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Judi Freedman: When One Door Closes, Another One Opens

2013-05-22T14:40:49Z

For the past five years, I have been living a double life. Judy with a 'y' during the day at my corporate workplace and Judi with an 'i" at night at home on the computer.

Read more: Baby Boomers, Life After 50, Writing, Retirement, Second Careers, Boomer Blogs, Consulting, Productive Retirement, Second Act, Blogging, Happiness, Fifty News

Joan Gage: Will Seniors Eventually Be Cared For By Robots?

2013-05-22T08:02:19Z

I'll be desperately trying to hold on to my physical and mental health, in order to stave off the moment when, on Mother's Day, my kids present me with my own personal robot.

Read more: Paro, Aging, Baby Boomers, New York Times, Alzheimer's, Autism, Robots, Health Care, Cody, Robots and the Elderly, Health Post50, Fifty News

Wray Herbert: The New (Malevolent) Ageism

2013-05-22T09:11:50Z

The elderly have never been honored in American society. They have more often been stereotyped, stigmatized and pitied. And according to Princeton University psychological scientist Susan Fiske, this unfair ageist stereotyping could become even darker with the new influx of seniors.

Read more: Ageism, Aging, Heuristics, Stereotypes, Cognitive Biases, Baby Boomers, Ageing Population, Ageing, Science News

Audrey van Petegem: The Very Best Time To Attend A High School Reunion

2013-05-22T07:22:15Z

Have you ever gone to a high school reunion? I think back about my 10-year high school reunion and remember how it was all about what we were doing with our lives, what college we had gone to, where we were living and the career paths we chose. I was thinking that going to a high school reunion in my 50s would be somewhat the same. It wasn't.

Read more: Friendship, Baby Boomer, Aging, High School Reunion, Childhood Memories, Teenagers, post50, Nostalgia, Fifty News

Ryan Thomas Neace: I And My Father Are One

2013-05-20T17:15:24Z

In coming to a greater understanding of Christian masculinity, I am calling us to introspect and to adopt more fitting approach -- one that bears the fruit of Scripture's high calling, "reconciling the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers."

Read more: Christianity and Sexuality, Baby Boomers, Christian Theology, Scripture Study, Generation X, Eric Metaxas, Christian Identity, Christian Men, Gender and Religion, Christianity, Religion and Sexuality, Christian Sexuality, Christian Masculinity, Religious Books, War, Parenting, Vietnam, Religion News

Judith Natelli McLaughlin: Boomer TV: Are You a Brady or a Partridge?

2013-05-20T14:27:47Z

My friends and I loved "The Brady Bunch" and "The Partridge Family," a fabulous Friday night ABC lineup from the 1970s.

Read more: Television, The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, Baby Boomers, Nbc, Old TV Shows, Boomer TV, Fifty News

Tira Harpaz: How I Embraced The Brave New Digital World

2013-05-19T07:29:07Z

Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Pinterest. Everywhere I go, I am buffeted by references to cutting-edge websites, the latest iPhone apps and our brave new digital world. But what's out there for the over-50 set, and do we really need to fully embrace modern technology?

Read more: Parenting, Video Games, Baby Boomers, Aging Gracefully, Google, Internet, Men Over 50, Grandparents, New Technology, Fifty News

Les Leopold: Are We Killing Ourselves for Cut-throat Capitalsim?

2013-05-17T09:18:27Z

In short, what would happen to our overall feeling of self-worth if a major movement emerged to take on the Wall Street plutocrats and their Washington enablers? What if unemployed workers were part of a mass movement for jobs and justice as they were in the 1930s?

Read more: Scandanavia, Suicide, Banks, Baby Boomers, Unemployment, Wall Street, Sweden, Occupy Wall Street, Business News

Marc Chardon: Nonprofit Trends: Seeking Careers with Meaning

2013-05-16T17:34:43Z

I think it's vital -- that having a work world where there is choice between nonprofit and corporate, both offering ways to connect with and care for the community at large is a position of strength.

Read more: Millennials in the Workplace, Philanthropy, Baby Boomers, Charity, Nonprofit Sector, Millennials, Nonprofit, Careers, Millennial Generation, Boomers, Technology, Impact News

Wendy Spencer: Senior Corps: Making a Difference for Generations

2013-05-16T09:10:52Z

For generations, seniors have been making a powerful impact in their communities, and their service is more important now than ever. Let us pay a special tribute to these remarkable seniors, who do so much to improve our communities and nation.

Read more: Baby Boomers, Disaster Relief, Volunteering, Austin, West Texas, Rsvp, National Service, Volunteers, Senior-Corps-Week, Healthy Aging, Senior-Corps-Volunteers, Seniors, Juvenile Justice, Utah, Veterans, Impact News

Carol Orsborn: What Barbara's Retirement Really Represents For Women

2013-05-16T07:13:39Z

By the very dint of her fame, Barbara Walters' announcement that she is retiring after 37 years with ABC would always have made headline news. But the true importance of the story is hidden in this quote from the 83-year-old media queen on a May 14th ABC blog: 'I want to find out if there's something I can do besides television.'

Read more: Baby Boomer, Npr, Aging, ABC News, Spirituality, Barbara Walters, Women, Post50 Celebrities, Barbara Walters Retirement, Fifty News

Sharon Greenthal: Why Empty Nesting May Be Easier For Stay-At-Home Moms

2013-05-16T07:23:43Z

The prospect of the empty nest, while raising children, was for me as foreign and distant as the Siberian tundra. Imagining myself without children to care for as my primary occupation seemed at once impossible and slightly seductive -- the idea of my kids off and on their own, while I had hours to pursue my dreams was something I thought about only in the abstract.

Read more: Raising Children, Baby Boomer, Middle-Aged, Empty Nest, post50, Midlife, Stay-at-Home Moms, Parenting post50, Empty Nest Syndrome, Fifty News

Mary Eileen Williams: 3 Surefire Ways To Sell Yourself To A Potential Employer

2013-05-15T07:26:19Z

It goes without saying that the post 50 job-seeker has plenty of experience. Nevertheless, although you're an applicant of maturity, you won't want to market your experience level as the cornerstone of your job search. Employers have issues that need to be dealt with, projects to complete, and problems that have to be resolved now.

Read more: Finding a Job, Careers, Job Search Tips, Fifty News, Job Skills, Encore Career, Job Search Websites, Job Search, Career Change, Baby Boomers, Jobs post50, Fifty News

Paul Bernard: 5 Ways To Work Successfully With A Younger Boss

2013-05-15T06:54:50Z

It's no secret that the longer you work, the more likely it is that you'll eventually report to someone who's younger than you are. And as more boomers push off retirement in response to a challenging economy or simply because they prefer to work, the younger boss-older subordinate phenomenon is becoming more common.

Read more: Teamwork, Baby Boomers, Career, Age Stereotypes, Older Employees, Jobs, Generational Divide, Younger Boss, Fifty Plus, Generation Y, Jobs post50, Fifty News

Michael Sean Comerford: Incredible Story of Navajo Mike, Child of the Dust Devil Air

2013-05-14T17:32:03Z

The wind blew a small tornado of tumbleweeds onto the parking lot of the Motel 6 along the old Route 66 in Moriarity, NM. So many tumbleweeds it blocked the entrance to the parking lot and made parking impossible before someone from the hotel came out to clear the lot.

Read more: Navajo Nation, Midlife Crisis, American Indians, Carnivals, Travel, Fifty News, Baby Boomers, Hitchhiking, Gathering of Nations, Travel News

Irvin G. Schorsch III: Retirement by Design: Negotiating Your Second Act

2013-05-14T09:45:29Z

Boomers grew up with a spirit of optimism -- utopianism even. Many applied that energy to their careers, becoming not only dreamers, but also overachievers. Having lived the dream during their first act, they have high expectations for their second.

Read more: Baby Boomers, Lifestyle, Continuing-Care-Retirement-Communities, Retirement, Fifty News

Robin Bobbé: A Depressed Woman's Search For The Perfect 'Happiness Cocktail'

2013-05-14T07:03:27Z

When I was a young girl growing up on suburban Long Island, in the 1950s, like all typical dreamers of that era, I used to fantasize about being a model.

Read more: Suicide, Reinvention, Prozac, Drugs, Baby Boomers, Depression, Anti-Depressants, Therapy, post50, Fifty News

Fitness Clubs Get A Boomer-Friendly Makeover

2013-05-13T12:02:36Z

By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - Baby boomers, the generation that vowed to stay forever young, are getting older, designing ...

Read more: Welcyon, Boomer Gyms, Fitness Centers, Nifty After 50, Baby Boomers, Fitness Clubs for Boomers, Reuters, Baby Boomer Fitness, Senior Gyms, Health Post50, Fitness Clubs, Boomer Fitness Centers, Livebetteramerica-Fitness, Fifty News

Holly Robinson: How to Find Sanctuary Within Yourself: 20 Minutes Will Do

2013-05-12T22:32:13Z

A few years ago, there was a period in my life when I was flying to South Carolina every month to help my mom care for my grandmother and my father. ...

Read more: Mind Body Connection, Baby Boomers, Walking Meditation, Walking, Exercise, Family Responsibilities, Parenting, Sanctuary, Finding Peace, Caring for the Elderly, How to Stay Sane in a Busy World, GPS for the Soul News

Steven Strauss: Preparing to Live in That Unknown Country: The Future

2013-05-12T16:26:15Z

Are Google's driverless car and Siri just the beginning for applied machine intelligence/Big Data? Automated trucks, for example, could eliminate millions of jobs. Will this type of automation be good or bad -- economically and socially? How will it transform society?

Read more: Google, Startups, Climate Change, Baby Boomers, Media, Entrepreneurship, China, New York Ideas 2013, Emerging Technologies, New York Ideas, Business News

Mandy Jackson-Beverly: When Your Playlist Dates You

2013-05-10T16:07:34Z

The other day in one of my art classes I put on a Steely Dan CD. While the chorus of "Deacon Blues" drifted through the studio, I noticed one of my students singing along. I mentioned that I was impressed that he knew the song. He explained that it's one of his grandma's favorites.

Read more: The Rolling Stones, Baby Boomers, Ipod, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Generation X, Steely Dan, Todd Rundgren, Generation Y, Comedy News

Lorie Eber: Why Is Mother's Day A Bigger Deal Than Father's Day?

2013-05-10T06:36:47Z

With Mother's Day approaching, I feel compelled to speak up for the underappreciated dads of the world. Mother's Day is as big as the Super Bowl. So, why is Father's Day more like a junior high scrimmage?

Read more: Baby Boomers, Parents-Dads, Father's Day, Humor, Mother's Day, Mothers Day Fathers Day, Parenting, Parenting post50, Fifty News

Wm. Scott Page: Let Life Insurance Lapse at Your Own Risk

2013-05-08T14:35:34Z

Individuals pay hundreds of millions of dollars into life insurance every year, yet four out of 10 seniors lapse or surrender their policies before they receive any payout.

Read more: Aging, Baby Boomers, Retirement, Life Settlements, Personal Finance, Life Insurance, Seniors, Death, Fifty News

Audrey van Petegem: To Botox or Not to Botox -- That Is the Question

2013-05-08T14:13:09Z

I have spent this last year focusing on myself in a series I wrote about turning 50. But, I got carried away and became a little too self-absorbed. I made a mistake. A huge mistake. Warning signs should have been noted but I kept plowing forward. I got botoxed! It is almost like being punked by yourself.

Read more: Baby Boomer, Aging Gracefully, Plastic Surgery, Aging, Wrinkles, Botox, Botox After Fifty, Fifty News

Carol Orsborn: 'I Found Myself Feeling Ashamed For Still Being Alive'

2013-05-08T07:44:04Z

I used to be 'mommy.' Now I'm not. While my adult children love me dearly, I am clearly something other than the identity that defined me over much of the past six decades. But that's not all. I also used to be 'Carol Orsborn.' Now I'm not that either.

Read more: Baby Boomer, Aging, Mother's Day, Spirituality, Aging Gracefully, Growing Old, post50, Growing Older, Fifty News