Woman & Home

The longest NIGHT

The clock reads 3am. And I am alone in my kitchen in the dark, eating a peanut butter sandwich! I blame my hormones – or, more accurately, a sudden reduction in certain ones thanks to my approaching menopause. I can’t sleep. And it’s been a similar story every night for weeks – lying in bed trying to calm my overactive mind enough for slumber.

It’s impossible. How did I ever manage it? It’s as if my brain has suddenly, and inexplicably, forgotten how

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