When my mother was the age that I am now, I had five children, ages 11 to 3. I was home schooling all of them, making food from scratch, and living my best earth-mother-type life. And, I had a neuro-muscular disease…

You think the issue is food. That if you could just find the right diet, stick to the plan, maybe muster up a little more willpower… you’d finally get a handle on your health. You’d lose the weight, feel better in your clothes, stop obsessing over what’s in the fridge. Right?

If you’re like me, the phrase “I’m sorry” makes regular appearances in your conversations. I say it when I’m late, when I feel embarrassed, when someone tells me they feel sad about something. I also say it when the person I’m addressing looks…

I am so proud to be of our generation. I doubt there has ever been one that has experienced the vast amount of changes that we have. And yet, there are still things that have not changed, for example ‘taboos’. Things which, for whatever reason, we keep to ourselves…

I’ve always been a passionate person. Passion has filled my life. When I’m interested in something, I go for it, and I’ve been blessed with abundant energy. My 64-year-old partner has a hard time keeping up with me!

I’ve talked about changing attitudes and expectations around aging and wellness, and about creating a vitality plan and making regular vitality deposits. But I think there is something else working under the surface to derail positive change…

In our youth-oriented society, women are often written-off by age, and if you watch TV or read articles, you would think that after 40 we begin a wild ride up and over the hill. It’s as if we begin a steady course toward invisibility…

I had cataract surgery the other week – both eyes. It is amazing to wake up in the morning and see clearly without having to first put on glasses. Colors are more vibrant, and I am noticing things that I wasn’t able to see before. Sadly, these things also include…

Although I do like being an older woman, one of the downsides of reaching our 60s and beyond is that there are more and more deaths among the people in our lives. We note that those remaining from the generation above…

Friedrich Nietzsche’s allegory of the camel, the lion, and the child maps uncannily onto the arc of a woman’s life – her seasons of endurance, rebellion, and rebirth. These metamorphoses are not linear milestones but cyclical returns, each revealing deeper layers of strength…