Feisty Side of Fifty/Baby Boomer Women

As I was drifting off to sleep the other night, my leg made an involuntary twitch that jolted me back awake. I suddenly had a terrible thought: “Could I be suffering from the earliest signs of Restless Legs Syndrome?” The potential of this dreaded disease set my mind to reeling with all sorts of [...]

August 29th, 2007 | Tags: 50+, aging, aging with grace, anti aging, baby boomer generation, baby boomer woman, baby boomer women, baby boomers, body, body image, book, boomer, boomers, career development, career transition, careers after 50, connect, counterculture, creative, Eileen Williams, emotion, empty nest, empty nesters, encourage, female forums, feminist, feminist movement, feminists, Fifties, fifty plus, first-wave boomers, forum for women, forums for women, friends, generation, health, hippie, hippie chick, hippies, hippy, invitation, lifelong learning, M. Eileen Williams, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women, maturity, menopause, midlife, midlife crisis, midlife transition, old broad, older women, over fifty, peri menopause, psychedelic, retirement, retirement planning, senior serv, seniors, Seventies, share, Sixties, speak, story, support, symptoms of menopause, the 50's, the 60's, tips for baby boomer women, turning fifty, voice, wisdom, women, women over 50, women over fifty, write, writer | Category: Aging With Attitude | Comments (5)

When a close friend turned fifty, her slightly older husband jokingly suggested that he should “turn her in” for two twenty-five year olds. This and (to his mind) numerous other hilarious references to men with their younger, arm candy, trophy wives began to erode her self-esteem. Then, one day she “had it up [...]

August 27th, 2007 | Tags: 50+, aging, aging with grace, anti aging, baby boomer generation, baby boomer woman, baby boomer women, baby boomers, body, body image, book, boomer, boomers, career development, career transition, careers after 50, connect, counterculture, creative, Eileen Williams, emotion, empty nest, empty nesters, encourage, female forums, feminist, feminist movement, feminists, Fifties, fifty plus, first-wave boomers, forum for women, forums for women, friends, generation, health, hippie, hippie chick, hippies, hippy, invitation, lifelong learning, M. Eileen Williams, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women, maturity, menopause, midlife, midlife crisis, midlife transition, old broad, older women, over fifty, peri menopause, psychedelic, retirement, retirement planning, senior serv, seniors, Seventies, share, Sixties, speak, story, support, symptoms of menopause, the 50's, the 60's, tips for baby boomer women, turning fifty, voice, wisdom, women, women over 50, women over fifty, write, writer | Category: Aging With Attitude | Comments (5)