How Can We Embrace the Shifts That Occur as We Age
Have you experienced shifts in your priorities, your goals, and even your dreams throughout your 60s and beyond? Shifts are those changes in our thinking and our attitudes that evolve as we age…
Read MoreHow to Accept Your Shorter Runway
Once we pass age 60, we know the “runway” ahead of us is shorter than it used to be. Yet at the same time we probably have more free time and more resources available to have fun. Raising children and our other obligations are mostly behind us…
Read MoreHow to Live Emotionally Well with Serious Illness After 60
As a hospice volunteer, one of the many things I’ve come to understand is that everyone faces serious illness and the prospect of death differently. There’s simply no “right way” or “wrong way” to approach it…
Read MoreHere’s Why I Retired on a Remote Tropical Island in Southern Thailand!
20 years ago, the first time I was on Koh Lanta, I experienced a monumental event. Not because I was on a tropical island for the first time, and not because I was new to Thailand, nor somewhere so remote. It was because of the brief overwhelming…
Read More6 Amazing Magazines for Women Over 60
Part of my inspiration for starting Sixty and Me was the feeling that too many media outlets do not devote enough attention to women over 60. I feel that we are too often invisible on magazine covers and on TV shows, and our voices…
Read More9 Habits You Can Cultivate to Prevent Turning into a Grumpy Old Woman
You probably know a grumpy old person. They aren’t fun to be around, and if you let them, they can suck all of the energy out of a room. It is difficult to be in the company of a grumpy old person – male or female – and when we must, we often do it out of obligation…
Read More3 Powerful Words to Start Your Weight Loss Journey – and Keep Your Figure Over Time
13 years ago, I was 50 pounds overweight. I had always been slim and fit, so my seemingly overnight weight gain came as a complete shock. So much so that one sunny day I saw my image…
Read More6 Famous Female Chefs Who Changed the World of Cooking
There is an old saying that “women make good cooks, but men make better chefs.” Setting aside the inaccuracy of this statement, it does tell us something important about the way that society looks at the roles of men and women in the kitchen…
Read MoreHow to Have an Opinion but Still Practice the Art of Kind Conversing in Your 60s
These are turbulent times that we live in, and I am amazed at the uncontrolled and selfish conversing I see and hear lately. It’s everywhere! TV, social media, restaurants, ball fields, schools… everywhere! I believe everyone has forgotten…
Read MoreHow to Change a Loss Into a Catalyst for Change After 60
At each stage of our lifespan we are presented with the opportunity to change. These changes are different for each of us, and as we grow older, change is often accompanied by loss. Some of that loss is concrete, like the death…
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