A woman who practices the art of positive bending leads a charmed and richer lifestyle because she knows the importance of adaptability. She flows with the tide and is able to bend with the wind. A woman who leads a rigid lifestyle after 50 is unwise and often very unhappy. The woman who has the […]

  Ten years of living in Honolulu, Hawaii had the most positive and profound impact on my life. I learned what living simply meant.  I am grateful for those beautiful years, and I hope that my story will have a life-affirming influence on your life. The effect of the Islands Living in the islands connected me […]

  I was at a lecture recently with my ultimate concierge to hear two famous TV hosts address the current state of America. Their statements on the “macro” condition of our country caused me to think of an important “micro” condition:  the money worries of older women and what can be done about this very real […]

Last week, I spent hours over the course of two days doing something that I absolutely did not want to do. It was a situation where I once again said ‘yes,’ when I knew I really wanted to say, ‘no.’ Why did I say ‘yes?’ And, why in the future will I say “no” instead? […]

There are two types of change – those changes thrust upon us and those that we make by choice – both can have either a positive or negative outcome. I have, as have you, no doubt, been faced with many mountainous, thrust-upon-me kind of life changes. Changes happened beyond my control. For example, overnight I […]