When I wrote, “Fifty Is the New Fifty. Sixty, I hasten to add, is also the new sixty, and seventy the new seventy. And the women who are the new fifty, sixty, and seventy wouldn’t want it to be anything else…” I knew that we are a different generation than our mothers.
And, we are pioneering change for women in a new stage of life…

JOIN ME FOR A VERY SPECIAL EVENT: THE 2010 PAGES & PLACES BOOK FESTIVAL! SCRANTON, PA – SATURDAY, OCT. 2nd
Join me at the 2010 Pages & Places Book Festival, Scranton’s celebration of books and the city on Saturday October 2nd. I will be at the Book Expo and on the Panel: “FROM FRONTLINES TO HEADLINES” with Robin Morgan, Tamera Gugelmeyer and Andi Zeisler. http://pagesandplaces.org/
BOOK EXPO
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
*I will be there from 12:00 pm -1:00 p.m. Stop by to say hello! …

Summer Reading is still at the top of our list of things to do now….

APRIL AND OLIVER by Tess Callahan is on my list. The story of two people who grew up like brother and sister and what happens when they are drawn back together after a family tragedy. The writing is beautiful and insightful; the characters are complex and surprising; and the plot is not what you think.

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 a NYC-based nonprofit later this year.  By the time I retire, I will be 64 and will have served more than seven years in this position after a working career of more than …

Tito (short for Gatito, little cat) is the newest addition to our household. My daughter found him in an alley in Buenos Aires, where she has been living for the past two years. He was a half-starved kitten, infested with fleas. She took him in, dealt with the fleas, and now he is a feisty – and very long – fellow.
When she moved back from Argentina last month, Tito came with her. He didn’t enjoy the 16-hour plane ride, but he took over our apartment as soon as he …

JOIN SUZANNE & EILEEN FOR A 10-PART SERIES ON “FEISTY SIDE OF FIFTY RADIO!”
The program that celebrates Baby Boomer Women who are totally transforming the spirit and style of aging!
www.blogtalkradio.com/feisty-side-of-fifty
**UPCOMING LIVE Radio Broadcasts**
(LIVE BROADCASTS – Noon EST)
June 21 YOUR MARRIAGE CAN MAKE IT (Lesson #8)
June 29 EVERY CRISIS CREATES A NEW NORMAL (Lesson #5)
July 6  YOU DO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE (Lesson #9)
July 9  ‘BOTH’ IS THE NEW ‘EITHER/OR’ (Lesson #10)
July 13 FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY* (Lesson …

New Book Proclaims ‘50 Is the New Fifty’
VIVMag, says: “Frankly, we’re a little tired of hearing people say things like ‘30 is the new 20’ and ‘40 is the new 30.’ So we love the title of Suzanne Braun Levine’s new book: “50 Is the New Fifty.” The first editor of Ms. magazine, Levine is no stranger to inviting a discussion on women and aging… she delivers 10 life lessons for women who are in their “second adulthood” with wisdom, honesty and humor…”
Click here to read VIVmag article. …

Be sure to watch her YouTube Video!
An early Mother’s Day Gift!

Dear Suzanne,
I’m half-way through your terrific book, and couldn’t wait to write you; I’m underlining on every page, and have just ordered two more copies, gift-wrapped, for friends turning fifty.
A few months ago, my own book, The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother’s Memoir, was published by Grand Central. I didn’t know it till this morning, when I began reading yours, that what I’d actually written was missive from deep within The Fertile Void. There were many …

NEW BOOK BY HOST OF
 ”FEISTY SIDE OF FIFTY”
By Mary Eileen Williams, M.A., NCC

If you’re over fifty and looking for work, you probably have a slew of preconceived notions about how bad the job market is for older applicants. You are also likely to have a number of concerns and questions that need to be addressed.
In the course of my twenty years of experience as a career counselor and job search specialist, I’ve counseled thousands of midlife career changers and jobseekers and—believe me—I’ve heard it all. Here are a few …

We are ALL at the height of our Power!

“FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY” -
For Immediate Release from Plume Books
We are ALL at the height of our Power!
“Well the first thing I want to say about Fifty is the New Fifty, is that it’s not the whole title. The whole title is 50 is the New Fifty, 60 is the new Sixty and 70 is the New Seventy…and who cares about birthdays anyway. The best thing is that we are all at the height of our power, and we feel that …