Change is difficult even under the best of circumstances. As we get older we often find ourselves resisting change and seeking security and consistency. As a young person I thrived on change. At any opportunity I was ready to try something new. Eager. Hopeful. Optimistic. The new “shiny thing” was…
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Telling Our Story
When I made the decision to take my desire to write more seriously, I signed up for a class at Writer’s Online Workshop sponsored by Writer’s Digest, a website that seems to have morphed into . An early online class, it took place in a cyber class and the students benefited…
View More Telling Our StoryLaurie Schur ~ Director of “The Beauty of Aging”
Laurie Schur, spent her life helping others. For 25 years during her career as a psychotherapist, she used her education and knowledge to assist those looking for solutions to life’s problems. The time arrived, however, when she began looking in earnest for answers for herself. Intuitively aware that her own…
View More Laurie Schur ~ Director of “The Beauty of Aging”An Authentic Life is a Fluid Life
In other words, life is all about change. I know, what’s with that?! I am only six months away from crossing another threshold. I am being launched, quite unwillingly, into a new decade. I just got used to the last one! It seems like yesterday that I faced all of…
View More An Authentic Life is a Fluid LifeFAB AFTER FIFTY
Fabafterfifty.com, a popular website for today’s fifty something woman, is not only a website offering women a reliable source for information, advice, connections and support, but it is one that is actively participating in the reshaping of society’s perceptions of the women it serves. The woman over fifty today is…
View More FAB AFTER FIFTYMidlife Transitions
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” – Maya Angelou No matter how old we are or what our life circumstances, life altering events happen, sometimes frequently. They are the situations, real or imagined, that drive…
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