Boomers are the first generation of women to openly claim our rights to personal power and parity with men since the decline of the Goddess cultures. The first feminists fought long and hard for women’s suffrage. But, once they got the vote, seemed to lose steam and retreat to once again stoke the home fires. [...]
Midlife deepens us in many regards, especially if you’re a woman over fifty. Men’s lives seem to take a different trajectory from ours. They are more likely to assert themselves early on and jump full force into making their mark in the outer world in their twenties and thirties. By the time they reach midlife, [...]
Suzanne Braun Levine, author of Fifty is the New Fifty, has many life lessons to share about embracing our age and achieving a new sense of self-empowerment at fifty and beyond. We boomers are indeed fortunate because, as Suzanne writes, for our mothers and grandmothers, the “change of life” meant their lives stopped changing. As [...]
They say we grow wiser with age and, if you’re a woman over 50, you’ll probably agree with that opinion. Nevertheless, coming to “wise woman status” is not an easy journey. First we have to spend time in the Fertile Void. Suzanne Braun Levine coined the term in her book, Inventing the Rest of Our [...]
For those of you who are regular visitors to Feisty Side of Fifty, you know I’m fond of championing the trailblazing spirit of baby boomers and proclaiming that we’re revolutionizing the spirit and style of aging. In truth, our feisty spirit is evident in all we do—but even we are not immune to suffering the [...]
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