By Suzanne Braun Levine,
FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY,
10 Life Lessons for Women
In Second Adulthood

Second Adulthood is all about change…the changes that befall us and those we generate. The first without the second creates a miasma of disappointment. The second, if it doesn’t incorporate the first, is frustrating and discouraging…

By Joyce Ellen Weinstein

During the late 1960’s and into the 70’s I was a commercial textile designer working in the garment center in New York City to support myself and two children.

My boss at that time, the woman in white, was getting married for the second time.

Celebrating Robin Morgan’s 70th Birthday…

This wonderful photo of Gloria Steinem, Robin Morgan and me was taken by Jenny Warburg at a party we and her son Blake Morgan threw for Robin’s seventieth birthday at Bob’s and my apartment….

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!

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…

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 – NOON (EST)
STRATEGIES & TIPS FOR WOMEN OVER 50 IN TODAY’S JOB MARKET
What Is the Major Issue that Is Holding You back?
How Can You Get Your Resume Noticed?
How Can You Best Sell Yourself in an Interview?
Mary Eileen Williams and I did a 10-part series on the lessons in my book “FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY.” Now, it is my turn to ask the questions. I will be interviewing Mary Eileen about her new book: “LAND THE JOB YOU LOVE:10 Surefire …

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.

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 founder of the FEISTY SIDE OF FIFTY blog and radio show. The two experts on women’s lives are partnering on a 10-part blog radio series based on the life lessons in Levine’s book.
“The lessons are guidelines,” …

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 books to each other and we read them with the special joy that “summer reading” adds to the prospect of settling in with a friend’s favorites.
I recently read Desert Queen …