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Christine Moriarty Field is an author, attorney, and speaker. After homeschooling her four children, life fell apart. Divorced after 33 years, she dealt with unimaginable challenges with her adult children, including drug addiction, estrangement, and mental health issues. Therapy, prayer and introspection led her to encourage moms facing similar challenges. She is a criminal defense attorney and a recently remarried pastor’s wife. Learn more HERE.

Latest Posts By Christine Field

1 day ago

Why Women Over 60 Are Exhausted – And It’s Not What You Think

If you asked most women over 60 to describe how they feel, somewhere in the answer – underneath the gratitude and the carefully maintained perspective – you would find some version of the word tired. Not sick-tired. Not age-tired. Something harder to name than either of those things. I know this tiredness…

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1 week ago

Why So Many Women Over 50 Feel Lonely After Motherhood Changes

Many women imagine midlife freedom will feel exhilarating. And sometimes it does. It did for me – eventually, but not at first. Many women over 50 quietly experience another reality first: emotional displacement. For years, motherhood provided…

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2 weeks ago

Who Are You After Motherhood Changes?

One of the strangest parts of midlife motherhood is realizing your children still matter deeply to you while also realizing they no longer need you in the same way. No one really prepares women for that emotional transition. We spend decades building lives around driving, organizing…

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3 weeks ago

Why Protecting Your Emotional Energy Matters More Than Ever After 50

Something shifts as you move into this stage of life. Situations that once felt manageable begin to feel heavier. Conversations that used to roll off your back now linger. You find yourself less willing to tolerate emotional chaos, even in small doses…

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1 month ago

This Is the Part of Motherhood No One Prepared You For

There is a moment in motherhood that arrives without announcement. No milestone. No celebration. No clear language for what is happening. Your children are grown. They are living their lives. Making their choices. And suddenly, you are standing in a space that feels unfamiliar… even though you earned your way here…

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1 month ago

Reclaiming Yourself After a Lifetime of Being Everything for Everyone Else

If you haven’t had this moment yet, you likely will. You look around at a life you built with care, effort, and sacrifice. And instead of clarity, you feel a quiet question underneath it all. Who am I now? It is easy to say you “lost yourself.”

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2 months ago

Parenting Doesn’t End When Our Children Grow Up – It Changes

One of the biggest surprises of midlife motherhood is this: Parenting doesn’t end when your children grow up. It changes. And often, it becomes more emotionally complex than ever before. Because now, you are watching from the sidelines as your adult child makes decisions you may not agree with – and cannot control. This stage can feel especially…

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2 months ago

Why Conflict with Adult Children Feels So Draining and What to Do About It

Many women over 60 are surprised by how emotionally intense relationships with their adult children can still feel. After decades of parenting, you might expect things to feel easier. More settled. Instead, many mothers describe something very different…

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2 months ago

Why Boundaries with Adult Children Are Essential for Your Emotional Health After 50

Have you had this moment – yet? Your children are grown. You’ve spent decades caring, guiding, and showing up in ways that required constant emotional availability. And yet, instead of feeling lighter…

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2 months ago

Why Trying Harder with Your Adult Children Can Sometimes Push Them Away

Many women reach a point in midlife where something in their relationship with their adult children begins to feel different. The shift is often subtle at first…

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