We Are Each Other’s Role Models
By Suzanne Braun Levine,
@Feminist.com
My new Column at Feminist.com – Navigating Second Adulthood – will look at the many challenges raised by the question: “What Will I Do with the Rest of My Life?” The answers are different for every woman, but they all reflect new opportunities for self-discovery, intimacy, and activism.
The first column in the Ongoing Series – “We are Each Other’s Role Models” – is an excerpt from How We Love Now: Sex and the New Intimacy in Second Adulthood:
A VALENTINE TO THE…
‘NICENESS FACTOR’
By Suzanne Braun Levine
Valentine’s Day celebrates loving and being loved. But, for much of our lives, the festivities commemorated a kind of Romance that our own relationships could only approximate – a sticky sweetness that the classic heart-shaped box of candy symbolized.
THE ANSWER TO AGING WELL – IT TAKES A VILLAGE!
JOIN ME! NOVEMBER 11, 2010 THE NATIONAL VILLAGE GATHERING, PHILADELPHIA, PA We know it works for children. And, now we are learning being part of a village makes aging easier too! Imagine a village where members volunteer to help each other with some of the daily tasks that become a little more difficult as we […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
“YOUR BOOK AND MINE” – A LETTER FROM KATRINA KENISON, AUTHOR OF
“THE GIFT OF AN ORDINARY DAY:
A MOTHER’S MEMOIR”
Be sure to watch her YouTube Video! An early Mother’s Day Gift! Dear Suzanne, I’m half-way through your terrific book, and couldn’t wait to write you; I’m underlining on every page, and have just ordered two more copies, gift-wrapped, for friends turning fifty. A few months ago, my own book, The Gift of an Ordinary […]
“READY FOR LIFE’S ENCORE PERFORMANCES” Baby Boomers in
Second Careers
Civic Ventures and Encore.org in the News – Again! Ever since the June, 2009 White House hosted an event salute to social innovators who are in their Encore Careers, Civic Ventures www.civicventures.org and Encore.org have been in the news. On March 3, 2010 The New York Times (by Elizabeth Pope) reported on “Matching Life Experience […]
“FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY” – For Immediate Release from Plume Books
We are ALL at the height of our Power! “FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY” – For Immediate Release from Plume Books We are ALL at the height of our Power! “Well the first thing I want to say about Fifty is the New Fifty, is that it’s not the whole title. The whole title is […]
“FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY” The Paperback Edition from Plume!
“A Circle of Trust Reader’s Guide” One of the fun things authors get to do for the paperback edition of their book is work with the publisher on a Reader’s Guide for Book Clubs. The publication date for “Fifty is the New Fifty: 10 Life Lessons for Women in Second Adulthood” is March 30th. In […]
“MY CIRCLE OF TRUST BOOK CLUB” Women Love Books & Want to Share Them
ALSO, AN UPDATE ON BOOKS BY FRIENDS Like all of you, I have a circle of friends that I try to connect with on a regular basis. For me, it’s often over lunch. I look forward to those dates with a real hunger – for the intimacy, the chance to chronicle our lives to ourselves […]