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Maria left her corporate job to become a ceramicist. "At 42, I realized I had spent two decades trying to be the 'easy girl' in the boardroom," she tells us. "The Donna I am now? She is difficult. She has boundaries. 40 Somethingmag taught me that 'difficult' is just a word men use for women who say no."

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Whether it’s finding unexpected love later in life or starting a flexible business as an "empty nester", the narrative for women over 40 is being rewritten. As many women discover, this isn't the end of a chapter—it's the start of the most interesting one yet. 40 somethingmag donna