Here we go again. Elizabeth Adeney is making waves around the world because she's going to set the record as the world's oldest first-time mother when she turns 67 this month. Quelle scandale! L'horreur!
But wait. Why was it OK when Larry King, Anthony Quinn and Tony Randall all had babies years and years after they got their AARP cards? Oh, yeah. They're men, doing what men do. Wink wink. But an older woman having a baby? Pity the fool.
Last month on "Good Morning America," Diane Sawyer asked me "when does a woman become too old?" I said it is very individualistic, and that youth itself is no guarantee you'll live a long life with your children. I have two words for people who judge me or anyone else for their life choices: Natasha Richardson.
No one ever expected such a bright beautiful light so full of life with so much to live for to leave us at 45. But she did. You never know what life holds in store for you -- you can only put one foot in front of another, do your best and live from the heart. Passion is a life accelerator, and as I told Diane -- who herself is certainly a wonderful model for this philosophy -- "I believe in winding up not down."
I see dozens of clients in my healing practice every week, and it's always upsetting to me when people barely into their 40s come in to see me basically feeling like it's all over. My instinct is just to burst out laughing and get them to laugh with me, because I'm 61 and truly feel more vibrant and excited to be alive than ever before. I am about to give birth to my new project, my healing CD Passages, busy with my twins, am gearing up for my upcoming July webinar course: Cracking the Code to Extraordinary Love and Manifestation and heading to the Caribbean this summer to swim with the dolphins.
Here's a glance at one day last week on my iCal:
- At 5 am, internal clock chimes and I'm up!
- Drink detox cleanse--warm water and lemon. Positive visualizations for 15 minutes.
- Rehearse songs for next studio recording session for "Passages."
- Showers, breakfast (and maybe a quick wrestling match!) with the kids--off to school by 8:50
- Head to my healing studio.
- Prep for my live "Chakra Balance" performance at Avery Fisher Hall.
- 7 hours of healing sessions, back to back, lunch (green juice) on the run!
- Run home in time to put my two whirling dervishes, Gian and Francesca, to bed.
- Late dinner, return phone calls, fall asleep to the strains of Anderson Cooper.
With the passion, comes the energy.
For you, it's never too late might not be about having kids. Winding up and not down might include writing that novel, traveling somewhere exotic or finding your soul mate. Regardless of what it is, take that jump into the deep end of the pool and start paddling as fast as you can. You'll find that if you follow your heart's desires and you believe in yourself, it's never too late to live your dreams.
Are there challenges, obstacles, and curve balls? Well, as Joan Rivers famously says, "Can we talk?"
One afternoon recently I was attempting to take "a nap" (my first in about 4 years!) in my cushy chair, and just as I was drifting off I felt this trickle on my head. I looked up and my son Gian was pouring water on my head!
Ah, the joys of motherhood. Is anyone really going to tell me I'm wrong?