Amazing Grace

Darryle Pollack, 12.03.2009

writer/artist/survivor

Grace Coddington of Vogue has it all: talent, power, courage, confidence, and comfortable shoes.

The Workforce is Aging, but Where Are the Age-Friendly Employers?

Mark Miller, 11.30.2009

Syndicated newspaper columnist, blogger at RetirementRevised.com

The Great Recession is pushing older workers to postpone retirement, but will employers accommodate them?

Legacy: A New Vision of Aging

Rachael Freed, 11.30.2009

Author, founder of Life-Legacies

Older adults are developing new values and new perspectives: redefining self, relationships, and fundamental existential questions like time, space, life, and death.

Interview: Sharon Collier, CEO of Gurwitch Products (Laura Mercier and ReVive)

Felicia C. Sullivan, 11.26.2009

Felicia C. Sullivan is the author of The Sky Isn't Visible from Here (A Memoir).

"Following a trend can lead you down a path that is not true to who you are," Collier said, "so we are always focused on staying true to our heritage."

Are Your Parents Old and Ill? A Chat With Dr. Tamara McClintock Greenberg

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger, 11.25.2009

Psychologist, speaker, author of The Genius of Instinct (FT Press, 2009),

If you are like one of the millions that read The Huffington Post, it is safe to say your parents are aging and perhaps ill. How well do you understand what they are going through?

Beauty, Botox and Delving Deeper: Sip Through A Straw I Say!

Danielle Cavallucci, 11.25.2009

Co-author of "Your Orgasmic Pregnancy: Little Sex Secrets Every Hot Mama Should Know"

Something is afoul in this system of propaganda and quick beauty fixes, that cost us more than we make in hopes that we'll make more once we look the part.

Tyra Banks: Tyra Show Casting - Do You Have a Body Part You Absolutely Hate?

Susan Harrow, 11.24.2009

Media Coach, Author of "Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul"

Do you have a body part that you absolutely hate and sometimes feel ashamed of? Are you constantly finding ways to cover it up or hide it?

Menopause: Liberation or Loss? (What Our Mothers Didn't Know To Tell Us)

Rebecca Booth, MD, 11.21.2009

Obstetrician and gynecologist, Author of The Venus Week: Discover the Powerful Secret of Your Cycle...At Any Age

Menopause is not a disease, but it can put women out of sync with some of the estrogen-enhanced physicality, behaviors and appearances on which they have come to rely.

Just Listen - Maybe Someday is Now

Mark Goulston, M.D., 11.17.2009

In 1972 while attending medical school, I was working part time doing EKG's at a Jewish Home for the Aged. It was a clean and nice facility, but like most of its kind, a "waiting station" before people died.

Painting the Dream

Stephanie Gertler, 11.16.2009

personal life coach (www.sgscoaching.com)

Several months ago, before she died, I found a picture of my mother and myself. In this picture, the camera loved us both. If I take a piece of paper and cover parts of our faces, I see that I have her mouth.

Why Is AAA Offering Brain Training to Older Drivers?

Alvaro Fernandez, 11.15.2009

Organizer of SharpBrains Summit - Technology for Cognitive Health (January 2010)

Peter Kissinger, CEO of the AAA Foundation: Part of making our nation's roads safer is helping mature drivers who wish to stay active -- a quickly growing population -- maintain or improve their driving safety.

The Health Care Conversation We'd Rather Not Have: How Other People's Money Protects Us from Difficult Choices

David Paul, 11.14.2009

President of the Fiscal Strategies Group

Each Medicare patient feels entitled to have it with few strings attached. But the truth is that it is one more tax-funded program. Just like the stimulus money. Just like the wars. Just like everything else.

100 Is the New 70

Robert David Jaffee, 11.12.2009

Author, journalist, mental-health activist

On Sept. 21, my grandmother, Gertrude, will turn 101. Last year, she became the third member of her family to reach 100, following her late sisters, Bertha and Ann.

How To Look Better Naked And Get The Keys To The Universe

Tara Stiles, 11.12.2009

Reinventing what it means to practice yoga

The practice of yoga can make you look and feel younger than your years. More interestingly, the practice of yoga can bring us to conscious aging.

Larry Gelbart -- RIP ... Make The Heavens Laugh

Steve Young, 11.12.2009

Talk show host, author, oped-columnist, television writer, and filmmaker

Mostly a writer behind the scenes, Larry had the timing and performance of a great standup. I will miss his writing, but most of all I will miss him. A good guy with a brilliant sense of humor and great human compassion.

One Vibrant Life

Susan Smalley, Ph.D., 11.11.2009

Susan L. Smalley, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at ...

I went to a memorial service yesterday for a friend's mother who died at 99. It was full of some 50+ people who knew this extraordinary woman - an ordinary mom who revealed the extraordinary in everyday life.

Covet Fall's Top 10 Beauty Indulgences

Felicia C. Sullivan, 10.23.2009

Felicia C. Sullivan is the author of The Sky Isn't Visible from Here (A Memoir).

Admit it: you have a secret beauty indulgence. Although we live in uncertain times where responsible buying is au courant, splurging on the one item that brings you enormous joy never goes out of style.

Three Tips for Growing Younger with Age

Carole Carson, 10.22.2009

Carole Carson, dubbed "An Apostle for Fitness" by the Wall Street Journal, is a fitness advocate and ...

If you are willing to exercise regularly and eat on the slim side, even though the clock is ticking away, you can perform well both physically and mentally into your 90s.

Interview: Entrepreneur Dr. Gregory Bays Brown, Founder of ReVive Skin Care Products

Felicia C. Sullivan, 10.19.2009

Felicia C. Sullivan is the author of The Sky Isn't Visible from Here (A Memoir).

Combining a lean business model, products that actually work, and savvy business sense, ReVive is a model for niche, high-end brands breaking into the beauty space.

Accepting the Death of my Mother

Dr. Jon LaPook, 09.30.2009

Medical correspondent for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric

I reacted just like many others when my mother died unexpectedly last March at 86 after striking her head. I found it hard to get my arms around the idea that my mother was no longer alive.

How Happy Is... 5 Positive Aspects Of Aging

Sophie Keller, 09.25.2009

There is a moment in all of our lives when the feeling that we are getting older hits us for the first time. It might be when you reach a significant...