Ta-da! We’ve made it! 2008 was a difficult year for many of us. If you’re over fifty, you’ve likely seen a large portion of your life savings melt away and your homes drop in value just when you’d finally paid off that wretched mortgage. As boomers, this current major economic downturn was truly unexpected. Financial [...]
Sometimes growing older can bring on feelings of depression. If you’re a woman over fifty, you’ve undoubtedly had to face some less than happy realities. The body you inhabit has likely wrinkled and widened, dearly held relationships have grown distant and sour, and cherished loved ones have passed away. The holidays, a notoriously happy time [...]
Remember the joy of anticipation on Christmas Eve—being so excited you could hardly fall asleep? Remember waking your parents early on Christmas morning because you weren’t allowed to see what Santa brought until they shared in your wide-eyed excitement of that special day? Remember the flurry of tearing wrapping paper and ripping off bows to [...]
If you’re a women over fifty, I’m guessing you’ve already heard several variations of the 80/20 rule: you wear 20% of your cloths 80% of the time (so watch out for those super expensive, special occasion purchases), finding a job is 80% who you know and 20% what you know (so be sure to spend [...]
Women over fifty experience significant change in their lives, not the least of which is seeing beloved children leave the nest and head out to pursue goals and dreams of their own. In my last post, I suggested that recently displaced mothers “feather their nests” with new interests and linked to my TV appearance where [...]
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