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Make Happiness Your Default Setting

In the world today, happiness can be elusive. There are injustices, wars, need, greed, divisiveness, and more at play on a global scale. And that doesn’t even begin to touch the struggles of daily life. While all of these issues affect women and men, it seems to impact women more. In fact, one of the […]

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Celebrate The Confidence That Comes With Age

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself – Coco Chanel For decades we have been barraged with younger women dominating the runway and fashion magazines. Just recently though, a handful of fashion brands have decided to break the mold and are championing the older woman. Yves Saint Laurent has announced Joni Mitchell (71

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Help With Getting Older

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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Published Article: Women's Perceptions of Aging

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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Are you afraid of getting older? You’re not alone!

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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