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What happens when you reach middle-age? Work frustrations, redundancy, bodily decline and even a hip replacement maybe? Don't worry, we can help. A bit.

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    Is Coffee Good For You? 12 Proven Health Benefits

    Is coffee good for you? 12 things here suggest that it is

  • Lost sense of smell. Can surgery save it? 1

    Lost sense of smell. Can surgery save it?

    I lost my sense of smell a couple of years ago. Or longer. In fact, I can’t quite remember when

  • 2 years after my hip replacement

    Shocking 2 years after my hip replacement. Was it worth it worth the hassle?

    Amazingly it’s now 2 years after my hip replacement and as I munched the last of my mince pies I

  • mental health at christmas

    Mental Health at Christmas: Fantastic tips for coping this year

    The Christmas and New Year might seriously affect mental health, the pressure and expectations can be grave, which is why coping strategies are as important as ever.

  • Father Christmas is better than me

    Father Christmas is fat, grey and old. I’m exactly the same, and yet no one wants me in their house at Christmas. What can I do?

    Everyone loves Father Christmas. People invite him into their houses with offers of mince pies and wine, think he’s cute

  • Panic buying petrol

    Anti panic buying man left stranded on M1

    A man who refused to panic buy petrol was left stranded on the M1 yesterday as his car ran out

  • 18 months after my hip replacement

    18 months after my hip replacement and some bad habits need to be broken

    18 months after my hip replacement and recovery is still ongoing. It’s my bad habits I need to break.

  • Owning a puppy

    First week of owning a puppy. An impressive mix of mess and stress…

    Owning a puppy is not a quick win if you’re looking for a cure to midlife stress. The first week will test your patience, even if it is a Lagotto

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I’m thinking of taking cannabis for pain relief. Is it a good idea or fantastically stupid?

November 2, 2019 Aunt Marvin Ask Marvin

Is cannabis a good way of relieving pain?

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Attractive organisation

What makes an attractive organisation? We’re a sucker for our emotions

November 2, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

How do we make decisions about companies to join? What makes an attractive organisation – emotion or fact based?

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Ask Marvin

Should I dye my grey hair darker to make me more successful (and attractive?)

November 1, 2019 Aunt Marvin Ask Marvin

I’m grey and old. What should I do about it?

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hip replacement story starting with arthritis

My body used to fix itself…sadly it doesn’t any more and so midlife arthritis ends with a hip replacement story (Part 1)

October 31, 2019 marvinmidlife Midlife Health & Fitness, Hip replacement stories

Arthritis isn’t for old people, it can strike at any time if you’re unlucky. The start of a hip replacement story.

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Role playing

Exciting role playing doesn’t just happen in the bedroom, it happens in interviews too.

October 24, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

Role playing interviews are becoming common – but do they work?

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interview clothing

Wearing inappropriate interview clothing could cost you the job. What should you wear?

October 24, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

What should the middle aged man wear to an interview?

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Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It's a lonely place. 2

Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It’s a lonely place.

October 19, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

How it was tumbleweed rather than job offers that rolled in after being made redundant, despite some effort being made

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dad's childbirth story

Becoming a dad. Childbirth can be scary for men too.

October 18, 2019 marvinmidlife Midlife Issues

The story of how a new father came into the world during the birth of his child

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Shock of middle-aged man in Turkish barber experience. Is it the answer to midlife grooming? 3

Shock of middle-aged man in Turkish barber experience. Is it the answer to midlife grooming?

October 18, 2019 marvinmidlife Midlife Issues

How a haircut in a Turkish barber broadens the mind for a middle-aged bloke used to short back and sides

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Redundant midlife

How disaster struck. A victim of middle age redundancy tells his sorry tale.

October 17, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

The story of how a middle aged man experienced redundancy

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Feature: Hip Replacement

hip replacement story starting with arthritis
A hip replacement story, from initial twinge to running around post op.

Working lives

  • Loose women What does Daddy do all day? Getting traumatised by Loose Women isn’t all fun.
  • Redundant midlife How disaster struck. A victim of middle age redundancy tells his sorry tale.
  • Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It's a lonely place. 4 Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It’s a lonely place.

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Health, Fitness and Hips

  • Dentist's chair Man trying to recreate Gascgoine’s “dentist’s chair” celebration ends up having root canal surgery
  • hip replacement story starting with arthritis Hip replacement surgery and week 1 recovery. It all goes horribly wrong… (Part 4)
  • False memories are made by a creative brain Remember that special holiday? Possibly not. What are false memories and how can you make the best of them?
  • Alcohol impacts “I’m never going out again”, says man after post-lockdown bender. How alcohol impacts your body.

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  • 12 months after - a total hip replacement recovery story....
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Ask Marvin Answered…

  • Father Christmas is fat, grey and old. I’m exactly the same, and yet no one wants me in their house at Christmas. What can I do?
    Aunt Marvin
  • My work suit no longer fits, and my birthday suit isn’t what it was. What can I do before I return to the office?
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  • I have been offered a promotion at work but it could mean sacrificing my friends. Should I take it?
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