish her first book focused on fitness and health in menopause. She is passionate about showing women how to look after their bodies and that it’s never too late to follow & fulfil their dreams.

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And you can order her new book The Feel Good Fix here

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Dr Liz O’Riordan is a breast surgeon who has now had breast cancer herself three times. At the age of 40 her life was thrown upside down by her diagnosis, and after getting the all clear, three years later she found out the cancer had returned. This time the side effects of treatment forced her to retire from surgery, but from this moment of change Liz started something new. She decided to channel all her knowledge and experience into continuing to help people going through a diagnosis. She is now one of the UK’s leading breast cancer experts - she’s literally written the Complete Guide, she writes for the Mail and she’s a powerhouse online, posting regular videos and providing reliable advice and guidance for women going through breast cancer treatment. Plus her podcast - So Now I’ve Got Breast Cancer - is another platform where she has grown a community of followers who look to her as a source they can trust in a sea of misinformation. She regularly receives letters and posts from her followers telling her how she has changed their life - and is the perfect guest to show how nothing should stop us from reinvention.

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You can buy Liz’s Complete Guide to Breast Cancer here and her memoir Under the Knife here

Her youtube channel contains loads of great content and her podcast - So Now I’ve Got Breast Cancer is here.

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