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Our big brains and long lifespans can be credited to the role of post-menopausal women, researchers report. Who says older women don't have power?...
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Our big brains and long lifespans can be credited to the role of post-menopausal women, researchers report. Who says older women don't have power?...
Nancy Floyd has been photographing herself since 1982. The resulting book is a meditation on the passage of time and the aging female body....
Diane Keaton, Naomi Judd, and Dolly Parton turn 75 this month. Other notable women reach 50, 60, 65 and 70. Can you guess who's turning 80?...
Although Beverly Willett's party was canceled and she was by herself, she found ways to make her big day fuller than she ever imagined....
Believing that we’ll never be free from history unless we’re honest about it, Jeannie Ralston examines her troubling experiences with race and her e...
We asked NextTribers for their GOOD memories from the year. We were encouraged to hear about moments, big and small, of beauty and meaning....
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...