From “Daring to Be Ourselves” – A book of inspiring and empowering quotes from interviews by Marianne Schnall www.daringtobeourselves.com
Owning Our Power “Get over the feeling that the two words don’t go together–women and power. The fact is, if we don’t put the two together and don’t understand how power changes complexion in the hands of women, then we’re not going to make it. We have to own our personal power. — Jane Fonda
Embracing Aging
“It would help not to treat age as if it were any less of a pleasure than it was when we were six and saying, ‘I’m six and a half.’ You know, we could be saying, ‘I’m fifty and a half’ and say it with joy. Each age is different and has different discoveries and […]
We Are Beautiful Just as We Are
“I always thought that people told you that you’re beautiful–that this was a title that was bestowed upon you, that is was other people’s responsibility to give you the title…And I think that it’s time to take this power into our own hands and to say, ‘You know what? I’m beautiful. I just am. And […]
DARING TO BE OURSELVES – Influential Women Share Insights on Courage, Happiness and Finding Your Own Voice
By Marianne Schnall
Founder, Feminist.com
Over the course of my career as a freelance journalist, I have had the great pleasure and privilege of talking to many of the world’s most interesting and influential women, from actresses to activists, comediennes to poets, recording artists to Nobel Laureates.
Women, Power, and the New Fifty!
By Mary Eileen Williams
Founder, Feisty Side of Fifty
Boomers are the first generation of women to openly claim our rights to personal power and parity with men since the decline of the Goddess cultures. The first feminists fought long and hard for women’s suffrage. But, once they got the vote, many seemed to lose steam and returned to stoke the home fires.
“WOMEN, POWER & THE NEW FIFTY!” ON “FEISTY” RADIO, WITH GLORIA FELDT! MONDAY, NOV. 22, 4PM (EST)
Mark Your Calendars! Gloria Feldt, author of “No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power” and I will join Mary Eileen Williams for a lively 30-minute conversation about WOMEN, POWER AND THE NEW FIFTY! Date: Monday, November 22 Time: 4 P.M. Place: “Feisty Side of Fifty BlogTalkRadio” Visit Gloria’s site to […]
“Say Something. Do Something.” And Other Lessons I Re-Learned Last Week!
By Suzanne Braun Levine
This is past weekend I experienced a powerful antidote to the gloom and doom that seem to have settled over current events: the company of inspiring and determined social entrepreneurs, who had gathered in Philadelphia (appropriately, given the reminders everywhere of the idealism and perseverance that it took to invent our Constitution) to share information and give fellow pioneers moral support.
FOUR OF MY FAVORITE NEW COOKBOOKS – They Are Pretty Spectacular Books. Fantastic Holiday Gifts!
By Emilie Hardman, founder
The Conscious Kitchen
Here are four of my favorite new cookbooks for this holiday! These are pretty spectacular books and would be fantastic gifts! The descriptions are from a favorite place for book lovers – The New England Mobile Book Fair whose motto is “I only came for one book…”
“50 IS THE NEW FIFTY” CONTEST! Tell Us How You Celebrated the New 50, 60 or 70 to Win an Autographed Copy of the Book.
SHARE YOUR BIRTHDAY STORY WITH OTHER WOMEN & WIN A BOOK!
We’re celebrating “50 Is the New Fifty,” with a Contest for Women in Second Adulthood. Tell us how you celebrated the New 50, 60 or 70? The first 10 women to share their birthday stories will receive an autographed copy of 50 Is the New Fifty – 10 Life Lessons for Women In Second Adulthood.
“THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE…” MOVEMENTS & SOCIAL CHANGE! ON FEISTY SIDE OF FIFTY RADIO, 11 A.M. (EST) – NOVEMBER 15.
We’re using my article, “The Truth Will Set You Free…But First It Will Piss You Off!” as the jumping off point for a special edition of “Feisty Side of Fifty Radio.” Date: November 15, 2010 Time: 11:00 a.m. (EST) Place: Feisty Side of Fifty Radio Mary Eileen Williams and I have lots to say on […]