by drsusan | Mar 25, 2014 | Influences, Personal Development, Resilience
Yesterday I heard from two friends whose ex-husbands had died. Neither had maintained contact with their ex, but once there had been a loving relationship. Both women had children with their former partner. Both children had complicated relationships with their...
by drsusan | Mar 10, 2014 | Fifty Over Fifty, Learning, Personal Development
Few women that I know have planned as successful a retirement as Bethene. She leads a rich, full life, selecting new challenges and adventures every year. The significance of her journey, for me, is her ability to look within and to know herself so well. This is an...
by drsusan | Mar 5, 2014 | Fifty Over Fifty, Influences
This is an imaginary garden – the garden that is your life. It might be Spring sometime soon. Or you might live someplace warm, so you may have flowers to look at as you think about this. What have you planted? what would you like to weed out of your life...
by drsusan | Feb 24, 2014 | Fifty Over Fifty, Stories
I’m reading through 554 pages of interview transcripts, looking for gems that need to be in the book and finding many beautiful moments along the way. Phyllis Haynes spoke eloquently about her favorite interviews: Sophia Loren – beautiful. One of the...
by drsusan | Feb 17, 2014 | Resilience, Stories
It snowed yesterday and it’s going to snow tomorrow. Carole Wehberg Posted this on facebook recently, capturing the mood for many of us: This was one of the worst weeks ever. I am s-o-o-o sick and tired of trudging through snow and slush and drudging (Is that a...
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