Women over 50 have learned to roll with the punches. We’ve suffered our share of slights as society attempts to marginalize us, make us feel irrelevant, and acts like our age alone is something that diminishes out worth. We hear the condescension couched in terms such as “sweetie,” “dear,” and “young lady,” and we recognize [...]
Just because you’re a woman over 50 doesn’t mean you have it all figured out. In many cases, it’s to the contrary. Suzanne Braun Levine writes of the “Fertile Void,” that time in a woman’s life between first and second adulthood when every part of her reality seems to be in flux. Her mindset is [...]
Boomer women have long been known for our chutzpah. So rather than fading into the margins of society once we hit fifty, we chose to become anything but invisible. Perhaps it was due to our vast numbers, our revolutionary spirit, or maybe it was menopause and the energy generated by a communal hot flash of [...]
Women over 50 have written down, followed, and later forgotten more New Year’s resolutions than we care to recall. In my case, the list for 2012 is virtually a carbon copy of most every year: lose weight, exercise more, and pursue my business goals. However this time I’m adding a new and very important resolution [...]
Life is all about trade-offs. As women over 50, we know this all too well because middle age and beyond can be filled with loss. Sadly, some of these losses are life altering and may take months—if not years—to overcome. Yet there are also great gains to be had with the right outlook. Major losses [...]
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