Maturity is discovering the wisdom to know we don't always know although poo pooed as a fun inhibiting characteristic. Maturity comes from experience, not watching others make mistakes but making them ourselves. 

Shirley's roller coaster life has had many ups and downs. Now in her 6th decade she has found with discipline and dedication the straight and narrow path to peace, true happiness and is having more fun than ever before.

The goal of an antiaging mentality is to help increase your lifespan as well as help make you feel vibrant, happy and full of life once again

My no.1 top tip for surviving menopause (aside from HRT) change your diet and the next time someone asks you your age, tell the truth.

Your Venus Cow is the youthful, fresh, desirable girl lost inside the time gap between what we used to look like and the cruel reality of ageing, menopause and no confidence. You feel like she's gone forever but she's not, she just needs a slap round the face to wake her up.

It's a complete myth people notice or are put off by age. People notice and are put off by the negative energy, grumbling, complaining and know it all behaviour many older people display. Working on your style will alleviate some of these symtoms of old age.

I can say with all honesty as a 64 year old celibate female I get more male attention these days than I ever did in my twenties and back then I had more footballer and rock and roll boyfriends than I could count.

The one thing I do every day and have done since I was very young is commit time to getting ready  properly, not just throwing any old thing on and that incudes putting make up on even if I'm not doing anything except going for a walk, Shirley speaks.

Forty is most definitely the new hot age to be, old enough to be wise but still young enough to look twenty with the right attitude, energy and confidence.

When my nephew, who is tall, handsome, 30 and not a people pleaser tells me I could pass for 45 almost 20 years less than my actual age and asks me how I do it, he's interested in my anti aging strategy for himself, I know I have the secret.

I am 64 and you won;t catch me giving up my style anytime soon.

When you find yourself over the hill in the Hollywood Hills there are thousands of trainers, nutritionists, stylists, medical professionals available to sell you on their latest and greatest potion, cure all, feng sui, energy clearing, tools, tips and techniques to get you through menopause for a price.

Losing your waist ruins your styling and is not inevitable in middle age.

Since the stock market crash of 2000, when Shirley Yanez lost her millions virtually over night she has been discovering new ways to enhance her beauty regime without money in a world were the pressure for youth and wrinkle free beauty usually comes at a very high price.

I was blown away last night watching Channel 4’s Fabulous Fashionistas, a Cutting Edge Film by Sue Bourne at 10pm. I have been banging the ‘don’t forget about the older woman’ drum for so long, I had almost lost all hope until this amazing one hour documentary, following some inspirational fab style ambassadors, revived my appetite.

Middle age brings with it a lot of physical changes and unpleasant symptoms for women, exacerbated by a poor or unhealthy lifestyle. A couple of inexpensive additions to your daily routine could make the difference.

I decided to set up my social enterprise after spending some years working with really damaged, difficult and often homeless alcoholics. I was never addicted to alcohol in the sense I could go for days without one but on the days I did drink, I could drink for England. Getting drunk in the fast world of stocks and shares, champagne and cocaine, money and often debauchery, I trained with the best drunks...