The Zzzzs Matter: Why Bad Sleep Could Lead to Dementia and Bad Sex

by Jeannie Ralston | Apr 23, 2021

“My midlife friends and I now swap sleep advice as enthusiastically as we used to trade diet tips.” Ginny Graves wrote that line in her piece on insomnia we published four years ago. I’ve always remembered it and marveled at its deep truth. In...

Because We Can: 10 Women Over 50 Will Trek 2,800 Miles through the Himalayas

by Jeannie Ralston | Apr 9, 2021

“Sometimes, to change your life, you just need to change the altitude.” That’s the guiding principle behind the FIT@50+ Women’s Trans-Himalayan Expedition that launches in May. We’re both green with envy and bursting with pride because...

The Most Uplifting Selfies from the Pandemic Are of This 82-Year-Old Churchgoer

by Jeannie Ralston | Apr 2, 2021

For the past year, I often can’t be fussed to take off the T-shirt I’ve worn during the day when I go to bed, and then the next morning I’m likely to keep the same shirt on again. I may go through two or three days like this, changing out my shirt...

Why People Our Age Have Stayed Happier through the Pandemic

by Jeannie Ralston | Mar 30, 2021

By the middle of last year, I wanted the word “unprecedented” stricken from the English language. Every time I heard it, I not only wished the speaker would learn to use a thesaurus, but the insecurity the word implies pushed me into some unhealthy...

Holding Splendor: Celebrating Beautiful Hands That Have Truly Lived

by | Mar 26, 2021

Hands sometimes speak louder than words. We touch a newborn’s tiny toes. We wipe away tears. We soothe someone’s sore muscles. We caress a head. We cook a meal. We pick flowers. For many of us, the instruments at the ends of our arms are key to our work and passion....