EASING THE WAY

By Suzanne Braun Levine When my mother died recently at 94, I felt sad at losing her, but also relieved after several years of slow decline during which I always felt I was one degree of deterioration behind in caring for her. And I felt grateful – grateful to her for the loving and gracious […]

AGE IS NOT A DISEASE! – Embrace Your Age and Celebrate Yourself

10-Part Summer Radio Series with Eileen Williams – Feisty Side of Fifty June 2010 — “Age is NOT a disease! Women like being 50, 60 and 70. We don’t want to go back to Thirty – it was too stressful,” say, Suzanne Braun Levine, author of 50 IS THE NEW FIFTY and Eileen Williams, the […]

Retirement Ambivalence: Who’s Afraid of Getting Off the Career Track?

By Ruth Wooden President, Public Agenda & Chair of the Board, Civic Ventures There’s a new chapter required in The Etiquette Handbook:  “What to say to someone who is retiring.” I can’t get over some of the things people have said to me after a routine announcement that I plan to retire as President of […]

NOTE: SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR “FEISTY SIDE OF FIFTY RADIO” SERIES!

Hello – We’ve made some changes to our “Feisty Side of Fifty” Radio Series schedule. Our next LIVE broadcast will be July 7 at 12 Noon (EST): ”EVERY CRISIS CREATES A NEW NORMAL” (Lesson #5) The remainder of our LIVE programs will be: July 13 at 12 Noon (EST): “YOU DO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT […]

SUMMER READING – NEED WE SAY MORE?

Circle of Trust Summer Favorites! Why do we read more in the summer? Maybe because we take long trips that are conducive to long reads. Maybe because we lie in the sun (for short stretches) and the shade for hours. One thing I know: this is the season when we recommend a wider range of […]