When women begin looking back over their lives for wisdom, there is often a season they would rather skip. The diagnosis. The divorce. The loss that rearranged everything. The years they simply survived. “Surely,” we think, “there’s nothing worth sharing in that.” I’ve come to believe the opposite. Some of our hardest chapters hold our deepest wisdom…

In my last article in this series, I shared something I’ve come to believe deeply: the world doesn’t need younger versions of us. It needs our wisdom. Yet when I talk with women our age about sharing what they know, I often hear the same quiet doubt, in one form or another. “Who would want to hear what…

My eldest sister called me in a panic. Our middle sister, who lives with Parkinson’s, was struggling to get the in-home care she badly needed. Since we all live thousands of miles apart, I felt helpless. “Did you ask AI,” I asked. “No,” she said. “I’m not getting anywhere near AI. I don’t trust it.” She sounded terrified…

For this final article, I wanted to cover two things that might seem unrelated but actually belong together: matters of the heart and matters of the home. Both involve trust. Both involve letting someone new into your life, whether that’s a person or a contractor. And in both cases, AI can help you move forward with a little more confidence and a little less risk…

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…

If you read the first article in this series, you already know about the night I had barely any food in my refrigerator. So, I told AI that I had cabbage, onions, eggs, and needed suggestions for how to make a meal. I ended up with the best baked cabbage I’ve ever tasted…

It was dinner time, and I had barely anything in my refrigerator. I was hungry but didn’t have a clue what to make. I decided to see if AI could help. I started typing. “I need an easy recipe using cabbage, onions, and a few eggs. And I have some spices.” That was all I typed. AI gave me the most amazing baked cabbage recipe…

Have you ever noticed that as we get older, we tend to spend more time talking about what we’re losing instead of what we are gaining? The conversation often centers on wrinkles, retirement, slowing down, or staying relevant in a rapidly changing world. Everywhere we look, we’re encouraged to maintain our youth, preserve…