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[30 Sep 2009 | 10 Comments | 2,433 views]
“WHY FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY” – Funny, Honest Talk With Women Friends At Barnes & Noble In New York

GLORIA STEINEM, ISABELLA ROSSELLINI, REP. DONNA EDWARDS (D-MD), MODERATOR LESLEY JANE SEYMOUR AND ME.

FREE BOOK Fifty is the New Fifty, First 10 Comments
I don’t think there is anything more nourishing than an hour spent with a group of bright, funny and honest women friends. I got to do that – big time – last June when Gloria Steinem, Isabella Rossellini and Rep. Donna F. Edwards joined me for a discussion of the ideas in my book Fifty Is the New Fifty on a panel moderated by Lesley Jane Seymour, More …

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[17 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments | 8,140 views]

Thursday, October 15
6:30-9 p.m.
Dinner / Talk / Q&A / Book Signing
THE TRANSITION NETWORK
One Washington Circle Hotel
One Washington Circle
(Intersection of 23rd & K, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, Aves)
Washington, DC
202-872-1680 or (800) 424-9671
Contact:
TTN / Carolee Heileman / cheileman@aol.com

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[15 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 801 views]

Check out the interview with Eileen Williams on “Feisty Side of Fifty Radio”
The “Love at Midlife” conversation is beginning. Join in!

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[15 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 671 views]

Starting on PBS September 16.
A series not to be missed – LIFE (PART 2)
Check Local Listings for your PBS Station.
http://www.pbs.org/lifepart2/watch/boomer-marriage
Is there a secret to marriages that last? Can you keep things hot as your hormones cool? Are you making unrealistic demands that can actually doom your marriage?
Tune in for my conversation with host Robert Lipsyte, therapist
Terrence Real, and Dr. Janet E. Taylor.

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[15 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 583 views]

Isabella Rossellini’s innovative and entertaining “GREEN PORNO” SERIES #3 is now available at www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno

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[10 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 811 views]
A Conversation with Suzanne Braun Levine – By Karen Kullgren, The Transition Network

I Love Your Term the Fertile Void…
Suzanne Braun Levine has been a hero of mine since age 16, when I was a charter subscriber to Ms. Magazine, where she was the first editor. Just as Ms. had many things to teach me about myself as a woman and a feminist, so Levine decades later continues to teach women about themselves, through her writing (in books like Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood and her contributions to MORE Magazine) and speaking. I was privileged to talk …

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[5 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 703 views]

There is more to come from “WHY FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY,” with Gloria Steinem, Isabella Rossellini, Rep. Donna Edwards D-MD), Moderator Lesley Jane Seymour and me.
Barnes & Noble – June 1, New York Panel.
We will be posting next week more honest talk, and Q&A from the event.
Please watch for it and share with friends through this site, YouTube and your Twitter followers.

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[2 Sep 2009 | 3 Comments | 1,062 views]
“FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY – <br /> AND “65” IS THE NEW SIXTY-FIVE!

My friend Joanne Edgar is a 2009 Trek Women’s Triathlete!
She’s in our FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY video in her Nia class and “Nia — Why I Keep Coming Back for More…” Now, she is going for it all!
FOR THE CHALLENGE, THE FUN . . . AND FOR ME!
By Joanne Edgar, #1312
What does it mean to feel good about your body? To me, at age 65, it means feeling strong and healthy and optimistic, knowing I can meet the challenges I set for myself.
On September 13, 2009, I completed …