Article by Kay Newton I am often asked how I cope with my aging parents being so far away. How can I sleep at night without worrying about them, how could I possibly leave them and live in another country. Yet for me living in Majorca, is no different than living in the South of England and your parents living up North – it still takes time to cover the distance! I made the decision (more…)
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Article by Irene Brankin I’d like you to consider the following questions – Are you feeling a confident and mature woman or middle-aged and miserable? Feeling that life is flat, a bit dull and not as enjoyable as it once was? Aware that life is worth living to the full, but aren’t doing it? I wonder what your answers were and also if you’ve taken the time to reflect on those questions before. Become visible (more…)
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Article by Caroline Carr My elderly great Aunt Betty was an unusual character. An eclectic mixture of talent, fun, warmth and stoicism, she also had an ability for self-deprecation that matched no other. She was a concert pianist, and in her youth played piano accompaniment for the silent movies. Even in her eighties, she regularly trotted along to various care homes to “Play for the Old Folk.” Quite often she never got there though. She’d (more…)
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Article by Lindsey Agness I am Certain of My Success. What if you could be as certain about the future as you are about the past? To know for sure that the goals you have set for yourself will happen just as you have planned? The last myth of midlife is that it’s too late for you to change. This 8th and final Attitude challenges this by making you 100 per cent certain of the (more…)
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Guest post from Fiona Stewart. Fiona isn’t quite 50 yet (but she’s planning to embrace her fifties with gusto!), but her determination to give up alcohol, and her motivation behind the decision, will probably strike a chord with many! So, this New Year’s Resolution was to give up alcohol – not for a month or even two – but for the whole year. Before you say anything, this is not something I’ve gone into on a whim. (more…)
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Article by Fabafterfifty If you say ‘Diva’ and ‘Fabulous’ in the same sentence, then the name Joan Collins has to follow! “What advice would Joan Collins give to women who feel they have become invisible over the age of 50? “ When Charlotte from SkyNews asked if anyone had a question for Joan Collins, how could I resist asking that one ? I was more delighted when it was asked live on air and Joan (more…)
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Article by Jan King Are you approaching retirement? If you are, have you planned how you’re going to spend the next twenty or thirty years? Because we’re so much healthier these days, that’s about how long most of us will still be around after we retire. Just think: it’s another whole phase of your life! The happiest retired people have planned ahead what they want to do with their future. So what do you need (more…)
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Article by Lindsey Agness One of the comments I hear most often from my midlife friends and clients is that they want more ‘time for me’. What does that really mean? It means time to ourselves, to do whatever we want without having to worry about anything else, such as money or family responsibilities. This might mean shopping, a day at a spa, lunch or dinner with friends, or just plain chilling out. As midlife (more…)
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Offer from Lindsey Agness Are you serious about your own personal development in 2012? If you are then this is an offer that you should READ! Age with Attitude is a unique personal development programme for mid-life women that is all about successful long-term change. It’s 10 days of workshops over 10 months with you meeting with other like-minded women in January, March, June and September. The whole process is led by Lindsey Agness, international (more…)
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Article by Lindsey Agness Let’s face it, we women have an ongoing affair with food. We love it and we hate it. We starve ourselves and then we binge to make ourselves feel better. We go on crash diets and then we eat to suppress negative feelings in our lives. This Attitude is about adopting a healthy approach to eating. Here’s the secret: the process of permanent weight loss starts with how you think and (more…)
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