There’s a dynamic conversation taking place over at huliq.com. Enthusiastic marketers are extolling the virtues of the Betty White “Still Hot” video for Lifeline, a life insurance industry program that converts policies to lump sum payouts Well, not all marketers. In fact, three of our finest, author/Boomer experts Brent Green, Matt Thornhill and moi, take [...]
Dear Fierce with Age: How’s the World Treating You?
How’s the World Treating You? RB, NYC I loved hearing from an old friend, but his question gave me pause for thought. “How’s the world treating you?” “The World” these days is a very mixed bag for me. I care deeply about what I hear on the news everyday, and the personal challenges faced by [...]
Acceptance Vs. Hope: Reconciling the Paradox
Is there something more or different you’d like to have/do or be today? Many of us who have encountered eastern philosophy over the years understand that an essential spiritual practice is to surrender the notion that we have complete mastery over our lives. Of course, we can do what we can to get what we [...]
The Inside Scoop on my PBS/Next Avenue Debut
Next Avenue, PBS’s new website for “grownups” 50+ launches today. I am honored to have been offered a regular column on spirituality and aging, the first of which debuts today. As my first blog, I chose to reveal and ruminate on “the moment” I realized I’d grown old. Many of us have this kind of [...]
Dear Fierce with Age: It’s Mother’s Day and I Miss the Kids
It’s Mother’s Day and while I miss my grown kids every day, it’s particularly hard today. One is hundreds of miles away and I’m estranged from the other. Any advice to revivify my spirit? Kathy, Atlanta Dear Kathy, You’re not alone. Mother’s Day is difficult for many women of our generation, including great mothers who [...]
Making Trouble
When it comes to stereotyped images of people at midlife and beyond, what is ageism, really? At Fierce with Age, we believe that ageism is perpetration of the stance that “young is good, old is bad.” But recently, I have become aware of the unsettling fact that there are many professionals in both the aging [...]
Go Hillary: Done Apologizing!
The news media gleefully nabbed pictures of Hillary Clinton wearing glasses, unadorned hair and lipstick. Instead of embarrassing her, she taught the naysayers a lesson in self-respect, autonomy and dignity. Her response to CNN’s was a centered and light-hearted: “I feel so relieved to be at the stage I’m at in my life right now, [...]
To Be Passionately Alive: Reprint from my Huffpo Blog
When you are in the turbulent middle years of life, the promise of serenity fills you with hope. Somewhere down the road, there will be peace and quiet. Your life will be orderly and things will make sense. Now that I’ve lived long enough to get beyond the epicenter of turbulence, I have finally gotten [...]
The Serenity Myth on HuffPo
Serenity is overrated. I’m for peace as being part of the bigger picture, but how often is serenity used as a way to dis-empower and marginalize older people? How about righteous anger, raucous laughter, challenging the status quo and, of course, being fierce with age! For the rest of the blog, visit my newest blog [...]
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