Succession Takes on the Harsh Reality of Aging Parents
The latest episode of Succession launched the series into the pantheon of great television. Our media critic Barbara Lippert surveys the landscape....
Community and travel for bold women over 45
How to become your best self, plus the arts and culture that inspire us.
Filter By
The latest episode of Succession launched the series into the pantheon of great television. Our media critic Barbara Lippert surveys the landscape....
Our media critic Barbara Lippert dissects this brilliant satire's fourth season and finds one entitled family member kinda, sorta worthy of compassion....
A new study concludes that men view retirement as a final chapter, while many women see a fresh start. Maybe a hint to the rise in "Gray Divorce"?...
We're told to expect men to no longer "see" us at this age, but here we explore the strange dynamics of women making their own kind feel invisible....
If you have an attic/garage/basement full of stuff, here’s a new, slightly macabre way to look at it: Who’ll deal with it when you’re gone?...
With an acclaimed debut novel and a new album of cover songs, Susanna Hoffs, who we adored in The Bangles, proves her range and staying power....
NextTribe offers small group travel experiences for women aged 45 and beyond. Our travelers are active and adventurous, open to meeting other women. If you want the benefits of traveling solo with the connection of a traveling community, you belong on a NextTribe trip.
View All Upcoming Trips
Jetlagged in a strange neighborhood in Santiago, Pam LeBlanc let down her guard. Here's what she did wrong and how you can avoid the same passport-less ...
On NextTribe's Greece trip to Greece, we'll meet goddesses galore in Athens, Hydra and other islands. Their stories challenge the patriarchy--then and n...
No filters erasing every wrinkle, no 22-year-olds pretending to know what a "girls' trip" means at our age — just women who've actually lived it....

How a Michigan therapist and lifelong observer of the natural world took the photo that thrilled our judges. ...
More than a million Americans crossed the border for healthcare last year. Here’s what one of them found....
The swankiest suite and the scruffiest budget room have exactly one thing in common: you will spend your first hours there completely baffled....
What to do if your job has been the organizing principle of your life for 33 years? You escape to South America to keep your sense of wonder alive. ...
On a mother-daughter trip in Ireland, Jennifer McGaha contemplates letting go--of an adult daughter leaving the nest and of a dear friend who had recen...
By night, she's a bass player. By day, she fights sex trafficking. Any chance she gets, she's a traveler--now a NextTribe traveler. ...
The companion side of every great trip is a quiet inventory of things that didn't make it home — and what we learned from losing them....
Their marriages ended at the same time. So Elena Seibert and a friend found healing and a new beginning over 8 days of grueling hiking in the Alps. ...
The shoes you wear on your travels can make or break your experience. Here we select 16 of the best styles--from loafers to sandals and more. ...
After her daughter left home, Jessica Seiders started traveling to fill the empty space. Only when the pandemic forced her to stop moving did that truly...
Travel experts and researchers have landed on a remarkably specific consensus: the best years for travel are roughly 50 to 75....