by drsusan | Apr 28, 2014 | Fifty Over Fifty, Stories, Writing
Boomers and Beyond hosted an evening with Jane Pauley last week. She spoke about her recent book, Your Life Calling. It was a lovely evening. Jane (she makes it seem like it’s fine to call her by her first name) had come from a meeting with CBS just a couple of...
by drsusan | Apr 7, 2014 | Fifty Over Fifty, Influences, Personal Development, Resilience
My whole life I’ve been taught the value of persistence. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. It takes a hundred “no’s” to get to “yes.” In the words of the Old Philosopher (you’ll need to be over 50 to...
by drsusan | Mar 31, 2014 | Fifty Over Fifty, Stories
Today is the last day of Women’s History Month, but by no means the end of celebrating women – or knowing what’s going on that affects women. Women’s eNews is published daily and keeps us all informed about women’s issues. It’s the...
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...
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