If 94 year old Matilda Klein doesn’t put a smile on your face, nothing will. This woman is fantastic! Get out there, ladies- age...
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A Modern Day Rachel Story
If you met Rachel on the street, you would just think she was a really nice, ordinary mom with a beautiful smile... But Rachel is no ordinary woman.
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SHE DID IT – The Silberstein Gallery: Ruth and Amy Silberstein
Buying art should be fun, not intimidating. At least that’s the philosophy of Ruth and Amy Silberstein, the mother/daughter duo behind The Silberstein Gallery in Boston, Ma. The Gallery has three generations of (female) history behind it. The background: Austrian born Hilde Gerst – Ruth’s mother — traveled widely after World War II, accumulating...
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Sex After 60
The year my first book came out, the year I turned 60, my 21-year marriage crashed and burned.
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Visiting Burma
There's a special beauty to this country, especially as seen over the span of many days.
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Going Back To Work: irelaunch.com
Launching a career after time spent at home isn’t always easy, but it can be done – and done successfully.
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Go Pink to Support Breast Cancer Research
Alexa Isbell Wolman dons hot pink cotton candy hair to support breast cancer research. Alexa, you look MAHVELOUS!
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Home Is Where the Art Is
When my mother won first prize the first time at the show at the Armory in Palm Beach, she said that she felt her mother’s hand guiding her. My grandmother, a very artistic and independent woman, would have been proud to see her success.
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Meeting St. Irene in Istanbul
Hagia Sophia is like a once-alluring woman whose face is now ravaged by age, but whose loveliness is still mesmerizing.
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I’m Turning 50 Tomorrow, and I Can’t Wait!
I’ve decided to treat this year like one big celebration of life, and do special things I wouldn’t ordinarily do, under the guise of it being “for my 50th birthday.
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It’s All About Me — My Plan
After planning, preparing and executing my family’s thirty-first Christmas, I am tired. Very tired and a bit ornery.My New Years resolution is to practice self centeredness.
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Spiritual Retreats: Vacations for the Soul
I would guess that most people—especially the parents among us—have taken vacations that seemed more like forced marches than relaxing getaways.
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Cancel Your Botox and Celebrate Your Pro-Age
Boom! Can you hear the sound? It’s the start of the Pro-Age Revolution led by 61-year-old makeup artist turned model turned founder and CEO of the first pro-age cosmetics line, Boom! by Cindy Joseph.
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Branching To New Heights – Just In Time for My 50th
A fitting way to celebrate my impending 50th birthday.
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Bucket List
Life IS better after 50. For me the greatest awareness of that came when I focused on the realization that memories are the stuff of real life and decided to act on that belief. There’s a stone hut at the top of the mountain where my family skies.
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You CAN Reinvent Yourself
The biggest problem I hear from my friends over 50 is: "What next?"
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Embracing Your Inner Angel
It has taken me 51 years to see Frank Capra’s 1946 classic, It’s a Wonderful Life........George wished that he had never lived. George’s angel showed him how life would have been different if that had been the case.
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Introducing the Holy Rover
As a freshly minted 50-year-old with a recently emptied nest, I’m reveling in this new stage that brings fewer family responsibilities and greater freedom to pursue my passions. Foremost among them is spiritual travel....
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The Scenic Route
With her friend Louisa, writer Jamie Stringfellow set out from Hermosa Beach with a goal: to walk a 38-mile route to the Getty Villa near Malibu Beach over four days. En route, the pair passed through Santa Monica.
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Giving Back
I have been thinking for a while that it was time for me to find a way to “give back” in a meaningful way. In my 30′s and 40′s, as a full-time working mom, I felt as if I didn’t have an extra minute. One of the really great things about being in my...
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Chasing Squirrels and The F-Word
My COO at Hope Sings reminds me daily about “laser-like focus.” She keeps me from chasing squirrels (remember the movie “Up” where the dog loses his focus the minute a squirrel runs by?).
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