art of aging - Aging Abundantly

Simplifying and Downsizing May Just Be Contagious!

The day before my youngest son got married, his older brother announced that he and his family were moving back to NC. He’d got a new job. We were thrilled. I missed having he and his brother close to home and the 1,000 miles between us grew enormous once baby…

Aging Abundantly Is An Inside Job

Aging Abundantly sounds wonderful, doesn’t it. But it takes work. It’s an “inside job”. It seems like a hundred years ago that Sophie Lumen of The Art of Aging began to amass her spectacular following on Facebook. We stumbled across each other and immediately recognized that we were kindred spirits.…

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WHAT BELIEFS ARE DRIVING YOU?

Our beliefs shape our lives. One belief, wrongly held, can cast a shadow over one’s entire life. What do you believe? Do you know what’s driving you? Over the last decade in my work with women over fifty, I have heard said countless times, “I don’t feel that way anymore”,…

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Listen to the Silence

SILENCE & THE HEAT PUMP We’ve lived in the south for close to twenty years and while it’s not uncommon for us to turn on the air conditioning when it’s snowing in other parts of the country, the heat has been running non-stop. That is until our heat pump decided it…

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Accepting Our Body at Every Age

Accepting our body, and all of its imperfections, is no easy feat. This is especially true in a culture that reveres the young and extraordinarily tall and thin! A friend shared an article on Facebook entitled: We Hate Our Bodies, and It’s Not Our Fault. How could I not read…

Overcoming Writer’s Block Late Blooming Writers

Overcoming writer’s block is something every writer must face. For new writers over fifty, it can be particularly challenging. We feel a sense of urgency as the years creep up on us. We often feel as though we are playing catch up and we have the nagging feeling that everyone…