Vibrant Nation

my bio

Judy Steinberg began her career in television production in the middle sixties. Her specialty was musical variety and she worked with many great performers, such as Bob Hope, Dick VanDyke, Debbie Reynolds, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, John Davidson, Glen Campbell, Steve Martin and the Smothers Brothers, where she met her husband of 25 years, David Steinberg. In 1969,Judy was one of two dozen people who sang with John Lennon on the recording of "Give Peace A Chance",which has become the world anthem for peace.

More recently, Judy co-wrote The Ropes and Fabulous After Fifty, Sexy At Sixty, published by Dutton. She has done many radio and television interviews, including The Today Show and Good Morning America. She  has been a featured guest speaker at Women's Expos and other women's events across the country. She maintains an ongoing conversation with the older woman through her website www.judysteinberg.com where she posts a blog about and for the older woman.

Judy is currently working on another book called The Cougar Chronicles, which is a historical examination of famous successful older women and their younger lovers.

Judy lives in LaQuinta,California, where she enjoys hearing her skin crackle from dryness as she falls asleep at night.

my VN interview

• How did you get to where you are now?

  I created my own program for recovery after a 25 year marriage.  I got strong physically, which led to a new inner strength. I started my own business and slowly reinvented my life from the inside out. When I started to feel the result of all the changes I made, I wrote a book about it to share my journey with other women over 50 who were feeling invisible and obsolete. FABULOUS AFTER FIFTY, STILL SEXY AT 60.

• How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?

  I see myself stronger, much more confident about my assets as a human being.  I've learned that I can be alone and independent, in control of my life and choices.

• Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

  In ten years, I will be 77 years old. I hope to be able to look back on my life and know that I did something to enlighten my daughters about their own potential. Perhaps I will be remembered as a loving supportive woman who believed that helping others and sharing information is the only life worth living.

a postcard to my younger self

My dear girl, things are not always what they seem to be.

my role models

Every mother who surrendered her own needs in favor of her husband and family. My grandmother who believed that family is a sacred commitment. My sister.  Every woman who has overcome the boundaries set for her by others. Working mothers and  women who fight for the rights of other women. Hilary Clinton, Gloria Steinem