Inspiration

My friend and I used to run workshops for women in New Zealand entitled FIGJAM Workshops (Fresh Insights Give Joy and Meaning). And in our workshops, we focused a lot on creativity and its importance in our life. In these workshops, the one sentence we heard over…

I’ve always been a passionate person. Passion has filled my life. When I’m interested in something, I go for it, and I’ve been blessed with abundant energy. My 64-year-old partner has a hard time keeping up with me!

If you’re looking to add a touch of calm and comfort to your space, aromatherapy diffusers for your home can transform your favorite essential oils into a fine mist that fills the air with soothing scents. Whether you want to improve air quality with a built-in humidifier…

In our youth-oriented society, women are often written-off by age, and if you watch TV or read articles, you would think that after 40 we begin a wild ride up and over the hill. It’s as if we begin a steady course toward invisibility…

Friedrich Nietzsche’s allegory of the camel, the lion, and the child maps uncannily onto the arc of a woman’s life – her seasons of endurance, rebellion, and rebirth. These metamorphoses are not linear milestones but cyclical returns, each revealing deeper layers of strength…

Do you ever feel like your inner voice is not your best friend? Do you find that voice telling you that whatever you’re doing, you’re doing it wrong? My inner chatter is often telling me that I’m not doing ‘it’ right. It doesn’t matter what ‘it’ is – doing a task, helping someone…

It’s true that Broadway tickets can cost in the hundreds of dollars and the price of major opera tickets isn’t for the faint-hearted. In keeping with my “living like a millionaire on a retirement budget” series of articles I’ve written for 60+Me, I thought I’d share the explosion…

On those days when your mature woman mojo isn’t plugged in and your mind and body simply refuse to move, how do you climb out of bed, get motivated, and stay on the most effective, positive path? The struggle begins when you pull…

Many of us, as we advance through the decades, begin to ask deeper questions: What really matters? How can I make peace with the past? What will help me stay steady amid life’s changes? For thousands of years, Buddhism has offered what I have come to cherish…

The landscape of women’s fitness is changing for the better, with a greater focus being placed on empowerment, health, and wellbeing. Although the history of women’s fitness is complicated, what we do know is that personal fitness…