How to Celebrate the Holidays When You’re Grieving (VIDEO)
The Christmas displays go up, holiday music fills the air. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go. Except at your house. Because when you’re grieving, the holidays can hurt. The first year I was widowed, no one got anything from me…
Read MoreComfy Clothes for Women Over 60
As women gracefully enter their sixties, the fashion world is increasingly embracing the idea that comfort and style can coexist. Gone are the days when a stiff dress and high heels were the norm – today’s women over 60 are redefining fashion…
Read MoreInexpensive Ways to Bling Up Your Holiday Outfits
This time of year, we look for ways to bring in brightness and light for the holiday season. (And we could really use some brightness and light right about now!) One way we do this is by blinging up our holiday outfits…
Read More10 Non-Girly Business Ideas for Women
If you consider yourself a non-girly soul, you might be looking for business ideas that are more than just about the money. Or what’s trendy. Or that require you being chained to a computer all day long, when instead you could be mastering…
Read MoreHow Learning to Simplify Can Help You Define Your Unique and Personal Style
As women who are aging beautifully, one of our goals is to finally settle on our personal and unique style. What defines us; what clothes look great on us; what people enrich and inspire us; which colors make us feel energized and comfortable…
Read MoreKeep Your Women Friends Close, Even When You “Don’t Have Time”
Author and diarist Anaïs Nin wrote that “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” According to a 2011 study in the journal Oncology Times, women with early-stage…
Read MoreBeing a Full Partner in Your Medical Decisions
I remember as a small child accompanying my mother to doctor’s appointments. Specifically, I remember sitting quietly listening and watching as the doctor lectured her about her weight, prescribing treatments, tests and regimens for her to follow…
Read MoreLet’s Open the Discussion of Tandem Bicycles
I’m a member of a great online group for cyclists aged 70+. They are inspirational. A few days ago another member, Szifra Birke, posted a wonderful Presidential Archive photo of President Jimmy Carter and his late wife Rosalynn enjoying a tandem bicycle…
Read MoreInsights on Navigating the Digital Age: A Reflection on Loss, Tradition, and Connecting Beyond Screens
As part of my usual workday, I always check in on the Help a Reporter Out (HARO) website to see if I can contribute to story queries posted by reporters that are within my wheelhouse as a life coach and freelance digital content creator…
Read MoreSpending Christmas Alone? 8 Things to Do if You’re Alone for the Holidays
The holidays aren’t always a happy time – for some they’re reminders that they are lone, whether they’re widowed, divorced, separated or simply away from family and friends. Add grief to that and it’s even more difficult. Loneliness is painful…
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