Take a candid look at yourself in a full-length mirror. Now be honest. Was your first reaction, “You look just fine!” or did you think, “Ugh!” and turn away? If the latter, you owe it to yourself to put forth more effort. You can – and deserve to – feel good about the way you […]
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A publisher asked me recently how the book Timeless Women Speak: Feeling Youthful At Any Age differs from other books for women at midlife. Dr. Nancy’s research with over 1,200 women (published in the American Journal of Health Behavior) showed that nearly half were afraid of getting older. Many women do not feel confident in
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I’ve heard midlife women fretting recently that younger women today aren’t feminists and that they think all the battles have already been won. Not so, according to a very smart post by Katha Pollitt about Feminism’s Generation War. Pollitt gives a knowledgeable overview and concludes that the grievances among older and younger women come down
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How Working Women View Each Other The image of the working woman is changing, at least among women with established careers. The employment firm Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH) surveyed 143 female human resources executives and found only 31 percent of long-tenured businesswomen think the women coming into the professional business world are more career-minded than
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This man in front of you, whom you trusted and relied on all these years, is no longer the same. You yell, scream, reason, cry, argue, debate, plead and finally demand he be who he used to be. It is not going to happen! He is finally going through what many before him went through
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Published article abstract Women’s Perceptions of Aging: Fears, Preferences and Concerns O’Reilly, Nancy D., Thomlinson, Paul R., and Castrey, Margaret U Presented July 28, 2004 American Psychological Association 2004 Annual Meeting Honolulu, Hawaii ABSTRACT Given the paucity of existing research, the current study sought to map the terrain of women’s fears, preferences and concerns about
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Do you worry about growing older? About half of women do. At the grocery checkout they see magazine covers of beautiful, young, glowing women. The images present an impossible, airbrushed ideal that can raise fears about wrinkles, weight, and losing in the desirability derby if her man compares her to these beauties. And appearance is
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Fully 45% of women admit to being afraid of aging, according to recent research. Societal pressures, watching our children grow, seeing our parents age, feeling our bodies change, all remind us — every day — of the passage of time. Fear of aging is most common in women aged 20-39, yet even those in their
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By Dr. Nancy Do you worry about growing older? About half of women do. Here’s a letter from one: “Please could you advise me on how to overcome anxiety. I am mostly ok during the day, but I wake up in the early hours, and have ‘butterflies’ in my stomach, and my arms feel so
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Emotional Maturity – Are You Growing Up or Just Getting Older? Are you growing a little wiser each year as you grow older? If you are, you are not only getting older, you are also “growing up” and becoming more emotionally mature. With maturity comes the ability to better handle life’s challenges, enjoy life, and
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