S2 E3 - Eleanor Mills

Eleanor Mills (born 1970) is a British journalist formerly associated with The Sunday Times and The Times. She was the editorial director of The Sunday Times and editor of its magazine until March 2020.[1] Mills was employed by Times Newspapers for 22 years.

Now the creator of an online community called "Noon" and a self confessed Queenager. From the website:

"At Noon, we call ourselves Queenagers. We’re pioneering midlife women who are in our prime, starting new chapters, a bit hormonal but most importantly becoming the women we are supposed to be. More than ever, our lives are in our own hands and we want to make sure you’re getting all the joy, fun and good stuff you deserve. I’m proud to say that my newsletter is a Substack Bestseller and my interview with Sheryl Sandberg was featured in the top 10 most-read posts on the site."

Key points of the episode:

• The sudden change in her career - the Editor, the head of HR, and the box of tissues on the desk.
• The experience of that and how she knew everything was going to be different.
• Why she did not want another job in journalism. But wasn't quite sure of the new phase.
• "Who am I without this defining huge job I have had since since my 20s"
• The one person she did NOT want to tell and her insights on that.
• Her thoughts on "achievement"- overrated.....?
• ....and who sets the standards anyway?
• The age of becoming- "Queenager Years" -"mid Life Pivot"
• The lens that women view themselves through- a male one? "Brexit/Legsit!"
• Eleanors view- a rainbow - not black or white.
• Why the male lens is limiting (and the rainbow isn't)
• How the women lead change in this stage of their life.
• A helpful philosophy to deal with sudden change.
• Her (legal) Magic Mushroom retreat!
• (and Health and Safety's opinion on it!)
• And her vision for new possibilities and midlife shifts.
• The importance of a sense of curiousity.
• The greater possibilities that are open to all of us, but our conscious mind has not cottoned onto yet.
• Saying YES to joy!

The Book - "Much More to Come", published by Harper Collins, and if you buy from Waterstones before the end of August using the code "muchmore50" - get it for half price!

Her platform- http://www.noon.org.uk

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