SHARE YOUR BIRTHDAY STORY WITH OTHER WOMEN & WIN A BOOK!

We’re celebrating “50 Is the New Fifty,” with a Contest for Women in Second Adulthood. Tell us how you celebrated the New 50, 60 or 70? The first 10 women to share their birthday stories will receive an autographed copy of 50 Is the New Fifty – 10 Life Lessons for Women In Second Adulthood.

By Karin Lippert

Media Consultant

Yes, women are on Facebook™ and Twitter™. But, many of us want to take the conversation to the next step – create a community of our own or support a cause. This insight often comes after we’ve shared photos of the kids and grandkids – many, many times!

YOUNGER WOMEN ARE LOOKING AHEAD!

A young staff member at Plume (my paperback publisher) interviewed me for two new videos to celebrate the paperback publication of “50 Is the New Fifty.” Because the interviewer was a young woman, I was reminded (again) of how important it is for women in second adulthood to be seen in our culture – to be visible and happy. We are each other’s horizontal role models. And, just as important, we are paving the way for younger women.

Younger …

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 …

By Karin Lippert
Toronto, Canada
When I decided to sign up for the Weekend to End Women’s Cancers 60K two-day event in Toronto, I knew I would have to train. I hadn’t done very much about exercise in a long time. I had not been motivated. I thought all my little aches would just get bigger/worse. My damaged discs would rebel. I was wrong.
Two things happened that made me change my outlook. First, I decided that at 65 I had to do the walk to honor my mother who had died …

Thank You Suzanne!
Dear Suzanne:
I just finished reading “Fifty Is the New Fifty” over the weekend. After the first chapter, I put my “to do list” aside to make time to go through it all by Sunday night. I could not believe how everything spoke to me and my experiences so directly. My view of many things is now drastically changed.

This morning, I literally feel like hugging all the wonderful middle-aged women I am coming across – I now see how we are so deeply connected.
What an incredible feeling to read …

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 …

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 …

“A Circle of Trust Reader’s Guide”

One of the fun things authors get to do for the paperback edition of their book is work with the publisher on a Reader’s Guide for Book Clubs. The publication date for “Fifty is the New Fifty: 10 Life Lessons for Women in Second Adulthood” is March 30th.
In advance of the publication, we’re posting the Plume Edition Reader’s Guide here. Many women have told me the book inspired numerous conversations with their sisters, mothers and friends. I hope the guide leads to even more …

ALSO, AN UPDATE ON BOOKS BY FRIENDS

Like all of you, I have a circle of friends that I try to connect with on a regular basis. For me, it’s often over lunch.  I look forward to those dates with a real hunger – for the intimacy, the chance to chronicle our lives to ourselves and each other, and the sheer delight of gazing at a well-loved face.
If too much time goes by, one or the other of us sends an e-mail titled “re: lunch?” Occasionally we need to schedule an …