Starting Over

How To Find The Soundtrack For Our Lives

Kenny Loggins | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Starting-Over, Reinvention, Kenny Loggins, Second Acts, Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Loggins and Messina, Some Experience Required, Blue Sky Riders, Second Careers, Fifty News
Kenny Loggins

Music kept us strong through personal adversities, and we even used music at the funerals of our loved ones, too many now to mention. I myself heard "Celebrate Me Home" at my own brother's funeral; a moment I never could have anticipated nor will ever forget.

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Creative Reinvention: Learning To Share More Than Ideas

Kenny Loggins | Posted 05.10.2012

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Kenny Loggins

Gary, and I are just two very different personalities in this situation: He watches the budget, I ignore it. He likes stability and firm ground to stand on, I like the fluidity of change and invention. Gary says, "What's wrong with how it IS?!" I say, "Nothing. I just think it could be better!"

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The Craziest Thing I Did After Divorce

Nancy Wurtzel | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Women, Marriage, Baby Boomers, Relationships, Divorce, Midlife, Revenge, Starting Over, Separation, Divorce News
Nancy Wurtzel

Divorce brings up all sorts of emotions, and sometimes people find themselves acting a little crazy.

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Kenny Loggins: What I Found In The Ashes Of The Jesusita Fire

Kenny Loggins | Posted 04.19.2012

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Kenny Loggins

As I rode my bike through the fire-ravaged hills, I was amazed to see a few small sprigs of green reaching out from the trunks of the seemingly devastated, blackened oak trees along the way.

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How to Untangle Any Situation: The Art of Starting Again

Linda Durnell | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Fear, Healing, Faith, Self-Awareness, Starting Over, Forgiveness, Re-Do, Women News
Linda Durnell

Admit the part you played in the current drama. We all are the creators of our lives and even when faced with tragedy, we are able to create our response towards it.

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Her Failed Marriage Led To The Journey Of A Lifetime

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Starting a New Life, Marlo Thomas, Marriage, Failed Marriage, It Ain't Over, Divorce, Running, Marathon, It Ain't Over Till It's Over, Slidepollajax, Starting Over, Fifty News

One of the reasons I started my website, Marlothomas.com, is that I wanted a place for women to come together and dream. Women should know that they d...

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It Ain't Over Till It's Over: How One Woman Got Over Getting Laid Off

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Small Business Success Stories, Reinvention, Marlo Thomas, Small Business, Fashion, Fashion Designer, It Ain't Over, Slidepollajax, Starting Over, Fifty News

One of the reasons I started my website, Marlothomas.com, is that I wanted a place where women could come together and dream. Women should know that t...

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Her Second Act: Building An Empire On Bloody Marys

Lori Weiss | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Encore Careers, Reinvention, Small Business Success Stories, New Orleans, Baby Boomers, Small Business, Stephanie Sanoja, Startup, Bloody Mary Mixes, Second Acts, Garden District Bloody Marys, Slidepollajax, Starting Over, Marlos Slideshows, Fifty News

One of the reasons I started my website, MarloThomas.com, was to have a place where women could come together and dream. Women should know that they ...

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From Books To Birthing: One Woman's Radical Post 50 Career Change

Debra Ollivier | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Baby Boomers, Encore Career, Book Editor, Sheri Solin, Dona, Doula, Finding a Job After 50, Starting Over, Second Careers, Second Career, Fifty News
Debra Ollivier

Sheri Solin was a self-proclaimed type-A personality who, after working as a book editor for decades, did an about-face in her early 60s and became a doula, helping women give birth.

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Following A Path Beyond Logic, Where Inspiration Lives

Kenny Loggins | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Second Acts, Reinvention, Loggins and Messina, Kenny Loggins, Some Experience Required, Blue Sky Riders, Second Careers, Starting-Over, Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Video, Fifty News
Kenny Loggins

Something pushes you when you make art for a living, something beyond logic. So you look for the diamonds hiding in the grass, because that's where inspiration lives, that's where the fun is.

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6 Tips to Get Over the Past and Find Love Again

Courtney Stovall | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Bounceback, Relationship Breakup, Relationship Advice, Breakups, Dating Advice, Starting Over, Women News
Courtney Stovall

The first time you fall in love is the only time in your life that you can do so without knowing how it feels to have your heart broken.

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I Have To Ask: If You Could Do It All Over Again...

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Reinvention, Video, I Have to Ask, Life Changes, Dreaming, Starting Over, Women News

Microphone in hand, I set out to find the answer to one question that I just had to ask - If you had the chance to do it all again, would you do thing...

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The Dark Night of the Soul

Guy Finley | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Surrendering Your Self, Rebirth, Immortal Soul, Starting Over, Self-Realization, Self-Transformation, Consciousness, Healthy Living News
Guy Finley

It's really quite clear: Nothing created lives outside the laws of this grand cycle of reciprocity.

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Pardon My French: Our Heroine Returns "Home"

Katie Beck | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: France, Beaches, Christmas, Katie Beck, Cote D'Azur, French Riviera, Travel, Travel Writing, Starting Over, Pardon My French, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Katie Beck

As I made my way back up onto the main road, I saw huge Christmas trees strung with lights set up in the big square and a Christmas market full of people buying candied apples and hot cider.

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Divorce Myths Debunked

Deborah Moskovitch | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Children of Divorce, Starting Over, Divorce Mistakes, Communication, Grieving, Divorce News
Deborah Moskovitch

While shopping one day with a friend, we can across a top we both loved--one size fits all. Could we both wear the same top and look fabulous? It so...

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Pardon My French: Our Heroine Starts to Panic

Katie Beck | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: France, Travel News, Washington, Starting Over, Nice, Expat, Anxiety, Travel Blogs, Pardon My French, Moving, Travel News
Katie Beck

Each trip out of the apartment must include at least one errand -- shipping boxes, or donating books to the library, something that can be checked off the list.

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Annie Brody: "I Believe in Dog"

BJ Gallagher | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Heroic Dogs, Tufts University, Women, Heroes, Camp Unleashed, Women Entrepreneurs, Reinventing Yourself, Osteosarcoma in Dogs, Dogs, Starting Over, Women News
BJ Gallagher

The goal of many dog owners is to be as wonderful as their dogs think they are. Annie Brody's story is one of love, companionship, personal challenges, and heroism. She was every bit as good a best friend to him as he was to her.

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Pardon My French: Our Heroine Makes an Impulsive Decision

Katie Beck | Posted 10.02.2011

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Katie Beck

"I'm sorry to bother you on a Saturday," I said. "I've decided to move to France."

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WATCH Latoya Jackson On Today Show: Michael Was Murdered

Zoe Triska | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Latoya Jackson Memoir, Video, LaToya Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Matt Lauer, Michael Jackson Murdered, Today Show, Starting Over, Books News

This week marks the second anniversary of Michael Jackson's death. Sister Latoya Jackson was interviewed on "The Today Show" yesterday concerning clai...

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Now What? A Chance To Kick Start Your Life!

Marlo Thomas | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: New Life, Reinvention, Makeover, Today Show Life Makeover, Kick Start Your Life Today, Life Makeover, Today Show, Reinventing Your Life, Starting Over, Marlo Thomas, Healthy Living News
Marlo Thomas

Every day on TV you can tune in and see a hair makeover, a body makeover, even a house makeover. But what does any of it matter when it's really your life that needs the makeover?

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Letting Go of New Year's Resolutions--Along With the Marriage

Kristin Tennant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blended Family, New Year's Resolutions, Expectations, Divorce, Starting Over, New Year's, Divorce News
Kristin Tennant

If there's one thing you can count on after a divorce, it's lower expectations.

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For The New Year 2011

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Starting Over, New Beginnings, New Beginning, Eat Pray Love, New Years Eve, New Years Day, New Year, New Years 2011, Slidepollajax, Books News

As we begin to ring in the New Year, we reflect on the past and think about making changes for the future. Some New Year's resolutions are big changes...

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5 Movies That Made Me Fall In Love... Again

Laura Dave | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sideways, Something's Gotta Give, Divorce, Slidepollajax, Laura Dave, When Harry Met Sally, Starting Over, Love, Jerry Maguire, Movies, Divorce News
Laura Dave

I thought of this old joke: This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doc, my brother's crazy; he thinks he's a chicken." And, the doctor says, "Well, why don't you turn him in?" The guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs." Well, I guess that's pretty much how I feel about relationships; they're totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, but I guess we keep going through it because most of us... need the eggs.

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Inner Activism: Three Tricks For A Happier New Year

William Horden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Freedom, New Years Resolution, Wonder, Starting Over, Winter Solstice, Pattern Language, Awe, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
William Horden

I would hope to think freely, feel freely, and react freely, regardless of either the intensity or the restrictions in my surroundings. The same thing, of course, that I hope for in the day-to-day life I enjoy currently.

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7 Ways to Survive a Break-Up

Lora Somoza | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Starting-Over, How to Break Up, Break Ups, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Love, Sex, Love Advice, Healthy Living News
Lora Somoza

Here are a few things you must know and must do to get among the living as soon as humanly possible.

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