Reinvention

Reinventing ourselves after 50 – it is exciting, scary, wonderful and anxiety-inducing. At this stage of life, we know it is necessary to always be redefining our roles, re-creating our lives and embracing the future with courage and acceptance. Whether it’s a new career after 50, a new challenge, a new goal, or even just a new role in our personal lives, BA50 is here to help.

Interview

Camp Reinvention For Women Over 50: Sign Up To Make the Change You’ve Been Hoping For

felice
When Dana Hilmer and Wendy Perrotti, co-creators of Camp Reinvention reached out to me to partner and help spread the word about their Camp Reinvention workshop launching this March 24th, I was thrilled. A workshop to help women over 50 move forward and embrace change is right in the mission sweet spot of BA50's wheelhouse. So, I agreed to post an interview to share with you all. I think the program sounds great. Have a listen and see what you think....
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Cancer Made Me a Comedian

Cancer Made Me a Commedian

Wendy Farha
I wanted my life to have meaning. So, I decided to leave Canada and go to Hawaii. Call it a mid-life crisis or call it escape from realityā€¦I was going to spend a few years volunteering for a charitable organization there. Surely that would cure my destiny angst. ā€œIā€™ll discover my purpose there,ā€ I thought. And if I didnā€™t, at least Iā€™d get a good tan. Baby steps. I was way overdue for my mammogram, so I figured Iā€™d better get one before I left. Come to think of it, Iā€™d had a painful lump for several weeks, but everyone said that if a lump was painful, it wasnā€™t cancer, so I wasnā€™t worried. After all, ā€˜everyoneā€™ knows best, right? After the mammogram, my doctor ordered an ultrasound, then a biopsy. ā€œThereā€™s something there, but itā€™s probably nothing,ā€ he reassured me....
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Joan Foley

How a Pandemic Gave me Mid-life Purpose

Joan Foley
In late March, I opened an email from BA50 with an invitation to sign up for a blog writing class. Curiosity and mid-life direction led me to the checkout cart before self-doubt or fear could find me. A week later, heart pounding, trembling fingers and help from my daughter logging onto my first Zoom meeting I watched the little blue circles spin around, waiting to be welcomed in to one of the best things Iā€™ve ever done for myself....
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Liz Kurkjian-Henry

A Rookie Once Again

Liz Kurkjian-Henry
So 2 years away from retirement I was being laid off from the mentoring position Iā€™d held for the past 7 years, one of 14 elite, well-trained, experienced educators who mentored first-year teachers during their very rough and tumble rookie season. I would have a job somewhere, yes, but it was up to me to find it. WTF indeed. So I went back to my roots....
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