1. For My Next Act. . .: Women Scripting Life after 50 by Karen Baar This book gives you the good news about life after fifty – how most women emerge from their fifties feeling better about themselves, with higher levels of satisfaction than women at other stages of life. |
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2. Women Confronting Retirement: A Nontraditional Guide edited by Nan Bauer-Maglin and Alice RadoshThe voices of thirty-eight women from a wide range of professions, ages, and life situations as they confront the need to redefine who they are when they leave the workplace. |
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3. Leap!: What Will We Do with the Rest of Our Lives? by Sara DavidsonDavidson interviewed people from across the country and from all walks of life, including such icons as Carly Simon, Tracy Kidder, Jane Fonda, and Iman, as well as teachers, writers, psychologists, businesspeople, and spiritual leaders. The candid portraits are both inspiring and cautionary. A fun book. |
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4. From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older by Zalman Schacter-Shalomi and Ronald S. Miller An inspiring, spiritual approach to getting older through social activism, awareness, and mentoring. |
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5. As Time Goes By: Boomerang Marriages, Serial Spouses, Throwback Couples, and Other Romantic Adventures in an Age of Longevity by Abigail TraffordTrafford deftly narrates what it means to love and be loved in the decades after midlife – and she offers solutions to the most common problems that define this time of life. |
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6. My Time: Making the Most of the Bonus Decades after Fifty by Abigail Trafford Accounts of people who had dramatic and uplifting life changes after fifty and before eighty. |
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My parents divorced when I was ten and I always felt like my lack of self esteem most have something to do with my Dad's absence but then one day when I was in my firths my mother said or did something that made me realize she was emotionally abusive
Holy crap! What a sad story. Congrats on overcoming that hurdle. Wow.
How I would handle it. FIrst, I would get into therapy; that could go a long way to helping you and your difficulties.
Second (boundaries are necessary in life)..when your kids call for advice, I would FIRST ask them what their thoughts are an
Go for it ! Get out there and do something you love !
Use the internet. Here is a site I found.
http://www.bnbfinder.com/positionsAvailable.php
Most B&B are seasonal and offer housing, so you will get a chance to see if you like it. Wi
I have been listening to Gail Sheehy “Sex and the Seasoned Woman: Pursuing the Passionate Life”.
fascinating as all her books are, great information.