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Just a Few Reasons Why Women Over 40 Benefit Most From Self-Published Authors
As a businesswoman, marketer, university educator and author of a self-published book, Get DARE From Here – 12 Principles and Practices For Women Over 40 To Take Stock, Take Action and Take Charge of the Rest Of Their Lives, that I produced with Create Space, the Amazon affiliate, here a few short insights on... »
Nice review for my book, Get DARE From Here!
Nice review appeared on Amazon with a 5-star rating – I am so pleased: “A friend of mine recommended this book, and I was skeptical. Many self-help books for women over 40 feature authors droning on about “look how smart I am.” This book is different – I enjoyed it, learned from it, and... »
Do You Want to Write a Book? 6 Powerful Tips
My book, “Get DARE From Here!” - 12 Principles and Practices for Women Over 40 to Take Stock, Take Action and Take Charge of the Rest Of Their Lives – is finally available on Amazon, on Create Space, and soon on Kindle and practically everywhere else English is spoken, written and read. I consider... »
My Book is Published! “Get DARE From Here!”
My book has just been published! “Get DARE From Here!” Are you tired of hearing (or feeling) that as an over-40 woman you are “toast†or “past it?†I was! Get DARE From Here! - 12 Principles and Practices for Women Over 40 to Take Stock, Take Action and Take Charge of the Rest... »
Bachmann & Palin: Politics Aside, How Do They Rate on the Women Over-40 DARE-ING Scale?
Being that every pundit who DARES to compare Michelle Bachmann to Sarah Palin is immediately labeled a sexist for not instead comparing Mitt Romney to Bachmann or Palin to Glenn Beck, I’m looking at them primarily for what they really do have in common: they are both two fascinating women over 40. How they... »
DARE Honor Our Dads
As June is the month we celebrate Father’s Day, I want to focus on dads – mine, other terrific dads I know, and men who are father figures in the way they mentor, guide and otherwise lead by good example the young people entrusted to them. I am fortunate to have had my father’s... »
Take a Letter, Maria, and any other woman over 40 facing the unthinkable D-A-R-E!
Maria Shriver – about whom more words have been written in one week than almost any other wife since Jenny Sanford (who ultimately took her own hike and divorced ex-Governor “Soul-Mate”) – has called out for insights and advice from others who have faced critical transitions in their lives. Since Maria Shriver has little... »
A Tribute to “The Good Wife†Stars Christine Baranski and Juliana Margolies
Continuing to applaud brilliant over-40 women who buck trends and defy stereotypes, I’d like to draw your attention to wonderful Christine Baranski and Juliana Margolies of “The Good Wife” on CBS TV. In this drama, the whole law firm dynamic is realistically, if sometimes painfully portrayed. It is true to how most professional services... »
Tina Fey: “Bossypants†or Visionary Intelligent Motivated Woman Over 40?
She is both! Gorgeous without conceit, this former cast member and head writer “Saturday Night Live” is also the star and producer of “30 Rock” and now is enjoying great success with her bestselling book, “Bossypants.” Tina makes me laugh so hard I literally scare people around  me and my eye makeup runs. Check... »
Survey Results! Over-40 Women- What’s Your Big DARE?
Recently The  DARE-Force held a survey/competition, with the question, “Over-40 Women – What’s Your Big DARE? The results are in, and were fascinating- thank you all! 85% said the big DARE was in their professional life, 30% in their personal, and 23% in their community life. There were big eye-openers. Check these out for... »
How To Find Your DRIVE This April
While some women over 40 might be tempted to think, “Stop the world, I want to get off,†millions of other women over 40 DARE to face down a hardship, adversity or crisis, and DRIVE their lives forward in the process. Which are you? I know – I too have wanted to stop the... »
Are You On Track with Your Life’s DESIGN?
“What’s the use of running if you are not on the right road.†– German proverb “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.â€Â – Lewis Carroll Ah, March.  It’s finally here. Spring, tulips, sweaters in blue or green and violet. Maybe you’re seeing red, instead. All those red... »
Over-40 Women: Fierce and Fabulous Joan Rivers
Speaking of Oscars, I’m doing a DARE-ING shout out to the most caustic comic of our generation – is there anyone less lamby-pamby and more fierce and fabulous than Joan Rivers, who really put the whole Oscar-night fashion scene in dark comic relief? Ponder this: If the beloved Joan of SNARK were Charlie Sheen’s... »
Women Over 40: Lamby-Pamby or Fierce and Fabulous?
If you’re a woman over 40, you know that the expression, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb†is exactly how some media and marketers see our demographic. I still love marketing, and I adore most of my clients, but I find it stunning that many other marketers don’t... »
Calling Over-40 Women – Take the Quiz: Do You Have a Big DARE?
Take a short quiz – Do You Have a Big DARE? Is there something you have been dreaming of – just long to do, to create, to be? Are you thinking of leaving your current job, maybe starting a new business? Marching for a social cause or injustice? Learning scuba diving or mountain climbing?... »
What’s the Big DEAL? DARE to answer that question for yourself…
This month, we’re DARE-ING you to turn your attention to tackling whatever it is you have to DEAL with so you accelerate your Dreams & Desires. As a woman over 40 who wants to DRIVE your own strategy forward, you need to know how to DEAL constructively and productively. You need to understand and... »
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