Do you wake up in the morning and find yourself imagining all the things that might go wrong today? Do you turn to your list of worries and concerns, like a not-so-favorite old friend? My personal intention is to spend those precious first few minutes of my waking hours ‘prepaving’ my day to be the…… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Reinvention
Reclaiming Crone, Reclaiming Power
This is #3 in the blog series Learn to Make Peace with Your Aging Body. Due to some reactions I wanted to clear up some misconceptions here. You can catch part 1 here, and part 2 here. Whenever I use the word “Crone” in conversations with women over 50, I get blow back. Women my age…… Continue Reading
3 Keys for Coping When Someone You Love Upsets You
We’ve all heard the old adage about how our relationships help us grow. Unless you’ve been a hermit up on a mountain top, you have intimately experienced the truth of this. (Even if you ARE a hermit, you had to experience this on some level before you scurried up to that cave!) Whether it’s your…… Continue Reading
What Do You Believe is Possible?
Ever since lived in Europe as a preI-teen, I’ve held a dream of once again living in a foreign country. Really immersing myself in another culture, learning the language, encountering surprises, and stretching my mind. What I really wanted was to take my kids overseas while they were growing up—so that they too could have…… Continue Reading
Make Peace with Your Aging Body, Part 2
My post from a few weeks ago, Learn to Make Peace with Your Aging Body, provoked some stimulating conversation—online, in person, and in my own head. So many nuances related to this came up for me that I decided to turn create a blog series on this topic. If you missed the original post, you…… Continue Reading
How to Meet Your Goals – An Unconventional Approach
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the whole concept of GOALS for…. well, maybe my whole life. While on the one hand I have dreams and visions of what I want to achieve, where I want to go, who I want to BE in this world; on the other I am a rebel at heart…… Continue Reading
How to Find the Love You’re Looking For
Do you feel like you are getting the love you want in your life? Every last one of us craves love and connection. We are literally wired for it. February brings that Hallmark holiday that everyone either loves or loves to hate. Some enjoy creating a romantic celebration, others feel resentful because of an uninterested…… Continue Reading
Learn to Make Peace with Your Aging Body
About a year ago I put on my favorite black pants (you know, the ones that look good with everything, casual or dressy) and realized they just didn’t fit the same. Too tight, pinching at the waist. I’m sure this has happened to you before—it certainly wasn’t my first go ’round with jeans getting tight.…… Continue Reading
How To Get What You Need When You’re Sick with the Flu (or anything else for that matter!)
Down with the flu? Or a nasty cold? Something else equally as miserable? Maybe, like me, you are now in recovery phase and you’re wondering how you can prevent next time from being quite as horrible an experience? (Or, maybe how to prevent there EVER BEING A NEXT TIME!) No, this isn’t one of those…… Continue Reading
Is Menopause a Hero’s Journey
A few weeks ago I commemorated the four-year anniversary of the day I packed my trusty Nissan Altima with as many belongings as I could fit, and drove away from the comfortable life I had known for the last three decades. As I wrote to my e-letter readers, it only took about 50 miles on…… Continue Reading