Fabafterfifty: ruby wax
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Article by Fabafterfifty It would appear that we still have a long way to go to change perceptions of today’s 50 plus women. I have sat in countless meetings with marketing and PR people, mostly aged in their 20s and 30s, who still seem to perceive anyone over 50 as having grey hair in a bun. Visually they seem to perceive 50 as 70, and 70 as 90! We have a lot of ground to cover to change perceptions and attitudes. When I ask who they think of as being over 50, the same names are frequently brought up: Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Joanna Lumley. All three are fabulous ladies over 50, but in fact are 66, 76, and 65 respectively. Perceptions of women in their 50s appear to be at least a decade out. I have not yet had anyone suggest the name of anyone in the public eye who...
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Ruby Wax talks to Fabafterfifty about life after 50 and coping with depression
Article by Fabafterfifty I was thrilled to have the chance to catch up with Ruby Wax to talk about her views on turning 50 and plans for the future and the important work she’s doing to take away the stigma often associated with depression . Q. How did you view turning 50? A. For me I see turning 50 is an opportunity to reinvent yourself. It’s a point in your life which you know is coming, and you need to prepare for it. I knew I would have to do something different , and last year I went to school at Oxford! My kids are SO jealous as I have got to Oxford before them. I’m studying mindfulness based cognitive therapy. It was painful for me to not be in showbusiness in the way I was before. I believe certain jobs require a ‘young’ brain, others require an ‘older’ brain, we...
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Turning 50 has been Great- according to Greta Scacchi
Article by Jill Shaw Ruddock Turning 50 has been great according to Greta Scacchi when she was interviewed by Jill Shaw Ruddock, along with other inspirational women over 50 including Ruby Wax and Dame Harriet Walter. Here’s what they had to say: “Turning 50 has been great! After feeling so gloomy and doomy about the prospect on my 49th birthday, it has been a surprisingly uplifting experience for me. The new-found lightness and joy is mainly, I think, that I feel I am finally living in the present. Hurray! ‘I have suspected for decades that in the struggle to find happiness, confidence and serenity – “living in the moment” – is the key, but how to realise this simple yet highly elusive concept? It seemed ever to escape me. ‘I believe it took turning 50 for me to confront the brutal reality that I am well over halfway through my...
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Is the Second Half of our Lives the Best Half?
Article by Fabafterfifty Author Jill Shaw Ruddock put that question to some amazing women on video, including Susan Hampshire, Ruby Wax, Sheila Hancock – this is what they had to say about it!
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