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Fitness Over 60 for Complete Beginners

By Margaret Manning August 01, 2013

Women everywhere are challenging stereotypes and creating a new definition of aging. We are embracing fitness over 60 and looking for new ways to stay healthy – in mind, body, and spirit. Getting older used to mean inevitable physical weakness and mental decline. However, new research shows that women can stay healthy and get stronger and mentally sharp as they get older. Read More

Lost Your Job? Don’t Panic. Here’s How to Restart Your Career After 50

By Margaret Manning March 15, 2013

Losing a job is always stressful. Many women over 60 have had careers filled with brilliant highs and terrifying lows, failures mixed with glowing achievements and recognition. But today, the impermanence of the workplace doesn’t linger on the positive but pushes employers and employees into a less connected and committed relationship. Read More

6 Steps to Change Your Limiting Beliefs to Lose Weight

By Shari Broder May 07, 2024

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…

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Do You Want to Know When You Will Die?

By Ann Richardson May 03, 2024

Not long ago, my husband said rather casually to me, “I wish I knew when I was going to die.” An important wish, indeed. He is 81. But his concern was neither spiritual nor existential. He was wondering whether it was worth his while to have a knee…

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Dealing with Divorce Regret After 60? Here’s What to Do!

By Martha Bodyfelt April 29, 2024

Does this ever happen to you? There you are, going along with your day, minding your own business and it hits you. The whiny, super-annoying feeling that tells you that no matter what you did during your marriage, it just wasn’t good enough…

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What I Learned About Downsizing and Condo Living – The Inside Scoop

By Pat Skene April 26, 2024

I realized early in the process that downsizing from my big-ass house and moving to a condo wasn’t going to be easy. Although it was the right decision at the time, I was overwhelmed by the jaw-clenching enormity of the job. So I did the only sensible…

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Ikigai Your Way to Passion and Purpose

By Virginia Baker Woolf April 20, 2024

Are you living your life with purpose? What does that even mean? Is it just the latest self-help guru trend? We know very clearly that the secret to a long and happy life is to live with meaning and purpose every day. Every. Single. Day…

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The Scoop on Afternoon Naps for Women Over 60

By Cindy Boatman April 19, 2024

Spring has sprung, and we are replacing our winter’s rest with renewed energy and activity. So why am I thinking about naps? Turns out I didn’t sleep well last night, and I thought a short afternoon nap might restore my sleep deficit. But is that true?

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How to Rock Your Own Fabulous Authentic Style at 60 and Beyond

By Astrid Longhurst April 07, 2024

I am not a pear, an apple, a triangle, a square, a peach, a carrot or any other vegetable, fruit or shape used to describe my body! I am a 64-year-old woman with a passion for clothes, a wild heart and a desire to live out loud and feel fabulous!

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4 Ways to Find Your Center This Spring

By Joan Frances Moran April 03, 2024

Since the popularity of the modern yoga and meditation movement several decades ago, specifically the late 80s and early 90s, practitioners and gurus have focused on creating a stronger connection between the mind, body, and spirit…

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