The inspiration for this post came at a woman’s networking event I attended. One woman was giving her 30-second introduction and listed several survival tools that women over 50 need to make it through the next few decades. I can’t recall all of them, because I didn't take notes, but remembered a few and added a couple of my own. As soon as I find out her name I will credit … [Read more...]
Online Dating: How Baby Boomers are Finding Love in the Age of Tech
At a time when the rate of younger adults is in steady decline, divorce for adults aged over 50 has roughly doubled since the 1990s for baby boomers. According to Pew Research, in recent years, for every 1,000 married persons aged 50 or more, 10 are divorced. Part of the reason is the unprecedented levels of divorce among baby boomers in their younger years. Second marriages … [Read more...]
How Life-Long Learning Helps Aging Baby Boomers Thrive
I recently saw the film “Life of the Party” starring Melissa McCarthy. She plays a mom (Deanna) who has just sent her daughter to college. As she leaves the school after dropping her daughter off, Deanna's husband lays a bomb that he’s been having an affair and wants a divorce. Deanna decides to go back to college and joins her daughter, much to her kid’s chagrin. It ends up … [Read more...]
Baby Boomers are Using Tech To Revolutionize Aging
The 76 million American baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 have had a huge influence on the nation’s politics, arts, business industry and lifestyles over the last few decades. And while many are beginning to make plans for their retirement, that doesn’t mean they are about to lose any of their influence. In fact, boomers are the inspiration for many of the latest popular … [Read more...]
An Enlightening Afternoon with an Intuitive Business Coach
Each month, I attend a Women’s Business Forum. It’s a networking group that meets in Woodland Hills and often has up to 80 women in attendance who are business owners and entrepreneurs. I’ve been going for the last dozen years and there’s always someone new to meet. Last month, I made the acquaintance of Cindy McGonagle, who is an intuitive business coach. We were … [Read more...]
