Do Not Fear the Autumn of Your Life
What do you like about autumn? I have recently realized that autumn is one of the best seasons of the year…. the weather is still warm… even as the cold begins to creep in. The leaves change color....
View ArticleHave I Got a Story for You: 7 Ideas for Preserving Your Family History
As women in our 60s, we have much to reflect back upon in our lives, while still most likely enjoying the company of a few elderly relatives. Suddenly, unique to this time in my life, I realized the...
View ArticleThe Artful Life: Reconnecting with Your Creativity in Midlife and Beyond
Life is full of comparisons. As employees, our performance is measured against our coworkers. As mothers, we worry about whether we are doing good enough – compared to whom, by the way? Creatively, we...
View ArticleIdentity Safety After 60: Fighting Aging Stereotypes and Starting Conversations
As older adults, we face aging stereotypes every day. Every time we encounter these negative thoughts and emotions, our identity safety is challenged. This is why I believe that it is so important for...
View ArticleProtecting the Planet is the Best Legacy that We Can Leave for Our Grandkids
In December, 2015, 195 nations approved an historic climate agreement. Louis Psihoyos, one of the speakers at the summit, suggested that we “Boomers” have changed the planet forever. Now, we need to...
View ArticleLetting Go and the Art of Parenting Adult Children
While I am hoping to be a grandma one day soon, holding baby Ezra made me think about the stages of being a parent. I realized that parenting adult children is actually another stage. So I did what any...
View ArticleWhy Cultivating Compassion is Essential for Healthy Aging and Happiness
Jane Fonda once pointed out that people today have the chance the live approximately 30 years longer than the generations that came before us. She asked us to reimagine our lives. Just how we reimagine...
View ArticleHow to Develop the 3 Most Important Types of Compassion
In the first part of this blog, I shared several research studies that point to a compassionate lifestyle as a path to health and happiness. In this blog, I will share what I am learning at the...
View ArticleWhat is the True Meaning of International Women’s Day?
As I looked from the elder Nicaraguan women to the younger American women at that celebration, I found myself reflecting on myself as a woman and my participation in the changes that have happened for...
View ArticleEmbrace the 5 Love Languages and Stop Taking Things for Granted in Your 60s
It is so easy to take things for granted – the ground under our feet, waking up in the morning to a new day and, far too often, our relationships. It is so easy to be critical or to notice what is...
View ArticleAmending Our Process: Crafting Apologies that Heal, Part 1
I recently published a blog on the Five Languages of Love, based on the work of Gary Chapman for Sixty and Me. Subsequently, I discovered that my sister, also an author and therapist, had written an...
View ArticleAmending Our Process: Crafting Apologies that Heal, Part 2
In the first part of this blog, we learned two ways to apologize, expressing regret and taking responsibility from Chapman’s work on The Five Languages of Apology. Here we learn the other three more...
View ArticleAchieve the “Impossible” to Get More from Life After 60
With a fixed mindset, it’s easy to believe that getting older means slowing down. We might say “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” and this becomes our excuse not try new things. Worse, we might...
View ArticleAIDS Impacts Older Adults Too – Here’s Something You Can Do to Help
In our sixties, we are old enough to remember the days when the scourge of AIDS seemed to hover everywhere. Many of us have known someone who was dying or have lost someone to the disease. My best...
View ArticleThe Latest Technology is Amazing But Can Never Replace a Hug
My father turned 90 in May. We had a small birthday party at his house, which I filmed on my phone. He was blowing out candles on a cake, although he could not eat the cake. He has a feeding tube and...
View ArticleTough Career Ending? Bounce Back and Get Ready for Retirement!
I am not the only person I know in my sixties who had a bad work experience at the end of their career. One friend was in his hospital bed after cancer surgery when his boss told him he was being...
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How My Alaskan Vacation Gave Me a New Perspective on Life and the World
As I sit here, feeling cozy back at home, my mug says “Alaska, the last frontier.” I am trying to keep the spirit of the amazing month of July alive in my thoughts. On my Alaskan holiday I traveled for...
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Your Mind Takes Extra Work After 60
Funny thing. I have wanted to write this blog for several months and couldn’t seem to get started. No surprise, it is about facing something in ourselves, limitations that stop us from doing what we...
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Surprising Life Lessons from Kindergarten and My Marriage
This year, my husband of 34 years, and I both turned sixty-four. We got cards for each other with the iconic Beatles song that said, “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m...
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A Heartfelt Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen died this November at the age of 82. He recorded his final album from a special chair in his living room two weeks before his death despite his body being wracked with cancer and...
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