Permanent Parenthood – A New Life Stage?
by Jane Adams, Ph.D.
Author, Life Coach
My friend Jane Adams has written a terrific blog about an experience I know personally – having a grown child live at home. She has some enlightening statistics and insights.
YELLOW IS THE COLOR…
by Amy Ferris
marryinggeorgeclooney.com
May 20th, 2012 – 10:57am
oh. life stories.
we were deciding on whether or not my mom should be moved one more rung up the assisted living ladder.
Movies About the Second Half of Life:
What’s Behind the Trend?
By Stefanie Weiss,
Encore.org
All of a sudden, there are movies about life beyond midlife. The – starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy – has quickly become a critical and box office hit.
“Reinventing Love, Relationships, and Intimacy in Second Adulthood”
The Transition Network
Washington, DC/June 5th
A conversation with Suzanne Braun Levine on “Reinventing Love, Relationships, and Intimacy in Second Adulthood” is being sponsored by the DC Chapter of The Transition Network and Civic Ventures, a nonprofit think tank on Boomers, work and social purpose, that publishes Encore.org for people interested in encore careers, jobs that combine personal meaning, continued income and social impact.
A Day To Say Goodbye To Old Grudges:
Untangling Mother-Daughter Ties
Suzanne Braun Levine
Huff/Post50
Like many women in midlife, I find Mother’s Day as much a reminder of a fraught relationship as a celebration of motherhood.
Even if we are not caring for our mothers, and even if we rarely spend time with them — even, as in my case, they are no longer alive — the emotional status of our relationship with them is a major factor in our ongoing reinvention. The intimacy between a woman and the woman who gave birth to her has its own unique mix of physical, psychological and gender forces within each of them.
Why Women My Age Are Reading
’50 Shades of Grey’
Suzanne Braun Levine,
Huff/Post50
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James is number one on the New York Times best-seller list — an unusual slot for a pornographic novel. And it has gotten there by word of mouth. Have you heard about it? Have you read it? Are you thinking you might? In my conversations with women all over the country in recent weeks, the answers are variations of yes.
Not that the plot matters, but it’s about an innocent college student and an incredibly attractive and very rich man, who also keeps a bondage chamber.
“Older Women Take on the Challenges of
Life, Love and Sex”
Marcia G. Yerman
Huff/Post50
Three books that fall on this continuum which overlap, while still standing solidly in their own sphere are:
“Single And In Search Of…”
Ruth Neubauer,
MSW, LCSW
Huff/Post50
Late last night I gathered up my courage, as I must each time, and called the 800 number to access the voice messages responding to my personal ad.
Just composing the ad took approximately two psychological years of my life. What me? Do this? No way.