Honoring Women Writers During Women’s History Month
March signifies Women’s History Month, and, each year, the National Women’s History Alliance chooses a different theme. This year’s is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” According to the Alliance, this is a tribute to the ceaseless…
Read MoreReframing Your Perception of Self-Love (VIDEO)
There are many ways you can love all of who you are. But if you have been taught that consistent self-love is narcissistic and too much self-care is selfish, loving who you are may not feel comfortable. In part-3 of the…
Read More60th Birthday Ideas for Women from Your Older Sisters
Turning 60 is definitely a milestone birthday. Unfortunately, coming up with the best 60th birthday ideas is not always easy! The good news is that the 500,000 women over 60 in our Sixty and Me community are here to help. Whether you’re planning…
Read MoreFinding True Love After 60 Lies Within You
When it comes to finding true love after 60, there is plenty of advice on the subject, not to mention a variety of ways and places to connect with others. The kind of true love I am speaking of in this three-part series, however, is less about discovering…
Read More19 Lessons Your Conscious Mind Can Teach You Every Day: Are You Up to Learn?
Today is everyday, and everyday is an opportunity to learn something fabulous about who You Are. Maybe it’s just a human thing, but I think we spend too much time seeking help from outside resources to find happiness and fulfillment…
Read MoreCan We Preserve Our Voices as We Age? (VIDEO)
“You may not see me, but you’re damn well going to hear me!” My good friend, Anna, boomed out to a male server in a coffee shop who refused to “see” her waiting next in line to give her order. Anna, who is 72, is a theatre actor whose well-trained voice…
Read MoreYour Love Story – Mature Love
Finally, we arrive at truly intimate committed love as the third area of bringing love into your life. Our journey to expand and deepen love in life has taken us from self-love to heart-based friendships. Now we will consider committed, intimate relationships…
Read MoreThe Seven Myths of Love and Happiness
We all want to give and receive love, to be acknowledged, cared for and to know that our lives really do matter. How do you find true love, especially for women over 60, without sacrificing your sense of self-worth by feeling forced into chasing…
Read MoreIs It Downsizing or Tossing Out Tender Memories?
I was a clever gatherer of things. Mostly paper. In neat piles. Inside of drawers. Resting innocuously on shelves. Tucked into boxes that lurked in the shadowy recesses of my garage…
Read More3 Ways to Adopt a Growth Mindset in Retirement
In today’s world, it seems like the older you get, the more you’re told that age is a limitation. We hear (or tell ourselves) things like “you’re too old for that,” “you don’t need to learn new things anymore,” or “you can’t do that now…
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