Evolving Creativity: Mid-Life, Boomers and Bold New Directions

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Juanita Dix has been a graphic designer for the past 28 years, but recently she felt creatively inspired to take her passion for art in a bold new direction: an inspiration that would lead the baby-boomer, entrepreneur to a new business venture at the age of 59. “I’ve always loved art. My high school had a… >> Continue Reading

‘Crucial Conversations’ Help Women Plan for Their Future

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To help women meet their future health and economic needs, there are four important discussions every woman should have. They include her financial affairs, legal affairs, health, and aging in place. A free program being offered in May by 40 Plus and Fabulous in partnership with AARP’s Decide.Create.Share is designed to help women stop procrastinating… >> Continue Reading

Beware of the Human Hearing Aid Trap

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Thousands of us know someone in this situation; their hearing is clearly declining, you suggest they may want to look into a hearing aid, and they flat out refuse. In the meantime, they’re becoming increasingly dependent on you to fill in the hearing gaps, which makes you something of a human hearing aid. It started… >> Continue Reading

Six Ways to Beat March Madness

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They don’t call it March Madness for nothing girls. While your man is spending his time watching the basketball game, that gives you plenty of time to prepare yourself for your summer tank tops, shorts and sandals. No one ever said it’s easy to be a girl! But it sure is a lot more fun!!… >> Continue Reading

Women Over 40 Can Achieve Best Physical Shape

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When I met Diane Mumford, I was surprised to learn that 20 years ago, when she turned 40, she was 40 lbs., heavier, five dress sizes larger, with a lot less tone and muscle mass, than her body of today. According to Diane, as a woman in her twenties, the 122 lb. frame she sported,… >> Continue Reading

Women’s History Month: Celebrating Achievements of Women in Later Life

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Completely inspired by the celebrations of individuals and organizations all over the nation, 40+ and Fabulous has chosen to focus its celebration of Women’s History Month around the ageless potential of a woman. Where women fail to fully understand their potential in later life, there is limited motivation to plan for the future. This month,… >> Continue Reading

I Used to be an Hourglass and then… Life Happened

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I just googled fashion for women over 40, and you know what I got? Confused! A lot of time and space has been dedicated to complicating something that’s really not that hard. There are so many sites and blogs; offering style advice, clothes etiquette, strange tips and tricks, and what’s hot and what’s not for… >> Continue Reading

Go Smart for the Cure – Get Heart Smart for Heart Health Month

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It was during a recent episode of The Dr. Oz Show  that I declared 2013 as the year I resolve to take better care of my heart. My first step on that journey is to better educate myself on heart disease; its risk factors and the steps I can take to lower my risks. Eight million… >> Continue Reading

Powerful and Free is the Queen Who Rules Herself

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Control. Too many of us seek to have more over others than we have over ourselves. We point out what’s wrong with them, show our disapproval and nag them to change. Less obvious are the things about ourselves we should seek to gain control over; our thoughts, our words, our moment to moment actions. Too… >> Continue Reading

One-A-Day, 31 Day Throw Away Challenge to Declutter and De-stress

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I’ve had it!! After tossing out some freezer burnt Birds Eye veggies last night and then some documents from 2003 I ran across today( but surely would not have been able to locate them had I actually needed them), I am issuing a 31 Day Throw Away Challenge to declutter AND de-stress. Fact is, clutter zaps… >> Continue Reading