If you haven’t already rushed out and dropped a wad at a big box store buying annuals, herbs, and container plants, stop! I can save you cash buying grass that you won’t have to bust your a#$ planting. Really. Why should I care about your cash, grass or a#$? Because you can’t start over or [...]
On average, women cry 47 times a year, men cry 7 times a year.* I cried 47 buckets of tears Wednesday because a project I pitched didn’t get approved. I was counting on this income to pay for gas and groceries the second half of this year. Instead I’ll have to dry my eyes, put [...]
Guest Post by Selen Razon Hoosier women lay down your cigarettes and lift some weights. The excuses many people — Hoosier women in particular — use to avoid exercise are seemingly endless: Children take all my free time, work leaves me exhausted, it’s not any fun anyway and I’d prefer to sit and watch television. [...]
One of the best parts of attending the Leaders of the Pack conference this week was watching women in suits on heels ride the motorcycle simulator at Gail’s Harley Davidson. First, what a high-vibration place to hold a women’s conference and secondly, the varied expressions I saw on the faces of women over 40 [...]
Lee Block wrote a Huffington Post piece this week called The Fairy Tale: Demystifying the Myth. Block asks “been-through-a-divorce-or-two boomers” what should we tell our daughters about the reality of a prince whisking them away to be his queen forever after? Block questions, should we let our daughters live “the happily ever after fantasy” or [...]
There are so many things in life we have to do that we don’t want to do — pay bills, get our annual check up, get a crown on a tooth, or start over in midlife without a plan or a clue. Then there’s the things we do half heartedly because we think we need, [...]
Want to manifest what’s on your vision board faster? Follow my lead and create monthly 20/20 boards — because it’s easy to drift in life. Hindsight is 20/20 and these simple boards visually show you what you’re nailing in life and missing completely. To stay on track and not allow the year to slip away [...]
That was apparent by all the emails I received following my appearance on a reality TV show, The Job. Thanks to all who watched me try for an editorial position at Cosmo Magazine on national TV only to get kicked to the curb. I received emails of support from around the country (thank you all). [...]
Are you helping change the way people think about midlife? If so share your story with the world on a new reality series/documentary called That’s So Midlife. See the trailer below where three men in their late 40s set out to kayak around Britain. To apply send a few sentences describing why your midlife adventure [...]
We’ve all faced huge losses in our lives. The loss of a loved one, a pet, a friend or in my case — a job at Cosmopolitan magazine. Today I’m more enthused than ever to pursue other, more appropriate, opportunities. I hope if you’re facing a loss, you’ll take the good from it — the [...]
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