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 17, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Femininity, Midlife Transition, Relationships, Sensuality, Sex, Uncategorized, Women, Women over 50
I dated for many years, both before I was married and then for 15 years between marriages. So with over 25 years experience, I feel I’m somewhat an expert. I’ve also talked with women and men over the years about their dating experiences and have heard so...
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...
Jul 9, 2014 | Femininity, Midlife Crisis, Midlife Transition, Relationships, Self-Care, Uncategorized
Enough? Do you have enough? Do you want more? Less? What does “enough” mean and is it “what we want”? Current buzzwords today include de-cluttering, simplifying, down-sizing, or right-sizing–our closets, our meals, and our lives. Seems...
Jul 5, 2014 | Baby Boomers, Femininity, Midlife Transition, Self-Care, Uncategorized, Vitality, Women over 50
July 4th is a day of picnics and spectacular fireworks enjoyed by families and friends in communities throughout the United States. A few years ago, my two sons and I were in New York City with thousands of others packed on FDR Drive to watch the fabulous Macy’s...
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...
Jun 18, 2014 | Femininity, Friendship, Hourglass Conversations Video, Midlife Transition, Relationships, Uncategorized, Vitality, Women over 50
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