Women Over 50: Are You Centered in Life?

Women Over 50: Are You Centered in Life?

I recently heard Emily Klor, a COO at Allstate Insurance Company, where she drew a distinction between living a balanced life and being centered in life. I found this fascinating because for several years I’ve thought that balance just isn’t possible for many women I...
Women Over 50: Where Do You Get Your Guidance?

Women Over 50: Where Do You Get Your Guidance?

I recently overheard someone say, “I need your guidance on this.” For some reason, I couldn’t stop thinking about the word “guidance.” When I Googled the word, I was presented with a list of synonyms from Oxford Languages that I stopped counting at forty-three. These...
Women Over 50: What’s Important To You?

Women Over 50: What’s Important To You?

Women Over 50: What’s important to you? When you read that question, what’s the first thing you think of? Maybe it’s your home, your children, your spouse or partner, your kitty, your work. It could be any number of things. Has the answer changed as you’ve gotten...
Women Over 50: Has Someone Given You a Special Gift?

Women Over 50: Has Someone Given You a Special Gift?

Did you ever learn something from someone, almost inadvertently, that has remained with you for the rest of your life? This probably wasn’t a fact or a piece of specific information. Rather, it may have been an observation someone made about you or about how life...
Women Over 50: How Do You Deal with Loss?

Women Over 50: How Do You Deal with Loss?

Women Over 50: How Do You Deal with Loss? Do you ever feel, as the years pass, that you experience more and more loss? I think many people do. I certainly do. Both of my parents have died. Three very close friends have died. Last weekend my kitty, Mr. Bu, died. Since...
Women Over 50: What Is Loneliness for You?

Women Over 50: What Is Loneliness for You?

Are you ever lonely? In a recent post by Chip Conley, cofounder of the Modern Elder Academy, he wrote: “Both the UK and Japan have appointed Ministers of Loneliness. Dr. Ruth was recently appointed by the state of New York as the nation’s first Loneliness Ambassador.”...