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1, 2, 3…Go D A R E! How to tap into and harness your own DREAMS and DESIRES
If all you’ve ever DREAMED & DESIRED isn’t what you want for your life now or in the future, Go DARE! Do you DREAM of losing weight to get healthy? DESIRE to move to a different city? DREAM of starting a new career or starting a company over 40? DESIRE to master the guitar?... »
Happy New Year! Women with DRIVE! Like Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
A new year brings with it all sorts of resolutions for women over 40, many of them focused on our physical health, which usually DRIVES us to lose weight via a weight-loss diet or exercise plan. Other over-40 women make resolutions about finding a new job, new career, or changing some other aspect of... »
DARE TREAT Yourself! Laugh!
During this month between the holidays and New Year’s, I’m DARE-ING all visionary, intelligent and motivated women over 40 who juggle every role from chauffeur to chaperon, to chairman to chef, to seek out and enjoy some TREATS for themselves – free or almost free of guilt or other hangovers. This week we’re all... »
Get DARE From Here ™! June is BLOOMING!
June is finally in full BLOOM! My new book is being published late this month, so I have a great sense of achievement (after watering, sowing, and more than a little sweat, let me tell you!) Late BLOOMERS are all the rage. How about the over-40 women you see on the screen: Meryl Streep,... »
Get DARE From Here™!
I am so excited that my book is about to be published at the end of the month, hopefully in time for my birthday on June 19th. Entitled appropriately “Get DARE From Here™!” it the result of much research into the desires and achievements of women over 40 in our culture─ our dreams, motivations,... »
DARE-Apparent: Famous Over-40 Up-STARTS Who Changed Their Lives and Ours
Up-STARTS and the START-Ups They DARED Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927): DARED Start the Girl Scouts at 52. Today there are 3.7 million members in the United States, and in more than 90 countries. Famous Girl Scouts include: Elizabeth Dole, Barbara Bush, Laura Bush, Billie Jean King, Mary Tyler Moore, Candice Bergen and Fergie. Laura... »
Go DARE: PLAY!
A poll conducted last year by Opinion Research Corporation found that 29% of American workers took no paid vacation time in 2007, and another 24% took a week off or less. According to ORC, in 1980, people in only 10 other countries lived longer than we do. Now, people in 41 other countries live... »
DARE-Supply: We BRAKE for These Experts
Here are short snippets (hey, I need a BREAK, too) on three books that helped me DARE-Out my head: Flow: The Psychology of Optimum Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D. All About: How to understand, seek out and master experiences that bring you maximum happiness, energy, and pleasure; activities you could wile away hours doing without even realizing the... »
DARE-Apparent: FUN Dames Over 40
If you’re like most people, the last thing you want when you need a break is anything work-related. When I need a break, I call friends who can make me laugh so hard I practically forget about everything else. Likewise, I gorge on Websites, TV shows, and magazines about decorating, and before I decided to lose the... »
DARE-Supply: Experts We LOVE
Here’s a LOVING dose of reality, in this month devoted to a saint for whom we celebrate LOVE: most women over 40 don’t spend enough time, effort and LOVE on themselves. Without a personally-fulfilling endeavor that meets your own emotional, intellectual, and spiritual needs beyond that of a romantic LOVE relationship, you’re in danger... »