You Are More Beautiful Than You Think!
I’m not crazy about the current Dove campaign in which a police artist draws a portrait of a forty-ish woman from her description (dour and harsh) and then draws another from the description by another woman who has spent a little time with her (warmer and more pleasant looking); the punch line is “you are more beautiful than you think.”
This is not news. We have been prettier than we thought all along. When we are not comparing ourselves unfavorably to models and movie stars — who, the fan magazines show us gleefully, don’t look at all like their glamorous selves when out doing errands — we are comparing present selves with our younger selves.
LIVE SHOW! JUNE 11, 7 P.M. ET: YOU GOTTA HAVE GIRLFRIENDS WHOA! Network – Women Honoring Our Age
We’re honored to host acclaimed author Suzanne Braun Levine and her own “Traveling Circle of Trust” to celebrate the importance of our girlfriends at this stage of our lives. Her recent book explains how, as we age, girlfriends play more significant roles in our lives and health. How has a girlfriend hanged your life for […]
“Holy Hormones Honey Radio Program”
Monday, June 3, 2013, 6 to 7 pm MST – KRFC FM, Fort Collins Colorado With Carol Leslie Botha and Suzanne Braun Levine to discuss, the new e-book: “YOU GOTTA HAVE GIRLFRIENDS: A POST-FIFTY POSSE IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH” Carol Leslie Botha is the author of “Understanding Your Mind, Mood, and Hormone Cycle” and […]
“Make a Living—and a Difference—in the Second Half of Life”
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Mid-Manhattan Library With Marci Alboher author of “Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a difference in the Second Half of Life,” and Suzanne Braun Levine, the first editor of Ms. Magazine (1972-1988). This lecture is a guide to finding passion, purpose and a paycheck in […]
“Women Then and Now…”
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 – Harvard University Suzanne Braun Levine and Ellen Holtz Goodman Harvard and Radcliffe Reunion – Class of 1963 “Women Then and Now—How Far Have We Come and Where Are We Going?” Suzanne Braun Levine and Ellen Holtz Goodman will speak on women’s changing roles in both the public and private spheres […]
Remembering My Mother’s Life Affirming Death – Especially on Mother’s Day
Suzanne Braun Levine
Huff/Post 50
As any woman who has lost her mother does, I think of her especially on Mother’s Day. In fact, I think I will always consider Mother’s Day her day, not mine. And when I think of her life, I also remember the gift of her peaceful death.
When she died at 94, I felt sad, of course, but also relieved after several years of slow decline during which no matter how I tried to give her what she needed, I was one degree of deterioration behind in caring for her. And I felt grateful — grateful to her for the loving and gracious way she took her slow leave, and very grateful to the hospice team that guided our last months together. Thanks to them, she died at home, smiling to the end.
Cyma Shapiro Interviews Suzanne Braun Levine, Author of You Gotta Have Girlfriends
Cyma Shapiro
Motheringinthemiddle.com
Q: On the heels of your last book How We Love Now: Women Talk About Intimacy After Fifty, what compelled you to write this new book?
With each book about women of my generation – Inventing the Rest of Our Lives, Fifty Is the New Fifty, How We Love Now – I talked to more women, did more research, and learned more about the exciting new stage of life we are exploring. Every interview, no matter how wide-ranging, eventually got to the subject of girlfriends. “I couldn’t have done it without my girlfriends!” was the phrase I heard over and over again. I realized that I needed to write a book that focused on that life-enhancing subject. Hence, my just-out e-book You Gotta Have Girlfriends: A Post-Fifty Posse is Good for Your Health.