For decades, the phrase midlife crisis has been shorthand for disaster. Men buy convertibles, women disappear into the background. The story we’ve been told is one of decline, invisibility, and winding down. Kate Muir is here to burn that script.
This September, the bestselling author, women’s health campaigner, and award-winning documentary maker is on a mission to reclaim the midlife crisis not as an ending, but as a launchpad. Her book, How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis, does exactly what the title promises: reframes midlife as a time of clarity, courage, and possibility.

In her book, Kate writes that a midlife crisis can be “a magnificent moment” rather than something to dread. She calls for a complete rethink of this stage of life, encouraging women to embrace it as a powerful opportunity to reinvent, regain confidence, and create space on their own terms.
This is science, facts, and years of investigative work rolled into one powerful conversation. Kate’s career is a masterclass in reinvention itself. After years as Chief Film Critic for The Times, she turned her journalistic lens on the shocking neglect of women’s health. What she found was outrageous: outdated science, misinformation about hormones, and millions of women suffering in silence.