As we navigate the vibrant chapters of life after 60, our beauty and wellness rituals evolve. The skin we’re in tells the story of a life well-lived – full of laughter, sunshine, and experience. Yet, with hormonal shifts, declining natural lipid production, and years of environmental exposure, our skin, nails, and hands often begin to ask for a little extra tenderness and specialized care…

Silver hair has become one of the most striking beauty statements at the moment. Adding a bold makeup style can be the detail that makes it feel intentional and modern. For most of us, going gray or silver changes how color works on our faces. The shades that once felt natural may suddenly look either too soft or too harsh…

Fall has arrived, and most of us wish we could bottle something from the summer just gone. What is it we love? The smell of new flowers. Dinner on the grill. Sunscreen and cut grass. Somebody else’s barbecue two gardens over. And that sharp zing of a lemon the moment you cut into it, before you squeeze it into a cocktail, an appetizer, or a big jug of lemonade…

I was placing my chai latte order at Starbucks last week, wearing a button-up, colorful scarf, my good jeans, a pair of kitten heels, and my signature hoop earrings when a woman in leggings and a cropped t-shirt gave me the kind of look you’d give someone who showed up to a barbecue in a ball gown…

Often, women over the age of 60 experience challenges performing everyday tasks. For example, lifting grocery bags or reaching for items in the cabinet requires a greater effort. Although traditional workouts help strengthen your body, functional workouts improve your quality of life and help you complete everyday tasks. The best part?

Hip and knee pain becomes more common with age, and some people may have been told that they “need” to have a joint replacement. Joint replacement surgery removes the worn surfaces of the hip or knee and replaces them with smooth artificial implants, which can relieve pain and restore movement. It works well for many patients and can be life changing…

We are constantly getting health advice from doctors, pharmacists, friends, family, television ads, podcasts, social media influencers and people we have only met online. In fact, I write articles giving you advice about how to think, what to eat and how to live. Perhaps just last week a friend at lunch told you the magnesium she uses fixed her sleep, a television ad…

Not long ago, a friend’s husband told me I was a very beautiful woman. He wasn’t hitting on me. It was simply a lovely compliment, sincerely given. I thanked him, but inside my head, I was thinking: You have no idea how much maintenance this takes now. I may be a little vain. I’m okay admitting that…

If you’ve fallen for a widower and can’t tell whether he’s ready, or you’re a widow thinking about dating again, most dating advice skips right over you. Grief keeps no schedule, and love won’t wait for it to finish. Here’s what 20 years of coaching has taught me about telling the two apart…

Hot flushes, mood swings, creeping spare tires around the midriff – we are all familiar with the big M and its effects on us as we hit ‘that’ age. Few women sail through menopause with ease, and some of us have an exceedingly difficult time of it…

I talk to smart, accomplished women every week who are stuck in the same loop: swiping through profile after profile, comparing and cross-referencing, and somehow still unable to settle on anyone. Here’s what 20 years of helping daters in my coaching practice has taught me: the problem usually isn’t a shortage of good people; it’s how you’re searching…

Dating after 60 has a particular flavor of nervousness that 25-year-olds simply don’t have to deal with. You’re not just wondering if someone likes you back – you’re wondering if you still remember how to do this at all, and whether your judgment, tested by a marriage or relationship that didn’t work out, can be trusted again…

Do you enjoy traveling? Do you have dietary restrictions that make you question your travel plans? Traveling with dietary restrictions, allergies, intolerances, or foods you avoid for personal reasons can be challenging. Eating away from home, especially in another language, can become one of the most stressful parts of a trip…

From Holy Week rituals to colonial plazas and artisan traditions, these three towns reveal Colombia at its most atmospheric, and best experienced slowly. Colombia’s heritage towns or Pueblos Patrimonio, are not places I wanted to rush through. I wanted to walk them, sit with them, and let their details unfold at a gentler pace. Mompox, Monguí, and Villa de Leyva, history is not something preserved in a museum…

Do you know which states in the US are excellent choices for women traveling solo over 60? Traveling solo after 60 can be a great way to see the United States. You get to choose your own pace, follow your own interests, linger when something moves you, and leave when you want…

Retirement can open a door for you that you have been waiting years to walk through. The children are grown, your busy calendar is finally quieter, and your travel bucket list is sitting there…waiting. Italy. Portugal. Japan. A river cruise through Europe. A month in Mexico. A walking tour in Scotland. The desire is there. The time may finally be there, too…

Just because your 65th birthday is approaching doesn’t always mean retirement is. You may enjoy your work. Maybe you haven’t hit your retirement goal. Or maybe you have great health insurance via your employer. And if you have access to a Health Savings Account (HSA), you might enjoy contributing to it…

There are money conversations we avoid because they don’t matter very much. And then there are money conversations we avoid precisely because they matter so much. Maybe your spouse keeps spending in a way that worries you. Maybe your adult daughter has asked for money again, and you don’t know how to tell her you’re uncomfortable continuing to help…

ou worked hard to get here. You built your career, gained experience, earned respect, navigated changes, raised families, met deadlines, solved problems, and probably handled more than anyone will ever know. So why does the career you worked so hard for sometimes leave you wondering…

I have friends – let’s call them Mike and Laura – who retired in 2023 with $1.2 million saved up. That’s a hefty number. They worked hard for it. And they figured they were set. Then they actually ran the math on their life in suburban LA. California income tax (up to 13.3%), property taxes on a pretty average three-bedroom, healthcare supplements, and just the general cost of existing…

In a moment of panic, I purchased two years of a password manager service. Nothing had actually happened. I had not been hacked. No mysterious person in another country was trying to buy electronics with my credit card. I had listened to a podcast about security breaches and decided that I needed a password manager immediately…

Sometimes there’s that niggling feeling. We can’t quite put our finger on it, but we know something doesn’t sit quite right. It’s not like you’re super unhappy or depressed, but something feels off and you can’t quite work out what. It’s frustrating because, on paper, everything can look okay. Different areas of your life are going okay…

My washer stopped working the other day. No error message, no clear explanation. Just a machine that wasn’t doing its job anymore. Years ago, this would have meant a phone call, a service appointment, and a wait. Instead, I opened the washing machine door, found the metal label with the model and serial numbers, and took a photo…

I announced my decision to retire just before my 65th birthday. It wasn’t my first retirement. A divorce forced the sale of my business at the crack of Covid. My emergency back-up career in real estate served me well, but reaching Medicare age gave me a nudge…