What 5-Year-Olds Can Teach Us About Life After 50
“Grandma, you’re weird.” That was my granddaughter’s assessment as I stepped off the train in Edinburgh a few weeks ago and planted a kiss on her cheek. As is always the case when spending time with a 5-year old, the next few days were filled with near misses, endless “whys” and unexpected tears – both the good kind the and the bad kind. Read More
6 Ways River Cruises Are Unlike Anything that You Will Experience on the Ocean
There is a certain reverence with which a ship’s crew looks at the ocean. It is powerful, exciting and unpredictable. Rivers are something different entirely. They are still powerful, but, it is a quiet power. They are exciting, yet refined. Read More
4 Surprising Ways Getting Old Ain’t What it Used to Be
Getting old sucks. If you wanted to describe how society views the aging process, these three words would probably sum it up. Read More
How to Stick With Your New Year’s Resolutions
Women over 60 are often interested in self-improvement and making positive changes in our lives. New Year’s Resolutions can be an ideal opportunity to take stock of where we are in life and chart a course for where we want to go during the year ahead. Read More
How to Be Happier this New Year in 6 Easy Steps
What does happiness mean to you?
Often when people are young, we have a rather regimented idea of happiness – we might have thought, when we were younger, “I’ll be happy when I get to a certain place in my career,” or “I’ll be happy when I win the approval and esteem of my friends,” or “I’ll be happy when I can fit into that beautiful dress at the store,” or “I’ll be happy when I get to go on that nice vacation next summer.” Read More
6 Life-Changing New Year’s Resolutions for Women Over 60
If there’s one characteristic that many women over 60 seem to possess in abundance, it’s our sense of resilience and dynamism. Women over 60 have witnessed massive changes in society and in ourselves during the course of our lives.
As we approach another New Year, it’s time to take stock of what else we might like to change in our lives by setting some New Year’s resolutions. Read More
Should You Use a Younger Picture on Your Over 50 Dating Profile?
Exploring an over 50 dating site is an emotional experience for most women. Not only are many of us nervous about being back in the dating scene after decades of stability, but, we also have to put ourselves out there for the world to see. Read More
Makeup for Older Women: Are You Making this Common Mistake?
As older women, we have a pretty good idea how to apply our makeup. Well, at least we think we do! In a recent video, I discovered that I was making a number of small mistakes when it came to my makeup application. Read More
Why Are There So Few Magazines for Women Over 60?
One of the reasons that I started Sixty and Me was that I felt that there weren’t enough lifestyle magazines for women over 60. Plenty of people were talking about the baby boomer generation, but, very few media outlets seemed interested in engaging in a conversation with us. Read More
4 Powerful Reasons to Try Adult Coloring Books (Video)
If you search for adult coloring books, you will find thousands of websites offering products in all shapes and sizes. But, why are coloring books for grown-ups so popular? Isn’t the very idea of coloring a bit, well… childish? Absolutely not! Read More