Healing from Grief Under the Volcanoes in Guatemala
12 years after her husband died in a kayaking accident in Guatemala, Carol Flake Chapman returns and a secret ingredient helps her find peace....
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12 years after her husband died in a kayaking accident in Guatemala, Carol Flake Chapman returns and a secret ingredient helps her find peace....
In her book Unraveling, Peggy Orenstein writes about the surprisingly profound work of making a sweater--from shearing sheep to dying wool....
For 49 years, she minded her manners and did what was expected of her. But suddenly on her 50th birthday, Gail Dudley broke into new territory. ...
A new museum exhibit and photo book got Michele Willens thinking about her longtime fascination with the great Claudia Cardinale....
A former sex symbol, Raquel Welch showed us that vitality doesn't fade as we get older. It can grow deeper and richer. RIP....
Helen Darling has no qualms about dropping the F Bomb. She feels she's earned the right after a demanding career, cancer, and now the pandemic. So just ...
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.
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Japan had long been at the top of Tammy Cox's must-see list. When she finally traveled there she was moved by the people who "make loveliness an art."...
When Dawn Janáček took a work assignment in India, she was going for the adventure. She came back with so much more. ...
The physical demands of a trip--even a relatively quiet one--can be daunting as we get older. Here's how to prepare and when to start. ...
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. ...