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Gratitude for the Women’s Circles in My Life

I don’t want to close Women’s History month without acknowledging my history with women’s circles, to whom I owe enormous gratitude. My sister circles supported me at the major crossroads in my life. I can’t imagine my life [...]

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Don’t Wait…The Clock is Ticking

GUEST POST by PAT BESSEY Don’t wait! I have heard this before. However, after the loss of my husband LeRoy Lowell in January, it takes on a whole new meaning. This was my third marriage, and we were together for thirty-two years. My first marriage was when I was fifteen, a sophomore in high school and expecting a baby. That marriage ended [...]

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Ageism is Real!

Ageism, defined as discrimination against the older adult, is very real in the lives of many, if not most, American women. The older woman loses her currency for no other reason than she looks her age. At work, her suggestions are frequently rejected; socially she is shunned because she no longer looks young; her adult children consider her [...]

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Soulful Spring Cleaning

Spring is typically the time when we tidy up our living spaces by washing windows, sorting kitchen cupboards, and getting rid of clothes we no longer wear.  What if we applied this same thinking to our interior lives? What if we engaged in spring-cleaning for the soul?  What would that look like? It might involve reworking the formula in [...]

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What We Like About Getting Older

Research has found that older women are discovering that age has unanticipated rewards.  Setting aside the usual physical symptoms like arthritis, decreased flexibility and stamina, the older woman sparkles in new ways.  She frequently finds herself more content and more confident, while still full of dreams. Eager to capture individual [...]

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The Straight Scoop on Witches

With Halloween right around the corner, it’s an appropriate time to reflect on the origin of witches, and to understand how the village wise woman was turned into a representation of evil, becoming a “witch.” We have to travel back to the 1500’s in Western Europe, when women healers and midwives played a central role in village after [...]

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Are You Addicted to Apologizing?

You might be thinking, “What are you talking about? Apologies are my way of showing respect lest I appear insensitive or rude.” I’m not suggesting that there isn’t a place for apology in our lives, but most women apologize ad nauseum, which puts them at a disadvantage. When we constantly say, “I’m sorry” for a perceived upset [...]

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Women’s Friendships As A Lifeline

A friend once said,  “If grown women had pajama parties, they wouldn’t need therapists.” She was referring to the close connections among girls that often get lost when women mature, becoming preoccupied with family and careers. Feminist psychology contends that because women are affiliative by nature they frequently find their voice [...]

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Slowing Down To The Speed Of Wisdom

GUEST POST by JUDITH NILAN When people join me on pilgrimage in Ireland, it’s a choice to step away from the rhythms of a busy life and slow down to a rhythm of deep listening and meditation. With the pandemic, we have been gifted that opportunity not by our own choosing. But here we are. And in this slowing down, within these new rhythms, [...]

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Embracing Your Aging Body Can Be A Radical Act

Can you imagine a scenario where you, a vital older woman, actually liked your body instead of making it a battleground where you fret over your weight, wrinkles, and saggy boobs?  What if food wasn’t the enemy and sleepless nights had their own advantages?  What if you had practices for honoring your body? Body acceptance for the older [...]

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