midlife issues

Anna Quindlen and Me

05.23.2012

She wasn’t the prettiest, the thinnest, the most popular girl but she was really smart and seriously focused and as ambitious as any of the guys. These were the heady days of feminism after all. Anna was a sister.

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Walking Manhattan: Tribeca, Chinatown, Wall Street

05.14.2012

The more lists I can make, the less time I have to delve deep into my soul. You see, I’m facing some new developments in my life at the moment and I need to delve.

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Walking Manhattan: Central Park

05.11.2012

It finally hit me that this dream had actually come true. If for some reason I had to leave tomorrow, this experience will have already exceeded my expectations.

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MidLife-Beauty.com: New Boomer Site

05.06.2012

MidLife-Beauty is a window onto what my friends and I are saying to each other about makeup and hair, our skin and our bodies.

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Reinventing The Wheel

04.23.2012

This message, my subconscious, spoke to me so clearly I could hardly get through the words without crying. ‘Go. Get off this hamster wheel. Go get some fresh air, a new outlook on life. Go get some exercise, refresh your career, re-charge your spirit. Take time to re-focus. You need some fresh air and some clean water.’

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Embracing Ourselves at Fifty

04.20.2012

It’s so easy, here at middle age, to begin to pine for our youth, to have regrets, to think we missed the mark, to beat up on our younger selves.

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Remembering….and Not

03.18.2012

Similarly, I refuse to join in the pity party about how badly our culture treats the not-young. Yeah, yeah, yeah, ageism exists. As does sexism, racism, and all the other isms that are hallmarks of humanity.

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MidLifeBloggers: Defining the Brand

03.12.2012

So if I’m a brand and parenting is not a part of my brand, then what and who and why am I?

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The Faceplant: Version three

03.02.2012

Have I turned the corner into the land of “I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up”? I hope not, because I’m not ready to go there.

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Minding Mother Nature

02.20.2012

by John Ptacek of  On Second Thought When you go to a movie, you willingly suspend your beliefs for an hour or two. I’m only asking you to suspend them for a few minutes. This has to do with your happiness, so do pay attention. You don’t exist. At least not in the way you [...]

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