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Since her early 50s, Margie Goldsmith has been challenging herself--leaning off skyscrapers, climbing rock faces--and learned that fear is nothing to be...
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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....
Only 5 percent of the historic figures represented in the Capitol are women. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is on a mission to change that....
The rom-com favorite is only 15 years old this month, but it doesn't hold up well in today's environment. Lorraine Merkl looks at what has changed and w...
Many women are pissed off about the wording used to address aging. We can't change the fact that we age, but we can demand a change in thinking and voca...
As a young woman, Madeline Forman could sing like a goddess but wasn't able to pursue a music career. All that changed when, at 94, she found some old r...
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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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....
Sick of seeing tiny teenage models in bathing suit ads? Us too. Here, 11 styles worn by REAL women—NextTribers on vacation. Plus, two other swim essen...