Meet Anna

Thirty years of marriage, children, a career, and a worldview that felt complete. Then, in my early fifties, everything changed.

Divorce, redundancy, and having to sell my home left me asking a question I never expected to face:

What now?

So I packed a bag and travelled to Nepal on my own.

I wasn't looking for adventure. I was looking for answers.

What followed was a decade of genuine searching.

Buddhism found me in the mountains. Back home, I trained as a mindfulness teacher, working with people living with terminal illness and bereavement—people facing things far harder than anything I had experienced, and doing so with a presence and courage that changed how I think about being alive.

I wrote my first book, How Did I Get Here?

I kept searching.

Then, unexpectedly, something happened that changed the direction of my search again — an ordinary Thursday evening that became the seed of the memoir I'm now writing, a story about searching for meaning, unexpected friendship, and discovering that it's never too late to begin again.

Over time, all of that searching became something much bigger than my own story.

It became Freedom in Later Life.

Freedom in Later Life is for people over 50 who are exploring what comes next. Too often, growing older is presented as a time of decline, or simply preparing for retirement — I don't believe that's the whole story.

It can also be a time of reinvention, curiosity, contribution and genuine personal growth: an opportunity to ask better questions, build deeper relationships, rediscover who we are, and create a life that feels more meaningful, authentic and free. It's a place to read thoughtful articles, discover books and practical resources, share ideas, ask questions, and—over time—connect with other people asking many of the same ones.

My hope is that none of us has to do that searching alone.

Every Thursday I send an email with ideas, essays and reflections on meaning, identity and how we choose to live as we grow older — plus the occasional book or resource I think is worth your time. If that sounds like the conversation you've been looking for, join us — pop your email in below and I'll send you the next one.

I'm glad you're here.

Anna