The midlife retreat: an extract

How we come to a point where we have to face ourselves

(Short extract of work in progress- Bernie Does Mushrooms). I’m sharing these posts to give insight into how a book comes together. Also because the themes in this book are universal to women in midlife. The sense of longing. Of trying to work out what can stay and what can go. Also the courage required to actually shift or decide to sit with the things that drive us mad in our lives. In this extract Bernie reflects on where she is now in her life. She is attending a women’s retreat in Spain and trying to look for her identity. She is restless and knows that there is something better out there but she is also worried that she’s just too old to make any meaningful changes…