WE’RE LIVING LONGER AND ASKING WHAT’S NEXT? THAT’S WHERE THE ENCORE CAREER PROGRAM COMES IN!
Want to Combine Purpose, Passion and a Paycheck? The Two-Week Program Begins ONLINE, October 19th LIVE Sessions: Oct. 22, 29, 2010, 12:00-1:15.PM EST On October 22nd, I will be part of a Live Interactive Webcast Panel and groundbreaking Encore Careers Program on The New York Times Knowledge Network (October 19-November 2, 2010). The two-week course, […]
‘SWEAR’ BY IT: GAINING CONFIDENCE WITH AGE & CELEBRATING THE “F— U FIFTIES”
By Lori Sokol, Ph. D. President of Sokol Media The Huffington Post August 24, 2010 “To celebrate my 50th birthday earlier this month, I invited the author of the book, “50 Is the New 50,” Suzanne Braun Levine, to be a guest on my weekly radio show, “Juggling Act.” While she discussed the many benefits […]
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES WOMEN OVER 50 BRING TO TODAY’S COMPETITIVE JOB MARKET? – Join Me for a “LIVE” Radio Interview with Mary Eileen Williams
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 – NOON (EST) STRATEGIES & TIPS FOR WOMEN OVER 50 IN TODAY’S JOB MARKET What Is the Major Issue that Is Holding You back? How Can You Get Your Resume Noticed? How Can You Best Sell Yourself in an Interview? Mary Eileen Williams and I did a 10-part series on the lessons […]
WHAT MY CIRCLE OF TRUST IS READING THIS SUMMER!
Summer Reading is still at the top of our list of things to do now….
APRIL AND OLIVER by Tess Callahan is on my list. The story of two people who grew up like brother and sister and what happens when they are drawn back together after a family tragedy. The writing is beautiful and insightful; the characters are complex and surprising; and the plot is not what you think.
BOB’S BIRTHDAY!
We celebrated my husband Bob’s 70th birthday by easing him out of his comfort zone with a raft trip down the Delaware River. Joining us were our children Joshua and Joanna and Dave Greenbaum – a wonderful potter and Bob’s partner in the BlueStone Gallery
EASING THE WAY
By Suzanne Braun Levine When my mother died recently at 94, I felt sad at losing her, but also relieved after several years of slow decline during which I always felt I was one degree of deterioration behind in caring for her. And I felt grateful – grateful to her for the loving and gracious […]
AGE IS NOT A DISEASE! – Embrace Your Age and Celebrate Yourself
10-Part Summer Radio Series with Eileen Williams – Feisty Side of Fifty June 2010 — “Age is NOT a disease! Women like being 50, 60 and 70. We don’t want to go back to Thirty – it was too stressful,” say, Suzanne Braun Levine, author of 50 IS THE NEW FIFTY and Eileen Williams, the […]
Retirement Ambivalence: Who’s Afraid of Getting Off the Career Track?
By Ruth Wooden President, Public Agenda & Chair of the Board, Civic Ventures There’s a new chapter required in The Etiquette Handbook: “What to say to someone who is retiring.” I can’t get over some of the things people have said to me after a routine announcement that I plan to retire as President of […]
NEW VIDEOS – “50” Is a Big Deal Birthday For Most Women and a Time Full of Promise!
YOUNGER WOMEN ARE LOOKING AHEAD! A young staff member at Plume (my paperback publisher) interviewed me for two new videos to celebrate the paperback publication of “50 Is the New Fifty.” Because the interviewer was a young woman, I was reminded (again) of how important it is for women in second adulthood to be seen […]
A NEW CAT IN MY LIFE
Tito (short for Gatito, little cat) is the newest addition to our household. My daughter found him in an alley in Buenos Aires, where she has been living for the past two years. He was a half-starved kitten, infested with fleas. She took him in, dealt with the fleas, and now he is a feisty […]