Empowerment

Women over 50 need encouragement to feel empowered to live a great life. Here you will find articles that will help you on the road to self-empowerment.

2 days ago

You Don’t Need to Know Everything

It was probably 1947 – a very long time ago in any case. It was my first day in first grade – and my class had ceremoniously paraded from the room for the kindergarten to the first-grade room to mark the moment. We were all asked to sit in a circle…

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2 weeks ago

15 Easy Ways to Start a Self-Care Routine After 60

Taking responsibility for your well-being means taking responsibility for distractions that appear to keep you from starting and sustaining a self-care routine for your body. It’s very easy to blame outside conditions or people for getting in the way…

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2 weeks ago

Women’s History Month – My Tribute

Did you know that every March is National Women’s History Month? Its honorary observance was designated by Congress in 1987. The month is dedicated to honor the contributions and achievements of women to our country…

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3 weeks ago

Are Your Thoughts Limiting Your Life?

I recently watched the National Geographic original series Limitless with Chris Hemsworth. It is an interesting and entertaining documentary on how the latest scientific research is changing conventional wisdom about the limits of the human body…

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3 weeks ago

The #1 Thing to Do to Start a Self-Care Routine After 60

There is one thing you take with you everywhere you go. Your body. It stands to reason, then, that having a self-care routine for your body after 60 should be your number one priority…

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4 weeks ago

The Art of REALLY Listening

I have spent some time recently, thinking about family relationships. About three years ago we moved my mom from four hours away to live closer to us. There’s a lot of history in our relationship, and I had some concerns about the move…

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1 month ago

Are You Illiterate When It Comes to Media?

Most of us in this age bracket didn’t have to give a lot of thought to media and how to consume it. There were two major delivery channels – print and broadcast. Print consisted of newspapers that landed on the front doorstep each morning…

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1 month ago

Speaking the Language of Love After 60

What is the language of love? Would you know it if you heard it? From movies, books, and personal relationships to the commercialism of Valentine’s Day, no generation before ours had ever been exposed to such a wide range of expressions…

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1 month ago

Can We Find Wide Open Love?

My mother’s words of romance advice were, “Make sure they love you more than you love them.” I only understood this as an older woman. As a young woman, her words fell on deaf ears. What would be the point of any love at all if you did…

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1 month ago

Why Processing Your Past Ensures You Leave It Behind

I hung on to court case divorce documents, which piled three feet – yes, three feet worth – in my closet for 12 years. Just last week, I finally dumped them where they belong, in the dumpster. I don’t know why I kept them…

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