13 Happiness Practices You Can Start Right NOW
How do we cultivate our happiness? Does happiness just happen, or can we make it so? As we age, we realize that happiness is more of a choice than a random ...
Finding Happiness
Why Some Women Are Choosing to Live Alone (and Loving It)
In today’s world, more women over 50 are living alone, by choice or by circumstance. Have you been through a divorce? Lost a partner? Watched your children move ...
You Deserve a Happy Birthday
How do you celebrate your birthday? How you approach it can say a lot about how you view getting older, and even how you celebrate your own life! Now is a good ...
How to Make This Decade One of Your Best
One of the biggest surprises to me is that I really enjoy being older. I used to think that when I was over 60 I would be… well… old. :) And yet here I am, loving ...
How Your Love of Nature Can Be a Great Conversation Starter
Do you consider yourself a naturephile? What do you appreciate most about being in the great outdoors? How often do you take time to blend in with natural ...
5 Ways That Connecting with Other People Keeps Us Strong and Positive in Our 60s
One of the things I’ve noticed about getting older is my tendency to try and keep things neat and predictable. I often long for a life that requires few changes ...
How to Experience Joy When Changing Habits After 60
In past blogs I’ve written about the recognizable pattern to behavior change including the five stages: Pre-contemplation (I’m not even thinking about ...
Uplift Your Spirit and Sing Your Way to Health and Joy in the Years Beyond 60
I think many of us harbor a secret dream about singing onstage with a rock band. I had this dream fulfilled when my choir director, Leah Hokanson, gave us the ...
How to Heal Your Inner Child as Women Over 60
As women over 60, many of us are experiencing our first opportunity to truly reflect on both our present and our past, including happy times as well as more ...
5 Little Tweaks That Bring Happiness into My Life
Although I am always grateful to have been born in the 50s, we were the first generation of women to have children, run a home and go to work full time. Don’t get ...
Do You Ever Wish Your Life Could be More Like a TV Sitcom or Comedy Series?
When I feel frustrated with life, I want to be able to call my best girlfriends and meet them for something to eat or drink – whenever I need, and whenever I feel ...
Rediscover Play, Joy and Laughter After 60
What I remember best about my friend is her playfulness. She was one of the few adults in my circle who really knew how to play. She enjoyed a long, fulfilling ...
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