Today’s post on taking advantage of opportunities for growth during transitions, was contributed by Paula Marie Usrey, founder of Boomer Best U. She’s given a TEDx presentation on how to live your best life at any age and her new book, Refusing to Be Invisible: Life Planning Empowerment Strategies for Women 50+, is out now! […]

This story was originally published February 2019 and has been updated for your enjoyment. Friendship! Friendship! It’s the perfect blend -ship!  Here’s what I know: Outside of Shelly, family, and my Soft-Coated Wheaton Terrier, America, nothing makes me feel warmer and fuzzier than my girlfriends! Having girlfriends after 50 is important for so many reasons. […]

Let’s talk about something that is a far bigger problem than most people realize — loneliness. What is loneliness? “It is the discrepancy between what you have and what you want from your relationships,” says neuroscientist Stephanie Cacioppo. You can be in a crowd and feel lonely. To ward off loneliness, you have to pinpoint […]

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers out there and to the mother’s daughters. If you are blessed to still have your mother in your life, hold her close and show her what she means to you. It just never dawned on me that I would lose my mother. That I would come to […]

Estrangement of an adult child, which often leads to grandparent estrangement is an epidemic that most people don’t talk about. My hope is that if you, too, have experienced the heartbreak of the estrangement of an adult child or grandparent estrangement, you will understand that you are not alone. In fact, good mother, you will […]