Midlife Rediscovery

Could you create an atlas of your life experiences?

2010-07-01T17:10:00Z

I love the idea that we can map our lives as one action to clarify where we've been. If you like maps and have a sense you've travelled a lot to get where you are today, this may be a book you will also pick up repeatedly.

Does your life make you happy?

2010-05-23T14:29:00Z

While the bottom line is that we are each responsible for creating our own happiness, it doesn't hurt to have some help in identifying the areas we need to work on first.

The aging brain and the broccoli

2010-04-24T22:32:00Z

Having discovered some broccoli in the microwave this morning, several days after I must have put it in there to cook, I am forced to wonder — once again — whether senility can be far away?

Every little bit helps in weight loss

2010-04-01T11:02:09Z

As someone who has battled her weight much of her life, I liked this offering on the AARP site.

Existential crisis time?

2010-03-08T21:16:00Z

Every so often we all hit a point when we start to question what we are doing and whether it is actually taking us where we want to go. I thought I’d re-evaluated my life pretty thoroughly a few years ago when I found myself newly single and in charge of my own life after 20 years of marriage.

Technology and us

2010-02-15T19:16:00Z

I don't know about you but I love being online, but as I have got older I have noticed that it is more often assumed that I don't know much about computers or actively engaged online. This belief is sometimes frustrating, but has also been the cause of much laughter when I show it isn't true!

Is aging all in our minds?

2010-02-08T17:53:00Z

Some of us are lucky enough to still experience those times when we notice we are feeling really good - much younger and fitter than we know we are. Sadly as we age these times tend to be followed by aching bodies and the sad realization that we really, truly, can't still do what we did at 25. Or is that really true?

Being slightly overweight can help you live longer

2010-02-01T17:41:00Z

Given the discouraging messages the media often gives us about our bodies, I was encouraged to realize that upping my exercise level a bit and carrying a bit of extra weight isn’t all bad!

Real women are allowed?

2010-01-09T15:13:00Z

Wouldn’t it be amazing to see designers and magazines working as hard to appeal to real midlife women with exciting and flattering clothing designs that reflect who we are now, on models who look like us?

The strangeness of memory

2009-12-29T21:30:00Z

I imagine that the specter of memory loss hunts all of us as we age, so finding that I had memories tucked away that I’d forgotten yet which were so easily uncovered, gives me hope that my mind is still functioning reasonably well. In the light of my discoveries, what pleasant surprises has your memory offered you?