The latest and possibly greatest BloggingBoomers is now up at VaBoomer. Go there to see this week's collection of posts relevant to the second half of life.

This week's scheduled host for the BloggingBoomers disappeared without notice but fortunately blogger Midlife Crisis Queen stepped in and organized 10 interesting posts on surviving and thriving in midlife. »more»

This week's BloggingBoomers arrives back here at LifeTwo.com. Each week a group of roughly a dozen bloggers who focus on various aspects of life above forty come together with their top blog post of the week. They are summarized in one post and then linked back to the originating blog. With no further adieu: »more»

Useful checklist on how to become and stay happy from author Sonja Lyubomirsky:

1. Count your blessings. Express gratitude for what you have both privately and to others.

2. Cultivate optimism. Practice seeing the bright side of everything.

3. Avoid over-thinking and social comparison. Don't dwell on problems.

4. Practice kindness. Do good things for others. »more»

The Wall Street Journal just published their Best Retirement Films of All Time". What do you think of the list? »more»

"About Schmidt" (2000)

"Cocoon" (1985)

This week's edition of BloggingBoomers is up at the blog It's All About Aging. Head over there to see a collection of this week's best posts about surviving middle age.

Two frequent topics on LifeTwo are infidelity and the male midlife crises. Both of these subjects are covered in the new book "The Politician" which chronicles presidential candidate John Edwards' ongoing extra-marital affair. »more»

This week's edition of the BloggingBoomers blog carnival is up at Fabulous After 40. Visit the link to see a dozen interesting posts relating to surviving and thriving in the post 40 years.

Based on her therapist's advice, married homemaker of two Faye Miller typed her husband's name into the Google search engine and what she knew of her comfortable world disappeared with a single keystroke:

* Her husband of 10 years, Dr. Kenneth Mitchell, already had a wife in California when he married Miller.

* In 2003 he married another woman in Quebec. »more»

This week's edition of BloggingBoomers is up at Contemporary Retirement. Follow the link to find and interesting and relevant collection of blog posts from some of the top bloggers focused on 40+ issues.

The next time you are aching and reaching for an Advil, think about having some white tea instead. University of London researchers tested over 2- plant and herb extracts and discovered that white tea consistently outperformed each of them. Among the benefits were reduced rheumatoid arthritis risk, age-related wrinkles and even in helping body tissue repair faster. »more»

This week's edition of the BloggingBoomers carnival moves to The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur. Follow the link to find a dozen posts from an equal number of boomer-aged bloggers writing about surviving and thriving middle age.

Women who want to stay married might want to hit the books and get a college education. At least that is the theory behind a study reviewing marriage data from 1950 to 2008.

A woman with a college education may be less likely to tie the knot than her less-educated counterparts, but once she's married this college grad is more likely to stay that way, according to two economists. »more»

The latest edition of the BloggingBoomers is up at Hole In The Donut. Follow it to see the best baby boomer and midlife related posts from all of the contributing blogs.

There may be no more perfect book for the LifeTwo audience than Gretchen Rubin's new book "The Happiness Project". Rubin spent a year as a one person focus group testing every possible way to increase personal happiness. Part memoir and part "how to fix your life", "The Happiness Project" is a joy to read. »more»

This week's BloggingBoomes is at the Midlife Crisis Queen. Follow this link to find a variety of interesting blog posts all relating to midlife challenges and opportunities.

We are pleased to be hosting the BloggingBoomers blog carnival--a weekly collection of blog posts relevant to midlife living from midlife crises to midlife health to baby boomer concerns of all kinds. The new year brings a variety of interesting topics. »more»

We all make resolutions though not always calling them that. Sometimes we just say to ourselves "I need to start doing X" or "I need to quit doing Y". One of the most common such self-promises involves weight and diet. »more»

In case you are wondering why there is so little spam on LifeTwo, the answer lies in our daily monitoring of all comments and posts. Of course we have software that filters out 90% of spam placed on the site but that means that 2-5 spam posts still slip through each day and thus have to be taken out manually. This is time that I used to be able to use to write my own posts. »more»

This week's edition of the boomer carnival, the The BloogingBoomers is at SoBabyBoomer. The BloggingBoomers is a group of like-minded blogs all focused on issues of living and surviving after 40. Follow the link and check it out.

This week's edition of boomer blog carnival, the BloggingBoomers, is up at GenPlus. »more»

Whenever the Mayo Clinic lends its brand to a health product, it is worth taking a close look. In this case, it is a diet plan for quickly losing weight but also continuing to lose weight at a slower pace but over a longer period of time. This addresses two needs of most diets. »more»

Aside from the work I do for LifeTwo, I work with a company that helps Little Leagues and other youth sports organizations raise funds. The company is SportsBuy.com. They will build an ecommerce website for your league with a significant portion of profits and proceeds going to the league. »more»

This week's BloggingBoomers is up at Writing Without Periods.

Follow the URL above for a collection of relevant blog posts concerning midlife living:

Like many (all?) people in midlife, I have found myself with less and less opportunity to read books. I regularly read two newspapers and several magazines but over the past decade my book reading has gone to 2-3 a month to 2-3 a year. Sad. I've offset this in part by a subscription to Audible.com but I still miss reading books.

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