Writer and filmmaker. New book How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. Women’s health campaigner and menopause expert http://Substack.com/@katemuirhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3m4hycpls722oIs it ever too late to start HRT? We meet a Glasgow Menopause Warrior who started HRT at 63, and former City exec who’s still enjoying the benefits at 78. Plus some advice from Dr Louise Newson. If we’re working to 67, it makes sense to stay strong. Read here: https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/is-it-ever-too-late-to-start-hrt?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios31 Oct 2025 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4hycpls722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3m2vyuhdevc2tSomething for the weekend…talking with Davina McCall on her Begin Again podcast about reinvention, menopause, longevity and my book How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. Listen here: youtu.be/YqQAzSdqpCs11 Oct 2025 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2vyuhdevc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3m2t56jvn7c2lI’ve written an essay on Riot Women, by genius scriptwriter Sally Wainwright. Her six-part BBC series is about midlife women in crisis who - of course - form a punk band. But there’s serious, darker stuff in there too about the mental health issues too. Read more: https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/riot-women-rocks-the-midlife-crisis?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios10 Oct 2025 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2t56jvn7c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3m2qpduqsos2sDelighted to be on the Begin Again podcast with Davina McCall this week. We talk about how we both rebooted our lives, became menopause campaigners, and made a couple of documentaries together. And about my book, How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. Here’s the podcast: youtu.be/YqQAzSdqpCs09 Oct 2025 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2qpduqsos2shttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lzeaw6kaqk2oHow to defuse the time bombs of ageing with Dr Vonda Wright https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/how-to-defuse-the-time-bombs-of-ageing?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios21 Sep 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzeaw6kaqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lymrfxa7a22aWas Mrs T on HRT? Do hormones affect the will to power. The answer, for Thatcher, was rather surprising: https://substack.com/@katemuir/note/c-155097056?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action12 Sep 2025 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lymrfxa7a22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lxjieib2wk2uIs the ‘Grandmother Hypothesis’ of menopause bonkers? Read my essay: https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/is-the-grandmother-hypothesis-of?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios29 Aug 2025 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxjieib2wk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lwxvbld3u223It’s time to rebrand HRT! And why synthetic hormones are a bit like ultra-processed food. Please read my essay on why HRT has been given such a bad rap, in science and popular culture, and how women are the losers in this ideological battle. https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/its-time-to-rebrand-hrt?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios22 Aug 2025 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwxvbld3u223https://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lwlzexazec23Read all about the joys and mental health benefits of (cold) wild swimming here - reporting from the Isle of Gigha https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/the-joy-of-wild-swimming-on-the-island?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios17 Aug 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwlzexazec23https://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lw532hfs422fLinks to the full article which was picked up by the iPaper https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/how-can-i-avoid-alzheimers-part-1?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/how-can-i-avoid-alzheimers-part-2?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios Please subscribe to my weekly free Substack - I’ll be doing more on this in the autumn. And spread the word. Thanks! Kate11 Aug 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw532hfs422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lvxme5lyxs23An essay from on the human and hormonal aspects of The Rage 😡 https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/which-domestic-objects-have-you-thrown?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios09 Aug 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvxme5lyxs23https://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lvuw55jmos2zWe’re talking about The Rage in midlife below. And please subscribe to my free Substack for more posts like this https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/which-domestic-objects-have-you-thrown?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios08 Aug 2025 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvuw55jmos2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lvd2pekz5c2phttps://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/ella-in-paris?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios01 Aug 2025 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvd2pekz5c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3luwihkp2c22wHow many hours of sleep do we need to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s? Read the latest science on holistic protection in my new free report here: https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/how-can-i-avoid-alzheimers-part-2?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios27 Jul 2025 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3luwihkp2c22whttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lurixlls5c2eIs this electric-blue yoghurt with agave syrup really ‘brain food’? Read my new free Substack post on all the holistic ways to protect your brain - How Can I Avoid Alzheimer’s (Part 2). It’s amazing the extent to which we can control our risks. https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/how-can-i-avoid-alzheimers-part-2?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios25 Jul 2025 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurixlls5c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lupslyb7hk2rRead how stopping HRT suddenly puts women at risk of fractures, and staying on it reduces risk of osteoporosis by 25%. Yet some GPs are still refusing to continue HRT prescriptions. Everyone needs to catch up wit the evidence https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(25)00048-0/fulltext24 Jul 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupslyb7hk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lu7uc5ovms2jMy new Substack investigation on How to Avoid Alzheimer’s is up, inspired by my mum Ella. Clue: get your hormonal glasses on! Read it here: https://substack.com/@katemuir/note/c-136437023?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action18 Jul 2025 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu7uc5ovms2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3ltod32v6ss2nMy new Substack essay ‘Is My Phone Making Me Dull?’ Is up here: https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/is-my-phone-making-me-dull?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios11 Jul 2025 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltod32v6ss2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lteermfdxk2qWhy are we taught more about frogs than women’s health at school? Why don’t we know that women’s brains rewire up to three times in life, at the 3 Ps: puberty, pregnancy and perimenopause and that we are miracles of plasticity?It’s all here in my new weekly Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/why-does-my-brain-rewire-in-midlife?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios07 Jul 2025 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lteermfdxk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lsl6zr2uss24My new free Substack is up. This week: Am I Having a Perimenopausal Libido Surge? featuring, among others, the writer Miranda July https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/am-i-having-a-perimenopausal-libido?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios27 Jun 2025 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsl6zr2uss24https://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lrzh2e4pik2rRead more about why we need a new cultural and health revolution on my new KateMuir Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/katemuir/p/we-are-one-billion?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios20 Jun 2025 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrzh2e4pik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lrpkjywnrk2nClick here to get my free weekly newsletter: https://substack.com/@katemuir?r=e0wyr&utm_medium=ios16 Jun 2025 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpkjywnrk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lrkdyilers2pPlease subscribe to my weekly Substack newsletter on how to have a magnificent midlife crisis and much more @katemuir https://katemuir.substack.com/p/should-i-have-a-midlife-crisisp14 Jun 2025 06:44 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrkdyilers2phttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lrifamgbts2lMy new free KateMuir Substack launches today - and every Friday https://katemuir.substack.com/p/should-i-have-a-midlife-crisis13 Jun 2025 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrifamgbts2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lrfm6xestk22Saturday 3pm in Dundee! Tickets https://dundeebookfestival.com/product/kate-muir-how-to-have-a-magnificent-midlife-crisis/12 Jun 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfm6xestk22https://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lqwc4fhuic2vFriday lunchbreak? Tune in at 1pm over on Instagram at @uponnoon with me and Eleanor Mills. We both know a lot about completely changing careers in midlife - and starting revolutions🤪06 Jun 2025 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwc4fhuic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/katemuir.bsky.social/post/3lqrtzzlv6k2pBook launch last night for How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis amzn.eu/d/2kEQ3Ff04 Jun 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:ystdxlpghevpiwjx4w754bki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrtzzlv6k2p