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....
We remember Markie Post fondly from the sitcom "Night Court," and hate to hear that we lost her to cancer this week at the age of 70....
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...
We've always known that getting older is a huge fear in Hollywood. Now the movie Old shows us just how much the idea haunts some people. We say, Grow up...
Since her early 50s, Margie Goldsmith has been challenging herself--leaning off skyscrapers, climbing rock faces--and learned that fear is nothing to be...
No matter what you think of her taste, her demeanor, her insider trading, you have to admire—even just a little—that this woman is a true survivor....
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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...