Mayukhi Chakravarty

A content writer and lifelong book nerd rewriting the rules of her 40s, because in a world that expects women to have it all figured out, the real power belongs to those of us brave enough to tell the truth.

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The Midsection Crisis: Why Weight Gain in Your 40s Feels So Different

When your favourite jeans start gaslighting you and your shirt buttons begin living dangerously, you know you’ve entered the world of weight gain in your 40s. This is my story of navigating midlife weight gain, body image, and the little lifestyle tweaks that are nudging me towards a more accepting mindset and staying fit after

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The Beautiful Pause: On Loving the Slow Life, Handling the FOMO, and Prepping for My Next Big Chapter at 40

Staying at home is my addiction but the fear of missing out is my hangover. Is FOMO permanently hardwired into a woman’s DNA?  It’s rather unsettling to step into my fourth decade, only to realise that I am once again expected to dive back into the deep end when almost all my peers and friends

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5 Lessons I Learned From Divorce: What My Failed Marriage Taught Me

A divorce was never on my teenage bucket list. And yet, there I was, married, separated and single again within a matter of months, with a crash course in adulthood I had definitely not signed up for.  None of this was my decision. My parents had decided that their college-going daughter would be much better

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