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...
Women Over 50: Women Over 50 Can’t Die Because…

Women Over 50: Women Over 50 Can’t Die Because…

Do you remember George Burns? A doctor I saw recently didn’t recognize a reference I made to the 1960s because he hadn’t been born yet! So I’ve gotten very careful about discussing the past lately. I feel fairly comfortable my readers will remember George Burns,...
Women Over 50: In What Ways Are You Courageous?     

Women Over 50: In What Ways Are You Courageous?     

I’m currently going through Grateful Living‘s 100-Day Gratitude Challenge, a program that empowers people to live meaningful lives. Day 59, “Embody the Courage Inspired by Others,” includes a quote from the book How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and...
Women Over 50: What Are Your Important Buckets? 

Women Over 50: What Are Your Important Buckets? 

In a recent podcast I interviewed a friend and former work colleague whom I hadn’t talked to in many years. It was so much fun seeing her again! She had a long and successful career at the company where we both worked, and had retired in the past several years. I was...