how to care for others (and still be #1)

Women take care of the world. According to AARP, an estimated 43.5 million adults are caregivers, and over 60 percent are women. The average age of women who care for others is 49, with most of them reporting that they work outside the home and have children of their own.  Here’s a statistic to pay … Continue Reading

turning 50 can save your life

Turning 50 threw me for a loop. It felt as though everything changed overnight. 
In my 20s, 30s and 40s, I charged ahead with life, first throwing myself into my career — I worked as a magazine publisher — and then, in my late 30s, meeting my husband, getting married and having children. 
Those busy … Continue Reading

fishnets: to wear or not to wear?

Not too long ago, an article in The Daily Mail (usually a blast of a read, with the prerequisite dry British humour–yes I spelled it the way they do–thrown in) stopped me in my tracks. I had actually been planning my outfit for a luncheon event and had decided to forgo my usual black on black and … Continue Reading