When life gives us lemons, we just have to make ourselves some sweet lemonade. Here you’ll find our musings, pearls of wisdom, and personal stories to guide you through life’s passages. Explore how to embrace your beauty with style, discover new adventures, navigate the nuances of relationships, pull back the curtain to deal with life changes, and resonate with the reflections of other women. 

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Please don’t live your life according to what others think you should do. Live according to what your heart and mind tell you to do. In other words, be an authentic woman—to yourself, be true. You are capable of tapping into your authenticity, resilience, and hopefulness. If you do, you can cope when beset by […]

A Guide to Empowering Yourself After 50 With Hope, Authenticity, and Resilience

Style

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*Affiliate disclosure. My life, a short nine months ago, was the size of the world, and overnight, it became the size of a freckle. You’re probably feeling sad for me, but I beg you, please don’t, because my freckle is stuffed to the brim with so many marvelous accessories that bring me pleasure and wonder. […]

More Is More: Accessorizing Your Life & Embracing Life’s Little Joys

Passages After 50

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Today’s story was written by Andrea Pflaumer, who usually offers us sage style advice for us women over 50. But today, she muses on a topic that I have become all too familiar with over the past year of my life — caregiving. As we age, caregiving needs and challenges can shift, and people of […]

The Caregiver’s Guide to Self-Care: Maintaining Balance and Well-being

Advice

holding hands in a garden showing the importance of caring for yourself when you are a caregiver and caretaker

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Millions of women’s lives turn on a dime when illness strikes their spouse or partner. It is a heartbreaking and shattering experience, emotionally debilitating to watch one’s partner struggle. The intense emotion involved can be overwhelming, as love, loss, and survival become daily realities. It’s a game-changer to suddenly have a new title—Florence Nightingale—and the […]

The Passionate Pursuit of Solitary Pleasure

Advice

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We all have regrets, which are self-imposed punishments — I see those as the pits in the sweet bowl of cherries that we call life. Some pits linger inside forever, some are throwaways after we make amends to those we love. There are dumb things we did or didn’t do, and some have been put […]

Life Is But a Bowl of Cherries, Even With the Pits

Advice

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Many women over 50 do. I have found, the key to feeling relevant, important, and VISIBLE lies within you. I hope my free eBook will help you rediscover your purpose, and see the value that I so clearly see in you. 

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