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4 Ways Keeping a Journal Can Help You to Find Happiness

Like many women my age, I spend hours in front of my computer every day. As the founder of Sixty and Me, it’s rare for me to type fewer than 2000 words before lunch. But, despite the fact that I am completely comfortable with technology, I still love my leather bound journal.

There is something about putting pen to paper that takes me to another world and makes all of my fears and worries fade away, if only for a moment. Do you feel the same? Read More

The New Benefits of Journaling: 7 Ways Diaries and Journals Have Grown Up and Gone Digital

While you might equate journaling to a high school summer assignment, there have been studies that show multiple benefits beyond improved writing skills. Research indicates that daily journaling promotes stress relief, managing anxiety, increased productivity and more. Read More

Rediscovering Self-Love as a Woman Over 60

Self-love is a concept that is often associated with youth and personal growth journeys. However, self-love can begin at any stage in life, including in our later years. In fact, rediscovering self-love (or cultivating it for the first time) after 60 can be a powerful…

6 Steps to Change Your Limiting Beliefs to Lose Weight

Are you stuck in the same pattern of dieting, losing a few pounds, and gaining the weight back? What’s getting in your way? It’s probably your beliefs about food and eating. We tend to hang onto a lot of beliefs about ourselves and the world…

4 Great Reasons to Find a Workout Partner After 60

Workout partners, whether they’re your spouse or a friend, serve as a physical and mental cue to stick with it and have fun! Check out these 4 reasons why finding a workout partner could be one of the best things you do for your health…

What Causes Osteoporosis and How to Increase Bone Strength as We Get Older

When we think of bones, we think of off-white, hard, stiff and unchanging objects. However, our bones are very much a living and dynamic tissue. They provide the structure of our bodies that enables us to move…

Overcoming Your Fears Requires You to See Through Their Lies

Many articles written for Sixty and Me are about the things we fear as we age. Losing our looks. Losing our partner. Losing our health. Losing our money. Losing our independence. Losing our friends. Losing our mind. Losing our interest in life…

7 Challenges of Being Enough After 60

Throughout life, each of us faces challenges about feeling loved, happy, and fulfilled. Perhaps no challenge is more prevalent for those of us over 60 than the feeling of not being enough. There are a host of reasons we may feel we are not enough as we age…

10 Steps to Build Your Self-Esteem After 60

Life after 60 is a beautiful and vibrant time. However, there are numerous emotional highs and lows many people over 60 face. Is there a proven and effective way to balance your sense of well-being and love more of who you are in the face of life’s ebbs and flows?

I Feel Sad and Blue – Should I Be Worried?

Everyone experiences feelings of sadness and being overwhelmed at times. And let’s not forget about the healthy response called anger! But I wondered about the whole spectrum of normal reactions to what life throws at us over a life time…