I used to think changing my mind meant I’d made the wrong decision. Now I think it often means I know something I didn’t know when I made the decision. There was a time when I was much more inclined to stick with things. Once I’d decided something, especially if I’d told others, changing it felt uncomfortable…

Do you remember the girl who was curious and excitable before she learned what was sensible? Do you recall the woman who had dreams before she became responsible for everyone else’s? Do you have a memory of what made you rock with laughter, ignite your creativity, made you feel sensual and loved and had you sharing ideas and opinions well into the early hours?

There is a strange cultural contradiction that happens to women as we age. By 60, many of us have accumulated decades of experience: careers, marriages, divorces, caregiving, loss, reinvention, financial decisions, friendships, mistakes, resilience, and more than a few hard-won lessons. We know things we did not know at 30, and we know them not because we read about them, but because we lived them…

Have you experienced a time after turning 60 when you felt lonely, unloved, undervalued, or unsexy? If so, you are not alone. Even those who are perceived as beautiful, sexy, and successful often feel lonely, unloved, undervalued, or unsexy. They just do a better job at hiding it than others. If external validation and lofty achievements…

I broke up with my therapist recently. That sounds a bit dramatic. What I mean is that I ended a formal relationship with a talk therapist I’d been seeing fairly regularly over the past few years. And, like all break-ups – I felt incredibly sad afterwards…

The mirror does not lie. But it does not tell the whole truth. At 60 or 70, the mirror can become an interrogation. Who is this? I asked myself this question and I know many women do too. Since I don’t use social media much, I’m not in the habit of making comparisons… but self-criticism, I’m very, very good at that!

This past Labor Day weekend, I stood in Minnesota surrounded by my sister, my husband, all four of my daughters, my two granddaughters, three cousins, and two uncles. Together, we shared stories, laughed, cried, and sprinkled my parents’ ashes in the state they once called home…

My father was a big man in just about every sense of the word. He was a big, redheaded Irishman who weighed well over 200 pounds and had played professional football for the Pittsburgh Steelers back in the leather-helmet days. Then he had me. I topped out at about five-foo-nine…

Everyone is motivated by different things. I tend to be a low-achiever/perfectionist with a tendency to second guess myself into a tailspin before taking on a new project. Surprisingly, though, this has not stopped me from writing best-selling nonfiction books, starting and running a 24-hour Catholic AM radio station, and leaving different “fairly successful” occupations when the situation no longer fit…

In our 60s, attending to our needs and improving our relationships is more important than ever before. Time is of the essence, but making the most of our time takes practice. One way to enrich our lives is by applying boundaries to accommodate…