This is the official intro to the third sub-series of my ongoing Life Unscripted series of personal posts, The Midlife Rebellion: Ageing, Body and Womanhood.
Find all posts in this sub-series here: https://carasutra.com/category/life-unscripted/perimenopause-and-ageing/
Welcome To My Midlife Rebellion
https://carasutra.com/2026/04/welcome-to-my-midlife-rebellion/
"Life is complicated, then parenting comes along, and parenting neurodivergent children adds a whole new layer of complexity."
Something new and intensely personal on the blog this week.
Parenting in a Neurodivergent Household: A Mother’s Reflection
https://carasutra.com/2026/03/parenting-neurodivergent-household/
#Neurodivergent #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismParenting #Neurodiversity #ChronicIllness #Parenting #Blogger #UKblog #UKblogger #MumStuff #LifeUnscripted
Writing this over the past week was upsetting, exhausting, cathartic.
The 'real life' that's been happening alongside 17yrs of sex blogging
https://carasutra.com/2026/02/beyond-sex-blogger-label/
#LifeUnscripted #PersonalStory #HealingJourney #RealLife #TruthTelling #Therapy #cPTSD
On living with lower libido, due to mental health & trauma, perimenopause, HRT & ageing, chronic illness and identity shifts.
#LifeUnscripted #LowLibido #Perimenopause #Midlife #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #ChronicIllness #IdentityShift #LifeWriting #PersonalEssays #LivedExperience #HealingJourney #WomensHealth #HormoneHealth #SelfReflection #MidlifeJourney #QuietRevolution #EmotionalWellbeing #WritingLife
https://carasutra.com/2026/01/living-with-low-libido/
Back in 2016, I wrote about not being able to orgasm from oral sex.
10 years on, I've updated this post through new-but-older eyes. An in-depth piece in which I share my personal perspective on internal and external sexual pressure & expectations.
https://carasutra.com/2016/05/why-cunnilingus-doesnt-work-for-me/
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#SexPositive #BodyAutonomy #Consent #Pleasure #SexEducation #SexualHealth #WomensVoices #Midlife #PersonalEssay #TraumaAware #Healing #SelfTrust #LifeUnscripted
I knew something had changed. I suspected perimenopause, and despite a fight to be believed, I was right. This is my story of how it started, how it turned me and my life upside down, and the struggle to claw my way back to, well… me.
https://carasutra.com/2023/03/hello-perimenopause/
#Perimenopause #BodyAutonomy #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #LifeUnscripted #HRT #Perimeno #Ageing