With so many options available to us at this exciting stage of our lives- how do we make the best of them.
Do we take up brand new interests or return to those we had little time for earlier ? We can revisit how we see our working lives – do we return to work, change careers, set up new businesses? How do we go about it? What about money? Have we made the right decisions to give ourselves a secure future?
Our experts and guest contributors are on hand to help us through all these areas.
Article by Ceri Wheeldon Far from planning holidays at sunkissed resorts, sipping cocktails on the beach, there is a growing trend for women over 50 to participate in ‘voluntourism’ , combining travel with volunteering. But how do you go about volunteering, and how do you know what project is right for you? Is volunteering for you? I spoke to Kate Stefanko co-founder of www.travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk about what to expect from a volunteer placement. “If you arrange (more…)
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Article by Fabafterfifty Just to prove the point that women get bolder, not older over 50, Sharon decided to celebrate her 50th birthday by doing something entirely out of her comfort zone. With her children growing up and having more time on her hands, Sharon decided she would do something different to celebrate her milestone birthday, while helping others at the same time. Having already won the physical challenge of running a marathon, her plan (more…)
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Dating Tips from Mary Balfour Field tested tips on setting the scene for that first date I’m Mary Balfour and my job is to help people fall in love! It can be quite tough out there for singles seeking a soul-mate in our crazy disconnected world. A lottery with few winners – as I know from my own personal experience. Quite different to the old days when your family and community lost no time in (more…)
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Poem by Jan Jack We recently featured Jan Jack as one of our ‘Fabwomen’. Jan has carved a new career for herself in her 50s writing poetry. Today Jan shares with us her quirky sense of humour and her Valentine’s Lament- especially for midlife romantics. Enjoy! Be My Valentine I hope that you notice my Valentine hint, If you’re buying me chocolate, it has to be Llindt, Some flowers from the florist, some bright fragrant blooms, (more…)
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Tips from Ariane Poole Ariane Poole has made up lots of famous faces- including Lulu, Cilla, Penelope Cruz, Rachel Weisz, so we’re thrilled to have Ariane as our resident make-up expert on Fabafterfifty. So many of us use the same make-up products and techniques we used when we were younger and Ariane was keen to show how we can look our best once re reach 50 and beyond by changing some of our techniques and (more…)
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Article by Ellie Wilkie Everyone said we must be mad! It was 1998 when my husband and I accidentally migrated to Australia. One cold dark Scottish winter afternoon we received a phone call offering my husband a semi ex-pat package to Perth, Western Australia. We expected to be there for maybe a year on a temporary work visa. We were unusual in the oil industry in that we had never lived overseas. We were in (more…)
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Article by Ceri Wheeldon ‘I realised as I was writing my book, what a disappointment I must have been to my parents’ said Michele Hanson when I interviewed her about her latest book, “What the Grown-Ups Were Doing, An Odyssey through 1950s Suburbia” a lovely memoir about growing up in a Jewish family in Ruislip in post-war Britain, when childhood was far more innocent and the absence of TV and computer games encouraged creativity and (more…)
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Article by Fabafterfifty Lesley Pearse celebrates the publication of her 20th novel ‘The Promise’ this week- and it is said to be her best yet! The story starts in London in 1914 as the start of WW1 shatters the lives of the heroine, Belle, and her family. with romance, intrigue – and a strong woman as the central character to the story, it’s one not to be missed. We follow Belle as sees her husband (more…)
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Article by Kay Newton There are many way to learn a foreign language and even at 50+ there is no excuse if you want to learn. 2012 maybe your year to get out there and test out your new skills whether its to make your holiday a more memorable experience or to start a new life, the way you communicate with others will create those memories. At 50+ you may not be at your optimal (more…)
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Article by Fabafterfifty Apparently 75% of us will abandon our New Year’s Resolutons today. The good intentions to get fit, save money and lose weight will be tested to the limit today with willpower going out of the window as most of start the first full week back at work since the festive break. Photo credit: Grant Cochrane Only a quarter of the 3,000 surveyed said they were confident they would stick to their resolutions (more…)
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