I had the chance to visit the original Starbucks on Pike Place in Seattle. It looks nothing like the chain I have come to rely upon. Yet the formula is the same. My drip coffee is filled to the brim. I have to pour out coffee to make “room”…

Have you experienced a time in life when you felt lonely, unloved or undervalued? If so, you are not alone. All of us have felt this way at one time or another. Like millions of women from our era, I didn’t always love who I was. Despite the success…

The morning started as it usually did, with a cup of coffee and light conversation with my husband about the unfolding day. He headed off to his study to begin working, and I decided to put the finishing touches on getting our house ready for the dinner…

I don’t know about you, but I always enjoy visiting the local cafe for coffee and indulging in people-watching. It’s fascinating to observe how people interact with their surroundings. Everyone moves differently, whether it’s a shop assistant, a doorman…

All through my life I have listened to the radio and there are some iconic songs that immediately take me back in time. My first memories are of Perry Como singing “Magic Moments”. I must have only been around four or five years old when I first heard it…

As I’m working with women over 50 who are looking to redefine in some way, I’m often met with a version of the question, “Am I too old to _____.” It typically is phrased something like, “I’m _____ (insert age here). Do you think this would be a good time…

Self-confidence is all about believing in yourself and your abilities. It is a type of useful knowledge about yourself, usually based on experience. Self-confidence is that general positive feeling about yourself that can involve several components…

Are you wondering what mindset has to do with how you age? Isn’t healthy aging more about eating well and getting exercise? Well yes, these are important. So is having a sense of purpose and enjoying good relationships/community…

The intensity and frequency of threatening events over the past few months has had a profound impact on me. Collectively, we seem to be humming at a higher level of stress that reflects a growing feeling that the world we once thought predicable…

How do we learn to love ourselves after 60 if we were not taught about self-love early on in life? Because of how we were raised, educated, and trained for adulthood conformity, we relied on the beliefs, rules, and guidance of authority figures to make sense of life…