Solo in the Land of Smiles: A 55-Year-Old’s Thailand Adventure
Confession time: at 55, I'd never travelled solo. It wasn't a fear, exactly, but a comfortable routine. Family vacations, and group trips with friends –…
Confession time: at 55, I'd never travelled solo. It wasn't a fear, exactly, but a comfortable routine. Family vacations, and group trips with friends –…
For years, I felt like I was stuck in neutral. The minivan, the PTA meetings, the beige walls that seemed to be closing in –…
It is said "When one door closes another door opens", but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that…
You may feel that the best years are behind you, but actually they are just the beginning. Taken from her personal experience, Kari Miles. shows…
Traveling is often seen as the ultimate adventure, a way to explore new cultures, meet new people, and gain experiences that can change your perspective…
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There is a maxim that says people come into our lives for a reason and a season. Influencers sometimes appear like genies without warning or…
Self-doubt is always lingering in the background when restarting anything. However, starting over at midlife is not so unusual for many women. Some have to…
Like the hands on a clock, all I could do is put one foot (albeit a shaky one), in front of the other. I was…
In midlife, it's easy to feel like you've lost your identity. Volunteering can open up a whole new world and has a positive effect on…
I was about 50 when I started asking myself: “what is happening to my body and my mind?” I was struggling to sleep well, I…
I remember when my first child left for college. A few days later, I was unloading the dishwasher and suddenly this whoosh of emptiness came…
I began my new journey at 48 when my kids were entering both middle school and high school. I knew that I was passionate about…
When I was about 48 years old I wasn’t feeling great. In fact, my 40s had been marked by a series of health issues including…
I had set myself a goal to change my life by the time I turned 40. I wanted to enter this stage of life with…
It seems so strange now to speak of the revolution I went through in my midlife a few years ago. I left my secure and…
Three years ago I found myself in a dark place staring down at my 60th birthday. I was clinically depressed and probably should have been…
The menopause: the light at the end of a very long tunnel and NO PERIODS, at least that’s how I’ve always viewed it, but OMG,…
The brazen use of drugs amongst teenagers is becoming a common sight within our local communities. They no longer feel the need to skulk behind…
They say there are five stages of isolation. ‘They’ don’t, I just made that up. Isolation is different for all of us, even though we…