Welcome to a collection of thoughts, tips, and techniques on living a Wise and Wild and Wonderful Life.
A wise and wild life is a rich, joyous, wonderful life.
It’s using all the wisdom you’ve gathered so far to create the life of your dreams and adding a touch of wildness in the form experimentation, openness to new things and seeing joy.
It’s a life of your own choosing.
There’s always something new to try, to think about, to savor.
There are thousands of women over fifty creating wise, wild and wonderful lives, and some of their stories will be here.
Come play with us!
A Good Book for the New Year
Fifty Over Fifty: Wise and Wild Women Leading Wonderful Lives (And You Can Too!) might just be the perfect book to get you re-motivated, energized and inspired for 2015. I keep rereading some of the stories myself (and I've lived with them for over two years now) and...
read moreMaking Time for Connection
One of the unfortunate truths of getting older is that our circle of friends is in danger of shrinking. Our friends develop different circles or or move away or pass away. There may come a morning when you look around and find that no one is there.You may have several...
read moreAre You an Emotional Hoarder?
Recently, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) added hoarding to their list of diagnostic categories. We've heard a lot about hoarding lately. There are even reality shows tracking hoarders. This got me thinking that hoarding doesn't just...
read moreHearts of Gold – Giving Back Over Fifty
There's a delightful high-end thrift store on West 25 Street in New York City and tonight, July 10, it will be hosting a fund raiser that is as unusual as the store itself. If you're local, tickets are still available. It's going to be an exciting and unusual evening,...
read moreIs Indra Nooyi Right? Can Working Women Have it All?
It's been true forever, yet the debate goes on. Can women successfully manage work and family life? Nooyi is far from the first to talk about the toll this juggling act requires. Women still bear the brunt of responsibility for home and children. Lower income women...
read moreToo Old To Adopt?
There are all sorts of checks in place to keep women in their sixties from adopting babies, but nary a warning about adopting kittens. So, here are Obie and Ernie, looking all innocent and quiet: Cute, right? Innocent. Sweet. But eventually they will wake up. Now...
read moreUsing What You Know
How adaptable are you? Can you figure out how to expand, repurpose, and adapt your skills? Are you curious? These traits can help you find a way to use what you already know to create your next career. Bunnie leveraged her ability to build relationships and her past...
read moreRushing to Judgment
It’s so easy, all to often, to go immediately to judgment, bypassing reflection, bypassing all other available states. As much as I try to pause and reflect, it’s happened to me twice recently, so I’m working on being conscious about how I react. A friend packed some...
read moreYouth Envy
This may not be what you expected. Last weekend, I attended my niece's graduation from Humboldt State College. Arcata is deep in the redwoods and on a bay - absolutely spectacular. The population runs to laid back folk devoted to preserving the planet - very gently,...
read moreStrong Women and Heroes
Who inspires you? I started thinking about this after seeing a quote earlier today: I have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond...
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