Women Over 50: Do You Have Favorite Quotations?

Women Over 50: Do You Have Favorite Quotations?

I have been thinking about the importance of quotations. Of all the things that are said and written, why do some persist and often are quoted in all different contexts? Think about some of your favorite quotations, ones that have been meaningful to you and stayed...
Women Over 50: How Do You Know What is True?

Women Over 50: How Do You Know What is True?

What’s the first thing you thought of when you read that title? When I asked Google “what is truth,” it returned various philosophical and psychological theories, including Dr. Salman Akhtar’s seven types of truth (more on this later). Then I realized that what I...
Women Over 50: Do You Worry?

Women Over 50: Do You Worry?

In the comic strip Pearls Before Swine, Stephen Pastis introduced a character’s term for the burst of worry that detonates in your head at the exact moment you try to sleep: the worrybomb. You know the feeling. You get into bed, turn off the light, snuggle down, get...