Vibrant Nation

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Getting started

Hi. I'm Taylor Miller. Welcome to VibrantNation.com, the website where women over 50 can connect with the only group that always recognizes your real strengths and interests: other women like you. You can exchange information here just like you do with your friends, secure in knowing that they truly get who you are. The more you use Vibrant Nation, the more you'll get out of it. So let me show you some ways to do just that.

Let's say you want to start a conversation or ask a question or share something you can't stop talking about. This is really easy. You just fill out one of our yellow submission boxes (which you can find in lots of places: on the home page, after you click on one of the topics in the left column) and you'll see where conversations take place.

My sister and I have been talking about taking a girls-only trip. But we're a lot more active that most travel companies seem to think. So here's what I want to talk about.

[types] "I need information on a hiking tour to Machu Picchu."

After you type your comment, click on Submit and you'll be asked either to log in (if you're already a member) or to set up your own account, which takes all of about 30 seconds. Vibrant Nation knows how important safety is for women and protects the limited information it asks for, which it will never sell.

Once you're done, the great thing is this. Vibrant Nation will send you a message when others have joined the conversation you started or answered your question. With each message, you'll get new ideas from another woman on a similar page in her own life.

As good as I felt in earlier stages of life, at this stage I feel like I'm just hitting my stride. At Vibrant Nation, I know I'm talking to others who feel the same way.

Joining the conversation

Everything at Vibrant Nation is a conversation or a potential conversation waiting for your comment. If you find something on the home page or after you click on one of the topics or in a special feature, you can always add your own thoughts.

Let's see. "What great novels by women authors are you reading?" Let's take a look at this.

Wow! This is just like being at book group! I love Mae Sarton! I want to add a comment.

[types] "She was in her 60s when she wrote that book."

Now you're either going to have to log in or join to submit your comment, and then you're done. This is important. If you want to know what others are saying in this conversation, be sure to click on the box that says"follow this post." You'll get regular updates when others join the conversation. If you start a conversation, this happens automatically.

A lot of the internet feels like a waste, but not Vibrant Nation, because it's full of women too busy to waste time and too smart to trust just anybody. At Vibrant Nation, we can each use our collective experience, our energy, and our sense of humor to share what we know with our peers. See you there.

Getting the most from VibrantNation.com

There are always more things to find at Vibrant Nation -- and more ways to use the site. Here are a few.

Now if you're just looking for great content, the home page is the place to start. Vibrant Nation editors offer up special features -- and member favorites you may have missed -- in lots of different ways. These features are always changing. On the left hand of the home page and on the left hand of every page, you'll find two categories of content.

1. First are Vibrant Nation's special editorial features, like Women 50+ Know This lists, an always growing "best of" feature where Vibrant Nation editors gather shared wisdom from conversations all over the site.

Love it! and Live it!, lists from our members. Every woman is an expert at something. Click here to see the expertise others have shared -- and contribute your own.

2. Or you can click on any of a long list of topics that cover everything that interests women as they turn the page onto an exciting new stage of life. Whether it's work, travel, spirituality, fashion, sex, exercise, or books, these will lead you to every conversation and member contribution on these topics.

If you're looking for something you can't find right away, there's a great Search box on the top of every page. Want to see what's here about hand cream? Giving back? Getting published? Just type it in and search the site.

If you haven't done it already, make sure you sign up to receive the weekly newsletter. Think of it as a weekly update on news of this great Vibrant Nation. Read it, and you'll find yourself back in the Nation more often. Like me.