I started my career in the business world, balancing my professional life with my love of travel and interest in foreign cultures. As a global marketing professional, I had the opportunity to live and work in several different countries in Europe and Asia. »more»

The most popular topic on Oprah.com lately has been about the two most recent visits by Dr. M. Gary Neuman, author of “The Truth About Cheating”. Women by the millions tuned in both days to find out the answer to this most frustrating, devastating and destructive subject, only to find out that, in a nut shell, it was primarily their fault. »more»

You're a writer in an industry that worships the young and shuns the old. Your calls stop being returned. You feel alone and question what you'll do with the many decades you still have left. Some would call it a crisis of confidence, others a midlife crisis, but you call it the "narrows." »more»

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Poetic justice was in the air last night at Sara Davidson's book signing at Dutton’s Bookstore in Brentwood, California. Davidson thoughtfully chronicled her years of age-related abandonment by the "Hollywood" establishment and much of the publishing world. An appreciative audience included friends, fans and family (including the father of her children, and her mother) -- the people in her life who never deserted her. »more»

After many years of working around human development, I have watched people who go through significant growth experience stress in their families. Even when change is for the better, change is still change. »more»

30 years ago Sara Davison wrote "Loose Change," the bestseller about three boomer women coming of age in the Sixties. This time around her subject matter is midlife and the choices faced navigating middle age. »more»

If you are a "midlife heroine" (aka the protagonist of your own life story) then Jennifer Wright would like to hear from you. At age 47, Jennifer, a single parent of two children, disordered her predictable life to re-create a new life half-way around the world. Among other things she now runs Midlife Heroine, a thoughtful blog aimed at baby boomer women and the unique issues they face in midlife and post-midlife years. »more»

The Arizona Republic says dating much younger partners is no longer the sole province of middle-aged male dentists:

35 percent of women want to date younger men, and 34 percent are. Three percent of women date men 15 or more years younger, 5 percent date men 10 to 14 years younger, and 11 percent date men 5 to 9 years younger.

The article by Barbara Yost and Susan Felt says that part of the reason may be because now they can: »more»