The Unique Hack I Relied on to Lose Weight and Maintain It into My 60s
I like to say that books love us and want us to be happy so, in that spirit, I created “book-desserts” for myself when I was losing 55-pounds in my late-30s and early-40s. Today, I still use book-desserts to maintain the original loss. I’m currently 61, had two babies and a husband who I call…
Read MoreWhy Traveling with Your Grandchildren Is a Great Bonding Experience
Have you tried travelling with grandchildren? If you haven’t, we heartily recommend the experience! In recent years, multigenerational travel has become a growing market. An emerging subset based on this is grandparents and grandchildren are taking trips together, leaving the parents at home…
Read MoreWhy Can’t I Lose Weight? How Trauma Sabotages Weight Loss for High Achieving Women (VIDEO)
High achieving women in their 50s and 60s who struggle with making consistently healthy food choices tend to have one thing in common: a history of trauma. Even if these same women have spent years in therapy and are at peace with the traumatic…
Read More5 Steps to Launching Your Minimum Viable Product or Service
Are you tinkering with the idea of starting a new business? One of the most useful approaches I’ve encountered when it comes to starting a new business is the minimum viable product (MVP) methodology. The essence of an MVP…
Read MoreMaking Peace with Your Adult Children When Things Haven’t Turned Out the Way You Expected
Let’s just say it: This isn’t how you thought it would be. You didn’t imagine your child avoiding your calls. You didn’t picture a strained holiday dinner, or worse, an empty seat. You didn’t expect silence, tension, or unspoken resentments. And yet – here you are…
Read MoreHelping Adult Children Financially – Creative Ways to Help
In this blog series, we’ve covered many ways to help adult children financially, including education, childcare, housing, and retirement. In this final post of the series, we’ll cover some other areas that can also be used to help: investment accounts, life insurance and annuities, real estate…
Read MoreCo-Parenting Grandchildren – When Your Kids Need Help Parenting
For many women over 60, becoming a grandparent is one of life’s greatest events. You get the joy of watching little ones grow (and giving them treats, doing crafts, and taking them places) without the stress of day-to-day parenting. But what happens when your adult children…
Read MoreThe Danger of Feeling Too Sure: How Certainty Can Derail Your Financial Life
You’ve seen a lot. You’ve made good choices. You’ve learned from the bad ones. So, when it comes to money, it makes sense to want to feel sure about what you’re doing. But what if that feeling of certainty is exactly what’s keeping you stuck? And what if that certainty is preventing…
Read MoreYour Inner Compass: Why Self-Trust Is Your Superpower in Uncertain Times
Ever feel like you’re navigating stormy seas, with each wave bringing another gust of uncertainty? Just when you think you’ve found your bearings, the winds shift again. I’ve been thinking about uncertainty a lot lately – it’s become our constant companion, hasn’t it?
Read MoreSummer Jewelry for Staying Cool and Looking Chic
If you live in the northern hemisphere as I do, the summer season has arrived. To keep me cool and comfortable while temperatures rise, I’m wearing mainly cottons and linens. Although I tend to wear the same colors all year-round, I do have some…
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