Aug 29, 2014 | Health Aging, Midlife Crisis, Midlife Transition, Starting Over, woman and money, Women over 50
Last year we surveyed nearly 200 midlife women about a variety of issues in their lives, ranging from relationships, finances, current priorities, and life satisfaction. Not surprising, we found 48% of the women reported a high level of financial uncertainty, from...
Aug 10, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Health Aging, Hourglass Conversations Video, Uncategorized, Women over 50
Aug 6, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Health Aging, Midlife Transition, Uncategorized, Women
Hourglass Workshops was created to help women re-discover ourselves in our middle years to create a more passionate, colorful and full life. This includes relationships—in all forms. A loving, honest and caring relationship with oneself is paramount and the...
Aug 1, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Femininity, Health Aging, Midlife Crisis, Midlife Transition, Nine Facets, Self-Care, Sensuality, Starting Over, Uncategorized, Vitality, Women over 50
I am a recovering workaholic and busy-ness addict, which in Silicon Valley valley is not only encouraged, but lauded. To actually slow down, relax and receive the world in all its wonder at this time of my life (recent retirement from a long successful career) has...
Jul 15, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Femininity, Health Aging, Midlife Transition, Nine Facets, Self-Care, Sensuality, Uncategorized, Vitality, Women over 50
From the age of 16, I’ve always loved to travel after a life-changing experience as an AFS exchange student to Brazil. With my newly issued passport, I clearly remember sitting in SFO waiting for a flight to New York City and then on to Rio De Janeiro. Looking...
Jun 24, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Friendship, Health Aging, Relationships, Supreme Self-Care, Uncategorized, Vitality, Women, Women over 50
How often do we think or say…”geez, I just don’t have enough time in the day!” I’ve really been paying close attention to what I say and what I hear from others. It seems we try harder to do more, rush through our day, skid into our...
Jun 18, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Femininity, Friendship, Health Aging, Midlife Transition, Relationships, Sensuality, Sex, Uncategorized, Vitality, Women, Women over 50
While on vacation recently, one afternoon my husband and I were in a brewery-restaurant. We sat at the bar enjoying a local craft beer and chatting with the bartender. He was a friendly young man about 27, recently had moved to the town, longish hair, tattoos on both...
May 29, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Health Aging, Midlife Transition, Self-Care, Supreme Self-Care, Uncategorized, Vitality, Women, Women over 50
If you are like most Americans, you probably aren’t getting enough sleep. Our culture is one of overwork and under-sleep. And then we brag about how little sleep we got the night before! Sleep deprivation comes at a very high price–it negatively affects...
May 27, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Femininity, Friendship, Health Aging, Hourglass Conversations Video, Midlife Transition, Sensuality, Supreme Self-Care, Vitality, Women over 50