It makes me proud to be growing mellow as a contemporary of Naomi Judd. Beautiful and elegant, she bursts on the stage at the AARP WLC and then meanders among the participants sharing her wisdom. She speaks from the heart:
We feel so disenfranchised and separated today, and it makes me happy when we get together [...]
Archive for April, 2007
vitamain G . . . gratitude
Posted in AARP, Naomi Judd, aging, happiness, health, women on April 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
pink and powerful
Posted in AARP, finance, women on April 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning may seem an unlikely time to sharpen your financial managment skills. It turns out to be, not only the right time, but with the right person to guide the way. Julie Stav, blond hair, pink suit and seriously articulate, tell us, “Let’s get our money to work for us.” Stav has starred in [...]
second acts – lessons learned/lessons shared
Posted in AARP, aging, community, women on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What will I be when I grow up? Is that a question or a challenge? I top off the afternoon at the WLC Summit with a panel on Second Acts.
Jeri Sedlar, author of Don’t Retire, REWIRE, is our session moderator. She introduces the panel with high energy. In explaining the need for a second act, she reads from Elizabeth [...]
being healthy is not an age issue
Posted in AARP, aging, commitments, health, women on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A real highlight of the first morning of the Women’s Leadership Circle Summit was the presentation by Dr. Miriam Nelson, founder of Strong Women. I attended a weekend workshop that she gave a couple of years ago which was informative, challenging and inspiring. I could use a dose of her elixer of good sense every day.
Women’s [...]
nothing happens till you decide.
Posted in AARP, accountability, happiness on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Those few words have resonated with me again and again over the last few years. I found the quote and printed it out big and bold, filling a whole sheet of pink paper, and hung it in my home office soon after launching my consulting practice. Having been a sidelines observer of the blame game during [...]
satisfaction . . . elevated to a scholarly pursuit
Posted in aging, appreciative inquiry, community, happiness on April 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced Chick-Sent-Me-High-ee) has been writing interesting books like Flow and delving into well being for some time. Time magazine, in Getting Serious About Happiness gives us a heads up about his newest endeavor, a doctoral program at Claremont Graduate University. He will lead his graduate students in analyzing happiness and learning about positive psychology. [...]
217 women want to age gracefully
Posted in aging, commitments, online things on April 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s strength in numbers . . . 30 million baby boomers. We may be getting older, though it will be a kindler, gentler decline for the 217 committed members who have made the pledge on 43 Things, to “age gracefully“. One of the recent generation of self-reminder, community building websites, 43 Things explains:
People have known [...]
