Women 50+ creating the life they want
How does the world see you? Much more beautifully than you think. Dove recently released the newest installment if their now famed Real Beauty campaign. The tagline of the campaign, “You are more beautiful than you think,” demonstrates the disparity between a woman’s self-image and a stranger’s perception, playing on the common saying, “You areRead More
Part 4 of 5 What are my passions? Even with the thought generated over the last few days it can still be a tricky question at the midpoint of our lives. The answers lay buried under years of intense focus growing families, building careers, working, caring for aging parents, and doing what it takes toRead More
Part 1 of 5 The first on stop on the itinerary for Life Part 2 is Passion. It’s a warm place, it burns from the heart…so pack light. P.A.S.S.I.O.N.S Do you know what yours are? If you said no, you’re not alone. A recent survey showed that 75% of us don’t. Clearly we have someRead More
“Please check your seat assignments boarding will commence soon.” With boarding passes and (re)packed bags in hand we fill the departure gates of Life Part 2. We might not know our destination but we are all going to arrive somewhere else. It will involve opening to new vistas and ventures, new possibilities and new incentives.Read More
In the film Up in the Air, the George Clooney character, Ryan Bingham leads a self help seminar in which he instructs participants to ask themselves the question, “How much does my life weigh?” It’s a great question, especially now as we (metaphorically) pack our bags for departure into Life Part II. We’re likely carrying things no longer used orRead More
Yikes! the books you bring home from the library when your mandate is to expand. I wasn’t looking for these books ……specifically. I’d devised a library strategy to help break same old/same old patterns in my life — pick a random row, wander down, scan the titles and whatever pops out — check out. No review, no inspection. It is aRead More
Yesterday I was talking to a woman who had just returned from a spring break trip to Maui with her family. Well…. it wasn’t her whole family, they were minus one as her eldest son was in university and unable to make the trip. Her face told the story, “It was hard,” she said, “itRead More
My preferred method of facing down fear has always been to squeeze my eyes shut and jump. Although not for everyone, it’s the one way I can ensure I don’t think too much, if I even start the over think cycle I immediately fling open the doors to the inner critic who starts babbling incessantly and provides meRead More
How old are the scripts that drive our lives? I’ve been wondering about this as I prepare to plow through mine. It’s a review project triggered by the red shoes. I want to ensure all scripts are serving me in the best possible way and if there are any old, out- of-date ones I want to disposeRead More
Adventures into the Red Shoe Project and its’ subsequent off spring Red Shoe Zone were launched when a friend insisted I buy a pair of shoes that I didn’t think were ‘me’. She did. She couldn’t have known at the time how right she was. It wasn’t that I didn’t like the shoes, it’s justRead More
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