THOUGH Hereford lawyer and entrepreneur Carolyn Lazarus sadly died last year, her online network for "women who weren't born yesterday" will live on.

Carolyn's brainchild, totally4women, a vision to offer women over 40 a voice, is to be merged with Henpicked, a like-minded hub for women to share advice and inspiration.

This was set up three years ago by Nottingham-based entrepreneur, Deborah Garlick and a group of friends.

Following Carolyn's death, after a short battle with cancer, the two sites connected through a contributing writer.

With their common ethos and identity, Deborah felt it would be "tragic" for the work of t4w not to continue.

She has worked with Carolyn’s husband, Marc, to continue his wife’s legacy, and now Henpecked is relaunching this month, incorporating t4w to make this one of the UK's fastest growing websites giving women over 40 a voice.

Deborah said: "We had common aims and our brands matched almost identically, so the Henpicked team has been working closely with Marc and the t4w team to bring everything together, keeping Carolyn's legacy alive and even taking it on to another level."

With already more than 300 contributing writers and more than 1,500 articles covering topics as wide ranging as happiness and well-being, health, advice, money matters, beauty and travel, the new site www.henpicked.net aims to be a national resource and online community for women across the UK to share good advice and network with like-minded people.

Carolyn’s husband, Marc, said: "I can say with heartfelt sincerity that in Deborah and the Henpicked team I could not have found people more in tune with Carolyn's vision for t4w.

"I believe it is now in the very best hands to fulfil that vision and I have no doubt that Carolyn would have felt the same."

For more information visit henpicked.net or email contact@henpicked.net for details on how to become a contributor or corporate partner. You can also join in the conversation on Facebook and Twitter @henpickednet.