Coming and Going: Depression at the Empty Nest End of Motherhood
Once her youngest left home, Jeannie Ralston sank into a depression that mirrored one she'd battled 17 years earlier. Here's how she rescued herself....
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Once her youngest left home, Jeannie Ralston sank into a depression that mirrored one she'd battled 17 years earlier. Here's how she rescued herself....
On a quest to find a new man, Carolyn Lee Arnold challenged herself to go on 50 first dates. She expected ups and downs, but never this....
Are you admiring sea glass on the beach this summer? Meet the woman who saw an apt metaphor for life in the lovely stones and wrote a poem for her siste...
It's very likely that more women our age are having sex—great sex, frequent sex, with and without a partner—than anyone ever imagined. Here's why we...
Michele Willens was afraid that COVID had made her immune to true emotion about death. Here's what she discovered when a loved one passed....
When she became a mom, Sharon Waldrop let go of her passion for rock-n-roll. Then, 25 years later, her college-aged son gave her the most liberating gif...
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Many of us made a decision about leaving careers or not when we had kids. Here Amy Blacklock considers whether being a stay-at-home grandmother makes se...
Secret sauce, hand-painted porcelain, a pup? Women like you share the amazing things they discovered while on a trip and still treasure back at home tod...
If you find yourself reminiscing to younger folk about your salad days, follow this writer’s lead and surround yourself with elders and tap your curio...
Half a lifetime ago, Diane Cole took a transformative trip with her first husband. Could she—should she—recreate it with her second spouse?...
After years of crippling pain, reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin exposed the hype and hoaxes in the back pain industry and finally found relief. ...
Excuse us?! Gerry and Theresa are divorcing after three months? Our media critic, who has smelled a rat all along, explains why it unraveled so fast. ...
Navigating the airport before a trip can be a major buzzkill. Here, a closer look at the services that promise to speed you to your gate, their cost –...
The author of the blockbuster book about the tragic murders shares her shocking insights on why this case still haunts us...
They headed to the beach for some inner work and major fun…but these intrepid women found that sharing and support truly sealed their connection ...
How one woman turned her thirst for knowledge about tea into a beloved NYC shop and cafe offering delightful, healthful blends ...
How a fear of heights and a “You got this!” from a stranger taught Amy Brecount White a key way to support other women....
Amazing art, architecture, scenery, and sustenance: Tuscany offers everything you need to live la dolce vita when traveling in Italy....
Jeannie Ralston has seen 2 solar eclipses and her reaction was the same as bad sex: "Was that it?" She isn't falling for the hype this time....
Do you attend events and help out friends when the voice inside your head is screaming, “But I don’t want to”? Learn how one woman changed her way...